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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	5 (20 December 2018)[1]
Highest	3 (August 2012[1])
Lowest	27 (February 1996[1])
Elo ranking
Current	7 (28 December 2018)[2]
Highest	1 (1872–1876, 1892–1911, 1966–1970, 1987–1988)
Lowest	17 (11 June 1995)
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	15 (first in 1950)
Best result	Champions (1966)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1968)
Best result	Third place (1968)

The England national football team represents England in senior men's international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.^[3][4]

England is 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 their headquarters are at St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. The team's manager is Gareth Southgate. Although part of the United Kingdom, England's representative side plays in major professional tournaments, but not the Olympic Games.

Since first entering the tournament in 1950, England has qualified for the FIFA World Cup fifteen times. They won the 1966 World Cup, when they hosted the finals, and finished fourth in 1990 and 2018. Since first entering in 1964, England have never won the UEFA European Championship, with their best performances being a third place finish in 1968 and 1996, the latter as hosts.

History

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Their first 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".^[7] In the 1954 FIFA World Cup, England reached the quarter-finals for the first time, and lost 4–2 to reigning champions Uruguay.

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 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 after losing a controversial game against the Netherlands in Rotterdam. 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, before exiting via a penalty shoot-out loss to Germany.^[8]

He resigned following investigations into his financial activities.^[9] 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.

The England team during the 2006 FIFA World Cup

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 tenure, and England 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 head coach, but after failing to qualify for Euro 2008 was sacked on 22 November 2007. The following month, he was replaced by a second foreign manager, Italian Fabio Capello, whose experience included 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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14] 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.^[15] England qualified for UEFA Euro 2016, with 10 wins from 10 qualifying matches,^[16] but were ultimately eliminated in the Round of 16, losing 2–1 to Iceland.^[17] Hodgson resigned as manager immediately,^[18] and just under a month later was replaced by Sam Allardyce.^[19] 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. However, because his sole game as England manager was a 1–0 victory against Slovakia, he left the job with a 100% win rate, the best any England manager in history has ever had.^[20]

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 of that year.,^[21] before being given the position on a permanent basis.^[22] Under Southgate, England finished 1st in the qualifying group for the FIFA World Cup 2018, remaining unbeaten in the process.^[23] At the tournament, held in Russia, England came second in their group, behind Belgium and ahead of Tunisia and debutants Panama.^{[24][25][26][27][28]} They defeated Colombia on penalties in the first knock-out round,^[29][30] and then beat Sweden 2–0 in the quarter-final to reach only their third World Cup semi-final.^[31][32] In the semi-final, they were beaten 2–1 in extra time by Croatia.^[33][34][35] England were beaten by Belgium for a second time, 2–0, in the third place match.^[36]

Team image

Colours

England shirt for the 1966 World Cup final

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

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 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.^[37]

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.^[38] In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association.^[39] The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance.^[40] 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.^[39][41] 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.^[42]

Kits

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 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 Qualifiers and pre-tournament friendlies, until 2022.^[47]

