ENGLAND NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

The 'English national men's football team' represents England in international men's 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 won the FIFA World Cup in 1966, when they hosted the event, and reached the semi-final in 1990. They have reached the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship only twice. They were the most successful of the home nations, winning the British Home Championship 54 times before the competition was discontinued.
Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland^[2]. Since regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s, other rivalries have become more prominent. Matches with Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium in London.

History

Main articles: History of the England national football team

The England national football team is the oldest in the world. England played their first international match against Scotland at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, 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 the Wembley Stadium was opened, England had 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. A 6-3 loss in 1953 to Hungary was England's first ever defeat to a non-British 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 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. In the 1970s England did not qualify for the World Cup. In 1982, England under Ron Greenwood qualified for 1982 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 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 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. Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge of the team between 2001 and 2006 and is notable as the first non-English manager of England.

Recent history

Steve McClaren is the new head coach, with John Terry his choice to replace David Beckham as captain. The revised management team now features Terry Venables, the former head coach. Beckham was left out of McClaren's first international squad for the friendly match against Greece on 16 August 2006, and was not recalled until the friendly against Brazil on 1 June, 2007, almost a year later.
After a good start with three straight victories against Greece, Andorra, and Macedonia, England had a goalless draw against the same Macedonia side on home ground, followed by a 2-0 defeat to Croatia in Zagreb, which ended Paul Robinson's run of six consecutive clean sheets for his country. This defeat was the worst competitive defeat suffered by England in almost exactly thirteen years, since the loss to Holland by the same score in the qualifying matches for the 1994 World Cup. England's unimpressive form continued as they lost 1-0 to Spain in a friendly match, with the cold and disappointed crowd booing off the home side at the final whistle. England's return to competitive football in March 2007 resulted in a disappointing 0-0 draw in Tel Aviv against Israel with yet another jeering and booing from English fans.
On 28 March, 2007, England finally ended their goal drought thanks to a goal in the 54th minute of their match against Andorra by Steven Gerrard. The match ended with a 3-0 win for England, with the second goal by Gerrard and a very close-range goal from David Nugent, ending their run of 5 games without a win. England were heavily booed off the pitch at half-time by a primarily English crowd, angry at their team's failure to score in the first-half. However, even after scoring there were still loud chants off "We want McClaren out," as well as continued booing at the final whistle. It should be emphasised that the crowd's disappointment was a combined result of England's poor form in previous games and the under par performance of an England team, ranked 6^th in the March 2007 FIFA World Rankings,but are currently 12th, ^[4] in a game against an Andorran team (mostly made up of part-time players) ranked 157 places below them in 163^rd position.
On June 1 England took on Brazil at Wembley Stadium, seven years after the old stadium was demolished. McClaren recalled Beckham after 11 months away from the international squad, and after an even first half, captain John Terry latched on to a free-kick from Beckham, his predecessor as skipper, to score the first full international goal at the new Wembley. The Brazilians equalized with just 30 seconds remaining to level the match at 1-1. Following the friendly in Wembley, England met Estonia in the Euro 2008 qualifiers on June 6. Goals by Joe Cole, Peter Crouch and Michael Owen, the latter two assisted by the recalled Beckham, led to a 3-0 victory against Estonia in Tallinn, bringing England back up to 3 points behind Croatia in the group.
After the 2007 summer break, England are now entering the climax of their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, with their final five games approaching over the next three months. However despite initial optimism, England have failed to perform leaving them perilously close to failing qualification. What's more, they have been hit with one of it's worst injury crises ever. Despite the injury setback, England managed to win their first competitive home match at Wembley against Israel by 3 goals. Goals from Shaun Wright-Phillips, Michael Owen and Micah Richards, his first international goal, gave them a needed 3 points.

