Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

This article concerns the German national football team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

Qualification

Germany had to play against England, Finland, Albania and Greece, managed by fellow German Otto Rehhagel. It was not to be an easy group, so much so as only the first placed team could qualify automatically.

The start was promising with four wins in a row, including a 1-0 win against England at Wembley. Since England could only manage a draw away at Finland, automatic qualification should have been a foregone conclusion. In the next game, there was a 2-2 draw against Finland, which was ironed out by winning away in Albania. In the following game, a draw against England would have seen Germany qualify automatically.

After nine minutes, Germany took the lead with a goal by Carsten Jancker but England soon equalised with a Michael Owen goal. After that, England were successful in almost everything they did. Germany did not offer anything on the break and the final score was a 5-1 for England. Automatic qualification was pushed back.

The last match of qualifying saw Germany play Finland and simultaneously England play Greece. Germany was hoping for the Greeks to give them a helping hand, by at least drawing with England. Greece led until the 90th minute, when David Beckham equalised from a free kick. If Germany had won, then they would have finished first and with that qualified automatically to the World Cup finals. However, Germany only managed a 0-0 draw and therefore finished in second place.

That meant that Germany had to play a play-off game and drew Ukraine. On 10 November 2001, the two teams played out a 1-1 draw in Kyiv. Four days later, Germany finally qualified for the World Cup by winning 4-1. After only 15 minutes, Germany were leading the match 3-0.

After losing to England and not qualifying automatically for the World Cup saw Germany receive a large amount of criticism, claiming that German football is competitive. The convincing result against Ukraine was celebrated as a rebirth for German football.

DateVenueMatchResultGoals
02/09/2000HamburgGermany v Greece2-0 (1-0)1-0 Deisler (17th), 2-0 Ouzounidis, o.g. (75th)
07/10/2000LondonEngland v Germany0-1 (0-1)0-1 D. Hamann (14th)
24/03/2001LeverkusenGermany v Albania2-1 (1-1)1-0 Deisler (50th), 1-1 Kola (66th), 2-1 Klose (88th)
28/03/2001AthensGreece v Germany2-4 (2-2)0-1 Rehmer (6th), 1-1 Charisteas (21st), 1-2 Ballack, p. (25th), 2-2 Georgiadis (43rd), 2-3 Klose (82nd), 2-4 Bode (90+)
02/06/2001HelsinkiFinland v Germany2-2 (2-0)1-0 Forssell (29th), 2-0 Forssell (43rd), 2-1 Ballack, p. (69th), 2-2 Jancker (72nd)
06/06/2001TiranaAlbania v Germany0-2 (0-1)0-1 Rehmer (28th), 0-2 Ballack (68th)
01/09/2001MunichGermany v England1-5 (1-2)1-0 Jancker (6th), 1-1 Owen (12th), 1-2 Gerrard (45th), 1-3 Owen (48th), 1-4 Owen (66th), 1-5 Heskey (74th)
06/10/2001GelsenkirchenGermany v Finland0-0

Play-offs

DateVenueMatchResultGoals
10/11/2001KyivUkraine v Germany1-1 (1-1)1-0 Subow (18th), 1-1 Ballack (31st)
14/11/2001DortmundGermany v Ukraine4-1 (3-0)1-0 Ballack (4th), 2-0 Neuville (11th), 3-0 Rehmer (15th), 4-0 Ballack (51st), 4-1 Shevchenko (90th)

Group 9 Final Table

PosCountryF/APts
1England16-617
2Germany14-1017
3Finland12-712
4Greece7-177
5Albania5-143

