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| Match Summary and Report | Team Records | England Pre-Match | Portugal Pre-Match |
Pre-Match News
Tuesday, 30 July 2002 - The Football Association announced that England will play Portugal on 7 September 2002 in a friendly match, their first of the new season, at Villa Park in Birmingham, kickoff 4 p.m. That the fixture is to be played in England is a surprise because earlier news reports had indicated the match would take place in Portugal and because England have not paid a return visit following Portugal's trip to Wembley Stadium in April, 1998, when England ran out 3-0 winners. Portugal are hosts of the European Championship 2004 final tournament, and an away match there might have been of some value to England.
The two teams last met in the opening group match at the European Championship 2000 final tournament in Eindhoven, Holland, when Portugal came back from a two-goal deficit to beat England, 3-2. The September match will be their 19th since 1947, when England trounced Portugal 10-0 in Lisbon in their first meeting. England hold a decided advantage in the series with nine wins, six draws and only three losses.
Villa Park last hosted England when they beat Spain, 3-0, in the February, 2001 friendly that marked Sven-Göran's debut as national team coach. The Portugal match will be the 8th England international Villa Park has staged since the first in 1899.
| England Squad for the Match against Portugal September 2002 | ||||||||||
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| Player | Birthdate | Age | Pos | Club | St | Sub | App | G | Cpt | Dis |
| Beckham, David R.J. | 02-May-1975 | 27 | M | Manchester United FC | 51 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 18 | 1 E 6 C |
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David Beckham withdraws from the squad on 3 September due to a calf injury. |
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| Bowyer, Lee D. | 03-Jan-1977 | 25 | M | Leeds United AFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Bridge, Wayne M. | 05-Aug-1980 | 22 | D | Southampton FC | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Butt, Nicholas | 21-Jan-1975 | 27 | M | Manchester United FC | 14 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Cole, Ashley | 20-Dec-1980 | 21 | D | Arsenal FC | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 C |
| Cole, Joseph J. | 08-Nov-1981 | 20 | M | West Ham United FC | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Dunn, David J.I. | 27-Dec-1979 | 22 | M | Blackburn Rovers FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
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David Dunn is called into the squad on 3 September as a replacement for Kieron Dyer. |
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| Dyer, Kieron C. | 29-Dec-1978 | 23 | M | Newcastle United FC | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | None |
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Kieron Dyer withdraws from the squad on 2 September hours after its announcement due to a shin injury. |
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| Ferdinand, Rio G. | 07-Nov-1978 | 23 | D | Manchester United FC | 22 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 C |
| Gerrard, Steven G. | 30-May-1980 | 22 | M | Liverpool FC | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | None |
| Hargreaves, Owen L. | 20-Jan-1981 | 21 | M | FC Bayern München AG, Germany | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Player | Birthdate | Age | Pos | Club | St | Sub | App | G | Cpt | Dis |
| Heskey, Emile W.I. | 11-Jan-1978 | 24 | F | Liverpool FC | 18 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 C |
| James, David B. | 01-Aug-1970 | 32 | G | West Ham United FC | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 C |
| Mills, Daniel J. | 18-May-1977 | 25 | D | Leeds United AFC | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 C |
| Murphy, Daniel B. | 18-Mar-1977 | 25 | M | Liverpool FC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | None |
| Owen, Michael J. | 14-Dec-1979 | 22 | F | Liverpool FC | 31 | 10 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 2 C |
| Robinson, Paul W. | 15-Oct-1979 | 22 | G | Leeds United AFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Sinclair, Trevor L. | 02-Mar-1973 | 28 | M | West Ham United FC | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Smith, Alan | 20-Oct-1980 | 21 | F | Leeds United AFC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Southgate, Gareth | 03-Sep-1970 | 31 | D | Middlesbrough FC | 37 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 C |
| Woodgate, Jonathan S. | 22-Jan-1980 | 22 | D | Leeds United AFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | None |
Notes
Wednesday, 4 September 2002 - Eriksson decides against bringing in a replacement for David Beckham, and hands the captaincy to Michael Owen.
Tuesday, 3 September 2002 - Eriksson calls up David Dunn, an England U21 captain, into the squad as a replacement for the injured Kieron Dyer. "I have watched him already this season for Blackburn and he was very close to being in the original squad. It will be a good opportunity to work with David and see what he can do." Sir Alex Ferguson withdraws David Beckham from the squad in the evening after he is substituted in a club match for Manchester United. He is suffering a calf injury.
