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England

Nickname(s)	The Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Roy Hodgson
Captain	Steven Gerrard
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	ENG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	13
Highest	3 (August 2012)
Lowest	27 (February 1996)
First international
Scotland 0–0 England (Partick, Scotland; 31 July 1872)
Biggest win
Ireland 0–13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 31 July 1882)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 7–1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1950)
Best result	Winners: 1966
European Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 1968)
Best result	Third: 1968 Semi-finals: 1996

The England national football team represents England at football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England are one of the two oldest national teams in football; alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872. England is one of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, meaning that it is permitted by FIFA to maintain its own national side. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and the current team manager is Roy Hodgson.

England contest the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, which alternate biennially. England won the World Cup in 1966, when they hosted the finals, defeating West Germany 4–2 in extra time in the final. Their best performance since has been a semi-final appearance in 1990. England have never won the UEFA European Football Championship – their best performances being semi-final appearances at the 1968 and 1996 Championships.

History

The England national football team is the joint-oldest in the world; it was formed at the same time as Scotland. A representative match between England and Scotland was played on 5 March 1870, having been organised by the Football Association. A return fixture was organised by representatives of Scottish football teams on 30 November 1872. This match, played at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland, is viewed as the first official international football match, because the two teams were independently selected and operated, rather than being the work of a single football association. Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three Home Nations—Scotland, Wales and Ireland—in the British Home Championship.

To begin with, England had no permanent home stadium. They joined FIFA in 1906 and played their first ever games against countries other than the Home Nations on a tour of Central Europe in 1908. Wembley Stadium was opened in 1923 and became their home ground. The relationship between England and FIFA became strained, and this resulted in their departure from FIFA in 1928, before they rejoined in 1946. As a result, they did not compete in a World Cup until 1950, in which they were beaten in a 1–0 defeat by the United States, failing to get past the first round in one of the most embarrassing defeats in team history. Their first ever defeat on home soil to a foreign team was a 0–2 loss to the Republic of Ireland on 21 September 1949 at Goodison Park. A 6–3 loss in 1953 to Hungary, was their second defeat to foreign team at Wembley. In the return match in Budapest, Hungary won 7–1. This still stands as England's worst ever defeat. After the game, a bewildered Syd Owen said, "it was like playing men from outer space".

In the 1954 World Cup, two goals by Ivor Broadis saw him become the first England player to score two goals in a game at the World Cup finals. He beat Nat Lofthouse by 30 minutes when both scored 2 each in a thrilling 4–4 draw against Belgium. After reaching the quarter-finals for the first time, England lost 4–2 to Uruguay.

Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as England's first ever full-time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963. The 1966 World Cup was hosted in England and Ramsey guided England to victory with a 4–2 win against West Germany after extra time in the final, during which Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick. England qualified for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico as reigning cup holders. They reached the quarter-finals but were knocked out by West Germany. England had been 2–0 up but were eventually beaten 3–2 after extra time. They failed in qualification for the 1974, leading to Alf Ramsey's dismissal, and 1978 World Cups. Under Ron Greenwood they managed to qualify for the 1982 World Cup in Spain (the first time competitively since 1962), but were eliminated from a second qualifying round comprising further group matches without losing a game all tournament. The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup, losing 2–1 to Argentina in a game made famous by two goals by Maradona for very contrasting reasons, before losing every match at the Euro 88 tournament. They next went on to achieve their second best result in the 1990 World Cup by finishing fourth – losing again to West Germany in a semi-final finishing 1–1 after extra time, then 3–4 in England's first penalty shoot-out. Despite finishing fourth the members of the England team were given bronze medals identical to the Italians. The England team of 1990 were welcomed home as heroes and thousands of people lined the streets for a spectacular open-top bus parade.

The 1990s saw four England managers, each in the role for a relatively brief period. Graham Taylor was Robson's successor, but left after England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. At Euro 96, held in England, Terry Venables led England to their best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semifinals. He resigned following investigations into his financial activities and his successor, Glenn Hoddle, similarly left the job for non-footballing reasons after just one international tournament – the 1998 World Cup — in which England were eliminated in the second round again by Argentina and again on penalties (after a 2–2 draw). Following Hoddle's departure, Kevin Keegan took England to Euro 2000, but performances were disappointing and he resigned shortly afterwards.

Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge of the team between 2001 and 2006 and was the first non-English manager of England. Despite controversial press coverage of his personal life, Eriksson was consistently popular with the majority of fans. He guided England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup and 2006 World Cup. He lost only five competitive matches during his tenure and England rose to a No.4 world ranking under his guidance. His contract was extended by the Football Association by two years, however it was terminated by them at the 2006 World Cup's conclusion.

