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{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
'''Group G of the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]''' took place on 13 June 2002. [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] and [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] failed to advance.

==Standings==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150219161352/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/groups/index.html FIFA]
|teamwidth=200

|team1=MEX
|team2=ITA
|team3=CRO
|team4=ECU

|result1=KO
|result2=KO

|class_rules=[[2002 FIFA World Cup#Ranking criteria|Tie-breaking criteria]]

|win_MEX=2 |draw_MEX=1 |loss_MEX=0 |gf_MEX=4 |ga_MEX=2
|win_ITA=1 |draw_ITA=1 |loss_ITA=1 |gf_ITA=4 |ga_ITA=3
|win_CRO=1 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=2 |gf_CRO=2 |ga_CRO=3
|win_ECU=1 |draw_ECU=0 |loss_ECU=2 |gf_ECU=2 |ga_ECU=4

|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}
|name_ITA={{fb|ITA}}
|name_CRO={{fb|CRO}}
|name_ECU={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[2002 FIFA World Cup#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>
*Mexico advanced to play United States (runner-up of [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group D|Group D]]) in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Mexico vs United States|round of 16]].
*Italy advanced to play South Korea (winner of [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group D|Group D]]) in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#South Korea vs Italy|round of 16]].

==Matches==
''All times local ([[Japan Standard Time|UTC+9]])''

===Croatia vs Mexico===
{{football box
|date=3 June 2002
|time=15:30
|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950009/ Report]
|team2={{fb|MEX}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco|Blanco]] {{goal|60|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium|Niigata Big Swan Stadium]], [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]
|attendance=32,239
|referee=[[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]]) }}

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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Stipe Pletikosa]] 
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||[[Boris Živković]] || {{sent off|0|59}}
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Josip Šimunić]]
|-
|CB ||'''21'''||[[Robert Kovač]]
|-
|RM ||'''10'''||[[Niko Kovač]]
|-
|CM ||'''14'''||[[Zvonimir Soldo]] 
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Stjepan Tomas]]
|-
|LM ||'''17'''||[[Robert Jarni]]
|-
|AM ||'''8''' ||[[Robert Prosinečki]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Davor Šuker]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|64}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Alen Bokšić]] || || {{suboff|67}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''5''' ||[[Milan Rapaić]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|DF ||'''15'''||[[Daniel Šarić]] || || {{subon|64}}
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||[[Mario Stanić]] || || {{subon|67}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Mirko Jozić]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Óscar Pérez Rojas|Óscar Pérez]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Manuel Vidrio]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Rafael Márquez]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''16'''||[[Salvador Carmona]]
|-
|DM ||'''6''' ||[[Gerardo Torrado]]
|-
|RM ||'''13'''||[[Sigifredo Mercado]]
|-
|CM ||'''19'''||[[Gabriel Caballero]]
|-
|CM ||'''11'''||[[Braulio Luna]]
|-
|LM ||'''7''' ||[[Ramón Morales]]
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]] || || {{suboff|79}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Jared Borgetti]] || || {{suboff|68}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''15'''||[[Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)|Luis Hernández]] || || {{subon|68}}
|-
|FW ||'''17'''||[[Francisco Palencia]] || || {{subon|79}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Javier Aguirre]]
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Braulio Luna]] (Mexico)

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Komaleeswaran Sankar ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
<br />Taoufik Adjengui ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Falla N'Doye]] ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
|}

===Italy vs Ecuador===
{{football box
|date=3 June 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950011/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|7||27}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance=31,081
|referee=[[Brian Hall (referee)|Brian Hall]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) }}

