Football World Cup 2002 / Uruguay
This article covers the Uruguayan national team at the 2002 World Cup .
qualification
In the South American Confederation, the qualification was played in a single large group that included all ten countries. The first four qualified directly, and the fifth had to play two playoffs against the winner of the Oceania group.
Uruguay only reached fifth place in the South American group thanks to a slightly better goal difference against Colombia. The first play-off against Australia was just lost. With a 3-0 home win in the second leg, the last place in the final round was secured.
Uruguay | - | Bolivia | 1-0 |
Paraguay | - | Uruguay | 1-0 |
Uruguay | - | Chile | 2: 1 |
Brazil | - | Uruguay | 1: 1 |
Uruguay | - | Venezuela | 3: 1 |
Uruguay | - | Peru | 0-0 |
Colombia | - | Uruguay | 1-0 |
Uruguay | - | Ecuador | 4-0 |
Argentina | - | Uruguay | 2: 1 |
Bolivia | - | Uruguay | 0-0 |
Uruguay | - | Paraguay | 0: 1 |
Chile | - | Uruguay | 0: 1 |
Uruguay | - | Brazil | 1-0 |
Venezuela | - | Uruguay | 2-0 |
Peru | - | Uruguay | 0: 2 |
Uruguay | - | Colombia | 1: 1 |
Ecuador | - | Uruguay | 1: 1 |
Uruguay | - | Argentina | 1: 1 |
- Intercontinental playoff
Australia | - | Uruguay | 1-0 | ||
Uruguay | - | Australia | 3-0 |
Uruguayan contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates |
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goalkeeper | |||||||||
1 | Fabian Carini |
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December 26, 1979 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Gustavo Munúa |
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January 27, 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Federico Elduayen |
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June 25, 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Gustavo Méndez |
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3rd February 1971 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Alejandro Lembo |
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February 15, 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4th |
Paolo Montero ![]() |
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3rd September 1971 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
6th | Darío Rodríguez |
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17th September 1974 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
14th | Gonzalo Sorondo |
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October 9, 1979 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Joe Bizera |
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May 17, 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||||
5 | Pablo García |
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May 11, 1977 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
7th | Gianni Guigou |
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February 22, 1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8th | Gustavo Varela |
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May 14, 1978 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Fabian O'Neill |
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October 14, 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15th | Nicolás Olivera |
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May 30, 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Marcelo Romero |
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4th July 1976 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
17th | Mario Regueiro |
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September 14, 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22nd | Gonzalo de los Santos |
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July 19, 1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||||
9 | Dario Silva |
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2nd November 1972 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Federico Magallanes |
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August 28, 1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Sebastián Abreu |
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17th October 1976 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Richard Morales |
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February 21, 1975 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20th | Álvaro Recoba |
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March 17, 1976 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21st | Diego Forlan |
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May 19, 1979 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||||
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March 31, 1956 |
Games of the Uruguayan team
Uruguay was drawn into France's group, the big favorite for the title. The first game against Denmark, the competitor in second place, was lost a little unfortunate. Against the immensely disappointing French, a draw was reached, whereby Uruguay would have deserved the victory due to the clearer scoring chances.
In the last and decisive game against the surprise team Senegal, Uruguay were already 3-0 behind at half-time. However, the Africans slackened considerably in the second half of the game, so that the South Americans could still equalize. A victory would have been necessary to reach the next round. The two-time world champion was thus eliminated from the tournament. Denmark had qualified for the round of 16 before Senegal.
Uruguay | - | Denmark | 1: 2 |
France | - | Uruguay | 0-0 |
Senegal | - | Uruguay | 3: 3 |