England World Cup 2022 selection

On this England World Cup 2022 selection page you can read everything about England team in Qatar. What can we expect from the English at the World Cup in Qatar? Which players are even better now than at the dollarpees Championship a year ago?

England World Cup 2022 selection

This Is England's final World Cup selection at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Keepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle United), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Conor Coady (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Ben White (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), Declan Rice (West Ham United)

Attackers: Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), James Maddison (Leicester City), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), Callum Wilson (Newcastle United)

In this preview you can read everything about the England national team and their chances at the 2022 World Cup.

England World Cup 2022

It seems so long ago, but it was really last year that England reached the European Championship final Wembley stadium lost to Italy. This still hurts the English football fan. England will go to Qatar for nothing less than the World Cup title. Something that the English succeeded for the first time and immediately for the last time in 1966.

The British can draw courage from the last World Cup in 2018 where the semi-finals were reached and Harry Kane became the top scorer. Team coach Southgate let his team play football attractively, without dropping stitches in the back.

The English league is the largest football league in the world. The best footballers in the world show their football skills there. The whole world enjoys the Premier League matches every week. But it is mainly the international stars who give the competitions klNZD.

The question is whether the British players will World Cup 2022 in Qatar can show that together they can also play a match against big football countries like France , Brazil and Spain. ‘We shall see !'

England World Cup 2022 qualification

The English had it pretty easy during qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. With two fingers in the nose, England finished first in Group I with a whopping six points ahead of No. 2, Poland.

Scoring a lot, not losing

No match was lost. In the ten qualifying matches, only three counter-goals were conceded. The English themselves managed to find the net 36 times. Poland was finally fellow by placing the 1-1 against England second. Through play-offs, Poland finally managed to get a World Cup ticket.

Top scorers England World Cup 2022

England has the advantage that many players can easily score a goal. Still, one man stood out during the Qualifying Series for the 2022 World Cup.

In the last two games of the cycle alone, striker Harry Kane ( Tottenham Hotspur ) seven goals. Kane scored three times against Albania and three days later four times against the puny San Marino.

Other attackers who often managed to find the net were Tammy Abraham (Chelsea/AS Roma) and Bukayo Saka (Arsenal). The defender Harry Maguire surprisingly, as many as four times to find the net during the qualification.

Will Harry Kane become World Cup top scorer?

Harry Kane became the top scorer at the previous World Football Championship in Russia in 2018. At the 2021 European Championship, he finished third behind the shared first place of Cristiano Ronaldo and Patrick Chic .

In qualifying he was then again shared top scorer with our own Memphis Depay . It is therefore not surprising that Harry Kane is one of the absolute favorites for the top scorer title.

At the bookmakers is he dating Frenchman Kylian Mbappé favorite to become the top scorer of the 2022 World Cup. For both players you get around 7 times your stake

Bookmakers: England competes for the title

The bookmakers are extremely positive about the chances for a world title from England. Brazil is the favorite (5.50 times your bet), followed by England and France (6.50 times your bet). If you bet $ 10 and England wins, you take $ 65.

Since England has a favorable draw, the chance of a final place is considered quite high. The odds for a final place are, as for France, 4.00. Only Brazil (3.50) scores better here.

England whistles to eighth final

The chances of England winning Group B are very high. You get 1.30 times your stake when England wins the group. England is classified in Group B with the United States, Wales and Iran .

World Cup matches England

England play their first match against Iran in the Khalifa International Stadium . In addition, England will play the United States and the last match in the group will be against Wales.

It is likely that the England – Wales match no longer really matters to the English. When enough points have already been scored in the first two group matches, the eighth finals are already a fact.

England must be the first in Group B, otherwise there is a good chance that they will face New Zealand in the eighth final.

England vs New Zealand in the knockouts?

