Major International Competition Records (since 1990)
4th place in '90 Italy World Cup, Semi-finalist in '92, '96 UEFA European Championships
Despite of many worldclass players and huge media support England has always performed relatively poorly in world cup matches.The english team is full of stars at front as well as back but thier world cup campagin has always ended in disappoiting node recent being exit from world cup 2002 after losing to brazil(2-1).
Michael Owen and Emile Heskey are the two tops in the front line. David Beckham who is called the world's best free kick taker is the offensive midfielder widening his activity radius to the central part of the field.
England haven't lifted a major cup since 1966. With its host of famous stars, England is one of the world's best known teams. However, England has won just one major title, 40 years ago this year against Germany.
History:
England is participating in the World Cup for the eleventh time. 1950: reliminary round,
1954: Quarter-finals,
1958: Preliminary round,
1962: Quarter-finals,
1966: World Champions,
1970: Quarter-finals,
1982: Second round,
1986: Quarter-finals,
1990: Fourth place,
1998: Round of 16,
2002: Quarter-finals,
Since the glory of 1966, however, the best result they have in the competition was to reaching the semi-finals in 1990, where they lost on penalties to West Germany.
England are always expected to do well but it must not be forgotten that in 10 World Cup tournaments, England could only win the title once and that was when it was host nation in 1966.
England's most recent big achievement was reaching the semi-finals in 1990 in Italy, where it lost against Germany in a penalty shootout.
Stars The English team truly does not suffer from a lack of stars. First-class players like David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard dominate the midfield. There are also excellent strikers. Michael Owen and youngster Wayne Rooney represent team at front.The record of these player have been excellent thier respective leauges,players mainly playing in English premeire League.
Match Schedule: Preliminary Round
June 10, 2006: England -- Paraguay in Frankfurt
June 15, 2006: England -- Trinidad and Tobago in Nuremberg
June 20, 2006: Sweden -- England in Cologne
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson (Tottenham Hotspur), David James (Manchester City), Robert Green (Norwich City) Defenders: Gary Neville (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Wayne Bridge (Chelsea) Midfielders: David Beckham (Real Madrid), Michael Carrick (Tottenham Hotspur), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham Hotspur), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur) Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Michael Owen (Newcastle United), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
On stand-by: Scott Carson (Liverpool), Luke Young (Charlton Athletic), Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham United), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) Andrew Johnson (Crystal Palace).
Bottom line: England is full of stars but despite of it the team is not able to do better in worldcup because of players failing to deliver thier best at important time.So England player should be able to come out of that trend and star palyer should make them mentally ready for important games.
They have a good squad although dogged by injuries ahead of the World cup, they still have a very good chance of coming away World Champions.
Some facts and recent developments:
Some facts and recent devlopment
The playing of Michael Owen and youngster Wayne Rooney is still under doubt because of injury problems.
England defeated argentina in last edition of world cup(ie 2002) with the help of penalty goal by David beckham.
David Beckham has huge fan following in many countries of Asia.
Swedish-born Sven-Goran Eriksson is the first foreign head coach for the English team in the longer than 150-year history of football in England.The Swedish coach Eriksson have said that he will leave the England team after the completion of world cup 2006.
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