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England

Nickname(s)	The Lionesses
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Sarina Wiegman
Captain	Leah Williamson
Most caps	Fara Williams (172)
Top scorer	Ellen White (52)
FIFA code	ENG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	4 2 (13 December 2024)
Highest	2 (March 2018)
Lowest	14 (June 2004)
First international
Scotland 2–3 England  (Greenock, Scotland; 18 November 1972)
Biggest win
England 20–0 Latvia  (Doncaster, England; 30 November 2021)
Biggest defeat
Norway 8–0 England  (Moss, Norway; 4 June 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1995)
Best result	Third place (2015)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1984)
Best result	Champions (2022)
Medal record Women's football FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 Canada Team UEFA Women's Championship 2022 England Team 1984 Europe Team 2009 Finland Team 2017 Netherlands Team
Website	www.englandfootball.com/womens-senior-team/home

The England women's national football team, also known as the Lionesses, have been governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA). England played its first international match in November 1972 against Scotland. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, England is permitted by FIFA statutes, as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, to maintain a national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

England have qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup seven times, reaching the quarter-finals in 1995, 2007 and 2011, finishing third in 2015 and fourth in 2019. Since 2019, England, as the highest-ranked Home Nation, have been able to qualify an Olympic team on behalf of Great Britain; other British players may be selected in the event of qualification.

They reached the final of the UEFA Women's Championship in 1984 and 2009, and won in 2022, marking the first time since 1966 that any England senior football team had won a major championship.

History

Early years

The success of the men's national football team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup led to an upsurge of interest in football from women within England. The Women's Football Association (WFA) was established in 1969 as an attempt to organise the women's game. That same year, Harry Batt formed an independent English team that competed in the Fédération Internationale Européenne de Football Féminine (FIEFF) European Cup. Batt's team also participated in two FIEFF World Cups held in Italy (1970) and Mexico (1971).

Following an UEFA recommendation in 1972 for national associations to incorporate the women's game, the Football Association (FA) later that year rescinded its ban on women playing on English Football League grounds. Shortly after, Eric Worthington was tasked by the WFA to assemble an official women's national team. England competed in its first international match against Scotland in Greenock on 18 November 1972, 100 years to the month after the first men's international. The team overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat their northern opponents 3–2, with Sylvia Gore scoring England's first international goal. Pat Firth scored a hat-trick in an international against Scotland in 1973 among the 8–0 scoreline. Tom Tranter replaced Worthington as long term manager of the women's national football team and remained in that position for the next six years.

1979–1993: Progress under Reagan

Martin Reagan was appointed to replace Tranter in 1979. England reached the final of the inaugural European Competition for Women's Football, in 1984, after beating Denmark 3–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals. Despite resolute defending, including a spectacular goal line clearance from captain Carol Thomas, the England team lost the first away leg 1–0 against Sweden, after a header from Pia Sundhage, but won the second home leg by the same margin, with a goal from Linda Curl. England lost the subsequent penalty shootout 4–3. Theresa Wiseman saved Helen Johansson's penalty but both Curl and Lorraine Hanson had their spot kicks saved by Elisabeth Leidinge.

At the 1987 European Competition for Women's Football, England again reached the semi-finals but lost 3–2 after extra time against holders Sweden, in a repeat of the previous final. The team settled for fourth, after losing the third place play-off against Italy 2–1. Reagan was sacked after England's 6–1 quarter-final loss against Germany at UEFA Women's Euro 1991, which left them unable to qualify for the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup. John Bilton was appointed as head coach in 1991 after Barrie Williams's brief tenure.

1993–1998: FA involvement

In 1993, the FA took over the running of women's football in England from the WFA, replacing Bilton with Ted Copeland as national team manager. England managed to qualify for UEFA Women's Euro 1995, having previously missed out on the last three editions, but were beaten 6–2 on aggregate over two legs against Germany. Reaching the European semi-finals granted England a place at the World Cup for the first time. The team advanced from the group stage of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden, but lost out again to Germany 3–0 in the quarter-finals.

1998–2013: Development under Powell

Hope Powell became the team's first full-time head coach in June 1998, succeeding her former coach Copeland. The European Championship expanded in 1997 to eight teams and moved from a biennial event to a quadrennial one. England qualified via the play-offs for the 2001 competition held in Germany, despite recording their biggest loss (away against Norway 8–0) during qualification, but did not advance past the group stage. England automatically qualified as hosts in 2005, but again did not make it to the semi-finals.

Qualification for the World Cup changed for the 1999 edition. European qualifiers were introduced, so that teams no longer needed to rely on advancing to the latter stages of the European Championship. England qualified unbeaten for the 2007 World Cup in China, winning Group 5 in the European qualifiers and recording their biggest win (away against Hungary, 13–0) in the process, ending a 12-year hiatus from the competition. After coming second in their group, they advanced into the quarter-finals to face the United States but lost 3–0.