Steve McClaren was appointed as head coach. His reign yielded little success, with England failing to qualify for Euro 2008. McClaren was sacked unanimously by The Football Association on 22 November 2007 after only 16 months in charge. This made him the shortest-lasting full-time England manager since the inauguration of the post in 1946. He was replaced on 14 December 2007 by the former Real Madrid and FC Juventus manager Fabio Capello. Capello took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland, in which England won 2–1. Under Capello, England won all but one of their qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup. A 5–1 victory over Croatia at Wembley ensured the team qualified for the final tournament with two games to spare, a feat that had never been achieved before.

At the 2010 World Cup itself England drew their opening two games leading to questions about the team's spirit, tactics and ability to handle pressure. They progressed to the next round, where they were beaten 4–1 by Germany, their heaviest defeat in a World Cup.

In February 2012, Fabio Capello resigned from his role as England manager, following a disagreement with the FA over their request to remove John Terry from team captaincy after accusations of racial abuse concerning the player. On 1 May 2012, Roy Hodgson was announced as the new manager, just six weeks before Euro 2012. England managed to finish top of their group, winning two and drawing one of their fixtures, but exited the Championships in the quarter-finals with yet another penalty shoot-out defeat, this time to Italy.

Team image

Media coverage

All England matches are broadcast with full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. From the 2008–09 season until the 2017–18 season, England's home and away qualifiers, and friendlies both home and away are broadcast live on ITV. England's away qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup were shown on Setanta Sports until that company's collapse. As a result of Setanta Sports's demise, England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on 10 October 2009 was shown in the UK on a pay-per-view basis via the internet only. This one-off event was the first time an England game had been screened in such a way. The number of subscribers, paying between £4.99 and £11.99 each, was estimated at between 250,000 and 300,000 and the total number of viewers at around 500,000.

Colours

England's traditional home colours are white shirts, navy blue shorts and white or black socks. The team has periodically worn an all-white kit. Adidas, Umbro and Admiral have been the main designer of the England kits, although Nike took over as kit supplier in 2013.

Although England's first away kits were blue, England's traditional away colours are red shirts, white shorts and red socks. In 1996, England's away kit was changed to grey shirts, shorts and socks. This kit was only worn three times, including against Germany in the semi-final of Euro 96 but the deviation from the traditional red was unpopular with supporters and the England away kit remained red until 2011, when a navy blue away kit was introduced. The away kit is also sometimes worn during home matches, when a new edition has been released to promote it.

England have occasionally had a third kit. At the 1970 World Cup England wore a third kit with pale blue shirts, shorts and socks against Czechoslovakia. They had a kit similar to Brazil's, with yellow shirts, yellow socks and blue shorts which they wore in the summer of 1973. For the World Cup in 1986 England had a third kit of pale blue, imitating that worn in Mexico sixteen years before and England retained pale blue third kits until 1992, but they were rarely used.

WC 1950		WC 1954		WC 1958		WC 1962
Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Home/Away	Away
vs Chile and Spain	vs United States	All the matches	not used	All the matches	not used	vs Argentina	vs Bulgaria	vs Hungary
WC 1966			Euro 1968	WC 1970			Euro 1980
Home	Home 2	Away	Home	Home	Third	Away	Home
vs Uruguay, Mexico, France and Portugal	vs Argentina	vs West Germany	vs Yugoslavia and USSR	vs Romania and Brazil	vs Czechoslovakia	vs West Germany	All the matches
WC 1982		WC 1986			Euro 1988	WC 1990 and Euro 1992
Home	Away	Home	Home 2	Away	Home	Home	Away
vs Czechoslovakia, Kuwait and Spain	vs West Germany and France	vs all except Argentina	vs Argentina	not used	All the matches	All the matches	not used
Euro 1996		WC 1998			Euro 2000		WC 2002
Home	Away	Home	Home 2	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
vs all except Germany	vs Germany	vs Tunisia and Romania	vs Argentina	vs Colombia	vs Romania and Portugal	vs Germany	vs Sweden, Denmark and Brazil	vs Argentina and Nigeria
Euro 2004		WC 2006		WC 2010		Euro 2012
Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
vs all except Croatia	vs Croatia	vs all except Sweden	vs Sweden	vs United States and Algeria	vs Slovenia and Germany	vs all except Sweden	vs Sweden

Home stadium

For the first fifty years of their existence, England played their home matches all around the country. They initially used cricket grounds before later moving on to football clubs' stadiums. The original Empire Stadium was built in Wembley, London, for the British Empire Exhibition. England played their first match at the stadium in 1924 against Scotland and for the next 27 years Wembley was used as a venue for matches against Scotland only. The stadium later became known simply as Wembley Stadium and it became England's permanent home stadium during the 1950s. This stadium was demolished in 2001 and work began to completely rebuild it. During this time, England played at a number of different venues across the country, though by the time of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers this had largely settled down to having Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium as the primary venue, with Newcastle United's St. James' Park used on occasions where Old Trafford was unavailable. They returned to the new Wembley Stadium in 2007. The stadium is now owned by the Football Association via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited.

