English national football team

This article is about the England men's national football team . For the women's team, see the English women's national football team , for the national team of the amateurs see the English amateur football team , for the U-21 team, see the English national football team (U-21 men) and for the U-20 team, see the English national football team (U-20 men) .

England

Nickname (s)	The Three Lions (Three Lions)
Association	The Football Association
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Gareth Southgate
captain	Harry Kane
Record scorer	Wayne Rooney (53)
Record player	Peter Shilton (125)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	CLOSELY
FIFA rank	4. (1686.78 points) (as of May 27, 2021)
home Away
Balance sheet
1,018 games 583 wins 243 draws 192 defeats
statistics
First international match Scotland 0-0 England ( Partick , Scotland ; November 30, 1872 )
Greatest victory Ireland 0:13 England ( Belfast , Ireland ; February 18, 1882 )
Biggest defeat Hungary 7-1 England ( Budapest , Hungary ; May 23, 1954 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	15 ( first : 1950 )
Best results	World Champion: 1966
European Championship
Participation in the finals	10 ( first : 1968 )
Best results	Third place in 1968
(As of June 29, 2021)

The England football team ( English England national football team ), together with the Scottish national football team , the oldest football team in the world. Both played their first international match in 1872 . It represents the British part of England in international competitions such as world and European championships . It is subordinate to the Football Association (FA), the leading association in English football.

Football , along with hockey and rugby, is one of the sports with four UK national teams. England as the "motherland of football", Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland each founded their own football association independently of one another. Scotland and Northern Ireland also have their own championships; the Welsh teams play partly in the English, mostly in their own leagues.

The English national team is the most successful of the British national teams, the greatest success being when they won the 1966 World Cup in their own country. In addition, England alone won the title 34 times in the British Home Championship (in a few years the title was shared), a former competition between the Home Nations , while the other three national teams combined also have 34 individual titles.

The English selection completed their 1000th international match on November 14, 2019.

history

Start time

The first international match of an English selection was also the first official international match in the history of football : The team led by team captain Cuthbert Ottaway met a Scottish selection on November 30, 1872 at Hamilton Crescent , in what is now Partick , a district in Glasgow . The game ended 0-0 in front of around 4,000 spectators. The following year, the English team recorded their first victory with a 4-2 win against Scotland at Kennington Oval Stadium. The 13-0 win against the Irish selection on February 18, 1882 was the highest win in an international match until October 22, 1908, when a French selection defeated Denmark 17-1 at the Olympic Games in London .

For the next almost 40 years England played almost exclusively against Scotland, Wales and Ireland, which before the partition in 1921 belonged entirely to the United Kingdom as the fourth country . The first official games against opponents from mainland Europe took place during a tour in Central Europe in 1908. There England easily won against Austria and a selection from Bohemia . England suffered their first defeat outside of Great Britain on May 15, 1929 when they beat Spain 3: 4 in Madrid .

The FA had joined the world football association FIFA in 1906 , but when the relationship between FIFA and the British associations turned negative due to a dispute over payments to amateur players, the British nations withdrew from FIFA in 1928. As a result, the English national team did not take part in the first three football world championships. In England the national team as "unofficial world champion" was called when she to the November 1934 world champions from Italy in the Battle of Highbury (Battle of Highbury ) designated game with 3: defeated second

Post war era

After the end of the Second World War , the FA approached FIFA again in a modernization process, rejoined FIFA in 1946 and in the same year appointed Walter Winterbottom as the first official coach of the national team, after a committee had previously been responsible for organizing the team was. They lost their first home game against a non-British opponent in 1949 when they lost 2-0 to Ireland at Goodison Park in Liverpool . The following year, the English national football team made their debut at the 1950 World Cup , where they lost sensationally 1-0 to the United States and were eliminated after the first group stage. The English team was also unable to convince at the next two World Cups in Switzerland and Sweden and clearly showed how much English football had lost in quality compared to the rest of the world of football.

The tactical inferiority was particularly evident when the English team faced Hungary on November 25, 1953 at their own Wembley Stadium . At that time, the Hungarian national team was one of the world's best teams with legendary players such as Ferenc Puskás , József Bozsik , Sándor Kocsis and Nándor Hidegkuti , beating England 6: 3 at Wembley. This was the first home defeat for the English team against a team from mainland Europe. The Hungarian team won the second leg in Budapest 7-1 even higher. This 1: 7 is to this day the biggest defeat in the history of the English national football team.

In the 1960s, English football subjected tactical behavior and training to a significant modernization, which already had an impact with a respectable appearance at the 1962 World Cup in Chile , when England made it to the quarter-finals and was only defeated by the eventual world champions from Brazil . After Winterbottom's resignation in 1962, former team captain Alf Ramsey took over as coach, who immediately boldly claimed that England would win the next World Cup, which was to be held in their own country.

