England national football team

Nickname(s) Three Lions
Association The Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Fabio Capello
Asst coach Italo Galbiati
Franco Baldini
Captain Rio Ferdinand
Most caps Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer Sir Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium Wembley Stadium
FIFA code ENG
FIFA ranking 7
Highest FIFA ranking 4 (December 1997, September 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 27 (February 1996)
Elo ranking 6
Highest Elo ranking 1 (1872–1876
1892–1911
1966–1970
1987–1988)
Lowest Elo ranking 13 (1936)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

First international

Scotland 0–0 England

(Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win

Ireland 0–13 England

(Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882)
Biggest defeat

Hungary 7–1 England

(Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances 13 (First in 1950)
Best result Winners: 1966
European Championship
Appearances 7 (First in 1968)
Best result Third: 1968
Semifinals: 1996

The England national football team represents England in international association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, England is one of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, meaning that it is permitted by FIFA statutes to maintain its own national side that competes in all major professional tournaments,^[1] with the exception of the Olympic Games. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium in London and their head coach is Fabio Capello.

England are one of eight national teams to have won the FIFA World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany 4–2 in extra time in the final. Since then their best performance at a World Cup was a fourth place finish in 1990. They reached the semifinals 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.

The traditional rivals of England are Scotland; the England and Scotland football rivalry began when they became opponents in the representative matches of the 1870s. As regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s, rivalries with other national teams have become more prominent. Matches against Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters.

1 History
2 Home stadium
3 Media coverage
4 Colours
5 Charity support
6 Recent results
- 6.1 2010 FIFA World Cup finals
- 6.2 Friendly matches 2009–10
7 Upcoming fixtures
- 7.1 Friendly matches
- 7.2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification – Group G
8 Coaching staff
9 Squad
10 Competitive record
11 Honours
12 Player history
- 12.1 Most capped players
- 12.2 Top goalscorers
13 Managers
14 See also
15 References
16 External links

History

Main article: History of the England national football team

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.^[2] 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 rejoining 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. Their first ever defeat on home soil to a non-UK 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 first ever defeat at Wembley by a team from outside of the British Isles. 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 people 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 quarterfinals for the first time, England lost 4–2 to Uruguay.

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 Alf Ramsey guided England to victory with a 4–2 win against West Germany in the final, in which Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick. England qualified for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico as reigning cup holders. They reached the quarterfinals but were knocked out by West Germany. England had been 2–0 up but were eventually beaten 3–2 after extra time. They failed to qualify for the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. They qualified, under Ron Greenwood, for the 1982 World Cup in Spain and were eliminated from the second round without losing a match. The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup and finished fourth in the 1990 World Cup.

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 96, held in England, Terry Venables led England to their best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semifinals. He resigned following investigations into his financial activities and 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. Following Hoddle's departure, Kevin Keegan took England to Euro 2000, but performances were disappointing and he resigned shortly afterwards.

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 quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup and 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 little success, with England failing to qualify for Euro 2008. McClaren resigned 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 AC Milan 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.

The 2010 World Cup itself, however, turned out to be a huge disappointment. England drew their opening two games leading to questions about the team's spirit, tactics and ability to handle pressure.^[3] They progressed to the next round, where they were beaten 4–1 by Germany, their heaviest defeat in a World Cup

Home stadium

Further information: England national football team home stadium

For the first 50 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, located in Brent, London, and was constructed 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. This stadium was demolished in 2001 and work began to completely rebuild it. During this time, England played at various different venues across the country. They returned to the new Wembley Stadium in 2007. The stadium is now owned by the Football Association via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited.

This stadium is criticized for the state of the pitch. The playing standard is not up to the standards expected after all the billions were spent on the stadium. However, recent fixtures placed at Wembley have shown the pitch to have greatly improved.

Media coverage

All England matches are broadcast with full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. From the 2008–09 season to the 2011–12 season, England's home qualifiers and away friendlies are being shown live on ITV. Away qualifiers and home friendlies were shown live on Setanta Sports until the company went into administration in June 2009. No broadcaster has currently been chosen to take over these games with the FA looking for a replacement.^[4] 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.^[5]

In Australia, England home games and selected away games are broadcast by Setanta Sports Australia.