In May 2009, central contracts were implemented to help players focus on full-time training without having to fit it around full-time employment. Three months later, at the European Championships in Finland, England marked their return to the recently expanded 12-team competition by reaching the final for the first time in 25 years. They advanced from Group C to the quarter-finals by virtue of being the top third-placed team, beating both the hosts and the Netherlands in the knockout stage on the way to the final. There they lost 6–2 to reigning champions Germany.

England reached their third World Cup in 2011, having won Group 5 and their play-off 5–2 over two legs against Switzerland. In Germany, they topped Group B – ahead of eventual winners Japan. England were paired with France in the quarter-finals, with the match ending in a 1–1 draw. England had taken the lead with Jill Scott's chip, only to have Élise Bussaglia equalise with two minutes remaining. After extra time ended in stalemate, they lost the ensuing penalty shootout 4–3. Karen Bardsley had saved Camille Abily's initial penalty but misses by Claire Rafferty and Faye White sent England out of the competition.

Powell left the role in August 2013 after a poor showing at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, with England bowing out after the group stage.

2013–2017: Sampson era

Welshman Mark Sampson succeeded Powell as England manager. England qualified for their third successive World Cup in August 2014 with a game to spare, winning all ten matches and topping Group 6. England played their first international match at the new Wembley Stadium, home to the men's national team, in a friendly against the reigning European champions Germany on 23 November 2014. England had not played Germany since their heavy defeat in the European Championship final five years earlier. They lost the match 3–0, marking the 20th attempt at which England had failed to record an official win over Germany.

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, England lost their opening group game to France but won their remaining group games against Mexico and Colombia, easing through to the last 16 to play 1995 champions Norway. A 2–1 win set up a meeting with hosts Canada in the quarter-finals. Despite facing not only a strong Canadian team but a capacity partisan crowd at BC Place in Vancouver, England progressed to the semifinals of the Women's World Cup for the first time in their history with another 2–1 win, which also marked the first semifinal appearance by any England senior team since the men reached the last four of the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Playing reigning World Cup holders Japan in the semi-finals, England conceded a penalty kick, which Aya Miyama converted past Karen Bardsley. Japan then conceded a penalty as Yuki Ogimi clipped Steph Houghton and Fara Williams slotted it past Ayumi Kaihori to level the game. However, in the last minute of the game, Laura Bassett scored an own goal to send Japan through to the final. England eventually finished in third place by beating Germany 1–0 after extra time after a Williams penalty, their first time beating their archrivals in the women's game. It marked the best finish for any England senior team since the men's team famously won the 1966 World Cup as hosts.

England qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands and won all three of their group games at the tournament. England beat France 1–0 in the quarter-finals before meeting hosts and eventual champions, the Netherlands. In the semi-finals, England conceded three goals without reply and were knocked out of the tournament.

In September 2017, Sampson was sacked from his role as manager by the FA after evidence of "inappropriate and unacceptable" behaviour was uncovered during his tenure at Bristol Academy. The FA in January 2019 agreed to pay a "significant" financial settlement to Sampson, on the week his claim for unfair dismissal was due to be heard in court. He was replaced by Phil Neville, who had played at Manchester United – including in their 1999 treble winning season – and Everton and been capped by the England men but had never before held a high-profile managing job.

2018–2021: Neville era

After being appointed manager, Neville's first games in charge were at the 2018 SheBelieves Cup. In their first game, England defeated France 4–1, then drew 2–2 against Germany. They went into the final game against the United States with the opportunity to win the tournament, but lost 1–0. Second place was the highest England had finished at the SheBelieves Cup.

England continued with World Cup qualification in 2018. On 6 April they drew 0–0 against Wales. After the qualifying games in June, England and Wales were guaranteed the first two spots in qualifying Group 1, and England's 3–0 win against Wales in August 2018 saw them clinch the group and qualify for the World Cup finals.

In the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, England won the tournament for the first time after winning their first match 2–1 against Brazil, drawing 2–2 with the United States and defeating Japan 3–0.

In the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, England won group D, beating local rivals Scotland and archrival Argentina to qualify for the knockout phase, before beating Japan. England beat both Cameroon and then Norway 3–0 to advance to the semifinal against United States in Lyon – the team's third straight major tournament semifinal. However, similar to the previous two tournaments, England once again failed to make the final, losing 2–1. Alex Morgan scored the winner after Ellen White had equalised following Christen Press' opening goal, while White had an equaliser ruled out by VAR and Houghton had a penalty saved by Alyssa Naeher. The team finished in fourth after losing the third place play-off to Sweden 2–1.

