Why is the English soccer team called England?

Because the full name of the England team is "England Men's Football Team", not "Great Britain Men's National Football Team".

Geographically, the United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in terms of soccer, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each have their own Football Association (FA), which is not affiliated with each other, but is a member of FIFA and UEFA, and each of the four FAs usually sends its own representative team to play in the tournament. .

So, in the history of the World Cup and the European Cup, there has never been a "British team" situation, but only England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, just like our side in addition to the national football team, there is also Hong Kong, China.

And the first recorded international confrontation in soccer history was England PK Scotland in 1872, and they were never the same "national team".

England team called "European Chinese team":

England team has a nickname, called "European Chinese team", due to the prosperous development of the English Premier League in recent years, the English star Many fans scoff at this nickname, thinking that the Chinese team is so garbage, how can England compare the Chinese team, but in fact, there are some similarities between the two.

From the style of play, the two teams are very similar, both attach importance to the body, the players are tall and big, like long passes and hangs, the game played very ugly, no technical content. However, in this regard, England has made some progress in recent years, the game is much better than before, while the Chinese team is continuing to decline, the game is more and more difficult to watch.