Colours

England's Sweden-style third kit from 1973

England's traditional home colours are white shirts, navy blue shorts and white socks. Since 2001, the team has periodically worn white shorts during home matches. Since 2005, David Blanch has been the main designer of the England kits.

On 28 March 2009, Umbro designed a retro all white home kit, which debuted in a 4–0 friendly victory over Slovakia at Wembley. This kit replaces the traditional navy blue shorts with white shirts. However, the traditional navy blue shorts were used during the team's 1–0 loss against Ukraine on 10 October 2009.

The traditional England away colours are red shirts, white shorts and red socks, although England did not need an away kit until they played against a non-UK 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 the traditional red was unpopular with supporters and since then the England away kit has remained red. The red kit is also sometimes worn during home matches, when a new edition has been released in order to promote it

England have occasionally had a third kit as well. At the 1970 World Cup England wore a third kit with light blue shirts, shorts and socks against Czechoslovakia. They had a kit similar to Sweden's, with yellow shirts, yellow socks and blue shorts in 1973, which they wore against Czechoslovakia, Poland and Italy. Between 1986 and 1992 England had pale blue third kits which were rarely used.

Charity support

England players donate all their pay for international matches to charity causes via the Team England Footballers Charity, which in 2009 was raising awareness about bowel cancer.^[6]

Recent results

Main article: England national football team results

2010 FIFA World Cup finals

The 2010 World Cup draw, which took place on 4 December 2009, placed England in Group C. They drew their first match against the United States 1–1 on 12 June and followed that with a goalless draw against Algeria on 18 June. Their final group match finished in a 1–0 win over Slovenia on 23 June, resulting in the team qualifying for the Round of 16 as runners-up in Group C. England then suffered their worst ever World Cup finals defeat on 27 June, when they lost to Germany 4–1. Post tournament statistics from FIFA named the campaign as England's worst performance at a World Cup Finals, being ranked 13th overall. Previously their worst placing at a finals had been 11th in the 1958 tournament.^[7]

England: 12 June 2010
20:30
1 – 1: Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Attendance: 38,646
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

England: Gerrard 4'
1 – 1: Report
United States: Dempsey 40'

England: 18 June 2010
20:30
0 – 0: Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 68,100
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

England
0 – 0: Report
Algeria

Slovenia: 23 June 2010
16:00
0 – 1: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 36,893
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Slovenia
0 – 1: Report
England: Defoe 23'

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Algeria	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Germany: 27 June 2010
16:00
4 – 1: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Attendance: 40,510
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Germany: Klose 20'
Podolski 32'
Müller 67', 70'
4 – 1: Report
England: Upson 37'

Friendly matches 2009–10

England's score is written first.

Opponents	Venue	Date	Result
Spain	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville	11 February 2009	0–2
Slovakia	Wembley Stadium, London	28 March 2009	4–0
Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam	12 August 2009	2–2
Slovenia	Wembley Stadium, London	5 September 2009	2–1
Brazil	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha	14 November 2009	0–1
Egypt	Wembley Stadium, London	3 March 2010	3–1
Mexico	Wembley Stadium, London	24 May 2010	3–1
Japan	UPC-Arena, Graz	30 May 2010	2–1
Hungary	Wembley Stadium, London	11 August 2010	2–1

Upcoming fixtures

Friendly matches

England's score is written first.^[8]

Opponents	Venue	Date	Result
France	Wembley Stadium, London	17 November 2010	–
Argentina	TBA	9 February 2011	–
Thailand	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok	June 2011	–
Netherlands	Wembley Stadium, London	10 August 2011	–

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification – Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


Bulgaria	—	2 Sep '11	7 Sep '10	26 Mar '11	11 Oct '11
England	3 Sep '10	—	12 Oct '10	4 Jun '11	6 Sep '11
Montenegro	4 Jun '11	7 Oct '11	—	8 Oct '10	3 Sep '10
Switzerland	6 Sep '11	7 Sep '10	11 Oct '11	—	12 Oct '10
Wales	8 Oct '10	26 Mar '11	2 Sep '11	7 Oct '11	—

