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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)
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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
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Defenders Wes Brown James Milner Leighton Baines John Terry Stephen Warnock Joleon Lescott Ryan Shawcross Matthew Upson
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Forwards Wayne Rooney Jermaine Defoe Peter Crouch Carlton Cole Emile Heskey
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Coach Fabio Capello Assistant Coach Italo Galbiati
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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
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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 |