England national football team

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England
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Three Lions
Association The Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Gareth Southgate
Captain Harry Kane
Most caps Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer Wayne Rooney (53)
Home stadium Wembley Stadium
FIFA code ENG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 6 Steady (20 September 2018)[1]
Highest 3 (August 2012[1])
Lowest 27 (February 1996[1])
Elo ranking
Current 10 Decrease 5 (16 August 2018)[2]
Highest 1 (1872–1876
1892–1911
1966–1970
1987–1988)
Lowest 17 (11 June 1995)
First international
 Scotland 0–0 England 
(Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
 England 13–0 Ireland 
(Belfast, Ireland; 31 July 1882)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 7–1 England 
(Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances 15 (first in 1950)
Best result Champions (1966)
European Championship
Appearances 9 (first in 1968)
Best result Third place (1968)

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.[3][4]

England is 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's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and their headquarters are at St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. The team's manager is Gareth Southgate. Although part of the United Kingdom, England's representative side plays in major professional tournaments, but not the Olympic Games.

Since first entering the tournament in 1950, England has qualified for the FIFA World Cup fifteen times. They won the 1966 World Cup, when they hosted the finals, and finished fourth in 1990 and 2018. Since first entering in 1964, England have never won the UEFA European Championship, with their best performances being a third place finish in 1968 and 1996, the latter as hosts.

History[edit]

Main article: History of the England national football team
The England team before playing a match against Scotland at Richmond in 1893

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.[5] Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three Home Nations—Scotland, Wales and Ireland—in the British Home Championship.

At first, 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 the team's history.[6]

Their first 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 by a foreign team at Wembley. In the return match in Budapest, Hungary won 7–1. This stands as England's largest ever defeat. After the game, a bewildered Syd Owen said, "it was like playing men from outer space".[7] In the 1954 FIFA World Cup, England reached the quarter-finals for the first time, and lost 4–2 to reigning champions Uruguay.

Queen Elizabeth II presenting England captain Bobby Moore with the Jules Rimet trophy following England's 4–2 victory over West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final

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 FIFA 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. In UEFA Euro 1968, the team reached the semi-finals for the first time, being eliminated by Yugoslavia.

England qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico as reigning champions, and reached the quarter-finals, where they 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 Ramsey's dismissal, and 1978 FIFA World Cups. Under Ron Greenwood, they managed to qualify for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain (the first time competitively since 1962); despite not losing a game, they were eliminated in the second group stage.

The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA 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 in UEFA Euro 1988. They next went on to achieve their second best result in the 1990 FIFA 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 losing to Italy in the third place play-off, 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. However, the team did not win any matches in UEFA Euro 1992, drawing with tournament winners Denmark, and later with France, before being eliminated by host nation Sweden.

The 1990s saw four England managers, each in the role for a relatively brief period. Graham Taylor was Robson's successor, but resigned after England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. At UEFA Euro 1996, held in England, Terry Venables led England, equalling their best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-finals as they did in 1968, before exiting via a penalty shoot-out loss to Germany.[8]

He resigned following investigations into his financial activities.[9] His successor, Glenn Hoddle, similarly left the job for non-footballing reasons after just one international tournament – the 1998 FIFA 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 UEFA Euro 2000, but performances were disappointing and he resigned shortly afterwards.

The England team during the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge between 2001 and 2006, and was the team's first non-English manager. He guided England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. England lost only five competitive matches during his tenure, and England rose to number four in the world ranking under his guidance. Eriksson's contract was extended by the FA by two years, to include UEFA Euro 2008, but was terminated by them aftter the 2006 World Cup.

Steve McClaren was then appointed as head coach, but after failing to qualify for Euro 2008 was sacked on 22 November 2007. The following month, he was replaced by a second foreign manager, Italian Fabio Capello, whose experience included spells at Juventus and Real Madrid.

