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England

World Cup record goalscorer:	Gary Lineker (10)
World Cup record players:	Peter Shilton (17)
Rank :	6th
Organizer:	1966
Balance sheet
69 World Cup games 29 wins 21 draws 19 defeats 91:64 goals
statistics
First World Cup game England 2-0 Chile Rio de Janeiro ( BRA ); June 25, 1950
Biggest World Cup victory England 6: 1 Panama Nizhny Novgorod ( RUS ); June 24, 2018
Biggest World Cup defeat England 1: 4 Germany Bloemfontein ( ZAF ); June 27, 2010
successes
World Championship
Participation in the finals	15 ( first : 1950 )
Best results	World Champion 1966
Best placements in the countries that host the FIFA World Cup
(As of July 14, 2018 )

The article contains a detailed description of the English national football team at World Cups . England have been world champions once and are the only team that could only become world champions in their own country. After that it was only enough for two fourth places.

Overview

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 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 against the eventual world champion, u. a. by hand gate Diego Maradonas (" Hand of God "); Gary Lineker top scorer
1990	Italy	3rd place match	Italy	Fourth	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	13.	Fabio Capello	England's biggest World Cup defeat in 1: 4 against Germany "Wembley-Reloaded"
2014	Brazil	Preliminary round	Italy , Uruguay , Costa Rica	26th	Roy Hodgson	first World Cup preliminary round in 56 years
2018	Russia	3rd place match	Belgium	Fourth	Gareth Southgate	In qualifying , England prevailed against Slovakia , Scotland , Slovenia , Lithuania and Malta . England's first victory on penalties at a World Cup in the round of 16 against Colombia.

Statistics (data including 2018: 21 World Championships; percentages are rounded)

• Participation waiver: three times (15%; 1930, 1934 and 1938)
• Unqualified: three times (15%; 1974, 1978, 1994)
• Athletic qualification (including as defending champion): fifteen times (71% and 88% of the attempts)
• Participation without qualification as a host: once (5%; 1966)
  • Preliminary round: three times (14%; 1950, 1958, 2014)
  • Round of 16: twice (10%; 1998 and 2010)
  • Intermediate round with 12 participants: once (5%; 1982)
  • Quarter-finals: six times (29%; 1954, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2002 and 2006)
  • Semi-finals: twice (10%; 1990 and 2018)
    • 4th place: twice (10%; 1990 and 2018)
  • Final: once (5%; 1966)
    • World Champion: once (5%; 1966)

Most frequent last opponent: Germany (three times, only won once)

World Cup tournaments

1930 in Uruguay to 1938 in France

In the period before the Second World War, the British football associations had not yet consented to professional players taking part in football World Cups. The English national team therefore took part neither in the 1930 World Cup nor in the qualifying competitions for the World Cup finals in 1934 and 1938 .

1950 in Brazil

The English team had qualified for the finals in Brazil by winning the British Home Championships and had a full-time national coach for the first time since 1946 with Walter Winterbottom . England started the World Cup with a 2-0 win against Chile , but then lost against an amateur team from the USA with 0-1 and the subsequent 0-1 against Spain sealed the preliminary round.

1954 in Switzerland

Again, the British Home Championship 1953/54 were also the qualification for the World Cup finals and England prevailed with three wins against the other British teams. In Switzerland, the English team was drawn into a group with hosts Switzerland and ex-world champions Italy and Belgium . Since England and Italy were set due to the one-time mode, they did not have to play against each other. The mode also required overtime to follow in the event of a tie after regular time. After a 3: 3 against Belgium England had to contest an extra time in which both still scored a goal. The 4: 4 n.V. is one of the draws with the most goals. England then won 2-0 against Switzerland and made it to the quarter-finals. There the self-proclaimed world champion met defending champion Uruguay and lost 4-2, with the English goalkeeper Gil Merrick making a few mistakes, thereby establishing an inglorious tradition of English goalkeepers .

1958 in Sweden

For the first time England competed against other European teams in the qualification and prevailed against Ireland and Denmark with three wins and one draw. Four months before the World Cup, the crash of British-European-Airways flight 609 u. a. national players Roger Byrne , Duncan Edwards , David Pegg and Tommy Taylor , members of the English champions Manchester United, died . England met the Soviet Union (2-2), Brazil (0-0) and the World Cup in the final , for which the other British teams had also qualified for the only time to date, and each was drawn into a different group. Third Austria (2: 2). Since the Soviet Union and England both had 4: 4 goals and 3: 3 points after the end of the group stage, there was a play-off for second place, which the English lost 0: 1 and were eliminated. The only success for the English was that they were the only team not to lose against eventual world champions Brazil and without conceding a goal.