Coaching staff

As of 6 December 2016

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

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the England squad for the fixtures against the United States and Croatia on 15 and 18 November 2018 respectively.^[48][49]
Caps and goals correct as of: 18 November 2018, after the match against the Croatia.
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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jordan Pickford	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 24)	15	0	Everton
13	1GK	Jack Butland	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 25)	9	0	Stoke City
21	1GK	Alex McCarthy	(1989-12-03) 3 December 1989 (age 29)	1	0	Southampton
—	1GK	Marcus Bettinelli	(1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 26)	0	0	Fulham
2	2DF	Kyle Walker	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 28)	44	0	Manchester City
6	2DF	John Stones	(1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 24)	37	2	Manchester City
18	2DF	Luke Shaw	(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 23)	8	0	Manchester United
5	2DF	Joe Gomez	(1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 21)	6	0	Liverpool
12	2DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 20)	5	1	Liverpool
3	2DF	Ben Chilwell	(1996-12-21) 21 December 1996 (age 22)	5	0	Leicester City
16	2DF	Michael Keane	(1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 25)	5	0	Everton
15	2DF	Lewis Dunk	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 27)	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
4	3MF	Eric Dier	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 24)	38	3	Tottenham Hotspur
20	3MF	Dele Alli	(1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 22)	33	3	Tottenham Hotspur
7	3MF	Ross Barkley	(1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 25)	25	2	Chelsea
14	3MF	Jesse Lingard	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 26)	22	4	Manchester United
8	3MF	Fabian Delph	(1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 29)	18	0	Manchester City
22	3MF	Ruben Loftus-Cheek	(1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 22)	10	0	Chelsea
19	3MF	Harry Winks	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 22)	3	0	Tottenham Hotspur
10	4FW	Raheem Sterling	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 24)	47	4	Manchester City
9	4FW	Harry Kane (captain)	(1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 25)	35	20	Tottenham Hotspur
11	4FW	Marcus Rashford	(1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 21)	31	6	Manchester United
17	4FW	Jadon Sancho	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 18)	3	0	Borussia Dortmund
23	4FW	Callum Wilson	(1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 26)	1	1	AFC Bournemouth

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last twelve months.^{[citation needed]}

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nick Pope	(1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 26)	1	0	Burnley	2018 FIFA World Cup
GK	Tom Heaton	(1986-04-15) 15 April 1986 (age 32)	3	0	Burnley	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
GK	Joe Hart	(1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 (age 31)	75	0	Burnley	v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
DF	Kieran Trippier INJ	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 28)	16	1	Tottenham Hotspur	v.  United States, 15 November 2018
DF	Harry Maguire INJ	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 25)	16	1	Leicester City	v.  Spain, 15 October 2018
DF	Danny Rose INJ	(1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 28)	25	0	Tottenham Hotspur	v.  Croatia, 12 October 2018
DF	James Tarkowski	(1992-11-19) 19 November 1992 (age 26)	2	0	Burnley	v.  Croatia, 12 October 2018
DF	Gary Cahill RET	(1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 (age 33)	61	5	Chelsea	2018 FIFA World Cup
DF	Ashley Young	(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 33)	39	7	Manchester United	2018 FIFA World Cup
DF	Phil Jones	(1992-02-21) 21 February 1992 (age 26)	27	0	Manchester United	2018 FIFA World Cup
DF	Alfie Mawson	(1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Fulham	v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
DF	Ryan Bertrand	(1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 29)	19	1	Southampton	v.  Netherlands, 23 March 2018
MF	Jordan Henderson INJ	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 28)	48	0	Liverpool	v.  United States, 15 November 2018
MF	Nathaniel Chalobah	(1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Watford	v.  Spain, 15 October 2018
MF	James Maddison	(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Leicester City	v.  Spain, 15 October 2018
MF	Mason Mount	(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Derby County	v.  Spain, 15 October 2018
MF	Demarai Gray	(1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Leicester City	v.   Switzerland, 11 September 2018
MF	Adam Lallana	(1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 30)	34	3	Liverpool	v.  Spain, 8 September 2018
MF	Jake Livermore	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 29)	7	0	West Bromwich Albion	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Lewis Cook	(1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 21)	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain INJ	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 25)	32	6	Liverpool	v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
MF	Jack Wilshere	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 27)	34	2	West Ham United	v.  Netherlands, 23 March 2018
FW	Wayne Rooney RET	(1985-10-24) 24 October 1985 (age 33)	120	53	D.C. United	v.  United States, 15 November 2018
FW	Danny Welbeck INJ	(1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 28)	42	16	Arsenal	v.  United States, 15 November 2018
FW	Jamie Vardy	(1987-01-11) 11 January 1987 (age 31)	26	7	Leicester City	2018 FIFA World Cup
INJ Player withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby RET Player retired from the national team

