England national football team

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England
Nickname(s)	The Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Fabio Capello
Asst coach	Italo Galbiati
Captain	TBA
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	ENG
FIFA ranking	9
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (December 1997/September 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	27 (February 1996)
Elo ranking	8
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1872-1876 1892-1911 1966-1970 1987-1988)
Lowest Elo ranking	17 (1928)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1950)
Best result	Winners, 1966
European Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1968)
Best result	1968: Third, 1996 Semi-finals

The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Although most national teams worldwide represent a sovereign state, the four "Home Nations" making up the United Kingdom are each represented separately in most international tournaments.

England are one of the more successful footballing teams, being one of only seven countries to ever win the FIFA World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany 4-2 in extra time in 1966 to win their first, and only, World Cup title. However, since 1966, they have never made it past the semi-finals. Nevertheless they remain a prominent team on the global stage, rarely dropping outside of the top ten rankings of both FIFA and ELO. England also reached the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship in 1968 and 1996. They were the most successful of the "home nations", in the British Home Championship with 54 wins (including 20 shared wins) before the competition was suspended in 1984.

Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland, who were their opponents in the first-ever international football match in 1872.^[1] Since regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s, other rivalries have become more prominent.^[2] Matches with Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium in London.

Contents 1 History 2 Home stadium 3 Media coverage 4 Colours 4.1 Home Colours 4.2 Away Colours 4.3 Third Kit 5 Fixtures & Results 5.1 FIFA World Cup qualification 5.2 Other matches 6 England squad 6.1 Most recent squad 6.2 Recent callups 6.3 Coaching staff 6.4 Previous squads 7 Competition history 7.1 FIFA World Cup record 7.2 European Championship record 7.3 Minor tournaments 8 Player history 8.1 Notable past players 8.2 Most capped players 8.3 Top goalscorers 8.4 Managers 9 England fans' Player of the Year 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

[edit] History

Main article: History of the England national football team

The England national football team is the joint oldest in the world, formed at the same time as Scotland. England played their first international match against Scotland, and at Scotland's invitation, at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland on 30 November 1872.^[3] Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three "Home Nations" - Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The games were made competitive with the British Home Championship from 1883 to 1984.

Before Wembley was opened, England had no permanent home ground. England joined FIFA in 1906, playing its first ever game outside the British Isles in 1908. However, the relationship between the two were strained, resulting in the British nations' departure from FIFA in 1928, before rejoining in 1946. As a result, England did not compete in a World Cup until 1950, in which they were beaten in a 1-0 defeat against the United States, failing to get past the first round. England's first ever defeat on home soil to a non-UK team was a 0-2 loss to Ireland on September 21, 1949 at Goodison Park, Liverpool. A 6-3 loss in 1953 to Hungary was England's first ever defeat to a non-UK team at Wembley.

Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as the first ever full time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963. Under Ramsey, England experienced its greatest ever success, winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final against West Germany 4-2 after extra time. Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick in the final. The 1966 World Cup was also held in England. Though England lost again to the Auld Enemy Scotland only a year later with a famous 3-2 for the Scots at Wembley. England qualified for the 1970 FIFA 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. For the 1974 and 1978 World Cups, England failed to qualify. In 1982, England under Ron Greenwood qualified for 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain after a 12-year absence and were eliminated from the second round without losing a match. The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup and finished fourth in the tournament four years later, which was the best performance in the World Cup since 1966.

Graham Taylor's short reign as Robson's successor ended after his England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but then the 1996 European Championships were held in England, and under new coach Terry Venables the team had its best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-final. The England team of the 1990s and 2000s has been consistently in football's top twenty countries, but hasn't progressed beyond the quarter finals of any international tournament apart from Italia 90 and Euro 96. 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, England enjoyed considerable success in the 2006 World Cup under his guidance, and was rated the 6th best team in the world.