England won all but one of their qualifying games for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but at the tournament itself, England drew their opening two games; this led to questions about the team's spirit, tactics and ability to handle pressure.[10] They progressed to the next round, however, where they were beaten 4–1 by Germany, their heaviest defeat in a World Cup finals tournament match.

In February 2012, 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.[11] Following this, there was media speculation that Harry Redknapp would take the job. However, on 1 May 2012, Roy Hodgson was announced as the new manager, just six weeks before UEFA Euro 2012.[12] England managed to finish top of their group, winning two and drawing one of their fixtures, but exited the Championships in the quarter-finals via a penalty shoot-out, this time to Italy.[13]

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, England were eliminated at the group stage for the first time since the 1958 World Cup, and the first time at a major tournament since Euro 2000.[14] England's points total of one from three matches was its worst ever in the World Cup, obtaining one point from drawing against Costa Rica in their last match.[15] England qualified for UEFA Euro 2016, with 10 wins from 10 qualifying matches,[16] but were ultimately eliminated in the Round of 16, losing 2–1 to Iceland.[17] Hodgson resigned as manager immediately,[18] and just under a month later was replaced by Sam Allardyce.[19] After only 67 days Allardyce resigned from his managerial post by mutual agreement, after alleged breach of rules of the FA, making him the shortest serving permanent England manager. However, because his sole game as England manager was a 1–0 victory against Slovakia, he left the job with a 100% win rate, the best any England manager in history has ever had.[20]

England line-up before the last match of group G against Belgium, 28 June 2018.

Gareth Southgate, then the coach of the England under-21 team, was put in temporary charge of the national team until November of that year.,[21] before being given the position on a permanent basis.[22] Under Southgate, England finished 1st in the qualifying group for the FIFA World Cup 2018, remaining unbeaten in the process.[23] At the tournament, held in Russia, England came second in their group, behind Belgium and ahead of Tunisia and debutants Panama.[24][25][26][27][28] They defeated Colombia on penalties in the first knock-out round,[29][30] and then beat Sweden 2-0 in the quarter-final to reach only their third World Cup semi-final.[31][32] In the semi-final, they were beaten 2-1 in extra time by Croatia.[33][34][35] England were beaten by Belgium, 2-0, in the third place match.[36]

Team image[edit]

Colours[edit]

England shirt for the 1966 World Cup final

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.

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 1996 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.

Umbro first agreed to manufacture the kit in 1954 and since then has supplied most of the kits, the exceptions being from 1959–1965 with Bukta and 1974–1984 with Admiral. Nike purchased Umbro in 2008 and took over as kit supplier in 2013 following their sale of the Umbro brand.[37]

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The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199.[38] In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association.[39] The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance.[40] Initially topped by a crown, this was removed in 1949 when the FA was given an official coat of arms by the College of Arms; this introduced ten Tudor roses, one for each of the regional branches of the FA.[39][41] Since 2003, England top their logo with a star to recognise their World Cup win in 1966; this was first embroidered onto the left sleeve of the home kit, and a year later was moved to its current position, first on the away shirt.[42]

Kits[edit]

Home stadium[edit]

Main article: England national football team home stadium
Wembley Stadium during a friendly match between England and Germany

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. In October 2000, the stadium closed its doors, ending with a defeat.

This stadium was demolished during the period of 2002–2003, and work began to completely rebuild it. During this time, England played at venues across the country, though by the time of the 2006 World Cup qualification, 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 when Old Trafford was unavailable.

They returned to the new Wembley Stadium in March 2007. The stadium is now owned by the Football Association, via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited.

Media coverage[edit]

All England matches are broadcast with full commentary on talkSPORT and 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 (often with the exception of STV, the ITV franchisee in central and northern Scotland). 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 United Kingdom 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.[46] In 2018, Sky Sports broadcast the England Nations League and in-season friendlies, until 2021 and ITV broadcast the Qualifiers and pre-tournament friendlies, until 2022[47].

