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England
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Three Lions
AssociationThe Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachItaly Fabio Capello
CaptainTBA
Most capsPeter Shilton (125)
Top scorerBobby Charlton (49)
Home stadiumWembley Stadium (London)
FIFA codeENG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current9
Highest4 (December 1997/September 2006)
Lowest27 (February 1996)
First international
 Scotland 0 - 0 England England
(Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
 Ireland 0 - 13 England England
(Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 7 - 1 England England
(Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1950)
Best resultWinners, 1966
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1968)
Best result1968: Third, 1996 Semi-finals

The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Although most national teams worldwide represent a sovereign state, the four "Home Nations" making up the United Kingdom are each represented separately in most international tournaments.

England are one of the more successful footballing teams, being one of only seven countries to ever win the FIFA World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany 4-2 in extra time in 1966 to win their first, and only, World Cup title. However, since 1966, they have never made it past the semi-finals. Nevertheless they remain a prominent team on the global stage, rarely dropping outside of the top ten rankings of both FIFA and ELO. England also reached the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship in 1968 and 1996. They were the most successful of the "home nations", in the British Home Championship with 54 wins (including 20 shared wins) before the competition was suspended in 1984.

Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland, who were their opponents in the first-ever international football match in 1872.[1] Since regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s, other rivalries have become more prominent.[2] Matches with Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium in London.

History

Main article: History of the England national football team

The England national football team is the joint oldest in the world, formed at the same time as Scotland. England played their first international match against Scotland, and at Scotland's invitation, at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland on 30 November, 1872.[3] Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three "Home Nations" - Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The games were made competitive with the British Home Championship from 1883 to 1984.

Before Wembley was opened, England had no permanent home ground. England joined FIFA in 1906, playing its first ever game outside the British Isles in 1908. However, the relationship between the two were strained, resulting in the British nations' departure from FIFA in 1928, before rejoining in 1946. As a result, England did not compete in a World Cup until 1950, in which they were beaten in a 1-0 defeat against the United States, failing to get past the first round. England's first ever defeat on home soil to a non-UK team was a 0-2 loss to Ireland on September 21, 1949 at Goodison Park, Liverpool. A 6-3 loss in 1953 to Hungary was England's first ever defeat to a non-UK team at Wembley.

Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as the first ever full time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963. Under Ramsey, England experienced its greatest ever success, winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final against West Germany 4-2 after extra time. Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick in the final. The 1966 World Cup was also held in England. Though England lost again to the Auld Enemy Scotland only a year later with a famous 3-2 for the Scots at Wembley. England qualified for the 1970 FIFA 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. For the 1974 and 1978 World Cups, England failed to qualify. In 1982, England under Ron Greenwood qualified for 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain after a 12-year absence and were eliminated from the second round without losing a match. The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup and finished fourth in the tournament four years later, which was the best performance in the World Cup since 1966.

Graham Taylor's short reign as Robson's successor ended after his England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but then the 1996 European Championships were held in England, and under new coach Terry Venables the team had its best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-final. The England team of the 1990s and 2000s has been consistently in football's top twenty countries, but hasn't progressed beyond the quarter finals of any international tournament apart from Italia 90 and Euro 96. 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, England enjoyed considerable success in the 2006 World Cup under his guidance, and was rated the 6th best team in the world.

Steve McClaren was appointed as the head coach following the 2006 World Cup. The reign was marked with little success, with England failing to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. McClaren left on 22 November 2007, after only 16 months in charge and making him the shortest tenured full time England manager ever since the inauguration of the post in 1946. He was replaced by the former Real Madrid and AC Milan manager Fabio Capello. The Italian is the second foreign manager to coach England, after Eriksson, and took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland. England won 2-1. Since then Capello has also managed England in games against France, USA and Trinidad & Tobago. England lost 1-0 to France, won 2-0 against the USA and 3-0 against T&T. His next game is against the Czech Republic.

Home stadium

For the first 50 years of its existence, England played its home matches all around the country; for the first few years it used cricket grounds, before later moving on to football clubs' stadiums. England played their first match at Wembley Stadium in 1924 against Scotland, but for the next 27 years only used Wembley as a venue for Scotland matches.

The Wembley Stadium is a stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. It is owned by The Football Association (FA) via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited, and its primary use is for home games of the England national football team, and the main English domestic football finals.

Media coverage

England home matches (both qualifiers and friendlies) are shown live on BBC One. Live coverage of away matches is sold by the host team (ie. England's opposition who are at home) for both qualifiers and friendlies, although it tends be either the BBC or Sky Sports that purchases the rights to these matches.

