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England (ENG)

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Founded	1863
Affiliated	1905
WC participations	11 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002)
WC honours	World champions (1966)
Continental Titles	None
Facts England, the cradle of the modern game, took part in the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time in 1950. Despite winning their opening game against Chile, they lost to the USA and Spain and packed their bags after the first round. In 1954, England lost to Uruguay in the quarter-finals, and in 1962 they fell at the same stage to the eventual world champions Brazil. England's glory came in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, on home turf. Football's inventors were crowned world champions for the first and only time after a 4-2 win against Germany in the final. Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick in the match. Since then, England have not progressed beyond the semi-finals. In 1990 they reached the last four but were eliminated by the eventual champions Germany in a penalty shoot-out.

Players:

1 ROBINSON Paul (GK)
2 NEVILLE Gary
3 COLE Ashley
4 GERRARD Steven
5 FERDINAND Rio
6 TERRY John
7 BECKHAM David
8 LAMPARD Frank
9 ROONEY Wayne
10 OWEN Michael
11 COLE Joe
12 CAMPBELL Sol
13 JAMES David (GK)
14 BRIDGE Wayne
15 CARRAGHER Jamie
16 HARGREAVES Owen
17 JENAS Jermaine
18 CARRICK Michael
19 LENNON Aaron
20 DOWNING Stewart
21 CROUCH Peter
22 GREEN Robert (GK)
23 WALCOTT Theo

Coach: Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Nationality : Swedish Date of Birth : 5 February 1948

General Information

FIFA Trigramme: ENG
Country: England
Country (official name): England
Continent: Europe
Capital: London
Major cities: Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester Currency: British pound
Official languages: English
Motto: God and my right (Dieu et mon droit).

Population (in millions): 50.10
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 25,300
Density (inhabitants per km2): 384.13
Average age (in years): 38.4
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 78.16

Internet code: .co.uk
Number of internet users: 28.4 million (2002)



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