2002 FIFA World Cup Group G#Croatia vs Mexico
{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
Group G of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place on 13 June 2002. Mexico won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Italy. Croatia and Ecuador failed to advance.
Standings
|update=complete
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150219161352/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/groups/index.html FIFA]
|teamwidth=200
|team1=MEX
|team2=ITA
|team3=CRO
|team4=ECU
|result1=KO
|result2=KO
|class_rules=Tie-breaking criteria
|win_MEX=2 |draw_MEX=1 |loss_MEX=0 |gf_MEX=4 |ga_MEX=2
|win_ITA=1 |draw_ITA=1 |loss_ITA=1 |gf_ITA=4 |ga_ITA=3
|win_CRO=1 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=2 |gf_CRO=2 |ga_CRO=3
|win_ECU=1 |draw_ECU=0 |loss_ECU=2 |gf_ECU=2 |ga_ECU=4
|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}
|name_ITA={{fb|ITA}}
|name_CRO={{fb|CRO}}
|name_ECU={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to knockout stage
}}
- Mexico advanced to play United States (runner-up of Group D) in the round of 16.
- Italy advanced to play South Korea (winner of Group D) in the round of 16.
Matches
All times local (UTC+9)
=Croatia vs Mexico=
{{football box
|date=3 June 2002
|time=15:30
|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950009/ Report]
|team2={{fb|MEX}}
|goals1=
|goals2=Blanco {{goal|60|pen.}}
|stadium=Niigata Big Swan Stadium, Niigata
|attendance=32,239
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
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| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Stipe Pletikosa | ||
| CB | 6 | Boris Živković | {{sent off|0|59}} | |
| CB | 3 | Josip Šimunić | ||
| CB | 21 | Robert Kovač | ||
| RM | 10 | Niko Kovač | ||
| CM | 14 | Zvonimir Soldo | ||
| CM | 4 | Stjepan Tomas | ||
| LM | 17 | Robert Jarni | ||
| AM | 8 | Robert Prosinečki | {{suboff|46}} | |
| CF | 9 | Davor Šuker (c) | {{suboff|64}} | |
| CF | 11 | Alen Bokšić | {{suboff|67}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 5 | Milan Rapaić | {{subon|46}} | |
| DF | 15 | Daniel Šarić | {{subon|64}} | |
| MF | 13 | Mario Stanić | {{subon|67}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Mirko Jozić |
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Óscar Pérez | ||
| RB | 16 | Salvador Carmona | ||
| CB | 4 | Rafael Márquez (c) | ||
| CB | 5 | Manuel Vidrio | ||
| LB | 11 | Braulio Luna | ||
| RM | 19 | Gabriel Caballero | ||
| CM | 6 | Gerardo Torrado | ||
| CM | 13 | Sigifredo Mercado | ||
| LM | 7 | Ramón Morales | ||
| SS | 10 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | {{suboff|79}} | |
| CF | 9 | Jared Borgetti | {{suboff|68}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 15 | Luis Hernández | {{subon|68}} | |
| FW | 17 | Francisco Palencia | {{subon|79}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Javier Aguirre |
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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=Italy vs Ecuador=
{{football box
|date=3 June 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950011/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=Vieri {{goal|7||27}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
|attendance=31,081
|referee=Brian Hall (United States) }}
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
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| width="100%"
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| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Gianluigi Buffon | ||
| RB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta | ||
| CB | 13 | Alessandro Nesta | ||
| CB | 3 | Paolo Maldini (c) | ||
| CB | 5 | Fabio Cannavaro | {{yel|81}} | |
| LB | 2 | Christian Panucci | ||
| RM | 17 | Damiano Tommasi | ||
| CM | 14 | Luigi Di Biagio | {{suboff|69}} | |
| LM | 11 | Cristiano Doni | {{suboff|64}} | |
| SS | 10 | Francesco Totti | {{suboff|74}} | |
| CF | 21 | Christian Vieri | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 16 | Angelo Di Livio | {{subon|64}} | |
| MF | 8 | Gennaro Gattuso | {{subon|69}} | |
| FW | 7 | Alessandro Del Piero | {{subon|74}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Giovanni Trapattoni |
|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | José Cevallos | ||
| RB | 4 | Ulises de la Cruz | {{yel|49}} | |
| CB | 3 | Iván Hurtado | ||
| CB | 2 | Augusto Poroso | {{yel|14}} | |
| LB | 6 | Raúl Guerrón | ||
| RM | 19 | Édison Méndez | ||
| CM | 20 | Edwin Tenorio | {{suboff|59}} | |
| CM | 5 | Alfonso Obregón | ||
| LM | 16 | Cléver Chalá | {{yel|54}} | {{suboff|85}} |