Results and fixtures

2018

Netherlands  v  England

23 March 2018 Friendly	Netherlands	0–1	England	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:45 GMT		Report	Lingard  59'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

England  v  Italy

27 March 2018 Friendly	England	1–1	Italy	London, England
20:00 BST	Vardy  26' Oxlade-Chamberlain  40' Walker  72' Young  83'	Report	Insigne  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

England  v  Nigeria

2 June 2018 Friendly	England	2–1	Nigeria	London, England
17:15 BST	Cahill  7' Kane  39' Sterling  68'	Report	Iwobi  47' Musa  77'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 70,025 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

England  v  Costa Rica

7 June 2018 Friendly	England	2–0	Costa Rica	Leeds, England
20:00 BST	Rashford  13' Welbeck  76'	Report	Matarrita  68' González  69'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,104 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Tunisia  v  England

18 June 2018 2018 World Cup Group G	Tunisia	1–2	England	Volgograd, Russia
19:00 BST	Sassi  35' (pen.)	Report	Kane  11', 90+1' Walker  34'	Stadium: Volgograd Arena Attendance: 41,064 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

England  v  Panama

24 June 2018 2018 World Cup Group G	England	6–1	Panama	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
13:00 BST	Stones  8', 40' Kane  22' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 62' Loftus-Cheek  23' Lingard  36'	Report	Cooper  10' Escobar  44' Murillo  72' Baloy  78'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 43,319 Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

England  v  Belgium

28 June 2018 2018 World Cup Group G	England	0–1	Belgium	Kaliningrad, Russia
19:00 BST		Report	Tielemans  19' Dendoncker  33' Januzaj  51'	Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium Attendance: 33,973 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Colombia  v  England

3 July 2018 2018 World Cup Round of 16	Colombia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	England	Moscow, Russia
19:00 BST	Barrios  41' Arias  52' Sánchez  54' Falcao  63' Bacca  64' Mina  90+3' Cuadrado  118'	Report	Henderson  56' Kane  57' (pen.) Lingard  69'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 44,190 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Penalties
	Falcao Ju. Cuadrado Muriel Uribe Bacca		Kane Rashford Henderson Trippier Dier

Sweden  v  England

7 July 2018 2018 World Cup Quarter-finals	Sweden	0–2	England	Samara, Russia
15:00 BST	Guidetti  87' Larsson  90+4'	Report	Maguire  30'  87' Alli  58'	Stadium: Cosmos Arena Attendance: 39,991 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Croatia  v  England

11 July 2018 2018 World Cup Semi-finals	Croatia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	England	Moscow, Russia
19:00 BST	Mandžukić  48'  109' Perišić  68' Rebić  96'	Report	Trippier  5' Walker  54'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Belgium  v  England

14 July 2018 2018 World Cup 3rd place	Belgium	2–0	England	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 BST	Meunier  4' E. Hazard  82' Witsel  90+3'	Report	Stones  52' Maguire  76'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 64,406 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

England  v  Spain

8 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A	England	1–2	Spain	London, England
19:45 BST	Rashford  11' Henderson  18' Shaw  41' Stones  66' Rose  90+4'	Report	Saúl  13' Rodrigo  32' Carvajal  83'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 81,392 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

England  v   Switzerland

11 September 2018 Friendly	England	1–0	Switzerland	Leicester, England
20:00 BST	Rashford  54' Henderson  88'	Report	Lichtsteiner  27'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,256 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Croatia  v  England

12 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A	Croatia	0–0	England	Rijeka, Croatia
19:45 BST	Kovačić  25' Lovren  45' Jedvaj  59'	Report	Henderson  6' Stones  52' Sterling  72'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Spain  v  England

15 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A	Spain	2–3	England	Seville, Spain
19:45 BST	Alcácer  58' Ramos  64'  90+8' Castro  75' Ceballos  87' Morata  90+8'	Report	Dier  12' Sterling  16', 38' Rashford  30' Winks  64' Maguire  71'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Attendance: 50,355 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