World title and creeping decline (1962–1982)

Ramsey's prediction would actually come true and England became world champions at the 1966 World Cup, which to this day is considered to be the greatest success in English football history. Led by team captain Bobby Moore , the English Wingless Wonders - so called because Ramsey let his team play in the tournament without a real winger - defeated Argentina and Portugal , only to face the German national team in the final at Wembley Stadium. England won the final after three goals from Geoff Hurst (including the famous Wembley goal ) and a goal from Martin Peters 4-2 after extra time . Kenneth Wolstenholme , reporter for the British broadcaster BBC , commented on the presence of spectators on the field, the last goal scored by Hurst in the 120th minute and the end of the game with the very popular saying: “ They think it's all over… it is now! ”

England reached third place at the following European Championship in 1968 and, as defending champions, was one of the favorites for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico . After a 2-0 lead in the meantime, England lost 3-2 in the quarter-finals to Germany and were eliminated from the tournament. England also lost to Germany in the quarter-finals of the European Championship in 1972 when they lost after a total of 1: 3 goals. The negative trend continued when England failed to qualify for the 1974 World Cup in Germany after beating Poland 1: 1 in qualifying when they failed several times due to the strong Polish goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski . In the aftermath of the failed qualification, the FA dismissed coach Ramsey, who had achieved 69 wins and 27 draws in 113 games with England. It was strongly criticized that the FA Ramsey, in view of the successes owed to his athletic management, did not leave the possibility of his own resignation decision.

After a brief transition period under coach Joe Mercer , the FA signed Don Revie as Ramsey's official successor. Under his aegis, the performance of the English national team developed even more negatively than in the late stages of Ramsey and England could neither qualify for the group stage of the EM 1976 nor the 1978 World Cup in Argentina . Revie had resigned in 1977 and was replaced by Ron Greenwood . At the same time, a steadily growing hooligan problem developed among the supporters among the national team , which mainly occurred at English international matches. At the 1980 European Championship , the Italian police even used tear gas during a group match against Belgium . England qualified for the 1982 World Cup in Spain , but failed there in the second group stage, although the team had not lost a game. During this tournament, too, the English Games were accompanied by violence.

Renewal under Bobby Robson and changeable phases in the 1990s (1982-2000)

Although a large part of the public and the media landscape viewed Bobby Robson with great skepticism during his time as national coach, he was subsequently classified as one of the most successful English coaches. After he failed to qualify for the finals of the 1984 European Championship in France after a defeat against Denmark , he led the national team to the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. After a poor start, in which England lost to Portugal and drew against Morocco without their injured team captain Bryan Robson , three goals by Gary Lineker secured a 3-0 win against Poland in the next round. After another 3-0 win in the second round against Paraguay , the team lost in a controversial game against the eventual world champions from Argentina. During the 1: 2 defeat there were two goals from Diego Maradona , the first going down in football history as the hand of God goal . The second goal, which was preceded by a dribble over half the pitch and past five English players, was later named World Cup Goal of the Century . Gary Lineker won the title of World Cup top scorer .

England was able to qualify for the European Championship in Germany in 1988, but lost all three group games against Ireland (0: 1), as well as against the eventual finalists Netherlands (1: 3) and Soviet Union (1: 3).

The next World Cup in 1990 should be the best performance by an English team since winning the title in 1966. After a slow start in the group phase, the team prevailed in the knockout rounds with just one goal difference against Belgium and Cameroon , before losing to Germany in the semifinals after a 1: 1 after extra time on penalties . Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle had missed their penalties, but the good team performance, the appearance of Paul Gascoigne as the best English player during the tournament and the lack of violence were factors for the coming rehabilitation of football in British society in the 90s. After the tournament, the English goalkeeper Peter Shilton resigned after a total of 125 appearances and is thus a record national player to this day.

The time under Graham Taylor , Robson's successor in the office of national coach, turned out to be very unfortunate. During his engagement, England did not win a game in Sweden in 1992 . Taylor was heavily criticized in public for his decision to replace Gary Lineker in the important final group game against Sweden after 64 minutes when the score was 2-1. From then on England could not qualify for the 1994 World Cup in the United States, although in a qualifying game against San Marino , one of the weakest football teams ever, the team was 0: 1 behind after just a few seconds, before England then with 7: 1 could win. Taylor was fired in 1993 and replaced by Terry Venables , who led the English national team to a good performance at the European Championships in 1996 in their own country. Expectations were very high at this tournament for the 30th anniversary of the 1966 World Cup and the English team started well in the preliminary round. It beat Scotland 2-0 with a very well-playing Paul Gascoigne and then defeated the highly rated team from the Netherlands with a surprisingly clear 4-1. After beating Spain on penalties, England were in the semi-finals, as they had done six years earlier at the World Cup, against Germany after a 1: 1 after extra time on penalties. After Gareth Southgate missed the decisive penalty, England lost again to the German team.

Venables resigned after the end of the European Championship. His successor Glenn Hoddle completed a successful qualification for the 1998 World Cup in France with England and ensured participation in the tournament with a 0-0 draw at the Stadio Olimpico against Italy. At the World Cup, the English team was beaten again on penalties after David Beckham had to leave the field early during the game against Argentina due to a red card . The following year, Hoddle resigned after making controversial statements about the disabled in a newspaper interview. In these he expressed his opinion that disabled people would pay the price for sins from previous lives. The former English team captain Kevin Keegan took over the coaching office and led the team after 2-1 goals in a return match against Scotland in the play-off to the EM 2000 in the Netherlands and Belgium , where the team did not survive the group stage. Keegan resigned in September 2000 after losing the last game at the old Wembley Stadium, a qualifier for the 2002 World Cup against Germany.

Foreign national coach, non-participation in the EM 2008 and penalty losses (2000-2012)

In 2001 the Swede Sven-Göran Eriksson was appointed Keegan's successor and thus England's first foreign coach. Eriksson led the team to a spectacular 5-1 away win against Germany in September of the same year after a 0-1 deficit when a phenomenal Michael Owen scored three goals alongside Emile Heskey and Steven Gerrard . England secured the direct qualification and the group victory with a late free kick goal to 2-2 in the home game against Greece and due to a better goal difference. At the World Cup in Japan and South Korea itself, England beat Argentina 1-0 in the group stage and reached the quarter-finals, in which the team lost 2-1 to the eventual world champions from Brazil.

