Italy national football team FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

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The Italy national football controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC). They are the current World Champions and they  won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Italy is  the top teams in international football.  The second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup which  won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006). Itally add one European championship (1968), one Olympic football tournament (1936) and two (defunct) Central European International Cups.The name of the Italian confederation is UEFA(Europe).The FIFA ranking and the FIFA code of this team is ITA and 4.

Team configuration of Italy football team :

Nickname	Azzurri
Association	Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Marcello Lippi
Captain	Fabio Cannavaro
Most caps	Fabio Cannavaro (132)
Top scorer	Luigi Riva (35)
FIFA code	ITA
FIFA ranking	4
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (November 1993 February 2007 April 2007-June 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	16 (April 1998)

Recent players of Italy

Goalkeepers Federico Marchetti Morgan De Sanctis Salvatore Sirigu

Defenders Fabio Cannavaro Giorgio Chiellini Daniele Bonera Nicola Legrottaglie Domenico Criscito Christian Maggio Mattia Cassani Leonardo Bonucci

Midfielders Gennaro Gattuso Andrea Pirlo Daniele De Rossi Angelo Palombo

Forward Antonio Di Natale Fabio Quagliarella Giampaolo Pazzini Marco Borriello

Previous squads ·        1934 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1938 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1950 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1954 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1962 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1966 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        UEFA Euro 1968 squads - Italy ·        1970 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1974 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1978 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        UEFA Euro 1980 squads - Italy ·        1982 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1986 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        UEFA Euro 1988 squads - Italy ·        1990 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        1994 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        UEFA Euro 1996 squads - Italy ·        1998 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        UEFA Euro 2000 squads - Italy ·        2002 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        UEFA Euro 2004 squads - Italy ·        2006 FIFA World Cup squads - Italy ·        UEFA Euro 2008 squads - Italy

Japan national football team FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

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The Japan national football team is is controlled by the Japan Football Association.
Takeshi Okada, the manager for Japan who had previously served as leading during the 1998 FIFA World Cup is the current coach for the team. Japan's first major achievement in international football came in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Japan is one of the highest sponsorship incomes for a national squad. Their sponsorship income amounted to over 16.5 million pounds In 2006. Primary sponsors include Kirin, Adidas, Sony, Saison Card International, FamilyMart, Fujifilm, JAL, and Nissan.
Japan is one of the most successful national teams in Asia, being a three-time winner of the Asian Cup and having qualified for the last four consecutive World Cup finals.

 

 Team configuration  

Nickname	Samurai Blue Japanese Representatives (of soccer)  (Sakkā) Nippon Daihyō?) Okada Japan Okada Japan
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Takeshi Okada
Captain	Yuji Nakazawa
Most caps	Masami Ihara (123)
Top scorer	Kunishige Kamamoto (75)
FIFA code	JPN
FIFA ranking	46
Highest FIFA ranking	9 (February 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	62 (February 2000)

Current players of Japan

18        GK      Seigo Narazaki 23        GK      Eiji Kawashima

22        DF       Yuji Nakazawa (C) 4          DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka 3          DF       Yūichi Komano 15        DF       Yasuyuki Konno 25        DF       Yuto Nagatomo 20        DF       Atsuto Uchida

10        MF Shunsuke Nakamura 5          MF      Junichi Inamoto 7          MF      Yasuhito Endō] 8          MF      Daisuke Matsui 6          MF      Yuki Abe 17        MF      Makoto Hasebe 57        MF      Keisuke Honda

11        FW      Keiji Tamada 81        FW      Sōta Hirayama 33        FW      Shinji Okazaki 19        FW      Shinzo Koroki 59        FW Takayuki Morimoto

               Top Goalscorers of Japan

Player	Goals	Tenure
Kunishige Kamamoto	75	1964–1977
Kazuyoshi Miura	55	1992–2000
Hiromi Hara	37	1978–1988
Takuya Takagi	27	1992–1997
Kazushi Kimura	26	1979–1986
Shunsuke Nakamura	24	2000–
Naohiro Takahara	23	2000–2008
Masashi Nakayama	21	1990–2003
Teruki Miyamoto	19	1961–1971
Atsushi Yanagisawa Yuji Nakazawa	17 17	1998–2006 1999–

