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Which Super Eagles players were in the Nigeria squad Korea Japan 2002? Did Nigeria qualify for World Cup 2002? Who won the 2002 World Cup? What happened to Nigeria’s 2002 World Cup? Who was the best goalkeeper in the 2002 World Cup? Did Nigeria make it to the 2002 World Cup? How far has Nigeria gone in the World Cup? Did Nigeria win World Cup? Who got Golden Glove in the 2002 FIFA World Cup? Who won keeper of the tournament? Who captained the Nigeria team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup? Where is Nigeria FIFA ranking?
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Nigeria World Cup 2002 Japan/South Korea History
Lots of Nigerians have used this match to make prayer points like “Never Again!” They believe this Nigeria squad Korea Japan 2002 are the worst so far.
Yes, we know they lost two games and drew one in the group stage and never made it past there. But which Nigerian coach or even foreign coach ever led the Super Eagles to beat any of the three teams coach Festus Onigbinde had to go up against at the 2002 Japan/South Korea World Cup? (This is not about holding brief for Onigbinde, please).
Nigeria met a perennial soccer enemy first, i.e. Argentina, and lost one-nil.
Their next game was against Sweden, perhaps the only team fans expected Nigeria to beat but the Super Eagles lost again by two goals to one.
Nigeria’s last group match was against England.
England?!
Even though it was England, Nigeria surprisingly stood their ground and gave a good account of themselves by ending the game in a goalless draw. Okocha was even named Man of the Match.
Truth be told, the Group F Nigeria was drawn in was a classic “group of death”. The Super Eagles really didn’t stand a chance even from the onset.
The eventual result the Eagles got is not short of the result expected.
Argentina? Sweden? England? Who is Nigeria kidding?
1998 World Cup Results Table
Group Stage Fixtures & Results
Poland 3 – 1 USA
2002-06-14
Portugal 0 – 1 Korea Rep.
2002-06-14
Belgium 3 – 2 Russia
2002-06-14
Tunisia 0 – 2 Japan
2002-06-14
Ecuador 1 – 0 Croatia
2002-06-13
Mexico 1 – 1 Italy
2002-06-13
Turkey 3 – 0 China PR
2002-06-13
Costa Rica 2 – 5 Brazil
2002-06-13
Slovenia 1 – 3 Paraguay
2002-06-12
South Africa 2 – 3 Spain
2002-06-12
Nigeria 0 – 0 England
2002-06-12
Sweden 1 – 1 Argentina
2002-06-12
Saudi Arabia 0 – 3 R. Ireland
2002-06-11
Cameroon 0 – 2 Germany
2002-06-11
Senegal 3 – 3 Uruguay
2002-06-11
Denmark 2 – 0 France
2002-06-11
Portugal 4 – 0 Poland
2002-06-10
Tunisia 1 – 1 Belgium
2002-06-10
Korea Rep. 1 – 1 USA
2002-06-10
Japan 1 – 0 Russia
2002-06-09
Costa Rica 1 – 1 Turkey
2002-06-09
Mexico 2 – 1 Ecuador
2002-06-09
Brazil 4 – 0 China PR
2002-06-08
Italy 1 – 2 Croatia
2002-06-08
South Africa 1 – 0 Slovenia
2002-06-08
Argentina 0 – 1 England
2002-06-07
Spain 3 – 1 Paraguay
2002-06-07
Sweden 2 – 1 Nigeria
2002-06-07
Denmark 1 – 1 Senegal
2002-06-06
Cameroon 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia
2002-06-06
France 0 – 0 Uruguay
2002-06-06