Coaching staff

Manager	Roy Hodgson
Assistant manager	Ray Lewington
First Team Coach	Gary Neville
Goalkeeping coach	Dave Watson
Fitness Coach	Chris Neville
Kitman	Tom McKechnie
Masseur	Mark Sertori
Physiotherapist	Gary Lewin
Other staff	Dan Hitch Roger Narbett Steve Slattery Lewis Kelton Rod Thornley Ian Beasley Aaron Lucas

Players

For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see England international footballers

Current squad

The following players have been called up to the squad for the friendly matches against Chile on 15 November 2013 and Germany on 19 November 2013.

Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2013.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Joe Hart	(1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 (age 37)	38	0	Manchester City
	1GK	John Ruddy	(1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 (age 38)	1	0	Norwich City
	1GK	Fraser Forster	(1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36)	1	0	Celtic
	2DF	Ashley Cole	(1980-12-20) 20 December 1980 (age 44)	106	0	Chelsea
	2DF	Glen Johnson	(1984-08-23) 23 August 1984 (age 40)	49	1	Liverpool
	2DF	Phil Jagielka	(1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 42)	24	1	Everton
	2DF	Leighton Baines	(1984-12-11) 11 December 1984 (age 40)	22	1	Everton
	2DF	Gary Cahill	(1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 (age 39)	22	2	Chelsea
	2DF	Kyle Walker	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 34)	10	0	Tottenham Hotspur
	2DF	Chris Smalling	(1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 (age 35)	9	0	Manchester United
	2DF	Phil Jones	(1992-02-21) 21 February 1992 (age 32)	9	0	Manchester United
	2DF	Kieran Gibbs	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35)	3	0	Arsenal
	3MF	Steven Gerrard	(1980-05-30) 30 May 1980 (age 44)	108	21	Liverpool
	3MF	Frank Lampard	(1978-06-20) 20 June 1978 (age 46)	103	29	Chelsea
	3MF	James Milner	(1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 39)	44	1	Manchester City
	3MF	Jack Wilshere	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 33)	14	0	Arsenal
	3MF	Tom Cleverley	(1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35)	13	0	Manchester United
	3MF	Andros Townsend	(1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 33)	4	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	3MF	Jordan Henderson	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)	7	0	Liverpool
	3MF	Ross Barkley	(1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 31)	3	0	Everton
	3MF	Adam Lallana	(1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 36)	2	0	Southampton
	4FW	Wayne Rooney	(1985-10-24) 24 October 1985 (age 39)	88	38	Manchester United
	4FW	Jermain Defoe	(1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 42)	55	19	Toronto
	4FW	Daniel Sturridge	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35)	9	2	Liverpool
	4FW	Rickie Lambert	(1982-02-16) 16 February 1982 (age 42)	4	2	Southampton
	4FW	Jay Rodriguez	(1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 35)	1	0	Southampton

Recent callups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ben Foster	(1983-04-03) 3 April 1983 (age 41)	6	0	West Bromwich Albion	v.  Scotland, 14 August 2013
GK	Alex McCarthy	(1989-12-03) 3 December 1989 (age 35)	0	0	Reading	v.  Brazil, 2 June 2013
GK	Jack Butland	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Stoke City	v.  Brazil, 6 February 2013
DF	Steven Caulker	(1991-12-29) 29 December 1991 (age 33)	1	1	Cardiff City	v.  Moldova, 6 September 2013
DF	Joleon Lescott	(1982-08-16) 16 August 1982 (age 42)	26	1	Manchester City	v.  Brazil, 2 June 2013
DF	Steven Taylor	(1986-01-23) 23 January 1986 (age 38)	0	0	Newcastle United	v.  Montenegro, 26 March 2013
DF	Michael Dawson	(1983-11-18) 18 November 1983 (age 41)	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	v.  San Marino, 22 March 2013
MF	Michael Carrick	(1981-07-28) 28 July 1981 (age 43)	31	0	Manchester United	v.  Chile, 15 November 2013
MF	Raheem Sterling	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 30)	1	0	Liverpool	v.  Montenegro, 11 October 2013
MF	Ashley Young	(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 39)	30	7	Manchester United	v.  Ukraine, 10 September 2013
MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 31)	13	3	Arsenal	v.  Scotland, 14 August 2013
MF	Jack Rodwell	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33)	3	0	Manchester City	v.  Brazil, 2 June 2013
MF	Scott Parker	(1980-10-13) 13 October 1980 (age 44)	18	0	Fulham	v.  Montenegro, 26 March 2013
MF	Leon Osman	(1981-05-17) 17 May 1981 (age 43)	2	0	Everton	v.  Montenegro, 26 March 2013
MF	Aaron Lennon	(1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 37)	21	0	Tottenham Hotspur	v.  San Marino, 22 March 2013
FW	Danny Welbeck	(1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 34)	20	8	Manchester United	v.  Chile, 15 November 2013
FW	Theo Walcott	(1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 (age 35)	36	5	Arsenal	v.  Ukraine, 10 September 2013
FW	Wilfried Zaha	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 32)	2	0	Manchester United	v.  Scotland, 14 August 2013
FW	Andy Carroll	(1989-01-06) 6 January 1989 (age 36)	9	2	West Ham United	v.  Republic of Ireland, 29 May 2013