From the 2008/09 season, England's home qualifiers will be shown live on ITV with away qualifiers and home friendlies being shown live on Setanta Sports. Away friendlies will again be sold by the home team. In Australia, Setanta Sports will broadcast all of England's home internationals from August 2008.

All matches are broadcast with full commentary on BBC Radio Five Live.

Colours

England's Brazil-style third kit from 1973

England's traditional home colours are white shirts, navy shorts and white socks.

The traditional England away colour is red, although England did not need an away kit until they played against a non-British side. From 1945 to 1952, England wore a blue away kit. In 1996 England's away kit was changed to grey shirts, shorts and socks. This kit was worn against Bulgaria, Germany and Georgia but the deviation from traditional red was unpopular with supporters and since then the England away kit has remained red.

Third Kit

England have occasionally had a third kit as well. At the 1970 World Cup England wore a third kit with light blue shirt, shorts and socks against Czechoslovakia.

They had a strip similar to Brazil's kit, with a yellow shirt and blue shorts in 1973, worn against Czechoslovakia, Poland and Italy.

Between 1986 and 1992 England had pale blue third kits which were rarely worn.

Fixtures & Results 2008/9

FIFA World Cup qualification

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Other matches

Opponents Venue Date Result
Switzerland Wembley Stadium, London 6 Feb 2008 England Win 2-1
France Stade de France, Paris 26 Mar 2008 England Lose 0-1
USA Wembley Stadium, London 28 May 2008 England Win 2-0
Trinidad & Tobago Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain 1 June 2008 England Win 0-3
Czech Republic Wembley Stadium, London 20 August 2008

England squad

Most recent squad

Players in the 22-man squad for the most recent match against Trinidad and Tobago[4][5]

Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Goalkeepers
David James August 11970 (age 37) England Portsmouth 39 (0) v Mexico, 29 March 1997
Joe Hart April 19 1987 (age 21) England Manchester City 1 (0) v Trinidad & Tobago, 1 June 2008
Joe Lewis October 6 1987 (age 20) England Peterborough United 0 (0) N/A
Defenders
Rio Ferdinand November 71978 (age 29) England Manchester United 68 (2) v Cameroon, 15 November 1997
Wayne Bridge August 5 1980 (age 27) England Chelsea 30 (1) v Netherlands, 13 February 2002
Glen Johnson August 23 1984 (age 23) England Portsmouth 8 (0) v Denmark, November 2003
Jonathan Woodgate January 22 1980 (age 28) England Tottenham Hotspur 7 (0) v Bulgaria, 9 June 1999
Phil Jagielka August 17 1982 (age 25) England Everton 1 (0) v Trinidad & Tobago, 1 June 2008
Stephen Warnock December 12 1981 (age 26) England Blackburn Rovers 1 (0) v Trinidad & Tobago, 1 June 2008
David Wheater February 4 1987 (age 21) England Middlesbrough 0 (0) N/A
Midfielders
David Beckham May 2 1975 (age 33) United States Los Angeles Galaxy 102 (17) v Moldova, 1 September 1996
Steven Gerrard May 301980 (age 28) England Liverpool 67 (13) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Gareth Barry February 23 1981 (age 27) England Aston Villa 20 (1) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Stewart Downing July 22 1984 (age 23) England Middlesbrough 18 (0) v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
David Bentley August 27 1984 (age 23) England Blackburn Rovers 6 (0) v Israel, 8 September 2007
Ashley Young July 9 1985 (age 22) England Aston Villa 3 (0) v Austria, 16 November 2007
Tom Huddlestone December 28 1986 (age 21) England Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0) N/A
Strikers
Peter Crouch January 30 1981 (age 27) England Liverpool 28 (14) v Colombia, 31 May 2005
Jermain Defoe October 7 1982 (age 25) England Portsmouth 28 (5) v Sweden, 31 March 2004
Theo Walcott March 16 1989 (age 19) England Arsenal 2 (0) v Hungary, 30 May 2006
Dean Ashton November 24 1983 (age 24) England West Ham United 1 (0) v Trinidad & Tobago, 1 June 2008
Wayne Rooney October 24 1985 (age 22) England Manchester United 43 (14) v Australia, 12 February 2003

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last twelve months:

Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Goalkeepers
Paul Robinson October 15 1979 (age 28) England Tottenham Hotspur 41 (0) v Australia,
12 February 2003		 v France, March 2008
Scott Carson September 31985 (age 22) England Liverpool 2 (0) v Austria,
16 November 2007 		v France,
March 2008
Robert Green January 18 1980 (age 28) England West Ham United 1 (0) v Colombia
May 31 2005		 v France,
March 2008
Chris Kirkland May 21981 (age 26) England Wigan Athletic 1 (0) Greece,
16 August 2006 		v United States / Trinidad & Tobago,
May 2008
Defenders
Sol Campbell September 18 1974 (age 33) England Portsmouth 73 (1) v Hungary,
18 May 1996 		v Croatia,
21 November 2007
Ashley Cole December 20 1980 (age 27) England Chelsea 64 (0) v Albania, 28 March 2001 v United States,
28 May 2008
Phil Neville January 21 1977 (age 31) England Everton 59(0) v China,
23 May 1996 		v Estonia,
13 October 2007
John Terry December 71980 (age 27) England Chelsea 44 (4) v Serbia and Montenegro,
15 November 2003 		v United States,
28 May 2008
Wes Brown October 13 1979 (age 28) England Manchester United 17 (0) v Hungary,
28 April 1999 		v United States,
28 May 2008
Micah Richards June 24 1988 (age 19) England Manchester City 11 (1) v Netherlands,
15 November 2006 		Croatia,
21 November 2007
Nicky Shorey February 19 1981 (age 26) England Reading 2(0) v Brazil,
1 June 2007 		v Germany,
22 August 2007
Steven Taylor January 23 1986 (age 22) England Newcastle United 0 (0) N/A v Germany,
August 2007
Matthew Upson April 18 1979 (age 29) England West Ham United 8(0) v South Africa,
May 22, 2003		 v Switzerland,
February 6 2008
Midfielders
Frank Lampard June 20 1978 (age 29) England Chelsea 61 (14) v Belgium,
October 10 1999 		v United States,
28 May 2008
Joe Cole November 8 1981 (age 26) England Chelsea 50 (7) v Mexico,
25 May 2001 		v United States,
28 May 2008
Owen Hargreaves January 20 1981 (age 27) England Manchester United 42 (0) v Netherlands,
15 August 2001 		v United States,
28 May 2008
Kieron Dyer December 29 1978 (age 29) England West Ham United 33 (0) v Luxembourg,
4 September 1999 		v Germany,
22 August 2007
Shaun Wright-Phillips October 25 1981 (age 26) England Chelsea 19 (4) v Ukraine,
18 August 2004 		v Switzerland,
6 February 2008
Michael Carrick July 28 1981 (age 26) England Manchester United 14 (0) v Mexico,
25 May 2001		 v Germany,
22 August 2007
Strikers
Emile Heskey January 11 1978 (age 29) England Wigan Athletic 45 (5) v Hungary,
28 April 1999		 v Russia,
12 September 2007
Wayne Rooney October 24 1985 (age 22) England Manchester United 43 (14) v Australia, 12 February, 2003 v United States,
28 May 2008
Alan Smith October 28 1980 (age 27) England Newcastle United 19 (1) v Mexico,
25 May 2001 		v Austria,
16 November 2007
Andrew Johnson February 10 1981 (age 27) England Everton 8 (0) v Netherlands,
9 February 2005 		v Israel / Russia,
September 2007
Darren Bent February 6 1984 (age 24) England Tottenham Hotspur 3 (0) v Uruguay,
1 March 2006 		v Croatia,
21 November 2007
Michael Owen December 14 1979 (age 28) England Newcastle United 89 (40) v Chile,
11 February 1998 		v France,
26 March 2008

Coaching staff

Manager Italy Fabio Capello
General Manager Italy Franco Baldini
Assistant Manager Italy Italo Galbiati
Youth Coach England Stuart Pearce
Coach England Ray Clemence
Fitness Coach Italy Massimo Neri
Goalkeeping Coach Italy Franco Tancredi
Physiotherapist England Gary Lewin
Team Doctor Sweden Dr. Leif Swärd
Backroom Staff England Chris Neville
England Roger Narbett
England Rod Thornley

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads
UEFA European Football Championship squads

Competition history

FIFA World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Italy 1934 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
France 1938 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 1950 Round 1 8 3 1 0 2 2 2
Switzerland 1954 Quarter-finals 6 3 1 1 1 8 8
Sweden 1958 Round 1 11 4 0 3 1 4 5
Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 8 4 1 1 2 5 6
England 1966 Champions 1 6 5 1 0 11 3
Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 8 4 2 0 2 4 4
West Germany 1974 Did not Qualify - - - - - - -
Argentina 1978 Did not Qualify - - - - - - -
Spain 1982 Group Round 2 6 5 3 2 0 6 1
Mexico 1986 Quarter-Finals 8 5 2 1 2 7 3
Italy 1990 Semi- Finals 4 7 3 3 1 8 6
United States 1994 Did not Qualify - - - - - - -
France 1998 Round 2 9 4 2 1 1 7 4
South KoreaJapan 2002 Quarter-finals 6 5 2 2 1 6 3
Germany 2006 Quarter-finals 7 5 3 2 0 6 2
Total 12/18 1 Title 55 25 17 13 74 47
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did not enter - - - - - -
Spain 1964 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
Italy 1968 Third Place 2 1 0 1 2 1
Belgium 1972 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
Italy 1980 Round 1 3 1 1 1 3 3
France 1984 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
West Germany 1988 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 7
Sweden 1992 Round 1 3 0 2 1 1 2
England 1996 Semi Finals 5 2 3 0 8 3
BelgiumNetherlands 2000 Round 1 3 1 0 2 5 6
Portugal 2004 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 10 6
AustriaSwitzerland 2008 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
PolandUkraine 2012 Not Yet Qualified - - - - - -
Total 7/13 23 7 7 9 31 28
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Minor tournaments

