Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won both their initial qualification group and their group during the tournament itself. They reached the quarter-final stages where they were knocked out by the eventual tournament runners-up, the Netherlands.

Qualification

Brazil finished top of the CONMEBOL league table. Matches were played from October 2007 to October 2009.

Final positions

Team
Pld Pts
 Brazil 18 34
 Chile 18 33
 Paraguay 18 33
 Argentina 18 28
 Uruguay 18 24
 Ecuador 18 23
 Colombia 18 23
 Venezuela 18 22
 Bolivia 18 15
 Peru 18 13

Pre-tournament friendlies

10 February 2009
Brazil 2–0 Italy
Elano  13'
Robinho  27'

12 August 2009
Estonia 0–1 Brazil
Luís Fabiano  43'
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia
Attendance: 8,550

14 November 2009
Brazil 1–0 England
Nilmar  47'

18 November 2009
Oman 0–2 Brazil
Nilmar  4'
Mudhafar  61' (o.g.)

Squad

Coach: Dunga

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Júlio César (1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 30) 47 Italy Inter Milan
2 2DF Maicon (1981-07-26)26 July 1981 (aged 28) 56 Italy Inter Milan
3 2DF Lúcio (c) (1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 32) 89 Italy Inter Milan
4 2DF Juan (1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 31) 73 Italy Roma
5 3MF Felipe Melo (1983-08-26)26 August 1983 (aged 26) 16 Italy Juventus
6 2DF Michel Bastos (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 26) 3 France Lyon
7 3MF Elano (1981-06-14)14 June 1981 (aged 28) 41 Turkey Galatasaray
8 3MF Gilberto Silva (1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 33) 86 Greece Panathinaikos
9 4FW Luís Fabiano (1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 29) 36 Spain Sevilla
10 3MF Kaká (1982-04-22)22 April 1982 (aged 28) 76 Spain Real Madrid
11 4FW Robinho (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 26) 73 Brazil Santos
12 1GK Heurelho Gomes (1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 29) 9 England Tottenham Hotspur
13 2DF Dani Alves (1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 27) 33 Spain Barcelona
14 2DF Luisão (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 29) 40 Portugal Benfica
15 2DF Thiago Silva (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 25) 4 Italy Milan
16 2DF Gilberto (1976-04-25)25 April 1976 (aged 34) 32 Brazil Cruzeiro
17 3MF Josué (1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 30) 26 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
18 3MF Ramires (1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 23) 11 Portugal Benfica
19 3MF Júlio Baptista (1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 28) 45 Italy Roma
20 3MF Kléberson (1979-06-19)19 June 1979 (aged 30) 31 Brazil Flamengo
21 4FW Nilmar (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 25) 15 Spain Villarreal
22 1GK Doni (1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 30) 10 Italy Roma
23 4FW Grafite (1979-04-02)2 April 1979 (aged 31) 2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg

Group Stages

Brazil vs Korea DPR

15 June 2010
20:30
Brazil  2–1  North Korea
Maicon  55'
Elano  72'
Report Ji Yun-nam  89'
Brazil[2]
Korea DPR[2]
Brazil
BRAZIL:
GK 1 Júlio César
RB 2 Maicon
CB 3 Lúcio (c)
CB 4 Juan
LB 6 Michel Bastos
DM 8 Gilberto Silva
CM 7 Elano  73'
CM 5 Felipe Melo  84'
AM 10Kaká  78'
SS 11Robinho
CF 9 Luís Fabiano
Substitutions:
DF 13 Dani Alves  73'
FW 21 Nilmar  78'
MF 18 Ramires  88'  84'
Manager:
Dunga
North Korea
KOREA DPR:
GK 1 Ri Myong-guk
RB 2 Cha Jong-hyok
CB 13Pak Chol-jin
CB 4 Pak Nam-chol
LB 5 Ri Kwang-chon
DM 3 Ri Jun-il
RM 11Mun In-guk  80'
LM 8 Ji Yun-nam
AM 10Hong Yong-jo (c)
AM 17Ahn Young-hak
CF 9 Jong Tae-se
Substitutions:
FW 6 Kim Kum-il  80'
Manager:
Kim Jong-hun
Brazil vs North Korea

Man of the Match:
Maicon (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Gábor Erős (Hungary)[1]
Tibor Vámos (Hungary)[1]
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)[1]
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)[1]

Brazil vs Ivory Coast

20 June 2010
20:30
Brazil  3–1  Ivory Coast
Luís Fabiano  25', 50'
Elano  62'
Report Drogba  79'
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Attendance: 84,455
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Brazil[3]
Côte d'Ivoire[3]
Brazil
BRAZIL:
GK 1 Júlio César
RB 2 Maicon
CB 3 Lúcio (c)
CB 4 Juan
LB 6 Michel Bastos
DM 8 Gilberto Silva
RM 7 Elano  67'
LM 5 Felipe Melo
AM 10Kaká Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 85', 88'
SS 11Robinho  90+3'
CF 9 Luís Fabiano
Substitutions:
DF 13Dani Alves  67'
MF 18Ramires  90+3'
Manager:
Dunga
Ivory Coast
CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
GK 1 Boubacar Barry
RB 20Guy Demel
CB 4 Kolo Touré
CB 5 Didier Zokora
LB 17Siaka Tiéné  31'
DM 19Yaya Touré
CM 21Emmanuel Eboué  72'
CM 9 Cheick Tioté  86'
RW 15Aruna Dindane  54'
LW 8 Salomon Kalou  68'
CF 11Didier Drogba (c)
Substitutions:
FW 10Gervinho  54'
MF 18Kader Keïta  75'  68'
MF 13Romaric  72'
Manager:
Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match:
Luís Fabiano (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Éric Dansault (France)
Laurent Ugo (France)
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)

