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England national team. UEFA (Europe). Nickname: The Three Lions. Home jersey: white with dark blue trim.
-England is in Group D (with Costa Rica, Italy, and Uruguay), ‘2014 FIFA World Cup Group D‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification: 14th qualification out of 17 tries. [2014 is the 20th FIFA World Cup/ England did not seek qualification n the first three World Cups (1930, 1934, 1938)].
England has qualified for the World Cup in: 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014.
Previous WC finish: 2010, Round of 16 (1-2-1).
Highest WC finish:
1966, Champions (5-1-0).
Population of England: 56.1 million {2012 estimate}. Capital & largest city: London, pop.15.0 million (metro area) {2012 estimate}.
From World Soccer Talk, from 12 May 2014, by Christopher Harris, ‘England Manager Roy Hodgson Names 23-Man Squad For World Cup 2014‘ (worldsoccertalk.com).
England coach, Roy Hodgson. Roy Hodgson.
England squad captain, Liverpool MF & captain Steven Gerrard. Steven Gerrard.
Below, England squad, updated, with players from final 2014 World Cup roster…
Below: Theoretical Best XI for England (with 8 other player-options further below) -
Photo and Image credits above -
England 2013-14 home jersey badge from ‘England 150 anniversary badge & Nike font‘ (switchimageproject.blogspot.com).
England 2013-14 home jersey, photo from footballshirtculture.com/13/14-kits/england-2013-nike-home-150th-anniversary-football-shirt.
England/Great Britain within Europe map, by Alphathon at ‘File:England in the UK and Europe.svg’ (en.wikipedia.org).
England map by Nilfanion at ‘File:England relief location map.jpg‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Coach,
Roy Hodgson, photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Goalkeeper,
Joe Hart (Manchester City), photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Defenders,
Glen Johnson (Liverpool), photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images Europe via zimbo.com.
Phil Jagielka (Everton), photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Gary Cahill (Chelsea), photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Leighton Baines (Everton), photo by Chris Brunskill/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Midfielders,
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain RW/AM (Arsenal), photo by PA via bbc.co.uk/football.
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), photo fromballs.ie/football.
Frank Lampard (Chelsea), photo by Paul Thomas/Getty Images Europe) via zimbio.com.
Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), photo by Matt King/Getty Images AsiaPac via zimbio.com.
Forwards,
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), photo by Getty Images via dailystar.co.uk/sport/football.
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), photo by Phil Oldham/Colorsport/Corbis via theguardian.com/football/blog.
Other player-options,
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal), photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
James Milner (Manchester City), photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Ross Barkley MF (Everton), photo unattributed at planetpmcsport.blogspot.com.
Adam Lalanna LM/AM/RM (Southampton), photo unattributed at shoot.co.uk.
Raheem Sterling RW/LW (Liverpool), photo unattributed at thesun.co.uk/football.
Phil Jones CB/RB (Manchester United), photo by Laurence Griffith/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Jordan Henderson CM/AM/RM (Liverpool), photo by Clive Brunskill at Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Ricky Lambert FW (Liverpool), photo by Getty Images via metro.co.uk
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Thanks to the contributors at ‘2014 FIFA World Cup qualification‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to the contributors at ‘England national football team‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/, for player-position details.
Thanks to Soccerway.com, for recent squad line-ups, at int.soccerway.com/international/europe/wc-qualifying-europe/2014-brazil/1st-round/r15653/.