England national football team

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England
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Three Lions
Association The Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Flag of Italy Fabio Capello
Asst coach Flag of Italy Italo Galbiati
Captain TBA
Most caps Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium Wembley Stadium
FIFA code ENG
FIFA ranking 11
Highest FIFA ranking 4 (December 1997/September 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 27 (February 1996)
Elo ranking 8
Highest Elo ranking 1 (1872-1876
1892-1911
1966-1970
1987-1988)
Lowest Elo ranking 17 (1928)
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First kit
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First international
Flag of Scotland Scotland 0 - 0 England Flag of England
(Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
Flag of Ireland Ireland 0 - 13 England Flag of England
(Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Hungary Hungary 7 - 1 England Flag of England
(Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances 12 (First in 1950)
Best result Winners, 1966
European Championship
Appearances 7 (First in 1968)
Best result 1968: 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 beat Germany 4 goals to 2 in extra time. However since then they have never made it past the semi-finals. Never-the-less 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.

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[edit] History

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. 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 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.

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Media coverage

England home matches (both qualifiers and friendlies) are shown live on BBC One. Live coverage of away matches is sold by the home 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 purchase 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 England's home international from August 2008.

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

[edit] Colours

[edit] Home Colours

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England's traditional home colours

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

[edit] Away Colours

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England's traditional away colours, as well as being the kit they wore in the 1966 World Cup Final, their only victory in the competition

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.

[edit] Third Kit

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England's Brazil-style third kit from 1973

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.

[edit] FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Croatia Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Belarus Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Andorra Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Flag of Andorra Flag of Belarus Flag of Croatia Flag of England Flag of Kazakhstan Flag of Ukraine
Flag of Andorra 10 Sep '08 1 Apr '09 6 Sep '08 9 Sep '09 14 Oct '09
Flag of Belarus 6 Jun '09 19 Aug '09 15 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 9 Sep '09
Flag of Croatia 15 Oct '08 5 Sep '09 10 Sep '08 6 Sep '08 6 Jun '09
Flag of England 10 Jun '09 14 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 11 Oct '08 1 Apr '09
Flag of Kazakhstan 20 Aug '08 1 Apr '09 14 Oct '09 6 Jun '09 10 Sep '08
Flag of Ukraine 5 Sep '09 6 Sep '08 11 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 10 Jun '09

[edit] Other upcoming matches

Opponents Venue Date Kick-off time (BST) UK TV coverage
USA Wembley Stadium, London 28 May 2008 20:05 BBC One & BBCi
Trinidad & Tobago Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain 1 June 2008 22:30 BBC One

[edit] England squad

[edit] Provisional squad to face Trinidad and Tobago

Players in the provisional 22-man squad for the upcoming matches against Trinidad and Tobago.[4][5]

Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Goalkeepers
David James August 1, 1970 (age 37) Flag of England Portsmouth 38 (0) v Mexico, 29 March 1997
Joe Lewis October 6, 1987 (age 20) Flag of England Peterborough United 0 (0) N/A
Joe Hart April 19, 1987 (age 21) Flag of England Manchester City 0 (0) N/A
Defenders
Rio Ferdinand November 7, 1978 (age 29) Flag of England Manchester United 67 (2) v Cameroon, 15 November 1997
Wayne Bridge August 5, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England Chelsea 29 (1) v Netherlands, 13 February 2002
Jonathan Woodgate January 22, 1980 (age 28) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 6 (0) v Bulgaria, 9 June 1999
Glen Johnson August 23, 1984 (age 23) Flag of England Portsmouth 7 (0) v Denmark, November 2003
David Wheater February 4, 1987 (age 21) Flag of England Middlesbrough 0 (0) N/A
Phil Jagielka August 17, 1982 (age 25) Flag of England Everton 0 (0) N/A
Stephen Warnock December 12, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Blackburn Rovers 0 (0) N/A
Midfielders
David Beckham May 2, 1975 (age 33) Flag of the United States Los Angeles Galaxy 101 (17) v Moldova, 1 September 1996
Steven Gerrard May 30, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England Liverpool 66 (13) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Gareth Barry February 23, 1981 (age 27) Flag of England Aston Villa 19 (0) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Stewart Downing July 22, 1984 (age 23) Flag of England Middlesbrough 17 (0) v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
David Bentley August 27, 1984 (age 23) Flag of England Blackburn Rovers 5 (0) v Israel, 8 September 2007
Tom Huddlestone December 28, 1986 (age 21) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0) N/A
Ashley Young July 9, 1985 (age 22) Flag of England Aston Villa 2 (0) v Austria, 16 November 2007
Strikers
Peter Crouch January 30, 1981 (age 27) Flag of England Liverpool 27 (14) v Colombia, 31 May 2005
Dean Ashton November 24, 1983 (age 24) Flag of England West Ham United 0 (0) N/A
Jermain Defoe October 7, 1982 (age 25) Flag of England Portsmouth 27 (3) v Sweden, 31 March 2004
Theo Walcott March 16, 1989 (age 19) Flag of England Arsenal 1 (0) v Hungary, 30 May 2006
Gabriel Agbonlahor October 13, 1986 (age 21) Flag of England Aston Villa 0 (0) N/A

