England national football team

The England national football team represents England in men's international football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by The Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA.[2][3] Also known as The Three Lions, England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations; the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. England is one of only eight nations to have been crowned world champions, having won the 1966 edition of the World Cup.[4]

England

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	4 (10 December 2020)[1]
Highest	3 (August 2012[1])
Lowest	27 (February 1996[1])
First international
Scotland 0–0 England  (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
England 13–0 Ireland  (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 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	10 (first in 1968)
Best result	Third place (1968, 1996)
Nations League Finals
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Third place (2019)
Medal record Men's football FIFA World Cup 1966 England Team UEFA European Championship 1968 Italy Team 1996 England Team UEFA Nations League 2019 Portugal Team

England is the joint oldest national team in football. They played in the world's first international football match in 1872, against Scotland. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and their training headquarters is at St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. The team's manager is Gareth Southgate.

Since first entering the tournament in 1950, England has qualified for the FIFA World Cup 15 times. They won the 1966 World Cup, when they also hosted the finals, and finished fourth in both 1990 and 2018. Since first entering in 1964, England has never won the UEFA European Championship, with their best performances being third-place finishes in 1968 and 1996, the latter as hosts. England, as a constituent country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and therefore the national team does not compete at the Olympic Games.

History

Early years

The England team before 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 40 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 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 2–0 loss to 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.

Walter Winterbottom and Alf Ramsey

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 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 scored a hat-trick. In UEFA Euro 1968, the team reached the semi-finals for the first time, being eliminated by Yugoslavia.

England qualified automatically 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 then failed to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, leading to Ramsey's dismissal by the F.A.

Don Revie, Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson

Following Ramsey's dismissal, Joe Mercer took immediate temporary charge of England for a seven-match spell until Don Revie was appointed as new permanent manager in 1974. Under Revie, the team underperformed and failed to qualify for either UEFA Euro 1976 or the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Revie resigned in 1977 and was replaced by Ron Greenwood, under whom performances improved and the team managed to qualify for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain (the first time competitive tournament qualification achieved since 1962); however, despite not losing a game, they were eliminated at the second group stage.

Bobby Robson managed England from 1982 to 1990. Although the team failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 1984, they reached the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, losing 2–1 to Argentina in a game made famous by two highly contrasting goals scored by Maradona - the first being blatantly knocked in by his hand, prompting his "Hand of God" remark, the second being an outstandingly skilful individual goal, involving high speed dribbling past several opponents. England striker Gary Lineker finished as the tournament's top scorer with six goals.

England went on to lose every match at UEFA Euro 1988. They next achieved their second best result in the 1990 FIFA World Cup by finishing fourth – losing again to West Germany after a closely contested semi-final finishing 1–1 after extra time, then 3–4 in England's first penalty shoot-out.[8] Despite losing to Italy in the third place play-off, the members of the England team were given bronze medals identical to the Italians'. Due to the team's good performance at the tournament against general expectations, and the emotional nature of the narrow defeat to West Germany,[9] the team were welcomed home as heroes and thousands of people lined the streets for an open-top bus parade.

Graham Taylor, Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan

The 1990s saw four England managers follow Robson, each in the role for a relatively brief period. Graham Taylor was Robson's immediate successor. England failed to win any matches at UEFA Euro 1992, drawing with tournament winners Denmark and later with France, before being eliminated by host nation Sweden. The team then failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup after losing a controversial game against the Netherlands in Rotterdam, which resulted in Taylor's resignation amid much newspaper criticism of his tactics.

Between 1994 and 1996, Terry Venables managed the team. At UEFA Euro 1996, held in England, they equalled their best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-finals as they did in 1968, before exiting via another penalty shoot-out loss to Germany. England striker Alan Shearer was the tournament's top scorer with five goals. Venables resigned following investigations into his personal financial activities.[10]

Venables' successor, Glenn Hoddle, similarly left the job for non-footballing reasons after coaching the team in 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, Howard Wilkinson took over as caretaker manager for two matches. Kevin Keegan was then appointed as new permanent manager and took England to UEFA Euro 2000, but the team exited in the group stage and he unexpectedly resigned shortly afterwards.

Sven-Göran Eriksson, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello

The England team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Peter Taylor was appointed as caretaker manager for one match, before 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 entire tenure, and 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 after the 2006 World Cup.