Home stadium

Main articles: Wembley 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.
In May 1951, Argentina became the first team other than Scotland to be played at Wembley, and by 1960 nearly all of England's home matches were being played there. Between 1966 and 1995, England did not play a single home match anywhere else.
England's last match at the old Wembley was against Germany on 7 October 2000, a game which England lost 1-0. Since then the team has played at 14 venues around the country, with Old Trafford having been the most used. The FA have ruled that England will play all of their home matches at the new Wembley until at least 2036. The main reason for this is financial. The FA did not own the old Wembley stadium, but it does own the new one, and has taken on debts of hundreds of millions of pounds to pay for it. Thus it needs to maximise the revenue from England matches, and does not wish to share it with the owners of other grounds.
The new Wembley held its first international game in March 2007, when England U21s played Italy U21s in front of 55,700 people. The match was drawn 3-3, with David Bentley scoring the first goal in an England shirt at the new stadium. Italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini scored the first goal, after just 29 seconds, as well completing the first Wembley hat-trick in the 68th minute.^[5]

England on tour

In the seven years between the last game prior to demolition against Germany and the first in the new stadium against Brazil, England played a total of 34 home games at 14 different stadia. Of those, the record was 22 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. In competitive games (World Cup and European Championship qualifiers), the record stands at 11 victories and 3 draws from 14 games. The stadia utilised are as follows^[6]:

★ Old Trafford - 14

★ St James' Park - 3

★ Anfield - 3

★ Villa Park - 3

★ City of Manchester Stadium - 2

★ Riverside Stadium - 1

★ Portman Road - 1

★ Pride Park - 1

★ Walkers Stadium - 1

★ Stadium of Light - 1

★ St Mary's - 1

★ Elland Road - 1

★ Upton Park - 1

★ White Hart Lane - 1

Kits

England have traditionally worn white shirts with navy shorts and since the early 1960s, white socks. Their change kit is red shirts, white shorts and red socks.
Other away kits worn by England have included green shirts, yellow shorts and red socks during the 1930s, '40s and '50s and pale blue (first used during the 1970 World Cup and again from 1986-1992 as a rarely-used third choice kit). In 1956 England wore a change kit of yellow shirts and socks with blue shorts, and at Euro '96 an all-grey kit was used as a second choice strip. This deviation from tradition was so unpopular amongst supporters that since then, England's away kit has remained red.^[7]
In modern times England's kit has been supplied by Umbro, with the exception of the years 1974 - 1984 when it was manufactured by Admiral.
England rotates its kits every two years, with a new home kit released at the beginning of every odd numbered year and a new away kit released at the beginning of every even numbered year. The previous home kit (used during the 2006 FIFA World Cup) made its final appearance on 15 November, 2006 against the Netherlands. A new kit was released on 5 February, 2007 and was first used on 7 February, 2007 against Spain. The jersey has a single red stripe partially across the front of the shoulders. The crest and gold star appear on the left of the chest, with the Umbro logo, now gold, and the front shirt number appearing on the right. This symmetry also applies to the away jersey. There are now Umbro diamonds on the top of the right shoulder. A navy and white stripe depicting the three lions appears on the sides. The numbering and lettering font and colour is the same as the previous two home jerseys, and continues with silver Umbro diamonds, first seen in 2005.

Player names and numbers

For the first 65 years of competition, England footballers' shirts contained no identifying names or numbers.^[8] Numbers were first worn in 1922 in a match against Scotland in Birmingham. They quickly became associated with a certain position, so to describe someone as 'England's number 9' would be to describe a player as the best choice for centre forward.^[8] This terminology continues today, and the team has kept to the tradition of numbering players from 1 to 11 (12 upwards for substitutes), outside of major tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Football Championship, where permanent squad numbers are required.
Numbers are traditionally associated with a certain position, but there are no set rules. Furthermore, established players will tend to use the same number whenever they play.^[8]
The first time that England wore names on their jerseys was at EURO 92 in Sweden. They have since worn player names on their jerseys at every major tournament. However, it was nine more years before names were worn outside major tournaments. This was due to the fact that England would issue new numbers (and therefore new jerseys) for every game. Outside the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship, England first wore player names for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on 6 October, 2001 against Greece at Old Trafford, Manchester. With new technology, player names can now be affixed to the jerseys as late as the day of the match^[8], although occasionally with the odd error, such as when Peter Crouch wore 21 (his squad number) on the front of his shirt and shorts, and 12 (erroneously) on his back for a game against Uruguay in early 2006.^[12]