[edit] 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) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 41 (0)
Scott Carson September 3, 1985 (age 22) Flag of England Liverpool 2 (0) v Austria,
16 November 2007
v France,
March 2008
Chris Kirkland May 2, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Wigan Athletic 1 (0) Greece,
16 August 2006
v United States / Trinidad & Tobago,
May 2008
Defenders
Sol Campbell September 18, 1974 (age 33) Flag of England Portsmouth 73 (1) v Hungary,
18 May 1996
v Croatia,
21 November 2007
Phil Neville January 21, 1977 (age 31) Flag of England Everton 59(0) v China,
23 May 1996
v Estonia,
13 October 2007
Micah Richards June 24, 1988 (age 19) Flag of England Manchester City 11 (1) v Netherlands,
15 November 2006
Croatia,
21 November 2007
Nicky Shorey February 19, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Reading 2(0) v Brazil,
1 June 2007
v Germany,
22 August 2007
Steven Taylor January 23, 1986 (age 22) Flag of England Newcastle United 0 (0) N/A v Germany,
August 2007
Midfielders
Kieron Dyer December 29, 1978 (age 29) Flag of England West Ham United 33 (0) v Luxembourg,
4 September 1999
v Germany,
22 August 2007
Shaun Wright-Phillips October 25, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Chelsea 19 (4) v Ukraine,
18 August 2004
v Switzerland,
6 February 2008
Michael Carrick July 28, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Manchester United 14 (0) v Mexico,
25 May 2001
v Germany,
22 August 2007
Strikers
Emile Heskey January 11, 1978 (age 29) Flag of England Wigan Athletic 45 (5) v Hungary,
28 April 1999
v Russia,
12 September 2007
Alan Smith October 28, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England Newcastle United 19 (1) v Mexico,
25 May 2001
v Austria,
16 November 2007
Andrew Johnson February 10, 1981 (age 27) Flag of England Everton 8 (0) v Netherlands,
9 February 2005
v Israel / Russia,
September 2007
Darren Bent February 6, 1984 (age 24) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 3 (0) v Uruguay,
1 March 2006
v Croatia,
21 November 2007

[edit] Coaching staff

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

[edit] Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads
UEFA European Football Championship squads



