• Source: 2002 in association football

      • The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2002 throughout the world.


      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

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      Iran:
      Pro League – Persepolis
      Azadegan League – Sanat Naft
      Hazfi Cup – Esteghlal
      Japan – Júbilo Iwata
      Qatar – Al-Ittihad
      South Korea – Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
      Thailand – Osotspa M-150


      = Europe

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      Croatia – NK Zagreb
      Denmark – Brøndby
      England – Arsenal
      France – Lyon
      Germany – Borussia Dortmund
      Iceland – KR
      Ireland – Shelbourne
      Italy – Juventus
      Netherlands
      Eredivisie – Ajax
      Eerste Divisie – Zwolle
      Portugal – Sporting CP
      Russia – Lokomotiv Moscow
      Scotland – Celtic
      Spain
      La Liga – Valencia
      Copa del Rey – Deportivo La Coruña
      Sweden: for fuller coverage, see: 2002 in Swedish football
      Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen – Djurgården
      Turkey – Galatasaray
      Ukraine – Shakhtar Donetsk
      FR Yugoslavia – Partizan


      = North and Central America

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      Canada – Ottawa Wizards (CPSL)
      Mexico
      Verano 2002 – Club América
      Apertura 2002 – Club Toluca
      United States – Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)


      = South America

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      Argentina:
      2001–02 Clausura – River Plate
      2002–03 Apertura – Independiente
      Bolivia – Bolívar
      Brazil – Santos
      Ecuador – Emelec
      Paraguay – Libertad
      Uruguay – Nacional


      International tournaments


      African Cup of Nations in Mali (19 January – 13 February 2002)
      Cameroon
      Senegal
      Nigeria
      FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan (31 May – 30 June 2002)
      Brazil
      Germany
      Turkey


      National team results




      = Europe

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      Estonia




      Sweden




      = South America

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      Bolivia




      Chile




      Ecuador




      Births


      1 January – Simon Adingra, Ivorian international
      7 January – Mohamed Daramy, Danish international
      16 January – Bagas Kaffa, Indonesian youth international
      18 January – Karim Adeyemi, German international
      23 January
      Leonardo Bia, Italian footballer
      Maxime Vandelannoitte, Belgian footballer
      28 January – Jin Liangkuan, Chinese footballer
      30 January – Marco Di Cesare, Argentine club footballer
      31 January – Giovanni, Brazilian footballer
      3 February – Radu Drăgușin, Romanian international
      15 February
      Zuriko Davitashvili, Georgian international
      Gijs van Otterdijk, Dutch footballer
      20 February – Michael Sosa, Honduran footballer
      3 March – Makar Litskevich, Belarusian professional footballer
      10 March
      Ian Maatsen, Dutch footballer
      Noni Madueke, English youth international
      13 March – Viljami Aittokoski, Finnish footballer
      17 March – Theofilos Profyllidis, Greek professional footballer
      27 April – Anthony Elanga, Swedish international
      13 May – Eugenio Pizzuto, Mexican youth international
      14 May – Daniel Peñaloza, Colombian footballer
      16 May – Kenneth Taylor, Dutch international
      7 June – Tomáš Suslov, Slovak international
      19 June – Efraín Álvarez, Mexican international
      11 July – Amad, Ivorian international
      13 July – Tom Bierschenk, German professional footballer
      25 July – Adam Hložek, Czech international
      30 August – Fábio Carvalho, Portuguese youth international
      20 October – Yeremy Pino, Spanish international
      22 October – Stanislav Atrashkevich, Belarusian professional footballer
      23 October – Elkan Baggott, Indonesian footballer
      31 October – Ansu Fati, Spanish international
      10 November – Eduardo Camavinga, French international
      13 November – Giovanni Reyna, U.S. international


      Deaths




      = February

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      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 player


      = March

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      4 March – Velibor Vasović (62), Yugoslavian footballer


      = April

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      16 April – Billy Ayre (49), English footballer and manager


      = May

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      13 May – Valeri Lobanovsky (63), Ukrainian footballer and manager


      = June

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      17 June – Fritz Walter (81), German World cup winning (1954) footballer
      30 June – Friday Mbeke Godwin, Nigerian professional footballer


      = July

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      25 July – Hans Dorjee (60), Dutch footballer and manager


      = August

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      8 August – Reiner Geye (52), German footballer


      = September

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      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

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      24 October – Hermán Gaviria (32), Colombian footballer


      = November

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      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

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