England: 3 September 2010
v: Wembley Stadium, London

England
v
Bulgaria

Switzerland: 7 September 2010
v: St. Jakob Park, Basel

Switzerland
v
England

England: 12 October 2010
v: Wembley Stadium, London

England
v
Montenegro

Wales: 26 March 2011
v: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Wales
v
England

England: 4 June 2011
v: Wembley Stadium, London

England
v
Switzerland

Bulgaria: 2 September 2011
v: Vasil Levski, Sofia

Bulgaria
v
England

England: 6 September 2011
v: Wembley Stadium, London

England
v
Wales

Montenegro: 7 October 2011
v: Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Montenegro
v
England

Coaching staff

Manager

Fabio Capello
General manager

Franco Baldini
Assistant manager

Italo Galbiati
Coach/U-21 manager

Stuart Pearce
Coach

Ray Clemence
Goalkeeping coach

Franco Tancredi
Under-20/-18 manager

Brian Eastick
Under-19 manager

Noel Blake
Under-17 manager

John Peacock
Under-16 manager

Kenny Swain
Fitness coach

Massimo Neri
Physiotherapist

Gary Lewin
Team doctor

Dr Ian Beasley
Other backroom staff

Dan Hitch

Roger Narbett

Steve Slattery

Rod Thornley

Squad

Current squad

Below is the squad for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland.

Caps and goals updated as of 11 August 2010.

#
Pos.: GK
Player: Joe Hart
Date of Birth (Age): 19 April 1987 (1987-04-19) (age 23)
Caps: 4
Goals: 0
Club: Manchester City

#
Pos.: GK
Player: Ben Foster
Date of Birth (Age): 3 April 1983 (1983-04-03) (age 27)
Caps: 4
Goals: 0
Club: Birmingham City

#
Pos.: GK
Player: Scott Carson¹
Date of Birth (Age): 3 September 1985 (1985-09-03) (age 25)
Caps: 3
Goals: 0
Club: West Bromwich Albion

#
Pos.: GK
Player: Scott Loach²
Date of Birth (Age): 27 May 1988 (1988-05-27) (age 22)
Caps: 0
Goals: 0
Club: Watford

#
Pos.: DF
Player: Glen Johnson
Date of Birth (Age): 23 August 1984 (1984-08-23) (age 26)
Caps: 27
Goals: 1
Club: Liverpool

#
Pos.: DF
Player: Ashley Cole
Date of Birth (Age): 20 December 1980 (1980-12-20) (age 29)
Caps: 83
Goals: 0
Club: Chelsea

#
Pos.: DF
Player: Phil Jagielka
Date of Birth (Age): 17 August 1982 (1982-08-17) (age 28)
Caps: 4
Goals: 0
Club: Everton

#
Pos.: DF
Player: Michael Dawson
Date of Birth (Age): 18 November 1983 (1983-11-18) (age 26)
Caps: 1
Goals: 0
Club: Tottenham Hotspur

#
Pos.: DF
Player: Gary Cahill
Date of Birth (Age): 19 December 1985 (1985-12-19) (age 24)
Caps: 0
Goals: 0
Club: Bolton Wanderers

#
Pos.: DF
Player: Matthew Upson
Date of Birth (Age): 18 April 1979 (1979-04-18) (age 31)
Caps: 21
Goals: 2
Club: West Ham United

#
Pos.: DF
Player: Joleon Lescott
Date of Birth (Age): 16 August 1982 (1982-08-16) (age 28)
Caps: 9
Goals: 0
Club: Manchester City

#
Pos.: DF
Player: Kieran Gibbs
Date of Birth (Age): 26 September 1989 (1989-09-26) (age 20)
Caps: 1
Goals: 0
Club: Arsenal

#
Pos.: MF
Player: Steven Gerrard (captain)
Date of Birth (Age): 30 May 1980 (1980-05-30) (age 30)
Caps: 85
Goals: 19
Club: Liverpool

