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England

European Championship record scorer:	Alan Shearer (7)
European Championship record players:	Gary Neville (12)
Rank:	9
Organizer:	1996
Balance sheet
31 European Championship games 10 wins 11 draws 10 losses 40:35 goals
statistics
First European Championship game England 0: 1 Yugoslavia Florence ( ITA ); June 6, 1969
Biggest European Championship victories England 4: 1 Netherlands London ( ENG ); June 18, 1996 England 3-0 Switzerland Coimbra ( PRT ); June 17, 2004
Biggest European Championship defeats England 1: 3 Netherlands Düsseldorf ( FRG ); June 15, 1988 England 1: 3 USSR Frankfurt am Main ( FRG ); June 18, 1988
successes
European Championship
Participation in the finals	9 ( first : 1968 )
Best results	Third ( 1968 ), semi-finals ( 1996 )
Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held
(As of November 14, 2019)

The article contains a detailed description of the English national football team at European championships . England finished third so far and once again reached the semi-finals at their home European championships in 1996.

The national team at European championships

Overview

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

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	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	Sir Alf Ramsey
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	-	Ron Greenwood	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	-	Bobby Robson	eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group
1992	Sweden	Preliminary round	Denmark , France , Sweden	-	Graham Taylor	after two draws and one defeat against hosts Sweden eliminated as bottom group
1996	England	Semifinals	Germany	-	Terry Venables	Defeat on penalties against the eventual European champions
2000	Netherlands and Belgium	Preliminary round	Germany , Portugal , Romania	-	Kevin Keegan	after a win against the defending champion and two defeats eliminated as third in the group
2004	Portugal	Quarter finals	Portugal	-	Sven-Göran Eriksson	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	-	Roy Hodgson	Group winner after a draw against France and victories against Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine ; renewed elimination after a penalty shoot-out
2016	France	Round of 16	Iceland	-	Roy Hodgson	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, 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 matchday. Opponents in the group stage are Croatia, the Czech Republic and a playoff winner.

EM 1960

The FA had not registered its national team for the 1960 European Football Championship, which was still the “European Cup of Nations” .

EM 1964

Four years later, England also wanted to take part and since more teams participated than 1960, a preliminary round preceded the round of 16 . Before qualifying, Sir Walter Winterbottom was replaced as team manager after a total of 139 games under his responsibility by Alf Ramsey . In the preliminary round, the English met France . After a 1-1 draw in London, they lost 5-2 in Paris . France then prevailed against Bulgaria in the second round , but failed in the quarter-finals to Hungary. Ramsay remained in office and led England to the world title in 1966 .

EM 1968

For the European Football Championship in 1968, group games were scheduled for the first time in qualifying . The newly crowned world champion England had to compete against the three other British teams and the European Championship qualification was then also considered the British Home Championship . England lost the home game against the Scots , but won four of the six games and also reached a draw in Scotland. With the Scots tied in Wales and lost in Northern Ireland, the English ended up with one point more and qualified for the quarter-finals. Here they met defending champions Spain and prevailed with two wins (1-0 and 2-1), which meant they were qualified for the finals of the top four. This took place in Italy and England had to compete against the Yugoslavs . World champion England, who came with 11 players from the World Cup squad, had to do without the three-time final scorer Geoff Hurst and Nobby Stiles , who had been injured a few days earlier in the World Cup revenge and first defeat against Germany . Therefore, the English team was set up defensively and both teams neutralized each other for 85 minutes. Then the Yugoslavs made it 1-0 and a minute later Alan Mullery was the first Englishman to be sent off in an international match. With 10 players, the world champion couldn't turn the game around in the remaining three minutes. In the following game for 3rd place they faced the USSR , which had only lost the semi-finals to hosts Italy by drawing lots . Bobby Charlton and World Cup hero Geoff Hurst, who has now been reinstated, scored the first two European Championship goals for England and England finished third in the European Championship with 2-0, a placement that they have not been able to beat to this day.

European Championship 1972

For the European Championship finals in 1972 England could not qualify again . In a group with Switzerland , Greece and Malta they took first place with five wins and one draw without defeat, but they lost to Germany for the first time in the quarterfinals at Wembley Stadium . They could not equalize the 1: 3 in the goalless second leg. Germany drove to the European Championship finals and became European champions for the first time.

EM 1976

The final round was held for the last time with four teams in 1976, this time England failed in the group stage against Czechoslovakia . Portugal and Cyprus , which lost all games, ended up in 3rd and 4th place. A goalless draw at home against Portugal was also decisive for the elimination. Czechoslovakia then reached the European Championship finals and defeated defending champions and world champions Germany on penalties .

EM 1980

In qualifying for the European Championship in Italy, which was held for the first time with eight teams, the English met in the group on Denmark , Northern Ireland , Ireland and Bulgarians . England prevailed confidently with seven wins and one draw without defeat and were thus qualified as group winners for the finals.

