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England Women's National Football Team

Popular Lionesses

In England, football is extremely important thing, it is not just a sport E!ery Englishmen

lo!es football, and has a fa!ourite team, li"e #rsenal, Li!erpool, $an%hester &nited,helsea

Football is !ery popular today e!en as a female sport, and in England there are many girls and

(omen playing that sport E!ery big team, has also got a female team, li"e #rsenal Ladies,

helsea Ladies

England has a (omen's national football team for a long time, almost )* years+ The team and

its players ha!e a ni%"name, their fans %all them The Lionesses

In -*.) year, England (omen's national football team (on a bron/e medal on World up in

anada It is the biggest su%%ess of this team in its history English Ladies ha!e beaten

0ermany .1* in the mat%h for the third pla%e That (as the first time they ha!e e!er (on agame against 0ermany, and they played -* games before that+

2efore the World up -*.), all European teams played 3ualifi%ations for this %ompetition

4nly the best teams from the 5ualifi%ations, %ould %ompete at the World up -*.) in anada

6uring that 5ualifi%ation round, English (omen's national football team, ha!e played t(i%e

against our, $ontenegrin (omen's national football team, and they ha!e (on both mat%hes

First mat%h (as played in 2rigthon, on #pril, .*th -*.7 and the se%ond in Petro!a%, in

8eptember -*.7 , in $ontenegro

$ost of the players from the national team are members of domesti% %lubs, su%h us

$an%hester ity, #rsenal, Li!erpool, helsea, 2irmingham ity and Notts ounty, (hi%h are

%ompeting in the highest league of (omen's football in England1 Women's 8uper League

9W8L:

The re%ord for the highest number of mat%hes played for England, holds Fara Williams, (ho

has played .7; games sin%e -**., and the re%ord for goals1s%oring holds