Germany 1 – 1 R. Ireland
2002-06-05
USA 3 – 2 Portugal
2002-06-05
Russia 2 – 0 Tunisia
2002-06-05
Korea Rep. 2 – 0 Poland
2002-06-04
Japan 2 – 2 Belgium
2002-06-04
China PR 0 – 2 Costa Rica
2002-06-04
Italy 2 – 0 Ecuador
2002-06-03
Brazil 2 – 1 Turkey
2002-06-03
Croatia 0 – 1 Mexico
2002-06-03
Spain 3 – 1 Slovenia
2002-06-02
Argentina 1 – 0 Nigeria
2002-06-02
Paraguay 2 – 2 South Africa
2002-06-02
England 1 – 1 Sweden
2002-06-02
Germany 8 – 0 Saudi Arabia
2002-06-01
Uruguay 1 – 2 Denmark
2002-06-01
R. Ireland 1 – 1 Cameroon
2002-06-01
France 0 – 1 Senegal
2002-05-31
Last 16 Fixtures & Results
Korea Rep. 2 – 1 Italy
2002-06-18
Japan 0 – 1 Turkey
2002-06-18
Brazil 2 – 0 Belgium
2002-06-17
Mexico 0 – 2 USA
2002-06-17
Spain 1 (3) – 1 (2) R. Ireland
2002-06-16
Sweden 1 – 2 Senegal
2002-06-16
Denmark 0 – 3 England
2002-06-15
Germany 1 – 0 Paraguay
2002-06-15
Quarter Finals Fixtures & Results
Senegal 0 – 1 Turkey
2002-06-22
Spain 0 (3) – 0 (5) Korea Rep.
2002-06-22
Germany 1 – 0 USA
2002-06-21
England 1 – 2 Brazil
2002-06-21
Semi Finals Fixtures & Results
Brazil 1 – 0 Turkey
2002-06-26
Germany 1 – 0 Korea Rep.
2002-06-25
3rd Place Playoff Fixture & Result
Korea Rep. 2 – 3 Turkey
2002-06-29
Finals Fixture & Result
Germany 0 – 2 Brazil
2002-06-30
Nigeria appeared in the three group games, so let’s take a look at the Super Eagles lineups in those games.
Nigeria Vs Argentina 2002 World Cup Line Up
Starting lineup:
- Goalkeeper: Ike Shorunmu
- Defenders: Isaac Okoronkwo; Efe Sodje; Taribo West; Joseph Yobo; Celestine Babayaro
- Midfielders: Garba Lawal; Jay-Jay Okocha (captain)
- Forwards: Julius Aghahowa; Nwankwo Kanu; Bart Ogbeche
Pius Ikedia came in for Kanu in the 48th minute and Justice Christopher for Sodje in the 73rd minute.
A yellow card was shown to Sodje in the 73rd minute.
The game ended Argentina 1-0 Nigeria and the only goal was scored by Batistuta (63″).
Nigeria Vs Sweden 2002 World Cup Line Up
Starting lineup:
- Goalkeeper: Ike Shorunmu
- Defenders: Ifeanyi Udeze; Isaac Okoronkwo; Taribo West; Joseph Yobo; Celestine Babayaro
- Midfielders: Justice Christopher; Jay-Jay Okocha (captain)
- Forwards: John Utaka; Julius Aghahowa; Bart Ogbeche
Nwankwo Kanu came in for Babayaro in the 65th minute and Pius Ikedia for Ogbeche in the 70th minute.
Taribo West got a yellow card in the 80th minute.
The scoreline ended as Sweden 2-1 Nigeria and the goals were scored by Henrik Larsson(35″) and Henrik Larsson via penalty (63″). Super Eagles’ goal came from the boots of Aghahowa (27″).
Nigeria Vs England 2002 World Cup Line Up
Starting lineup:
- Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama
- Defenders: Ifeanyi Udeze; Isaac Okoronkwo; Efe Sodje; Joseph Yobo
- Midfielders: Justice Christopher; James Obiorah; Jay-Jay Okocha (captain)
- Forwards: Julius Aghahowa; Benedict Akwuegbu; Femi Opabunmi
Only Opabunmi was substituted in this match in the 86th minute and Pius Ikedia was introduced.
No single card was issued in this game on either side and no goal was scored as the scoreline ended as Nigeria 0-0 England.