Steve McClaren was then appointed as manager, but after failing to qualify for Euro 2008 he was sacked on 22 November 2007 after 18 matches in charge. The following month, he was replaced by a second foreign manager, Italian Fabio Capello, whose previous experience included successful 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.[11] 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.[12]

Roy Hodgson, Sam Allardyce and Gareth Southgate

Following Capello's departure, Stuart Pearce was appointed as caretaker manager for one match, after which in May 2012, Roy Hodgson was announced as the new manager, just six weeks before UEFA Euro 2012.[13] England managed to finish top of their group, but exited the Championships in the quarter-finals via a penalty shoot-out, against Italy.[14] 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.[15] England qualified unbeaten for UEFA Euro 2016,[16] but were ultimately eliminated in the Round of 16, losing 2–1 to Iceland.[17] Hodgson resigned as manager June 2016,[18] and just under a month later was replaced by Sam Allardyce.[19] However, after only 67 days in charge, Allardyce resigned from his managerial post by mutual agreement, after an alleged breach of FA rules, making him the shortest serving permanent England manager.[20] Allardyce's sole match as England manager was a 1–0 victory over Slovakia, however this also makes him the only permanent England manager ever to leave with a 100% win rate.

The 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 2016,[21] before being given the position on a permanent basis.[22] Under Southgate, England qualified comfortably for the 2018 FIFA World Cup[23] and came second in their group at the tournament.[24][25] They defeated Colombia on penalties in the first knock-out round,[26][27] and then beat Sweden 2–0 in the quarter-final to reach only their third World Cup semi-final.[28] In the semi-final, they were beaten 2–1 in extra time by Croatia[29][30] and then were beaten by Belgium for a second time, 2–0, in the third place match.[31] England striker Harry Kane finished the tournament as top scorer with six goals.

On 14 November 2019, England played their 1000th International match, defeating Montenegro 7–0 at Wembley in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match.[32][33]

Team image

Colours

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 16 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 to 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.[34]

The kit worn by England away to Kosovo on 17 November 2019

Crest

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.[35] In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association.[36] The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance.[37] 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.[36][38] 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.[39]

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier	Period
St. Blaize and Hope Brothers[40][41]	1949-1954
Umbro[42]	1954–1961
Bukta	1959–1965
Umbro	1965–1974
Admiral	1974–1984
Umbro	1984–2013
Nike	2013–present

Kit deals

Kit supplier	Period	Contract announcement	Contract duration	Value
Nike	2013–present	2012-09-03	Spring 2013 – July 2018 (5 years)[43]	Total £125m[44] (£25m per year)
		2016-12-13	August 2018 – 2030 (12 years)	Total £400m[45] (£33.3m per year)

Home stadium

Wembley Stadium during a friendly match between England and Germany

For the first 50 years of their existence, England played their home matches all around the country. They initially used cricket grounds before later moving on to football club 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

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 European Qualifiers for Euro-World Cups and pre-tournament friendlies (after the Nations League group matches end), until 2022.[47]

Coaching staff

As of 2 September 2019

Manager	Gareth Southgate
Assistant Manager	Steve Holland
Goalkeeping Coach	Martyn Margetson
Striker Coach	Allan Russell
Coach	Chris Powell[48]
First-Team Doctor	TBC
Fitness Coach	Bryce Cavanagh[49]
Physiotherapist	Steve Kemp[50]

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were named to the squad for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League fixtures against Belgium and Iceland, and a friendly against Republic of Ireland on 12, 15 and 18 November 2020.[51][52][53]
Caps and goals are correct as of 18 November 2020 after the match against Iceland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Jordan Pickford	7 March 1994	30	0	Everton
13	GK	Nick Pope	19 April 1992	4	0	Burnley
22	GK	Dean Henderson	12 March 1997	1	0	Manchester United
2	DF	Kyle Walker	28 May 1990	53	0	Manchester City
3	DF	Kieran Trippier	19 September 1990	25	1	Atlético Madrid
4	DF	Eric Dier	15 January 1994	45	3	Tottenham Hotspur
5	DF	Harry Maguire	5 March 1993	30	2	Manchester United
6	DF	Michael Keane	11 January 1993	12	1	Everton
12	DF	Tyrone Mings	13 March 1993	7	0	Aston Villa
15	DF	Ben Chilwell	21 December 1996	12	0	Chelsea
17	DF	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	29 August 1997	5	0	West Bromwich Albion
20	DF	Bukayo Saka	5 September 2001	4	0	Arsenal
7	MF	Mason Mount	10 January 1999	13	3	Chelsea
8	MF	Declan Rice	14 January 1999	13	1	West Ham United
14	MF	Harry Winks	2 February 1996	10	1	Tottenham Hotspur
16	MF	Jack Grealish	10 September 1995	5	0	Aston Villa
19	MF	Phil Foden	28 May 2000	3	2	Manchester City
23	MF	Jude Bellingham	29 June 2003	1	0	Borussia Dortmund
9	FW	Harry Kane (captain)	28 July 1993	51	32	Tottenham Hotspur
11	FW	Jadon Sancho	25 March 2000	18	3	Borussia Dortmund
18	FW	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	16 March 1997	5	2	Everton
21	FW	Tammy Abraham	2 October 1997	6	1	Chelsea