#
Pos.: MF
Player: Theo Walcott
Date of Birth (Age): 16 March 1989 (1989-03-16) (age 21)
Caps: 12
Goals: 3
Club: Arsenal

#
Pos.: MF
Player: Adam Johnson
Date of Birth (Age): 14 July 1987 (1987-07-14) (age 23)
Caps: 2
Goals: 0
Club: Manchester City

#
Pos.: MF
Player: Gareth Barry
Date of Birth (Age): 23 February 1981 (1981-02-23) (age 29)
Caps: 40
Goals: 2
Club: Manchester City

#
Pos.: MF
Player: James Milner
Date of Birth (Age): 4 January 1986 (1986-01-04) (age 24)
Caps: 12
Goals: 0
Club: Manchester City

#
Pos.: MF
Player: Ashley Young
Date of Birth (Age): 9 July 1985 (1985-07-09) (age 25)
Caps: 8
Goals: 0
Club: Aston Villa

#
Pos.: MF
Player: Shaun Wright-Phillips
Date of Birth (Age): 25 October 1981 (1981-10-25) (age 28)
Caps: 34
Goals: 6
Club: Manchester City

#
Pos.: MF
Player: Michael Carrick
Date of Birth (Age): 28 July 1981 (1981-07-28) (age 29)
Caps: 22
Goals: 0
Club: Manchester United

#
Pos.: FW
Player: Wayne Rooney
Date of Birth (Age): 24 October 1985 (1985-10-24) (age 24)
Caps: 65
Goals: 25
Club: Manchester United

#
Pos.: FW
Player: Carlton Cole
Date of Birth (Age): 12 November 1983 (1983-11-12) (age 26)
Caps: 7
Goals: 0
Club: West Ham United

#
Pos.: FW
Player: Darren Bent
Date of Birth (Age): 6 February 1984 (1984-02-06) (age 26)
Caps: 6
Goals: 0
Club: Sunderland

#
Pos.: FW
Player: Jermain Defoe
Date of Birth (Age): 7 October 1982 (1982-10-07) (age 27)
Caps: 43
Goals: 12
Club: Tottenham Hotspur

¹ unavailable for the qualifier against Bulgaria due to a family bereavement^[9]
² drafted into the squad to replace Carson

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.: GK
Player: Paul Robinson
Date of Birth (Age): 15 October 1979 (1979-10-15) (age 30)
Caps: 41
Goals: 0
Club: Blackburn Rovers
Latest Callup: v Hungary, 11 August 2010

Pos.: GK
Player: David James
Date of Birth (Age): 1 August 1970 (1970-08-01) (age 40)
Caps: 53
Goals: 0
Club: Bristol City
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos.: GK
Player: Robert Green
Date of Birth (Age): 18 January 1980 (1980-01-18) (age 30)
Caps: 11
Goals: 0
Club: West Ham United
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos.: GK
Player: Frank Fielding
Date of Birth (Age): 4 April 1988 (1988-04-04) (age 22)
Caps: 0
Goals: 0
Club: Blackburn Rovers
Latest Callup: v Hungary, 11 August 2010

Pos.: DF
Player: Wes Brown
Date of Birth (Age): 13 October 1979 (1979-10-13) (age 30)
Caps: 23
Goals: 1
Club: Manchester United
Latest Callup: v Hungary, 11 August 2010

Pos.: DF
Player: John Terry
Date of Birth (Age): 7 December 1980 (1980-12-07) (age 29)
Caps: 65
Goals: 6
Club: Chelsea
Latest Callup: v Hungary, 11 August 2010

