England national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see England women's national football team.

England

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Roy Hodgson
Captain	Wayne Rooney
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Wayne Rooney (51)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	ENG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	9 (7 January 2016)
Highest	3 (August 2012)
Lowest	27 (February 1996)
First international
Scotland 0–0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (First in 1950)
Best result	Champions, 1966
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1968)
Best result	Third Place, 1968 Semi-finals, 1996

The England national football team represents England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man for football matches as part of FIFA-authorised events, and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. 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 team manager is Roy Hodgson.

England contest the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, which alternate biennially. England won the World Cup in 1966, when they hosted the finals, defeating West Germany 4–2 in extra time in the final. Their best performance since has been a semi-final appearance in 1990. England have never won the UEFA European Football Championship – their best performances being semi-final appearances at the 1968 and 1996 Championships, the latter of which they hosted.

History

Main article: History of the England national football team

The England team before playing 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. Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three Home Nations—Scotland, Wales and Ireland—in the British Home Championship.

To begin with, 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.

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 still stands as England's worst ever defeat. After the game, a bewildered Syd Owen said, "it was like playing men from outer space".

In the 1954 World Cup, two goals by Ivor Broadis saw him become the first England player to score two goals in a game at the World Cup finals. He beat Nat Lofthouse by 30 minutes when both scored 2 each in a thrilling 4–4 draw against Belgium. After reaching the quarter-finals for the first time, England lost 4–2 to Uruguay.

England team formation during the 1966 World Cup Final

Queen 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 ever full-time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963. The 1966 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 Euro 1968, the team reached the semifinals for the first time, being eliminated by Yugoslavia. England qualified for the 1970 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. They failed in qualification for the 1974, leading to Alf Ramsey's dismissal, and 1978 World Cups. Under Ron Greenwood they managed to qualify for the 1982 World Cup in Spain (the first time competitively since 1962), but were eliminated from a second qualifying round comprising further group matches without losing a game all tournament.

The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter-finals of the 1986 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 Euro 1988. They next went on to achieve their second best result in the 1990 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 playoff, 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.

In Euro 1992, the team failed to win any matches, 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 left after England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. At Euro 1996, held in England, Terry Venables led England equalling their best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semifinals as they did in 1968.

He resigned following investigations into his financial activities. His successor, Glenn Hoddle, similarly left the job for non-footballing reasons after just one international tournament – the 1998 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 Euro 2000, but performances were disappointing and he resigned shortly afterwards.

The England team during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

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, Eriksson was consistently popular with the majority of fans. He guided England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, and the 2006 World Cup. He lost only five competitive matches during his tenure, and England rose to a No.4 world ranking under his guidance. His contract was extended by the Football Association by two years, however, it was terminated by them at the 2006 World Cup's conclusion.

Steve McClaren was appointed as head coach. His reign yielded no success, with England failing to qualify for Euro 2008. McClaren was sacked unanimously by The Football Association on 22 November 2007 after only 16 months in charge. This made him the shortest-lasting full-time England manager since the inauguration of the post in 1946. He was replaced on 14 December 2007 by the former Real Madrid and FC Juventus manager Fabio Capello.

Capello took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland, in which England won 2–1. Under Capello, England won all but one of their qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup. A 5–1 victory over Croatia at Wembley ensured the team qualified for the final tournament with two games to spare, a feat that had never been achieved before.

At the 2010 World Cup itself, England drew their opening two games leading to questions about the team's spirit, tactics and ability to handle pressure. They progressed to the next round, where they were beaten 4–1 by Germany, their heaviest defeat in a World Cup.

In February 2012, Fabio 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. 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 Euro 2012. England managed to finish top of their group, winning two and drawing one of their fixtures, but exited the Championships in the quarter-finals with yet another penalty shoot-out defeat, this time to Italy.

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, England lost two consecutive group matches, against Italy and Uruguay, by 2–1 on each occasion. This was the first time England had lost two group matches since the 1950 World Cup (when they lost against the United States and Spain) and the first time England had been eliminated at the group stage since the 1958 World Cup, and the first time in fourteen years England having been eliminated from the group stage at an major tournament, since Euro 2000. This was also the first time that England had not won a match at the tournament since 1958, and England's points total of one from three matches was its worst ever in the World Cup (they obtained one point from drawing Costa Rica in their last match).

Despite a poor performance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, things changed for England in their Euro 2016 campaign. England were drawn in Group E with Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, and San Marino. England gained wins against Switzerland by a score of 2–0, 5–0 against San Marino, 1–0 against Estonia, 3–1 against Slovenia, 4–0 against Lithuania, and on June 14, 2015, England defeated Slovenia again with 3–2 as the score, making England undefeated and being the leader in Group E. On 5 September 2015, England beat San Marino 6–0 at San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, to qualify for Euro 2016.

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. 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 UK 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.

Colours

England's Brazil-style third kit from 1973

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. 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.

England shirt during 1966 World Cup final.

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.