All 2002 FIFA World Cup Goal Scorers
8 Goals
Ronaldo (Brazil)
5 Goals
Miroslav Klose (Germany); Rivaldo (Brazil)
4 Goals
Jon-Dahl Tomasson (Denmark); Christian Vieri (Italy)
3 Goals
Michael Ballack (Germany); Papa Bouba Diop (Senegal); Ilhan Mansiz (Turkey); Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland); Henrik Larsson (Sweden); Morientes (Spain); Pauleta (Portugal); Raúl (Spain); Marc Wilmots (Belgium)
2 Goals
Jared Borguetti (Mexico); Henri Camara (Senegal); Nelson Cuevas (Paraguay); Landon Donovan (USA); Ronald Gomez (Costa Rica); Hasan Şaş (Turkey); Hierro (Spain); Junichi Inamoto (Japan); AHN Jung-Hwan (Korea Republic); John O’Brien (USA); Michael Owen (England); Ronaldinho (Brazil); Umit Davala (Turkey)
1 Goal
Milenko Ačimovič (Slovenia); Julius Aghahowa (Nigeria); Niclas Alexandersson (Sweden); Francisco Arce (Paraguay); Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina); David Beckham (England); Vladimir Beschastnykh (Russia); Beto (Portugal); Oliver Bierhoff (Germany); Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mexico); Marco Bode (Germany); Raouf Bouzaiene (Tunisia); Gary Breen (Republic of Ireland); Bülent Korkmaz (Turkey); Sol Campbell (England); Jorge Luis Campos (Paraguay); SONG Chong-Gug (Korea Republic); Sebastjan Cimirotič (Slovenia); Hernan Crespo (Argentina); Alessandro Del Piero (Italy); Agustin Delgado (Ecuador); Salif Diao (Senegal); Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland); Edmilson (Brazil); Emre Belözoğlu (Turkey); Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon); LEE Eul-Yong (Korea Republic); Khalilou Fadiga (Senegal); Diego Forlán (Uruguay); Quinton Fortune (South Africa); Hakan Şükür (Turkey); Emile Heskey (England); Matt Holland (Republic of Ireland); Carsten Jancker (Germany); PARK Ji-sung (Korea Republic); Júnior (Brazil); Valery Karpin (Russia); SEOL Ki-Hyeon (Korea Republic); Paweł Kryszałowicz (Poland); Thomas Linke (Germany); Clint Mathis (USA); Patrick Mboma (Cameroon); Brian McBride (USA); Benni McCarthy (South Africa); Edison Méndez (Ecuador); Mendieta (Spain); Tebeho Mokoena (South Africa); Richard Morales (Uruguay); Hiroaki Morishima (Japan); Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan); Oliver Neuville (Germany); Siyabonga Nomvethe (South Africa); Ivica Olić (Croatia); Emmanuel Olisadebe (Poland); Winston Parks (Costa Rica); Lucas Radebe (South Africa); Milan Rapaić (Croatia); Alvaro Recoba (Uruguay); Roberto Carlos (Brazil); Dario Rodriguez (Uruguay); Dennis Rommedahl (Denmark); Rui Costa (Portugal); YOO Sang-chul (Korea Republic); Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay); Bernd Schneider (Germany); Wesley Sonck (Belgium); HWANG Sun-Hong (Korea Republic); Takayuki Suzuki (Japan); Anders Svensson (Sweden); Dmitry Sychev (Russia); Yegor Titov (Russia); Gerardo Torrado (Mexico); Valerón (Spain); Peter Van der Heyden (Belgium); Johan Walem (Belgium); Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica); Mauricio Wright (Costa Rica); Marcin Zewłakow (Poland)
As you can see, Brazil’s Ronaldo emerged 2002 FIFA World Cup top goal scorer with eight goals.
Let’s now see the Nigeria squad World Cup 2002 Japan/South Korea.
Nigeria Squad World Cup 2002
[wptb id=7548]The above names are the Super Eagles players in the Nigeria Squad Korea Japan 2002.
This article was updated 3 months ago