1962 in Chile

England qualified for the third World Cup in South America with three wins and a draw against Portugal and Luxembourg and was drawn into a group with Hungary (1: 2), Argentina (3: 1) and Bulgaria (0: 0). The team reached the quarter-finals as second behind Hungary, where they met defending champions Brazil. The term of office of Walter Winterbottom , who had led England to four World Cup finals, ended with the 1: 3 . From May 1963, Alf Ramsey was national coach.

1966 in England

The 4-ton champions statue in West Ham of the four world champions Moore playing at West Ham United, sitting on the shoulders of Hurst and Ray Wilson, as well as Peters

Final lineups

In 1966 England used the home advantage and became world champion for the only time under Alf Ramsey. England played all six games in only one stadium, the Wembley Stadium in London , which no host was granted afterwards. After a 0-0 opening game against ex-world champions Uruguay , with which a series of four goalless opening games began, France and Mexico were defeated 2-0. In the quarter-finals the first chapter of the Anglo-Argentine rivalry was written with a 1-0 win against Argentina when the Argentine Antonio Rattín was sent off by the German referee Rudolf Kreitlein in a very tough game . This was followed by a 2-1 in the semi-finals against Portugal, in which England had to accept the first goal. For goalkeeper Gordon Banks it was the first goal conceded after 721 minutes, which is still an English goalkeeping record to this day. England then won the final against ex-world champions Germany , which went down in the annals 4: 2 after extra time , especially because of the Wembley goal, and thus for the seventh time in a row against Germany.

1970 in Mexico

For the first World Cup finals in Central America, England was automatically qualified as defending champion and was drawn into a group with Romania (1: 0), former world champions Brazil (0: 1) and Czechoslovakia (1: 0). In the quarter-finals there was a new edition of the final of the previous World Cup for the first time and England took a 2-0 lead against Germany with goals from Alan Mullery and Martin Peters . Even after Franz Beckenbauer scored the connection in the 70th minute, Alf Ramsey still believed in success and immediately after the connection goal, Bobby Charlton replaced Billy Wright as the world record holder with his 106th international match . Uwe Seeler forced extra time in the 81st minute, in which Gerd Müller scored the winning goal to make it 3-2 for Germany. For Charlton, the end in the quarterfinals meant the end of his national team career, Alf Ramsey remained in office and England saw themselves in the role of World Cup spectators for 12 years.

1974 in Germany

For the first time England could not World Cup finals for a qualify . In a group with Olympic champions Poland and Wales , England had to let the Poles go first. After a 1-1 draw against Wales in the home game and the first leg in Poland was lost 2-0, England needed a win in their home game against Poland, while a draw was enough for Poland. In the first half, Poland resisted the stormy attacks of the English, in which Martin Peters was still a 66 World Champion, in the sold-out Wembley Stadium and then took the lead through a counterattack in the 57th minute by Jan Domarski . England equalized six minutes later with a penalty converted by Allan Clarke , but the Poles, especially their goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski - who had been dubbed a clown by Brian Clough shortly before - did not allow any more . "It's all over" was commented by the commentator of the game. Poland was then able to convince in the finals with modern football and come third. Alf Ramsey resigned after the missed qualification and after a time in which the national coaches remained in office for 16 and 13 years, a time followed in which no national coach held office for more than eight years, which only Bobby Robson managed.

1978 in Argentina

England could not qualify for the fourth World Cup in South America either. This time England failed to Italy , with three fewer goals scored tied for the same number of points after both had won their home games 2-0 against each other. The other group opponents Finland and Luxembourg were only points suppliers, but the amount of wins against both was ultimately decisive. After all, Ron Greenwood , who had taken over as national coach in 1977, got a second chance.

1982 in Spain

For the first time, the European qualification was mainly carried out in groups of five, with the two best group qualifying for the final round. Greenwood was able to use his second chance and bring England to Spain in second place behind Hungary and ahead of Romania , Switzerland and Norway . There, England was able to reach the second round with wins against France (3: 1), Czechoslovakia (2: 0) and World Cup newcomer Kuwait (1: 0). This was carried out for the first time and only at this World Cup in groups of three and in the first game Germany and England split goalless. Since Germany then won 2-1 against Spain , England had to win against Spain by two goals, while Spain had no chance of winning the group. Despite numerous chances to score, it was only a 0-0 draw against the devotedly fighting Spaniards, which meant that England were eliminated undefeated. After the World Cup, Ron Greenwood's tenure ended and Bobby Robson took over.