The English team also won the qualifying group for the 2004 European Championship after beating Turkey 0-0 in their last game . Despite losing to France in the preliminary round , England was considered one of the favorites for the rest of the tournament. However, the team failed in the quarter-finals against hosts from Portugal, where they again lost out on penalties.

In 2005, Eriksson saw increased criticism due to his defensive strategy, a rather dispassionate understanding of the game, communication problems with his players and certain difficulties in adapting a tactic to a changing course of the game, as was particularly evident in the defeat against Brazil in the 2002 World Cup. exposed. The 4-1 defeat in a friendly against Denmark was followed by another low point when England lost 1-0 to rivals from Northern Ireland in a qualifier for the 2006 World Cup . This historic defeat generated a great wave of criticism, despite the fact that the team had previously played well. A hard-fought and unconvincing 1-0 win against Austria did not ensure that the pressure was reduced. Nevertheless, the English team qualified for the World Cup tournament in 2006 before the last game, which they won against Poland 2-1 due to a significant increase in performance.

After completion of the qualification, the English team won in a friendly match in Switzerland Geneva with 3: 2 against Argentina, pointing that might best performance for several years.

Eriksson was also criticized for his great willingness to experiment in friendly matches and even changed the entire team at halftime before FIFA decided in 2004 that a maximum of six players could be replaced in such matches. Another point of criticism pointed out that Eriksson would reduce the status of the office of the team captain, as he briefly appointed players like Emile Heskey and Phil Neville as team captain after substitutions and substitutions, whereby the discussion then agreed that only the player who leads his team during the kick-off, is recognized as the official team captain and thus differs from a player who only takes over the captain's armband temporarily during the game.

After a controversy in the News of the World newspaper in January 2006, the FA decided to reach an agreement with Eriksson on his future, as a result of which it was announced on January 23, 2006 that Eriksson would be resigning from his post at the end of the World Cup National coach will resign in the summer. In an exceptionally long selection process, which was very much in public criticism, several potential successors were traded, above all the Portuguese national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari , who, however, also accepted the offer due to the excessive pressure that arose in the British media landscape was, declined. On May 4, 2006, Steve McClaren was named Eriksson's official successor. He coached the team for the first time on August 16, 2006 at the Old Trafford stadium against Greece.

At the 2006 World Cup, the English team already revealed weaknesses in the group stage. The opening match against Paraguay was decided by an early Paraguayan own goal and made an overall disappointing impression given England's co-favorites in this tournament. This was followed by a hard-fought 2-0 win against the World Cup debutants from Trinidad and Tobago in the last ten minutes , although the long-awaited comeback of the previously injured Wayne Rooney in the second half did not significantly improve England's playing quality. In the last group game, a performance-based 2-2 against Sweden was enough to win the group. Bad luck in this game was Michael Owen, who suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in the fourth minute without any external influence , thus worsening the already existing problems in the English offensive game. In the second round, Ecuador was beaten 1-0. In the subsequent quarter-finals against Portugal , England were eliminated on penalties, as they did in the 1990 World Cup against Germany and Argentina in 1998.

The English press said goodbye to Eriksson with ridicule and criticism. The Sunday Mirror asked the outgoing coach to return the salary paid to him, while The Independent concluded that Eriksson prefers women to trophies. The Times even accused him of having turned the English internationals into a "longball sect".

The new England coach Steve McClaren appointed John Terry as the new team captain after taking office following the 2006 World Cup and for a long time did not have another nomination from David Beckham. Together with former head coach Terry Venables as assistant coach, McClaren sorted out another veteran player in an additional step to rebuild the team with Sol Campbell .

In the 2006/07 season, the English national team began the qualifying round for the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland . After a friendly win against Greece (4-0), England started the qualification with two successes against Andorra and Macedonia . Two disappointing results followed, however, when Macedonia surprisingly couldn't be beaten by a 0-0 home game and finally a 2-0 defeat against Croatia in Zagreb ended the English goalkeeper Paul Robinson's run of six games without conceding a goal. The result against Croatia was also the worst result in a competitive match for an English senior team in exactly 13 years - at that time the team lost with the same result in qualifying for the 1994 World Cup against the Netherlands - and from then on the English national team showed itself in theirs Performance uninspired. At the end of a 1-0 friendly defeat against Spain at Old Trafford, the team was booed by the crowd for it, and the 0-0 draw in Tel-Aviv against Israel left their own supporters mocked and rejected.

On March 28, 2007, the English selection team against Andorra was only able to end the goal doldrums in the 54th minute with a goal from Steven Gerrard . After a second long-range goal from Gerrard, debutant David Nugent scored the goal to make it 3-0. This meant the end of a series of five games without a win, but even there the team had to endure angry reactions from their own fans at halftime, as they had not managed to score a goal against the internationally underclass opponents ( the Andorran team consisted mostly of part-time professionals and was at that time in the FIFA world rankings in 163rd place - compared to England, the ninth-best selection in the world). Even after England's hits, the clearly audible chants did not subside, demanding McClaren's dismissal (“We want McClaren out”) and the return of David Beckham (“There's only one David Beckham”).

