England Football Team is playing in Group B along with Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden. England, the World Cup champions of 1966 is called the first nation of football and the global distributor of the sport. This 2006 tournament marks four decades since England won it's only World Cup against Germany.

This time under the able guidance of Coach Sven-Goran Erikson, everyone is banking on England as one of the contenders for the Cup this year. They opened with a 2-2 draw in Austria, won six games after suffering a 1-0 loss to Northern Ireland. England suffered a 4-1 friendly defeat in Denmark. Later England secured home victories over Austria and Poland. England secured first place in Group 6. It had eight victories and one defeat in ten matches.

Previously, England Soccer Team made eleven previous FIFA World Cup™ final appearances. They debuted in Brazil in 1950. After winning the cup in 1966, England traveled to the semi-finals in 1990. Unfortunately they lost on penalties to West Germany. In 1998, Korea/Japan World Cup they were losing the quarterfinals for the fifth time. In 2000, at the UEFA European Championship in Portugal, England was beaten on penalties by the hosts.

The players to watch from the England team include Wayne Rooney, striker Owen and the midfield trio of David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.

Wayne Rooney has suffered a foot injury and is struggling to make it to the finals. Being in Group B, English fans can keep their hopes high for their team's chances.

The English fans have a lot of expectations from their team this time and are hopeful that the team will live up to it.