1986 in Mexico

England qualified for the second World Cup in Mexico with four wins and four draws against Northern Ireland , which also qualified second, Romania , Finland and Turkey . In Mexico, England lost the opening game against Portugal 1-0, could n't score a goal in the 0-0 win against Morocco , but with a 3-0 win (first of the three highest World Cup victories for England) and a flawless hat - trick by Gary Lineker against Poland still occupy second place behind the Moroccans. With another three goals Paraguay was then defeated in the round of 16 before the second chapter of the Argentine-English rivalry was written by the hand of God in the quarter-finals and England were eliminated with 1: 2. After all, Lineker was the first English scorer to be the top scorer through the connecting goal against Argentina with a total of six goals .

1990 in Italy

England qualified for the second World Cup in Italy with three wins and three draws and 10-0 goals, but only in second place behind Sweden . The English benefited from a 3-1 defeat of the Danes on the last match day in Romania , which meant that Denmark was only third-best group runner-up of the groups of four. Germany and England, the two best runners-up in the groups of four, were able to go to the World Cup.

Since English hooligans had rioted at European Cup games again and again in previous years , England was drawn into a group that played in Sardinia and Sicily . There the English met European champions Netherlands , Ireland and Egypt . The first two games against the Irish and the Dutch ended 1: 1 and 0: 0 respectively, only against the North Africans, who were qualified for the first time since 1934, a victory succeeded (1: 0). In the second round, England had to go into extra time against Belgium , in which David Platt scored the 1-0 winner in the 119th minute. England also had to go into extra time against the Cameroonians , who were the first African team to have reached a World Cup quarter-finals, which Lineker had only secured with a converted penalty in the 83rd minute. There, too, a penalty was necessary to reach the semi-finals. Since no decision was made in regular time in the semi-finals against Germany either, England became the first team to have to go into extra time in three consecutive World Cup games. And if it was the penalties in the quarter-finals that brought England through, the penalty shoot-out against Germany was the beginning of a story of suffering . Although goalkeeper Peter Shilton suspected the corner of all German shooters, he could not save a shot, but two of his teammates could not convert, so that England lost the penalty shoot-out. The subsequent game against Italy for third place brought England's only defeat at this World Cup and even if this remained the best placement after the World Cup title in 1966, Bobby Robson's tenure ended with the game against Italy .

1994 in the United States

England could not qualify for the World Cup in the USA under the new national coach Graham Taylor . In a group of six, the English surprisingly had to give way to Norway and the Netherlands and only left Poland, Turkey and San Marino behind. Davide Gualtieri from San Marino scored the opening goal for the outsider after just nine seconds in the home game against England. England still won 7-1, but since the Dutch won 3-1 in Poland in the parallel game, the victory was wasted . For Taylor, the tenure as national coach was ended and he was replaced by Terry Venables , who was dismissed in 1996 after losing in the semi-finals of the home European Championship due to his business activities.

1998 in France

After missing the World Cup finals in 1994, England under Glenn Hoddle was able to qualify for the 1998 finals again. In the qualification Italy , which also qualified, were left behind Poland , Georgia and Moldova and only lost the home game against Italy with 0: 1. In France, Tunisia was first defeated 2-0, lost to Romania 1-2 and in the decisive game Colombia defeated 2-0, whereby England reached the second round in second place in the group. Here, on the one hand, another chapter of the Argentine-English rivalry and, on the other hand, the English story of suffering in the penalty shoot-out was written. In an extremely tough game with six yellow cards, David Beckham received the red card in the 47th minute and both goals, which made it 1-1 in the meantime, came from penalties. After the score was 2-2 at halftime, both teams failed to score in the second half and extra time, so the penalty shoot-out had to decide. While David Seaman was only able to save one penalty, Argentine goalkeeper Carlos Roa scored twice.

2002 in South Korea and Japan

David Beckham took the penalty to make it 1-0 against Argentina

For the first World Cup finals in Asia , England qualified under Sven-Göran Eriksson , the first foreign national coach. This had only taken over in the current qualification after England had lost the home game against Germany , which was also the last game in the old Wembley Stadium. With a 5-1 win in the second leg in Munich , the English were able to return the favor and perfect the direct qualification with a 2-2 in the last group game against Greece. Germany, which only played 0-0 against Finland in the parallel game, had to take the detour via relegation against Ukraine in the event of a tie but a worse point difference. In Japan, the Englishmen who were not seeded met the compatriots of their Swedish coach and a 1-1 draw was enough for both of them, because a narrow win and a draw were enough for both of them to reach the round of 16 in the following games against Argentina and Nigeria . There England prevailed 3-0 against Denmark and then met runner-up world champions Brazil in the quarter-finals . Due to a goalkeeping error by David Seaman , England lost 2-1 and Brazil won the title for the fourth time after a World Cup match against England.

