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England: Quarter-finals
How England performed
England qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany with eight wins, a draw and a defeat from ten Group 6 fixtures, scoring 17 and conceding five. Lampard was the leading scorer with five goals, Owen added four, and the only loss was a 1–0 defeat in Northern Ireland.
At the finals, Sven-Göran Eriksson's side, captained by David Beckham, opened with a 1–0 win over Paraguay, settled by an own goal in the third minute, and beat Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 with late goals from Crouch and Gerrard. A 2–2 draw with Sweden, in which J. Cole and Gerrard scored, completed the group, and Beckham's goal beat Ecuador 1–0 in the round of 16. The quarter-final against Portugal finished goalless after extra time, and England lost the penalty shoot-out 3–1. They went out without losing a match in normal or extra time, with three wins and two draws, six goals scored and two conceded, matching the quarter-final finish of 2002.
England fixtures
Austria
2–2
England
England drew
England: Lampard 24', Gerrard 65'
Austria: Kollmann 71', Ivanschitz 72'
Poland
1–2
England
England won
England: Defoe 37', Głowacki 58' og
Poland: Żurawski 48'
England
2–0
Wales
England won
England: Lampard 4', Beckham 76'
Wales: None
Azerbaijan
0–1
England
England won
England: Owen 22'
Azerbaijan: None
England
4–0
Northern Ireland
England won
England: J. Cole 47', Owen 52', Owen 54', Lampard 62'
Northern Ireland: None
England
2–0
Azerbaijan
England won
England: Gerrard 51', Beckham 62'
Azerbaijan: None
Wales
0–1
England
England won
England: J. Cole 54'
Wales: None
Northern Ireland
1–0
England
England lost
England: None
Northern Ireland: Healy 73'
England
1–0
Austria
England won
England: Lampard 24' pen
Austria: None
England
2–1
Poland
England won
England: Owen 44', Lampard 81'
Poland: Frankowski 45+1'
England
1–0
Paraguay
England won
England: Gamarra 3' og
Paraguay: None
England
2–0
Trinidad and Tobago
England won
England: Crouch 83', Gerrard 90+1'
Trinidad and Tobago: None
Sweden
2–2
England
England drew
England: J. Cole 34', Gerrard 85'
Sweden: Allbäck 51', Larsson 90'
England
1–0
Ecuador
England won
England: Beckham 60'
Ecuador: None
England
0–0
Portugal
England drew
a.e.t., 1–3 pens
England statistics
Full England squad
| No. | Player | Pos | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Robinson | GK | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 2 | Gary Neville | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 3 | Ashley Cole | DF | Arsenal | – |
| 4 | Steven Gerrard | MF | Liverpool | 4 |
| 5 | Rio Ferdinand | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 6 | John Terry | DF | Chelsea | – |
| 7 | David Beckham C | MF | Real Madrid | 3 |
| 8 | Frank Lampard | MF | Chelsea | 5 |
| 9 | Wayne Rooney | FW | Manchester United | – |
| 10 | Michael Owen | FW | Newcastle United | 4 |
| 11 | Joe Cole | MF | Chelsea | 3 |
| 12 | Sol Campbell | DF | Arsenal | – |
| 13 | David James | GK | Manchester City | – |
| 14 | Wayne Bridge | DF | Chelsea | – |
| 15 | Jamie Carragher | DF | Liverpool | – |
| 16 | Owen Hargreaves | MF | Bayern Munich | – |
| 17 | Jermaine Jenas | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 18 | Michael Carrick | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 19 | Aaron Lennon | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 20 | Stewart Downing | MF | Middlesbrough | – |
| 21 | Peter Crouch | FW | Liverpool | 1 |
| 22 | Scott Carson | GK | Liverpool | – |
| 23 | Theo Walcott | FW | Arsenal | – |
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