England national football team
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 .
England national Football Assocaiation :
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Association | The Football Association |
Nickname(s) | The Three Lions |
Confederation | UEFA ( |
Head coach | Fabio Capello ( |
Asst coach | Italo Galbiati ( |
Captain | - |
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) |
Coaching and staff :
Manager | Fabio Capello | |
General manager | Franco Baldini | |
Assistant manager | Italo Galbiati | |
Coach/U-21 manager | Stuart Pearce | |
Coach | Ray Clemence | |
Goalkeeping coach | Franco Tancredi | |
Under-20/-18 manager | Brian Eastick | |
Under-19 manager | Noel Blake | |
Under-17 manager | John Peacock | |
Under-16 manager | Kenny Swain | |
Fitness coach | Massimo Neri | |
Physiotherapist | Gary Lewin | |
Team doctor | Dr Ian Beasley | |
Other backroom staff | Dan Hitch | |
Roger Narbett | ||
Steve Slattery | ||
Rod Thornley |
Players
List of England national football Players :
Pos. | Player |
Goalkeepers | David James |
Robert Green | |
Joe Hart | |
Defender : | Wes Brown |
James Milner | |
Leighton Baines | |
John Terry | |
Stephen Warnock | |
Joleon Lescott | |
Ryan Shawcross | |
Matthew Upson | |
Midfielder : | Michael Carrick |
Theo Walcott | |
Shaun Wright-Phillips | |
Stewart Downing | |
Frank Lampard | |
Gareth Barry | |
David Beckham | |
Steven Gerrard | |
Forward: | Wayne Rooney |
Jermaine Defoe | |
Peter Crouch | |
Emile Heskey |
Most capped players :
Years | Name | Caps | Goals |
1970–1990 | Peter Shilton | 125 | 0 |
1996– | David Beckham | 115 | 17 |
1962–1973 | Bobby Moore | 108 | 2 |
1958–1970 | Sir Bobby Charlton | 106 | 49 |
1946–1959 | Billy Wright | 105 | 3 |
1980-1991 | Bryan Robson | 90 | 26 |
1998– | Michael Owen | 89 | 40 |
1979–1988 | Kenny Sansom | 86 | 1 |
1995– | Gary Neville | 85 | 0 |
1976–1986 | Ray Wilkins | 84 | 3 |
Years | Name | Goals | Caps |
1958–1970 | Sir Bobby Charlton | 49 | 106 |
1984–1992 | Gary Lineker | 48 | 80 |
1959–1967 | Jimmy Greaves | 44 | 57 |
1998– | Michael Owen | 40 | 89 |
1946–1958 | Sir Tom Finney | 30 | 76 |
1950–1958 | Nat Lofthouse | 30 | 33 |
1992–2000 | Alan Shearer | 30 | 63 |
1903–1911 | Vivian Woodward | 29 | 23 |
1895–1907 | Steve Bloomer | 28 | 23 |
1986–1996 | David Platt | 27 | 62 |
Previous squads
FIFA World Cup squads :
* 1950 FIFA World Cup squad
* 1954 FIFA World Cup squad
* 1958 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
UEFA European Football Championship squads :
* UEFA Euro 1968 squad
* UEFA Euro 1980 squad
* UEFA Euro 1988 squad
* UEFA Euro 1992 squad
* UEFA Euro 1996 squad
* UEFA Euro 2000 squad
* UEFA Euro 2004 squad
Honours
# FIFA World Cup :
* Winners (1): 1966
# UEFA European Football Championship :
* Third place (1): 1968
# Olympic football tournament :
* Gold medal (2): 1908, 1912
# British Home Championship :
* Winners (54): 1886 (shared), 1888, 1890 (shared), 1891, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1903 (shared), 1904, 1905, 1906 (shared), 1908 (shared), 1909, 1911, 1912 (shared), 1913, 1927 (shared), 1930, 1931 (shared), 1932, 1935 (shared), 1938, 1939 (shared), 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952 (shared), 1953 (shared), 1954, 1955, 1956 (shared), 1957, 1958 (shared), 1959 (shared), 1960 (shared), 1961, 1964 (shared), 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 (shared), 1971, 1972 (shared), 1973, 1974 (shared), 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983
# FIFA World Cup :
* Winners (1): 1966
# UEFA European Football Championship :
* Third place (1): 1968
# Olympic football tournament :
* Gold medal (2): 1908, 1912
# British Home Championship :
* Winners (54): 1886 (shared), 1888, 1890 (shared), 1891, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1903 (shared), 1904, 1905, 1906 (shared), 1908 (shared), 1909, 1911, 1912 (shared), 1913, 1927 (shared), 1930, 1931 (shared), 1932, 1935 (shared), 1938, 1939 (shared), 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952 (shared), 1953 (shared), 1954, 1955, 1956 (shared), 1957, 1958 (shared), 1959 (shared), 1960 (shared), 1961, 1964 (shared), 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 (shared), 1971, 1972 (shared), 1973, 1974 (shared), 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983
