England national football team

England

Nickname(s)	The Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gareth Southgate
Captain	Wayne Rooney
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Wayne Rooney (53)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	ENG
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	13 (6 July 2017)
Highest	3 (August 2012)
Lowest	27 (February 1996)
Elo ranking
Current	10 (5 July 2017)
Highest	1 (1872–1876 1892–1911 1966–1970 1987–1988)
Lowest	16 (19 June 2014)
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	14 (first in 1950)
Best result	Champions (1966)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1968)
Best result	Third place (1968, 1996)

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.^[1][2]

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's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and the current manager is Gareth Southgate. Although part of the United Kingdom, England has always had a representative side that plays in major professional tournaments, though not in the Olympic Games, as the IOC has always recognised United Kingdom representative sides.

England contest the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, which alternate biennially. In contesting for the World Cup seventeen times over the past sixty four years, England won the 1966 World Cup, when they hosted the finals, and achieved a semi final appearance in 1990. England have never won the UEFA European Football Championship – after fourteen attempts over fifty-two years – with their best performances being semi final appearances at the 1968 and 1996 Championships, the latter of which they hosted.

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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 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".^[5] In the 1954 FIFA World Cup, England reached the quarter-finals for the first time, and lost 4–2 to reigning champions 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 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.

He resigned following investigations into his financial activities.^[6] 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.

Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge of the team between 2001 and 2006, and was the first non-English manager of England. 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 the Swede's tenure, and England rose to number four in the world ranking under his guidance. Eriksson's contract was extended by the Football Association by two years, to include UEFA Euro 2008. However, it was terminated by them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup's conclusion.

Steve McClaren was then appointed as head coach, and was sacked unanimously by The Football Association on 22 November 2007, after failing to get the team to Euro 2008. The following month, he was replaced by a second foreign manager, Italian Fabio Capello, whose experience included stints 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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12] England qualified for UEFA Euro 2016, with 10 wins from 10 qualifying matches,^[13] but were ultimately eliminated in the Round of 16, losing 2–1 to Iceland, for the first time since the 2010 World Cup.^[14] Hodgson resigned as manager immediately,^[15] and just under a month later was replaced by Sam Allardyce.^[16] 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.^[17]

That same day, 27 September 2016, Gareth Southgate left his role as manager for the England under-21 team and was put in temporary charge of the national team until 15 November that year.^[18] On 30 November 2016, Southgate was appointed as permanent England manager on a four-year contract.^[19]

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 (often with the exception of STV, the ITV affiliate 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.^[20]

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.

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.

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.^[21]

Kit evolution

WC 1950		WC 1954	WC 1958	WC 1962
Away	Home	Away	Away	Home	Home 2	Away
vs Chile and Spain	vs United States	All the matches	All the matches	vs Argentina	vs Hungary	vs Bulgaria
WC 1966			Euro 1968	WC 1970
Home	Home 2	Away	Home	Home	Third	Away
vs Uruguay, Mexico, France, and Portugal	vs Argentina	vs West Germany	vs Yugoslavia and USSR	vs Romania and Brazil	vs Czechoslovakia	vs West Germany
Euro 1980	WC 1982		WC 1986		Euro 1988	WC 1990, Euro 1992	Euro 1996
Home	Home	Away	Home	Home 2	Home	Home	Home	Away
All the matches	vs Czechoslovakia, Kuwait and Spain	vs West Germany and France	vs all except Argentina	vs Argentina	All the matches	All the matches	vs all except Germany	vs Germany
WC 1998			Euro 2000		WC 2002		Euro 2004
Home	Home 2	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
vs Tunisia and Romania	vs Argentina	vs Colombia	vs Romania and Portugal	vs Germany	vs Sweden, Denmark, and Brazil	vs Argentina and Nigeria	vs all except Croatia	vs Croatia
WC 2006		WC 2010		Euro 2012		WC 2014	Euro 2016
Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Home	Away
vs all except Sweden	vs Sweden	vs United States and Algeria	vs Slovenia and Germany	vs all except Sweden	vs Sweden	All the matches	vs all except Slovakia	vs Slovakia

Other kits

2007–2009		2008–2009		2009	2010–2011			2011–2012	2012
Home	vs Croatia (2010 WCQ) and Spain (friendly)	Away	Away alternate	vs Ukraine (2010 WCQ)	Away	Home	Home alternate	Away	vs Italy (friendly)
2013–2014				2014–2016			2017
Home	Away	Home alternate	Away alternate	Away	vs Slovenia and San Marino (2016 EQ)	Home alternate	vs Germany (friendly)	vs Scotland (2018 WCQ)	vs France (friendly)

Kit manufacturer

Manufacturer Period Umbro 1954–1961 Bukta 1959–1965 Umbro 1965–1974 Admiral 1974–1984 Umbro 1984–2013 Nike 2013–

Logo

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.^[22] The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance.^[23] 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.^[24][25] 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.^[26]

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. 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 a number of different venues across the country, though by the time of the 2006 FIFA 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.

