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

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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

Final positions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	18	9	7	2	33	11	+22	34	2010 FIFA World Cup
2	Chile	18	10	3	5	32	22	+10	33
3	Paraguay	18	10	3	5	24	16	+8	33
4	Argentina	18	8	4	6	23	20	+3	28
5	Uruguay	18	6	6	6	28	20	+8	24	Inter-confederation play-offs
6	Ecuador	18	6	5	7	22	26	−4	23
7	Colombia	18	6	5	7	14	18	−4	23
8	Venezuela	18	6	4	8	23	29	−6	22
9	Bolivia	18	4	3	11	22	36	−14	15
10	Peru	18	3	4	11	11	34	−23	13

Source: FIFA

Pre-tournament friendlies

10 February 2009

Brazil	2–0	Italy
Elano 13' Robinho 27'

Emirates Stadium, London, United Kingdom

Attendance: 60,077

12 August 2009

Estonia	0–1	Brazil
		Luís Fabiano 43'

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia

Attendance: 8,550

14 November 2009

Brazil	1–0	England
Nilmar 47'

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Attendance: 50,000

18 November 2009

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

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 20,000

Squad

Coach: Carlos Dunga

The selection was characterized by the omission of several fully fit high-profile attacking players, such as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Adriano, and Alexandre Pato, as well as the 18-year-old domestic talent Neymar.^[1]

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

Group stages

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group G

Brazil vs Korea DPR

15 June 2010

20:30

Brazil	2–1	North Korea
Maicon 55' Elano 72'	Report	Ji Yun-nam 89'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 54,331

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)^[2]

Brazil[3]

Korea DPR[3]

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 10 Kaká  78' SS 11 Robinho CF 9 Luís Fabiano Substitutions: DF 13 Dani Alves  73' FW 21 Nilmar  78' MF 18 Ramires  88'  84' Manager: Dunga

KOREA DPR: GK 1 Ri Myong-guk RB 2 Cha Jong-hyok CB 13 Pak Chol-jin CB 4 Pak Nam-chol LB 5 Ri Kwang-chon DM 3 Ri Jun-il RM 11 Mun In-guk  80' LM 8 Ji Yun-nam AM 10 Hong Yong-jo (c) AM 17 An Yong-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)[2] Tibor Vámos (Hungary)[2] Fourth official: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)[2] Fifth official: Mu Yuxin (China PR)[2]

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[4]

Côte d'Ivoire[4]

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 10 Kaká  85'  88' SS 11 Robinho  90+3' CF 9 Luís Fabiano Substitutions: DF 13 Dani Alves  67' MF 18 Ramires  90+3' Manager: Dunga

CÔTE D'IVOIRE: GK 1 Boubacar Barry RB 20 Guy Demel CB 4 Kolo Touré CB 5 Didier Zokora LB 17 Siaka Tiéné  31' DM 19 Yaya Touré CM 21 Emmanuel Eboué  72' CM 9 Cheick Tioté  86' RW 15 Aruna Dindane  54' LW 8 Salomon Kalou  68' CF 11 Didier Drogba (c) Substitutions: FW 10 Gervinho  54' MF 18 Kader Keïta  75'  68' MF 13 Romaric  72' Manager: 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

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Attendance: 62,712

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Portugal[5]

Brazil[5]

PORTUGAL: GK 1 Eduardo RB 21 Ricardo Costa CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho CB 2 Bruno Alves LB 5 Duda  25'  54' DM 15 Pepe  40'  64' CM 19 Tiago  31' CM 16 Raul Meireles  84' RW 10 Danny LW 23 Fábio Coentrão  45' CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Substitutions: MF 11 Simão  54' MF 8 Pedro Mendes  64' MF 14 Miguel Veloso  84' Manager: Carlos Queiroz

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 13 Dani Alves CM 5 Felipe Melo  43'  44' RF 21 Nilmar CF 19 Júlio Baptista  82' LF 9 Luís Fabiano  15'  85' Substitutions: MF 17 Josué  44' MF 18 Ramires  82' FW 23 Grafite  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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	1	2	0	7	0	+7	5
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

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[6]

Chile[6]

GK 1 Júlio César RB 2 Maicon CB 3 Lúcio (c) CB 4 Juan LB 6 Michel Bastos DM 8 Gilberto Silva RM 13 Dani Alves LM 18 Ramires  72' AM 10 Kaká  30'  81' SS 11 Robinho  85' CF 9 Luís Fabiano  76' Substitutions: FW 21 Nilmar  76' MF 20 Kléberson  81' DF 16 Gilberto  85' Manager: Dunga

GK 1 Claudio Bravo (c) RB 4 Mauricio Isla  62' CB 5 Pablo Contreras  46' CB 18 Gonzalo Jara LB 2 Ismael Fuentes  68' RM 8 Arturo Vidal  47' CM 6 Carlos Carmona LM 15 Jean Beausejour RW 7 Alexis Sánchez CF 9 Humberto Suazo LW 11 Mark González  46' Substitutions: MF 10 Jorge Valdivia  46' MF 21 Rodrigo Tello  46' MF 20 Rodrigo Millar  80'  62' Manager: 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'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Attendance: 40,186

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Netherlands[7]

Brazil[7]

GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg RB 2 Gregory van der Wiel  47' CB 3 John Heitinga  14' CB 13 André Ooijer  76' LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c) DM 6 Mark van Bommel DM 8 Nigel de Jong  64' RW 11 Arjen Robben AM 10 Wesley Sneijder LW 7 Dirk Kuyt CF 9 Robin van Persie  85' Substitutions: FW 21 Klaas-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  73' RM 13 Dani Alves LM 8 Gilberto Silva AM 10 Kaká SS 11 Robinho CF 9 Luís Fabiano  77' Substitutions: DF 16 Gilberto  62' FW 21 Nilmar  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)