Previous squads

Results and fixtures

2013

6 February 2013 Friendly	England	2 – 1	Brazil	London, England
19:30 GMT	Rooney 27' Lampard 60'	Report	Fred 48' Ronaldinho 19'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,453
Note: The first time England defeated Brazil since 1990, when England beat Brazil 1–0 at Wembley.

22 March 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying	San Marino	0 – 8	England	Serravalle, San Marino
20:00 GMT		Report	Della Valle 12' (o.g.) Oxlade-Chamberlain 28' Defoe 35', 77' Young 39' Lampard 42' Rooney 54' Sturridge 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 4,952 Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
Note: England's biggest victory since they defeated Turkey 8–0 in 1987

26 March 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Montenegro	1 – 1	England	Podgorica, Montenegro
20:00 GMT	Damjanović 77'	Report	Rooney 6'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

29 May 2013 Friendly	England	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	London, England
20:00 BST	Lampard 23'	Report	Long 13'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 80,126 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

2 June 2013 Friendly	Brazil	2 – 2	England	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20:00 BST	Fred 56' Paulinho 82'	Report	Oxlade-Chamberlain 66' Rooney 78'	Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: 66,015 Referee: Wilmar Roldan (Colombia)

14 August 2013 Friendly	England	3 – 2	Scotland	London, England
20:00 BST	Walcott 29' Welbeck 53' Lambert 70'	Report	Morrison 11' Miller 49'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

6 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying	England	4 – 0	Moldova	London, England
20:00 BST	Gerrard 12' Lambert 27' Welbeck 45+1', 50'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 61,607 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

10 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Ukraine	0 – 0	England	Kiev, Ukraine
21:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 69,890 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

11 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying	England	4 – 1	Montenegro	London, England
20:00 UTC+1	Rooney 49' Bošković 62' (o.g.) Townsend 78' Sturridge 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Damjanović 71'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 83,807 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

15 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying	England	2 – 0	Poland	London, England
20:00 UTC+1	Rooney 41' Gerrard 88'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,186 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

15 November 2013 Friendly	England	0 – 2	Chile	London, England
			Sánchez 7', 90+4'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Note: Roy Hodgson's first home loss in charge of England.

19 November 2013 Friendly	England	0 – 1	Germany	London, England
			Mertesacker 39'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85 934 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

2014

5 March 2014 Friendly	England	v	Denmark	London, England
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

30 May 2014 Friendly	England	v	Peru	London, England
20:00 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

4 June 2014 Friendly	England	v	Ecuador	Miami, USA
15:00 EDT				Stadium: Sun Life Stadium

7 June 2014 Friendly	England	v	Honduras	Miami, USA
16:45 EDT				Stadium: Sun Life Stadium

14 June 2014 FIFA World Cup D	England	v	Italy	Manaus, Brazil
				Stadium: Arena Amazônia

19 June 2014 FIFA World Cup D	Uruguay	v	England	São Paulo, Brazil
				Stadium: Arena de São Paulo

24 June 2014 FIFA World Cup D	Costa Rica	v	England	Belo Horizonte Brazil
				Stadium: Estádio Mineirão

07 September 2014 Friendly	England	v	France	London, England
				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

11 September 2014 Friendly	France	v	England	Paris, France
				Stadium: Parces de Princes

Records

Most capped players

Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked with the highest to lowest goals per game ratio.