Finals

Squad

Number / NameTeamBirth DayCaps/Goals (Total)CapsGoals
Goalkeepers
23Hans-Jörg ButtBayer 04 Leverkusen28.05.197402 (00)00000
01Oliver KahnFC Bayern München15.06.196945 (00)70001
12Jens LehmannBorussia Dortmund10.11.196914 (00)00000
Defence
04Frank BaumannWerder Bremen29.11.197511 (02)10001
02Thomas LinkeFC Bayern München26.12.196934 (00)71000
21Christoph MetzelderBorussia Dortmund05.11.198006 (00)70000
05Carsten RamelowBayer 04 Leverkusen20.03.197425 (00)50010
03Marko RehmerHertha BSC19.04.197227 (04)10000
06Christian ZiegeTottenham Hotspur01.12.197266 (09)50002
Midfield
13Michael BallackBayer 04 Leverkusen26.09.197622 (06)63003
18Jörg BöhmeFC Schalke 0422.01.197406 (01)00000
22Torsten FringsWerder Bremen22.11.197608 (02)70001
08Dietmar HamannFC Liverpool27.08.197340 (04)60002
16Jens JeremiesFC Bayern München05.03.197433 (01)70001
15Sebastian KehlBorussia Dortmund13.02.198008 (02)20001
10Lars RickenBorussia Dortmund10.07.197616 (01)00000
17Marco BodeWerder Bremen23.07.196934 (08)61000
19Bernd SchneiderBayer 04 Leverkusen17.11.197309 (00)71001
Attack
14Gerald AsamoahFC Schalke 0403.10.197811 (02)30000
20Oliver BierhoffAS Monaco01.05.196865 (36)51000
09Carsten JanckerFC Bayern München28.08.197426 (07)31001
11Miroslav Klose1. FC Kaiserslautern09.06.197812 (08)75001
07Oliver NeuvilleBayer 04 Leverkusen01.05.197330 (03)61001
Trainer
Rudi Völler (Manager)13.04.1960
Michael Skibbe (Coach)04.08.1965
Seogwipo (2nd Round)
Seoul (SF)
Ulsan (QF)
Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (South Korea)
Ibaraki (GS)
Miyazaki (Base)
Sapporo (GS)
Shizuoka (GS)
Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (Japan)

Group Stages

At the draw for the group stages, it was announced that Germany would be in Pot A, meaning they became joint favourites to win the tournament. The three-time world champions saw them meet Ireland, Cameroon and Saudi Arabia in the group stage.

Against Saudi Arabia, everything went according to plan, with Germany winning 8-0. Miroslav Klose scored a hat-trick against the minnows. Carsten Jancker scored his first goal after enduring a dry run. It was Germany's highest win since the 1978 World Cup, where they beat Mexico 6-0. In the game against Ireland, Germany took an early lead, with Klose scoring once more but in added time Robbie Keane equalised for Ireland. That meant that if Germany could either beat or draw with Cameroon in their last group game, would see Germany qualify for the second round. At half-time in the game against Cameroon, the score was 0-0, but Germany had Carsten Ramelow sent off for a second yellow card offence. It did not look good for Germany, who were under pressure from Cameroon right from the start of the second hand. Substitute Marco Bode then opened the scoring for Germany, assisted by a wonderful pass from Klose and made the score 1-0. Bode's goal was voted goal of the month for June 2002 by the viewers of Sportschau. Cameroon, trained by fellow German Winfried Schäfer, also had a man sent off midway through the second half. From this moment, Germany took control and Klose made it 2-0 shortly after. Germany finished the group top.

Matches

DateMatchResult
01/06/2002Germany v Saudi Arabia8-0 (4-0)
06/06/2002Germany v Ireland1-1 (1-0)
11/06/2002Cameroon v Germany0-2 (0-0)

Final Group E Table

PosTeamF/APts
1Germany11-17
2Ireland5-25
3Cameroon2-34
4Saudi Arabia0-120

Knock-out Rounds

2nd RoundGermany v Paraguay1-0 (0-0)Neuville (88th)
QuartersGermany v USA1-0 (0-0)Ballack (39th)
SemisGermany v South Korea1-0 (0-0)Ballack (75th)
FinalBrazil v Germany2-0 (0-0)

References

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