2002 in association football

none March 2020 October 2022 2002 association football sports The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2002 throughout the world. yes center 3 Events 8 January – MLS contracts league down to ten clubs by eliminating its two Florida franchises: Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion. 13 February – Dick Advocaat is reinstated as the manager of the Netherlands, as the successor of the failing Louis van Gaal, with a 1–1 draw in a friendly against England in Amsterdam. 16 March - A Football League First Division match between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion at Bramall Lane is abandoned in the 82nd minute with the scores 3-0 to West Bromwich Albion, after Sheffield United go down to 6 men on the field, becoming the only match in English professional football history to be abandoned due to a shortage of players, in a match that would be known as the Battle of Bramall Lane. The 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan is held from 31 May to 30 June in South Korea and Japan. Brazil wins its fifth title, defeating Germany 2–0 in the final. Surprisingly, Turkey and host nation South Korea take 3rd and 4th. This is the first time a World Cup is held in Asia and by two countries simultaneously. UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid beats Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 in the final. This was Real Madrid's 9th European Cup. UEFA Cup: Feyenoord wins 3–2 in the final against Borussia Dortmund, winning the cup for the second time. European Super Cup: Real Madrid wins 3–1 over Feyenoord, winning the cup for the first time. Scotland – Scottish Premier League: Celtic win the league with an overall points tally of 103, a new record. Copa Libertadores 2002: Olimpia of Paraguay wins the final on a penalty shootout (4–2) against São Caetano of Brazil. England – FA Cup: Arsenal wins 2–0 over Chelsea. Asian Champions Cup – Suwon Samsung Bluewings retain the Asian Champions Cup, defeating fellow South Korean club Anyang LG Cheetahs 4–2 on penalties. They also retained the Asian Super Cup. May – Arsenal wins The Double 31 August – Real Madrid signs Inter Milan's World Cup winner Ronaldo with a transfer fee of €45 million. 1 October – Gerard van der Lem is named manager of the Saudi Arabia national football team. 3 December – Real Madrid wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan for the third time, by defeating Paraguay's Olimpia Asunción: 2–0. Winners of national club championship Asia – Persepolis – Júbilo Iwata – Al-Ittihad KOR 1997 – Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma – Osotspa M-150 Europe – NK Zagreb – Brøndby – Arsenal – Lyon – Borussia Dortmund – KR Republic of Ireland – Shelbourne – Juventus – Ajax – Sporting CP – Lokomotiv Moscow – Celtic – Valencia – Djurgården – Galatasaray – Shakhtar Donetsk FR Yugoslavia – Partizan North and Central America – Ottawa Wizards (CPSL) Verano 2002 – Club América Apertura 2002 – Club Toluca – Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) South America ARG Argentina: 2001–02 Clausura – River Plate 2002–03 Apertura – Independiente BOL Bolivia – Bolívar BRA Brazil – Santos COL Colombia: 2002 Apertura - América de Cali 2002 Finalización - Independiente Medellín ECU 1900 Ecuador – Emelec PAR 1990 Paraguay – Libertad URY Uruguay – Nacional International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Mali (19 January – 13 February 2002) CMR SEN NGA FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan (31 May – 30 June 2002) BRA GER TUR National team results Europe EST Estonia national football team 2002 SWE Sweden men's national football team 2002 South America BOL Bolivia national football team 2002 CHI Chile national football team 2002 ECU Ecuador national football team 2002 Births 1 January – Simon Adingra, Ivorian internationalSimon Adingra 7 January – Mohamed Daramy, Danish internationalMohamed Daramy https://www.fck.dk/en/spiller/mohamed-daramy fck.dk Coppenhagen FC 16 January – Bagas Kaffa, Indonesian youth international 18 January – Karim Adeyemi, German internationalK. Adeyemi https://int.soccerway.com/players/karim-adeyemi/540856/ soccerway.com Soccer way 23 January 28 January – Jin Liangkuan, Chinese footballerJin Liangkuan https://fbref.com/en/players/950b6c01/Jin-Liangkuan FBref.com Sports Reference LLC 9 September 2024 en 30 January – Marco Di Cesare, Argentine club footballerM. Di Cesare https://int.soccerway.com/players/marco-di-cesare/679242/ soccerway.com Soccer way 31 January – Giovanni, Brazilian footballer 3 February – Radu Drăgușin, Romanian internationalRadu Matei Drăgușin https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=31855 eu.football.info