Coaching staff[edit]

See also: England national football team manager
As of 6 December 2016
Manager England Gareth Southgate
Assistant Manager England Steve Holland
First-Team Coach England Jack Butler
Goalkeeping Coach Wales Martyn Margetson
Striker Coach Scotland Allan Russell
First-Team Doctor England Ian Beasley
Fitness Coach England Chris Neville
Masseur England Mark Sertori
Physiotherapist England Gary Lewin

Players[edit]

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

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up to the England squad for the fixtures against Croatia and Spain on 12 and 15 October 2018 respectively.[48][49]
Caps and goals correct as of: 11 September 2018, after the match against Switzerland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jordan Pickford (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 24) 11 0 England Everton
1GK Jack Butland (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 25) 9 0 England Stoke City
1GK Marcus Bettinelli (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 26) 0 0 England Fulham
1GK Alex McCarthy (1989-12-03) 3 December 1989 (age 28) 0 0 England Southampton
2DF Kyle Walker (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 28) 41 0 England Manchester City
2DF John Stones (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 24) 35 2 England Manchester City
2DF Danny Rose (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 28) 25 0 England Tottenham Hotspur
2DF Kieran Trippier (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 28) 15 1 England Tottenham Hotspur
2DF Harry Maguire (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 25) 14 1 England Leicester City
2DF Joe Gomez (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 21) 4 0 England Liverpool
2DF Trent Alexander-Arnold (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 20) 3 0 England Liverpool
2DF Ben Chilwell (1996-12-21) 21 December 1996 (age 21) 1 0 England Leicester City
2DF Lewis Dunk (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 26) 0 0 England Brighton & Hove Albion
3MF Jordan Henderson (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 28) 46 0 England Liverpool
3MF Eric Dier (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 24) 34 3 England Tottenham Hotspur
3MF Ross Barkley (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 24) 22 2 England Chelsea
3MF Harry Winks (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 22) 1 0 England Tottenham Hotspur
3MF Nathaniel Chalobah (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 23) 0 0 England Watford
3MF James Maddison (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 21) 0 0 England Leicester City
3MF Mason Mount (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 19) 0 0 England Derby County
4FW Raheem Sterling (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 23) 44 2 England Manchester City
4FW Danny Welbeck (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 27) 42 16 England Arsenal
4FW Harry Kane (captain) (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 25) 32 19 England Tottenham Hotspur
4FW Marcus Rashford (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 20) 27 5 England Manchester United
4FW Jadon Sancho (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 18) 0 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund

Recent call-ups[edit]

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Nick Pope (1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 26) 1 0 England Burnley 2018 FIFA World Cup
GK Tom Heaton (1986-04-15) 15 April 1986 (age 32) 3 0 England Burnley 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
GK Joe Hart (1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 (age 31) 75 0 England Burnley v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
GK Angus Gunn (1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 22) 0 0 England Southampton v.  Brazil, 14 November 2017
DF Luke Shaw (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 23) 8 0 England Manchester United v.  Croatia, 12 October 2018 INJ
DF James Tarkowski (1992-11-19) 19 November 1992 (age 25) 2 0 England Burnley v.  Croatia, 12 October 2018 INJ
DF Gary Cahill (1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 (age 32) 61 5 England Chelsea 2018 FIFA World Cup
DF Ashley Young (1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 33) 39 7 England Manchester United 2018 FIFA World Cup
DF Phil Jones (1992-02-21) 21 February 1992 (age 26) 27 0 England Manchester United 2018 FIFA World Cup
DF Alfie Mawson (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 24) 0 0 England Fulham v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
DF Ryan Bertrand (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 29) 19 1 England Southampton v.  Netherlands, 23 March 2018
DF Michael Keane (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 25) 4 0 England Everton v.  Brazil, 14 November 2017
MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 22) 9 0 England Chelsea v.   Switzerland, 11 September 2018
MF Fabian Delph (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 28) 16 0 England Manchester City v.   Switzerland, 11 September 2018
MF Jesse Lingard (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 25) 20 2 England Manchester United v.   Switzerland, 11 September 2018
MF Demarai Gray (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 22) 0 0 England Leicester City v.   Switzerland, 11 September 2018
MF Dele Alli (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 22) 31 3 England Tottenham Hotspur v.  Spain, 8 September 2018
MF Adam Lallana (1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 30) 34 3 England Liverpool v.  Spain, 8 September 2018
MF Jake Livermore (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 28) 7 0 England West Bromwich Albion 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Lewis Cook (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 21) 1 0 England AFC Bournemouth 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 25) 32 6 England Liverpool v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
MF Jack Wilshere (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 26) 34 2 England West Ham United v.  Netherlands, 23 March 2018
MF Jack Cork (1989-06-25) 25 June 1989 (age 29) 1 0 England Burnley v.  Brazil, 14 November 2017
FW Jamie Vardy (1987-01-11) 11 January 1987 (age 31) 26 7 England Leicester City 2018 FIFA World Cup
FW Tammy Abraham (1997-10-02) 2 October 1997 (age 21) 2 0 England Aston Villa v.  Brazil, 14 November 2017
FW Dominic Solanke (1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 21) 1 0 England Liverpool v.  Brazil, 14 November 2017