Pos.: DF
Player: Rio Ferdinand
Date of Birth (Age): 7 November 1978 (1978-11-07) (age 31)
Caps: 78
Goals: 3
Club: Manchester United
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos.: DF
Player: Jamie Carragher
Date of Birth (Age): 28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) (age 32)
Caps: 38
Goals: 0
Club: Liverpool
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos.: DF
Player: Ledley King
Date of Birth (Age): 12 October 1980 (1980-10-12) (age 29)
Caps: 21
Goals: 2
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos.: DF
Player: Stephen Warnock
Date of Birth (Age): 12 December 1981 (1981-12-12) (age 28)
Caps: 1
Goals: 0
Club: Aston Villa
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos.: DF
Player: Leighton Baines
Date of Birth (Age): 11 December 1984 (1984-12-11) (age 25)
Caps: 2
Goals: 0
Club: Everton
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad

Pos.: DF
Player: Ryan Shawcross
Date of Birth (Age): 4 October 1987 (1987-10-04) (age 22)
Caps: 0
Goals: 0
Club: Stoke City
Latest Callup: v Egypt, 3 March 2010

Pos.: MF
Player: Jack Wilshere
Date of Birth (Age): 1 January 1992 (1992-01-01) (age 18)
Caps: 1
Goals: 0
Club: Arsenal
Latest Callup: v Hungary, 11 August 2010

Pos.: MF
Player: Frank Lampard (vice-captain)
Date of Birth (Age): 20 June 1978 (1978-06-20) (age 32)
Caps: 83
Goals: 20
Club: Chelsea
Latest Callup: v Hungary, 11 August 2010

Pos.: MF
Player: Joe Cole
Date of Birth (Age): 8 November 1981 (1981-11-08) (age 28)
Caps: 56
Goals: 10
Club: Liverpool
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos.: MF
Player: Aaron Lennon
Date of Birth (Age): 16 April 1987 (1987-04-16) (age 23)
Caps: 19
Goals: 0
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos.: MF
Player: Tom Huddlestone
Date of Birth (Age): 28 December 1986 (1986-12-28) (age 23)
Caps: 3
Goals: 0
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad

Pos.: MF
Player: Scott Parker
Date of Birth (Age): 13 October 1980 (1980-10-13) (age 29)
Caps: 3
Goals: 0
Club: West Ham United
Latest Callup: 2010 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad

Pos.: MF
Player: David Beckham
Date of Birth (Age): 2 May 1975 (1975-05-02) (age 35)
Caps: 115
Goals: 17
Club: Los Angeles Galaxy
Latest Callup: v Egypt, 3 March 2010

Pos.: MF
Player: Stewart Downing
Date of Birth (Age): 22 July 1984 (1984-07-22) (age 26)
Caps: 23
Goals: 0
Club: Aston Villa
Latest Callup: v Egypt, 3 March 2010

Pos.: MF
Player: Jermaine Jenas
Date of Birth (Age): 18 February 1983 (1983-02-18) (age 27)
Caps: 21
Goals: 1
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Latest Callup: v Brazil, 14 November 2009

Pos.: FW
Player: Bobby Zamora
Date of Birth (Age): 16 January 1981 (1981-01-16) (age 29)
Caps: 1
Goals: 0
Club: Fulham
Latest Callup: v Hungary, 11 August 2010

Pos.: FW
Player: Gabriel Agbonlahor
Date of Birth (Age): 13 October 1986 (1986-10-13) (age 23)
Caps: 3
Goals: 0
Club: Aston Villa
Latest Callup: v Ukraine, 10 October 2009

Previous squads

Main article: List of England national football team World Cup and European Championship squads

FIFA World Cup squads

UEFA European Football Championship squads

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Year	Round	GP	W	D¹	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	2
1954	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	1	8	8
1958	Group stage	4	0	3	1	4	5
1962	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	5	6
1966	Champions	6	5	1	0	11	3
1970	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	4	4
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Second round	5	3	2	0	6	1
1986	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	7	3
1990	Fourth place	7	3	3	1	8	6
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	7	4
2002	Quarter-finals	5	2	2	1	6	3
2006	Quarter-finals	5	3	2	0	6	2
2010	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	3	5
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	13/20	59	26	19	14	77	51

1.^ – Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shootout.
2.^ – England played all of their matches in Japan.

UEFA European Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D¹	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Third place	2	1	0	1	2	1
1972	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	3
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	7
1992	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	2
1996	Semi-finals	5	2	3	0	8	3
2000	Group stage	3	1	0	2	5	6
2004	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	10	6
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	7/14	23	7	7	9	31	28

1.^ – Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shootout.

