England's central defender John Terry has made the FIFA World Cup squad for 2006. John Terry was picked ahead of Rio Ferdinand who also played well for England in the World Cup 2006. The team mostly contains players that made it as far as the semi finals with Italy having 7 players, France 4 players, Germany 4 players and Portugal 4 players (but not Cristiano Ronaldo). The other players came from Argentina (2) and Brazil (1).

The full squad of 23 players was:

Goalkeepers: Buffon (Italy), Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal)

Defenders: Ayala (Argentina), Terry (England), Thuram (France), Lahm (Germany), Cannavaro (Italy), Zambrotta (Italy), Carvalho (Portugal)

Midfielders: Ze Roberto (Brazil), Viera (France), Zidane (France), Ballack (Germany), Pirlo (Italy), Gattuso (Italy), Figo (Portugal), Maniche (Portugal)

Strikers: Crespo (Argentina), Henry (France), Klose (Germany), Totti (Italy), Toni (Italy)