In the eighth finals, the numbers 1 and 2 of Group B play crosswise against the numbers 1 and 2 of Group A. New Zealand and so England can meet if one becomes first and the other second. The bookies do not consider that chance as both countries are expected as group winners. Should the two countries face each other in the eighth final, then England is currently the favorite among the bookmakers.

Players of England

National Coach Gareth Southgate has up to present well done to England. He therefore builds on the selection he has put together for the past tournaments and qualification series. That means some of the big stars of recent times are back at the tournament in Qatar.

Harry Kane

Of course, it is impossible not to see the captain and top scorer as the absolute star of the England national team. The spire of Tottenham Hotspur he has done well in both the Premier League and the national team for many years. Kane has been coveted by big clubs for many years, but is Tottenham always remained faithful. There are gigantic sums by top clubs in England or Spain, but Kane continued to be Spurs faithful so far.

Tammy Abraham

Tammy Abraham seems to have definitely won his place in the England national team in recent times. That is remarkable because the competition in the front is great. Abraham is also one of the few Englishmen to play outside England (as Roma). That he chose Roma seems to have been a golden grip. At Roma, he finally has a permanent base place and is therefore in need of a lot of games. So Abraham scored eight times in the Conference League .

Phil The foot

It is mainly the attackers who do it with England and for which you go to the stadium. The young Phil The foot born on May 28, 2000 in Stockport . He has been with Manchester City since the age of nine and still plays there. From the age of fifteen he went through the English youth teams. He is now a regular at both Manchester City and England. He scores regularly and there is a good chance that Southgate put him in the base.

English football team facts

Southgate played at the 1998 World Cup

Gareth Southgate has been quite successful as England's national coach in recent years. But did you know that Southgate also a very successful player? For example, he played at the 1998 World Cup in France and the 1996 and 2000 European Championships. He played for the England team 57 times.

Harry Kane top scorer of all time ?

It is close to each other when it comes to England's top scorers. Harry Kane is now in fourth place with 48 goals . However, if he makes only 1, then he is already number 2. Also Number 1 Wayne Rooney not far away with 53 goals. Will Kane be the top scorer of England of all time become? He must score six goals.

Success outside dollarpa is scarce

So far, during World Cups on other continents, England has never progressed beyond the quarterfinals. Only in England (winner), Italy and Russia (twice fourth) did it succeed. The good form that England has shown in recent years means that the team may perform for the first time slightly outside dollarpa.

England football World Cup

England has a long history in the World Cup. The first editions did not participate yet, but after the Second World War, from 1950, they were almost always there. The highlight in English football history is undoubtedly the 1966 home world title.

There have also been editions where things went completely wrong for England. For example, they did not qualify in 1994 and already lost in the group stage in 2014.

England at the 1966 World Cup

England hosted the World Cup in 1966. At that time, the tournament was not as big as it is now. Only 16 countries participated in the tournament. As a result, England played in the group stage against top countries of the time such as France and Uruguay.

The latter country was drawn 0-0 in the opening match. The other group games were won and then it really started to run. Argentina won 1-0 in the quarterfinals and Portugal 2-1 in the semifinals.

As a result, West Germany waited in the final. This match, the final of 1966, is still considered one of the most memorable football matches of all time . The match went up and down and was finally decided 4-2 in the final.

Especially known is the ghost target of Geoff Hurst , which has never been proven whether it was really over the line or not. Judge for yourself by the photo below.

Almost repeat for England World Cup 2018

After the 1966 World Cup, which was so wonderful for England, No result was ever achieved again. Okay, during the 1990 World Cup, the semifinals were reached. And during the 2018 World Cup, the English scored more goals than ever at a World Cup final. In the end, then the semi-final was the final station and the battle for third place was lost to Australia. Nevertheless, this final round gave England a huge boost of self-confidence as a football country. As a result, the British have invariably been among the contenders in recent years. When we go to the schedule look, the English won't get a big opponent until the quarterfinals. Then the tournament really starts for the British and we can see if they are really that good.