England national futsal team

England
Association The Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Peter Sturgess
Captain Luke Ballinger
FIFA code ENG
FIFA ranking 56 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
England England 5-1 Scotland Scotland
(Rome, Italy; 16 July 1983)
Biggest win
England England 5-0 Malta Malta
(Hereford, England; 2 April 2010)
England England 5-0 Andorra Andorra
(Loughborough, England; 13 November 2010)
Biggest defeat
Portugal Portugal 24-1 England England
(Algarve, Portugal; 21 October 2004)

The England national futsal team represents England during international futsal competitions. It is under the direction of The Football Association. Although futsal in England has been around for a number of years, the national team was first formed in 2003, after futsal started to gain popularity in 2002.[2]

Home matches are played at various venues around the country. Friendly matches are played with teams from other European nations, and also compete in Four Nations Tournaments each season, along with teams around Europe. England has entered the World Futsal Cup but failed to qualify in 2008. Also in 2008 England entered 'The Kuala Lumpur World 5’s tournament' in Malaysia, but failed to win a game.

Squad

The Squad named for the UEFA Futsal European Championship qualifiers in Lithuania from the 24-27 January 2013.[3]

# Pos Name Caps Club
GK James Dalton 47 England Baku United Futsal Club
GK Curtis Holmes 34 England Sheffield Futsal Club
DF Doug Reed 33 England Baku United Futsal Club
FW Luke Ballinger 70 England Chippenham Town F.C.
FW Sam Murphy 34 England Baku United Futsal Club
FW Stuart Cook 12 England Manchester Futsal Club
FW David Jennings 2 England West London Futsal
MF Alex Campana England University of Brighton Futsal Club
FW Ian Parkes 11 England Team Bath Futsal Club
FW Will Rooke 13 England Loughborough Students Futsal
FW Jon Kurrant 3 England Loughborough Students Futsal
DF Jason Kilbride 39 England Helvécia Futsal Club
FW Ben Mortlock 50 England Loughborough Students Futsal
DF Guillermo Wallace 4 Spain FS Nazareno

Managers

Manager England career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
England Dell, GraemeGraeme Dell 2003–2008 52 1 2 49 1.9
England Peter Sturgess 2008 - 45 16 5 24

As of February 2013

Competition history

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
Brazil 2008Did not Qualify------
Thailand 2012Did not Qualify------
Total0/2000000
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Czech Republic 2005Did not Qualify------
Portugal 2007Did not Qualify------
Hungary 2010Did not Qualify------
Croatia 2012Did not Qualify------
Belgium 2014Did not Qualify------
Serbia 2016Did not Qualify------
Total0/5000000

Minor tournaments

Year Tournament City Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2004Four NationsPortugal Algarve Group 4th3003850
2004TournamentEngland Manchester Group 3rd2002719
2005Four NationsFrance Villeneuve d’Ascq 3rd/4th 4th 2002610
2006Four NationsEngland Sheffield Group 4th3012824
2006Four NationsBelgium Edegem Group 4th3003627
2007Four NationsTurkey Izmir Group 4th3003228
2008KL World 5'sMalaysia Kuala Lumpur Group Stage5th4004938
2008Four NationsFrance Caen 3rd/4th 4th2002212
2008Four NationsEngland Loughborough Group 3rd3012410
2010Four NationsEngland Hereford Final 2nd210184
2012TournamentNorway Bode Group 2nd211043
2013Four NationsMalta Paola Group 3rd311145
Total0 Titles30 3 4 23 61 211

Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

References

  1. ↑ Futsal World Ranking
  2. ↑ Fahey, Jamie (5 July 2012). "Could futsal be the key to unlocking talent in England's next generation? | Football | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  3. ↑ "FUTSAL HEAD COACH PETER STURGESS PICKS HIS SQUAD FOR EURO QUALIFIERS". TheFA.com. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-02-06.