European Football information 15 February Zuriko Davitashvili, Georgian internationalZ. Davitashvili https://int.soccerway.com/players/zuriko-davitashvili/439913/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 3 March – Makar Litskevich, Belarusian footballerMakar Litskevich https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe573334/makar-litskevich/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 29 February 2024 en 10 March Ian Maatsen, Dutch footballer Noni Madueke, English youth internationalN. Madueke https://int.soccerway.com/players/chukwunonso-madueke/509344/ soccerway.com Soccer way 27 April – Anthony Elanga, Swedish internationalAnthony Elanga Bio Information https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/anthony-elanga-player-bio 2022-11-28 Fox Sports 13 May – Eugenio Pizzuto, Mexican youth internationalE. Pizzuto https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/561055/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 14 May – Daniel Peñaloza, Colombian footballerDaniel Peñaloza https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe476313/daniel-penaloza/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 15 February 2024 en 16 May – Kenneth Taylor, Dutch internationalK. Taylor https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/508784/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 7 June – Tomáš Suslov, Slovak internationalT. Suslov https://int.soccerway.com/players/toma-suslov/577393/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 19 June – Efraín Álvarez, Mexican internationalE. Álvarez https://int.soccerway.com/players/efrain-alvarez/492677/ soccerway.com Soccer way 11 July – Amad, Ivorian internationalhttps://www.premierleague.com/players/69176/Amad-Diallo/overview Amad Diallo Premier League 15 January 2021 25 July – Adam Hložek, Czech internationalAdam Hložek https://int.soccerway.com/players/adam-hloek/509257/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 30 August – Fábio Carvalho, Portuguese youth internationalFábio Carvalho Liverpool Midfielder, Profile & Stats https://www.premierleague.com/players/32289/F%C3%A1bio-Carvalho/overview 2022-11-28 Premier League 20 October – Yeremy Pino, Spanish internationalYeremy Pino https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j15094.html bdfutbol.com BD Futbool 22 October – Stanislav Atrashkevich, Belarusian footballerStanislav Atrashkevich https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe774400/stanislav-atrashkevich/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 16 February 2024 en 23 October – Elkan Baggott, Indonesian footballer 31 October – Ansu Fati, Spanish internationalAnsu Fati Biography https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/bio/_/id/292957/ansu-fati 2022-10-31 ESPN 10 November – Eduardo Camavinga, French internationalEduardo Camavinga https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/285150/eduardo-camavinga 2022-11-28 ESPN 13 November – Giovanni Reyna, U.S. internationalhttps://www.bvb.de/Mannschaften/Profis/Giovanni-Reyna Giovanni Reyna de Borussia Dortmund 21 November 2020 Deaths October 2022 February 8 February – Zizinho, Brazilian midfielder, winner of the Best Player Award at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (80) 12 February – John Eriksen (44), Danish international 13 February – Ramón Grosso (58), Spanish player 16 February – Walter Winterbottom (89), English manager 20 February – Cristian Neamtu, Romanian playerDeceased soccer players – Cristian Neamtu March 4 March – Velibor Vasović (62), Yugoslavian footballer April 16 April – Billy Ayre (49), English footballer and manager May 13 May – Valeri Lobanovsky (63), Ukrainian footballer and manager June 17 June – Fritz Walter (81), German World cup winning (1954) footballer July 25 July – Hans Dorjee (60), Dutch footballer and manager August 8 August – Reiner Geye (52), German footballer September 17 September – Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian forward, winner of the 1958 FIFA World Cup. (68) 22 September – Julio Pérez, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (76) October 6 October – Juan Yustrich (93), Argentine goalkeeper 24 October – Hermán Gaviria (32), Colombian footballer November 1 November – Lester Morgan (26), Costa Rican footballer 9 November – Eusebio Tejera, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (80) 12 November – Raoul Diagne (92), French footballer 13 November – Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan forward, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, ranked as the best Uruguayan footballer of all time by an IFFHS poll. (77) Movies Bend It Like Beckham (UK) References Category:Association football by year