2002 in association football

2002 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2002 throughout the world.

Events

*February 13 – Dick Advocaat is reinstated as the manager of Dutch national team, as the successor of the failing Louis van Gaal, with a 1-1 friendly draw against England in Amsterdam.
*The 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan is held from May 31 to June 30 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 SPL with an overall points tally of 103, an SPL 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 Korean club Anyang LG Cheetahs 4-2 on penalties. They also retained the Asian Super Cup.
*May - Arsenal wins The Double
*August 31 – Real Madrid signs Inter Milan's World Cup winner Ronaldo with a transfer fee of 45 million euros.
*October 1 – Gerard van der Lem is named manager of the Saudi Arabia national football team.
*December 3 – 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

Europe

* Denmark – Brøndby IF
* England – Arsenal
* France – Olympique Lyonnais
* Germany – Borussia Dortmund
* Iceland – KR
* Ireland: Shelbourne
* Italy – Juventus
* Netherlands
** Eredivisie – Ajax Amsterdam
** Eerste Divisie – FC Zwolle
* Portugal – Sporting CP
* Scotland – Celtic Football Club
* Spain
** La Liga – Valencia
** Copa del Rey – Deportivo La Coruña
*Sweden: "for fuller coverage, see: 2002 in Swedish football"
**Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen – Djurgårdens IF
* Turkey – Galatasaray

North- and Central America

* United States – Los Angeles Galaxy

outh America

*Argentina:
**2001-02 Clausura – River Plate
**2002-03 Apertura – Independiente
* Brazil – Santos
* Ecuador – Emelec
* Paraguay – Libertad

International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Mali (January 19 – February 13, 2002):# fb|CMR:# fb|SEN:# fb|NGA

* FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan (May 31 – June 30, 2002):# fb|BRA:# fb|GER:# fb|TUR

Deaths

*March 4 – Velibor Vasović (62), Yugoslavian footballer
*May 13 – Valeri Lobanovsky (63), Ukrainian footballer and manager
* July 25 – Hans Dorjee (60), Dutch footballer and manager
*October 24 – Hermán Gaviria (32), Colombian footballer
*November 1 – Lester Morgan (26), Costarican footballer
*November 12 – Raoul Diagne (92), French footballer
*November 13 – Juan Alberto Schiaffino (77), Uruguayan footballer

Movies

*Bend it like Beckham (UK)


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