Baden-Baden, Germany - Sven-Goran Eriksson's England team have made the south west German city of Baden-Baden their base for the 2006 World Cup.

The English Football Association confirmed their booking at the 'Schlosshotel Buhlerhohe', a deluxe hotel in an 18-hectare castle park 800m above sea level.

"I am thrilled by this hotel," said England coach Eriksson. "We have a training pitch five minutes from the hotel and it is not too far for our World Cup matches."

England start their World Cup campaign against Paraguay in Frankfurt on June 10 and then face Trinidad and Tobago on June 15 in Nuremberg.

The final Group B match sees England face Eriksson's home nation Sweden on June 20 in Cologne.

England's only World Cup win came on home soil back in 1966. - Sapa-AFP