On June 1, 2007, the England team played their first game against Brazil at the new Wembley Stadium . The game ended 1-1 and John Terry headed the first goal of a senior national team in the new arena ( Diego equalized Brazil in stoppage time). David Beckham, who provided the free-kick assist for England's goal, was nominated for the first time since the 2006 World Cup.

On November 21, 2007, England missed participation in the European Championship finals in Austria and Switzerland. In the final home game against Croatia , in which a draw would have been enough for both teams, the team lost 3-2 in a highly dramatic encounter, while their direct rivals Russia overtook England in the group table with a 1-0 win in Andorra . The very next day, Steve McClaren was removed from his position as head coach of the national team by the Football Association (FA). Assistant coach Terry Venables was also sacked. Both contracts were terminated with immediate effect.

On December 14, 2007, Fabio Capello was appointed the new national coach. Under Capello, England qualify as the second European team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa . With a 4: 1 in Croatia and a 5: 1 in Wembley, the revenge for the missed European Championship qualification was achieved. Since England also lost 1-0 in the penultimate game in Ukraine, which was irrelevant for their own qualification , Croatia missed the relegation games of the best runners-up as third in the group. At the end of the year, an English team with several substitutes lost 1-0 to Brazil in Doha . Capello also only used David Beckham sporadically as a substitute and urged him to move to a top European club if he wanted to participate in the World Cup. The sporadic missions made Beckham the English field player with the most appearances with 115 international matches (meanwhile he has been overtaken by Wayne Rooney). Only goalkeeper Peter Shilton had more international appearances with 125. However, Beckham was ultimately denied participation in the World Cup due to an Achilles tendon injury .

At the World Cup you played in the group stage against the USA , Algeria and Slovenia . After two disappointing draws against the USA (1: 1) and Algeria (0: 0), they were under pressure against Slovenia. Ultimately, Slovenia was defeated 1-0. In the last sixteen they met arch-rivals Germany , against whom they lost 4-1. A goal scored by Frank Lampard but not recognized by the referee at the score of 1: 2, which brought back memories of the Wembley goal , caused discussion .

In qualifying for the 2012 European Football Championship , they met Montenegro , Bulgaria , Wales and Switzerland . At first the English fought a long-distance duel with Montenegro; On the third and fourth matchdays of the qualification, Montenegro even took first place in qualifying group G. On October 7, 2011, the penultimate qualifying matchday, England and Montenegro were separated 2-2 (the first leg on October 12, 2010 ended 0-0) , with which the English secured the group victory.

On February 3, 2012, John Terry was dismissed from the FA as captain of the national team because the trial against Terry for alleged racist remarks was to take place after the European Football Championship in 2012 and the FA feared negative effects on the performance of the national team at the Euro 2012 . Fabio Capello criticized the FA's decision in several interviews and resigned as coach of the national team on February 8th.

Shortly before the 2012 European Football Championship , on May 1, 2012, Roy Hodgson was named as Fabio Capello's successor. He only took up the post after the end of the Premier League season. Hodgson called Terry into the European Championship squad and renounced Rio Ferdinand , whose brother Terry is said to have racially insulted, but appointed Steven Gerrard as captain. Before the European Championship, Gareth Barry , Frank Lampard and Gary Cahill were injured one after the other .

England could not win the opening game again at the European Championships, but the 1-1 draw against France and victories against Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine brought the group victory . In the quarter-finals, the English team, who played with similar tactics as Chelsea in the Champions League final, were clearly inferior to the Italian team , but still reached the penalty shoot-out, in which they lost again .

Present (from 2012)

In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup England were in Europe's Group H , the Ukraine , Montenegro , Poland , Moldova and San Marino drawn against. The Three Lions played their games without defeat (six wins, four draws) and were group winners ahead of Ukraine. On the last day of the match on October 15, 2013, they won against Poland 2-0 at Wembley Stadium and thus secured their participation in the World Cup.

In the final round, England, Italy and Uruguay met three former world champions for the first time in a preliminary group, as England had been placed in pot 4 due to the poor FIFA rankings. The group was completed by the team from Costa Rica . The English lost the first game against Italy with 1: 2; the second game on June 19, 2014 against Uruguay was also lost 2-1. Due to Italy's defeat against Costa Rica the next day, the elimination was already clear after the second match day of the preliminary group. This meant the first elimination of an English team after the preliminary round at a World Cup since 1958 . Against Costa Rica, which started as an outsider in the tournament, they reached a goalless draw. As a result, the Central American team became group winners and later advanced to the quarter-finals.

After the World Cup, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard resigned, Wayne Rooney became the new captain and led England into the subsequent European Championship qualification , which England started with seven wins in a row and thus qualified for the European Championship on September 5, 2015. Since the remaining games were also won, England was the only team in the qualification without losing points and was therefore considered one of the contenders for the title. At the finals , the English took part with the second youngest squad, but were already defeated in the second round to the EM debutants Iceland with 1: 2, whereupon Roy Hodgson resigned as coach shortly after the end of the game. Wayne Rooney, on the other hand, confirmed that he wanted to continue playing for England. On November 30, 2016, Gareth Southgate was named as the new coach.

Under him, the Three Lions found their way back to their old strength, as the undefeated leaders in qualifying they reached the 2018 World Cup . There the new goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and the new captain Harry Kane played themselves through strong performances among others in the focus; in the end they lost the game for 3rd place against Belgium. Third place was also achieved a good year later in the spring of 2019 in the final round of the UEFA Nations League .