Monday, 2 September 2002 - Eriksson names a 20-man squad to face Portugal at Villa Park on Saturday. Just hours after the squad is announced, Sir Bobby Robson pulls Kieron Dyer out of the squad due to a recurrence of shin splints.
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England Player Injuries Prior to Match Against Portugal, 7 September 2002 |
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Paul Scholes, Midfielder, Manchester United F.C. |
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27-Aug-2002 |
Paul Scholes incurred an ankle injury in Manchester United's second leg European Champions League qualifying victory against Zalaegerszeg, and his club manager Alex Ferguson announced that he will be sidelined for two weeks, which would rule him out of the Portugal friendly. |
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Gary Neville, Defender, Manchester United F.C. |
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20-Aug-2002 |
Press reports say Neville is close to returning to training and hopes to make his first-team return for Manchester United in two or three weeks after regaining fitness in reserve team gaames. |
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03-Aug-2002 |
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson revealed Gary Neville, who missed the World Cup finals with a broken metatarsal bone, now has muscle problems in the same foot and probably will be out of action until September. It is unlikely he will return to full fitness before the Portugal friendly. |
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Wes Brown, Defender, Manchester United F.C. |
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15-Aug-2002 |
A scan revealed Brown fractured his right ankle and he will be out of action for at leaast three months, until mid-November, which rules him out of the Portugal friendly in September and England's first two European Championship qualifying matches against Slovakia and FYR Macedonia in October. |
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14-Aug-2002 |
Wes Brown picked up an ankle injury in Manchester United's first leg European Champions League qualifying loss to Zalaegerszeg of Hungary. |
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Robbie Fowler, Forward, Leeds United A.F.C. |
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01-Aug-2002 |
Fowler underwent surgery to shave a piece of cartilage from his hip after doctors identified the cause of his long-standing hip problem. He will be out eight weeks and will miss the Portugal friendly. He is expected to return to Premiership play September 28 and might be fit for the Slovakia and Macedonia European Championship matches in mid-October. |
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29-Jul-2002 |
Leeds United sent Robbie Fowler home from their tour of Australia and the Far East for examination following reoccurrence in Saturday's match against Chile's Colo Colo of the hip injury he suffered at the end of last season. |
| England Results | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Opposition | Venue | Type | F | A | Result | H.T. |
| 781 | 15-Aug-2001 | Netherlands | White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London | F | 0 | 2 | HL | [0-2] |
| 782 | 01-Sep-2001 | Germany | Olympiastadion, München | WCP | 5 | 1 | AW | [2-1] |
| 783 | 05-Sep-2001 | Albania | St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | WCP | 2 | 0 | HW | [1-0] |
| 784 | 06-Oct-2001 | Greece | Old Trafford, Manchester | WCP | 2 | 2 | HD | [0-1] |
| 785 | 10-Nov-2001 | Sweden | Old Trafford, Manchester | F | 1 | 1 | HD | [1-1] |
| 786 | 13-Feb-2002 | Netherlands | Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam | F | 1 | 1 | AD | [0-1] |
| 787 | 27-Mar-2002 | Italy | Elland Road, Leeds | F | 1 | 2 | HL | [0-0] |
| 788 | 17-Apr-2002 | Paraguay | Anfield Road, Liverpool | F | 4 | 0 | HW | [1-0] |
| 789 | 21-May-2002 | South Korea | Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo | F | 1 | 1 | AD | [1-0] |
| 790 | 26-May-2002 | Cameroon | Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan | F | 2 | 2 | ND | [1-1] |
| 791 | 02-Jun-2002 | Sweden | Saitama Sutajiamu Niimarumarunii, Saitama, Japan | WCF | 1 | 1 | ND | [1-0] |
| 792 | 07-Jun-2002 | Argentina | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan | WCF | 1 | 0 | NW | [1-0] |
| 793 | 12-Jun-2002 | Nigeria | Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan | WCF | 0 | 0 | ND | [0-0] |
| 794 | 15-Jun-2002 | Denmark | Niigata Prefectural Stadium ("Big Swan"), Niigata, Japan | WCF | 3 | 0 | NW | [3-0] |
| 795 | 21-Jun-2002 | Brazil | Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Shizuoka, Japan | WCF | 1 | 2 | NL | [1-1] |
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