Results and fixtures

''see England national football team results

Forthcoming fixtures

★ 'Euro 2008 Qualifying' Group E:

★
★ England v Russia, K.O 20:00 12 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England

★
★ England v Estonia, 13 October 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England

★
★ Russia v England, 17 October 2007 at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia

★ Friendly: Austria v England, 16 November 2007 at Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria

★ 'Euro 2008 Qualifying' Group E:

★
★ England v Croatia, 21 November 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England

Recent results

This is a list of match results from the past year. Goal scorers in brackets.

★ 'Euro 2008 Qualifying' Group E:

★ England 3-0 Israel, 8 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England (Wright-Phillips 20, Owen 49, Richards 66)

★ Friendly: England 1-2 Germany, 22 August at Wembley Stadium (England: Lampard 9; Germany: Kuranyi 26, Pander 40)

★ 'Euro 2008 Qualifying' Group E:

★
★ Estonia 0-3 England, 6 June 2007 at A. Le Coq Arena (England: Cole 37, Crouch 54, Owen 62)

★ Friendly: England 1-1 Brazil, 1 June at Wembley Stadium (England: Terry 68; Brazil: Diego 92)

★ Friendly: England (B team) 3-1 Albania, 25 May at Turf Moor (England: Smith 34, Downing 37, 58; Albania: Berisha 44)

★ 'Euro 2008 Qualifying' Group E:

★
★ Andorra 0-3 England, 28 March at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (England: Gerrard 54, 76, Nugent 90)

★
★ Israel 0-0 England, 24 March at Ramat Gan Stadium

★ Friendly: England 0-1 Spain, 7 February at Old Trafford (Spain: Iniesta 63)

★ Friendly: Netherlands 1-1 England, 15 November at Amsterdam Arena (Netherlands: van der Vaart 86; England: Rooney 37)

★ 'Euro 2008 Qualifying' Group E:

★
★ Croatia 2-0 England, 11 October at Maksimir Stadium (Croatia: Da Silva 60, Neville o.g. 68)

★
★ England 0-0 Republic of Macedonia, 7 October at Old Trafford

★
★ Republic of Macedonia 0-1 England, 6 September at Skopje City Stadium (Crouch 46)

★
★ England 5-0 Andorra, 2 September at Old Trafford, Manchester (Crouch 5, 66, Defoe 38, 47 Gerrard 13)

England squad

Latest squad selected (for versus Israel/Russia, September 2007)

{| class="infobox" style="font-size: 75%"
! bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Most Recent Squad
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Date announced
|colspan="2" valign="top"|31 August 2007
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Game(s)
|colspan="2" valign="top"|3-0 v. , 8 September 2007, , 12 September 2007

|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Venue{s}
|colspan="2" valign="top"|Wembley Stadium