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
DF	Reece James	8 December 1999	4	0	Chelsea	v.  Belgium, 15 November 2020 ^WD
DF	Conor Coady	25 February 1993	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v.  Belgium, 15 November 2020 ^WD
DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	7 October 1998	12	1	Liverpool	v.  Republic of Ireland, 12 November 2020 ^INJ
DF	Joe Gomez	23 May 1997	11	0	Liverpool	v.  Republic of Ireland, 12 November 2020 ^INJ
MF	Jordan Henderson (vice-captain)	17 June 1990	58	0	Liverpool	v.  Iceland, 18 November 2020 ^INJ
MF	James Ward-Prowse	1 November 1994	4	0	Southampton	v.  Republic of Ireland, 12 November 2020 ^INJ
MF	Kalvin Phillips	2 December 1995	4	0	Leeds United	v.  Denmark, 14 October 2020
FW	Raheem Sterling	8 December 1994	58	13	Manchester City	v.  Iceland, 18 November 2020 ^INJ
FW	Marcus Rashford	31 October 1997	40	11	Manchester United	v.  Belgium, 15 November 2020 ^INJ
FW	Danny Ings	23 July 1992	3	1	Southampton	v.  Denmark, 14 October 2020
FW	Harvey Barnes	9 December 1997	1	0	Leicester City	v.  Denmark, 14 October 2020
FW	Mason Greenwood	1 October 2001	1	0	Manchester United	v.  Denmark, 8 September 2020 ^WD
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^RET Retired from the national team ^SUS Serving suspension ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2020

5 September 2020 UEFA Nations League Group A2	Iceland	0–1	England	Reykjavík, Iceland
19:45 BST		Report	Sterling  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 0 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

8 September 2020 UEFA Nations League Group A2	Denmark	0–0	England	Copenhagen, Denmark
19:45 BST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

8 October 2020 Friendly	England	3–0	Wales	London, England
20:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Calvert-Lewin  26' Coady  53' Ings  63'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

11 October 2020 UEFA Nations League Group A2	England	2–1	Belgium	London, England
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Rashford  39' (pen.) Mount  64'	Report	Lukaku  16' (pen.)	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

14 October 2020 UEFA Nations League Group A2	England	0–1	Denmark	London, England
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Eriksen  35' (pen.)	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

12 November 2020 Friendly	England	3–0	Republic of Ireland	London, England
19:45 GMT	Maguire  18' Sancho  31' Calvert-Lewin  56' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

15 November 2020 UEFA Nations League Group A2	Belgium	2–0	England	Leuven, Belgium
19:45 GMT	Tielemans  10' Mertens  24'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Stadium Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

18 November 2020 UEFA Nations League Group A2	England	4–0	Iceland	London, England
19:45 GMT	Rice  20' Mount  24' Foden  80', 84'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

2021

25 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	England	v	San Marino	London, England
19:45 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

28 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	Albania	v	England	Tirana, Albania
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Arena Kombëtare

31 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	England	v	Poland	London, England
19:45 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

2 June 2021 Friendly	England	v	Austria	TBC, England
TBC				Stadium: TBC

6 June 2021 Friendly	England	v	Romania	TBC, England
TBC				Stadium: TBC

13 June 2021 UEFA Euro 2020 Group D	England	v	Croatia	London, England
14:00 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

18 June 2021 UEFA Euro 2020 Group D	England	v	Scotland	London, England
20:00 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

22 June 2021 UEFA Euro 2020 Group D	Czech Republic	v	England	London, England
20:00 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

2 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	Hungary	v	England	Budapest, Hungary
20:45 CEST				Stadium: Puskás Aréna

5 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	England	v	Andorra	TBC, England
19:45 BST				Stadium: TBC

8 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	Poland	v	England	Chorzów, or Warsaw, Poland
20:45 CEST				Stadium: PGE Narodowy or Silesian Stadium

9 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	Andorra	v	England	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
20:45 CEST				Stadium: Estadi Nacional

12 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	England	v	Hungary	TBC, England
19:45 BST				Stadium: TBC

12 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	England	v	Albania	TBC, England
19:45 GMT				Stadium: TBC

15 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — Group I	San Marino	v	England	Serravalle, San Marino
20:45 CET				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico de Serravalle