Coaching staff

As of 6 December 2016

Manager	Gareth Southgate
Assistant Manager	Steve Holland
First Team Coach	vacant
Goalkeeping Coach	Martyn Margetson
First-Team Doctor	Ian Beasley
Fitness Coach	Chris Neville
Masseur	Mark Sertori
Physiotherapist	Gary Lewin

Players

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

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Scotland on 10 June 2017 and the friendly match against France on 13 June 2017.
Caps and goals as of 13 June 2017 after the match against France.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Tom Heaton	(1986-04-15) 15 April 1986	3	0	Burnley
13	1GK	Jack Butland	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993	5	0	Stoke City
22	1GK	Fraser Forster	(1988-03-17) 17 March 1988	6	0	Southampton
23	1GK	Joe Hart	(1987-04-19) 19 April 1987	71	0	West Ham United
2	2DF	Kieran Trippier	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur
3	2DF	Ryan Bertrand	(1989-08-05) 5 August 1989	14	0	Southampton
4	2DF	Phil Jones	(1992-02-21) 21 February 1992	21	0	Manchester United
5	2DF	Gary Cahill	(1985-12-19) 19 December 1985	55	4	Chelsea
6	2DF	John Stones	(1994-05-28) 28 May 1994	18	0	Manchester City
12	2DF	Kyle Walker	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990	27	0	Manchester City
14	2DF	Aaron Cresswell	(1989-12-15) 15 December 1989	2	0	West Ham United
15	2DF	Ben Gibson	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993	0	0	Middlesbrough
16	2DF	Chris Smalling	(1989-11-22) 22 November 1989	31	1	Manchester United
7	3MF	Raheem Sterling	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994	32	2	Manchester City
8	3MF	Eric Dier	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994	19	2	Tottenham Hotspur
10	3MF	Dele Alli	(1996-04-11) 11 April 1996	19	2	Tottenham Hotspur
11	3MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993	27	6	Arsenal
17	3MF	Jake Livermore	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989	3	0	West Bromwich Albion
19	3MF	Adam Lallana	(1988-05-10) 10 May 1988	33	3	Liverpool
21	3MF	Jesse Lingard	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992	4	0	Manchester United
9	4FW	Harry Kane	(1993-07-28) 28 July 1993	19	8	Tottenham Hotspur
18	4FW	Jermain Defoe	(1982-10-07) 7 October 1982	57	20	Bournemouth
20	4FW	Marcus Rashford	(1997-10-31) 31 October 1997	9	1	Manchester United

Recent call ups

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	Jordan Pickford	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994	0	0	Everton	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016
GK	Alex McCarthy	(1989-12-03) 3 December 1989	0	0	Southampton	v.  Slovakia, 4 September 2016
DF	Nathaniel Clyne	(1991-04-05) 5 April 1991	14	0	Liverpool	v.  Scotland, 10 June 2017 INJ
DF	Luke Shaw	(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995	7	0	Manchester United	v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2017
DF	Michael Keane	(1993-01-11) 11 January 1993	2	0	Everton	v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2017
DF	Phil Jagielka	(1982-08-17) 17 August 1982	40	3	Everton	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016
DF	Danny Rose	(1990-07-02) 2 July 1990	12	0	Tottenham Hotspur	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016
DF	Kieran Gibbs	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989	10	0	Arsenal	v.  Slovenia, 11 October 2016
DF	Glen Johnson	(1984-08-23) 23 August 1984	54	1	Stoke City	v.  Malta, 8 October 2016
MF	Ross Barkley	(1993-12-05) 5 December 1993	22	2	Everton	v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2017
MF	Nathan Redmond	(1994-03-06) 6 March 1994	1	0	Southampton	v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2017
MF	James Ward-Prowse	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994	1	0	Southampton	v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2017
MF	Michail Antonio	(1990-03-28) 28 March 1990	0	0	West Ham United	v.  Germany, 22 March 2017 INJ
MF	Theo Walcott	(1989-03-16) 16 March 1989	47	8	Arsenal	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016
MF	Jack Wilshere	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992	34	2	Arsenal	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016
MF	Jordan Henderson	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990	32	0	Liverpool	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016
MF	Andros Townsend	(1991-07-16) 16 July 1991	13	3	Crystal Palace	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016
MF	Danny Drinkwater	(1990-03-05) 5 March 1990	3	0	Leicester City	v.  Scotland, 11 November 2016
FW	Jamie Vardy	(1987-01-11) 11 January 1987	16	6	Leicester City	v.  Scotland, 10 June 2017 INJ
FW	Wayne Rooney	(1985-10-24) 24 October 1985	119	53	Everton	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016
FW	Daniel Sturridge	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989	25	8	Liverpool	v.  Spain, 15 November 2016

Notes:

• ^INJ Withdrew due to injury
• ^RET Retired from the national team

Results and fixtures

2016

2017

Records

Most capped players

Updated 11 November 2016.