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|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Gianluigi Buffon]]
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Christian Panucci]]
|-
|CB ||'''13'''||[[Alessandro Nesta]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Fabio Cannavaro]] || {{yel|81}}
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Paolo Maldini]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RM ||'''19'''||[[Gianluca Zambrotta]]
|-
|CM ||'''14'''||[[Luigi Di Biagio]] || || {{suboff|69}}
|-
|CM ||'''17'''||[[Damiano Tommasi]]
|-
|LM ||'''11'''||[[Cristiano Doni]] || || {{suboff|64}}
|-
|AM ||'''10'''||[[Francesco Totti]] || || {{suboff|74}}
|-
|CF ||'''21'''||[[Christian Vieri]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||[[Angelo Di Livio]] || || {{subon|64}}
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Gennaro Gattuso]] || || {{subon|69}}
|-
|FW ||'''7''' ||[[Alessandro Del Piero]] || || {{subon|74}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Giovanni Trapattoni]]
|}
|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[José Cevallos (footballer, born 1971)|José Cevallos]]
|-
|RB ||'''4''' ||[[Ulises de la Cruz]] || {{yel|49}}
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Iván Hurtado]]
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||[[Augusto Poroso]] || {{yel|14}}
|-
|LB ||'''6''' ||[[Raúl Guerrón]]
|-
|RM ||'''19'''||[[Édison Méndez]]
|-
|CM ||'''20'''||[[Edwin Tenorio]] || || {{suboff|59}}
|-
|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Alfonso Obregón]]
|-
|LM ||'''16'''||[[Cléver Chalá]] || {{yel|54}} || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|AM ||'''10'''||[[Álex Aguinaga]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Agustín Delgado]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Carlos Tenorio]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|DF ||'''15'''||[[Marlon Ayoví]] || || {{subon|59}}
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Nicolás Asencio]] || || {{subon|85}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Hernán Darío Gómez|Hernán Gómez]]
|}
|}
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|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Christian Vieri]] (Italy)

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Héctor Vergara ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
<br />[[Philip Sharp (referee)|Philip Sharp]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Terje Hauge]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
|}

===Italy vs Croatia===
{{football box
|date=8 June 2002
|time=18:00
|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950025/ Report]
|team2={{fb|CRO}}
|goals1=[[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2=[[Ivica Olić|Olić]] {{goal|73}}<br />[[Milan Rapaić|Rapaić]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium=[[Kashima Soccer Stadium]], [[Ibaraki, Ibaraki|Ibaraki]]
|attendance=36,472
|referee=[[Graham Poll]] ([[The Football Association|England]]) }}

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|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Gianluigi Buffon]]
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Christian Panucci]]
|-
|CB ||'''13'''||[[Alessandro Nesta]] || || {{suboff|24}}
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Fabio Cannavaro]]
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Paolo Maldini]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RM ||'''19'''||[[Gianluca Zambrotta]]
|-
|CM ||'''17'''||[[Damiano Tommasi]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Cristiano Zanetti]]
|-
|LM ||'''11'''||[[Cristiano Doni]] || || {{suboff|79}}
|-
|SS ||'''10'''||[[Francesco Totti]]
|-
|CF ||'''21'''||[[Christian Vieri]] || {{yel|51}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''23'''||[[Marco Materazzi]] || || {{subon|24}}
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Filippo Inzaghi]] || || {{subon|79}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Giovanni Trapattoni]]
|}
|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Stipe Pletikosa]]
|-
|SW ||'''21'''||[[Robert Kovač]] || {{yel|39}}
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Josip Šimunić]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Stjepan Tomas]]
|-
|RWB||'''15'''||[[Daniel Šarić]]
|-
|LWB||'''17'''||[[Robert Jarni]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''14'''||[[Zvonimir Soldo]] || || {{suboff|62}}
|-
|CM ||'''10'''||[[Niko Kovač]]
|-
|AM ||'''7''' ||[[Davor Vugrinec]] || || {{suboff|57}}
|-
|AM ||'''5''' ||[[Milan Rapaić]] || || {{suboff|79}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Alen Bokšić]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Ivica Olić]] || || {{subon|57}}
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||[[Jurica Vranješ]] || || {{subon|62}}
|-
|DF ||'''20'''||[[Dario Šimić]] || || {{subon|79}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Mirko Jozić]]
|}
|}
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|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Milan Rapaić]] (Croatia)

