Soccer World Cup 2019 / England

Football Women's World Cup 2019 : England
Trainer	Phil Neville
captain	Steph Houghton
Qualified as	Winner Europe Group 1
World rankings before the tournament	3
Tournament result	Fourth
Games won	5
Games tie	0
Games lost	2
Gates	13: 5

This article is about the English women's national soccer team at the 2019 women's soccer world cup in France . England took part in the finals for the fifth time. As in 2015, England reached the game for third place, but lost it this time.

qualification

Opponents in the qualification were Bosnia and Herzegovina , for the first time Kazakhstan , Russia and neighboring Wales . The group winners could qualify directly, the group runner-up would be qualified for the playoff games for another World Cup starting place if he were one of the four best runners-up in the group.

The English women started the qualification under national coach Mark Sampson , who had led the English women to 3rd place at the 2015 World Cup. After allegations from English players, he was dismissed by the English Football Association after the first qualifying game. Mo Marley took over the post on an interim basis . In January 2018, the former England international Phil Neville became the coach of the women's national team.

The English team started with four home games, met Russia in the first game and won 6-0. This was followed by victories against Bosnia and Herzegovina (4-0) and Kazakhstan (5-0) before the only point was lost in the goalless draw against Wales. The following away games were won and only conceded a goal at 1: 3 in Russia. Since the Welsh women hadn't lost a game before their home game against England, the game of the neighbors was decisive for the group victory. England prevailed 3-0 at Newport, with the three goals falling within 12 minutes between the 57th and 69th minutes. England qualified ahead of schedule and a few newcomers were used in the last game in the 6-0 win against Kazakhstan.

A total of 29 field players were used, 16 of whom were already in the squad for the 2017 European Championship. Only Lucy Bronze took part in all eight games. Toni Duggan came on seven missions, and captain Steph Houghton , Isobel Christiansen , Fran Kirby , Nikita Parris and Jodie Taylor had six missions each . Alex Greenwood had to take a forced break after receiving a yellow-red card in the game against Bosnia & Herzegovina. Four players were used in the goalkeeping position. With a total of 33 players, the English coaches used the most players of all qualified teams.

Most of the 29 goals for the English team were scored by Nikita Parris (6) and Toni Duggan (4). A total of 12 English players scored in the qualification. Three players (Melissa Lawley, Beth Mead (2) and Lucy Staniforth) scored their first international goals in qualifying. Four players ( Gabby George , Beth Mead , Lucy Staniforth and Leah Williamson ) made their first international appearances in qualifying. Steph Houghton played her 100th international match - five of them for Team GB - in a goalless draw against Wales on April 6, 2018.

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	8th	7th	1	0	029: 100	+28	22nd
2.	Wales	8th	5	2	1	007: 300	+4	17th
3.	Russia	8th	4th	1	3	016:130	+3	13
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	1	0	7th	003:190	−16	03
5.	Kazakhstan	8th	1	0	7th	002:210	−19	03

09/19/2017	Birkenhead	England	-	Russia	6: 0 (4: 0)	Duggan (2), bronze , Parris
11/24/2017	Walsall	England	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	4: 0 (1: 0)	Houghton (2), Kirby , Parris
11/28/2017	Colchester	England	-	Kazakhstan	5: 0 (1: 0)	Parris (2), Christiansen , Kirby, Lawley
04/06/2018	Southampton	England	-	Wales	0-0
04/10/2018	Zenica	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	England	0: 2 (0: 0)	Duggan, Taylor
06/08/2018	Moscow	Russia	-	England	1: 3 (1: 3)	Scott , Parris; Danilova
08/31/2018	Newport	Wales	-	England	0: 3 (0: 0)	Duggan, Parris, Scott
04.09.2018	Pavlodar	Kazakhstan	-	England	0: 6 (0: 2)	Mead (2), bronze, Christiansen, Daly , Staniforth

preparation

In preparation for the World Cup, the first test matches were played against Brazil (1-0) in Nottingham on October 6 and against Australia (1: 1) in London on October 9 . On November 8, they won 3-0 against Austria in Maria Enzersdorf and lost 2-0 to Sweden three days later in Rotherham . At the end of February / beginning of March the English women again took part in the SheBelieves Cup . With wins against Brazil (2: 1) and Japan (3: 0) and a 2: 2 against hosts USA , the English women won the tournament for the first time. On April 5, the team lost 1-0 to Canada in Manchester and won 2-1 against Spain on April 9 in Swindon . The last test opponents were on May 25th in Walsall Denmark (2-0) and on June 1st New Zealand (0-1) in Falmer .

Squad

The squad for the World Cup was announced on May 8th.

