How is the England National football team doing in their league?
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What do you mean by their league? National football teams don’t play in any ‘leagues’. Do you mean the World Cup and Euro Championships? If it’s the latter, they’re struggling in their group and will probably not qualify. Kutu
u mean the EURO 08 qualifying table…
England are 2nd but have played a game more george.plane
if you mean the Euro Qualifying there 2nd just 2 points above Russia with a game in hand…Russia will face Israel and this game could decide whether England will go through or not…mind you England has a tough game against 1st place Croatia next week predatordin
Steve McClaren is the new head coach, with John Terry his choice to replace David Beckham as captain. The revised management team now features Terry Venables, the former head coach. Beckham was left out of McClaren’s first international squad for the friendly match against Greece on 16 August 2006, and was not recalled until the friendly against Brazil on 1 June 2007, almost a year later.
After a good start with three straight victories against Greece, Andorra, and Macedonia, England had a goalless draw against the same Macedonia side on home ground, followed by a 2–0 defeat to Croatia in Zagreb, which ended Paul Robinson’s run of six consecutive clean sheets for his country. This defeat was the worst competitive defeat suffered by England in almost exactly thirteen years, since the loss to Holland by the same score in the qualifying matches for the 1994 World Cup. England’s unimpressive form continued as they lost 1–0 to Spain in a friendly match, with the cold and disappointed crowd booing off the home side at the final whistle. England’s return to competitive football in March 2007 resulted in a disappointing 0–0 draw in Tel Aviv against Israel with yet another jeering and booing from English fans. Their next match was another poor performance, as they struggled to a 3-0 win over the tiny, semi-professional team of Andorra. England looked uncomfortable during the game and though they dominated possession they failed to produce opportunities in front of goal. England failed to score any goals in the first half and the team suffered heavy booing from fans throughout the game.
On June 1 England took on Brazil at Wembley Stadium, seven years after the old stadium was demolished. McClaren recalled Beckham after 11 months away from the international squad, and after an even first half, captain John Terry latched on to a free-kick from Beckham, his predecessor as skipper, to score the first full international goal at the new Wembley. The Brazilians equalized with just 30 seconds remaining to level the match at 1–1. Following the friendly in Wembley, England met Estonia in the Euro 2008 qualifiers on June 6. Goals by Joe Cole, Peter Crouch and Michael Owen, the latter two assisted by the recalled Beckham, led to a 3–0 victory against Estonia in Tallinn, bringing England back up to 3 points behind Croatia in the group.
After the 2007 summer break, England returned to the qualification campaign with straight 3–0 victories over Israel and Russia at Wembley, despite the omission or withdrawal of Gary Neville, David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Owen Hargreaves and Frank Lampard due to injury. Michael Owen scored three goals in the two matches, enabling him to become the fourth player to reach the 40 mark. In addition, Emile Heskey was recalled after three years away and started both matches, while newer selections like Gareth Barry and Shaun Wright Phillips were also included in the starting eleven. A perceived hangover regarding the selection of the goalkeeper after Paul Robinson’s recent indifferent form was overblown as McClaren kept faith in him ahead of David James. England scored another 3-0 win a month later against Estonia, for which Sol Campbell was recalled after almost 18 months out of the team, but then in the return game against Russia in Moscow, England lost 2-1, the first time the defence had conceded in qualification since the loss against Croatia. England’s qualification hopes now rest on Russia dropping points in either of their final two qualifiers and England must win their remaining game at wembley against an Croatian team who are unbeaten in the group on 26 points to have any chance of progression to the finals. In the FIFA world rankings Croatia are currently ranked one place above England. England’s position of 11th is ‘below standard’ as they rarely drop out of the top 10.
[edit] Recent results
This is a list of match results from the past year. Goal scorers in brackets.