INJ Player withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
RET Player retired from the national team

Results and fixtures[edit]

Main article: England national football team results (2000–19)
Further information: 2017–18 in English football and 2018–19 in English football

2017[edit]

2018[edit]

Records[edit]

Main article: England national football team records and statistics
See also: List of England international footballers

Most capped players[edit]

Updated 9 October 2017.

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Goalkeeper Peter Shilton is the most capped player in the history of England with 125 caps.

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

# Name Career Caps Goals Position
1 Peter Shilton 1970–1990 125 0 GK
2 Wayne Rooney 2003–2016 119 53 FW
3 David Beckham 1996–2009 115 17 MF
4 Steven Gerrard 2000–2014 114 21 MF
5 Bobby Moore 1962–1973 108 2 DF
6 Ashley Cole 2001–2014 107 0 DF
7 Bobby Charlton 1958–1970 106 49 MF
Frank Lampard 1999–2014 106 29 MF
9 Billy Wright 1946–1959 105 3 DF
10 Bryan Robson 1980–1991 90 26 MF
11 Michael Owen 1998–2008 89 40 FW
12 Kenny Sansom 1979–1988 86 1 DF
13 Gary Neville 1995–2007 85 0 DF
14 Ray Wilkins 1976–1986 84 3 MF
15 Rio Ferdinand 1997–2011 81 3 DF
16 Gary Lineker 1984–1992 80 48 FW
17 John Barnes 1983–1995 79 11 MF
18 Stuart Pearce 1987–1999 78 5 DF
John Terry 2003–2012 78 6 DF
20 Terry Butcher 1980–1990 77 3 DF

Top goalscorers[edit]

Updated 9 October 2017.

Wayne Rooney is the top goalscorer in the history of England with 53 goals.

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

# Name Career Goals Caps Position Average
1 Wayne Rooney 2003–2016 53 119 FW 0.4454
2 Bobby Charlton 1958–1970 49 106 MF 0.4622
3 Gary Lineker 1984–1992 48 80 FW 0.6000
4 Jimmy Greaves 1959–1967 44 57 FW 0.7719
5 Michael Owen 1998–2008 40 89 FW 0.4494
6 Nat Lofthouse 1950–1958 30 33 FW 0.9090
Alan Shearer 1992–2000 30 63 FW 0.4762
Tom Finney 1946–1958 30 76 FW 0.3947
9 Vivian Woodward 1903–1911 29 23 FW 1.2609
Frank Lampard 1999–2014 29 106 MF 0.2735
11 Steve Bloomer 1895–1907 28 23 FW 1.2174
12 David Platt 1989–1996 27 62 MF 0.4355
13 Bryan Robson 1981–1991 26 90 MF 0.2889
14 Geoff Hurst 1965–1972 24 49 FW 0.4898
15 Stan Mortensen 1947–1953 23 25 FW 0.9200
16 Tommy Lawton 1938–1948 22 23 FW 0.9565
Peter Crouch 2005–2010 22 42 FW 0.5238
18 Mick Channon 1972–1977 21 46 FW 0.4565
Kevin Keegan 1972–1982 21 63 FW 0.3333
Steven Gerrard 2000–2014 21 114 MF 0.1842