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />[[Philip Sharp (referee)|Philip Sharp]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
<br />Jens Larsen ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[William Mattus]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
|}

===Mexico vs Ecuador===
{{football box
|date=9 June 2002
|time=15:30
|team1={{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950027/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Jared Borgetti|Borgetti]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Gerardo Torrado|Torrado]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2=[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|5}}
|stadium=[[Miyagi Stadium]], [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]
|attendance=45,610
|referee=[[Mourad Daami]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]]) }}

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|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Óscar Pérez Rojas|Óscar Pérez]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Manuel Vidrio]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Rafael Márquez]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''16'''||[[Salvador Carmona]]
|-
|DM ||'''6''' ||[[Gerardo Torrado]] || {{yel|65}}
|-
|RM ||'''21'''||[[Jesús Arellano]]
|-
|CM ||'''18'''||[[Johan Rodríguez]] || || {{suboff|87}}
|-
|CM ||'''11'''||[[Braulio Luna]]
|-
|LM ||'''7''' ||[[Ramón Morales]]
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]] || || {{suboff|90+3}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Jared Borgetti]] || || {{suboff|77}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''15'''||[[Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)|Luis Hernández]] || || {{subon|77}}
|-
|MF ||'''19'''||[[Gabriel Caballero]] || || {{subon|87}}
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||[[Sigifredo Mercado]] || || {{subon|90+3}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Javier Aguirre]]
|}
|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[José Cevallos (footballer, born 1971)|José Cevallos]] || {{yel|27}}
|-
|RB ||'''4''' ||[[Ulises de la Cruz]]
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Iván Hurtado]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||[[Augusto Poroso]]
|-
|LB ||'''6''' ||[[Raúl Guerrón]] || {{yel|49}}
|-
|RM ||'''19'''||[[Édison Méndez]]
|-
|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Alfonso Obregón]] || || {{suboff|58}}
|-
|CM ||'''20'''||[[Edwin Tenorio]] || || {{suboff|35}}
|-
|LM ||'''16'''||[[Cléver Chalá]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Iván Kaviedes]] || {{yel|15}} || {{suboff|53}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Agustín Delgado]] || {{yel|87}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''15'''||[[Marlon Ayoví]] || || {{subon|35}}
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Carlos Tenorio]] || {{yel|61}} || {{subon|53}}
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Álex Aguinaga]] || || {{subon|58}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Hernán Darío Gómez|Hernán Gómez]]
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Gerardo Torrado]] (Mexico)

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Taoufik Adjengui ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])
<br />Haidar Koleit ([[Lebanon Football Association|Lebanon]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Kim Milton Nielsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
|}

===Mexico vs Italy===
{{football box
|date=13 June 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950043/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ITA}}
|goals1=[[Jared Borgetti|Borgetti]] {{goal|34}}
|goals2=[[Alessandro Del Piero|Del Piero]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium=[[Ōita Stadium|Ōita Big Eye Stadium]], [[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]]
|attendance=39,291
|referee=[[Carlos Eugênio Simon|Carlos Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}