2006 in Germany

David Beckham before converting a free kick to 1-0 against Ecuador

For the second World Cup in Germany , England, which had failed to qualify for the first World Cup in Germany, had to deal with Poland again. With eight wins - including a 2-1 win against Poland in the last game -, a draw and a defeat England qualified, but Poland was also qualified as one of the best runners-up in the group. Austria , Northern Ireland, Wales and Azerbaijan were only point suppliers. England did not play convincingly in Germany. The 1-0 win against Paraguay was achieved by an own goal, against World Cup newcomers Trinidad & Tobago had to wait until the 83rd minute, it was Peter Crouch who made it 1-0 through an unfair effort. In stoppage time, the 2-0 was then added. In the last group game, again against the compatriots of their Swedish coach, a 2-2 was enough for both of them to reach the round of 16. A free kick from David Beckham won the 1-0 win against Ecuador and made it to the quarter-finals. Here the out of England continued with a penalty shoot-out, this time against Portugal , with Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo being the first goalkeeper to save three penalties on a World Cup penalty shoot-out. In regular time and overtime both failed to score. Sven-Göran Eriksson's term of office ended with the quarter-finals .

2010 in South Africa

Corner kick in the group game against Algeria

The qualification for the first World Cup in Africa went to England with the Italian Fabio Capello , who had replaced Steve McClaren after missing the qualification for the Euro 2008 . With nine wins and only one defeat against Ukraine , England was able to leave them behind, as well as Croatia , Belarus , Kazakhstan and Andorra . After a 1-1 draw in the first group game against the USA and a 0-0 win against Algeria , a 1-0 win against Slovenia was enough to move into second in the group against Germany . Here, after a long tee shot by German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer , whom Miroslav Klose was able to spit into goal , England fell behind after just 20 minutes and also had to accept the 0-2 in the 32nd minute. Defender Matthew Upson scored five minutes later, but a Frank Lampard goal was not recognized. The media later spoke of "Revenge for Wembley" and "Wembley Reloaded". When England pressed for equalization in the second half, the German team took advantage of this to increase it to 4: 1 with two counterattacks and thus scored their highest win against England.

2014 in Brazil

Free kick scene from the game against Costa Rica

In the qualification for the second World Cup in Brazil England went with Roy Hodgson , the Fabio Capello was followed by a dispute with the FA before the European Championship 2012th Ukraine was again one of the qualifying opponents. Other opponents were Montenegro , once again Poland , Moldova and San Marino . With six wins and four draws, the qualification finally succeeded with confidence. The draw for the World Cup finals brought England two more former world champions, Italy and Uruguay , so that for the first time at a World Cup, three former world champions met in a preliminary group. The Central American team from Costa Rica was only seen as a point supplier. This prevailed as group winners, while England, after defeats against Italy and Uruguay (both 1: 2), were eliminated after two games. The final 0-0 draw against Costa Rica was only of statistical value.

2018 in Russia

In the qualification for the World Cup in Russia England went with Sam Allardyce as the new national team manager, Roy Hodgson after Achtelfinalaus at Euro 2016 had inherited. Under him, the first qualifying game against Slovakia in Trnava was won 1-0. After a meeting staged by journalists from the Daily Telegraph with alleged investors from the Far East, at which he gave these tips on how to circumvent the Football Association (FA) transfer rules, made fun of his predecessor Roy Hodgson, denigrated national players and the association as "stupid" and is said to have signed a £ 400,000 consultancy agreement with the alleged investors, he was dismissed by the association after just 68 days. Gareth Southgate , head coach of the England U-21 national team, took over the managerial position on an interim basis . Under him, Malta was defeated 2-0, reached a 0-0 in Slovenia and defeated Scotland 3-0. At the end of November he became the head coach of the Three Lions . England then only gave up one point in the 2-2 draw in Scotland and qualified early for the World Cup finals on the penultimate matchday. The English and Spain conceded the fewest goals (3), but only scored half as many goals as the Iberians. The English were champions of late goals, five of which came in stoppage time, two were the 1-0 winners and one made the final score 2-2.

The English went into the qualification with Wayne Rooney as captain, but he was only used in the first four games and announced his retirement from the national team on August 23, 2017 after he was not considered in two qualifying games and three friendly games.