| AM | 10 | Álex Aguinaga (c) | {{suboff|46}} | |
| CF | 11 | Agustín Delgado | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 18 | Carlos Tenorio | {{subon|46}} | |
| DF | 15 | Marlon Ayoví | {{subon|59}} | |
| MF | 7 | Nicolás Asencio | {{subon|85}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|COL}} Hernán Gómez |
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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=Italy vs Croatia=
{{football box
|date=8 June 2002
|time=18:00
|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950025/ Report]
|team2={{fb|CRO}}
|goals1=Vieri {{goal|55}}
|goals2=Olić {{goal|73}}
Rapaić {{goal|76}}
|stadium=Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki
|attendance=36,472
|referee=Graham Poll (England) }}
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
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| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Gianluigi Buffon | ||
| RB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta | ||
| CB | 13 | Alessandro Nesta | {{suboff|24}} | |
| CB | 3 | Paolo Maldini (c) | ||
| CB | 5 | Fabio Cannavaro | ||
| LB | 2 | Christian Panucci | ||
| RM | 17 | Damiano Tommasi | ||
| CM | 6 | Cristiano Zanetti | ||
| LM | 11 | Cristiano Doni | {{suboff|79}} | |
| SS | 10 | Francesco Totti | ||
| CF | 21 | Christian Vieri | {{yel|51}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| CB | 23 | Marco Materazzi | {{subon|24}} | |
| FW | 9 | Filippo Inzaghi | {{subon|79}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Giovanni Trapattoni |
|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Stipe Pletikosa | ||
| SW | 21 | Robert Kovač | {{yel|39}} | |
| CB | 3 | Josip Šimunić | ||
| CB | 4 | Stjepan Tomas | ||
| RWB | 15 | Daniel Šarić | ||
| LWB | 17 | Robert Jarni (c) | ||
| CM | 14 | Zvonimir Soldo | {{suboff|62}} | |
| CM | 10 | Niko Kovač | ||
| AM | 7 | Davor Vugrinec | {{suboff|57}} | |
| AM | 5 | Milan Rapaić | {{suboff|79}} | |
| CF | 11 | Alen Bokšić | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 18 | Ivica Olić | {{subon|57}} | |
| MF | 16 | Jurica Vranješ | {{subon|62}} | |
| DF | 20 | Dario Šimić | {{subon|79}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Mirko Jozić |
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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=Mexico vs Ecuador=
{{football box
|date=9 June 2002
|time=15:30
|team1={{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950027/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=Borgetti {{goal|28}}
Torrado {{goal|57}}
|goals2=Delgado {{goal|5}}
|stadium=Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi
|attendance=45,610
|referee=Mourad Daami (Tunisia) }}
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
| pattern_la = _thinredborder | pattern_b = _mex02 | pattern_ra = _thinredborder | pattern_sh = _uru02a | pattern_so = _whitestripe | leftarm = 005F1E | body = 005F1E | rightarm = 005F1E | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FF0000 | title = Mexico }} |{{Football kit | pattern_la = _ecu002h | pattern_b = _ecu002h | pattern_ra = _ecu002h | pattern_sh = _redsides | leftarm = FFFF00 | body = FFFF00 | rightarm = FFFF00 | shorts = 0000FF | socks = FFFFFF | title = Ecuador }} |
| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Óscar Pérez | ||
| RB | 16 | Salvador Carmona | ||
| CB | 5 | Manuel Vidrio | ||
| CB | 4 | Rafael Márquez (c) | ||
| LB | 11 | Braulio Luna | ||
| RM | 21 | Jesús Arellano | ||
| CM | 6 | Gerardo Torrado | {{yel|65}} | |
| CM | 18 | Johan Rodríguez | {{suboff|87}} | |
| LM | 7 | Ramón Morales | ||
| SS | 10 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | {{suboff|90+3}} | |
| CF | 9 | Jared Borgetti | {{suboff|77}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 15 | Luis Hernández | {{subon|77}} | |
| MF | 19 | Gabriel Caballero | {{subon|87}} | |
| MF | 13 | Sigifredo Mercado | {{subon|90+3}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Javier Aguirre |
|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | José Cevallos | {{yel|27}} | |
| RB | 4 | Ulises de la Cruz | ||
| CB | 3 | Iván Hurtado (c) | ||
| CB | 2 | Augusto Poroso | ||
| LB | 6 | Raúl Guerrón | {{yel|49}} | |
| RM | 19 | Édison Méndez | ||
| CM | 5 | Alfonso Obregón | {{suboff|58}} | |
| CM | 20 | Edwin Tenorio | {{suboff|35}} | |
| LM | 16 | Cléver Chalá | ||
| CF | 9 | Iván Kaviedes | {{yel|15}} | {{suboff|53}} |
| CF | 11 | Agustín Delgado | {{yel|87}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| DF | 15 | Marlon Ayoví | {{subon|35}} | |
