How Did England Qualify for Football World Cup?
English Soccer Team Qualify Top of Group 6 & Head to South Africa
Oct 5, 2009
The English national football squad have been celebrating as they qualified with style for the Football World Cup in South Africa 2010. After years of watching the national team scrape into major football tournaments, often at the last minute via the play off route, England football supporters have every reason to cheer on their national soccer team in the World Cup next year and hope for the glories of the 1966 English World Cup winning squad.
The current England squad, together with their new Manager, have at last restored English pride in the national sport and certainly the team's goal scoring ability cannot now be questioned.
England - Group 6, European Qualifiers, FIFA World Cup 2010
Of the six national soccer teams battling it out in the European Group 6 Qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, England have already come out on top of Group 6, with an unbeaten run and maximum goal score of any team so far in the European qualifiers.
The Group 6 teams are:
- England
- Croatia
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Andorra
As at 30 September 2009 England qualified with a maximum of 24 points gained from an unbeaten run of eight games. Top scorer Wayne Rooney has already achieved nine goals and looks set to enter the record books for his performance.
Vital Statistics for England Football World Cup Qualifiers
- As at 30 September 2010, England have scored 31 goals and only let in five
- Seven yellow cards have been issued in total to the England football players
- Gareth Barry has received two yellow cards so far
- Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard and David Beckham are the only players to have made an appearance in all eight games
- Frank Lampard has played the most minutes in the tournament so far with 710 minutes for the England team, Wayne Rooney has appeared for 670 minutes and David Beckham for 175 minutes
England Goal Scorers
- Wayne Rooney - 9
- Frank Lampard - 4
- Jermain Defoe - 3
- Stephen Gerrard - 3
- Theo Walcott - 3
- Joe Cole - 2
- Peter Crouch - 2
- Gareth Barry - 1
- Emile Heskey - 1
- John Terry - 1
- Rio Ferdinand - 1
Yellow Cards Issued
- Gareth Barry - 2
- David Beckham - 1
- David James - 1
- Emile Heskey - 1
- Glenn Johnson - 1
- John Terry - 1
How Did England Qualify for Football World Cup?
The vital statistics that have enabled England to qualify top of European Group 6 for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa are as follows:
- Matches Played – 8
- Matches Won – 8
- Goals For - 31
- Goals Against – 5
- Maximum Total Points Achieved – 24
- Top Scorer – Wayne Rooney with 9 Goals as at 30 September 2009
- Most Cards – Gareth Barry with 2 Yellow Cards as at 30 September 2009
Further Group 6 World Cup Football Fixtures for England
England are due to play two more games in their Group 6 qualifiers which finalise detail of other European qualifiers:
- Ukraine away, 9 October 2009, kick off at 7.15pm
- Belarus home, 14 October 2009, kick off 8pm
For further discussion, please also see: Can England Win the World Cup 2010?
For general World Cup related news up to mid-October 2009 please see: World Cup News Update
Sources: Fifa and Daily Mirror newspaper
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