|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Competition
|colspan="2" valign="top"|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Dropped
|valign="top"|Steven Taylor
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Injured
|valign="top"| Ben Foster, Ledley King, Scott Parker, Michael Dawson,
Gary Neville, Aaron Lennon, Jonathan Woodgate,
Wayne Rooney, Wayne Bridge, David Beckham, Darren Bent, Kieron Dyer,
Frank Lampard, Sol Campbell
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Called Up
|valign="top"|Sol Campbell, David Bentley, Andrew Johnson,
Ashley Young, Emile Heskey, Joleon Lescott
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Pulled Out
|valign="top"|Frank Lampard, Sol Campbell
|-
|-
|-
|}
;Goalkeepers
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!DOB
!Club
!Caps (goals)
!Debut
|-
| Paul Robinson || October 15 1979|| Tottenham Hotspur || 38 (0) || v Australia, 12 February 2003
|-
| David James || August 31 1970 || Portsmouth || 35 (0) || v Mexico, 29 March 1997
|-
| Scott Carson || September 3 1985|| Aston Villa || 0 (0) || N/A
|-
|-
|-
|}
;Defenders
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| Rio Ferdinand || November 7 1978 || Manchester United
|| 61 (1) || v Cameroon, 15 November 1997
|-
| Ashley Cole || December 20 1980 || Chelsea || 59 (0) || v Albania, 28 March 2001
|-
| Phil Neville || January 21 1977 || Everton || 57 (0) || v China, 23 May 1996
|-
| John Terry (c) || December 7 1980 || Chelsea || 41 (3) || v Serbia & Montenegro, 3 June 2003
|-
| Wes Brown || October 13 1979 || Manchester United || 13 (0) || v Hungary, 28 April 1999
|-
| Micah Richards || June 24 1988 || Manchester City || 6 (1) || v Netherlands, 15 November 2006
|-
| Nicky Shorey || February 19 1981 || Reading || 2 (0) || v Brazil, 1 June 2007
|-
| Joleon Lescott || August 16 1982 || Everton || 0 (0) || v N/A
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|}
;Midfielders
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| Steven Gerrard || May 30 1980 || Liverpool || 58 (12) || v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
|-
| Frank Lampard || June 20 1978 || Chelsea || 57 (13) || v Belgium, 10 October 1999
|-
| Joe Cole|| November 8 1981 || Chelsea || 42 (7) || v Mexico, 25 May 2001
|-
| Owen Hargreaves || January 20 1981 || Manchester United || 39 (0) || v Netherlands, 15 August 2001
|-
| Michael Carrick || July 28 1981 || Manchester United || 14 (0) || v Mexico, 25 May 2001
|-
| Stewart Downing || July 22 1984 || Middlesbrough || 14 (0) || v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
|-
| Shaun Wright-Phillips|| October 25 1981 || Chelsea || 14 (2) || v Ukraine, 18 August 2004
|-
| Gareth Barry || February 23 1981 || Aston Villa || 11 (0) || v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
|-
| David Bentley || August 27 1984 || Blackburn Rovers || 1 (0) || v Israel, 8 September 2007
|-
| Ashley Young || July 9 1985 || Aston Villa || 0 (0) || v N/A
|-
|}
;Strikers
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| Michael Owen|| December 14 1979 || Newcastle United || 84 (38) || v Chile, 11 February 1998
|-
| Emile Heskey || January 11 1978 || Wigan || 44 (5) || v Hungary, 28 April 1999
|-
| Jermain Defoe || October 7 1982 || Tottenham Hotspur || 24 (3) || v Sweden, 31 March 2004
|-
| Peter Crouch || January 30 1981 || Liverpool || 20 (12) || v Colombia, 31 May 2005
|-
| Alan Smith|| October 28 1980 || Newcastle United || 19 (1) || v Mexico, 25 May 2001
|-
| Andrew Johnson || February 10 1981 || Everton || 8 (0) || v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|}

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last 24 months:
;Goalkeepers
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=15%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=19%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
| Ben Foster || April 3 1983|| Manchester United || 1 (0) || v Spain,
7 February 2007 || v Israel / Andorra
March 2007
|-
| Chris Kirkland|| May 2 1981|| Wigan Athletic|| 1 (0) || v Greece,
16 August 2006 || v Spain,
February 2007
|}
;Defenders
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=15%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=19%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
| Gary Neville|| February 18 1975 || Manchester United || 85 (0) || v Japan
3 June 1995 || v Israel / Andorra
March 2007
|-
| Luke Young|| July 19 1979 || Middlesbrough || 7 (0) || v USA,
28 May 2005 || v Israel / Andorra
March 2007
|-
| Jonathan Woodgate || January 22 1980 || Middlesbrough || 6 (0) || v Bulgaria,
9 June 1999 || v Israel / Andorra
March 2007
|-
| Michael Dawson || November 19 1983 || Tottenham Hotspur || 0 (0) || N/A || v Brazil / Estonia
May 2007
|-
| Steven Taylor || January 23 1986 || Newcastle United || 0 (0) || N/A || v Germany
August 2007
|}
;Midfielders
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=15%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=19%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
| David Beckham || May 2 1975 || LA Galaxy || 97 (17) || v Moldova
1 September 1996 || v Germany
August 22 2007
|-
| Aaron Lennon || April 16 1987 || Tottenham Hotspur || 9 (0) || v Jamaica
3 June 2006 || v Brazil / Estonia
May 2007
|-
| Kieran Richardson || October 21 1984 || Sunderland || 8 (2) || v USA,
28 May 2005 || v Netherlands,
November 2006
|-
| Scott Parker || October 13 1980 || West Ham United || 3 (0) || v Denmark,
16 November 2003 || v Israel / Andorra
March 2007
|-
|}
;Strikers
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=15%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=19%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
|-
| Wayne Rooney || October 24 1985 || Manchester United || 38 (12) || v Australia,
12 February 2003 || v Israel / Andorra
March 2007
|-
| David Nugent || May 2 1985 || Portsmouth || 1 (1) || v Andorra,
March 28 2007 || v Israel / Andorra
March 2007
|}