The English selection completed their 1000th international match on November 14, 2019. In these 1000 games a total of 1245 players had already been nominated, with James Maddison of Leicester City making his debut in this game. The qualification for the EM 2021 was contested with ten wins from as many games; otherwise only Belgium succeeded in this .

Current squad

On June 1, 2021, the 26-player squad for the EM 2021 was announced.

In the final phase of the preparatory game against Austria on June 2, 2021, the nominated Trent Alexander-Arnold injured himself and left the squad. Ben White was nominated as a replacement. Due to persistent hip problems, Aaron Ramsdale moved into the team after the first group game for Dean Henderson . After close contact with Billy Gilmour (from group opponent Scotland ) who tested positive on June 21, Ben Chilwell and Mason Mount had to go into quarantine for several days and miss at least the last group game against the Czech Republic.

• Performance data as of June 29, 2021 (after the game against Germany)

Surname	birthday	Games	Gates	society	debut	Last game
goalkeeper
Sam Johnstone	March 25, 1993	01	00	West Bromwich Albion	0June 6, 2020	0June 6, 2020
Jordan Pickford	0March 7, 1994	35	00	Everton FC	Nov 10, 2017	June 29, 2021
Aaron Ramsdale	May 14, 1998	00	00	Sheffield United
Defense
Ben Chilwell	Dec 21, 1996	14th	00	Chelsea FC	Sep 11 2018	March 31, 2021
Conor Coady	Feb 25, 1993	05	01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0Sep 8 2020	0June 2, 2021
Reece James	0Dec 8, 1999	07th	00	Chelsea FC	0Oct 8, 2020	June 18, 2021
Harry Maguire	0March 5, 1993	34	03	Manchester United	Nov 10, 2017	June 29, 2021
Tyrone Mings	March 13, 1993	13	00	Aston Villa	Oct 14, 2019	June 22, 2021
Luke Shaw	July 12, 1995	13	00	Manchester United	05th March 2014	June 29, 2021
John Stones	May 28, 1994	46	02	Manchester city	May 30, 2014	June 29, 2021
Kieran Trippier	19 Sep 1990	30th	01	Atlético Madrid	June 13, 2017	June 29, 2021
Kyle Walker	May 28, 1990	58	00	Manchester city	Nov 12, 2011	June 29, 2021
Ben White	0Oct 8, 1997	02	00	Brighton & Hove Albion	0June 2, 2021	0June 6, 2021
midfield
Jude Bellingham	June 29, 2003	06th	00	Borussia Dortmund	Nov 12, 2020	June 22, 2021
Jordan Henderson	June 17, 1990	61	00	Liverpool FC	Nov 17, 2010	June 29, 2021
Mason Mount	Jan. 10, 1999	18th	04th	Chelsea FC	0Sep 7 2019	June 18, 2021
Kalvin Phillips	June 17, 1990	12th	00	Leeds United	0Sep 8 2020	June 29, 2021
Declan Rice	Jan. 14, 1999	21	01	West Ham United	March 22, 2019	June 29, 2021
Storm
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	March 16, 1997	10	04th	Everton FC	0Oct 8, 2020	June 13, 2021
Phil Foden	May 28, 2000	08th	02	Manchester city	0Sep 5 2020	June 18, 2021
Jack Grealish	Sep 10 1995	10	00	Aston Villa	0Sep 8 2020	June 29, 2021
Harry Kane	July 28, 1993	58	35	Tottenham Hotspur	March 27, 2015	June 29, 2021
Marcus Rashford	Oct 31, 1997	44	12th	Manchester United	May 27, 2016	June 22, 2021
Bukayo Saka	0Sep 5 2001	07th	01	Arsenal FC	0Oct 8, 2020	June 29, 2021
Jadon Sancho	March 25, 2000	20th	03	Borussia Dortmund	Oct 12, 2018	June 22, 2020
Raheem Sterling	0Dec 8, 1994	65	17th	Manchester city	Nov 14, 2012	June 29, 2021

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Balance sheets, statistics and records

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• Football World Cup : 1966

England at world championships

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England played the most frequently (six times) against the eventual world champions at world championships (1958, 1962, 1970, 1986, 1990, 2002). In addition to winning the title in 1966, they only made it to the semi-finals in 1990 and 2018. The English have already been eliminated on penalties three times.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated
1934	Italy	not participated
1938	France	not participated
1950	Brazil	Preliminary round	Spain , Chile , USA	8th.	Walter Winterbottom
1954	Switzerland	Quarter finals	Uruguay	6th	Walter Winterbottom
1958	Sweden	Preliminary round	Brazil , USSR , Austria	11.	Walter Winterbottom	eliminated in the playoff against the USSR
1962	Chile	Quarter finals	Brazil	8th.	Walter Winterbottom	eliminated by the eventual world champion
1966	England	final	Germany	World Champion	Alf Ramsey	only world title; Wembley Gate
1970	Mexico	Quarter finals	Germany	8th.	Alf Ramsey	eliminated in extra time
1974	Germany	not qualified				failed in the qualification to Poland
1978	Argentina	not qualified				failed in qualification to Italy
1982	Spain	Intermediate round	Germany , Spain	6th	Ron Greenwood	eliminated without defeat
1986	Mexico	Quarter finals	Argentina	8th.	Bobby Robson	eliminated by the eventual world champion, among others. by hand gate Diego Maradonas (" Hand of God "); Gary Lineker was the top scorer
1990	Italy	3rd place match	Italy	4th	Bobby Robson	Semi-final defeat on penalties against eventual world champions Germany
1994	United States	not qualified				failed in qualification to the Netherlands and Norway
1998	France	Round of 16	Argentina	9.	Glenn Hoddle	eliminated on penalties
2002	South Korea / Japan	Quarter finals	Brazil	6th	Sven-Göran Eriksson	eliminated by the eventual world champion
2006	Germany	Quarter finals	Portugal	7th	Sven-Göran Eriksson	eliminated on penalties
2010	South Africa	Round of 16	Germany	13th	Fabio Capello	England's biggest World Cup defeat in a 4-1 defeat against Germany
2014	Brazil	Preliminary round	Italy , Uruguay , Costa Rica	26	Roy Hodgson	first preliminary round of the World Cup in 56 years
2018	Russia	3rd place match	Belgium	4th	Gareth Southgate	reached the semi-finals and play for third place for the first time since the 1990 World Cup; Harry Kane became the top scorer
2022	Qatar	Qualification is in progress