At the finals they started with a 2-1 win against Tunisia, with captain Harry Kane - the youngest English World Cup captain - scoring both goals, but the second only in stoppage time. Against the newcomer to the World Cup, Panama, England won 6-1 in a World Cup match. Kane scored two more goals with a penalty and a third goal was awarded to him for deflecting a shot from a team-mate into the opposing goal. Since Belgium, opponents in the last group game, also won against both, Belgium and England had already qualified for the group victory for the knockout round before the final and so both coaches used some reservists. Belgium won the game, which meant that England had to play against a group winner in the round of 16, but then there were easier opponents waiting on paper. The opponent in the round of 16 was Colombia. After a goalless first half, Kane put his team in the 57th minute with his sixth tournament goal again with a penalty. They were able to defend this until the third minute of stoppage time, but then had to accept the equalizer. Since extra time went goalless, there was a penalty shoot-out. Because England had mostly failed in this discipline in the past, national coach Southgate, who missed a penalty in the 1996 European Championship semi-finals, prepared his team specifically for it. And so he was successful, because for the first time England could win a World Cup penalty shootout and move into the quarter-finals. Here they met Sweden, who took first place in a group with defending champions Germany and eliminated Switzerland in the round of 16. England kept the upper hand 2-0 and were in the semi-finals for the first time since 1990. Here they met Croatia, who had eliminated Denmark and hosts Russia on penalties in the round of 16 and quarter-finals. England dominated for an hour and took the lead in the 5th minute with a free-kick converted by Kieran Trippier . After 60 minutes the Croatians got into the game better and equalized in the 68th minute. Because both then failed to score another goal, it was extended, in which England initially took the initiative again without being able to bring about the decision. In the second half of extra time, the Croatians scored the winning goal. As in 1990, England only played for third place, in which they met Belgium again. While the Belgians took on the best line-up, Southgate let some reservists play again. Already in the fourth minute they fell behind and could not make up for it. Instead, the Belgians were able to add another goal after a counterattack. As in 1990, England “only” came fourth.

player

Ranking of the English World Cup players with the most appearances

01. Peter Shilton - 17 in 3 tournaments

02. Ashley Cole , Bobby Charlton , Bobby Moore and Terry Butcher - 14 each in 3 and 4 (Charlton) tournaments respectively

06. David Beckham - 13 in 3 tournaments

07. Steven Gerrard , Gary Lineker and Michael Owen - 12 each in 3 and 2 (Lineker) tournaments

10. Chris Waddle - 11 in 2 tournaments

11. Sol Campbell , Rio Ferdinand , Frank Lampard , Ray Wilson and Billy Wright - 10 each in 3 and 2 (Ferdinand and Wilson) tournaments respectively

Ranking of the English World Cup players with the most goals

• As of July 7, 2018

1. Gary Lineker - 10 goals

2. Harry Kane - 6 goals

3. Geoff Hurst - 5 goals

4. Bobby Charlton and Michael Owen - 4 goals each

World Cup captains

• 1950, 1954, 1958: Billy Wright
• 1962: Johnny Haynes
• 1966, 1970: Bobby Moore
• 1982: Mick Mills
• 1986: Bryan Robson (1st and 2nd game), Peter Shilton (3rd to 5th game)
• 1990: Bryan Robson (1st and 2nd game), Peter Shilton (3rd game and 3rd place match), Terry Butcher (eighth, quarter and semifinals)
• 1998: Alan Shearer
• 2002, 2006: David Beckham
• 2010, 2014: Steven Gerrard , Frank Lampard (3rd group game 2014)
• 2018: Harry Kane , Eric Dier (3rd group game)

Note: Billy Wright is the first player to be the captain of 3 World Cup finals.

Share of players playing abroad in the World Cup squad

England used a "Legionnaire" for the first time in 1962, but then only a few, most of them playing in Scotland.

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
1950-1958	0
1962 (4)	1 (Italy)	Gerry Hitchens (2)
1966-1970	0
1982 (5)	1 (Germany)	Tony Woodcock (2)
1986 (5)	2 (Italy)	Mark Hateley (3), Ray Wilkins (2)
1990 (7)	5 (4 in Scotland, 1 in France)	Terry Butcher (5), Trevor Steven (3), Gary Stevens (2), Chris Woods (0); Chris Waddle (7)
1998 (4)	0
2002 (5)	1 (Germany)	Owen Hargreaves (2)
2006 (5)	2 (1 in Spain, 1 in Germany)	David Beckham (5), Owen Hargreaves (4)
2010 (4)	0
2014 (3)	1 (Scotland)	Fraser Forster (0)
2018 (7)	0