Competitive record

For the all-time record of the national team against opposing nations, see the team's all-time record page

FIFA World Cup

England first appeared at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and have appeared in 13 FIFA World Cups, tied for sixth-best. The national team is one of eight national teams to have won at least one FIFA World Cup title. The England team won their first and only World Cup title in 1966. The tournament was played on home soil and England defeated Germany 4–2 in the final match. In 1990, England finished in fourth place, losing 2–1 to host nation Italy in the third place play-off. This after losing on penalties to champions Germany in the semi-final. The team has also reached the quarter final on two recent occasions in 2002 and 2006. Previously, they reached this stage in 1954, 1962, 1970 and 1986.

The team's worst result in the competition was a Round of 16 elimination in 1998 and 2010. In 1998, the team suffered a loss to Argentina and Romania, and departed the tournament nearly a fortnight before the final. In 2010, England suffered its worst WC defeat (4–1) to Germany in the Round of 16, after drawing with the United States and Algeria, and defeating Slovenia 1–0 in the group stage. In both 1950 and 1958, the team exited the competition at the first group stage: In 1950, four teams remained after the first round and in 1958 eight teams remained.

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record							Manager(s)
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter									–	–	–	–	–	–
1934										–	–	–	–	–	–
1938										–	–	–	–	–	–
1950	Group Stage	8th	3	1	0	2	2	2		3	3	0	0	14	3		Winterbottom
1954	Quarter-final	6th	3	1	1	1	8	8		3	3	0	0	11	4		Winterbottom
1958	Group Stage	11th	4	0	3	1	4	5		4	3	1	0	15	5		Winterbottom
1962	Quarter-final	8th	4	1	1	2	5	6		4	3	1	0	16	2		Winterbottom
1966	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	11	3		Qualified as Hosts							Ramsey
1970	Quarter-final	8th	4	2	0	2	4	4		Qualified as defending champions							Ramsey
1974	Did Not Qualify									4	1	2	1	3	4		Ramsey
1978										6	5	0	1	15	4		Revie
1982	2nd Group Stage	6th	5	3	2	0	6	1		8	4	1	3	13	8		Greenwood
1986	Quarter-final	8th	5	2	1	2	7	3		8	4	4	0	21	2		Robson
1990	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	3	1	8	6		6	3	3	0	10	0		Robson
1994	Did Not Qualify									10	5	3	2	26	9		Taylor
1998	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	7	4		8	6	1	1	15	2		Hoddle
2002	Quarter-final	6th	5	2	2	1	6	3		8	5	2	1	16	6		Keegan, Wilkinson, Eriksson
2006	Quarter-final	7th	5	3	2	0	6	2		10	8	1	1	17	5		Eriksson
2010	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	3	5		10	9	0	1	34	6		Capello
2014	Qualified									10	6	4	0	31	4		Hodgson
2018	To be determined
2022
Total	1 title	13/19	59	26	19	14	77	52		93	63	19	11	230	60

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

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

****England played all of their 2002 matches in Japan.

UEFA European Championship

England is quite a successful nation at the UEFA European Football Championship, having finished in third place in 1968 and reached the semi final in 1996. England hosted Euro '96 and have appeared in eight UEFA European Championship Finals tournaments, tied for ninth-best. The team has also reached the quarter final on two recent occasions in 2004 and 2012. The team's worst result in the competition was a first-round elimination in 1988, 1992 and 2000.

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualification record							Manager(s)
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did Not Enter
1964	Did Not Qualify									2	0	1	1	3	6		Winterbottom, Ramsey
1968	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	2	1		8	6	1	1	18	6		Ramsey
1972	Did Not Qualify									8	5	2	1	16	6		Ramsey
1976										6	3	2	1	11	3		Revie
1980	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	3		8	7	1	0	22	5		Greenwood
1984	Did Not Qualify									8	5	2	1	23	3		Robson
1988	Group Stage	7th	3	0	0	3	2	7		6	5	1	0	19	1		Robson
1992	Group Stage	7th	3	0	2	1	1	2		6	3	3	0	7	3		Taylor
1996	Semi-finals	3rd	5	2	3	0	8	3		Qualified as hosts							Venables
2000	Group Stage	11th	3	1	0	2	5	6		10	4	4	2	16	5		Hoddle, Keegan
2004	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	10	6		8	6	2	0	14	5		Eriksson
2008	Did Not Qualify									12	7	2	3	24	7		McClaren
2012	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	5	3		8	5	3	0	17	5		Capello, Hodgson
Total	Best: Third Place	8/14	27	9	9	9	36	31		90	56	24	10	190	55