Steve McClaren was appointed as the head coach following the 2006 World Cup. The reign was marked with little success, with England failing to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. McClaren left on 22 November 2007, after only 16 months in charge and making him the shortest tenured full time England manager ever since the inauguration of the post in 1946. He was replaced by the former Real Madrid and AC Milan manager Fabio Capello. The Italian is the second foreign manager to coach England, after Eriksson, and took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland. England won 2-1. Since then Capello has also managed England in games against France, USA and Trinidad & Tobago. England lost 1-0 to France, won 2-0 against the USA and 3-0 against T&T. His next game is against the Czech Republic.

[edit] Home stadium

For the first 50 years of its existence, England played its home matches all around the country; for the first few years it used cricket grounds, before later moving on to football clubs' stadiums. England played their first match at Wembley Stadium in 1924 against Scotland, but for the next 27 years only used Wembley as a venue for Scotland matches.

The Wembley Stadium is a stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. It is owned by The Football Association (FA) via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited, and its primary use is for home games of the England national football team, and the main English domestic football finals.

[edit] Media coverage

England home matches (both qualifiers and friendlies) are shown live on BBC One. Live coverage of away matches is sold by the host team (ie. England's opposition who are at home) for both qualifiers and friendlies, although it tends be either the BBC or Sky Sports that purchases the rights to these matches.

From the 2008/09 season, England's home qualifiers will be shown live on ITV with away qualifiers and home friendlies being shown live on Setanta Sports. Away friendlies will again be sold by the home team. In Australia, Setanta Sports will broadcast all of England's home internationals from August 2008.

All matches are broadcast with full commentary on BBC Radio Five Live.

[edit] Colours

[edit] Home Colours

England's traditional home colours are white shirts, navy shorts and white socks.

[edit] Away Colours

The traditional England away colour is red, although England did not need an away kit until they played against a non-British side. From 1945 to 1952, England wore a blue away kit. In 1996 England's away kit was changed to grey shirts, shorts and socks. This kit was worn against Bulgaria, Germany and Georgia but the deviation from traditional red was unpopular with supporters and since then the England away kit has remained red.

[edit] Third Kit

England have occasionally had a third kit as well. At the 1970 World Cup England wore a third kit with light blue shirt, shorts and socks against Czechoslovakia.

They had a strip similar to Brazil's kit, with a yellow shirt and blue shorts in 1973, worn against Czechoslovakia, Poland and Italy.

Between 1986 and 1992 England had pale blue third kits which were rarely worn.

[edit] Fixtures & Results

[edit] FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

– 10 Sep '08 1 Apr '09 6 Sep '08 9 Sep '09 14 Oct '09 6 Jun '09 – 19 Aug '09 15 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 15 Oct '08 5 Sep '09 – 10 Sep '08 6 Sep '08 6 Jun '09 10 Jun '09 14 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 – 11 Oct '08 1 Apr '09 20 Aug '08 1 Apr '09 14 Oct '09 6 Jun '09 – 10 Sep '08 5 Sep '09 6 Sep '08 11 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 10 Jun '09 –

[edit] Other matches

Opponents	Venue	Date	Kick-off time (BST)	UK TV coverage
Czech Republic	Wembley Stadium, London	20 August 2008	8pm	Setanta Sports 1

Opponents	Venue	Date	Result
Trinidad & Tobago	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago	1 June 2008	England Win 0-3

[edit] England squad

[edit] Most recent squad

Players in the 22-man squad for the most recent match against Trinidad and Tobago^[4][5]

