Group B
ENGLAND
World Cup participations: 11
Greatest World Cup achievement: World Cup winners (1966)
England - the motherland of football has been chasing a real international
success for many years.
Now we can hope for it once again!
Qualification (in a rather easy group admittedly with Poland, Austria,
Northern Ireland, Wales) was not brilliant, but never really endangered.
England have a lot of stars - first of all David Beckham and Wayne Rooney (fit?),
but also Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, John Terry or Rio Ferdinand.
The quality is undoubted, but can Eriksson form a really strong team?
At the moment England is next to Brazil even top-favourite number 2.
The group should not be a problem, although Sweden has always been
a tough opponent.
The odds on England as world cup winner were not too high
- 8.0 at Betandwin.
For a bet on group winner England you get 1.50.
ENGLAND
England
has won the World Cup only once. It was in 1966, when the Cup
was held in England itself. Since then England has only
flattered to deceive. Talents abound in the team, but the run
up to the Cup has not been very promising.
Coach:
Sven Goran-Eriksson
Players to Watch out for: Wayne Rooney (if fit), Jermain Defoe, Steven Gerrard and David Beckham.
World Cup Squad England
This is the official world cup squad -
you can find here all the
world cup players
for England
Goalkeepers
Paul Robinson
David James
Scott Carson
Defenders
Gary Neville
Rio Ferdinand
John Terry
Ashley Cole
Sol Campbell
Jamie Carragher
Wayne Bridge
Midfielders
David Beckham
Michael Carrick
Frank Lampard
Steven Gerrard
Owen Hargreaves
Jermaine Jenas
Stewart Downing
Joe Cole
Aaron Lennon
Strikers
Wayne Rooney
Michael Owen
Peter Crouch
Theo Walcott
On stand-by:
Luke Young, Nigel Reo-Coker, Jermain Defoe, Andrew Johnson
Other World Cup Teams
Group A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador
Group B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad and Tobago
Sweden
Group C
Argentina
Cote d'Ivoire
Serbia and Montenegro
Netherlands
Group D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal
Group E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic
Group F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan
Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo
Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
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