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1964 Taça de Nações	Group stage	3rd	3	0	1	2	2	7
1976 USA Bicentennial Cup Tournament	Group stage	2nd	3	2	0	1	6	4
1985 Rous Cup	One match	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament	Group stage	3rd	2	0	0	2	1	3
1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament	Group stage	2nd	2	1	0	1	3	1
1986 Rous Cup	Winners, one match	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1987 Rous Cup	Group stage	2nd	2	0	2	0	1	1
1988 Rous Cup	Winners, group stage	1st	2	1	1	0	2	1
1989 Rous Cup	Winners, group stage	1st	2	1	1	0	2	0
1991 England Challenge Cup	Winners, group stage	1st	2	1	1	0	5	3
1993 U.S. Cup	Group stage	4th	3	0	1	2	2	5
1995 Umbro Cup	Group stage	2nd	3	1	1	1	6	7
1997 Tournoi de France	Winners, group stage	1st	3	2	0	1	3	1
1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament	Group stage	2nd	2	1	1	0	1	0
2004 FA Summer Tournament	Winners, group stage	1st	2	1	1	0	7	2
Total		6 titles	55	25	17	13	74	47

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Major:

File:W.Cup.svg FIFA World Cup

Winners (1): 1966

Fourth place (1): 1990

UEFA European Championship

Third place (1): 1968

Semi-final (1): 1996

Regional:

• British Home Championship

Winners (54): (including 20 shared)

Runners-up (24): (including 7 shared)

• Rous Cup:

Winners (3): 1986, 1988, 1989

Runners-up (2): 1985, 1987

Minor:

• Tournament of France

Winners (1): 1997

• Hassan II Trophy

Runners-up (1): 1998

• England Challenge Cup

Winners (1): 1991

Other:

• FIFA Fair Play Trophy:

Winners (2): 1990, 1998

Unofficial:

• "'Unofficial Football World Championships:

Matches as Champion: 88

Reigns as Champion: 21

See also

• United Kingdom national football team
• Great Britain Olympic football team

Notes

References

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2. "England Match No. 1 – Scotland – 30 November 1872 – Match Summary and Report". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
3. Hart, Tim (12 June 2010). "England v USA: 1950 World Cup win over the Three Lions lives long in the memory". The Daily Telegraph. London.
4. Goodbody, John (22 November 2003). "Football's November revolution: Magnificent Magyars storm England's Wembley fortress". The Times. London. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
5. Owen Gibson (21 June 2010). "Rifts appear as players grow tired of Capello regime". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
6. "Fabio Capello quits as England manager after meeting with FA". BBC. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
7. "BBC Sport – Roy Hodgson appointed England manager by FA". BBC. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
8. McNulty, Phil (24 June 2012). "England 0-0 Italy (2-4 on pens)". Retrieved 20 November 2013.
9. Owen Gibson (11 October 2009). "Meltdown averted as England match draws online audience of 500,000". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
10. "Team". The Football Association. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
11. Allen, Neil (25 May 2012). "Pompey coach earns England call-up". The News (Portsmouth). Retrieved 1 June 2012.
12. Taylor, Daniel (5 June 2006). "Baden-Baden backroom battalion outnumber the players on today's plane to Germany". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
13. Fifield, Dominic (20 May 2010). "England back-up staff boosted by arrival of David Beckham's masseur". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
14. "FA rub off major coup as Arsenal's top physio Gary Lewin's joins England full-time". Daily Mail. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
15. Telegraph staff and agencies (4 December 2008). "England appoint Arsenal doctor Ian Beasley". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
16. Keegan and Wilkinson managed one qualifying match each: Eriksson managed the remainder of qualification and the finals campaign.
17. England were defeated by France in a two-legged elimination round. Ramsey took over from Winterbottom between the two legs.
18. Although England did not qualify for the finals, they reached the last eight of the competition. Only the last four teams progressed to the finals.
19. Hoddle managed the first three qualifiers, while Keegan managed the remainder of qualification and the finals campaign.
20. Capello managed the qualification campaign. He resigned before the tournament and was replaced by Hodgson.

