England national under-16 football team

England national under-16 football team, also known as England under-16s or England U16(s), represents England in association football at an under-16 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England

England Under-16

Nickname(s)	Three Lions/England Schoolboys
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Rob Edwards
FIFA code	ENG
First colours Second colours

Competition history

Between 1925 and 2014, the England under-16 team competed in the annual Victory Shield tournament against Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Since World War II, England had won the Victory Shield outright thirty-five times and had been joint winners with Scotland eight times, with Wales twice and with both Scotland and Wales twice.[1] However, in April 2015, the Football Association decided to withdraw from the tournament "for the foreseeable future" with the stated aim of replacing it with matches against European and global opposition.[2]

Montaigu Tournament

In 2005, the team made their debut in the annual Montaigu Tournament, held in Montaigu, France.[3] England have won the competition three times, in 2008, 2011, and 2015, defeating the hosts France in the final on all three occasions. In 2008 and 2011, England won in a penalty shoot-out after a 0–0 draw,[4][5] while in 2015 they won the final outright by 3–1.[6] In 2019, England finished third overall after losing 2–1 to eventual champions Argentina, winning 5–0 against Ivory Coast, 3–1 against Portugal in the group stage and 4–0 against Brazil in the 3rd place playoff[7]

Fixtures & results 2015–16

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Friendly matches

16 August 2015	England	2 – 2	United States	St George's Park, Burton upon Trent, England
16:00 UTC+01:00	Samuels  40' Guehi  70'	Report

19 August 2015	England	3 – 3	United States	St George's Park, Burton upon Trent, England
14:00 UTC+01:00	Loader  19', 59' Sessegnon  61'	Report

Tournoi International

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	7	8	−1	6
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	England	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source: FFF

27 October 2015	Japan	4 – 3	England	Stade Didier Pironi, Limeil-Brévannes, France
UTC+01:00	Suzuki Kubo Tanahashi	Report	Samuels  2' Sancho  25' Poveda  47'

29 October 2015	Netherlands	2 – 2	England	Stade Marcel Laveau, Boissy-Saint-Léger, France
UTC+01:00	Kone Redan	Report	Sancho  12' Sessegnon  39'

31 October 2015	France	3 – 0	England	Stade Léo Lagrange, Bonneuil-sur-Marne, France
UTC+01:00	Fontaine  6' Flamant  50' Gaudin  77'	Report

Nike International friendlies

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England (C)	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	United States (H)	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
4	Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: US Soccer
(C) Champion; (H) Host.

2 December 2015	United States	2 – 3	England	Premier Sports Ranch, Lakewood Ranch, United States
18:00 UTC−05:00	Goslin  46' Carleton  51' (pen.)	Report	Loader  25' Sancho  64' (pen.), 80+3'	Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. (United States)

4 December 2015	Brazil	0 – 2	England	Premier Sports Ranch, Lakewood Ranch, United States
15:00 UTC−05:00		permanent dead link] Report	Foden  21', 28'

6 December 2015	England	2 – 2	Netherlands	Premier Sports Ranch, Lakewood Ranch, United States
15:00 UTC−05:00	Sancho  40' R. Sessegnon  80'	Report	Redan  8' Darkwa  16'	Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. (United States)

Players

Recent call-ups

These were the players called up for the Montaigu Tournament that took place in April 2019[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
-	GK	Tobi Oluwayemi	8 May 2003	Celtic
-	GK	Coniah Boyce-Clarke	1 March 2003	Reading
-	DF	CJ Egan-Riley	2 January 2003	Manchester City
-	DF	James Norris	4 April 2003	Liverpool
-	DF	Bashir Humphreys	15 March 2003	Chelsea
-	DF	Levi Samuels Colwill	26 February 2003	Chelsea
-	DF	Daniel Oyegoke	3 January 2003	Arsenal
-	DF	Jamal Baptiste	11 November 2003	West Ham
-	MF	Charlie Patino	17 October 2003	Arsenal
-	MF	Nile John	6 March 2003[10]	Tottenham Hotspur
-	MF	Karamoko Dembélé	22 February 2003	Celtic
-	MF	Jude Bellingham	29 June 2003	Borussia Dortmund
-	MF	Nohan Kenneh	10 January 2003	Leeds United
-	MF	James Balagizi	20 September 2003	Liverpool
-	FW	Liam Delap	8 February 2003	Manchester City
-	FW	Louie Barry	21 June 2003[11]	Aston Villa
-	FW	Noah Ohio	16 January 2003	RB Leipzig
-	FW	Amadou Diallo	15 February 2003[12]	West Ham United
-	FW	Samuel Iling-Junior	4 October 2003	Chelsea
-	FW	Jamal Musiala	26 February 2003	Bayern Munich

References

1. "The Victory Shield 2008". The Football Association. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
2. "England to withdraw from the Victory Shield". The Football Association. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
3. Wright, James (22 March 2005). "A tremendous experience". The Football Association. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
4. "Lions win tournament". The Football Association. 24 March 2008. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
5. "Lions capture Montaigu crown". The Football Association. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
6. "England U16s win Montaigu Tournament title in France". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
7. "Charlie Patino scores for England u16s in Montaigu Tournament". Daily Cannon. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
8. "England youth fixtures". The Football Association. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
9. https://twitter.com/MFMontaigu/status/1119633765104541697/photo/1
10. "Nile John". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
11. "Louie Barry". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
12. "Amadou Diallo". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

External links

• Official website Football Association