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England
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Lions
AssociationThe FA
Head coachSven-Göran Eriksson, 2001-
Most capsPeter Shilton (125)
Top scorerBobby Charlton (49)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Scotland 0 - 0 England
(Partick, Scotland; 30 November, 1872)
Biggest win
Ireland 0 - 13 England
(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February, 1882)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 7 - 1 England
(Budapest, Hungary; 23 May, 1954)
World Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1950)
Best resultWinners, 1966
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1968)
Best resultThird, 1968, Semi-finals, 1996

The England national football team is organised under the auspices of The Football Association, the governing body for football in England, and represents England (not the whole UK) in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. As the IOC does not accept regional representative teams, the UK does not compete in Olympic football.

History

England played in the first ever 'international' football match, a game against Scotland which took place at Hamilton Crescent in Partick (now part of Glasgow), Scotland in 1872. The result was a 0-0 draw.

England are by far the most successful of the Home Nations, as well as being former World Champions, they won the British Home Championship outright 34 times, as many as the other three nations managed combined.

England's moment of greatest triumph came in 1966 when they won the World Cup. They were led to victory by captain Bobby Moore, and managed by Alf Ramsey who was later knighted for the achievement. In the final England beat West Germany by 4 goals to 2, with 3 goals from Geoff Hurst and one from Martin Peters. The victory gave rise to the well known British catchphrase, "They think it's all over... it is now!" following Kenneth Wolstenholme's commentary of the final goal in the dying minutes of the game.

Goalkeeper Peter Shilton has played for England more times than anyone else. He gained his 125th and last cap in the 1990 World Cup. Sir Bobby Charlton is the top scorer with 49, with Gary Lineker second with 48.

In 2001, Sven-Göran Eriksson became the first foreign national (he is Swedish) to become the manager of England. The team qualified for the 2002 World Cup (held in Japan and South Korea) in a tense finale on the 6 October, 2001, with the final goal which gave them the much-needed draw against Greece coming from David Beckham in the dying seconds of the game. This result ensured automatic qualification above Germany on goal difference. In the World Cup itself England reached the quarter-finals before being beaten by eventual tournament winners Brazil 2-1.

So far, the highlights of Eriksson's time in charge of England have been a 5-1 victory over rivals Germany, during the World Cup 2002 qualification campaign — England came from behind, with goals from Emile Heskey, Steven Gerrard and a Michael Owen hat-trick; and a hard-fought 1-0 win over Argentina in the tournament itself.

The first national manager, Walter Winterbottom, died in February 2002.

World Cup record

Year, Finals host Qualifying Early rounds Quarter-finals/
2nd group round 		Semi-finals/
3rd-4th 		Final
1930, Uruguay Did not enter (Group matches) 　 　
1934, Italy Did not enter (1st round) 　 　 　
1938, France Did not enter (1st round) 　 　 　
1950, Brazil Qualified Group matches (Final round)
1954, Switzerland Qualified Group matches Quarter-finals 　 　
1958, Sweden Qualified Group matches 　 　 　
1962, Chile Qualified Group matches Quarter-finals 　 　
1966, England Hosts Group matches Quarter-finals Semi-finals Winners
1970, Mexico Qualified Group matches Quarter-finals 　 　
1974, West Germany Did not qualify (Group matches) (2nd group round) 　 　
1978, Argentina Did not qualify (Group matches) (2nd group round) 　 　
1982, Spain Qualified Group matches 2nd group round 　 　
1986, Mexico Qualified Group matches Round of 16 Quarter-finals 　 　
1990, Italy Qualified Group matches Round of 16 Quarter-finals 4th place 　
1994, United States Did not qualify (Group matches) (Round of 16) 　 　 　
1998, France Qualified Group matches Round of 16 　 　 　
2002, Korea/Japan Qualified Group matches Round of 16 Quarter-finals 　 　

European Championship record

Distinguished Players

*denotes a player still playing for England or available for selection. Bold figures in brackets denote a place in the Top 20 most capped players.

See also: List of English footballers

Top England goalscorers

# Player England career Goals (Caps)
1 Sir Bobby Charlton 1958-70 49 (106)
2 Gary Lineker 1984-92 48 (80)
3 Jimmy Greaves 1959-67 44 (57)
4 Tom Finney 1946-58 30 (76)
= Nat Lofthouse 1950-58 30 (33)
6 Alan Shearer 1992-2000 30 (63)
7 Viv Woodward 1903-11 29 (23)
= Michael Owen 1998-present 29 (66)
8 Steve Bloomer 1895-1907 28 (23)
9 David Platt 1989-96 27 (62)
10 Bryan Robson 1979-91 26 (90)
11 Sir Geoff Hurst 1966-72 24 (49)
12 Stan Mortensen 1947-53 23 (25)
13 Tommy Lawton 1938-48 22 (23)
14 Mick Channon 1972-77 21 (46)
= Kevin Keegan 1972-82 21 (63)
15 Martin Peters 1966-74 20 (77)
16 George Camsell 1929-36 18 (9)
= Dixie Dean 1927-32 18 (16)
= Johnny Haynes 1954-62 18 (56)
= Roger Hunt 1962-69 18 (34)

England managers

Manager England career
Sir Walter Winterbottom 1946-1962
Sir Alf Ramsey 1963-1974
Joe Mercer (caretaker) 1974
Don Revie 1974-1977
Ron Greenwood 1977-1982
Sir Bobby Robson 1982-1990
Graham Taylor 1990-1993
Terry Venables 1993-1996
Glenn Hoddle 1996-1999
Howard Wilkinson (caretaker) 1999
Kevin Keegan 1999-2000
Howard Wilkinson (caretaker) 2000
Peter Taylor (caretaker) 2000
Sven-Göran Eriksson 2001 - present


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