Competitive record[edit]

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

FIFA World Cup[edit]

Main article: England at the FIFA World Cup

England first appeared at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, and have subsequently qualified for a total of 15 FIFA World Cup Finals tournaments, tied for sixth best by number of appearances. They are also tied for sixth by number of wins, alongside France and Spain. 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 West Germany 4–2 in the final. In 1990, England finished in fourth place, losing 2–1 to host nation Italy in the third place play-off, after losing on penalties to champions West Germany in the semi-final. They also finished in fourth place in 2018. The team also reached the quarter-final stage in 1954, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2002 and 2006.

England failed to qualify for the World Cup in 1974, 1978 and 1994. The team's earliest exit in the finals tournament was its elimination in the first round in 1950, 1958 and, most recently, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, after being defeated in both their opening two matches for the first time, versus Italy and Uruguay in Group D. In 1950, four teams remained after the first round, in 1958 eight teams remained and in 2014 sixteen teams remained. In 2010, England suffered its most resounding World Cup defeat, 4–1 to Germany, in the Round of 16. This after drawing with the United States and Algeria, and defeating Slovenia 1–0, in the group stage.

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place        Fourth place  

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record Manager(s)
Year Result Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member No qualification None
Italy 1934 Not a FIFA member
France 1938
Brazil 1950 Group stage 8th 3 1 0 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 14 3 Winterbottom
Switzerland 1954 Quarter-finals 7th 3 1 1 1 8 8 3 3 0 0 11 4
Sweden 1958 Group stage 11th 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 3 1 0 15 5
Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 3 1 0 16 2
England 1966 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 11 3 Qualified as hosts Ramsey
Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 0 2 4 4 Qualified as defending champions Ramsey
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 3 4
Argentina 1978 6 5 0 1 15 4 Revie
Spain 1982 Second group stage 6th 5 3 2 0 6 1 8 4 1 3 13 8 Greenwood
Mexico 1986 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 1 2 7 3 8 4 4 0 21 2 Robson
Italy 1990 Fourth Place 4th 7 3 3 1 8 6 6 3 3 0 10 0
United States 1994 Did not qualify 10 5 3 2 26 9 Taylor
France 1998 Round of 16 9th 4 2 1 1 7 4 8 6 1 1 15 2 Hoddle
South Korea Japan 2002 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 2 1 6 3 8 5 2 1 16 6 Keegan, Wilkinson, Eriksson[51]
Germany 2006 7th 5 3 2 0 6 2 10 8 1 1 17 5 Eriksson
South Africa 2010 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 3 5 10 9 0 1 34 6 Capello
Brazil 2014 Group stage 26th 3 0 1 2 2 4 10 6 4 0 31 4 Hodgson
Russia 2018 Fourth Place 4th 7 3 1 3 12 8 10 8 2 0 18 3 Allardyce, Southgate[52]
Total 1 title 15/21 69 29 21 19 91 64 108 73 24 11 271 67
*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[edit]

Main article: England at the UEFA European Championship

England's greatest achievements at the UEFA European Championship have been to finish in third place in 1968 and 1996. England hosted Euro 96, and have qualified for nine UEFA European Championship finals tournaments, tied for fourth best by number of appearances. 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 1980, 1988, 1992 and 2000. The team did not enter in 1960, and failed to qualify for the finals in 1964, 1972, 1976, 1984, and 2008.