| FW | 18 | Carlos Tenorio | {{yel|61}} | {{subon|53}} |
| MF | 10 | Álex Aguinaga | {{subon|58}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|COL}} Hernán Gómez |
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
|
=Mexico vs Italy=
{{football box
|date=13 June 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950043/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ITA}}
|goals1=Borgetti {{goal|34}}
|goals2=Del Piero {{goal|85}}
|stadium=Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita
|attendance=39,291
|referee=Carlos Simon (Brazil) }}
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
| pattern_la = _thinredborder | pattern_b = _mex02 | pattern_ra = _thinredborder | pattern_sh = _uru02a | pattern_so = _whitestripe | leftarm = 005F1E | body = 005F1E | rightarm = 005F1E | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FF0000 | title = Mexico }} |{{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _ita02a | pattern_ra = | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _kappafootballbluelogo | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = 0040FF | socks = FFFFFF | title = Italy }} |
| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Óscar Pérez | {{yel|84}} | |
| RB | 16 | Salvador Carmona | ||
| CB | 5 | Manuel Vidrio | ||
| CB | 4 | Rafael Márquez (c) | ||
| LB | 11 | Braulio Luna | ||
| RM | 21 | Jesús Arellano | {{yel|2}} | |
| CM | 6 | Gerardo Torrado | ||
| CM | 18 | Johan Rodríguez | {{suboff|76}} | |
| LM | 7 | Ramón Morales | {{suboff|76}} | |
| SS | 10 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | ||
| CF | 9 | Jared Borgetti | {{suboff|80}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 3 | Rafael García | {{subon|76}} | |
| MF | 19 | Gabriel Caballero | {{subon|76}} | |
| FW | 17 | Francisco Palencia | {{subon|80}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Javier Aguirre |
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Gianluigi Buffon | ||
| RB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta | {{yel|55}} | |
| CB | 5 | Fabio Cannavaro | {{yel|5}} | |
| CB | 3 | Paolo Maldini (c) | ||
| CB | 13 | Alessandro Nesta | ||
| LB | 2 | Christian Panucci | {{yel|10}} | {{suboff|63}} |
| RM | 17 | Damiano Tommasi | ||
| CM | 6 | Cristiano Zanetti | ||
| LM | 10 | Francesco Totti | {{yel|43}} | {{suboff|78}} |
| RF | 21 | Christian Vieri | ||
| LF | 9 | Filippo Inzaghi | {{suboff|55}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 20 | Vincenzo Montella | {{yel|57}} | {{subon|55}} |
| LB | 4 | Francesco Coco | {{subon|63}} | |
| FW | 7 | Alessandro Del Piero | {{subon|78}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Giovanni Trapattoni |
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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=Ecuador vs Croatia=
{{football box
|date=13 June 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950044/ Report]
|team2={{fb|CRO}}
|goals1=Méndez {{goal|48}}
|goals2=
|stadium=International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
|attendance=65,862
|referee=William Mattus (Costa Rica) }}
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
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| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | José Cevallos | ||
| RB | 4 | Ulises de la Cruz | ||
| CB | 3 | Iván Hurtado (c) | ||
| CB | 2 | Augusto Poroso | ||
| LB | 6 | Raúl Guerrón | ||
| RM | 19 | Édison Méndez | ||
| CM | 5 | Alfonso Obregon | {{suboff|40}} | |
| CM | 15 | Marlon Ayoví | ||
| LM | 16 | Cléver Chalá | {{yel|86}} | |
| CF | 18 | Carlos Tenorio | {{suboff|76}} | |
| CF | 11 | Agustín Delgado | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 10 | Álex Aguinaga | {{subon|40}} | |
| FW | 9 | Iván Kaviedes | {{subon|76}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|COL}} Hernán Gómez |
|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Stipe Pletikosa | ||
| SW | 21 | Robert Kovač | ||
| CB | 3 | Josip Šimunić | {{yel|90+2}} | |
| CB | 20 | Dario Šimić | {{suboff|52}} | |
| RWB | 15 | Daniel Šarić | {{suboff|68}} | |
| LWB | 17 | Robert Jarni (c) | ||
| CM | 4 | Stjepan Tomas | {{yel|72}} | |
| CM | 10 | Niko Kovač | {{suboff|59}} | |
| CM | 5 | Milan Rapaić | ||
| CF | 18 | Ivica Olić | ||
| CF | 11 | Alen Bokšić | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 7 | Davor Vugrinec | {{subon|52}} | |
| MF | 16 | Jurica Vranješ | {{subon|59}} | |
| MF | 13 | Mario Stanić | {{subon|68}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Mirko Jozić |
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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