Soccer World Cup 2010 / England

This article covers the English national football team at the 2010 World Cup .

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in South Africa through the qualifying matches of the European football association UEFA .

The team met in the first round in Group 6 of the Ukraine , Croatia , Belarus , Kazakhstan and Andorra . In the ten encounters England had a record of nine wins, which were faced with a defeat (0-1 against Ukraine). England qualified as group winners directly for the World Cup finals.

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	England	34: 6	27
2	Ukraine	21: 6	21st
3	Croatia	19:13	20th
4th	Belarus	19:14	13
5	Kazakhstan	11:29	6th
6th	Andorra	3:39	0

6 September 2008 : Andorra - England 0-2 (0-0)

10 September 2008 : Croatia 1: 4 (0: 1) England

October 11, 2008 : England - Kazakhstan 5: 1 (0: 0)

October 15, 2008 : Belarus 1: 3 (1: 1) England

April 1, 2009 : England 2-1 Ukraine (1-0)

June 6, 2009 : Kazakhstan 0-4 England (0-2)

10 June 2009 : England 6-0 Andorra (3-0)

September 9, 2009 : England - Croatia 5-1 (2-0)

October 10, 2009 : Ukraine 1-0 England (1-0)

October 14, 2009 : England 3-0 Belarus (1-0)

English contingent

The English national coach Fabio Capello announced on May 11, 2010 a provisional line-up of 30 players. On June 1, Leighton Baines , Darren Bent , Michael Dawson , Tom Huddlestone , Adam Johnson , Scott Parker and Theo Walcott were removed from the World Cup squad. The actual captain Rio Ferdinand suffered a knee injury during training on June 4th. Michael Dawson was nominated for him. Steven Gerrard wears the armband .

The 23-man squad:

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	David James	Portsmouth FC	08/01/1970	3	0	0	0	0
12	Robert Green	West Ham United	January 18, 1980	1	0	0	0	0
23	Joe Hart	Birmingham City	04/19/1987	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Glen Johnson	Liverpool FC	08/23/1984	4th	0	2	0	0
3	Ashley Cole	Chelsea FC	December 20, 1980	4th	0	0	0	0
5	Michael Dawson	Tottenham Hotspur	11/18/1983	0	0	0	0	0
6th	John Terry	Chelsea FC	December 07, 1980	4th	0	0	0	0
13	Stephen Warnock	Aston Villa	12/12/1981	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Matthew Upson	West Ham United	04/18/1979	2	1	0	0	0
18th	Jamie Carragher	Liverpool FC	01/28/1978	2	0	2	0	0
20th	Ledley King	Tottenham Hotspur	October 12, 1980	1	0	0	0	0
midfield player
4th	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool FC	05/30/1980	4th	1	1	0	0
7th	Aaron Lennon	Tottenham Hotspur	04/16/1987	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Frank Lampard	Chelsea FC	06/20/1978	4th	0	0	0	0
11	Joe Cole	Chelsea FC	11/08/1981	2	0	0	0	0
14th	Gareth Barry	Manchester City	02/23/1981	3	0	0	0	0
16	James Milner	Aston Villa	01/04/1986	3	0	1	0	0
17th	Shaun Wright-Phillips	Manchester City	10/25/1981	3	0	0	0	0
22nd	Michael Carrick	Manchester United	07/28/1981	0	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Peter Crouch	Tottenham Hotspur	01/30/1981	2	0	0	0	0
10	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	October 24, 1985	4th	0	0	0	0
19th	Jermain Defoe	Tottenham Hotspur	07.10.1982	3	1	0	0	0
21st	Emile Heskey	Aston Villa	01/11/1978	4th	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Fabio Capello		06/18/1946

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	United States	4: 3	5
2	England	2: 1	5
3	Slovenia	3: 3	4th
4th	Algeria	0: 2	1

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the English national football team met in Group C against the United States , Algeria and Slovenia . In the first two games, the group favorite struggled and only played a draw. In the decisive third game, however, they were able to prevail 1-0 against the Slovenes. With only two preliminary round goals, it was only enough for second place in the final table.

• Saturday June 12, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Rustenburg England - USA 1: 1 (1: 1)
  

• Friday June 18, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Cape Town, England - Algeria 0-0
  

• Wednesday June 23, 2010; 16:00 in Nelson Mandela Bay / Port Elizabeth Slovenia - England 0: 1 (0: 1)
  

Final round

Round of 16

The English team was able to qualify for the second round of group C for the second round. There it met Germany , which secured victory in Group D.

• Sunday June 27, 2010; 16:00 in Bloemfontein Germany - England 4: 1 (2: 1)
  

Web links

• All matches of the preliminary round at a glance
• England squad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rio ruled out of the World Cup
2. ↑ Capello names final 23