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England: Quarter-finals
How England performed
England's qualifying campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan, began with a 1–0 home defeat by Germany but brought five wins, two draws and that single loss from eight Group 9 fixtures. The highlight was a 5–1 win in Germany in which Owen scored a hat-trick, and Beckham's stoppage-time goal earned a 2–2 draw with Greece in the final qualifier. Owen finished with six qualifying goals.
At the finals, Sven-Göran Eriksson's side, captained by David Beckham, drew 1–1 with Sweden, Campbell scoring, before a Beckham penalty beat Argentina 1–0. A goalless draw with Nigeria completed the group stage, and England then beat Denmark 3–0 in the round of 16 with goals from R. Ferdinand, Owen and Heskey. Owen gave them the lead in the quarter-final against Brazil, but England lost 2–1. Two wins, two draws and a defeat, with six goals scored and three conceded, represented an improvement on the round-of-16 exit of 1998.
England fixtures
England
0–1
Germany
England lost
England: None
Germany: Hamann 14'
Finland
0–0
England
England drew
England
2–1
Finland
England won
England: Owen 44', Beckham 50'
Finland: Riihilahti 26'
Albania
1–3
England
England won
England: Owen 73', Scholes 85', Andrew Cole 90+6'
Albania: Rraklli 90+3'
Greece
0–2
England
England won
England: Scholes 64', Beckham 87'
Greece: None
Germany
1–5
England
England won
England: Owen 12', Gerrard 45+4', Owen 48', Owen 65', Heskey 73'
Germany: Jancker 6'
England
2–0
Albania
England won
England: Owen 43', Fowler 88'
Albania: None
England
2–2
Greece
England drew
England: Sheringham 68', Beckham 90+3'
Greece: Charisteas 36', Nikolaidis 69'
England
1–1
Sweden
England drew
England: Campbell 24'
Sweden: Alexandersson 59'
Argentina
0–1
England
England won
England: Beckham 44' pen
Argentina: None
Nigeria
0–0
England
England drew
Denmark
0–3
England
England won
England: R. Ferdinand 5', Owen 22', Heskey 44'
Denmark: None
England
1–2
Brazil
England lost
England: Owen 23'
Brazil: Rivaldo 45+2', Ronaldinho 50'
England statistics
Full England squad
| No. | Player | Pos | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Seaman | GK | Arsenal | – |
| 2 | Danny Mills | DF | Leeds United | – |
| 3 | Ashley Cole | DF | Arsenal | 1 |
| 4 | Trevor Sinclair | MF | West Ham United | – |
| 5 | Rio Ferdinand | DF | Leeds United | 1 |
| 6 | Sol Campbell | DF | Arsenal | 1 |
| 7 | David Beckham C | MF | Manchester United | 4 |
| 8 | Paul Scholes | MF | Manchester United | 2 |
| 9 | Robbie Fowler | FW | Leeds United | 1 |
| 10 | Michael Owen | FW | Liverpool | 8 |
| 11 | Emile Heskey | FW | Liverpool | 2 |
| 12 | Wes Brown | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 13 | Nigel Martyn | GK | Leeds United | – |
| 14 | Wayne Bridge | DF | Southampton | – |
| 15 | Martin Keown | DF | Arsenal | – |
| 16 | Gareth Southgate | DF | Middlesbrough | – |
| 17 | Teddy Sheringham | FW | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 |
| 18 | Owen Hargreaves | MF | Bayern Munich | – |
| 19 | Joe Cole | MF | West Ham United | – |
| 20 | Darius Vassell | FW | Aston Villa | – |
| 21 | Nicky Butt | MF | Manchester United | – |
| 22 | David James | GK | West Ham United | – |
| 23 | Kieron Dyer | MF | Newcastle United | – |
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