FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 England national football team

  

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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