Players in bold are still active at club level.

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	2003–0000	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

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

Updated 26 March 2017.

Players in bold are still active at club level.

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Position	Average
1	Wayne Rooney (list)	2003–0000	53	119	FW	0.4454
2	Bobby Charlton (list)	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	1981–1989	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

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 14 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 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 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.

England failed to qualify for the World Cup in 1974, 1978 and 1994. The team's earliest exit in the competition itself was its elimination in the first round in 1950, 1958 and most recently in 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, after drawing with the United States and Algeria and defeating Slovenia 1–0 in the group stage.

     Winners       Runners-up       Third place        Fourth place  

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 of 13	3	1	0	2	2	2		3	3	0	0	14	3		Winterbottom
1954	Quarter-finals	7th of 16	3	1	1	1	8	8		3	3	0	0	11	4
1958	Group Stage	11th of 16	4	0	3	1	4	5		4	3	1	0	15	5
1962	Quarter-finals	8th of 16	4	1	1	2	5	6		4	3	1	0	16	2
1966	Champions	1st of 16	6	5	1	0	11	3		Qualified as hosts							Ramsey
1970	Quarter-finals	8th of 16	4	2	0	2	4	4		Qualified as defending champions							Ramsey
1974	Did not qualify									4	1	2	1	3	4
1978										6	5	0	1	15	4		Revie
1982	Second Group Stage	6th of 24	5	3	2	0	6	1		8	4	1	3	13	8		Greenwood
1986	Quarter-finals	8th of 24	5	2	1	2	7	3		8	4	4	0	21	2		Robson
1990	Fourth Place	4th of 24	7	3	3(1*)	1	8	6		6	3	3	0	10	0
1994	Did not qualify									10	5	3	2	26	9		Taylor
1998	Round of 16	9th of 32	4	2	1*	1	7	4		8	6	1	1	15	2		Hoddle
2002	Quarter-finals	6th of 32	5	2	2	1	6	3		8	5	2	1	16	6		Keegan, Wilkinson, Eriksson[27]
2006		7th of 32	5	3	2(1*)	0	6	2		10	8	1	1	17	5		Eriksson
2010	Round of 16	13th of 32	4	1	2	1	3	5		10	9	0	1	34	6		Capello
2014	Group Stage	26th of 32	3	0	1	2	2	4		10	6	4	0	31	4		Hodgson
2018	To Be Determined									5	4	1	0	8	0		Allardyce, Southgate[28]
2022																	TBD
Total	1 title	14/22	62	26	20	16	79	56		106	71	24	11	263	64

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Darker color indicates win, normal color indicates lost.

**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 have achieved moderate success 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 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 they failed to qualify 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
1960	Did not enter									–	–	–	–	–	–
1964	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	3	6		Winterbottom, Ramsey[29]
1968	Third place	3rd of 4	2	1	0	1	2	1		8	6	1	1	18	6		Ramsey
1972	Did not qualify[30]									8	5	2	1	16	6		Ramsey
1976	Did not qualify									6	3	2	1	11	3		Revie
1980	Group Stage	6th of 8	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 of 8	3	0	0	3	2	7		6	5	1	0	19	1
1992	Group Stage	7th of 8	3	0	2	1	1	2		6	3	3	0	7	3		Taylor
1996	Semi-Finals	3rd of 16	5	2	3(2*)	0	8	3		Qualified as hosts							Venables
2000	Group Stage	11th of 16	3	1	0	2	5	6		10	4	4	2	16	5		Hoddle, Keegan[31]
2004	Quarter-finals	5th of 16	4	2	1(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 of 16	4	2	2(1*)	0	5	3		8	5	3	0	17	5		Capello, Hodgson[32]
2016	Round of 16	12th of 24	4	1	2	1	4	4		10	10	0	0	31	3		Hodgson
2020	To Be Determined																TBD
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

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	33	12	10	11	43	37

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours & Achievements

Major:

FIFA World Cup

Winners (1): 1966

Fourth place (1): 1990

UEFA European Championship

Third place (1): 1968

Semi-finalists (1): 1996

Regional:

• British Home Championship

Winners (54): (including 20 shared)

• Rous Cup:

Winners (3): 1986, 1988, 1989

Minor:

• FA Summer Tournament

Winners (1): 2004

• Tournament of France

Winners (1): 1997

• 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

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to England national association football team.

• Official website at the FA's website
• England at UEFA
• England at FIFA
• A complete database of England Internationals since 1872 by englandstats.com