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England National Football Team Match No. 815

England 3 Switzerland 0  [1-0]

Thursday, 17 June 2004

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records England Pre-Match Switzerland Pre-Match

 

Match Summary
Status: European Championships 2004 Final Tournament Group B, Game Three.
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, capacity 30,000.
Attendance: 28,214.
Goals: England - Wayne Rooney, 23rd min.
England - Wayne Rooney, 75th min.
England - Steven Gerrard, 82nd min.
Cautions: England - Wayne Rooney 15th min., unsporting behaviour.
Switzerland - Bernt Haas 49th min., unsporting behaviour.
Switzerland - Bernt Haas 60th min., unsporting behaviour.
Expulsions: Switzerland - Bernt Haas 60th min., two cautionable offences.
Officials:
(black)		 Referee - Valentin Ivanov, 42 (04-Jul-1961), Russia, FIFA-listed 1997.
Assistant Referees - Yury Dupanau, 42 (07-Jun-1962), Belarus and Vladimir Eniutin, 43 (05-Nov-1960), Russia.
Fourth Official - Kyros Vasseras, 38 (01-Feb-1966), Greece, FIFA-listed 1998.
Conditions: Kickoff at 5:00 p.m. local time and BST.
Miscellany: Aged 18 years, 7 months and 24 days old, Rooney became the youngest scorer in a UEFA European Championship finals match, surpassing the record of Yugoslavia's Dragan Stojkovic, who was eight months older when he scored against France in 1984.
Statistics:

Type

England

Switzerland
Goal Attempts 9 11
Attempts on Target 7 1
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won 0 5
Offside Calls Against - -
Fouls Conceded 16 19
Possession 46% 54%

England Team
Ranking:

13th in FIFA ranking of 9 June 2004; 8th in Elo world ranking before this match and 7th after this match.

Colours: White shirts with red trim, navy blue shorts, white stockings - The 2003 "home" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 56, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
40th match, W 21 - D 12 - L 7 - F 76 - A 38.
Captain: David Beckham, 34th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-James, David B. 01-Aug-1970 33 G

Manchester City FC

 26 0 1997-active
2-Neville, Gary A. 18-Feb-1975 29 D Manchester United FC 65 0 1995-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 23 D Arsenal FC 28 0 2001-active
4- Gerrard, Steven G. 30-May-1980 24 M Liverpool FC 26 4 2000-active
5-Terry, John G. 07-Dec-1980 23 D Chelsea FC 9 0 2003-active
6-Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18-Sep-1974 29 D Arsenal FC 60 1 1996-active
7-Beckham, David R.J. 02-May-1975 29 M Real Madrid CF, Spain 70 13 1996-active
8-Scholes, Paul, sub off 70th min. 16-Nov-1974 29 M Manchester United FC 64 13 1997-2004
9- Rooney, Wayne M., sub off 83rd min. 24-Oct-1985 18 F Everton FC 15 7 2003-active
10-Owen, Michael J., sub off 72nd min. 14-Dec-1979 24 F Liverpool FC 58 25 1998-active
11-Lampard, Frank  J. 20-Jun-1978 25 M Chelsea FC 21 3 1999-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
18-Hargreaves, Owen L., sub on 70th min. for Scholes 20-Jan-1981 23 M FC Bayern München AG, Germany 21 0 2001-active
23-Vassell, Darius, sub on 72nd min. for Owen 13-Jun-1980 24 F Aston Villa FC 20 6 2002-2004
20-Dyer, Kieron C., sub on 83rd min. for Rooney 29-Dec-1978 25 M Newcastle United FC 23 0 1999-active
Formation:

4-4-2.

James -
Neville, Cole, Campbell, Terry -
Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard*, Scholes (Hargreaves*) -
Rooney (Dyer), Owen (Vassell)
Notes: *When Hargreaves came on for Scholes at 70 minutes, he took a central midfield position and Gerrard moved to left midfield.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Wayne Bridge, 13-Paul Robinson, 14-Phil Neville, 15-Ledley King, 16-Jamie Carragher, 19-Joe Cole, 21-Emile Heskey,  22-Ian Walker.

Switzerland Team
Ranking:

47th in FIFA ranking of 9 June 2004; 37th in Elo world ranking before this match and 44th after this match.

Colours: Red shirts, with white arm panels, white shorts, red stockings; made by Puma.
Coach: Jacob 'Köbi' Kuhn, 61, appointed June 2001.
Captain: Jörg Stiel.

Switzerland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Stiel, Jörg 03-Mar-1968 36 G

VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany

 20 0 2000-active
2-Haas, Bernt 08-Apr-1978 26 D West Bromwich Albion FC, England 31 3 1996-active
5-Yakin, Murat 15-Sep-1974 29 D FC Basel 1893 45 4 1994-active
20-Müller, Patrick  17-Dec-1976 27 D Olympique Lyonnais, France 47 2 1998-active
17-Spycher, Christoph 30-Mar-1978 26 D Grasshopper-Club 9 0 2003-active
18-Huggel, Benjamin 07-Jul-1977 26 M FC Basel 1893 9 0 2003-active
16-Celestini, Fabio, sub off 53rd min. 31-Oct-1975 28 M Olympique de Marseille, France 30 2 1998-active
8-Wicky, Raphaël 26-Apr-1977 27 M Hamburger SV, Germany 54 0 1996-active
10-Yakin, Hakan, sub off 83rd min. 22-Feb-1977 27 F VfB Stuttgart, Germany 34 13 2000-active
9-Frei, Alexander 15-Jul-1979 24 F Stade Rennais FC, France 29 15 2001-active
11-Chapuisat, Stéphane, sub off 46th min.. 28-Jun-1969 34 F BSC Young Boys 103 12 1989-active

Switzerland Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
15-Gygax, Daniel, sub on 46th min. for Chapuisat. 28-Aug-1981 22 F FC Zürich 6 1 2004-active
7-Cabanas, Ricardo, sub on 53rd min. for Celestini 17-Jan-1979 25 M Grasshopper-Club 19 3 2002-active
22-Vonlanthen, Johann, sub on 83rd min. for H Yakin 01-Feb-1986 18 F PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands 2 0 2004-active
Formation:

4-3-1-2

Stiel -
Haas, M Yakin, Müller, Spycher -
Huggel, Celestini (Cabanas), Wicky -
H Yakin (Vonlanthen) -
Chapuista (Gygax), Frei 
Substitutes
Not Used:		 3-Bruno Berner, 4-Stéphane Henchov, 12-Pascal Zuberbühler, 13-Marco Zwyssig, 14-Ludovic Magnin, 19-Trangillo Barnetta, 21-Milaim Rama, 23-Sébastien Roth.

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