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Brazil 1964 Taça de Nações Group Stage 3rd 3 0 1 2 2 7
United States 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament Group Stage 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 4
Scotland 1985 Rous Cup 1 Match 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Mexico 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament Group Stage 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 3
Mexico 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament Group Stage 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 1
England 1986 Rous Cup Champions 1 Match 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
EnglandScotland 1987 Rous Cup Group Stage 2nd 2 0 2 0 1 1
EnglandScotland 1988 Rous Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1
EnglandScotland 1989 Rous Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 2 0
England 1991 The England Challenge Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3
United States 1993 U.S. Cup Group Stage 4th 3 0 1 2 2 5
England 1995 Umbro Cup Group Stage 2nd 3 1 1 1 6 7
France 1997 Tournoi de France Champions Group Stage 1st 3 2 0 1 3 1
Morocco 1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament Group Stage 2nd 2 1 1 0 1 0
England 2004 FA Summer Tournament Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 7 2
Total 6 Titles 55 25 17 13 74 47
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Player history

Notable past players

Most capped players

Main article: List of England international footballers

As of 02 June 2008, the players with the most caps for England are:

# Name Career Caps Goals Goals per game
1 Peter Shilton 1970 - 1990 125 0 0
2 Bobby Moore 1962 - 1973 108 2 0.0185
3 Bobby Charlton 1958 - 1970 106 49 0.4623
4 Billy Wright 1946 - 1959 105 3 0.0286
5 David Beckham[7] 1996 - 0000 102 17 0.1700
6 Bryan Robson 1980 - 1991 90 26 0.2889
7 Michael Owen[7] 1998 - 0000 89 40 0.4494
8 Kenny Sansom 1979 - 1988 86 1 0.0116
9 Gary Neville[7] 1995 - 0000 85 0 0
10 Ray Wilkins 1976 - 1986 84 3 0.0357

Top goalscorers

Main article: England national football team records
# Player Career Goals (Games) Goals per game
1 Sir Bobby Charlton 1958 - 1970 49 (106) 0.4623
2 Gary Lineker 1984 - 1992 48 (80) 0.6000
3 Jimmy Greaves 1959 - 1967 44 (57) 0.7719
4 Michael Owen[7] 1998 - 0000 40 (89) 0.4545
5 Tom Finney 1946 - 1958 30 (76) 0.3947
6 Nat Lofthouse 1950 - 1958 30 (33) 0.9091
7 Alan Shearer 1992 - 2000 30 (63) 0.4762
8 Viv Woodward 1903 - 1911 29 (23) 1.2609
9 Steve Bloomer 1895 - 1907 28 (23) 1.2174
10 David Platt 1989 - 1996 27 (62) 0.4355

Managers

Main article: England national football team managers
Manager England career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
England Walter Winterbottom 1946 - 1962 139 78 33 28 56.1
England Alf Ramsey 1963 - 1974 113 69 27 17 61.1
England Joe Mercer (caretaker) 1974 7 3 3 1 42.9
England Don Revie 1974 - 1977 29 14 8 7 48.3
England Ron Greenwood 1977 - 1982 55 33 12 10 60.0
England Bobby Robson 1982 - 1990 95 47 30 18 49.5
England Graham Taylor 1990 - 1993 38 18 13 7 47.4
England Terry Venables 1994 - 1996 23 11 11 1 47.8
England Glenn Hoddle 1996 - 1999 28 17 6 5 60.7
England Kevin Keegan 1999 - 2000 18 7 7 4 38.9
Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson 2001 - 2006 67 40 17 10 59.7
England Steve McClaren 2006 - 2007 18 9 4 5 50.0
Italy Fabio Capello 2008 - Current 4 3 0 1 75.00

England fans' Player of the Year

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Who Are England's Biggest Rivals Now? Still Germany? Portugal? Argentina?". caughtoffside. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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  5. ^ "Squad update". The FA. 2008-05-23. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
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  7. ^ a b c d Still available for selection
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