External links

• Official website at the FA's website
• englandstats.com – England statistics since 1872
• England football online
• IFFHS Archive: 1872–1900, 1901–1910, 1911–1920
• England at the World Cups
• England Teams at World Cups
• England: Head-to-Head Records at World Cups
• Complete Results and Line-Ups

England squads – FIFA World Cup

v t e England squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup GK Ditchburn GK Williams DF Aston DF Eckersley DF Ramsey DF Scott DF Taylor DF Wright (c) MF Baily MF Cockburn MF Dickinson MF Hughes MF Nicholson MF Watson FW Bentley FW Finney FW Mannion FW Matthews FW Milburn FW Mortensen FW Mullen Coach: Winterbottom v t e England squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup 1 Merrick 2 Staniforth 3 Byrne 4 Wright (c) 5 Owen 6 Dickinson 7 Matthews 8 Broadis 9 Lofthouse 10 Taylor 11 Finney 12 Burgin 13 Green 14 McGarry 15 Wilshaw 16 Quixall 17 Mullen 18 Chilton 19 Armstrong 20 Jezzard 21 Haynes 22 Hooper Coach: Winterbottom v t e England squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 McDonald 2 Howe 3 Banks 4 Clamp 5 Wright (c) 6 Slater 7 Douglas 8 Robson 9 Kevan 10 Haynes 11 Finney 12 Hopkinson 13 Hodgkinson 14 Sillett 15 Clayton 16 Norman 17 Brabrook 18 Broadbent 19 Smith 20 Charlton 21 A'Court 22 Setters Coach: Winterbottom v t e England squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Springett 2 Armfield 3 Wilson 4 Robson 5 Swan 6 Flowers 7 Connelly 8 Greaves 9 Hitchens 10 Haynes (c) 11 Charlton 12 Hodgkinson 13 Kevan 14 Anderson 15 Norman 16 Moore 17 Douglas 18 Hunt 19 Peacock 20 Eastham 21 Howe 22 Adamson Coach: Winterbottom v t e England squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup winners (1st title) 1 Banks 2 Cohen 3 Wilson 4 Stiles 5 J. Charlton 6 Moore (c) 7 Ball 8 Greaves 9 B. Charlton 10 Hurst 11 Connelly 12 Springett 13 Bonetti 14 Armfield 15 Byrne 16 Peters 17 Flowers 18 Hunter 19 Paine 20 Callaghan 21 Hunt 22 Eastham Coach: Ramsey v t e England squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Banks 2 Newton 3 Cooper 4 Mullery 5 Labone 6 Moore (c) 7 Lee 8 Ball 9 B. Charlton 10 Hurst 11 Peters 12 Bonetti 13 Stepney 14 Wright 15 Stiles 16 Hughes 17 J. Charlton 18 Hunter 19 Bell 20 Osgood 21 Clarke 22 Astle Coach: Ramsey v t e England squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Clemence 2 Anderson 3 Brooking 4 Butcher 5 Coppell 6 Foster 7 Keegan 8 Francis 9 Hoddle 10 McDermott 11 Mariner 12 Mills (c) 13 Corrigan 14 Neal 15 Rix 16 Robson 17 Sansom 18 Thompson 19 Wilkins 20 Withe 21 Woodcock 22 Shilton Coach: Greenwood v t e England squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Shilton 2 G.M. Stevens 3 Sansom 4 Hoddle 5 Martin 6 Butcher 7 Br. Robson (c) 8 Wilkins 9 Hateley 10 Lineker 11 Waddle 12 Anderson 13 Woods 14 Fenwick 15 G.A. Stevens 16 Reid 17 Steven 18 Hodge 19 Barnes 20 Beardsley 21 Dixon 22 Bailey Coach: Bo. Robson v t e England squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup fourth place 1 Shilton 2 Stevens 3 Pearce 4 Webb 5 Walker 6 Butcher 7 Br. Robson (c) 8 Waddle 9 Beardsley 10 Lineker 11 Barnes 12 Parker 13 Woods 14 Wright 15 Dorigo 16 McMahon 17 Platt 18 Hodge 19 Gascoigne 20 Steven 21 Bull 22 Seaman / Beasant  Coach: Bo. Robson Beasant replaced Seaman after England's first match. v t e England squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Seaman 2 Campbell 3 Le Saux 4 Ince 5 Adams 6 Southgate 7 Beckham 8 Batty 9 Shearer (c) 10 Sheringham 11 McManaman 12 Neville 13 Martyn 14 Anderton 15 Merson 16 Scholes 17 Lee 18 Keown 19 L. Ferdinand 20 Owen 21 R. Ferdinand 22 Flowers Coach: Hoddle v t e England squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Seaman 2 Mills 3 A. Cole 4 Sinclair 5 Ferdinand 6 Campbell 7 Beckham (c) 8 Scholes 9 Fowler 10 Owen 11 Heskey 12 Brown 13 Martyn 14 Bridge 15 Keown 16 Southgate 17 Sheringham 18 Hargreaves 19 J. Cole 20 Vassell 21 Butt 22 James 23 Dyer Coach: Eriksson v t e England squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Robinson 2 Neville 3 A. Cole 4 Gerrard 5 Ferdinand 6 Terry 7 Beckham (c) 8 Lampard 9 Rooney 10 Owen 11 J. Cole 12 Campbell 13 James 14 Bridge 15 Carragher 16 Hargreaves 17 Jenas 18 Carrick 19 Lennon 20 Downing 21 Crouch 22 Carson 23 Walcott Coach: Eriksson v t e England squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 James 2 Johnson 3 A. Cole 4 Gerrard (c) 5 Dawson 6 Terry 7 Lennon 8 Lampard 9 Crouch 10 Rooney 11 J. Cole 12 Green 13 Warnock 14 Barry 15 Upson 16 Milner 17 Wright-Phillips 18 Carragher 19 Defoe 20 King 21 Heskey 22 Carrick 23 Hart Coach: Capello v t e England squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Hart 2 Johnson 3 Baines 4 Gerrard (c) 5 Cahill 6 Jagielka 7 Wilshere 8 Lampard 9 Sturridge 10 Rooney 11 Welbeck 12 Smalling 13 Foster 14 Henderson 15 Oxlade-Chamberlain 16 Jones 17 Milner 18 Lambert 19 Sterling 20 Lallana 21 Barkley 22 Forster 23 Shaw Coach: Hodgson

