Football World Cup 2014 / England

This article covers the English national football team at the 2014 World Cup . England took part in the finals for the 14th time and for the third time in a finals in South America . England could not qualify for the final round in 1978 in South America.

qualification

England played in European qualifying Group H . Opponents were Ukraine , Montenegro , Poland , Moldova and San Marino . England were unbeaten with six wins and four draws group winners, but only qualified for the final round on the last day of the game, because although they could win heavily against the weaker teams Moldova and San Marino, it was initially only enough to draw against their direct competitors. Only in the last two games against Montenegro and Poland could the opponents be defeated. The second-placed Ukrainian team, against which there were two draws, failed in the playoff games of the group runners-up to France.

Group stage

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	10	6th	4th	0	031: 400	+27	22nd
2.	Ukraine	10	6th	3	1	028: 400	+24	21st
3.	Montenegro	10	4th	3	3	018:170	+1	15th
4th	Poland	10	3	4th	3	018:120	+6	13
5.	Moldova	10	3	2	5	012:170	−5	11
6th	San Marino	10	0	0	10	001:540	−53	00

Game results

date	place	Home team	-	guest	Result	Goalscorers for England
07.09.2012	Chișinău ( MDA )	Moldova	-	England	0: 5 (0: 3)	Lampard (4th, 29th), Defoe (32nd), Milner (74th), Baines (83th)
09/11/2012	London	England	-	Ukraine	1: 1 (0: 1)	Lampard (87./Elf.)
October 12, 2012	London	England	-	San Marino	5: 0 (2: 0)	Rooney (35./ Elfm., 70.), Welbeck (37., 72.), Oxlade-Chamberlain (77.)
10/17/2012 1	Warsaw ( POL )	Poland	-	England	1: 1 (0: 1)	Rooney (31st)
03/22/2013	Serravalle ( SMR )	San Marino	-	England	0: 8 (0: 5)	Della Valle (12./ET), Oxlade-Chamberlain (29th), Defoe (34th, 77th), Young (39th), Lampard (42nd), Rooney (54th), Sturridge (70th)
03/26/2013	Podgorica ( MNE )	Montenegro	-	England	1: 1 (0: 1)	Rooney (6th)
06.09.2013	London	England	-	Moldova	4: 0 (3: 0)	Gerrard (12th), Lambert (26th), Welbeck (45th + 1, 50th)
09/10/2013	Kiev ( UKR )	Ukraine	-	England	0-0
10/11/2013	London	England	-	Montenegro	4: 1 (0: 0)	Rooney (48th), Bošković (62nd / ET), Townsend (78th), Sturridge (90th + 3 / penalty)
October 15, 2013	London	England	-	Poland	2: 0 (1: 0)	Rooney (41st), Gerrard (88th)

¹ The game was originally supposed to take place on October 16, 2012, but was postponed to the following day due to the unplayable course after heavy rainfall.

Overall, team manager Roy Hodgson , who took over the team shortly before the European Championship in 2012, used 32 players in the 10 games. Only goalkeeper Joe Hart took part in all games. The top scorer was Wayne Rooney with seven goals, making him the seventh best European scorer. Eleven other players contributed the rest, and England also benefited from two own goals by opposing players. On September 10, 2013 Frank Lampard made his 100th international match in the 100th World Cup qualifier for the English team. With Ross Barkley , Jonjo Shelvey and Andros Townsend , three players also made their first appearance in the senior national team in the qualifying games.

preparation

The following games took place in 2014:

• 0March 5 in London against Denmark : 1-0 (goalscorer: Sturridge / 82.)
• May 30 in London against Peru : 3-0 (goal scorers: Sturridge / 32nd, Cahill / 65th and Jagielka / 70th)
• 0June 4th in Miami Gardens against Ecuador : 2-2 (goalscorers for England: Rooney / 29th and Lambert / 51st)
• 0June 7 in Miami Gardens against Honduras : 0-0

The last two games took place during training camp in Miami .

Squad

A preliminary list of 30 players had to be submitted to FIFA by May 13, 2014. The final list of 23 players had to be received by FIFA by June 2, 2014 at the latest.

The squad was named on May 12, 2014. Eight players were also in the squad for the last World Cup when England were eliminated in the round of 16. Ashley Cole , who then resigned, was not considered .