Coaching staff

{|
|-
|'Head Coach'|| Steve McClaren
|-
|'Assistant Coach'|| Terry Venables
|-
|'Coach'|| Steve Round
|-
|'Goalkeeping Coach'|| Ray Clemence
|-
|'Psychologist'|| Bill Beswick
|-
|'Physiotherapist'|| Gary Lewin
|-
|'Team Doctor'|| Dr. Leif Swärd
|- valign=top
|rowspan=3|'Masseurs'|| Chris Neville
|-
| Steve Slattery
|-
| Rod Thornley
|- valign=top
|rowspan=2|'Kit Managers'|| Martin Grogan
|-
| Tom McKechnie
|}

Previous squads

★ 2006 FIFA World Cup - Germany

★ 2004 UEFA European Football Championship - Portugal

★ 2002 FIFA World Cup - Korea/Japan

★ 2000 UEFA European Football Championship - Belgium/Netherlands

★ 1998 FIFA World Cup - France

★ 1996 UEFA European Football Championship - England

★ 1992 UEFA European Football Championship - Sweden

★ 1990 FIFA World Cup - Italy

★ 1988 UEFA European Football Championship - West Germany

★ 1986 FIFA World Cup - Mexico

★ 1982 FIFA World Cup - Spain

★ 1980 UEFA European Football Championship - Italy

★ 1970 FIFA World Cup - Mexico

★ 1968 UEFA European Football Championship - Italy

★ 1966 FIFA World Cup - England

★ 1962 FIFA World Cup - Chile

★ 1958 FIFA World Cup - Sweden

★ 1954 FIFA World Cup - Switzerland

★ 1950 FIFA World Cup - Brazil

Competition history

===FIFA World Cup record===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
★
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
| 1930||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1934||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1938||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1950||Round 1||3||1||0||2||2||2
|-
| 1954||Quarter-finals||3||1||1||1||8||8
|-
| 1958||Round 1||4||0||3||1||4||5
|-
| 1962||Quarter-finals||4||1||1||2||5||6
|- bgcolor=gold
| 1966||'Winners'||6||5||1||0||11||3
|-
| 1970||Quarter-finals||4||2||0||2||4||4
|-
| 1974||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1978||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1982||Round 2||5||3||2||0||6||1
|-
| 1986||Quarter-finals||5||2||1||2||7||3
|-
| 1990||Fourth||7||3||3||1||8||6
|-
| 1994||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1998||Round 2||4||2||1||1||7||4
|-
| 2002||Quarter-finals||5||2||2||1||6||3
|-
| 2006||Quarter-finals||5||3||2||0||6||2
|-
|'Total'||12/18||55||25||17||13||74||47
|}
=== UEFA European Championship record ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
★
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
| 1960||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1964||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1968||'Third'||2||1||0||1||2||1
|-
| 1972||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1976||''Did Not Qualify||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1980||Round 1||3||1||1||1||3||3
|-
| 1984||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1988||Round 1||3||0||0||3||2||7
|-
| 1992||Round 1||3||0||2||1||1||2
|-
| 1996||Semi-Finals||5||2||3||0||8||3
|-
| 2000||Round 1||3||1||0||2||5||6
|-
| 2004||Quarter-Finals||4||2||1||1||10||6
|-
|'Total'||7/12||23||6||7||9||31||28
|}
:''
★ Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