In March 2019 Winsford was chosen for the site of the £70m Cheshire FA Centre of Excellence, which will be the new home of the England Women's Football Team. It will also act as a training base for European teams playing in Liverpool and Manchester. The development was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. In October 2020 the Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave his support for the development to go ahead; planning applications are expected to be submitted to Cheshire West and Chester Council in spring 2021 with a possible opening date of 2023. The site is being designed to revolutionise women's football in England.

In the wake of the World Cup exit, England's form dropped as the team struggled in a series of friendlies to end the year including a 2–1 defeat by Germany at Wembley Stadium on 9 November 2019. The game set a new record attendance for an England women's match at 77,768, becoming the second-biggest crowd for a women's game on English soil after the 2012 Olympic final which was watched by 80,203 at the same venue. The poor run continued into 2020 as England failed to defend their title at the 2020 SheBelieves Cup in March. Losses to the United States and Spain made it seven defeats in 11 games, the team's worst stretch since 2003, mounting further pressure on Neville who admitted he was personally responsible for England's "unacceptable" form amid increased media scrutiny. In April 2020, Neville announced he would step down as manager when his contract expired in July 2021. Originally his tenure would have extended to England's hosting of UEFA Women's Euro 2021, but the tournament was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in January 2021, he elected to resign early in order to take up the managerial position at Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer club founded by previous England men's captain David Beckham. As it had already been agreed that incumbent Netherlands manager Sarina Wiegman would be appointed to the role from September 2021, Hege Riise was named caretaker manager until then. She oversaw a 6–0 friendly win over Northern Ireland in her first game in charge.

From 2021: Wiegman era

On 14 August 2020, the FA announced it had reached a four-year deal with incumbent Netherlands manager Sarina Wiegman, who agreed to take over the team from September 2021, becoming the first non-British permanent manager. On 30 November 2021, during qualification for the 2023 FIFA World Cup, Ellen White became England's all-time record goals scorer (overtaking Kelly Smith), during a 20–0 win over Latvia, in which she scored a hat-trick. The game was a multi-record breaking game as three other players scored a hat-trick (Mead, Hemp (scored 4), and Russo), marking the first time four players had scored a hat-trick in a senior England women's game. The game was also the largest victory for either the men's or women's senior England sides, surpassing the women's team's 2005 13–0 win against Hungary and the men's 1882 13–0 win against Ireland.

England were drawn into Group A of Women's Euro 2022 as hosts and won each of the group stage matches: 1–0 against Austria at Old Trafford in Manchester; 8–0 against Norway at the Falmer Stadium in Brighton and Hove (a new European Championship record score); and 5–0 against Northern Ireland at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton. In the quarter-final, England recovered from being a goal behind against Spain to win 2–1 in extra time at the Falmer Stadium. In the semi-final at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, they defeated Sweden 4–0, the highlight of this match being a goal scored by Alessia Russo with an "instinctive backheel".

No more years of hurt! No more need for dreaming, because dreams have become reality at Wembley! After 56 long years, it is glory against Germany once again, and this time, it yields history of its own because the Lionesses have finally won their first major trophy! England are European champions, and...(Pauses, crowd in background sings, "It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming, football's coming home!" chorus from Three Lions)

On 31 July, England defeated Germany 2–1 in extra time in the Women's Euro 2022 Final at Wembley, with Chloe Kelly's 110th-minute close-range goal from a corner being the decider after goals in normal time by Ella Toone for England and Lina Magull for Germany. It was the team's first-ever major trophy and was the first major international championship won by an England team (men's or women's) since 1966. The final was watched by a crowd of 87,192, a record for either the men's or women's European Championship.

Soon after Euro 2022, the England players wrote an open letter to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the candidates in the ongoing Conservative Party leadership election, in which they declared their "legacy and goal was to inspire a nation". They saw their victory "as only the beginning". The letter pointed out that only 63% of British girls could play football in school PE lessons and concluded: "We – the 23 members of the England Senior Women's EURO Squad – ask you to make it a priority to invest in girls' football in schools, so that every girl has the choice".

With a further series of wins and draws including a friendly win against the United States at Wembley and qualifying for the 2023 Women's World Cup, the team ended 2022 having gone unbeaten for the calendar year. In December at BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Mead became the first female footballer to win the Sports Personality of the Year Award, with the team as a whole winning the Team of the Year Award and Wiegman winning the Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award.

Team image

Nickname

The England women's national football team is widely nicknamed the Lionesses. The moniker was developed in-house by The Football Association's digital marketing department as a way of increasing the visibility and reach of the women's team to a dedicated women's football audience and community, particularly on social media. It was first used as a hashtag in June 2012 when the men's team was competing in UEFA Euro 2012 at the same time the women's team was playing a crucial UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifier against Netherlands in a bid to help differentiate the coverage and allow people to follow the women's team more easily without getting lost in conversation about the men which was using the same generic #ThreeLions branding at the time. The name started to be used organically by fans and media outlets before The Football Association adopted it as an official brand identity, including with commercial and licensing partners, ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The name was also used in an updated version of the popular English anthem "Three Lions" during England's ultimately successful Women's Euro 2022 run, which Fara Williams, Rachel Yankey, Faye White, Rachel Brown and Anita Asante performed along with Chelcee Grimes and original artists Lightning Seeds and David Baddiel (with another original artist, Frank Skinner, in attendance).