No.	player	society	International matches *	Länderspiel- gates *	Date of birth	Games	Gates				World Cup participation	World Cup games (before 2014)	World Cup goals (before 2014)
goalkeeper
22nd	Fraser Forster	Celtic Glasgow M	001	00	March 17, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
13	Ben Foster	West Bromwich Albion	007th	00	April 3, 1983	1	0	0	0	0
01	Joe Hart	Manchester City M	041	00	April 19, 1987	2	0	0	0	0	2010	0	0
Defender
03	Leighton Baines	Everton FC	024	01	December 11, 1984	2	0	0	0	0
05	Gary Cahill	Chelsea FC	024	03	December 19, 1985	3	0	0	0	0
06th	Phil Jagielka	Everton FC	026th	02	17th August 1982	2	0	0	0	0
02	Glen Johnson	Liverpool FC	052	01	23rd August 1984	2	0	0	0	0	2010	4th	0
16	Phil Jones	Manchester United	010	00	February 21, 1992	1	0	0	0	0
23	Luke Shaw	Southampton FC	002	00	July 12, 1995	1	0	0	0	0
12	Chris Smalling	Manchester United	012	00	November 22, 1989	1	0	0	0	0
midfield player
21st	Ross Barkley	Everton FC	006th	00	5th December 1993	3	0	1	0	0
04th	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool FC	111	21st	May 30, 1980	3	0	0	0	0	2006, 2010	9	3
14th	Jordan Henderson	Liverpool FC	011	00	June 17, 1990	2	0	0	0	0
20th	Adam Lallana	Southampton FC	006th	00	May 10, 1988	3	0	1	0	0
08th	Frank Lampard	Chelsea FC	105	29	June 20, 1978	1	0	0	0	0	2006, 2010	9	0
17th	James Milner	Manchester City M	047	01	4th January 1986	1	0	0	0	0	2010	3	0
15th	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	Arsenal FC P	015th	03	August 15, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Raheem Sterling	Liverpool FC	004th	00	December 8, 1994	3	0	1	0	0
07th	Jack Wilshere	Arsenal FC P	018th	00	January 1, 1992	2	0	0	0	0
striker
18th	Rickie Lambert	Southampton FC	006th	03	February 16, 1982	1	0	0	0	0
10	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	092	39	October 24, 1985	3	1	0	0	0	2006, 2010	8th	0
09	Daniel Sturridge	Liverpool FC	012	04th	September 1, 1989	3	1	0	0	0
11	Danny Welbeck	Manchester United	024	08th	November 26, 1990	2	0	0	0	0

(*) only the games and goals that were played or scored before the start of the World Cup are indicated, updated after the games on May 30, 2014 against Peru, Ecuador on June 4, 2014 and Honduras on June 7, 2014

1. ↑ M = The club became champions of its country in the 2013/14 season, P = The club won the cup in its country in the 2013/14 season, A = The club was relegated from the top division.

Finals

Group stage

Manaus Belo Horizonte São Paulo Rio de Janeiro

Venues (red) and quarters (blue)

In the draw for the final round on 6 December 2013, England was allocated to Pot 4 with the unseeded European teams due to its placement in the FIFA world rankings in October 2013 and group D with Uruguay, Italy and Costa Rica. This was the first time that three former world champions were in a preliminary group at a World Cup finals. England last played against Uruguay on March 1, 2006 in a friendly and won 2-1 in Liverpool . The last time they met at World Championships was in 1966 in the goalless opening game. In 1954, England met world champions Uruguay in the quarter-finals and lost 4-2. The overall balance against Uruguay was negative with three draws and three wins as well as four defeats before the World Cup. The last competitive match between England and Italy was the quarter-finals of the Euro 2012, in which England traditionally lost the penalty shoot-out after a goalless outcome . On August 15, 2012, there was another friendly game that England won 2-1. The only World Cup game between the two teams so far was the game for third place in 1990, which Italy won 2-1. In a total of 24 matches before the World Cup, there were 8 wins for England, 7 draws and 9 wins for Italy. There was no game against Costa Rica before the World Cup.

The team's quarters were the Royal Tulip in Rio de Janeiro .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Costa Rica	4: 1	7th
2	Uruguay	4: 4	6th
3	Italy	2: 3	3
4th	England	2: 4	1

• Sat., June 14, 2014, 6:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Manaus, England - Italy 1: 2 (1: 1)
  
• Thursday, June 19, 2014, 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in São Paulo Uruguay - England 2: 1 (1: 0)
  
• Tue., June 24, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Belo Horizonte Costa Rica - England 0: 0
  

England had only played once in the preliminary round of the 1950 World Cup in Belo Horizonte , with a sensational 1-0 loss to the USA, but before that neither in Manaus nor São Paulo.

England finished last at a World Cup in the group stage for the first time and was eliminated in the preliminary round for the first time in 56 years (last out in the preliminary round in Sweden in 1958 after the play-off against the Soviet Union).

Sports impact

In the FIFA World Ranking , England fell ten places from 10th to 20th.

Resignations

After the World Cup, captain Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard announced their resignation.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Game between Poland and England postponed. In: fifa.com. FIFA, October 16, 2012, accessed October 17, 2012 . 
2. ↑ fifa.com: "England tests against Peru, Ecuador and Honduras before the World Cup"
3. ↑ thefa.com: "England line-up Peru, Ecuador and Honduras friendlies"
4. ↑ Regulations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup ™, para. 29 List of players, rest time, preparatory phase
5. ↑ fifa.com/: "Rooney leads English World Cup contingent" ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ fifa.com: "Cole ends his career in the national team" ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Release List of Players ( English , PDF) FIFA. May 16, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
8. ↑ England - Peru 3-0 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
9. ↑ Ecuador - England 2: 2 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
10. ↑ England 0-0 Honduras . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
11. ↑ fifa.com: team quarters
12. ↑ fifa.com: "Farewell to two leading figures"
13. ↑ fifa.com: "Lampard ends national team career"

Web links

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