Portugal vs Brazil

25 June 2010
16:00
Portugal  0–0  Brazil
Report
Portugal[4]
Brazil[4]
Portugal
PORTUGAL:
GK 1 Eduardo
RB 21Ricardo Costa
CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho
CB 2 Bruno Alves
LB 5 Duda  25'  54'
DM 15Pepe  40'  64'
CM 19Tiago  31'
CM 16Raul Meireles  84'
RW 10Danny
LW 23Fábio Coentrão  45'
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
MF 11Simão  54'
MF 8 Pedro Mendes  64'
MF 14Miguel Veloso  84'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz
Brazil
BRAZIL:
GK 1 Júlio César
RB 2 Maicon
CB 3 Lúcio (c)
CB 4 Juan  25'
LB 6 Michel Bastos
DM 8 Gilberto Silva
CM 13Dani Alves
CM 5 Felipe Melo  43'  44'
RF 21Nilmar
CF 19Júlio Baptista  82'
LF 9 Luís Fabiano  15'  85'
Substitutions:
MF 17Josué  44'
MF 18Ramires  82'
FW 23Grafite  85'
Manager:
Dunga

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Assistant referees:
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Fifth official:
Brent Best (New Zealand)

Final table

Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +37
 Portugal 3 1 2 0 7 0 +75
 Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 4 3 +14
 North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 110

Round of 16

28 June 2010
20:30
Brazil  3–0  Chile
Juan  35'
Luís Fabiano  38'
Robinho  59'
Report
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 54,096
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Brazil[5]
Chile[5]
GK 1 Júlio César
RB 2 Maicon
CB 3 Lúcio (c)
CB 4 Juan
LB 6 Michel Bastos
DM 8 Gilberto Silva
RM 13Dani Alves
LM 18Ramires  72'
AM 10Kaká  30'  81'
SS 11Robinho  85'
CF 9 Luís Fabiano  76'
Substitutions:
FW 21Nilmar  76'
MF 20Kléberson  81'
DF 16Gilberto  85'
Manager:
Dunga
GK 1 Claudio Bravo (c)
RB 4 Mauricio Isla  62'
CB 5 Pablo Contreras  46'
CB 18Gonzalo Jara
LB 2 Ismael Fuentes  68'
RM 8 Arturo Vidal  47'
CM 6 Carlos Carmona
LM 15Jean Beausejour
RW 7 Alexis Sánchez
CF 9 Humberto Suazo
LW 11Mark González  46'
Substitutions:
MF 10Jorge Valdivia  46'
MF 21Rodrigo Tello  46'
MF 20Rodrigo Millar  80'  62'
Manager:
Argentina Marcelo Bielsa

Man of the Match:
Robinho (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Darren Cann (England)
Mike Mullarkey (England)
Fourth official:
Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Fifth official:
Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)

Quarter-finals

The Netherlands came from behind to beat Brazil 2–1, handing the Brazilians their first loss in a World Cup match held outside Europe, other than in a penalty shootout, since 1950.

2 July 2010
16:00
Netherlands  2–1  Brazil
Sneijder  53', 68' Report Robinho  10'
Netherlands[6]
Brazil[6]
GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg
RB 2 Gregory van der Wiel  47'
CB 3 John Heitinga  14'
CB 13André Ooijer  76'
LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c)
DM 6 Mark van Bommel
DM 8 Nigel de Jong  64'
RW 11Arjen Robben
AM 10Wesley Sneijder
LW 7 Dirk Kuyt
CF 9 Robin van Persie  85'
Substitutions:
FW 21Klaas-Jan Huntelaar  85'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk
GK 1 Júlio César
RB 2 Maicon
CB 3 Lúcio (c)
CB 4 Juan
LB 6 Michel Bastos  37'  62'
DM 5 Felipe Melo Red card 73'
RM 13Dani Alves
LM 8 Gilberto Silva
AM 10Kaká
SS 11Robinho
CF 9 Luís Fabiano  77'
Substitutions:
DF 16Gilberto  62'
FW 21Nilmar  77'
Manager:
Dunga

Man of the Match:
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

Assistant referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Jeong Hae-sang (Korea Republic)
Fourth official:
Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Brazil-Korea DPR" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Brazil-Cote d´Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Portugal-Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Tactical Line-up – Last 16 – Brazil-Chile" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  6. 1 2 "Tactical Line-up – Quarterfinal – Netherlands-Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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