[edit] Recent callups

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

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Goalkeepers
David James	August 1, 1970 (age 37)	Portsmouth	39 (0)	v Mexico, 29 March 1997
Joe Hart	April 19, 1987 (age 21)	Manchester City	1 (0)	v Trinidad & Tobago, 1 June 2008
Joe Lewis	October 6, 1987 (age 20)	Peterborough United	0 (0)	N/A
Defenders
Rio Ferdinand	November 7, 1978 (age 29)	Manchester United	68 (2)	v Cameroon, 15 November 1997
Wayne Bridge	August 5, 1980 (age 27)	Chelsea	30 (1)	v Netherlands, 13 February 2002
Glen Johnson	August 23, 1984 (age 23)	Portsmouth	8 (0)	v Denmark, November 2003
Jonathan Woodgate	January 22, 1980 (age 28)	Tottenham Hotspur	7 (0)	v Bulgaria, 9 June 1999
Phil Jagielka	August 17, 1982 (age 25)	Everton	1 (0)	v Trinidad & Tobago, 1 June 2008
Stephen Warnock	December 12, 1981 (age 26)	Blackburn Rovers	1 (0)	v Trinidad & Tobago, 1 June 2008
David Wheater	February 4, 1987 (age 21)	Middlesbrough	0 (0)	N/A
Midfielders
David Beckham	May 2, 1975 (age 33)	Los Angeles Galaxy	102 (17)	v Moldova, 1 September 1996
Steven Gerrard	May 30, 1980 (age 28)	Liverpool	67 (13)	v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Gareth Barry	February 23, 1981 (age 27)	Aston Villa	20 (1)	v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Stewart Downing	July 22, 1984 (age 23)	Middlesbrough	18 (0)	v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
David Bentley	August 27, 1984 (age 23)	Blackburn Rovers	6 (0)	v Israel, 8 September 2007
Ashley Young	July 9, 1985 (age 22)	Aston Villa	3 (0)	v Austria, 16 November 2007
Tom Huddlestone	December 28, 1986 (age 21)	Tottenham Hotspur	0 (0)	N/A
Strikers
Peter Crouch	January 30, 1981 (age 27)	Liverpool	28 (14)	v Colombia, 31 May 2005
Jermain Defoe	October 7, 1982 (age 25)	Portsmouth	28 (5)	v Sweden, 31 March 2004
Theo Walcott	March 16, 1989 (age 19)	Arsenal	2 (0)	v Hungary, 30 May 2006
Dean Ashton	November 24, 1983 (age 24)	West Ham United	1 (0)	v Trinidad & Tobago, 1 June 2008
Wayne Rooney	October 24, 1985 (age 22)	Manchester United	43 (14)	v Australia, 12 February 2003
Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most recent callup
Goalkeepers
Paul Robinson	October 15, 1979 (age 28)	Tottenham Hotspur	41 (0)	v Australia, 12 February 2003	v France, March 2008
Scott Carson	September 3, 1985 (age 22)	Liverpool	2 (0)	v Austria, 16 November 2007	v France, March 2008
Robert Green	January 18, 1980 (age 28)	West Ham United	1 (0)	v Colombia May 31, 2005	v France, March 2008
Chris Kirkland	May 2, 1981 (age 26)	Wigan Athletic	1 (0)	Greece, 16 August 2006	v United States / Trinidad & Tobago, May 2008
Defenders
Sol Campbell	September 18, 1974 (age 33)	Portsmouth	73 (1)	v Hungary, 18 May 1996	v Croatia, 21 November 2007
Ashley Cole	December 20, 1980 (age 27)	Chelsea	64 (0)	v Albania, 28 March 2001	v United States, 28 May 2008
Phil Neville	January 21, 1977 (age 31)	Everton	59(0)	v China, 23 May 1996	v Estonia, 13 October 2007
John Terry	December 7, 1980 (age 27)	Chelsea	44 (4)	v Serbia and Montenegro, 15 November 2003	v United States, 28 May 2008
Wes Brown	October 13, 1979 (age 28)	Manchester United	17 (0)	v Hungary, 28 April 1999	v United States, 28 May 2008
Micah Richards	June 24, 1988 (age 19)	Manchester City	11 (1)	v Netherlands, 15 November 2006	Croatia, 21 November 2007
Nicky Shorey	February 19, 1981 (age 26)	Reading	2(0)	v Brazil, 1 June 2007	v Germany, 22 August 2007
Steven Taylor	January 23, 1986 (age 22)	Newcastle United	0 (0)	N/A	v Germany, August 2007
Matthew Upson	April 18, 1979 (age 29)	West Ham United	8(0)	v South Africa, May 22, 2003	v Switzerland, February 6, 2008
Midfielders
Frank Lampard	June 20, 1978 (age 29)	Chelsea	61 (14)	v Belgium, October 10, 1999	v United States, 28 May 2008
Joe Cole	November 8, 1981 (age 26)	Chelsea	50 (7)	v Mexico, 25 May 2001	v United States, 28 May 2008
Owen Hargreaves	January 20, 1981 (age 27)	Manchester United	42 (0)	v Netherlands, 15 August 2001	v United States, 28 May 2008
Kieron Dyer	December 29, 1978 (age 29)	West Ham United	33 (0)	v Luxembourg, 4 September 1999	v Germany, 22 August 2007
Shaun Wright-Phillips	October 25, 1981 (age 26)	Chelsea	19 (4)	v Ukraine, 18 August 2004	v Switzerland, 6 February 2008
Michael Carrick	July 28, 1981 (age 26)	Manchester United	14 (0)	v Mexico, 25 May 2001	v Germany, 22 August 2007
Strikers
Emile Heskey	January 11, 1978 (age 29)	Wigan Athletic	45 (5)	v Hungary, 28 April 1999	v Russia, 12 September 2007
Wayne Rooney	October 24, 1985 (age 22)	Manchester United	43 (14)	v Australia, 12 February 2003	v United States, 28 May 2008
Alan Smith	October 28, 1980 (age 27)	Newcastle United	19 (1)	v Mexico, 25 May 2001	v Austria, 16 November 2007
Andrew Johnson	February 10, 1981 (age 27)	Everton	8 (0)	v Netherlands, 9 February 2005	v Israel / Russia, September 2007
Darren Bent	February 6, 1984 (age 24)	Tottenham Hotspur	3 (0)	v Uruguay, 1 March 2006	v Croatia, 21 November 2007
Michael Owen	December 14, 1979 (age 28)	Newcastle United	89 (40)	v Chile, 11 February 1998	v France, 26 March 2008