Friendly: Austria 0-1 England, 16 November 2007 at Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna (England: Crouch 44)
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
Russia 2-1 England, 17 October 2007 at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia (England: Rooney 31)
England 3-0 Estonia, 13 October 2007 at Wembley Stadium (England: Wright-Phillips 11 Rooney 32 Rahn o.g 33)
England 3-0 Russia, 12 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium (England: Owen 7, 31, Ferdinand 84)
England 3-0 Israel, 8 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium (England: Wright-Phillips 20, Owen 49, Richards 66)
Friendly: England 1-2 Germany, 22 August at Wembley Stadium (England: Lampard 9; Germany: Kuranyi 26, Pander 40)
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
Estonia 0-3 England, 6 June 2007 at A. Le Coq Arena (England: Cole 37, Crouch 54, Owen 62)
Friendly: England 1-1 Brazil, 1 June at Wembley Stadium (England: Terry 68; Brazil: Diego 92)
Friendly: England (B team) 3-1 Albania, 25 May at Turf Moor (England: Smith 34, Downing 37, 58; Albania: Berisha 44)
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
Andorra 0-3 England, 28 March at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (England: Gerrard 54, 76, Nugent 90)
Israel 0-0 England, 24 March at Ramat Gan Stadium
Friendly: England 0-1 Spain, 7 February at Old Trafford (Spain: Iniesta 63)
Friendly: Netherlands 1-1 England, 15 November at Amsterdam Arena (Netherlands: van der Vaart 86; England: Rooney 37)
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
Croatia 2-0 England, 11 October at Maksimir Stadium (Croatia: Da Silva 60, Neville o.g. 68)
England 0-0 Republic of Macedonia, 7 October at Old Trafford
Republic of Macedonia 0-1 England, 6 September at Skopje City Stadium (Crouch 46)
England 5-0 Andorra, 2 September at Old Trafford, Manchester (Crouch 5, 66, Defoe 38, 47 Gerrard 13)
[edit] England squad
[edit] Latest squad selected
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Goalkeepers
Paul Robinson October 15, 1979 (age 28) Tottenham Hotspur 41 (0) v Australia, 12 February 2003
David James August 31, 1970 (age 37) Portsmouth 35 (0) v Mexico, 29 March 1997
Scott Carson September 3, 1985 (age 22) Aston Villa (on loan from Liverpool) 1 (0) v Austria, 16 November 2007
Defenders
Sol Campbell September 18, 1974 (age 33) Portsmouth 72 (1) v Hungary, 18 May 1996
Ashley Cole December 20, 1980 (age 26) Chelsea 61 (0) v Albania, 28 March 2001
Wayne Bridge August 5, 1980 (age 27) Chelsea 26 (1) v Netherlands, 13 February 2002
Wes Brown October 13, 1979 (age 28) Manchester United 14 (0) v Hungary, 28 April 1999
Micah Richards June 24, 1988 (age 19) Manchester City 10 (1) v Netherlands, 15 November 2006
Nicky Shorey February 19, 1981 (age 26) Reading 2 (0) v Brazil, 1 June 2007
Joleon Lescott August 16, 1982 (age 25) Everton 3 (0) v Estonia, 13 October 2007
Midfielders
David Beckham May 2, 1975 (age 32) LA Galaxy 98 (17) v Moldova, 1 September 1996
Steven Gerrard (vc) May 30, 1980 (age 27) Liverpool 62 (12) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Phil Neville January 21, 1977 (age 30) Everton 59 (0) v China, 23 May 1996
Frank Lampard June 20, 1978 (age 29) Chelsea 59 (13) v Belgium, October 10, 1999
Joe Cole November 8, 1981 (age 25) Chelsea 46 (7) v Mexico, 25 May 2001
Owen Hargreaves January 20, 1981 (age 26) Manchester United 39 (0) v Netherlands
Shaun Wright-Phillips October 25, 1981 (age 26) Chelsea 17 (3) v Ukraine, 18 August 2004
Stewart Downing July 22, 1984 (age 23) Middlesbrough 16 (0) v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
Gareth Barry February 23, 1981 (age 26) Aston Villa 15 (0) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
David Bentley August 27, 1984 (age 23) Blackburn Rovers 2 (0) v Israel, 8 September 2007
Ashley Young July 9, 1985 (age 22) Aston Villa 1 (0) v v Austria, 16 November 2007
Strikers
Michael Owen December 14, 1979 (age 27) Newcastle United 88 (40) v Chile, 11 February 1998
Jermain Defoe October 7, 1982 (age 25) Tottenham Hotspur 25 (3) v Sweden, 31 March 2004
Peter Crouch January 30, 1981 (age 26) Liverpool 23 (13) v Colombia, 31 May 2005
Alan Smith October 28, 1980 (age 27) Newcastle United 19 (1) v Mexico, 25 May 2001 reddevil=carrick rulz
we need to win or draw against croatia at home to qualify
if we lose and russia win we are out
but if we win by more than 2 goals then we win the group…its close but we should do it…
come on england !!!
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