Soccer World Cup 2002 / Nigeria
The Nigerian national football team at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea :
qualification
Nigeria played against Eritrea in the first round. After a disappointing draw in Eritrea, a 4-0 win at home allowed them to reach the second round as expected.
There you could prevail in a balanced group against the comrades from Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan. For a long time, the qualification was questionable, only with a winning streak in the last three match days could you achieve first place.
1 round:
Eritrea | - | Nigeria | 0-0 | |
Nigeria | - | Eritrea | 4-0 |
2nd round:
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nigeria | 15: 3 | 16 |
2 | Liberia | 10: 8 | 15th |
3 | Sudan | 8:10 | 12 |
4th | Ghana | 10: 9 | 11 |
5 | Sierra Leone | 2:15 | 4th |
Nigeria | - | Sierra Leone | 2-0 | |
Liberia | - | Nigeria | 2: 1 | |
Nigeria | - | Sudan | 3-0 | |
Ghana | - | Nigeria | 0-0 | |
Sierra Leone | - | Nigeria | 1-0 | |
Nigeria | - | Liberia | 2-0 | |
Sudan | - | Nigeria | 0: 4 | |
Nigeria | - | Ghana | 3-0 |
Nigerian contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | ||||
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goalkeeper | |||||||||
1 | Ike Shorunmu | FC Luzern | 10/16/1967 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Austin Ejide | Gabros International | 04/08/1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22nd | Vincent Enyeama | FC Enyimba | 08/29/1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Joseph Yobo | Olympique Marseille | 09/06/1980 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Celestine Babayaro | Chelsea FC | 08/29/1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Isaac Okoronkwo | Shakhtar Donetsk | 05/01/1978 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6th | Taribo West | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 03/26/1974 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Rabiu Afolabi | Standard Liege | 04/18/1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14th | Ifeanyi Udeze | PAOK Thessaloniki | 07/21/1980 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Efetobore Sodje | Crewe Alexandra | 05/10/1972 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Eric Ejiofor | Maccabi Haifa | December 17, 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||||
7th | Pius Ikedia | Ajax Amsterdam | 07/11/1980 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8th | Mutiu Adepoju | UD Salamanca | December 22, 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Jay-Jay Okocha | Paris Saint-Germain | 08/14/1973 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Garba Lawal | Roda JC Kerkrade | 05/22/1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15th | Justice Christopher | Royal Antwerp | 12/24/1981 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20th | James Obiorah | Moscow locomotive | 08/24/1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Femi Opabunmi | Grasshoppers Zurich | 03.03.1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||||
4th | Nwankwo canoe | Arsenal FC | 08/01/1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Paris Saint-Germain | 10/01/1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17th | Julius Aghahowa | Shakhtar Donetsk | 02/12/1982 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Benedict Akwuegbu | Shenyang Jinde | 11/03/1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21st | John Utaka | al-Sadd Sports Club | 01/08/1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||||
Festus Onigbinde | ??. ??. 1942 |
Preliminary round
Nigeria was considered the strongest African team in the tournament, but was drawn into the so-called "death group". Opponents were Argentina, Sweden and England. The opening game against Argentina was lost 1-0 and there was no increase in performance in the next two games. They also lost to Sweden, so that they were eliminated after two matchdays. The final game against England fitted into the overall appearance of Nigeria when they parted 0-0 in a weak game.
Play Nigeria in the preliminary round | ||
date | encounter | Result |
2th of June | Argentina - Nigeria | 1-0 |
June 7th | Sweden - Nigeria | 2: 1 |
June 12 | Nigeria - England | 0-0 |
Final score group F | |||
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sweden | 4: 3 | 5 |
2 | England | 2: 1 | 5 |
3 | Argentina | 2: 2 | 4th |
4th | Nigeria | 1: 3 | 1 |