[edit] Coaching staff

Manager	Fabio Capello
General Manager	Franco Baldini
Assistant Manager	Italo Galbiati
Youth Coach	Stuart Pearce
Coach	Ray Clemence
Fitness Coach	Massimo Neri
Goalkeeping Coach	Franco Tancredi
Physiotherapist	Gary Lewin
Team Doctor	Dr. Leif Swärd
Backroom Staff	Chris Neville
	Roger Narbett
	Rod Thornley

[edit] Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads

• 1950 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1954 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1958 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1962 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1966 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1970 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1982 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1986 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1990 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1998 FIFA World Cup squad
• 2002 FIFA World Cup squad
• 2006 FIFA World Cup squad

UEFA European Football Championship squads

• UEFA Euro 1968 squad
• UEFA Euro 1980 squad
• UEFA Euro 1988 squad
• UEFA Euro 1992 squad
• UEFA Euro 1996 squad
• UEFA Euro 2000 squad
• UEFA Euro 2004 squad

[edit] Competition history

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Round 1	8	3	1	0	2	2	2
1954	Quarter-finals	6	3	1	1	1	8	8
1958	Round 1	11	4	0	3	1	4	5
1962	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	5	6
1966	Champions	1	6	5	1	0	11	3
1970	Quarter-finals	8	4	2	0	2	4	4
1974	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Group Round 2	6	5	3	2	0	6	1
1986	Quarter-Finals	8	5	2	1	2	7	3
1990	Semi-Finals	4	7	3	3	1	8	6
1994	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Round 2	9	4	2	1	1	7	4
2002	Quarter-finals	6	5	2	2	1	6	3
2006	Quarter-finals	7	5	3	2	0	6	2
Total	12/18	1 Title	55	25	17	13	74	47

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Third Place	2	1	0	1	2	1
1972	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Round 1	3	1	1	1	3	3
1984	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Round 1	3	0	0	3	2	7
1992	Round 1	3	0	2	1	1	2
1996	Semi Finals	5	2	3	0	8	3
2000	Round 1	3	1	0	2	5	6
2004	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	10	6
2008	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Not Yet Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	7/13	23	7	7	9	31	28