England squads – UEFA European Championship

v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 1968 third place 1 Banks 2 Newton 3 Wilson 4 Mullery 5 Labone 6 Moore (c) 7 Ball 8 Hunt 9 B. Charlton 10 Hurst 11 Peters 12 Stepney 13 West 14 Knowles 15 J. Charlton 16 Wright 17 Stiles 18 Summerbee 19 Hunter 20 Bell 21 Greaves 22 Thompson Coach: Ramsey v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 1980 1 Clemence 2 Neal 3 Sansom 4 Thompson 5 Watson 6 Wilkins 7 Keegan (c) 8 Coppell 9 Johnson 10 Brooking 11 Woodcock 12 Anderson 13 Shilton 14 Cherry 15 Hughes 16 Mills 17 McDermott 18 Kennedy 19 Hoddle 20 Mariner 21 Birtles 22 Corrigan Coach: Greenwood v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 1988 1 Shilton 2 Stevens 3 Sansom 4 Webb 5 Watson 6 Adams 7 Br. Robson (c) 8 Steven 9 Beardsley 10 Lineker 11 Barnes 12 Waddle 13 Woods 14 Anderson 15 McMahon 16 Reid 17 Hoddle 18 Hateley 19 Wright 20 Dorigo Coach: Bo. Robson v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 1992 1 Woods 2 Curle 3 Pearce 4 Keown 5 Walker 6 Wright 7 Platt 8 Steven 9 Clough 10 Lineker (c) 11 Sinton 12 Palmer 13 Martyn 14 Dorigo 15 Webb 16 Merson 17 Smith 18 Daley 19 Batty 20 Shearer Coach: Taylor v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 1996 semi-finalists 1 Seaman 2 G. Neville 3 Pearce 4 Ince 5 Adams (c) 6 Southgate 7 Platt 8 Gascoigne 9 Shearer 10 Sheringham 11 Anderton 12 Howey 13 Flowers 14 Barmby 15 Redknapp 16 Campbell 17 McManaman 18 Ferdinand 19 P. Neville 20 Stone 21 Fowler 22 Walker Coach: Venables v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Seaman 2 G. Neville 3 P. Neville 4 Campbell 5 Adams 6 Keown 7 Beckham 8 Scholes 9 Shearer (c) 10 Owen 11 McManaman 12 Southgate 13 Martyn 14 Ince 15 Barry 16 Gerrard 17 Wise 18 Barmby 19 Heskey 20 Phillips 21 Fowler 22 Wright Coach: Keegan v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 James 2 G. Neville 3 A. Cole 4 Gerrard 5 Terry 6 Campbell 7 Beckham (c) 8 Scholes 9 Rooney 10 Owen 11 Lampard 12 Bridge 13 Robinson 14 P. Neville 15 King 16 Carragher 17 Butt 18 Hargreaves 19 J. Cole 20 Dyer 21 Heskey 22 Walker 23 Vassell Coach: Eriksson v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Hart 2 Johnson 3 Cole 4 Gerrard (c) 5 Kelly 6 Terry 7 Walcott 8 Henderson 9 Carroll 10 Rooney 11 Young 12 Baines 13 Green 14 Jones 15 Lescott 16 Milner 17 Parker 18 Jagielka 19 Downing 20 Oxlade-Chamberlain 21 Defoe 22 Welbeck 23 Butland Coach: Hodgson

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