Player history

Famous past players

:''See also

★ Tony Adams 1987-2000

★ Darren Anderton 1992-2001

★ Viv Anderson 1978-1988

★ Jimmy Armfield 1959-1966

★ Alan Ball 1965-1975

★ Gordon Banks 1963-1972

★ John Barnes 1983-1995

★ Cliff Bastin 1931-1938

★ Peter Beardsley 1986-1996

★ Colin Bell 1968-1975

★ Steve Bloomer 1895-1907

★ Eric Brook 1929-1939

★ Trevor Brooking 1974-1982

★ Terry Butcher 1980-1990

★ Raich Carter 1934-1947

★ Mick Channon 1972-1977

★ Bobby Charlton 1958-1970

★ Jack Charlton 1965-1970

★ Allan Clarke 1970-1976

★ Ray Clemence 1972-1983

★ George Cohen 1964-1967

★ Terry Cooper 1969-1975

★ Steve Coppell 1976-1983

★ Tony Currie 1972-1979

★ Dixie Dean 1927-1932

★ Jimmy Dickinson 1949-1956

★ Duncan Edwards 1955-1957

★ Tom Finney 1946-1958

★ Ron Flowers 1955-1966

★ Trevor Francis 1977-1986

★ Paul Gascoigne 1988-1998

★ Jimmy Greaves 1959-1967

★ Eddie Hapgood 1933-1939

★ Sam Hardy 1907-1920

★ Johnny Haynes 1954-1962

★ Glenn Hoddle 1979-1988

★ Emlyn Hughes 1969-1980

★ Roger Hunt 1962-1969

★ Norman Hunter 1961-1976

★ Geoff Hurst 1966-1972

★ Paul Ince 1992-2000

★ Kevin Keegan 1972-1982

★ Tommy Lawton 1938-1948

★ Gary Lineker 1984-1992

★ Nat Lofthouse 1950-1958

★ Paul Madeley 1971-1977

★ Paul Mariner 1977-1984

★ Stanley Matthews 1934-1957

★ Bobby Moore 1962-1973

★ Stan Mortensen 1947-1953

★ Jimmy Mullen 1947-1954

★ Phil Neal 1976-1983

★ Stuart Pearce 1987-1999

★ Martin Peters 1966-1974

★ David Platt 1989-1996

★ Alf Ramsey 1948-1953

★ Bryan Robson 1980-1991

★ Kenny Sansom 1979-1988

★ Paul Scholes 1997-2004

★ David Seaman 1988-2002

★ Alan Shearer 1992-2000

★ Teddy Sheringham 1993-2002

★ Peter Shilton 1970-1990

★ Ron Springett 1959-1966

★ Gareth Southgate 1995-2004

★ Trevor Steven 1985-1992

★ Gary Stevens 1985-1992

★ Nobby Stiles 1965-1970

★ Frank Swift 1946-1949

★ Phil Thompson 1976-1982

★ Chris Waddle 1985-1991

★ Des Walker 1988-1993

★ Dave Watson 1974-1982

★ Ray Wilkins 1976-1986

★ Ray Wilson 1960-1968

★ Tony Woodcock 1978-1986

★ Chris Woods 1985-1993

★ Vivian Woodward 1903-1911

★ Billy Wright 1946-1959

★ Ian Wright 1991-1998

★ Mark Wright 1984-1996

Player records

Main articles: England national football team records

Most capped England players

Main articles: List of England international footballers

As of September 8, 2007, the players with the most caps for England are:
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Career
!Caps
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|Peter Shilton
|1970 - 1990
|125
|0
|-
|2
|align="left"|Bobby Moore
|1962 - 1973
|108
|2
|-
|3
|align="left"|Bobby Charlton
|1958 - 1970
|106
|49
|-
|4
|align="left"|Billy Wright
|1946 - 1959
|105
|3
|-
|5
|align="left"|David Beckham^[13]
|1996 -
|97
|17
|-
|6
|align="left"|Bryan Robson
|1980 - 1991
|90
|26
|-
|7
|align="left"|Kenny Sansom
|1979 - 1988
|86
|1
|-
|8
|align="left"|Gary Neville^[13]
|1995 -
|85
|0
|-
|9
|align="left"|Ray Wilkins
|1976 - 1986
|84
|3
|-
|=
|align="left"|Michael Owen^[13]
|1998 -
|84
|38
|}

