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England in World Cup 2002
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World Cup 2002 Preliminary Competition
2000 and 2001

UEFA Group 9 Discipline Table
England Ger-H Fin-A Fin-H Alb-A Gre-A Ger-A Alb-H Gre-H
Cautions/ Expulsions C-Andrew Cole None C-Scholes, McManaman C-G.  Neville, Andrew Cole C-Ashley Cole C-Heskey C-Gerrard C-Scholes
Suspensions None None None None Andrew Cole None None None
Albania Fin-A Gre-H Ger-A Eng-H Gre-A Ger-H Fin-H Eng-A
Cautions/
Expulsions		 C-Murati, Kola, 
R. Vata		 C-F. Vata, Xhumba, Bashi C-R. Vata, Murati C-Lala,
Hasi		 C-Cipi,
Murati,
Haxhi		 C-Hasi, 
R. Vata,
Bushi; E-Murati		 C-Lala,
Bellai,
Haxhi		 C-Murati,
Hasi
Suspensions None None None R. Vata, Murati None None Murati Lala,
Haxhi
Finland Alb-H Gre-A Eng-H Eng-A Ger-H Alb-A Gre-H Ger-A
Cautions/
Expulsions		 C-Tihinen, Saarinen 2;
E-Saarinen		 C-Reini C-Niemi C-Nurmela, Hyypia,
Wiss, Pasanen		 C-Tihinen C-Saarinen C-Tihinen C-Nurmela,
Reini
Suspensions None Saarinen None None None Tihinen None None
Germany Gre-H Eng-A Alb-H Gre-A Fin-A Alb-A Eng-H Fin-H
Cautions/
Expulsions		 C-Ballack, Heinrich, Scholl,
Linke		 C-Ballack, Nowotny C-Hamann, Scholl,
Klose		 C-Deisler 2, Worns;
E-Deisler		 C-Ballack, Neuville, Ramelow C-Ziege, Ricken; E-Ramelow C-Hamann C-Neuville
Suspensions None None Ballack Scholl Deisler None Ramelow Hamann
Greece Ger-A Fin-H Alb-A Ger-H Alb-H Eng-H Fin-A Eng-A
Cautions/
Expulsions		 C-Zagorakis,
Poursanidis		 C-Amanatidis C-Basinas, Ouzounidis C-Georgatos, Georgiadis, Patsatzoglou, C-Venetidis, Georgiadis, Patsatzoglou C-Vryzas, Eyssas C-Amanatidis C-Zagorakis
Suspensions None None None None None Georgiadis, Patsatzoglou None Amanatidis

Notes

Under FIFA rules for the competition, players who earn a second yellow card caution are suspended for the next match.  Players who receive a red card expulsion--either for incurring two yellow card cautions in the same match or for a severe foul or other serious breach of fair play--are also automatically suspended for the next match and, depending on the nature of their offense, may be suspended for more than one match.

FIFA's match summaries state that Rudi Vata received yellow cards in the Finland and Greece matches, and if that were the case, he should have been suspended for the next match, against Germany.  But he played against Germany and, indeed, picked up another yellow card, which resulted in his suspension for the next match, against England.  Media reports stated that the yellow card Rudi Vata received in the Germany match was his second in the competition.  According to Kicker Online, a reliable source, the player who received a caution in the Greece match was Fatmir Vata, not Rudi Vata, and we have departed from the FIFA records in this respect because they are inaccurate.

FIFA's World Cup 2002 Organising Committee decided on 28 November 2001 that yellow card cautions incurred in the preliminary competition for which a suspension had not been served would not be carried over to the final tournament, but that any unserved match suspensions for red card expulsions during the preliminary competition would be carried over.  The decision saved Paul Scholes from a suspension for the first match of the final tournament because he had incurred his second yellow card of the preliminary competition in England's last match of the preliminary competition, against Greece.  It also erased single yellow card cautions incurred by five England players during the preliminary competition--Steve McManaman, Gary Neville, Ashley Cole, Emile Heskey and Steven Gerrard.

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