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England National Football Team Match No. 8
32

England 1 Austria 0  [1-0]

Saturday, 8 October 2005

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary

Status: World Cup 2006 UEFA Preliminary Group 6 qualification match.
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester, capacity 68,936.
Attendance: 64,822
Goals: England - Frank Lampard, 25th min. penalty.
Cautions: Austria - Andreas Ivanschitz, 24th min.; dissent
Austria - Markus Schopp, 24th min.; dissent
England - Joe Cole, 28th min.; unsporting behaviour
England - David Beckham, 58th min.; unsporting behaviour
England - David Beckham, 59th min.; unsporting behaviour
Austria - Markus Keisenebner, 74th min.; unsporting behaviour
Expulsions: England - David Beckham, 59th min.; two cautionable offences
Officials:
(black)
Referee - Luis Medina Cantalejo, 41 (01-Mar-1964), Spain, FIFA-listed 2002;
Assistant referees - Pedro Medina Hernandez, and
Victoriano Giraldez Carrasco, Spain;
Fourth official - Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez, Spain;
Conditions: Kickoff 4.00 p.m. BST; Most cloudy, 11°C
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

England

Austria

Goal Attempts 10 11
Attempts on Target 8 1
Hit Bar/Post 0 1
Corner Kicks Won 4 4
Offside Calls Against 2 4
Fouls Conceded 19 16
Possession 47.2% 52.8%

England Team

Ranking:

11th in FIFA ranking of 14 September 2005; 7th in Elo world ranking before this match and 6th after this match.

Colours: White shirts with red trim, navy shorts, white stockings -  The 2005 "home" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 57, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
57th match, W 32 - D 15 - L 10 - F 106 - A 54.
Captain: David Beckham, 49th captaincy. Handed to Michael Owen on Beckham's sending-off.  Gerrard took the armband when Owen was substituted.

England Lineup

Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Robinson, Paul W. 15-Oct-1979 25 G Tottenham Hotspur FC 16 0 2003-active
2-Young, Luke P. 19-Jul-1979 26 D Charlton Athletic FC 5 0 2005-active
3-Carragher, James L.D. 28-Jan-1978 27 D Liverpool FC 21 0 1999-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G. 30-May-1980 25 M Liverpool FC 38 6 2000-active
5-Terry, John G. 07-Dec-1980 24 D Chelsea FC 19 0 2003-active
6-Campbell, Sulzeer J., sub off 65th min. 18-Sep-1974 30 D Arsenal FC 66 1 1996-active
7-Beckham, David R.J. 02-May-1975 30 M Real Madrid CF, Spain 85 16 1996-active
8- Lampard, Frank J. 20-Jun-1978 27 M Chelsea FC 36 9 1999-active
9-Crouch, Peter J. 30-Jan-1981 24 F Liverpool FC 2 0 2005-active
10-Owen, Michael J., sub off 81st min. 14-Dec-1979 25 F Newcastle United FC 73 32 1998-active
11-Cole, Joseph, J., sub off 62nd min. 23-Nov-1981 23 M Chelsea FC 27 4 2001-active

England Substitutes

Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
12-King, Ledley B., sub on 62nd min. for Cole 12-Oct-1980 24 D Tottenham Hotspur FC 13 1 2002-active
14-Ferdinand, Rio G, sub on 65th min. for Campbell 07-Nov-1978 26 D Manchester United FC 42 1 1997-active
16-Richardson, Kieran E., sub on 81st min. for Owen 21-Oct-1984 20 M Manchester United FC 4 2 2005-active
Formation:

4-4-2
Robinson -
Young, Terry, Campbell (Ferdinand), Carragher -
Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard, Cole (King) -
Crouch, Owen (Richardson).

*When Beckham was sent-off, England played a 4-3-2 formation.  King was introduced to replace Joe Cole and played in central midfield with Gerrard on the left and Lampard on the right.  When Richardson replaced Owen, England were playing a 4-4-1 formation.

Substitutes
Not Used:
13-Chris Kirkland, 15-Shaun Wright-Phillips, 17-Darren Bent, 18-Jermain Defoe.

Austria Team

Ranking:

79th in FIFA ranking of 14 September 2005; 53rd in Elo world ranking before this match and 52nd after this match.

Colours: Red shirts with white side panels and black piping, white shorts, red stockings; made by Puma.
Coach: Austria Under-21 coach Willi Ruttensteiner appointed caretaker manager in tandem with Andreas Herzog and existing assistant Slavko Kovacic, 30 September 2005;
1st match, W 0- D 0 - L 1- F 0 - A 1.
Captain: Andreas Ivanschitz.

Austria Lineup

Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Macho, Jürgen 24-Aug-1977 28 G 1. FC Kaiserlautern, Germany 3 0 -active
2-Dober, Andreas 31-Mar-1986 19 D SK Rapid Wien 1 0 2005-active
3-Stranzl, Martin 16-Jun-1980 25 D VfB Stuttgart, Germany 28 2 -active
4-Scharner, Paul 11-Mar-1980 25 D SK Brann Bergen, Norway 11 0 -active
5-Ibertsberger, Andreas, sub off 80th min. 27-Jul-1982 23 D SC Freiburg 5 1 -active
6-Aufhauser, René 21-Jun-1976 29 M Liebherr GAK 28 3 -active
7-Schopp, Markus, sub off 64th min. 22-Feb-1974 31 M HSV Red Bull Salzburg 55 6 -active
8-Keisenebner, Markus 21-Apr-1979 26 M FK Austria MAGNA Wien 9 1 -active
9-Linz, Roland 09-Aug-1981 24 F FK Austria MAGNA Wien 12 2 -active
10-Ivanschitz, Andreas 15-Oct-1983 21 M SK Rapid Wien 17 2 -active
11-Weissenberger, Markus, sub off 46th min. 08-Mar-1975 30 M Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany 22 1 -active

Austria Substitutes

Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
15-Sariyar, Yüksel, sub on 45th min. for Weissenberger  01-Aug-1979 26 F FS Superfund 2 1 -active
18-Kuljic, Sanel, sub on 64th min. for Schopp 10-Oct-1977 27 F SV Josko Ried 4 0 -active
17-Lasnik, Andreas, sub on 80th min. for Ibertsberger 09-Nov-1973 21 M FK Austria MAGNA Wien 1 0 2005-active
Formation: 4-4-1-1
Substitutes
Not Used:
13-Ferdinand Feldhofer, 14-Joachim Standfest, 16-Jürgen Säumel, 21-Andreas Schranz,

Match Report

 

 

 

Source Notes

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