England women’s football team head coach Mark Sampson declared his 23-women for FIFA world cup 2015 starting next month. Defender Steph Houghton will be leading English women throughout the competition. Manager Sampson is confident about the side and he hopes that team will perform better in the world cup and will be looking to bag world cup trophy.

Mark Sampson said, “This is a hugely exciting time for all the staff and players. We’re ranked sixth in the world, we are a good team and we’ve got some exceptional players. We’ve got a very compact, resolute unit and we’ve got a real togetherness in the group so we’ll certainly be a difficult opponent for anyone in Canada.”

He has addressed players to treat every match like they are playing the final. Mark said, “The ambition is to go to Canada and win the competition but we’ve got to treat every game like a final.”

Read more: England women’s football fixtures 2015

England is in Group F of world cup along with France, Colombia and Mexico. The English women will be up against neighbors France on 9 June, 2015 at Moncton Stadium.

England Women’s Squad

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Forwards
Siobhan Chamberlain	Steph Houghton	Fran Kirby
Karen Bardsley	Laura Bassett	Eni Aluko
Carly Telford	Jordan Nobbs	Toni Duggan
	Jade Moore	Lianne Sanderson
	Jo Potter	Ellen White
	Katie Chapman	Jodie Taylor
	Alex Scott
	Casey Stoney
	Jill Scott
	Lucy Bronze
	Alex Greenwood
	Fara Williams
	Claire Rafferty
	Karen Carney

BBC will be covering all matches of world cup in United Kingdom. UK Viewers can watch live telecast of matches on BBC Sports Website and full commentary of England’s each match will be provided by BBC Radio 5 live.