England national football team

World Cup 2006 Teams and Players

England

Nickname

Three Lions

Association

The Football Association

Coach

Sven-GÃ¶ran Eriksson,
2001 - July 2006

Most caps

Peter Shilton (125)

Top scorer

Sir Bobby Charlton (49)





Home colours





Away colours

First international

Scotland 0 - 0 England

(Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)

Largest win

Ireland 0 - 13 England

(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882)

Worst defeat

Hungary 7 - 1 England

(Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)

World Cup

Appearances

12 (First in 1950)

Best result

Winners, 1966

European Championship

Appearances

7 (First in 1968)

Best result

Third, 1968, Semi-finals, 1996

The England national football team represents England in international football competitions such as the World Cup and the European Championships. It is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England are currently enjoying a six game winning streak in the lead up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Each of the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom possesses its own separate football association, domestic league and national team. Because the IOC does not accept regional representative teams, England do not compete in Olympic football.

England are by far the most successful of the Home Nations, having won the 1966 World Cup and the British Home Championship thirty-four times, as many as the other three nations have won put together.

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