England at European Championships

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England took part in the final round of the European Championship nine times. The English team achieved their best result in 1968 with a third place, at the European Championships in 1996 in their own country they were only eliminated in the semifinals on penalties against eventual winners Germany.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1960	France	not participated
1964	Spain	not qualified			failed in the preliminary round to France , which could not qualify for the final round
1968	Italy	3rd place match	USSR	Third
1972	Belgium	not qualified			failed in the quarter-finals on eventual European champions Germany
1976	Yugoslavia	not qualified			failed in the qualification at the later European champions Czechoslovakia
1980	Italy	Preliminary round	Belgium , Italy , Spain	-	after one win, one draw and one defeat eliminated as third in the group
1984	France	not qualified			failed in qualification to Denmark
1988	BR Germany	Preliminary round	Ireland , Netherlands , USSR	-	eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group
1992	Sweden	Preliminary round	Denmark , France , Sweden	-	after two draws and one defeat against hosts Sweden eliminated as bottom of the group
1996	England	Semifinals	Germany	-	Defeat on penalties against the eventual European champions
2000	Netherlands and Belgium	Preliminary round	Germany , Portugal , Romania	-	after a win against the defending champion and two defeats eliminated as third in the group
2004	Portugal	Quarter finals	Portugal	-	Loss on penalties against the host and later European runner-up
2008	Austria and Switzerland	not qualified			failed in qualification to Croatia and Russia
2012	Poland and Ukraine	Quarter finals	Italy	-	Group winners after a draw against France and wins against Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine ; renewed elimination after a penalty shoot-out
2016	France	Round of 16	Iceland	-	With a win against eventual group winners Wales and two draws against Russia and Slovakia , they reached the knockout round in second place in the group.
2021	Europe	qualified			With the Wembley Stadium, England provides the venue for three group matches as well as a round of 16, the two semi-finals and the final, but like all other UEFA members had to qualify for the European Championship, which was achieved on the penultimate match day. Opponents in the qualification were Bulgaria , Kosovo , Montenegro and the Czech Republic .

National coach

National coach	Term of office
Sir Walter Winterbottom	1946-1962
Sir Alf Ramsey	1963-1974
Joe Mercer	1974
Don Revie	1974-1977
Ron Greenwood	1977-1982
Sir Bobby Robson	1982-1990
Graham Taylor	1990-1993
Terry Venables	1993-1996
Glenn Hoddle	1996-1999
Howard Wilkinson (interim coach)	1999
Kevin Keegan	1999-2000
Peter Taylor (interim trainer)	2000
Sven-Göran Eriksson	2001-2006
Steve McClaren	2006-2007
Fabio Capello	2007–2012
Stuart Pearce (interim trainer)	2012
Roy Hodgson	2012-2016
Sam Allardyce	2016
Gareth Southgate	2016–

Most successful goal scorers of the national team

As of June 29, 2021

player	Period	Goals (missions)	World Cup goals	Record scorer
Wayne Rooney	2003-2018	53 (120)	01	since Sept. 8, 2015
Sir Bobby Charlton	1958-1970	ref49 (106)	04th	May 22, 1968 to September 8, 2015
Gary Lineker	1984-1992	48 0(80)	10
Jimmy Greaves	1959-1967	44 0(57)	01	May 24, 1964 to May 22, 1968
Michael Owen	1998-2008	40 0(89)	04th
Harry Kane	2015–	35 0(58)	06th
Sir Tom Finney	1946-1958	30 0(76)	02	October 4, 1958 to May 24, 1964
Nat Lofthouse	1950-1958	30 0(33)	03	November 22, 1958 to May 24, 1964 (with Finney)
Alan Shearer	1992-2000	30 0(63)	02
Vivian Woodward	1903-1911	29 0(23)		March 13, 1911 to October 4, 1958
Frank Lampard	1999-2014	29 (106)
Steve Bloomer	1895-1907	28 0(23)		April 2, 1898 to March 13, 1911
David Platt	1989-1996	27 0(62)	03
Bryan Robson	1980-1991	26 0(90)	02
Sir Geoff Hurst	1966-1972	24 0(49)	05
Stan Mortensen	1947-1953	23 0(25)	01
Peter Crouch	2005-2010	22 0(42)	01
Tommy Lawton	1938-1948	22 0(23)
Mick Channon	1972-1977	21 0(46)
Kevin Keegan	1972-1982	21 0(63)
Steven Gerrard	2000-2014	21 (114)	03
Martin Peters	1966-1974	20 0(67)	02
Jermain Defoe	2004-2017	20 0(57)	01
George Camsell	1929-1936	18 0( 09)
Dixie Dean	1927-1932	18 0(16)
Johnny Haynes	1954-1952	18 0(56)	01
Roger Hunt	1962-1969	18 0(34)	03
David Beckham	1996-2009	17 (115)	03
Raheem Sterling	2012–	17 (65)
Tommy Taylor	1953-1957	ref16 0(19)
Tony Woodcock	1979-1984	16 0(42)
Danny Welbeck	2011-2018	16 0(42)
Tinsley Lindley	1886-1891	ref14 0(13)		March 15, 1890 to April 2, 1898
George Hilsdon	1908-1909	14 0( 08)
Paul Scholes	1997-2004	14 0(66)	01