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
Home	Home	Away	Home	Home 2	Home	Home	Home
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	All the matches
Euro 1996		WC 1998			Euro 2000		WC 2002
Home	Away	Home	Home 2	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
vs all except Germany	vs Germany	vs Tunisia and Romania	vs Argentina	vs Colombia	vs Romania and Portugal	vs Germany	vs Sweden, Denmark and Brazil	vs Argentina and Nigeria
Euro 2004		WC 2006		WC 2010		Euro 2012		WC 2014
Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home
vs all except Croatia	vs Croatia	vs all except Sweden	vs Sweden	vs United States and Algeria	vs Slovenia and Germany	vs all except Sweden	vs Sweden	All the matches

Kit manufacturer

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

Home stadium

Wembley Stadium during a friendly match between England and Germany

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

Manager	Roy Hodgson
Assistant manager	Ray Lewington
First Team Coach
Goalkeeping coach	Dave Watson
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 in the squad for the friendly matches against Spain on 13 November and France on 17 November 2015. Caps and goals updated as of 17 November 2015 after the match against France.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Joe Hart (1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 57 0 Manchester City 13 1GK Jack Butland (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 3 0 Stoke City 21 1GK Tom Heaton (1986-03-15) 15 March 1986 0 0 Burnley 2 2DF Nathaniel Clyne (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 9 0 Liverpool 3 2DF Kieran Gibbs (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 10 0 Arsenal 5 2DF Gary Cahill (Vice-captain) (1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 40 3 Chelsea 6 2DF John Stones (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 7 0 Everton 12 2DF Chris Smalling (1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 21 0 Manchester United 14 2DF Phil Jones (1992-02-21) 21 February 1992 20 0 Manchester United 15 2DF Kyle Walker (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 13 0 Tottenham Hotspur 16 2DF Ryan Bertrand (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 7 0 Southampton 4 3MF Eric Dier (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 2 0 Tottenham Hotspur 7 3MF Dele Alli (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 4 1 Tottenham Hotspur 8 3MF Ross Barkley (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 19 2 Everton 11 3MF Raheem Sterling (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 20 2 Manchester City 17 3MF Jonjo Shelvey (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 6 0 Newcastle United 18 3MF Ryan Mason (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 1 0 Tottenham Hotspur 19 3MF Jesse Lingard (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 0 0 Manchester United 20 3MF Adam Lallana (1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 19 0 Liverpool 9 4FW Harry Kane (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 8 3 Tottenham Hotspur 10 4FW Wayne Rooney (Captain) (1985-10-24) 24 October 1985 109 51 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	Robert Green	(1980-01-18) 18 January 1980	12	0	Queens Park Rangers	v. Slovenia, 14 June 2015
GK	Fraser Forster	(1988-03-17) 17 March 1988	3	0	Southampton	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2015
DF	Phil Jagielka	(1982-08-17) 17 August 1982	38	3	Everton	v. Lithuania, 12 October 2015
DF	Luke Shaw	(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995	6	0	Manchester United	v. Switzerland, 8 September 2015
DF	Leighton Baines	(1984-12-11) 11 December 1984	30	1	Everton	v. Italy, 31 March 2015
DF	Danny Rose	(1990-07-02) 2 July 1990	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2015
MF	Fabian Delph	(1989-11-21) 21 November 1989	9	0	Manchester City	v. Spain, 13 November 2015
MF	Michael Carrick	(1981-07-28) 28 July 1981	34	0	Manchester United	v. Spain, 13 November 2015
MF	James Milner	(1986-01-04) 4 January 1986	57	1	Liverpool	v. Spain, 13 November 2015
MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993	24	5	Arsenal	v. Lithuania, 12 October 2015
MF	Andros Townsend	(1991-07-16) 16 July 1991	10	3	Tottenham Hotspur	v. Lithuania, 12 October 2015
MF	Jack Wilshere	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992	28	2	Arsenal	v. Slovenia, 14 June 2015
MF	Jordan Henderson	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990	22	0	Liverpool	v. Slovenia, 14 June 2015
MF	Tom Cleverley	(1989-08-12) 12 August 1989	13	0	Everton	v. Slovenia, 14 June 2015
FW	Jamie Vardy	(1987-01-11) 11 January 1987	4	0	Leicester City	v. Spain, 13 November 2015
FW	Theo Walcott	(1989-03-16) 16 March 1989	42	8	Arsenal	v. Lithuania, 12 October 2015
FW	Danny Ings	(1992-03-27) 27 March 1992	1	0	Liverpool	v. Lithuania, 12 October 2015
FW	Charlie Austin	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	v. Slovenia, 14 June 2015
FW	Danny Welbeck	(1990-11-26) 26 November 1990	33	14	Arsenal	v. Republic of Ireland, 7 June 2015
FW	Daniel Sturridge	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989	16	5	Liverpool	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2015

|} Notes:

• RET = Retired from the national team

Results and fixtures

2015

England v Lithuania

27 March 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	England	4–0	Lithuania	London, England
19:45 GMT Match 941	Rooney  7' Welbeck  45' Sterling  58'  80' Kane  73'	Report	Žaliūkas  41' Kazlauskas  90+1'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 83,671 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Italy v England

31 March 2015 Friendly	Italy	1–1	England	Turin, Italy
	Pellè  29'	Report	Townsend  79'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 31,138 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Republic of Ireland v England