Media coverage and promotion

The 2019 media campaign in announcing the World Cup squad was part of a broad marketing ambition to make the players into more recognisable stars to promote the team, the competition, and women's football. Using celebrities with connections to the players to make social media facing announcements, the marketing agency received praise for the campaign, which successfully increased social media engagement.

A documentary film, The Lionesses: How Football Came Home, was produced about the 2022 Euro win and released later that year.

England matches at selected international tournaments are currently broadcast by ITV Sport (excluding Euro and World Cup finals) and BBC (major finals). Previously, the Euro and World Cup finals were broadcast by Channel 4 (Euro 2017 only) and Eurosport.

Collective honours

World Cup teams

In 2015, the World Cup squad won the BT Sport Action Woman Awards Team of the Year award.

In 2019, the World Cup squad won the GQ Men of the Year Inspiration Award.

2022 Euro team

The 23-player squad and coach Sarina Wiegman who won the 2022 Euro, the women's team's first major international title, received several honours that year, including:

• Freedom of the City of London (as individuals)
• Pride of Britain Awards (2022): Inspiration Award
• BT Sport Action Woman Awards: Team of the Year
• Northwest Football Awards: Billy Seymour Impact Award
• Manchester City of Champions Awards: Hall of Fame induction
• Just A Ball Game? LGBT+ inclusion and visibility award
• Sports Journalists' Association Awards: Team of the Year
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year (2022): Team of the Year Award

Results and fixtures

This list includes match results from the past 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

All times are listed in GMT except where noted.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponed   Fixture

2022

17 February 2022 2022 Arnold Clark Cup	England	1–1	Canada	Middlesbrough, England
19:30	Bright 22'	Report	Lawrence  48' Beckie 55' Buchanan  86'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 8,769 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

20 February 2022 2022 Arnold Clark Cup	England	0–0	Spain	Norwich, England
15:15	Mead  48' Stanway  66'	Report	Andrés  32'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,284 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

23 February 2022 2022 Arnold Clark Cup	England	3–1	Germany	Wolverhampton, England
19:30	White 15' Greenwood  40' Bright 84' Kirby 90+4'	Report	Magull 41' Brand  79'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 13,463 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

8 April 2022 2023 World Cup qualifying	North Macedonia	0–10	England	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:00 (CEST)	Rochi  44' Salihi  75' Maksuti  79' Velkova  84' Markovska  90'	Report	Mead 5', 12', 47', 53' Toone 24', 74', 78' White 41' Stanway 45', 56'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

12 April 2022 2023 World Cup qualifying	Northern Ireland	0–5	England	Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:55	Vance  72'	Report	Hemp 26', 60' Toone 52' Stanway 70', 79'	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 15,348 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

16 June 2022 Friendly	England	3–0	Belgium	Wolverhampton, England
20:00	Bronze  49' Kelly 62' Daly 66' Evrard 83' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 9,598 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

24 June 2022 Friendly	England	5–1	Netherlands	Leeds, England
20:00	Bronze 32' Greenwood  51' Mead 53', 90' Toone 72' Hemp 74'	Report	Martens 22' Nouwen  29' Beerensteyn  45+2'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,365 Referee: Sandra Bastos (Portugal)

30 June 2022 Friendly	Switzerland	0–4	England	Zürich, Switzerland
18:00 (CEST)	Calligaris  44'	Report	Russo  45+1', 56' Stanway  69', 74' (pen.) England 76' Scott 90+4'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain)

6 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS	England	1–0	Austria	Manchester, England
20:00	Mead 16'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 68,871 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

11 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS	England	8–0	Norway	Brighton and Hove, England
20:00	Stanway 12' (pen.) Hemp 15' White 29', 41' Mead 34', 38', 81' Russo 66'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 28,847 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

15 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS	Northern Ireland	0–5	England	Southampton, England
20:00		Report	Kirby 41' Mead 45' Russo 48', 53' Burrows 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,785 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

20 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 QF	England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Brighton and Hove, England
20:00	Toone 84' Stanway 96' Greenwood  119'	Report	Mapi León  45' González 54' Misa  88'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 28,994 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

26 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 SF	England	4–0	Sweden	Sheffield, England
20:00	Mead 34' Bronze 48' Russo 68' Kirby 77'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 28,624 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

31 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 Final	England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Germany	London, England
20:00	Toone 62' Kelly 111'	Report	Magull 79'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,192 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