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D¹	L	GS	GA
1964 Taça de Nações	Group stage	3rd	3	0	1	2	2	7
1976 U.S.A. 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

1.^ – Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shooutout.

All-time team record

The following table shows England's all-time international record, correct as of 11 August 2010.^[10]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	4	4	0	0	12	1	+11
Algeria	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Andorra	4	4	0	0	16	0	+16
Argentina	14	6	6	2	21	15	+6
Australia	6	3	2	1	6	5	+1
Austria	18	10	4	4	58	27	+31
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Belarus	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Belgium	20	14	5	1	69	25	+44
Bohemia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Brazil	23	3	9	11	19	31	−12
Bulgaria	8	4	4	0	9	2	+7
CIS	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0
Cameroon	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5
Canada	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Chile	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1
China PR	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Colombia	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7
Croatia	7	4	1	2	18	10	+8
Cyprus	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Czechoslovakia	12	7	3	2	25	15	+10
Denmark	17	10	4	3	33	18	+15
Ecuador	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Egypt	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
Estonia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Finland	11	9	2	0	36	7	+29
France	27	16	4	7	65	33	+32
Georgia	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Germany	32	15	6	11	55	41	+14
Greece	9	7	2	0	23	3	+20
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Hungary	22	15	2	5	56	30	+26
Iceland	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5
Northern Ireland	98	75	16	7	323	81	+242
Republic of Ireland	14	5	7	2	19	12	+7
Israel	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4
Italy	22	7	6	9	28	26	+2
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
Japan	4	3	1	0	5	3	+2
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Korea Republic	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Luxembourg	9	9	0	0	47	3	+44
Macedonia	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Malta	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
Mexico	9	6	1	2	23	4	+19
Moldova	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Morocco	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Netherlands	18	5	9	4	26	21	+5
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Norway	10	5	3	2	26	7	+19
Paraguay	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
Peru	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Poland	17	10	6	1	27	10	+17
Portugal	22	9	10	3	45	25	+20
Europe XI	2	1	1	0	7	4	+3
World XI	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Romania	11	2	6	3	10	10	+0
Russia	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
San Marino	2	2	0	0	13	1	+12
Saudi Arabia	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0
Scotland	110	45	24	41	192	169	+23
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
South Africa	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Spain	22	11	3	8	38	24	+14
Sweden	21	6	9	6	32	26	+6
Switzerland	20	13	4	3	47	16	+31
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Turkey	10	8	2	0	31	0	+31
United States	10	7	1	2	36	9	+27
Soviet Union	11	5	3	3	19	13	+6
Ukraine	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5
Uruguay	10	3	3	4	10	13	−3
Wales	99	64	21	14	242	90	+152
Yugoslavia	14	5	5	4	23	20	+3
Total	889	504	213	172	1977	895	+1082

Honours

FIFA World Cup

Winners (1): 1966

Fourth place (1): 1990

UEFA European Football Championship

Third place (1): 1968

Semi-finals (1): 1996

Player history

Main articles: List of England international footballers and England national football team records

Players in bold are still active.

Most capped players

Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Peter Shilton	1970–1990	125	0
2	David Beckham	1996–	115	17
3	Bobby Moore	1962–1973	108	2
4	Bobby Charlton	1958–1970	106	49
5	Billy Wright	1946–1959	105	3
6	Bryan Robson	1980–1991	90	26
7	Michael Owen	1998– 0000	89	40
8	Kenny Sansom	1979–1988	86	1
9	Gary Neville	1995–	85	0
=	Steven Gerrard	2000– 0000	85	19

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.