7 June 2015 Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–0	England	Dublin, Ireland
13:00 BST	McCarthy  44'	Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 43,486 Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

Slovenia v England

14 June 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	Slovenia	2–3	England	Ljubljana, Slovenia
17:00 BST	Novaković  37' Pečnik  84' Ilić  58' Kampl  90+2'	Report	Wilshere  57', 73' Rooney  86'	Stadium: Stadion Stožice Attendance: 15,796 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

San Marino v England

5 September 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	San Marino	0–6	England	Serravalle, San Marino
17:00 BST	Beradi  12'	Report	Rooney  13' (pen.) Brolli  30' (o.g.) Barkley  46' Walcott  67', 78' Kane  77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

England v Switzerland

8 September 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	England	2–0	Switzerland	London, England
19:45 BST	Kane  67' Rooney  84' (pen.) Milner  28' Smalling  71'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 75,751 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

England v Estonia

9 October 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	England	2–0	Estonia	London, England
19:45 BST	Walcott  45' Sterling  85'	Report	Pikk  73'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 75,427 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Lithuania v England

12 October 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	Lithuania	0–3	England	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:45 BST	Spalvis  84' Vaitkunas  89'	Report	Barkley  29' Arlauskis  35' (o.g.) Oxlade-Chamberlain  62' Shelvey  78' Vardy  79'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 5,051 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Spain v England

13 November 2015 Friendly	Spain	2–0	England	Alicante, Spain
19:45 GMT	Gaspar  72' Cazorla  84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

England v France

17 November 2015 Friendly	England	2–0	France	London, England
20:00 GMT	Alli  39' Rooney  48'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 71,223 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

2016

Germany v England

26 March 2016 Friendly	Germany	v	England	Berlin, Germany
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Olympiastadion

England v Netherlands

29 March 2016 Friendly	England	v	Netherlands	London, England
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

England v Russia

11 June 2016 UEFA Euro 2016 Group B	England	v	Russia	Marseille, France
20:00 BST Match 953				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

England v Wales

16 June 2016 UEFA Euro 2016 Group B	England	v	Wales	Lens, France
14:00 BST Match 954				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Slovakia v England

20 June 2016 UEFA Euro 2016 Group B	Slovakia	v	England	Saint-Étienne, France
20:00 BST Match 955				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Slovakia v England

4 September 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Slovakia	v	England	TBC, Slovakia
17:00 BST				Stadium: TBC

England v Malta

8 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	England	v	Malta	London, England
17:00 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Slovenia v England

11 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Slovenia	v	England	TBC, Slovenia
19:45 BST				Stadium: TBC

England v Scotland

11 November 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	England	v	Scotland	London, England
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

2017

England v Lithuania

26 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	England	v	Lithuania	London, England
17:00 GMT				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Scotland v England

10 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Scotland	v	England	Glasgow, Scotland
17:00 BST				Stadium: Hampden Park

Records

Most capped players

Updated 17 November 2015.
Players in bold are still active at club level.

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	David Beckham	1996–2009	115	17	MF
3	Steven Gerrard	2000–2014	114	21	MF
4	Wayne Rooney	2003–0000	109	51	FW
5	Bobby Moore	1962–1973	108	2	DF
6	Ashley Cole	2001–2014	107	0	DF
7	Bobby Charlton	1958–1970	106	49	FW
	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.

Wayne Rooney is the top goalscorer in the history of England, with 51 goals.

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Position	Average
1	Wayne Rooney (list)	2003–0000	51	109	FW	0.4679
2	Bobby Charlton (list)	1958–1970	49	106	MF	0.4623
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 Cups, they are tied for sixth-best in terms of 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.

     Gold       Silver       Bronze  

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record							Manager
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	6th 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	Group Round 2	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		Eriksson
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
Total	1 title	14/20	62	26	20	16	79	56		102	68	23	11	257	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 is quite a successful nation 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 appeared in eight UEFA European Championship Finals tournaments, tied for ninth-best. 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
1968	Third Place	3rd of 4	2	1	0	1	2	1		8	6	1	1	18	6		Ramsey
1972	Did not qualify									8	5	2	1	16	6		Ramsey
1976										6	3	2	1	11	3		Revie
1980	Group Stage	5th 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	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
2004	Quarter-finals	5th of 16	4	2	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	0	5	3		8	5	3	0	17	5		Capello, Hodgson
2016	Qualified									10	10	0	0	31	3		Hodgson
2020																	TBD
Total	Third Place	8/14	27	9	9	9	36	31		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	55	25	17	13	74	47

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Major:

FIFA World Cup

Winners (1): 1966 FIFA World Cup

Regional:

• British Home Championship

Winners (54): (including 20 shared)

• Rous Cup:

Winners (3): 1986, 1988, 1989

Minor:

• 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

Titles

Achievements
Preceded by 1962 Brazil	World Champions 1966 (First title)	Succeeded by 1970 Brazil

External links

• Official website at the FA's website
• englandstats.com – England statistics since 1872
• England football online
• IFFHS Archive: 1872–1900, 1901–1910, 1911–1920
• Complete Results and Line-Ups

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