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	World Cup games, goals	World Cup 2019
									Sp.
goal
01	Karen Bardsley	10/14/1984	2005	Manchester City	077	00	05/25/2019	11 (2011, 2015)	4th
21st	Mary Earps	03/07/1993	2017	VfL Wolfsburg	005	00	04/09/2019
13	Carly Telford	07/07/1987	2009	Chelsea ladies	018th	00	06/01/2019	0 (2007, 2015)	3
Defense
06th	Millie Bright	08/21/1993	2016	Chelsea ladies	027	00	05/25/2019		5		1	1
02	Lucy bronze	10/28/1991	2013	Olympique Lyon	068	07th	06/01/2019	6.2 (2015)	7th	1
17th	Rachel Daly	December 6, 1991	2016	Houston Dash	022nd	03	05/25/2019		5
03	Alex Greenwood	09/07/1993	2014	Manchester United	037	02	06/01/2019	3 (2015)	4th	1
05	Steph Houghton	04/23/1988	2007	Manchester City	105	12	06/01/2019	8.1 (2011, 2015)	7th	1
15th	Abbie McManus	01/14/1993	2018	Manchester City	013	00	06/01/2019		3
12	Demi Stokes	12/12/1991	2014	Manchester City	051	01	05/25/2019		3
14th	Leah Williamson	03/29/1997	2018	Arsenal WFC	007th	00	05/25/2019		1
midfield
20th	Karen Carney	08/01/1987	2005	Chelsea ladies	140	32	06/01/2019	13.2 (2007, 2011, 2015)	4th
16	Jade Moore	10/22/1990	2012	Reading FC	046	01	05/25/2019	6 (2015)	4th		1/1
08th	Jill Scott	02/02/1987	2006	Manchester City	136	23	06/01/2019	14.3 (2007, 2011, 2015)	7th	1
23	Lucy Staniforth	10/02/1992	2018	Birmingham City	010	02	06/01/2019		1
19th	Georgia Stanway	03/01/1999	2018	Manchester City	008th	01	06/01/2019		5
04th	Keira Walsh	04/08/1997	2017	Manchester City	015th	00	06/01/2019		5
attack
11	Toni Duggan	07/25/1991	2012	FC Barcelona	072	22nd	06/01/2019	5 (2015)	3
10	Fran Kirby	06/29/1993	2014	Chelsea ladies	039	12	06/01/2019		6th	1
22nd	Beth Mead	05/09/1995	2018	Arsenal WFC	014th	05	06/01/2019		5
07th	Nikita Parris	03/10/1994	2016	Manchester City	034	12	06/01/2019		7th	1	1
09	Jodie Taylor	05/17/1986	2014	Reign FC	043	17th	06/01/2019	4.1 (2015)	3	1
18th	Ellen White	05/09/1989	2010	Birmingham City	082	28	06/01/2019	8 (2011, 2015)	6th	6th
Coaching staff
Coach	Phil Neville	01/21/1977	2018	The FA	59	0			7th
Remarks: ↑ thefa.com: England Women's World Cup squad numbers confirmed ↑ As of May 2019 ↑ a b As of June 1, 2019 ↑ As a player for England

draw

Le Havre (VR) Nice (VR + VF + S3) Valenciennes (AF) Lyon (HF)

English team venues

For the World Cup group draw that took place on December 8, 2018, England was allocated Pot 1 based on its placement in the FIFA world rankings on December 7, 2018. The team was therefore unable to face world champions USA, Germany or hosts France in the group games. The English team was drawn as the group head of group D. Argentina, Japan and World Cup newcomer Scotland were drawn.

Scotland are one of the four second most frequent opponents of the English team with 25 games, with England alone against Scotland having a positive record. Against the three other teams (Germany, France and Sweden) the balance is negative. So far there have been 22 wins, one draw and two defeats. The last game was the first group game at the EM 2017, in which the Scottish women were also newcomers, and was won 6-0. There have been four games against Japan so far with one win, two draws and one defeat. The latter with an own goal by Laura Bassett in the second minute of stoppage time in the semi-finals of the last World Cup. At the previous World Cup, England won a group game against Japan, the only defeat for the Japanese on the way to the World Cup. There was a 4-1 defeat against Argentina in 1971 at the Mundial in Mexico , but this is not counted by the English association and FIFA. The only official game against the South Americans so far ended in the 2007 World Cup group game 6-1 for England.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	005: 100	+4	09
2.	Japan	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	04th
3.	Argentina	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Scotland	3	0	1	2	005: 700	−2	01

Sun., June 9, 2019 in Nice
England	-	Scotland	2: 1 (2: 0)
Fri., June 14, 2019 in Le Havre
England	-	Argentina	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed., June 19, 2019 in Nice
Japan	-	England	0: 2 (0: 1)

Knockout round

As group winners, the English team met third-placed Cameroon, who had secured their place in the round of 16 with a goal in stoppage time in a 2-1 win against New Zealand. Both teams had not played against each other before. Neither had they met at the U-17 and U-20 World Championships. As the winners of the game, England met Norway in the quarter-finals and won 3-0. In the semi-finals they met defending champions USA. The two last split 2-2 at the SheBelieves Cup 2019 . The last win against the USA was at the SheBelieves Cup 2017 , the last defeat at the SheBelieves Cup 2018 . The English lost the game with 1: 2 and with this result also the game for third place against Sweden.

Round of 16: Sun 23 June 2019 in Valenciennes
England	-	Cameroon	3: 0 (2: 0)
Quarter-finals: Thursday, June 27, 2019 in Le Havre
Norway	-	England	0: 3 (0: 2)
Semi-finals: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 in Lyon
England	-	United States	1: 2 (1: 2)
Match for 3rd place: Saturday, July 6, 2019 in Nice
England	-	Sweden	1: 2 (1: 2)

Awards

• Lucy Bronze : Player of the game against Norway
• Steph Houghton : Player of the game against Cameroon
• Nikita Parris : Player of the game against Scotland
• Ellen White : Player of the game against Japan

Resignations

Karen Carney announced her retirement from the national team the day before the game for third place .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jolle Lahr-Eigen: Mark Sampson dismissed as England's women's coach after allegations , spiegel.de. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
2. ↑ thefa.com: England Women to host Canada, Spain, Denmark and New Zealand
3. ↑ thefa.com: England squad named for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
4. ↑ fifa.com: Pot allocation for World Cup draw according to the latest world rankings
5. ^ Thefa.com: England and Chelsea's Karen Carney will retire from football after the World Cup