miscellaneous

Venues

The English team's first home games took place at the Kennington Oval in London , where there were a total of ten games between 1873 and 1889, before games were played in other London stadiums in addition to other cities. After the completion of the London Wembley Stadium in 1924, this alternated in particular with the Highbury in the district of the same name (12 games) until the early 1960s. After that, all games in London were played there until the demolition of the Wembley Stadium. After the opening of the new Wembley Stadium , all London games were also played there. Also for the 1966 World Cup and the 1996 European Championship , the schedule was designed so that England could play all games at Wembley Stadium.

In addition to London, Manchester (22 games at Whalley Range , Old Trafford , Maine Road and City of Manchester Stadium ), Liverpool (21 games at Aigburth Cricket Ground , Anfield and Goodison Park ) and Birmingham (10 games at Wellington Road , Villa Park ) were the most popular most common venues. (see also: List of international matches of the English national football team # Spielstädte )

Jerseys

The national jersey is adorned with the English coat of arms with the three lions (heraldically these are leopards ), the famous "Three Lions" and a star for the 1966 World Cup victory. The color scheme has undergone many changes since the middle of the 20th century. See.:

Commons : England national football team kits  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Rivalries

Traditionally, there are rivalries between the Argentine , German and Scottish national football teams. The rivalry with the Argentine team developed particularly after the Falklands War and the hand of God at the 1986 World Cup . The German-English football rivalry is in particular a result of the Wembley goal and the elimination of the English team in important knockout games at World and European Championships against Germany, with the English team only losing on penalties twice . This rivalry is much more pronounced on the English side than on the German side. The Scottish team are the English team's first and most frequent opponents and the Anglo-Scottish rivalry is part of Great Britain's history .

penalties shoot

England have been eliminated on penalties in major tournaments several times . The team only won a penalty shoot-out three times, in 1996 in the quarter-finals of the European Championship against Spain (in the subsequent semifinals again on penalties against Germany), in 2018 in the second round of the World Cup against Colombia and in 2019 in the game for third place in the UEFA Nations League. Overall, England were eliminated on penalties six times, only Argentina (7 of 17), Malawi (14 of 20) and Zambia (17 of 35) lost more penalties.

date	opponent	occasion	Exit	Successful English shooter	English missiles	Successful English goalkeeper	particularities
4th July 1990	Germany	World Cup semi-finals	3: 4	Gary Lineker , Peter Beardsley , David Platt	Stuart Pearce , Chris Waddle
June 22, 1996	Spain	European Championship quarter-finals	4: 2	Alan Shearer , David Platt , Stuart Pearce , Paul Gascoigne		David Seaman (1)	the Spaniard Fernando Hierro shot at the crossbar
June 26, 1996	Germany	EM semifinals	5: 6	Alan Shearer , David Platt , Stuart Pearce , Paul Gascoigne , Teddy Sheringham	Gareth Southgate
June 30, 1998	Argentina	World Cup round of 16	3: 4	Alan Shearer , Paul Merson , Michael Owen	Paul Ince , David Batty	David Seaman (1)
June 24, 2004	Portugal	European Championship quarter-finals	5: 6	Michael Owen , Frank Lampard , John Terry , Owen Hargreaves , Ashley Cole	David Beckham , Darius Vassell		the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo saved a penalty without goalkeeper gloves and then converted the decisive penalty himself. The Portuguese Rui Costa shot over the goal
July 1, 2006	Portugal	World Cup quarter-finals	1: 3	Owen Hargreaves	Frank Lampard , Steven Gerrard , Jamie Carragher		the Portuguese Ricardo saved 3 penalties. The Portuguese Hugo Viana and Petit hit the post
June 24, 2012	Italy	European Championship quarter-finals	2: 4	Steven Gerrard , Wayne Rooney	Ashley Young , Ashley Cole		the Italian Riccardo Montolivo shot past the goal
3rd July 2018	Colombia	World Cup round of 16	4: 3	Harry Kane , Marcus Rashford , Kieran Trippier , Eric Dier	Jordan Henderson	Jordan Pickford (1)	the Colombian Mateus Uribe shot at the crossbar
June 9, 2019	Switzerland	UEFA Nations League game for third place	6: 5	Harry Maguire , Ross Barkley , Jadon Sancho , Raheem Sterling , Jordan Pickford , Eric Dier		Jordan Pickford (1)	the Swiss Josip Drmic fails to Jordan Pickford