Players banned from World Championships

• 1986: Ray Wilkins was the first Englishman to receive the red card in the second group match against Morocco because he disagreed with a referee decision, threw the ball towards the referee and hit him. He was suspended for two games and was no longer used due to the quarter-finals. Terry Fenwick had received two yellow cards in the preliminary round and was suspended for the round of 16 against Paraguay . In the quarter-finals he was the first Englishman to receive the third yellow card.
• 1990: Paul Gascoigne received the second yellow card in the semi-final against Germany and was suspended for the third place match against Italy .
• 1998: In the round of 16 against Argentina , David Beckham received the red card for an assault that had no further effect due to the elimination.
• 2006: In the quarter-final against Portugal was Wayne Rooney the red card. Since England were eliminated, she had no further influence on the tournament, as did the second yellow cards for John Terry and Owen Hargreaves . Rooney was banned for two European Championship qualifiers.
• 2010: Jamie Carragher received the second yellow card in the second group match against Algeria and was suspended for the last group match against Slovenia . In the round of 16 against Germany, Glen Johnson received the second yellow card and would have been suspended for the quarter-finals.

Games

England have played 69 World Cup games so far, 29 of which have been won, 21 have ended in a draw and 19 have been lost. Ten games had to be extended, of which three were won or lost on penalties, two lost and one won on penalties or ended without a decision or further effect in the 1954 group stage. England and Germany played the most frequently (six times) against the eventual world champions at world championships (England: 1958, 1962, 1970 and 2002 against Brazil , 1986 against Argentina, 1990 against Germany). England have played six home games so far and played three times against the hosts: 1954 / Switzerland / preliminary round, 1982 / Spain / intermediate round and 1990 / Italy / game for 3rd place. England played twice against the defending champions: 1954 / Uruguay and 1962 / Brazil (both lost ).

England met World Cup newbies seven times: 1958 / Soviet Union, 1962 / Bulgaria, 1966 / Portugal, 1982 / Kuwait, 1990 / Ireland, 2006 / Trinidad & Tobago and Panama / 2018.

England have played in 46 World Cup cities so far, most often (6 times) in London.

The most frequent opponents are Argentina and Germany (5 times each), Belgium (4 times, including 2 times at the 2018 World Cup) and Brazil (4 times, no victory).