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] 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 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament	Group Stage	2nd	3	2	0	1	6	4
1985 Rous Cup	1 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	Champions 1 Match	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1987 Rous Cup	Group Stage	2nd	2	0	2	0	1	1
1988 Rous Cup	Champions Group Stage	1st	2	1	1	0	2	1
1989 Rous Cup	Champions Group Stage	1st	2	1	1	0	2	0
1991 The England Challenge Cup	Champions 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	Champions 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	Champions Group Stage	1st	2	1	1	0	7	2
Total		6 Titles	55	25	17	13	74	47

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] Player history

[edit] Notable past players

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Tony Adams 1987-2000 Darren Anderton 1994-2001 Viv Anderson 1978-1988 Jimmy Armfield 1959-1966 Alan Ball 1965-1975 Gordon Banks 1963-1972 John Barnes 1983-1995 Cliff Bastin 1931-1938 Peter Beardsley 1986-1996 Colin Bell 1968-1975 Steve Bloomer 1895-1907 Eric Brook 1929-1939 Trevor Brooking 1974-1982 Terry Butcher 1980-1990 Nicky Butt 1997-2004 Raich Carter 1934-1947 Mick Channon 1972-1977 Bobby Charlton 1958-1970 Jack Charlton 1965-1970 Allan Clarke 1970-1976 Ray Clemence 1972-1983 George Cohen 1964-1967 Terry Cooper 1969-1975 Steve Coppell 1976-1983 Tony Currie 1972-1979 Dixie Dean 1927-1932 Jimmy Dickinson 1949-1956 Duncan Edwards 1955-1957

Tom Finney 1946-1958 Ron Flowers 1955-1966 Bill Foulkes 1954 [6] William Foulke 1897 Trevor Francis 1977-1986 Paul Gascoigne 1988-1998 Jimmy Greaves 1959-1967 Eddie Hapgood 1933-1939 Sam Hardy 1907-1920 Johnny Haynes 1954-1962 Glenn Hoddle 1979-1988 Emlyn Hughes 1969-1980 Roger Hunt 1962-1969 Norman Hunter 1961-1976 Geoff Hurst 1966-1972 Paul Ince 1992-2000 Kevin Keegan 1972-1982 Tommy Lawton 1938-1948 Gary Lineker 1984-1992 Nat Lofthouse 1950-1958 Paul Madeley 1971-1977 Paul Mariner 1977-1984 Stanley Matthews 1934-1957 Bobby Moore 1962-1973 Stan Mortensen 1947-1953 Jimmy Mullen 1947-1954 Phil Neal 1976-1983 Gary Pallister 1988-1996 Stuart Pearce 1987-1999 Martin Peters 1966-1974

David Platt 1989-1996 Alf Ramsey 1948-1953 Bryan Robson 1980-1991 Bobby Robson 1957-1962 Kenny Sansom 1979-1988 Paul Scholes 1997-2004 David Seaman 1988-2002 Alan Shearer 1992-2000 Teddy Sheringham 1993-2002 Peter Shilton 1970-1990 Ron Springett 1959-1966 Gareth Southgate 1995-2004 Trevor Steven 1985-1992 Gary Stevens 1985-1992 Nobby Stiles 1965-1970 Frank Swift 1946-1949 Phil Thompson 1976-1982 Chris Waddle 1985-1991 Des Walker 1988-1993 Dave Watson 1974-1982 Ray Wilkins 1976-1986 Ray Wilson 1960-1968 Tony Woodcock 1978-1986 Chris Woods 1985-1993 Vivian Woodward 1903-1911 Billy Wright 1946-1959 Ian Wright 1991-1998 Mark Wright 1984-1996

[edit] Most capped players

Main article: List of England international footballers

As of 02 June 2008, the players with the most caps for England are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals	Goals per game
1	Peter Shilton	1970 - 1990	125	0	0
2	Bobby Moore	1962 - 1973	108	2	0.0185
3	Bobby Charlton	1958 - 1970	106	49	0.4623
4	Billy Wright	1946 - 1959	105	3	0.0286
5	David Beckham[7]	1996 - 0000	102	17	0.1700
6	Bryan Robson	1980 - 1991	90	26	0.2889
7	Michael Owen[7]	1998 - 0000	89	40	0.4494
8	Kenny Sansom	1979 - 1988	86	1	0.0116
9	Gary Neville[7]	1995 - 0000	85	0	0
10	Ray Wilkins	1976 - 1986	84	3	0.0357