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|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Óscar Pérez Rojas|Óscar Pérez]] || {{yel|84}}
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Manuel Vidrio]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Rafael Márquez]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''16'''||[[Salvador Carmona]]
|-
|DM ||'''6''' ||[[Gerardo Torrado]]
|-
|RM ||'''21'''||[[Jesús Arellano]] || {{yel|2}}
|-
|CM ||'''18'''||[[Johan Rodríguez]] || || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|CM ||'''11'''||[[Braulio Luna]]
|-
|LM ||'''7''' ||[[Ramón Morales]] || || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Jared Borgetti]] || || {{suboff|80}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''3''' ||[[Rafael García Torres|Rafael García]] || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|MF ||'''19'''||[[Gabriel Caballero]] || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|FW ||'''17'''||[[Francisco Palencia]] || || {{subon|80}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Javier Aguirre]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Gianluigi Buffon]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Fabio Cannavaro]] || {{yel|5}}
|-
|CB ||'''13'''||[[Alessandro Nesta]]
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Paolo Maldini]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RM ||'''19'''||[[Gianluca Zambrotta]] || {{yel|55}}
|-
|CM ||'''17'''||[[Damiano Tommasi]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Cristiano Zanetti]]
|-
|LM ||'''2''' ||[[Christian Panucci]] || {{yel|10}} || {{suboff|63}}
|-
|AM ||'''10'''||[[Francesco Totti]] || {{yel|43}} || {{suboff|78}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Filippo Inzaghi]] || || {{suboff|55}}
|-
|CF ||'''21'''||[[Christian Vieri]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''20'''||[[Vincenzo Montella]] || {{yel|57}} || {{subon|55}}
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Francesco Coco]] || || {{subon|63}}
|-
|FW ||'''7''' ||[[Alessandro Del Piero]] || || {{subon|78}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Giovanni Trapattoni]]
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]] (Mexico)

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Jorge Oliveira ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
<br />Mat Lazim Awang Hamat ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Terje Hauge]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
|}

===Ecuador vs Croatia===
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|date=13 June 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/koreajapan2002/matches/match/43950044/ Report]
|team2={{fb|CRO}}
|goals1=[[Édison Méndez|Méndez]] {{goal|48}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[International Stadium Yokohama]], [[Yokohama]]
|attendance=65,862
|referee=[[William Mattus]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]]) }}

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| pattern_sh = _redsides
| leftarm    = FFFF00
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| title      = Ecuador
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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[José Cevallos (footballer, born 1971)|José Cevallos]]
|-
|RB ||'''4''' ||[[Ulises de la Cruz]]
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Iván Hurtado]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||[[Augusto Poroso]]
|-
|LB ||'''6''' ||[[Raúl Guerrón]]
|-
|RM ||'''19'''||[[Édison Méndez]]
|-
|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Alfonso Obregon]] || || {{suboff|40}}
|-
|CM ||'''15'''||[[Marlon Ayoví]]
|-
|LM ||'''16'''||[[Cléver Chalá]] || {{yel|86}}
|-
|CF ||'''18'''||[[Carlos Tenorio]] || || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Agustín Delgado]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Álex Aguinaga]] || || {{subon|40}}
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Iván Kaviedes]] || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Hernán Darío Gómez|Hernán Gómez]]
|}
|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Stipe Pletikosa]]
|-
|SW ||'''21'''||[[Robert Kovač]]
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Josip Šimunić]] || {{yel|90+2}}
|-
|CB ||'''20'''||[[Dario Šimić]] || || {{suboff|52}}
|-
|RWB||'''15'''||[[Daniel Šarić]] || || {{suboff|68}}
|-
|LWB||'''17'''||[[Robert Jarni]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Stjepan Tomas]] || {{yel|72}}
|-
|CM ||'''10'''||[[Niko Kovač]] || || {{suboff|59}}
|-
|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Milan Rapaić]]
|-
|CF ||'''18'''||[[Ivica Olić]]
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Alen Bokšić]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''7''' ||[[Davor Vugrinec]] || || {{subon|52}}
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||[[Jurica Vranješ]] || || {{subon|59}}
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||[[Mario Stanić]] || || {{subon|68}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Mirko Jozić]]
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Édison Méndez]] (Ecuador)

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Miguel Giacomuzzi ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
<br />Roland Van Nylen ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Mark Shield]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|}

==See also==
*[[Croatia at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Italy at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Mexico at the FIFA World Cup]]

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002full.html Results]

{{2002 FIFA World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup - Group G}}
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[[Category:Mexico at the 2002 FIFA World Cup|Group]]
[[Category:Italy at the 2002 FIFA World Cup|Group]]
[[Category:Croatia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup|Group]]
[[Category:Ecuador at the 2002 FIFA World Cup|Group]]