England team world cup 2010

The 23 men going to South Africa are:. The main surprise was the selection of Wright-Phillips over Theo Walcott.

The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams were required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 11 May , 30 days before the start of the tournament. With the exception of those involved in the UEFA Champions League Final , the players listed in the preliminary squad were then subjected to a mandatory rest period from 17 to 23 May The preliminary squad would then have to be cut to a final 23 by 1 June midnight CET. Players marked c were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' club teams and players' age as of 11 June , the tournament's opening day.

England team world cup 2010

Then, on the very first day of training in South Africa June 4 , England captain, Rio Ferdinand damaged his knee ligaments and was ruled out of the tournament. Michael Dawson, who had been made a late reserve in , was immediately promoted to the full squad as his replacement, with Steven Gerrard assuming captaincy of the squad. James, David B. Johnson, Glen M. Gerrard, Steven G. Ferdinand, Rio G. Dawson, Michael R. Terry, John G. Lennon, Aaron J. Lampard, Frank J. Crouch, Peter J. Rooney, Wayne M. Cole, Joseph J. Green, Robert P. Upson, Matthew J.

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The group consisted of national association football teams from England , the United States , Algeria and Slovenia. The United States and England progressed to the round of 16 undefeated. The United States won the group, winning one match and drawing two. England had an identical record and goal difference but the United States finished top having scored more goals than England. Slovenia finished the group third having won a game, with Algeria finishing fourth with a single point. The teams were decided by World Cup draw that took place on 4 December The first team drawn was England, which secured qualification as a pot one team by winning Group 6 of UEFA qualification.

Having decided to awarded the World Cup to the African continent, South Africa fourteen votes beat rival bidder Morocco ten votes in the final round of votes. Libya's bid to co-host with Tunisia had been disqualified before the secret ballot due to the statute that FIFA would no longer accept shared hosting bids, and Egypt did not receive a single vote. The Build-Up 1 June: Fabio Capello announced his man squad for the tournament after spending the afternoon breaking the bad news first to the seven players on the standby list. David James missed training with a slight knee problem, but Gareth Barry took part, whilst still recovering from an ankle injury. We'd worked all week on pressing and not letting the opposition turn and get time on the ball and we didn't do that. Steven Gerrard, England's new captain, revealed his confidence in Wayne Rooney's ability:. He's a fantastic age, he's in great shape and he's coming off the back of an unbelievable season, probably his best Hopefully he can be our main goalscorer

England team world cup 2010

It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. The matches were played in 10 stadiums in nine host cities around the country, [7] with the opening and final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage , where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final. In the final, Spain , the European champions , defeated third-time losing finalists the Netherlands 1—0 after extra time to win their first world title. Spain became the eighth nation to win the tournament and the first European nation to win a World Cup hosted outside its home continent: all previous World Cups held outside Europe had been won by South American nations. They are also the first national team since to win a World Cup after losing a game in the group stage.

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England are a real threat - Messi 28 May 10 World Cup Joseph J. Alania Vladikavkaz. Carragher, James L. The captaincy passed to Gerrard and Dawson was called back into the final squad, having initially been cut from the provisional list. Tom Tomsk. Chelsea FC. Fabio Capello named a squad of thirty players on 11 May , for two warm-up games, against Mexico and Japan. Lokomotiv Moscow. Archived from the original on 7 December Retrieved 28 July Valencia [note 1]. David James.

James has been given the number one jersey, while Crouch is handed the number nine shirt ahead of Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey. Cole gets the number 11 jersey and now may have a chance of starting against the United States on 12 June. Holding midfielder Gareth Barry, an almost certain starter before suffering an ankle injury on 5 May, has been given the number 14 shirt.

The skipper sustained a knee ligament problem in the very first training session in South Africa. Robert Green Manchester City FC. Cruz Azul. Frank Lampard 9. Shaun Wright-Phillips Group stage , [14]. Article Talk. Start Start Start Start 7. Paraguay Team for World Cup. Category Commons. Jersey in Capello had only just extricated himself from the PR calamity that was "The Capello Index," a half-witted plan to publicly grade players during the tournament, but if he thought his troubles were over, he was wrong. Spartak Trnava. North Korea.