[edit] Competition history

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Flag of Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Flag of Italy 1934 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Flag of France 1938 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Flag of Brazil 1950 Round 1 11 3 1 0 2 2 2
Flag of Switzerland 1954 Quarter-finals 6 3 1 1 1 8 8
Flag of Sweden 1958 Round 1 11 4 0 3 1 4 5
Flag of Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 8 4 1 1 2 5 6
Flag of England 1966 Champions 1 6 5 1 0 11 3
Flag of Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 8 4 2 0 2 4 4
Flag of West Germany 1974 Did not Qualify - - - - - - -
Flag of Argentina 1978 Did not Qualify - - - - - - -
Flag of Spain 1982 Group Round 2 6 5 3 2 0 6 1
Flag of Mexico 1986 Quarter-Finals 8 5 2 1 2 7 3
Flag of Italy 1990 Semi-Finals 4 7 3 3 1 8 6
Flag of the United States 1994 Did not Qualify - - - - - - -
Flag of France 1998 Round 2 9 4 2 1 1 7 4
Flag of South KoreaFlag of Japan 2002 Quarter-finals 6 5 2 2 1 6 3
Flag of 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.

[edit] European Championship record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Flag of France 1960 Did not enter - - - - - -
Flag of Spain 1964 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Italy 1968 Third Place 2 1 0 1 2 1
Flag of Belgium 1972 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Yugoslavia 1976 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Italy 1980 Round 1 3 1 1 1 3 3
Flag of France 1984 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
Flag of West Germany 1988 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 7
Flag of Sweden 1992 Round 1 3 0 2 1 1 2
Flag of England 1996 Semi Finals 5 2 3 0 8 3
Flag of BelgiumFlag of the Netherlands 2000 Round 1 3 1 0 2 5 6
Flag of Portugal 2004 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 10 6
Flag of AustriaFlag of Switzerland 2008 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
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.

[edit] Minor tournaments

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Flag of Brazil 1964 Taça de Nações Group Stage 3rd 3 0 1 2 2 7
Flag of the United States 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament Group Stage 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 4
Flag of Scotland 1985 Rous Cup 1 Match 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1
Flag of Mexico 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament Group Stage 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 3
Flag of Mexico 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament Group Stage 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 1
Flag of England 1986 Rous Cup Champions 1 Match 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1
Flag of EnglandFlag of Scotland 1987 Rous Cup Group Stage 2nd 2 0 2 0 1 1
Flag of EnglandFlag of Scotland 1988 Rous Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1
Flag of EnglandFlag of Scotland 1989 Rous Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 2 0
Flag of England 1991 The England Challenge Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3
Flag of the United States 1993 U.S. Cup Group Stage 4th 3 0 1 2 2 5
Flag of England 1995 Umbro Cup Group Stage 2nd 3 1 1 1 6 7
Flag of France 1997 Tournoi de France Champions Group Stage 1st 3 2 0 1 3 1
Flag of Morocco 1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament Group Stage 2nd 2 1 1 0 1 0
Flag of 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.

[edit] Player history

[edit] Notable past players

[edit] Most capped players

As of 26 March 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 101 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

[edit] Top goalscorers

# Player Career 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

[edit] Managers

Manager England career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Flag of England Winterbottom, WalterWalter Winterbottom 1946 - 1962 139 78 33 28 56.1
Flag of England Ramsey, AlfAlf Ramsey 1963 - 1974 113 69 27 17 61.1
Flag of England Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer (caretaker) 1974 7 3 3 1 42.9
Flag of England Revie, DonDon Revie 1974 - 1977 29 14 8 7 48.3
Flag of England Greenwood, RonRon Greenwood 1977 - 1982 55 33 12 10 60.0
Flag of England Robson, BobbyBobby Robson 1982 - 1990 95 47 30 18 49.5
Flag of England Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor 1990 - 1993 38 18 13 7 47.4
Flag of England Venables, TerryTerry Venables 1994 - 1996 23 11 11 1 47.8
Flag of England Hoddle, GlennGlenn Hoddle 1996 - 1999 28 17 6 5 60.7
Flag of England Keegan, KevinKevin Keegan 1999 - 2000 18 7 7 4 38.9
Flag of Sweden Eriksson, Sven-GöranSven-Göran Eriksson 2001 - 2006 67 40 17 10 59.7
Flag of England McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren 2006 - 2007 18 9 4 5 50.0
Flag of Italy Capello, FabioFabio Capello 2008 - 3 2 0 1 66.7

[edit] England fans' Player of the Year

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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