england national football team

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-Gran 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

1930 to 1938 - Did not enter
1950 - Round 1
1954 - Quarter-finals
1958 - Round 1
1962 - Quarter-finals
1966 - Winners
1970 - Quarter-finals
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Round 2
1986 - Quarter-finals
1990 - 4th place
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 2
2002 - Quarter-finals

European Championship record

1960 - Did not enter
1964 - Did not qualify
1968 - Third place
1972 - Did not qualify
1976 - Did not qualify
1980 - Round 1
1984 - Did not qualify
1988 - Round 1
1992 - Round 1
1996 - Semifinals
2000 - Round 1
2004 - Quarterfinals

Distinguished Players

Tony Adams central defender, 66 caps, 1986-2000 (20th=)
Viv Anderson right back, 30 caps, 1978-1988
Alan Ball midfielder, 72 caps, 1965-1975 (17th)
Gordon Banks goalkeeper, 73 caps, 1963-1972 (16th)
John Barnes left winger, 79 caps, 1983-1995 (10th)
Peter Beardsley striker, 59 caps, 1986-1996
David Beckham midfielder, 80* caps, 1996- (8th=)
Steve Bloomer striker, 23 caps, 1895-1907
Sir Trevor Brooking midfielder, 47 caps, 1974-1982
Terry Butcher central defender, 77 caps, 1980-1990 (12th)
Sol Campbell central defender, 64* caps, 1996-
Sir Bobby Charlton striker/midfielder, 106 caps, 1958-1970 (3rd)
Jack Charlton central defender, 35 caps, 1965-1970
Ray Clemence goalkeeper, 61 caps, 1972-1983
George Cohen right back, 37 caps, 1964-1967
Duncan Edwards midfielder, 18 caps, 1955-1958
Sir Tom Finney left winger, 76 caps, 1947-1959 (13th=)
Tip Foster striker, 5 caps, 1900-1902 (the only man to captain England at both football and cricket)
Trevor Francis striker, 52 caps, 1977-1986
Paul Gascoigne midfielder, 59 caps, 1988-1998
Jimmy Greaves striker, 57 caps, 1959-1967
Glenn Hoddle midfielder, 53 caps, 1979-1988
Emlyn Hughes central defender/left back, 62 caps, 1969-1980
Roger Hunt striker, 34 caps, 1962-1969
Sir Geoff Hurst striker, 49 caps, 1966-1972
Kevin Keegan striker/midfielder, 63 caps, 1973-1982
Gary Lineker striker, 80 caps, 1984-1992 (8th)
Sir Stanley Matthews right winger, 54 caps, 1935-1957
Bobby Moore central defender, 108 caps, 1962-1974 (2nd)
Phil Neal right back, 50 caps, 1976-1984
Gary Neville right back, 76 caps*, 1995- (13th=)
Michael Owen striker, 69 caps*, 1998- (18th)
Stuart Pearce left back, 78 caps, 1987-1999 (11th)
Martin Peters midfielder, 67 caps, 1966-1974 (19th)
David Platt midfielder, 62 caps, 1990-1996
Bryan Robson midfielder, 90 caps, 1980-1992 (5th)
Wayne Rooney striker, 25 caps*, 2003-
Kenny Sansom left back, 86 caps, 1979-1988 (6th)
Paul Scholes midfielder, 66 caps, 1997-2004 (20th=)
David Seaman goalkeeper, 75 caps, 1989-2002 (15th)
Alan Shearer striker, 63 caps, 1992-2000
Peter Shilton goalkeeper, 125 caps, 1970-1990 (1st)
Gareth Southgate central defender, 57 caps*, 1995-
Gary Stevens right back, 46 caps, 1985-1992
Nobby Stiles midfielder, 28 caps, 1965-1970
Chris Waddle right winger, 62 caps, 1985-1992
Des Walker central defender, 59 caps, 1989-1993
Ray Wilkins midfielder, 84 caps, 1976-1987 (7th)
Ray Wilson left back, 63 caps, 1960-1968
Billy Wright midfielder/central defender, 105 caps, 1947-1959 (4th)

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

England managers

anager	England career
a href="/encyclopedia/Walter-Winterbottom" title="Walter Winterbottom">Sir Walter Winterbottom	align=center\|1946-1962
a href="/encyclopedia/Alf-Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Sir Alf Ramsey	align=center\|1963-1974
a href="/encyclopedia/Joe-Mercer" title="Joe Mercer">Joe Mercer (caretaker)	align=center\|1974
a href="/encyclopedia/Don-Revie" title="Don Revie">Don Revie	align=center\|1974-1977
a href="/encyclopedia/Ron-Greenwood" title="Ron Greenwood">Ron Greenwood	align=center\|1977-1982
a href="/encyclopedia/Bobby-Robson" title="Bobby Robson">Sir Bobby Robson	align=center\|1982-1990
a href="/encyclopedia/Graham-Taylor" title="Graham Taylor">Graham Taylor	align=center\|1990-1993
a href="/encyclopedia/Terry-Venables" title="Terry Venables">Terry Venables	align=center\|1993-1996
a href="/encyclopedia/Glenn-Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Glenn Hoddle	align=center\|1996-1999
a href="/encyclopedia/Howard-Wilkinson" title="Howard Wilkinson">Howard Wilkinson (caretaker)	align=center\|1999
a href="/encyclopedia/Kevin-Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Kevin Keegan	align=center\|1999-2000
a href="/encyclopedia/Howard-Wilkinson" title="Howard Wilkinson">Howard Wilkinson (caretaker)	align=center\|2000
a href="/encyclopedia/Peter-John-Taylor" title="Peter John Taylor">Peter Taylor (caretaker)	align=center\|2000
a href="/encyclopedia/Sven-Gran-Eriksson" title="Sven-Gran Eriksson">Sven-Gran Eriksson	align=center\|2001 - present

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