England  v  United States

15 November 2018 Friendly	England	3–0	United States	London, England
20:00 GMT	Lingard  25' Alexander-Arnold  27' Wilson  77'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 68,155 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

England  v  Croatia

18 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A	England	2–1	Croatia	London, England
14:00 GMT	Lingard  78' Kane  85'	Report	Kramarić  57'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 78,221 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2019

England  v  Czech Republic

22 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	England	v	Czech Republic	London, England
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Montenegro  v  England

25 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	Montenegro	v	England	Podgorica, Montenegro
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium

Netherlands  v  England

6 June 2019 2019 UEFA Nations League SF	Netherlands	v	England	Guimarães, Portugal
19:45				Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Portugal  or   Switzerland v  England

9 June 2019 2019 UEFA Nations League 3rd/F	Portugal  or   Switzerland	v	England	Porto or Guimarães, Portugal
15:00 or 20:45				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão or Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

England  v  Bulgaria

7 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	England	v	Bulgaria	TBA, England
17:00 BST				Stadium: TBA

England  v  Kosovo

10 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	England	v	Kosovo	TBA, England
19:45 BST				Stadium: TBA

Czech Republic  v  England

11 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	Czech Republic	v	England	Prague, Czech Republic
19:45 BST				Stadium: Sinobo Stadium or Stadion Letná

Bulgaria  v  England

14 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	Bulgaria	v	England	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 BST				Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium

England  v  Montenegro

14 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	England	v	Montenegro	TBA, England
19:45 GMT				Stadium: TBA

Kosovo  v  England

17 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	Kosovo	v	England	Pristina, Kosovo
17:00 GMT				Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium

Records

Most capped players

Updated 15 November 2018.

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.

Top goalscorers

Updated 15 November 2018.

Wayne Rooney is the top goalscorer in the history of England with 53 goals.

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 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 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 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. 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, 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. This after drawing with the United States and Algeria, and defeating Slovenia 1–0, in the group stage.

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place  
     Fourth place  

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record							Manager(s)
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA member									No qualification							None
1934										Not a FIFA member
1938
1950	Group stage	8th	3	1	0	2	2	2		3	3	0	0	14	3		Winterbottom
1954	Quarter-finals	7th	3	1	1	1	8	8		3	3	0	0	11	4
1958	Group stage	11th	4	0	3	1	4	5		4	3	1	0	15	5
1962	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	5	6		4	3	1	0	16	2
1966	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	11	3		Qualified as hosts							Ramsey
1970	Quarter-finals	8th	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	5	3	2	0	6	1		8	4	1	3	13	8		Greenwood
1986	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	1	2	7	3		8	4	4	0	21	2		Robson
1990	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	3	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	4	2	1	1	7	4		8	6	1	1	15	2		Hoddle
2002	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	2	1	6	3		8	5	2	1	16	6		Keegan, Wilkinson, Eriksson[51]
2006		7th	5	3	2	0	6	2		10	8	1	1	17	5		Eriksson
2010	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	3	5		10	9	0	1	34	6		Capello
2014	Group stage	26th	3	0	1	2	2	4		10	6	4	0	31	4		Hodgson
2018	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	1	3	12	8		10	8	2	0	18	3		Allardyce, Southgate[52]
Total	1 title	15/21	69	29	21	19	91	64		112	76	25	11	275	67

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**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'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 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 failed to qualify for the finals 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[53]
1968	Third place	3rd of 4	2	1	0	1	2	1		8	6	1	1	18	6		Ramsey
1972	Did not qualify[54]									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	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[55]
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[56]
2016	Round of 16	12th of 24	4	1	2	1	4	4		10	10	0	0	31	3		Hodgson
2020	To be determined																Southgate
Total	Third place (x2)	9/15	31	10	11	10	40	35		96	62	24	10	208	58