Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won both their initial qualification group and their group during the tournament itself. They reached the quarter-final stages where they were knocked out by the eventual tournament runners-up, the Netherlands.

Qualification
Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Brazil finished top of the CONMEBOL league table. Matches were played from October 2007 to October 2009.

Final positions
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34 Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup
2  Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33
3  Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33
4  Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28
5  Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
6  Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23
7  Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23
8  Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22
9  Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15
10  Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13
Source: FIFA

Pre-tournament friendlies
Brazil2–0Italy
Elano  13'
Robinho  27'
Emirates Stadium, London, United Kingdom
Attendance: 60,077
Estonia0–1Brazil
Luís Fabiano  43'
Attendance: 8,550
Brazil1–0England
Nilmar  47'
Attendance: 50,000
Oman0–2Brazil
Nilmar  4'
Mudhafar  61' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,000

Squad

Coach: Dunga

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Júlio César (1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 30) 47 Inter Milan
2 2DF Maicon (1981-07-26)26 July 1981 (aged 28) 56 Inter Milan
3 2DF Lúcio (c) (1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 32) 89 Inter Milan
4 2DF Juan (1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 31) 73 Roma
5 3MF Felipe Melo (1983-08-26)26 August 1983 (aged 26) 16 Juventus
6 2DF Michel Bastos (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 26) 3 Lyon
7 3MF Elano (1981-06-14)14 June 1981 (aged 28) 41 Galatasaray
8 3MF Gilberto Silva (1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 33) 86 Panathinaikos
9 4FW Luís Fabiano (1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 29) 36 Sevilla
10 3MF Kaká (1982-04-22)22 April 1982 (aged 28) 76 Real Madrid
11 4FW Robinho (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 26) 73 Santos
12 1GK Heurelho Gomes (1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 29) 9 Tottenham Hotspur
13 2DF Dani Alves (1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 27) 33 Barcelona
14 2DF Luisão (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 29) 40 Benfica
15 2DF Thiago Silva (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 25) 4 Milan
16 2DF Gilberto (1976-04-25)25 April 1976 (aged 34) 32 Cruzeiro
17 3MF Josué (1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 30) 26 VfL Wolfsburg
18 3MF Ramires (1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 23) 11 Benfica
19 3MF Júlio Baptista (1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 28) 45 Roma
20 3MF Kléberson (1979-06-19)19 June 1979 (aged 30) 31 Flamengo
21 4FW Nilmar (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 25) 15 Villarreal
22 1GK Doni (1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 30) 10 Roma
23 4FW Grafite (1979-04-02)2 April 1979 (aged 31) 2 VfL Wolfsburg

Group Stages
Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group G

Brazil vs Korea DPR
Brazil 2–1 North Korea
Maicon  55'
Elano  72'		 Report Ji Yun-nam  89'
Attendance: 54,331
Brazil[2]
Korea DPR[2]

BRAZIL:
GK1Júlio César
RB2Maicon
CB3Lúcio (c)
CB4Juan
LB6Michel Bastos
DM8Gilberto Silva
CM7Elano 73'
CM5Felipe Melo 84'
AM10Kaká 78'
SS11Robinho
CF9Luís Fabiano
Substitutions:
DF13Dani Alves 73'
FW21Nilmar 78'
MF18Ramires 88' 84'
Manager:
Dunga

KOREA DPR:
GK1Ri Myong-guk
RB2Cha Jong-hyok
CB13Pak Chol-jin
CB4Pak Nam-chol
LB5Ri Kwang-chon
DM3Ri Jun-il
RM11Mun In-guk 80'
LM8Ji Yun-nam
AM10Hong Yong-jo (c)
AM17An Yong-hak
CF9Jong Tae-se
Substitutions:
FW6Kim Kum-il 80'
Manager:
Kim Jong-hun
Brazil vs North Korea

Man of the Match:
Maicon (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Gábor Erős (Hungary)[1]
Tibor Vámos (Hungary)[1]
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)[1]
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)[1]

Brazil vs Ivory Coast
Brazil 3–1 Ivory Coast
Luís Fabiano  25', 50'
Elano  62'		 Report Drogba  79'
Attendance: 84,455
Brazil[3]
Côte d'Ivoire[3]

BRAZIL:
GK1Júlio César
RB2Maicon
CB3Lúcio (c)
CB4Juan
LB6Michel Bastos
DM8Gilberto Silva
RM7Elano 67'
LM5Felipe Melo
AM10Kaká 85'  88'
SS11Robinho 90+3'
CF9Luís Fabiano
Substitutions:
DF13Dani Alves 67'
MF18Ramires 90+3'
Manager:
Dunga

CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
GK1Boubacar Barry
RB20Guy Demel
CB4Kolo Touré
CB5Didier Zokora
LB17Siaka Tiéné 31'
DM19Yaya Touré
CM21Emmanuel Eboué 72'
CM9Cheick Tioté 86'
RW15Aruna Dindane 54'
LW8Salomon Kalou 68'
CF11Didier Drogba (c)
Substitutions:
FW10Gervinho 54'
MF18Kader Keïta 75' 68'
MF13Romaric 72'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match:
Luís Fabiano (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Éric Dansault (France)
Laurent Ugo (France)
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)

Portugal vs Brazil
Portugal 0–0 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 62,712
Portugal[4]
Brazil[4]

PORTUGAL:
GK1Eduardo
RB21Ricardo Costa
CB6Ricardo Carvalho
CB2Bruno Alves
LB5Duda 25' 54'
DM15Pepe 40' 64'
CM19Tiago 31'
CM16Raul Meireles 84'
RW10Danny
LW23Fábio Coentrão 45'
CF7Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
MF11Simão 54'
MF8Pedro Mendes 64'
MF14Miguel Veloso 84'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz

BRAZIL:
GK1Júlio César
RB2Maicon
CB3Lúcio (c)
CB4Juan 25'
LB6Michel Bastos
DM8Gilberto Silva
CM13Dani Alves
CM5Felipe Melo 43' 44'
RF21Nilmar
CF19Júlio Baptista 82'
LF9Luís Fabiano 15' 85'
Substitutions:
MF17Josué 44'
MF18Ramires 82'
FW23Grafite 85'
Manager:
Dunga

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Assistant referees:
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Fifth official:
Brent Best (New Zealand)

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 2 0 7 0 +7 5
3  Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Round of 16
Brazil 3–0 Chile
Juan  35'
Luís Fabiano  38'
Robinho  59'		 Report
Attendance: 54,096
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Brazil[5]
Chile[5]
GK1Júlio César
RB2Maicon
CB3Lúcio (c)
CB4Juan
LB6Michel Bastos
DM8Gilberto Silva
RM13Dani Alves
LM18Ramires 72'
AM10Kaká 30' 81'
SS11Robinho 85'
CF9Luís Fabiano 76'
Substitutions:
FW21Nilmar 76'
MF20Kléberson 81'
DF16Gilberto 85'
Manager:
Dunga
GK1Claudio Bravo (c)
RB4Mauricio Isla 62'
CB5Pablo Contreras 46'
CB18Gonzalo Jara
LB2Ismael Fuentes 68'
RM8Arturo Vidal 47'
CM6Carlos Carmona
LM15Jean Beausejour
RW7Alexis Sánchez
CF9Humberto Suazo
LW11Mark González 46'
Substitutions:
MF10Jorge Valdivia 46'
MF21Rodrigo Tello 46'
MF20Rodrigo Millar 80' 62'
Manager:
Marcelo Bielsa

Man of the Match:
Robinho (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Darren Cann (England)
Mike Mullarkey (England)
Fourth official:
Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Fifth official:
Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)

Quarter-finals

The Netherlands came from behind to beat Brazil 2–1, handing the Brazilians their first loss in a World Cup match held outside Europe, other than in a penalty shootout, since 1950.

Netherlands 2–1 Brazil
Sneijder  53', 68' Report Robinho  10'
Attendance: 40,186
Netherlands[6]
Brazil[6]
GK1Maarten Stekelenburg
RB2Gregory van der Wiel 47'
CB3John Heitinga 14'
CB13André Ooijer 76'
LB5Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c)
DM6Mark van Bommel
DM8Nigel de Jong 64'
RW11Arjen Robben
AM10Wesley Sneijder
LW7Dirk Kuyt
CF9Robin van Persie 85'
Substitutions:
FW21Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 85'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk
GK1Júlio César
RB2Maicon
CB3Lúcio (c)
CB4Juan
LB6Michel Bastos 37' 62'
DM5Felipe Melo 73'
RM13Dani Alves
LM8Gilberto Silva
AM10Kaká
SS11Robinho
CF9Luís Fabiano 77'
Substitutions:
DF16Gilberto 62'
FW21Nilmar 77'
Manager:
Dunga

Man of the Match:
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

Assistant referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Jeong Hae-sang (Korea Republic)
Fourth official:
Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

References
  1. "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Brazil-Korea PRK" (PDF). FIFA. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  3. "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Brazil-Cote d´Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. 20 June 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  4. "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Portugal-Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  5. "Tactical Line-up – Last 16 – Brazil-Chile" (PDF). FIFA. 28 June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  6. "Tactical Line-up – Quarterfinal – Netherlands-Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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