3 September 2022 2023 World Cup qualifying	Austria	0–2	England	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
16:30 (CEST)		Report	Russo 7' Parris 69'	Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

6 September 2022 2023 World Cup qualifying	England	10–0	Luxembourg	Stoke-on-Trent, England
19:30	Stanway 11' (pen.), 26' Russo 17' Daly 38' Mead 39' England 47', 90+2' Parris 59' Toone 73' (pen.) Hemp 90'	Report		Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 24,174 Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

7 October 2022 Friendly	England	2–1	United States	London, England
20:00	Hemp 10' Stanway 33' (pen.)	Report	Smith 28'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 76,893 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

11 October 2022 Friendly	England	0–0	Czech Republic	Brighton and Hove, England
20:00		Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 21,222 Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)

11 November 2022 Friendly	Japan	0–4	England	Murcia, Spain
20:00 (CET)		Report	Daly 38' Kelly 53' Toone 77' Park 90+1'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

15 November 2022 Friendly	Norway	1–1	England	Murcia, Spain
20:00 (CET)	Sønstevold  66'  72' Maanum 80'	Report	Daly 33'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

2023

16 February 2023 2023 Arnold Clark Cup	England	v	South Korea	Milton Keynes, England
				Stadium: Stadium MK

19 February 2023 2023 Arnold Clark Cup	England	v	Italy	Coventry, England
				Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena

22 February 2023 2023 Arnold Clark Cup	England	v	Belgium	Bristol, England
				Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium

6 April 2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Women's Finalissima	England	v	Brazil	London, England
				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

22 July 2023 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	England	v	Play-off Group B winners	Brisbane, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Lang Park

28 July 2023 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	England	v	Denmark	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium

1 August 2023 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	China	v	England	Adelaide, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium

Coaching staff

Current information

As of 10 August 2021

Position	Staff	Ref.
Manager	Sarina Wiegman
Assistant manager	Arjan Veurink

Managerial history

As of 15 November 2022

Image	Manager	Tenure	P	W	D	L	Win %	Competitions
	Eric Worthington	1972
	Tom Tranter	1973–1979
	Mike Rawding	1979
	Martin Reagan	1979–1990						Euro 1984 runners-up Euro 1987 fourth place
	Barrie Williams	1991
	John Bilton	1991–1993
	Ted Copeland	1993–1998						Euro 1995 semi-finals 1995 World Cup quarter-finals
	Dick Bate	1998 (caretaker)
	Hope Powell	1998–2013	169	85	33	51	050.3	Euro 2001 group stage Euro 2005 group stage 2007 World Cup quarter-finals Euro 2009 runners-up 2011 World Cup quarter-finals Euro 2013 group stage
	Brent Hills	2006, 2013 (caretaker)	5	4	0	1	080.0
	Mark Sampson	2013–2017	60	39	8	13	065.0	2015 World Cup third place Euro 2017 semi-finals
	Mo Marley	2017–2018 (caretaker)	3	2	0	1	066.7
	Phil Neville	2018–2021	35	19	5	11	054.3	2019 World Cup fourth place
	Hege Riise	2021 (caretaker)	3	1	0	2	033.3
	Sarina Wiegman	2021–	26	22	4	0	084.6	Euro 2022 champions

Players

Caps, goals, and recent players may be outdated or incorrect, as the FA does not maintain a database of historical statistics.

Current squad

The following 22 players were named to the squad for the friendly matches against  Japan and  Norway in November 2022.