Goalkeeper discussion

In the course of football history, sports journalists have occasionally viewed English national goalkeepers very critically. As an example, observers of the 1954 World Cup chalked up the then “number 1” Gil Merrick in the quarter-final against Uruguay, stating that he was complicit in the 2-4 defeat. The assignments of blame were similarly clear in 2002, when David Seaman positioned himself relatively far in front of his goal in an opponent's free kick in the quarter-finals against Brazil and could not prevent the subsequent decisive goal from long range. While Gordon Banks (world champion 1966, deceased 2019) and Peter Shilton (English record international player with 125 international matches) enjoyed the highest reputation in international football in just under 30 years between 1963 and 1990, the English goalkeepers had an increasing reputation after the turn of the millennium to act unhappy at decisive moments in the tournament. Seaman's successor, David James , also made a “mistake” in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, which earned him the name Calamity James (for example: Unlucky James, based on Calamity Jane ). Another “low point” was set by Scott Carson in 2007 when he missed in the decisive match for qualifying for the Euro 2008 against Croatia. After Robert Green also let an obviously harmless ball pass in the first group game of the 2010 World Cup against the United States, David James returned to the English goal and remained without individual errors in the rest of the tournament. He inherited after the tournament Joe Hart , who was trusted to remedy this weakness. In the last 16 of the EURO 2016 match against Iceland , which he lost 2-1, he made a mistake before the Icelanders scored the second goal. Hart then took responsibility for at least two goals his team conceded in the course of the tournament.

Success as a vocal group

Chart placements Explanation of the data

Albums

This time   UK 37  silver 05/15/1982 (10 weeks)

Singles

Back Home   UK 1 04/18/1970 (17 weeks) This Time (We'll Get It Right)   UK 2  silver 04/10/1982 (13 weeks) We've Got the Whole World at Our Feet   UK 66 04/19/1986 (2 weeks) All the way   UK 64 May 21, 1988 (2 weeks)

In the run-up to the 1970 World Cup, the England World Cup Squad “70” recorded two songs written and produced by Phil Coulter and Bill Martin , Back Home and Cinnamon Stick , which were released on a single on the Pye label . The A-side Back Home was listed in the UK charts and was number one for three weeks in May 1970 . The cover of the single showed recordings of the world championship team from 1966 with the World Cup trophy Coupe Jules Rimet .

Back Home was the first hit by an English national soccer team. After England failed to qualify for the 1974 and 1978 World Championships, the England World Cup Squad released the World Cup single This Time (We'll Get It Right) in 1982 (B-side: England, We'll Fly the Flag ), which rose to number two on the charts. The single We've Got the Whole World at Our Feet (B-side: When We Are Far from Home ), released by the England World Cup Squad in 1986 , only made it to the bottom of the charts at 66th place, as did England Football Team with the Sound of Stock Aitken and Waterman released All the Way in 1988 for the European Championship in Germany (64th place). It was not until 1990 that World in Motion , which was recorded as England neworder with New Order, also reached number one ; a re-release of this song on the occasion of the World Cup in Japan and Korea rose to number 43 in 2002.

Long-playing records were also released to accompany the hits; The World Beaters Sing the World Beaters reached number four in the album charts in 1970; This Time placed 37th in 1982.

See also

• List of international matches for the English national football team
• List of English national soccer players

Web links

Commons : England national soccer team  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• England website of the Football Association (English)
• Detailed statistics on the England team (English)
• Large independent website for English national team (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. May 27, 2021, accessed June 2, 2021 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} independent.co.uk: England players to wear kit legacy numbers for 1,000th game against Montenegro (October 31, 2019) , accessed November 19, 2019
3. ↑ FA statement ( Memento from February 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ John Terry stripped of England captaincy by FA ahead of racism trial , Guardian article , Feb. 3, 2012.
5. ↑ Fabio Capello resigns as manager of the England football team , Guardian article, February 8, 2012.
6. ↑ Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to the World Cup. In: theguardian.com. October 15, 2013, accessed October 3, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Roy Hodgson resigns as England team boss , accessed on June 28, 2016
8. ↑ thefa.com: "England captain Wayne Rooney urges fans to keep the faith"
9. ^ The Football Association: England's squad numbers for UEFA EURO 2020 revealed. Accessed June 1, 2021 . 
10. ↑ Trent Alexander-Arnold: England right-back ruled out of Euro 2020 , bbc.com, accessed June 3, 2021
11. ↑ England Draft Ben White to Replace Alexander-Arnold for Euro 2020 , cultofcalio.com, accessed on June 14, 2021 (English)
12. ↑ Goalkeeper change in England's EM squad: Ramsdale replaces injured Henderson , transfermarkt.de, accessed on June 15, 2021
13. ↑ Several days of quarantine: England's Chilwell and Mount miss the EM round of 16 , transfermarkt.de, accessed on June 22, 2021
14. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
15. ↑ [1]
16. ↑ In contrast to the FA, FIFA only counts 105 games. A game against a world selection on October 23, 1963 is not counted.
17. ↑ FA statistics In the FA statistics only 14 goals in 18 games are counted.
18. ↑ FA statistics Only 13 goals are counted in the FA statistics.
19. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung - WM Library WM 1954, p. 55
20. ^ IFFHS 'Century Elections
21. ↑ The played joke. In: Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung. June 14, 2010, p. 21.
22. ↑ thefa.com: "England's Joe Hart: 'I have to take some responsibility'"
23. ↑ Chart discography albums
24. ↑ Chart discography Singles
25. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
26. ↑ Back Home at Discogs.com
27. ^ Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner, Tony Brown: The Complete Book of the British Charts , Omnibus Press, London 2004, ISBN 1-84449-058-0 , p. 378