Latest FIFA Men's World Ranking

Top 15 Rankings as of 6 June 2012

   01.  Spain
1 02.  Uruguay
1 03.  Germany
   04.  Netherlands
1 05.  Brazil
1 06.  England
2 07.  Argentina
   08.  Croatia
1 09.  Denmark
5 10.  Portugal
2 11.  Chile
   12.  Italy
2 13.  Russia
2 14.  France
1 15.  Greece

Euro 2012: Group D: England

 England





Nickname(s): Three Lions
Association: The Football Association
Confederation: UEFA (Europe)
Head coach: Roy Hodgson
Captain: Steven Gerrard
Most caps: Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer: Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium: Wembley Stadium
FIFA code: ENG
FIFA ranking: 7
European Championship Record:



France 1960: Did Not Enter
Spain 1964: Did Not Qualify
Italy 1968: 4th Place
Belgium 1972: Did Not Qualify
Yugoslavia 1976: Did Not Qualify
Italy 1980: Group Stage
France 1984: Did Not Qualify
Germany 1988: Group Stage
Sweden 1992: Group Stage
England 1996: Semi Final
Belgium-Netherlands 2000: Group Stage
Portugal 2004: Quarter Final
Austria-Switzerland 2008: Did Not Qualify
Poland-Ukraine 2012: Qualified

Base Camp





England will be staying at the Stary Hotel in Krakow and training at the nearby Stadion Suche Stawy, home of fifth tier club Hutnik Krakow.

Group D


11.06.12 France (Donetsk)
15.06.12 Sweden (Kiev)
19.06.12 Ukraine (Donetsk)

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Euro 2012: Group D: France

 France





Nickname(s): Les Bleus (The Blues), Les Tricolores (The Tri-colors)
Association: Fédération Française de Football
Confederation: UEFA (Europe)
Head coach: Laurent Blanc
Asst coach: Jean-Louis Gasset, Alain Boghossian
Captain: Hugo Lloris
Most caps: Lilian Thuram (142)
Top scorer: Thierry Henry (51)
Home stadium: Stade de France
FIFA code: FRA
FIFA ranking: 16
European Championship Record:



France 1960: 4th Place
Spain 1964: Did Not Qualify
Italy 1968: Did Not Qualify
Belgium 1972: Did Not Qualify
Yugoslavia 1976: Did Not Qualify
Italy 1980: Did Not Qualify
France 1984: Champions
Germany 1988: Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1992: Group Stage
England 1996: Semi Final
Belgium-Netherlands 2000: Champions
Portugal 2004: Quarter Final
Austria-Switzerland 2008: Group Stage
Poland-Ukraine 2012: Qualified

Base Camp





France play their first two games in Donetsk (followed by third in Kiev) and they will be based at the city's Kirsha Training Centre, which is the training base of Ukranian side Shakhtar Donetsk.

Group D


11.06.12 England (Donetsk)
15.06.12 Ukraine (Donetsk)
19.06.12 Sweden (Kiev)

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Euro 2012: Group D: Sweden

 Sweden





Nickname(s): Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association: Svenska Fotbollförbundet
Confederation: UEFA (Europe)
Head coach: Erik Hamrén
Asst coach: Marcus Allbäck
Captain: Zlatan Ibrahimović
Most caps: Thomas Ravelli (143)
Top scorer: Sven Rydell (49)
Home stadium: Råsunda Stadium
FIFA code: SWE
FIFA ranking: 17
European Championship Record:



France 1960: Did Not Enter
Spain 1964: Did Not Qualify
Italy 1968: Did Not Qualify
Belgium 1972: Did Not Qualify
Yugoslavia 1976: Did Not Qualify
Italy 1980: Did Not Qualify
France 1984: Did Not Qualify
Germany 1988: Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1992: Semi Final
England 1996: Did Not Qualify
Belgium-Netherlands 2000: Group Stage
Portugal 2004: Quarter Final
Austria-Switzerland 2008: Group Stage
Poland-Ukraine 2012: Qualified

Base Camp





Sweden will be staying in the Platinum Hotel in Kozyn, 15 miles outside Kiev and using Dynamo Kiev's Koncha Zaspa Training Centre. They will share the facilities with hosts Ukraine.

Group D


11.06.12 Ukraine (Kiev)
15.06.12 England (Kiev)
19.06.12 France (Kiev)

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