° On 17 March 2020, the UEFA announced that the UEFA Euro 2020 would be postponed by twelve months with proposed new dates 11 June to 11 July 2021.[54]

Records

FIFA Rankings

Last update was on 21 December 2020. Source:[55]

  Best Ranking    Worst Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Mover  

England's FIFA world rankings
	Rank	Year	Games Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Best		Worst
							Rank	Move	Rank	Move
	4	2020	8	5	2	1	4	—	4	—
	4	2019	10	7	1	2	4	1	5	—
	5	2018	17	10	3	4	5	6	16	1
	15	2017	10	5	3	2	12	3	15	3
	13	2016	14	8	4	2	9	1	13	2
	9	2015	10	7	2	1	8	6	17	2
	13	2014	13	8	3	2	10	7	20	10
	13	2013	12	6	4	2	4	7	17	6
	6	2012	13	7	4	2	3	2	7	2
	5	2011	9	6	3	0	4	2	8	4
	6	2010	12	7	3	2	6	1	9	1
	9	2009	11	7	1	3	6	2	9	2
	8	2008	10	8	1	1	8	4	15	6
	12	2007	12	6	2	4	6	3	12	4
	5	2006	14	9	4	1	4	5	10	1
	9	2005	11	8	1	2	6	2	11	4
	8	2004	14	7	4	3	6	5	13	4
	8	2003	11	8	1	2	6	2	10	2
	7	2002	13	4	7	2	6	4	12	2
	10	2001	10	7	2	1	9	6	17	2
	17	2000	11	3	4	4	11	2	17	3
	12	1999	10	4	4	2	10	2	14	2
	9	1998	14	6	5	3	5	2	11	5
	4	1997	11	8	1	2	4	6	14	2
	12	1996	12	8	4	0	12	11	27	3
	21	1995	9	2	5	2	18	4	22	4
	18	1994	6	4	2	0	12	1	18	4
	11	1993	11	4	3	4	5	6	11	6

Most capped players

Updated 18 November 2020.[56]

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	2003–2018	120	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		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		6	DF
20	Terry Butcher	1980–1990	77	3	DF

Top goalscorers

Updated 18 November 2020.[57]

Wayne Rooney is England's top scorer with 53 goals.

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Position	Average
1	Wayne Rooney (list)	2003–2018	53	120	FW	0.44
2	Bobby Charlton (list)	1958–1970	49	106	MF	0.46
3	Gary Lineker (list)	1984–1992	48	80	FW	0.6
4	Jimmy Greaves	1959–1967	44	57	FW	0.77
5	Michael Owen	1998–2008	40	89	FW	0.45
6	Harry Kane	2015–	32	51	FW	0.63
7	Nat Lofthouse	1950–1958	30	33	FW	0.91
	Alan Shearer	1992–2000		63	FW	0.48
	Tom Finney	1946–1958		76	FW	0.39
10	Vivian Woodward	1903–1911	29	23	FW	1.26
	Frank Lampard	1999–2014		106	MF	0.27
12	Steve Bloomer	1895–1907	28	23	FW	1.22
13	David Platt	1989–1996	27	62	MF	0.44
14	Bryan Robson	1981–1991	26	90	MF	0.29
15	Geoff Hurst	1965–1972	24	49	FW	0.49
16	Stan Mortensen	1947–1953	23	25	FW	0.92
17	Tommy Lawton	1938–1948	22	23	FW	0.96
	Peter Crouch	2005–2010		42	FW	0.52
19	Mick Channon	1972–1977	21	46	FW	0.46
	Kevin Keegan	1972–1982		63	FW	0.33
	Steven Gerrard	2000–2014		114	MF	0.18
22	Jermain Defoe	2004–2017	20	57	FW	0.35
	Martin Peters	1966–1974		67	MF	0.3

Most clean sheets

Updated 18 November 2020.[58]

#	Name	Career	Clean sheets	Caps	Average
1	Peter Shilton	1970–1990	66	125	0.53
2	Joe Hart	2008–	43	75	0.57
3	David Seaman	1988–2002	40	75	0.53
4	Gordon Banks	1963–1972	35	73	0.48
5	Ray Clemence	1972–1983	27	61	0.44
6	Chris Woods	1985–1993	26	43	0.6
7	Paul Robinson	2003–2007	24	41	0.59
8	David James	1997–2010	21	53	0.4
9	Nigel Martyn	1992–2002	13	23	0.57
	Jordan Pickford	2017–	13	30	0.43

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

2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final: Croatia vs England.

Line-ups of the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final: England (white) vs Croatia.