Caps and goals are correct as of match played 15 November 2022 against  Norway.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Mary Earps	(1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 31)	29	0	Manchester United
	1GK	Ellie Roebuck	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 25)	10	0	Manchester City
	1GK	Sandy MacIver	(1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Manchester City
	2DF	Alex Greenwood	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31)	71	5	Manchester City
	2DF	Millie Bright	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)	64	5	Chelsea
	2DF	Rachel Daly	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 33)	63	11	Aston Villa
	2DF	Lotte Wubben-Moy	(1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 26)	8	0	Arsenal
	2DF	Niamh Charles	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)	4	0	Chelsea
	2DF	Esme Morgan	(2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Manchester City
	2DF	Gabby George	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Everton
	2DF	Maya Le Tissier	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Manchester United
	3MF	Keira Walsh	(1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 27)	54	0	Barcelona
	3MF	Georgia Stanway	(1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 26)	45	14	Bayern Munich
	3MF	Ella Toone	(1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 25)	27	15	Manchester United
	3MF	Katie Zelem	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)	5	0	Manchester United
	3MF	Jess Park	(2001-10-21) 21 October 2001 (age 23)	1	1	Everton
	4FW	Nikita Parris	(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 30)	71	17	Manchester United
	4FW	Chloe Kelly	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 26)	20	3	Manchester City
	4FW	Alessia Russo	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25)	17	10	Manchester United
	4FW	Lauren James	(2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 (age 23)	5	0	Chelsea
	4FW	Ebony Salmon	(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Houston Dash
	4FW	Katie Robinson	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Hannah Hampton	(2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Aston Villa	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
DF	Lucy Bronze	(1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 33)	100	11	Barcelona	v.  Norway, 15 November 2022
DF	Demi Stokes	(1991-12-12) 12 December 1991 (age 33)	69	1	Manchester City	v. Czech Republic, 11 October 2022
DF	Jess Carter	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	12	1	Chelsea	v. Czech Republic, 11 October 2022
DF	Leah Williamson (captain)	(1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 27)	39	2	Arsenal	v.  United States, 7 October 2022
DF	Lucy Parker	(1998-11-18) 18 November 1998 (age 26)	0	0	West Ham United	v.  United States, 7 October 2022
DF	Steph Houghton	(1988-04-23) 23 April 1988 (age 36)	121	13	Manchester City	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
MF	Jordan Nobbs	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32)	69	8	Aston Villa	v. Japan, 11 November 2022
MF	Fran Kirby	(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31)	65	17	Chelsea	v. Japan, 11 November 2022
MF	Jill Scott	(1987-02-02) 2 February 1987 (age 37)	161	27	Retired	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
MF	Lucy Staniforth	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32)	17	2	Manchester United	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
FW	Beth Mead	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29)	50	29	Arsenal	v.  Norway, 15 November 2022
FW	Lauren Hemp	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 24)	32	10	Manchester City	v. Japan, 11 November 2022
FW	Bethany England	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)	21	11	Chelsea	v.  Luxembourg, 6 September 2022
FW	Ellen White	(1989-05-09) 9 May 1989 (age 35)	113	52	Retired	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad MED = Withdrew on medical grounds WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury or medical issue.

Team captains

Records

As of 15 November 2022

Most capped players

Bold names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Top goalscorers

Bold names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Carol Thomas was the first player to reach 50 caps in 1985, before retiring from representative football later that year, having amassed 56 caps. Fara Williams holds the record for England appearances, having played 172 times since 2001. She overtook previous record holder Rachel Yankey in August 2014, in a friendly against Sweden. Yankey had passed Gillian Coultard's 119 record England women caps in September 2012, in a European qualifying match against Croatia, and Peter Shilton's 125 record England international caps in June 2013, in a friendly against Japan.

Ellen White has scored the most goals for England, with 52. She surpassed Kelly Smith's record on 30 November 2021, scoring a hat-trick against Latvia during a UEFA qualifier for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup where England won 20–0, the Lionesses' biggest-ever competitive win.

Attendance

	Date	Opponent	Result F–A	Venue	Attendance	Competition
	31 July 2022	Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wembley Stadium, London, England	87,192	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final
	9 November 2019		1–2		77,768	Friendly
	7 October 2022	United States	2–1		76,893
4	6 July 2022	Austria	1–0	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	68,871	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 group stage
5	27 July 2019	Canada	2–1	BC Place, Vancouver, Canada	54,027	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final

In England only

	Date	Opponent	Result F–A	Venue	Attendance	Competition
	31 July 2022	Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wembley Stadium, London	87,192	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final
	9 November 2019		1–2		77,768	Friendly
	7 October 2022	United States	2–1		76,893
4	6 July 2022	Austria	1–0	Old Trafford, Manchester	68,871	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 group stage
5	23 November 2014	Germany	0–3	Wembley Stadium, London	45,619	Friendly

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

England have qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup six times (1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) and failed to qualify for three competitions (1991, 1999, 2003). The England team reached the quarter-finals on three occasions; losing out to Germany in 1995, the United States in 2007 and France on penalties in 2011. In 2015, however, England earned the bronze medal for the first time, under Mark Sampson, by beating Germany in the third place play-off. The team finished in fourth place in 2019.

FIFA World Cup finals record										Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	4	2	+2
1995	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3		6	4	2	0	29	0	+29
1999	Did not qualify									8	3	0	5	9	12	−3
2003										10	3	3	4	12	10	+2
2007	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2		8	6	2	0	29	2	+27
2011		4	2	2	0	6	3	+3		10	9	1	0	35	4	+31
2015	Third place	7	5	0	2	10	7	+3		10	10	0	0	52	1	+51
2019	Fourth place	7	5	0	2	13	5	+8		8	7	1	0	29	1	+28
2023	Qualified									10	10	0	0	80	0	+80
Total	6/9	26	15	4	7	43	30	+13		76	51	12	10	211	32	+245

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-outs.