All World Cup games
No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
1	June 25, 1950	2-0	Chile	*	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	Preliminary round	First international match outside of Europe. First international match in a neutral position. First international match against a non-European team. First international match against Chile
2	June 29, 1950	0: 1	United States	*	Belo Horizonte ( BRA )	Preliminary round	First international match against the United States
3	2nd July 1950	0: 1	Spain	*	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)	Preliminary round
4th	June 17, 1954	4: 4 a.d.	Belgium	*	Basel ( CHE )	Preliminary round	Most goal-winning draw after extra time
5	June 20, 1954	2-0	Switzerland	A.	Bern ( CHE )	Preliminary round
6th	June 26, 1954	2: 4	Uruguay	*	Basel ( CHE )	Quarter finals
7th	June 8, 1958	2: 2	Soviet Union	*	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Preliminary round
8th	June 11, 1958	0-0	Brazil	*	Gothenburg (SWE)	Preliminary round	First ever goalless World Cup game
9	June 15, 1958	2: 2	Austria	*	Borås (SWE)	Preliminary round
10	June 17, 1958	0: 1	Soviet Union	*	Gothenburg (SWE)	Decision game for the quarter-finals
11	May 31, 1962	1: 2	Hungary	*	Rancagua ( CHL )	Preliminary round
12	June 2, 1962	3: 1	Argentina	*	Rancagua (CHL)	Preliminary round
13	June 7, 1962	0-0	Bulgaria	*	Rancagua (CHL)	Preliminary round	First international match against Bulgaria
14th	June 10, 1962	1: 3	Brazil	*	Viña del Mar (CHL)	Quarter finals
15th	July 11, 1966	0-0	Uruguay	H	London	Preliminary round (opening game)
16	July 16, 1966	2-0	Mexico	H	London	Preliminary round
17th	July 20, 1966	2-0	France	H	London	Preliminary round
18th	July 23, 1966	1-0	Argentina	H	London	Quarter finals
19th	July 26, 1966	2: 1	Portugal	H	London	Semifinals
20th	July 30, 1966	4: 2 a.d.	FRG	H	London	final	Wembley Gate
21st	2nd June 1970	1-0	Romania	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Preliminary round
22nd	June 7, 1970	0: 1	Brazil	*	Guadalajara (MEX)	Preliminary round
23	June 11, 1970	1-0	Czechoslovakia	*	Guadalajara (MEX)	Preliminary round
24	June 14, 1970	2: 3 a.d.	FRG	*	Leon (MEX)	Quarter finals	Bobby Charlton becomes world record holder with his 106th and last international match (until June 14, 1973)
25th	June 16, 1982	3: 1	France	*	Bilbao ( ESP )	1. Final round
26th	June 20, 1982	2-0	Czechoslovakia	*	Bilbao (ESP)	1. Final round
27	June 25, 1982	1-0	Kuwait	*	Bilbao (ESP)	1. Final round	First international match against Kuwait. First international match against an Asian team
28	June 29, 1982	0-0	FRG	*	Madrid (ESP)	2nd final round
29	5th July 1982	0-0	Spain	A.	Madrid (ESP)	2nd final round	Last game under Ron Greenwood
30th	June 3, 1986	0: 1	Portugal	*	Monterrey ( MEX )	Preliminary round
31	June 6, 1986	0-0	Morocco	*	Monterrey (MEX)	Preliminary round	First international match against Morocco
32	June 11, 1986	3-0	Poland	*	Monterrey (MEX)	Preliminary round
33	June 18, 1986	3-0	Paraguay	*	Mexico City (MEX)	Round of 16	First international match against Paraguay
34	June 22, 1986	1: 2	Argentina	*	Mexico City (MEX)	Quarter finals	Hand of God
35	June 11, 1990	1: 1	Ireland	*	Cagliari ( ITA )	Preliminary round
36	June 16, 1990	0-0	Netherlands	*	Cagliari (ITA)	Preliminary round
37	June 21, 1990	1-0	Egypt	*	Cagliari (ITA)	Preliminary round
38	June 26, 1990	1: 0 a.d.	Belgium	*	Bologna (ITA)	Round of 16
39	July 1, 1990	3: 2 a.d.	Cameroon	*	Naples (ITA)	Quarter finals	First international match against Cameroon
40	4th July 1990	1: 1 a.d.	FRG	*	Turin (ITA)	Semifinals	Defeat on penalties
41	July 7, 1990	1: 2	Italy	A.	Bari (ITA)	Game for 3rd place	125th and last international match for Peter Shilton , last game under Sir Bobby Robson
42	June 15, 1998	2-0	Tunisia	*	Marseille ( FRA )	Preliminary round
43	June 22, 1998	1: 2	Romania	*	Toulouse (FRA)	Preliminary round
44	June 26, 1998	2-0	Colombia	*	Lens (FRA)	Preliminary round
45	June 30, 1998	2: 2 a.d.	Argentina	*	Saint-Etienne (FRA)	Round of 16	Defeat on penalties
46	June 2, 2002	1: 1	Sweden	*	Saitama ( JPN )	Preliminary round
47	June 7, 2002	1-0	Argentina	*	Sapporo (JPN)	Preliminary round
48	June 12, 2002	0-0	Nigeria	*	Osaka (JPN)	Preliminary round
49	June 15, 2002	3-0	Denmark	*	Niigata (JPN)	Round of 16
50	June 21, 2002	1: 2	Brazil	*	Shizuoka (JPN)	Quarter finals
51	June 10, 2006	1-0	Paraguay	*	Frankfurt am Main ( DEU )	Preliminary round
52	June 15, 2006	2-0	Trinidad and Tobago	*	Nuremberg (DEU)	Preliminary round	First international match against Trinidad & Tobago
53	June 20, 2006	2: 2	Sweden	*	Cologne (DEU)	Preliminary round
54	June 25, 2006	1-0	Ecuador	*	Stuttgart (DEU)	Round of 16
55	July 1, 2006	0: 0 a.d.	Portugal	*	Gelsenkirchen (DEU)	Quarter finals	Defeat on penalties, last game under Sven-Göran Eriksson
56	June 12, 2010	1: 1	United States	*	Rustenburg ( ZAF )	Preliminary round
57	June 18, 2010	0-0	Algeria	*	Cape Town (ZAF)	Preliminary round	First international match against Algeria
58	June 23, 2010	1-0	Slovenia	*	Port Elizabeth (ZAF)	Preliminary round
59	June 27, 2010	1: 4	Germany	*	Bloemfontein (ZAF)	Round of 16	Biggest defeat in a World Cup game Biggest defeat against Germany "Wembley-Reloaded"
60	June 14, 2014	1: 2	Italy	*	Manaus ( BRA )	Preliminary round
61	19th June 2014	1: 2	Uruguay	*	Sao Paulo (BRA)	Preliminary round
62	June 24, 2014	0-0	Costa Rica	*	Belo Horizonte (BRA)	Preliminary round	First international match against Costa Rica
63	June 18, 2018	2: 1	Tunisia	*	Volgograd ( RUS )	Preliminary round
64	June 24, 2018	6: 1	Panama	*	Nizhny Novgorod ( RUS )	Preliminary round	First game against Panama, highest victory at a World Cup
65	June 28, 2018	0: 1	Belgium	*	Kaliningrad ( RUS )	Preliminary round
66	3rd July 2018	1: 1 n.V., 4: 3 i. E.	Colombia	*	Moscow ( RUS )	Round of 16
67	7th July 2018	2-0	Sweden	*	Samara ( RUS )	Quarter finals
68	11th July 2018	1: 2 a.d.	Croatia	*	Moscow ( RUS )	Semifinals
69	July 14, 2018	0: 2	Belgium	*	Saint Petersburg ( RUS )	3rd place match	Biggest defeat against Belgium

