England have been handed a favourable draw in the qualifying stages for the 2008 European Championship.
イングランドは、ユーロ2008の予選を通過する上で有利なグループに入った。
But the other home countries and the Republic of Ireland face tougher tests to reach the finals in Austria and Switzerland after the draw was made in Montreux on Friday.
England - under Sven-Goran Eriksson's successor - will face Croatia, Russia, Israel, Estonia, Macedonia and Andorra in Group E.
Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez must also plot a difficult course to the finals after being drawn with Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Latvia, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
北アイルランドは監督は決勝に行くためには困難な、スウェーデン、
グループに入ったため、予選通過のための手立てをもくろんでいる。 Group A Portugal Poland Serbia & Mont
Finland Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan
Group B France Italy Ukraine SCOTLAND
Lithuania Georgia Faroe Islands
Group C Greece Turkey Norway Bosnia Hungary Moldova Malta
Group D Czech Republic Germany Slovakia REP OF IRELAND
WALES
Cyprus San Marino
Group E ENGLAND
Croatia Russia Israel Estonia Macedonia Andorra
Group F Sweden Spain Denmark Latvia Iceland NORTHERN IRELAND
Liechtenstein
Group G Holland Romania Bulgaria Slovenia Albania Belarus Luxembourg
Joint hosts Austria and Switzerland qualify automatically