Olympic Games

England does not participate in the Women's Olympic Football Tournament, as the country does not have its own National Olympic Committee (NOC). Since England falls under the jurisdiction of the British Olympic Association, remit for an Olympic football team requires support from all four Home Nation associations. The Scottish Football Association (SFA), the Football Association of Wales (FAW) and the Irish Football Association (IFA) have all previously objected to the premise over fears that the team would erode the independence of their individual football associations. However, members of its team have played for the Great Britain women's Olympic football team at London 2012 having been granted automatic qualification as the host nation.

An agreement in 2019 allows for England, as the highest-ranked home nation, to qualify an Olympic team on behalf of Great Britain. They successfully achieved this in time for Tokyo 2020 with England's result at the 2019 World Cup counting as the team's attempt to qualify. They qualified as one of the last three remaining European nations.

UEFA European Championship

England first entered the UEFA Women's Championship in 1984, reaching the final that year and subsequently in both 2009 and 2022. The team have reached the semi-finals on three other occasions (1987, 1995, 2017), but failed to make it out of the group stage in three other editions (2001, 2005, 2013). England did not qualify in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1997.

UEFA European Championship record									Qualifying record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	4	2		6	6	0	0	24	1
1987	Fourth place	2	0	0	2	3	5		6	6	0	0	34	2
1989	Did not qualify								6	2	1	3	6	10
1991									8	2	3	3	5	8
1993									6	4	0	2	11	7
1995	Semi-finals	2	0	0	2	2	6		8	6	2	0	33	2
1997	Did not qualify								8	4	2	2	19	6
2001	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	8		8	5	1	2	12	14
2005		3	1	0	2	4	5		Qualified as host
2009	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	12	14		8	6	2	0	24	4
2013	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	7		8	6	2	0	22	2
2017	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	11	4		8	7	1	0	23	1
2022	Champions	6	6	0	0	22	2		Qualified as host
2025	To be determined								To be determined
Total	9/13	34	17	3	14	62	53		80	54	14	12	213	57

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-outs.

**Red border colour denotes tournament was held on home soil.

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1976 Pony Home Championship	Winners, group stage	1st	2	2	0	0	9	1
1969 Unofficial European Championship	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	5	4
1979 Unofficial European Championship	Semi-finals	4th	4	2	1	1	6	4
1981 Mundialito	Group stage	3rd	2	1	0	1	4	1
1984 Mundialito	Semi-finals	3rd	4	0	2	2	3	6
1985 Mundialito	Winners	1st	2	3	1	1	13	5
1988 Mundialito	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	8	2
1990 North America Cup	Group stage	3rd	4	1	1	2	3	7
2002 Algarve Cup	Group stage	9th	4	1	0	3	8	12
2005 Algarve Cup	Group stage	8th	4	3	1	0	13	0
2007 Four Nations Tournament	Group stage	4th	3	0	2	1	3	0
2009 Cyprus Cup	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	14	3
2010 Cyprus Cup	Group stage	5th	4	2	1	1	6	5
2010 Peace Queen Cup	Group stage	2nd	2	0	2	0	0	0
2011 Cyprus Cup	Group stage	5th	4	2	0	2	4	4
2012 Cyprus Cup	Group stage	4th	4	2	0	2	5	7
2013 Cyprus Cup	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	12	7
2014 Cyprus Cup	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	7	2
2015 Cyprus Cup	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	8	2
2015 Yongchuan International Tournament	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	2	2
2016 SheBelieves Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	0	1	2	1	3
2017 SheBelieves Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	2	3
2018 SheBelieves Cup	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	6	4
2019 SheBelieves Cup	Winners	1st	3	2	1	0	7	3
2020 SheBelieves Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	1	3
2022 Arnold Clark Cup	Winners	1st	3	1	2	0	4	2
Total		8 titles	85	41	22	25	150	89

FIFA world rankings

2003				2004				2005				2006				2007				2008				2009				2010				2011				2012				2013				2014				2015				2016				2017				2018				2019				2020				2021				2022
13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	6	6	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	11	11	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	4	4

See also

• Sport in England
  • Football in England
    • Women's football in England
• Great Britain women's Olympic football team
• England women's national under-23 football team
• England women's national under-20 football team
• England women's national under-19 football team
• England women's national under-17 football team
• England men's national football team

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Further reading

• Aluko, Eniola (2019), They Don't Teach This, Random House, ISBN 9781473564480
• Caudwell, Jayne (2013), Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781317966234
• Dunn, Carrie (2019), Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, ISBN 9781785315411
• Dunn, Carrie (2016), The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing Limited, ISBN 9781785311512
• Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

