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FIFA WORLD CUP 2010: England national football team FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

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Monday, June 7, 2010

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