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
France 1960 Did not enter  –  –  –  –  –  –
Spain 1964 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 3 6 Winterbottom, Ramsey[53]
Italy 1968 Third place 3rd of 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 8 6 1 1 18 6 Ramsey
Belgium 1972 Did not qualify[54] 8 5 2 1 16 6 Ramsey
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Did not qualify 6 3 2 1 11 3 Revie
Italy 1980 Group stage 6th of 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 8 7 1 0 22 5 Greenwood
France 1984 Did not qualify 8 5 2 1 23 3 Robson
West Germany 1988 Group stage 7th of 8 3 0 0 3 2 7 6 5 1 0 19 1
Sweden 1992 Group stage 7th of 8 3 0 2 1 1 2 6 3 3 0 7 3 Taylor
England 1996 Semi-finals 3rd of 16 5 2 3 0 8 3 Qualified as hosts Venables
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Group stage 11th of 16 3 1 0 2 5 6 10 4 4 2 16 5 Hoddle, Keegan[55]
Portugal 2004 Quarter-finals 5th of 16 4 2 1 1 10 6 8 6 2 0 14 5 Eriksson
Austria Switzerland 2008 Did not qualify 12 7 2 3 24 7 McClaren
Poland Ukraine 2012 Quarter-finals 5th of 16 4 2 2 0 5 3 8 5 3 0 17 5 Capello, Hodgson[56]
France 2016 Round of 16 12th of 24 4 1 2 1 4 4 10 10 0 0 31 3 Hodgson
Europe 2020 To be determined Gareth Southgate
Total Third place (x2) 9/15 31 10 11 10 40 35 96 62 24 10 208 58
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Minor tournaments[edit]

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Brazil 1964 Taça de Nações Group stage 3rd 3 0 1 2 2 7
United States 1976 USA Bicentennial Cup Tournament Group stage 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 4
Scotland 1985 Rous Cup One match 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Mexico 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament Group stage 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 3
Mexico 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament Group stage 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 1
England 1986 Rous Cup Winners, one match 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
England Scotland 1987 Rous Cup Group stage 2nd 2 0 2 0 1 1
England Scotland 1988 Rous Cup Winners, group stage 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1
England Scotland 1989 Rous Cup Winners, group stage 1st 2 1 1 0 2 0
England 1991 England Challenge Cup Winners, group stage 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3
United States 1993 U.S. Cup Group stage 4th 3 0 1 2 2 5
England 1995 Umbro Cup Group stage 2nd 3 1 1 1 6 7
France 1997 Tournoi de France Winners, group stage 1st 3 2 0 1 3 1
Morocco 1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament Group stage 2nd 2 1 1 0 1 0
England 2004 FA Summer Tournament Winners, group stage 1st 2 1 1 0 7 2
Total 6 titles 33 12 10 11 43 37
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours and achievements[edit]

The England squad (red) which won the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany

Major:

FIFA World Cup
Winners: 1966
Fourth place: 1990, 2018
UEFA European Championship
Winners:
Third place: 1968, 1996

Regional:

Winners (54): (including 20 shared)
Winners: 1986, 1988, 1989

Other:

Winners: 1990, 1998

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Croatia v England match will be played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Croatia for racist behaviour in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home match against Italy.[50]

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  51. ^ Kevin Keegan and Howard Wilkinson managed one qualifying match each: Eriksson managed the remainder of qualification and the finals campaign.
  52. ^ Sam Allardyce managed one qualifying match: Gareth Southgate managed the remainder of the qualification and the finals campaign.
  53. ^ England were defeated by France in a two-legged elimination round. Ramsey took over from Winterbottom between the two legs.
  54. ^ 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.
  55. ^ Hoddle managed the first three qualifiers, while Keegan managed the remainder of qualification and the finals campaign.
  56. ^ Capello managed the qualification campaign. He resigned before the tournament and was replaced by Hodgson.

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