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Association football-related events during 2002
Overview of the events of 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.
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
Europe
North and Central America
South America
International tournaments
National team results
Europe
South America
Births
1 January –
Simon Adingra , Ivorian international
[1]
7 January –
Mohamed Daramy , Danish international
[2]
16 January –
Bagas Kaffa , Indonesian youth international
18 January –
Karim Adeyemi , German international
[3]
23 January –
Leonardo Bia , Italian footballer
[4]
30 January –
Marco Di Cesare , Argentine club footballer
[5]
31 January –
Giovanni , Brazilian footballer
3 February –
Radu Drăgușin , Romanian international
[6]
15 February –
Zuriko Davitashvili , Georgian international
[7]
3 March –
Makar Litskevich , Belarusian professional footballer
[8]
10 March
27 April –
Anthony Elanga , Swedish international
[10]
13 May –
Eugenio Pizzuto , Mexican youth international
[11]
14 May –
Daniel Peñaloza , Colombian footballer
[12]
16 May –
Kenneth Taylor , Dutch international
[13]
7 June –
Tomáš Suslov , Slovak international
[14]
19 June –
Efraín Álvarez , Mexican international
[15]
11 July –
Amad , Ivorian international
[16]
25 July –
Adam Hložek , Czech international
[17]
30 August –
Fábio Carvalho , Portuguese youth international
[18]
20 October –
Yeremy Pino , Spanish international
[19]
22 October –
Stanislav Atrashkevich , Belarusian professional footballer
[20]
23 October –
Elkan Baggott , Indonesian footballer
31 October –
Ansu Fati , Spanish international
[21]
10 November –
Eduardo Camavinga , French international
[22]
13 November –
Giovanni Reyna , U.S. international
[23]
Deaths
February
March
April
16 April –
Billy Ayre (49), English footballer and manager
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Movies
References
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