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England national football team FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

  

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The England national football team is controlled by the Football Association. England is  one of seven national teams to have won the FIFA World Cup, when they hosted the finals  they did in 1966 .They reached in semi final in 1990. They reached the semi-finals of the UEFA European Championship in 1968 and 1996. Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland. The England national football team was formed at the same time as Scotland. They joined FIFA in 1906 and played their first ever games of Central Europe in 1908. England had no permanent home stadium. Wembley Stadium was opened in 1923 and became their home ground. In the 1954 World Cup, two goals by Ivor Broadis saw  become the first England player at the World Cup finals. England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup.  Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge of the team between 2001 and 2006 and was the first non-English manager of England. He guided England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup and 2006 World Cup and England rose to a No.4 world ranking under his guidance. McClaren resigned on 22 November 2007 after only 16 months in charge and was replaced on 14 December 2007 by the former Real Madrid and AC Milan manager Fabio Capello.England was qualified 2010 FIFA world cup .

Team configuration

Nickname(s)	The Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Italy Fabio Capello
Asst coach	Italy Italo  Galbiati
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Sir Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	ENG
FIFA ranking	8
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (December 1997, September 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	27 (February 1996)
Elo ranking	4
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1872–1876 1892–1911 1966–1970 1987–1988)
Lowest Elo ranking	13 (1936)

 Coaches and Team staff 

Manager	Italy Fabio Capello
General manager	Italy Franco Baldini
Assistant manager	Italy Italo Galbiati
Coach-U-21 manager	England Stuart Pearce
Coach	England Ray Clemence
Goalkeeping coach	Italy Franco Tancredi
Fitness coach	Italy Massimo Neri
Physiotherapist	England Gary Lewin
Team doctor	England Dr Ian Beasley

England football Team

Goalkeepers David James Robert Green Joe Hart

Midfielders Michael Carrick Theo Walcott Shaun Wright-Phillips Stewart Downing Frank Lampard Gareth Barry David Beckham Steven Gerrard

Defenders Wes Brown James Milner Leighton Baines John Terry Stephen Warnock Joleon Lescott Ryan Shawcross Matthew Upson

Forwards Wayne Rooney Jermaine Defoe Peter Crouch Carlton Cole Emile Heskey

Coach Fabio Capello Assistant Coach Italo Galbiati

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads

1950 FIFA World Cup squad

1954 FIFA World Cup squad

1954 FIFA World Cup squad

1962 FIFA World Cup squad

1966 FIFA World Cup squad

1970 FIFA World Cup squad

1982 FIFA World Cup squad

1986 FIFA World Cup squad

1990 FIFA World Cup squad

1998 FIFA World Cup squad

2002 FIFA World Cup squad

2006 FIFA World Cup squad

Most capped players of England 

Name	Career	Caps	Goals
Peter Shilton	1970–1990	125	0
David Beckham	1996– 0000	115	17
Bobby Moore	1962–1973	108	2
Sir Bobby Charlton	1958–1970	106	49
Bryan Robson	1980–1991	90	26
Michael Owen	1998– 0000	89	40
Kenny Sansom	1979–1988	86	1
Gary Neville	1995– 0000	85	0
Ray Wilkins	1976–1986	84	3

 Top goalscorers of England 

Name	Career	Goals
Sir Bobby Charlton	1958–1970	49
Gary Lineker	1984–1992	48
Jimmy Greaves	1959–1967	44
Michael Owen	1998–0000	40
Sir Tom Finney	1946–1958	30
Nat Lofthouse	1950–1958	30
Alan Shearer	1992–2000	30
Vivian Woodward	1903–1911	29
Steve Bloomer	1895–1907	28
David Platt	1986–1996	27