France Team

Ranking:

2nd in FIFA ranking of 9 June 2004; 1st in Elo world ranking before this match and 1st after this match.

Colours: Blue shirts with a red chest band, white shorts, red socks; made by Adidas.
Coach: Jacques Santini, 52, appointed 17 July 2002.
22nd match W 19 - D 2 - L 1 - F 59 - A 9
Captain: Zinédine Zidane.

France Lineup

Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
16-Barthez, Fabien 28-Jun-1971 33 G

Olympique Marseille

67 0 1994-active
13-Silvestre, Mikaël S., sub off 79th min.72nd min., unsporting behaviour. for a foul on Rooney, giving away the penalty-kick. 09-Aug-1977 26 D Manchester United FC, England 31 2 2001-active
3-Lizarazu, Bixente 09-Dec-1969 34 D FC Bayern München AG, Germany 95 2 1992-active
4-Vieira, Patrick 23-Jun-1976 27 M Arsenal FC, England 70 4 1997-active
5-Gallas, William 17-Aug-1977 26 D Chelsea FC, England 17 0 2002-active
6-Makélélé, Claude, sub off 90th+4 min. 18-Feb-1973 31 M Chelsea FC, England 32 0 1995-active
7-Pires, Robert, sub off 75th min. 49th min., unsporting behaviour. 29-Jan-1973 31 M Arsenal FC, England 71 14 1996-active
15-Thuram, Lilian 01-Jan-1972 32 D Juventus, Italy 100 2 1994-active
12-Henry, Thierry D. 17-Aug-1977 26 F Arsenal FC, England 60 25 1997-active
10- Zidane, Zinédine 23-Jun-1972 31 M Real Madrid CF, Spain 90 25 1994-active
20-Trézéguet, David 15-Oct-1977 26 F Juventus, Italy 52 28 1998-active

France Substitutes

Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
11-Wiltord, Sylvain, sub on 75th min. for Pires 10-May-1974 30 F no club
out of contract
63 22 1999-active
19-Sagnol, Willy, sub on 79th min. for Silvestre 18-Mar-1977 27 D FC Bayern München AG, Germany 24 0 2000-active
17-Dacourt, Olivier, sub on 90th+4 min. for Makélélé  25-Sep-1974 29 M AS Roma, Italy 17 1 2001-active
Formation:

4-4-2

Barthez -
Gallas*, Thuram, Silvestre (Sagnol*), Lizarazu -
Pires (Wiltord), Vieira, Makélélé, Zidane -
Henry, Trézéguet.

Notes: *When Sagnol came on for Silvestre after 78 minutes, he became the right-back and Gallas moved from right-back to central defender.
Substitutes
Not Used:
1-Mickaël Landreau, 2-Jean-Alain Boumsong, 9-Louis Saha, 14-Jérôme Rothen, 18-Benoît Pedretti, 21-Steve Marlet, 22-Sidney Govou, 23-Grégory Coupet.

England Team

Ranking:

13th in FIFA ranking of 9 June 2004; 8th in Elo world ranking before this match and 8th after this match.

Colours: White shirts with red trim, navy blue shorts, white socks - The 2003 "home" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 56, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
39th match, W 20 - D 12 - L 7 - F 73 - A 38.
Captain: David Beckham, 33rd captaincy.

England Lineup

Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-James, David B. 90th+2 min., unsporting behaviour. for bringing down Henry, giving away the penalty.  Leading on from a stray Gerrard backpass. 01-Aug-1970 33 G

Manchester City FC

25 0 1997-active
2-Neville, Gary A. 18-Feb-1975 29 D Manchester United FC 64 0 1995-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 23 D Arsenal FC 27 0 2001-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G. 30-May-1980 24 M Liverpool FC 25 3 2000-active
15-King, Ledley B. 12-Oct-1980 23 D Tottenham Hotspur FC 6 0 2002-active
6-Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18-Sep-1974 29 D Arsenal FC 59 1 1996-active
7-Beckham, David R.J. 02-May-1975 29 M Real Madrid CF, Spain 69 13 1996-active
8-Scholes, Paul, sub off 76th min. 54th min., unsporting behaviour. for a foul on Vieira, after giving the ball away. 16-Nov-1974 29 M Manchester United FC 63 13 1997-2004
9-Rooney, Wayne M., sub off 76th min. 24-Oct-1985 18 F Everton FC 14 5 2003-active
10-Owen, Michael J., sub off 69th min. 14-Dec-1979 24 F Liverpool FC 57 25 1998-active
11-Lampard, Frank J. 71st min., unsporting behaviour. for a clumsy challenge on Vieira at the halfway line. 20-Jun-1978 25 M Chelsea FC 20 3 1999-active

England Substitutes

Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
23-Vassell, Darius, sub on 69th min. for Owen 13-Jun-1980 24 F Aston Villa FC 19 6 2002-active
18-Hargreaves, Owen L., sub on 76th min. for Scholes 20-Jan-1981 23 M FC Bayern München AG, Germany 20 0 2001-active
21-Heskey, Emile W.I., sub on 76th min. for Rooney 11-Jan-1978 26 F Birmingham City FC 43 5 1999-active
Formation:

4-4-2

James -
G Neville, Campbell, King, A Cole -
Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes (Hargreaves) -
Rooney (Heskey), Owen (Vassell).

Substitutes
Not Used:
12-Wayne Bridge, 13-Paul Robinson, 14-Phil Neville, 16-Jamie Carragher, 17-Nicky Butt, 19-Joe Cole, 20-Kieron Dyer,  22-Ian Walker.

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