#	Name	Career	Goals (caps)	Goals per game
1	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	1998–0000	40 (89)	0.4494
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	Vivian Woodward	1903–1911	29 (23)	1.2609
9	Steve Bloomer	1895–1907	28 (23)	1.2174
10	David Platt	1986–1996	27 (62)	0.4355

Managers

Main article: England national football team manager

Manager	England career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Winterbottom, WalterWalter Winterbottom	1946–1962	&0000000000000139.000000139	&0000000000000078.00000078	&0000000000000033.00000033	&0000000000000028.00000028	&0000000000000056.10000056.1
Ramsey, Sir AlfSir Alf Ramsey	1963–1974	&0000000000000113.000000113	&0000000000000069.00000069	&0000000000000027.00000027	&0000000000000017.00000017	&0000000000000061.10000061.1
Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer	1974	&0000000000000007.0000007	&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000042.90000042.9
Revie, DonDon Revie	1974–1977	&0000000000000029.00000029	&0000000000000014.00000014	&0000000000000008.0000008	&0000000000000007.0000007	&0000000000000048.30000048.3
Greenwood, RonRon Greenwood	1977–1982	&0000000000000055.00000055	&0000000000000033.00000033	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000010.00000010	&0000000000000060.00000060.0
Robson, Sir BobbySir Bobby Robson	1982–1990	&0000000000000095.00000095	&0000000000000047.00000047	&0000000000000030.00000030	&0000000000000018.00000018	&0000000000000049.50000049.5
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	1990–1993	&0000000000000038.00000038	&0000000000000018.00000018	&0000000000000013.00000013	&0000000000000007.0000007	&0000000000000047.40000047.4
Venables, TerryTerry Venables	1994–1996	&0000000000000023.00000023	&0000000000000011.00000011	&0000000000000011.00000011	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000047.80000047.8
Hoddle, GlennGlenn Hoddle	1996–1999	&0000000000000028.00000028	&0000000000000017.00000017	&0000000000000006.0000006	&0000000000000005.0000005	&0000000000000060.70000060.7
Wilkinson, HowardHoward Wilkinson¹	1999–2000	&0000000000000002.0000002	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000.0
Keegan, KevinKevin Keegan	1999–2000	&0000000000000018.00000018	&0000000000000007.0000007	&0000000000000007.0000007	&0000000000000004.0000004	&0000000000000038.90000038.9
Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor²	2000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000.0
Eriksson, Sven-GöranSven-Göran Eriksson	2001–2006	&0000000000000067.00000067	&0000000000000040.00000040	&0000000000000017.00000017	&0000000000000010.00000010	&0000000000000059.70000059.7
McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	2006–2007	&0000000000000018.00000018	&0000000000000009.0000009	&0000000000000004.0000004	&0000000000000005.0000005	&0000000000000050.00000050.0
Capello, FabioFabio Capello	2008–	&0000000000000029.00000029	&0000000000000020.00000020	&0000000000000004.0000004	&0000000000000005.0000005	&0000000000000069.00000069.0

1.^ – managed the team on two separate occasions as caretaker manager
2.^ – managed the team on a one-off basis as caretaker manager

References

^ "GB football team gets Fifa assent". BBC. 20 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/7785935.stm. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ "England Match No. 1 – Scotland – 30 November 1872 – Match Summary and Report". englandfootballonline.com. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1872-73/M0001Sco1872.html. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
^ Owen Gibson (21 June 2010). "Rifts appear as players grow tired of Capello regime". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jun/21/england-john-terry-fabio-capello. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
^ "FA faces Setanta cash shortfall". BBC News. 23 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8115805.stm. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^ Owen Gibson (11 October 2009). "Meltdown averted as England match draws online audience of 500,000". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oct/11/england-ukraine-internet-viewing-figures. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^ "England players pledge to donate wages to charity". WSN. 7 June 2009. http://www.wsn.com/2007/06/07/football/news/england/england-players-pledge-to-donate-wages-to-charity_21222/. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^ "England slump to worst World Cup ranking". BBC Sport. 13 July 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8814195.stm. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
^ "Looking forward to 2010–12". The FA. 1 July 2010. http://englandfans.thefa.com/news/Postings/2010/07/Getreadyfor+2012.htm. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
^ Sky Sports: Carson released from squad
^ "Opponent Search". englandstats.com. http://www.englandstats.com/search.php?q=search_opp. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

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