Record against the other world champions at world championships

•  Argentina : 5 games, 3 wins, 1 draw (lost on penalties), 1 loss; 8: 5 goals (3: 4 on pens)
•  Germany : 5 games (including 1 × final, 1 × semi-final), 1 win, 2 draws (1 defeat as new), 2 defeats; 8:10 goals (3: 4 on pens)
•  Brazil : 4 games, 1 draw, 3 defeats; 2: 6 goals
•  Uruguay : 3 games, 1 draw, 2 defeats; 3: 6 goals
•  France : 2 games, 2 wins; 5: 1 goals
•  Spain : 2 games, 1 draw, 1 loss; 0: 1 goals
•  Italy : 2 games, 2 defeats; 2: 4 goals

Records

• Most clean sheets: Peter Shilton (1982–1990) and Fabien Barthez (France, 1998–2006) 10 each
• The highest-scoring draws: England - Belgium 4: 4 a.s. (3: 3, 2: 1) (1954 / preliminary round), Colombia - Soviet Union 4: 4 (1962 / preliminary round)
• Only world champions who only played in one stadium: England (1966 at Wembley Stadium ) and Uruguay (1930 at Estadio Centenario )
• An Englishman scored a World Cup anniversary goal: 1,300th goal - Gary Lineker , the goal of the 3-0 final against Paraguay on June 18, 1986
• Most goalless games (11 0-0, including the first ever on June 11, 1958 against Brazil)
• Two Englishmen were top scorer: Gary Lineker (1986) and Harry Kane (2018), both with 6 goals

Negative records

• Most lost penalties: England, Italy and Spain (3 out of 4 each)

Highest victories and defeats

The English team achieved their highest victories against the following countries in World Cup tournaments:

•  Argentina : preliminary round 1962 - 3-1 (also a friendly game, which was also won 3-1)
•  Chile : preliminary round 1950 - 2-0
•  Kuwait : Preliminary round 1982 - 1-0 (only game so far)
•  Panama : Preliminary round 2018 - 6: 1 (first game against Panama, highest World Cup victory)
•  Tunisia : Preliminary round 1998 - 2-0 (first win)

The English team suffered their biggest defeats in World Cup tournaments against the following countries:

•  Argentina : quarter-finals 1986 - 1: 2 (also a 0: 1 in a friendly match)
•  Belgium : game for 3rd place 2018 - 0-2
•  Germany : Round of 16 2010 - 1: 4 (highest English World Cup defeat)
•  Uruguay : quarter-finals 1954 - 2: 4 (also a 0: 2 in a friendly)

See also

• English national football team / European championships
• English Women's National Football Team / World Championships

Web links

• Football World - Statistics - England on fifa.com
• fifa.com: "Statistical overview: records and milestones"

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Lost three games on penalties and won one.
2. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2014 (PDF; 200 kB)
3. ↑ fifa.com: "England's World Cup heroes in numbers"
4. ↑ eu-football.info: "Football MATCH: October 17, 1973 England v Poland"
5. ^ England 1-1 Poland (1973) WCQ
6. ↑ England v Germany 1990 World Cup penalties semi-final
7. ^ Exclusive investigation: England manager Sam Allardyce for sale. In: The Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group, September 27, 2016, accessed September 30, 2016 . 
8. ↑ England coach fired after scandal. In: Sport1 . Sport1 Medien , September 28, 2016, accessed on September 29, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Jason Burt, Richard Amofa: Sam Allardyce loose job as England manager and may face Further disciplinary action from the FA. In: The Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group, September 28, 2016, accessed September 29, 2016 . 
10. ↑ One game or 68 days: Allardyce sacked as national coach. In: kicker online . Olympia-Verlag , September 27, 2016, accessed on September 29, 2016 . 
11. ^ Former defender signs four-year deal to lead Three Lions. In: thefa.com . November 30, 2016, accessed November 30, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Rooney ends his career in the national team. ORF , August 23, 2017, accessed on August 23, 2017 . 
13. ↑ fifa.com: "Countdown: Only 70 days left"