Top England goalscorers

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Career
!Goals (Caps)
!Goals per game
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|Bobby Charlton
|1958 - 1970
|49 (106)
|0.4622
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|Gary Lineker
|1984 - 1992
|48 (80)
|0.6000
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|Jimmy Greaves
|1959 - 1967
|44 (57)
|0.7719
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|Michael Owen¹³
|1998 -
|38 (84)
|0.4524
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|Tom Finney
|1946 - 1958
|30 (76)
|0.3947
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|Nat Lofthouse
|1950 - 1958
|30 (33)
|0.9091
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|Alan Shearer
|1992 - 2000
|30 (63)
|0.4762
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|Viv Woodward
|1903 - 1911
|29 (23)
|1.2609
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|Steve Bloomer
|1895 - 1907
|28 (23)
|1.2174
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|David Platt
|1989 - 1996
|27 (62)
|0.4355
|-
|}

England captains

Main articles: List of England national football team captains

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!England career
!Captain '(Total caps)'
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|Billy Wright
|1946 - 1959
|90 (105)
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|Bobby Moore
|1962 - 1973
|90 (108)
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|Bryan Robson
|1980 - 1991
|65 (90)
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|David Beckham
|1996 -
|58 (97)
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|Alan Shearer
|1992 - 2000
|34 (63)
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|Kevin Keegan
|1972 - 1982
|31 (63)
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|Emlyn Hughes
|1969 - 1980
|23 (62)
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|Bob Crompton
|1902 - 1914
|22 (41)
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|Johnny Haynes
|1954 - 1962
|22 (56)
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|Eddie Hapgood
|1933 - 1939
|21 (30)
|}

England managers

{| class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Manager
!England career
!Played
!Won
!Drawn
!Lost
!Win %
!Win & draw %
!'Points per game'
★
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1946 - 1962
|139
|78
|33
|28
|56.11%
|79.81%
|1.91
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1963 - 1974
|113
|69
|27
|17
|61.06%
|84.95%
|2.10
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1974 - 1977
|29
|14
|8
|7
|48.27%
|75.86%
|1.72
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1977 - 1982
|55
|33
|12
|10
|60.00%
|81.81%
|2.02
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1982 - 1990
|95
|47
|30
|18
|49.47%
|81.05%
|1.60
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1990 - 1993
|38
|18
|13
|7
|47.36%
|81.57%
|1.76
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1994 - 1996
|23
|11
|11
|1
|47.82%
|95.65%
|1.91
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1996 - 1999
|28
|17
|6
|5
|60.71%
|82.14%
|2.04
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|1999 - 2000
|18
|7
|7
|4
|38.88%
|77.78%
|1.55
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|2001 - 2006
|67
|40
|17
|10
|59.70%
|85.07%
|2.04
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|2006 -
|12
|5
|4
|3
|41.67%
|75.00%
|1.58
|}

★ Calculated by multiplying wins by 3, plus draws, divided by games.

Notes

1. FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings: July 2007
2. A history of fierce football rivalry
3. England football on-line
4. FIFA/World Rankings
5. Thriller at Wembley
6. End of the road for England
7. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/Unif.html
8. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html
9. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html
10. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html
11. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html
12. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas2000-10/2005-06/M0835Uru2006.html
13. Still available for selection
14. Still available for selection
15. Still available for selection

Media coverage

England matches are broadcast on either BBC or Sky Sports unless it is a big tournament like European Championships or the FIFA World Cup in that case BBC may still show it but it may also be broadcast on ITV.

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