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 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, after losing 2–0 to Belgium in the third place play-off and 2–1 to Croatia in the semi-final after extra time. 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. This was after being defeated in both their opening two matches for the first time, against 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 stage. This came after drawing with the United States and Algeria, and defeating Slovenia 1–0 in the group stage.

FIFA World Cup finals record										Qualification record						Manager(s)
Year**	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member						None
1934
1938
1950	Group stage	8th	3	1	0	2	2	2	Squad	3	3	0	0	14	3	Winterbottom
1954	Quarter-finals	7th	3	1	1	1	8	8	Squad	3	3	0	0	11	4
1958	Group stage	11th	4	0	3	1	4	5	Squad	4	3	1	0	15	5
1962	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	5	6	Squad	4	3	1	0	16	2
1966	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	11	3	Squad	Qualified as hosts						Ramsey
1970	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	4	4	Squad	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	5	3	2	0	6	1	Squad	8	4	1	3	13	8	Greenwood
1986	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	1	2	7	3	Squad	8	4	4	0	21	2	Robson
1990	Fourth place	4th	7	3	3	1	8	6	Squad	6	3	3	0	10	0
1994	Did not qualify									10	5	3	2	26	9	Taylor
1998	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	7	4	Squad	8	6	1	1	15	2	Hoddle
2002	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	2	1	6	3	Squad	8	5	2	1	16	6	Keegan, Wilkinson, Eriksson[59]
2006	Quarter-finals	7th	5	3	2	0	6	2	Squad	10	8	1	1	17	5	Eriksson
2010	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	3	5	Squad	10	9	0	1	34	6	Capello
2014	Group stage	26th	3	0	1	2	2	4	Squad	10	6	4	0	31	4	Hodgson
2018	Fourth place	4th	7	3	1	3	12	8	Squad	10	8	2	0	18	3	Allardyce, Southgate[60]
2022	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total	1 title	15/21	69	29	21	19	91	63	—	112	76	25	11	275	67	—
Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. ***England played all of their 2002 matches in Japan. Correct as of 14 July 2018 after the match against  Belgium

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 ten 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 finals record											Qualification record							Manager(s)
Year**	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter										Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify										2	0	1	1	3	6	Winterbottom, Ramsey[61]
1968	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	2	1	Squad		8	6	1	1	18	6	Ramsey
1972	Did not qualify[62]										8	5	2	1	16	6	Ramsey
1976	Did not qualify										6	3	2	1	11	3	Revie
1980	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	3	3	Squad		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	Squad		6	5	1	0	19	1
1992	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	1	2	Squad		6	3	3	0	7	3	Taylor
1996	Semi-finals	3rd	5	2	3	0	8	3	Squad		Qualified as hosts						Venables
2000	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	5	6	Squad		10	4	4	2	16	5	Hoddle, Keegan[63]
2004	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	10	6	Squad		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	Squad		8	5	3	0	17	5	Capello, Hodgson[64]
2016	Round of 16	12th	4	1	2	1	4	4	Squad		10	10	0	0	31	3	Hodgson
2020	Qualified										8	7	0	1	37	6	Southgate
Total	Third place (x2)	10/16	31	10	11	10	40	35	—		108	73	24	11	248	64	—
Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. ***Third place includes all tournaments where England reached the semi-finals following Euro 1980 as the third place play-offs where scrapped from the following editions of the tournament.[65] Correct as of 17 November 2019 after the match against  Kosovo

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record												Manager(s)
Season**	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2018–19	A	4	6	2	2	2	7	8		3rd		Southgate
2020–21	A	2	6	3	1	2	7	4		9th		Southgate
2022–23	A	TBA	To be determined
Total			12	5	3	4	14	12	3rd			—
Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage. Correct as of 18 November 2020 after the match against  Iceland

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

Honours

The England team (red) that won the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany

Major:

• FIFA World Cup
  • Champions: 1966
  • Fourth place: 1990, 2018
• UEFA European Championship
  • Third place: 1968, 1996
• UEFA Nations League
  • Third place: 2018–19

Regional:

• British Home Championship
  • Winners (54): (including 20 shared)
• Rous Cup:
  • Winners: 1986, 1988, 1989

Other:

• FIFA Fair Play Trophy:
  • Winners: 1990, 1998

Exhibition Tournaments:

• England Challenge Cup: 1991
• Tournament of France: 1997
• FA Summer Tournament: 2004

Competition				Total
World Cup	1	0	0	1
European Championship	0	0	2	2
Nations League	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	3	4

See also

• England national football team manager
• England women's national football team
• Great Britain Olympic football team
• United Kingdom national football team

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External links

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