[edit] Top goalscorers

Main article: England national football team records

#	Player	Career	Goals (Games)	Goals per game
1	Sir Bobby Charlton	1958 - 1970	49 (106)	0.4623
2	Gary Lineker	1984 - 1992	48 (80)	0.6000
3	Jimmy Greaves	1959 - 1967	44 (57)	0.7719
4	Michael Owen[7]	1998 - 0000	40 (89)	0.4545
5	Tom Finney	1946 - 1958	30 (76)	0.3947
6	Nat Lofthouse	1950 - 1958	30 (33)	0.9091
7	Alan Shearer	1992 - 2000	30 (63)	0.4762
8	Viv Woodward	1903 - 1911	29 (23)	1.2609
9	Steve Bloomer	1895 - 1907	28 (23)	1.2174
10	David Platt	1989 - 1996	27 (62)	0.4355

[edit] Managers

Main article: England national football team managers

Manager	England career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Winterbottom, WalterWalter Winterbottom	1946 - 1962	139	78	33	28	56.1
Ramsey, AlfAlf Ramsey	1963 - 1974	113	69	27	17	61.1
Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer (caretaker)	1974	7	3	3	1	42.9
Revie, DonDon Revie	1974 - 1977	29	14	8	7	48.3
Greenwood, RonRon Greenwood	1977 - 1982	55	33	12	10	60.0
Robson, BobbyBobby Robson	1982 - 1990	95	47	30	18	49.5
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	1990 - 1993	38	18	13	7	47.4
Venables, TerryTerry Venables	1994 - 1996	23	11	11	1	47.8
Hoddle, GlennGlenn Hoddle	1996 - 1999	28	17	6	5	60.7
Keegan, KevinKevin Keegan	1999 - 2000	18	7	7	4	38.9
Eriksson, Sven-GöranSven-Göran Eriksson	2001 - 2006	67	40	17	10	59.7
McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	2006 - 2007	18	9	4	5	50.0
Capello, FabioFabio Capello	2008 - Current	4	3	0	1	75.00

[edit] England fans' Player of the Year

• 2003 - David Beckham
• 2004 - Frank Lampard
• 2005 - Frank Lampard
• 2006 - Owen Hargreaves
• 2007 - Steven Gerrard

[edit] See also

• England women's national football team
• England national under-21 football team
• England national under-19 football team
• England national under-17 football team
• England national youth football team (U17 squad only)
• List of England national football team captains
• Argentina and England football rivalry
• England and Germany football rivalry
• England and Scotland football rivalry
• United Kingdom national football team
• Three Lions
• Coat of Arms of England
• Origins of the Three Lions emblem
• Football in England
• National Football Centre
• England national football team results

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website at the FA's website
• englandstats.com - England statistics since 1872
• IFFHS Archive:1872-1900;1901-1910
• England National Football Team Records
• England win the 2008 Four Nations Tournament

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Champions: Italy Runners-up: France Third place: Germany  Fourth place: Portugal  Eliminated in Quarter-finals: Argentina • Brazil • England • Ukraine Eliminated in Round of 16: Australia • Ecuador • Ghana • Mexico • Netherlands • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland Eliminated in Group Stage: Angola • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Croatia • Czech Republic • Iran • Japan • Korea Republic • Paraguay • Poland • Saudi Arabia • Serbia & Montenegro • Togo • Trinidad and Tobago • Tunisia • United States
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5 titles: Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 & 2002) 4 titles: Italy (1934, 1938, 1982 & 2006) 3 titles: Germany (1954, 1974 & 1990) 2 titles: Uruguay (1930 & 1950) • Argentina (1978 & 1986) 1 title: England (1966) • France (1998)