England squads – FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e England squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Cope 2 Powell 3 Mapes 4 Britton 5 Taylor 6 Coultard 7 Spacey 8 Bampton (c) 9 Farley 10 Burke 11 Sempare 12 Davis 13 Higgs 14 Walker 15 Williams 16 Smith 17 Waller 18 Phillip 19 Fletcher 20 Easton Coach: Copeland v t e England squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Brown 2 A. Scott 3 Stoney 4 Chapman 5 White (c) 6 Phillip 7 Carney 8 Williams 9 Aluko 10 K. Smith 11 Yankey 12 Asante 13 Chamberlain 14 Unitt 15 S. Smith 16 J. Scott 17 Handley 18 Sanderson 19 Exley 20 Johnson 21 Telford Coach: Powell v t e England squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Bardsley 2 A. Scott 3 Unitt 4 J. Scott 5 F. White (c) 6 Stoney 7 Clarke 8 Williams 9 E. White 10 Smith 11 Yankey 12 Carney 13 Brown 14 Aluko 15 Bradley 16 Houghton 17 Bassett 18 Asante 19 Susi 20 Rafferty 21 Chamberlain Coach: Powell v t e England squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup third place 1 Bardsley 2 A. Scott 3 Rafferty 4 Williams 5 Houghton (c) 6 Bassett 7 Nobbs 8 J. Scott 9 Aluko 10 Carney 11 Moore 12 Bronze 13 Chamberlain 14 Greenwood 15 Stoney 16 Chapman 17 Potter 18 Duggan 19 Taylor 20 Sanderson 21 Telford 22 Kirby 23 White Coach: Sampson v t e England squad – 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup fourth place 1 Bardsley 2 Bronze 3 Greenwood 4 Walsh 5 Houghton (c) 6 Bright 7 Parris 8 Scott 9 Taylor 10 Kirby 11 Duggan 12 Stokes 13 Telford 14 Williamson 15 McManus 16 Moore 17 Daly 18 White 19 Stanway 20 Carney 21 Earps 22 Mead 23 Staniforth Coach: Neville

England squads – UEFA Women's Championship

v t e England squad – 1984 European Competition for Women's Football runners-up 1 Wiseman 2 Thomas (c) 3 Pearce 4 Hanson 5 Gallimore 6 Coultard 7 Deighan 8 Bampton 9 Curl 10 Davis 11 Chapman 12 Irvine 13 Powell 14 Sempare 15 Turner 16 Parker Coach: Reagan v t e England squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2001 1 Cope 2 Murphy 3 Unitt 4 Easton 5 Marley (c) 6 Chapman 7 Burke 8 Proctor 9 K. Smith 10 Banks 11 S. Smith 12 White 13 Hall 14 Fletcher 15 Britton 16 Spacey 17 Yankey 18 Walker 19 Exley 20 Brown Coach: Powell v t e England squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005 1 Fletcher 2 Scott 3 Unitt 4 Chapman 5 White (c) 6 Phillip 7 Handley 8 Williams 9 Barr 10 Westwood 11 Yankey 12 Smith 13 Brown 14 Carney 15 Stoney 16 Exley 17 Asante 18 Aluko 19 Johnson 20 Hall Coach: Powell v t e England squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009 runners-up 1 Brown 2 A. Scott 3 Stoney 4 Williams 5 Johnson 6 Asante 7 Carney 8 Chapman 9 Aluko 10 K. Smith 11 S. Smith 12 J. Scott 13 Chamberlain 14 White (c) 15 Unitt 16 Handley 17 Sanderson 18 Westwood 19 Bassett 20 Buet 21 Clarke 22 Bardsley Coach: Powell v t e England squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 1 Bardsley 2 A. Scott 3 Houghton 4 J. Scott 5 Bradley 6 Stoney (c) 7 Aluko 8 Asante 9 White 10 Williams 11 Yankey 12 Clarke 13 Brown 14 Carney 15 Bassett 16 Nobbs 17 Duggan 18 Susi 19 Bonner 20 Moore 21 Bronze 22 Smith 23 Chamberlain Coach: Powell v t e England squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 semi-finalists 1 Bardsley 2 Bronze 3 Stokes 4 J. Scott 5 Houghton (c) 6 Potter 7 Nobbs 8 Christiansen 9 Taylor 10 Williams 11 Moore 12 Stoney 13 Chamberlain 14 Carney 15 Bassett 16 Bright 17 Parris 18 White 19 Duggan 20 Greenwood 21 Telford 22 A. Scott 23 Kirby Coach: Sampson v t e England squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 winners (1st title) 1 Earps 2 Bronze 3 Daly 4 Walsh 5 Greenwood 6 Bright 7 Mead 8 Williamson (c) 9 White 10 Stanway 11 Hemp 12 Carter 13 Hampton 14 Kirby 15 Stokes 16 Scott 17 Parris 18 Kelly 19 England 20 Toone 21 Roebuck 22 Wubben-Moy 23 Russo Coach: Wiegman

v t e National sports teams of England
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Commonwealth Games European Championships

• England women's national football team
• European women's national association football teams
• 1972 establishments in England
• 1972 establishments in the United Kingdom
• UEFA Women's Championship-winning countries