England Team Profile World Cup 2010

The England national football team represents England in international association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Although most national teams worldwide represent a sovereign state, the four Home Nations which form the United Kingdom are each represented separately in international tournaments. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium in London and their head coach is Fabio Capello.

England are one of seven national teams to have won the FIFA World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany 4–2 in extra time in the final. Since then their best performance at a World Cup was reaching the semi-finals in 1990, where they lost to West Germany on penalties. They reached the semi-finals of the UEFA European Championship in 1968 and 1996. They were the most successful of the home nations in the British Home Championship with 54 wins (including 20 shared wins) before the competition was suspended in 1984. They remain a prominent team on the global stage, rarely dropping outside of the top ten on both the FIFA and Elo rankings.

Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland, who were their opponents in the first-ever international football match in 1870. Rivalries with other countries have become more prominent since regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s. Matches against Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters.
England Team Profile Matches Road to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Andorra Belarus Croatia England Kazakhstan Ukraine
Andorra 1 – 3 0 – 2 0 – 2 1 –3 0 – 6
Belarus 5 – 1 1 – 3 1 – 3 4 – 0 0 – 0
Croatia 4 – 0 1 – 0 1 – 4 3 – 0 2 – 2
England 6 – 0 3 – 0 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 – 1
Kazakhstan 3 – 0 1 – 5 1 – 2 0 – 4 1 – 3
Ukraine 5 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1


England team last standing position 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27
Ukraine 10 6 3 1 21 6 +15 21
Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20
Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13
Kazakhstan 10 2 0 8 11 29 −18 6
Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0


England Team Record in FIFA World Cup
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Italy 1934 Did not enter
France 1938 Did not enter
Brazil 1950 Group round 1 8 3 1 0 2 2 2
Switzerland 1954 Quarter-finals 6 3 1 1 1 8 8
Sweden 1958 Group round 1 11 4 0 3 1 4 5
Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 8 4 1 1 2 5 6
England 1966 Champions 1 6 5 1 0 11 3
Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 8 4 2 0 2 4 4
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify
Spain 1982 Group round 2 6 5 3 2 0 6 1
Mexico 1986 Quarter-finals 8 5 2 1 2 7 3
Italy 1990 Fourth place 4 7 3 3 1 8 6
United States 1994 Did not qualify
France 1998 Round of 16 9 4 2 1 1 7 4
South Korea Japan 2 2002 Quarter-finals 6 5 2 2 1 6 3
Germany 2006 Quarter-finals 7 5 3 2 0 6 2
South Africa 2010 Qualified
Total 13/19 1 title 55 25 17 13 74 47


 

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