In the final round, a group phase took place for the first time, in which 4 teams each played once against each other and the best team in each group reached the final, while the second best team played the last game for third place. England met Belgium in the first game, which perfectly mastered the offside trap . Although the English were able to crack this after 26 minutes, the Belgians equalized three minutes later. In the second game against hosts Italy, the English lost with a goal in the 79th minute with 0-1. Since Belgium had won against third group opponent Spain and Italy had previously drawn against Spain, the English had no chance of reaching the final after two games, even if they won their last game against Spain. This victory then succeeded, but since Belgium and Italy remained goalless, both had more points than the English. As a third party, the EM was over for her. Kevin Keegan was the top scorer of the entire competition with 7 goals, all of which he scored in qualifying. Belgium reached the final due to the more goals scored, where they lost to Germany. Italy lost the game for third place against Czechoslovakia on penalties.

EM 1984

In qualifying for the European Championship in France in 1984, the English went with Bobby Robson , who had taken over the post after leaving the 1982 World Cup. For the European Championship England could not then qualify under him . In the qualification group with Denmark, Luxembourg , Greece and Hungary , the Danes surprisingly came first and won for the first time in England. England had only achieved a 2-2 in the first game in Copenhagen and in the end had one point less than the Danes, who then also advanced to the semi-finals in France. Robson remained in office and led England to the 1986 World Cup , at which the English were eliminated by the hand of God .

EM 1988

For the European Championship in Germany, England against should Yugoslavia , Northern Ireland and Turkey qualify . England prevailed with five wins and one draw without defeat and booked the EM ticket.

In Germany they were drawn into a group with the Netherlands , Ireland and the USSR . The English had to play the opening game against the Irish, who were trained by the English World Cup hero Jack Charlton . Charlton had led the Irish to a finals for the first time and relied mainly on players with Irish roots who played in England. Still, the English, who hadn't lost to Ireland since 1949, were considered favorites. In the 6th minute they had to accept the 0-1, which the Irish then defended until the end, making Charlton a cult figure in Ireland. In the second game against the Dutch, the English lost 3-1 with three goals from Marco van Basten and with that same result they also lost against the USSR. England was eliminated as a pointless group bottom. The Dutch and the USSR met again in the final, which the Dutch, who had lost the group game, won and became European champions for the first time. National coach Bobby Robson remained in office and led England to the 1990 World Cup , where the semi-finals were reached for the first time since 1966.

EM 1992

In qualifying for the European Championship in 1992 , England met Ireland as well as Poland and Turkey . The national coach was now Graham Taylor , who succeeded Bobby Robson , who retired after the 1990 World Cup . England and Ireland drew 1-1 twice and neither lost a game. But since England got three wins and one draw against the other opponents, while the Irish only got two wins and two draws, the English ended up with one point more and thus the EM ticket in their pockets.

For the final round, they were drawn in a group with hosts Sweden, France and Yugoslavia. Shortly before the start of the final round, Yugoslavia was excluded due to UN sanctions as a result of the Yugoslav wars and Denmark was nominated. Most of the Danish players had already started their vacation after the end of the season of the national leagues because they did not expect to participate. In Sweden, the Danes met England in their first game without much preparation and fought for a goalless draw. Against France it was enough for the English in the second game only to another goalless draw. Against hosts Sweden then followed a 1: 2 after 1-0 lead, which was already achieved in the 4th minute. England was eliminated from the bottom of the group. The Danes, who were only fourth before the last match day, surprisingly won their last group game against France and qualified for the semi-finals as runners-up. In the end they even reached the final against world champions Germany and surprisingly won this too. However, England could already plan for the next European Championship because the English were automatically qualified as hosts. National coach Taylor remained in office, but after qualifying for the 1994 World Cup in the USA was missed, he resigned in November 1993 and was replaced by Terry Venables .

EM 1996

Azerbaijani postage stamp for the opening game against Switzerland

England, Greece, the Netherlands, Austria and Portugal had applied for the 1996 European Championship. It was not yet clear at the tender that the tournament would be held for the first time with 16 teams. On May 5, 1992, England was awarded the contract and was automatically qualified for the finals. The national coach Terry Venables , who came into office after missing the qualification for the 1994 World Cup , had time to experiment. England won nine of 19 friendly matches, drew eight times and lost only to Brazil and Ireland.

When the groups were drawn, the English were drawn from the Dutch, the Scots and the Swiss who had qualified for the first time , against whom the English only scored 1-1 in the opening game. In the second game Scotland was defeated 2-0 and in the last decisive group game for the group victory the Dutch 4-1. In the quarter-finals, the English met Spain and since neither scored a goal in 120 minutes, the penalty shoot-out had to decide. Since Fernando Hierro shot to the crossbar and David Seaman was able to save the fourth Spanish penalty, but converted the first four English shooters, the last Englishman and Spaniard no longer had to compete. England were in the semi-finals against record European champions Germany and after a 1-1 draw after extra time there was another penalty shoot-out. After the first five shooters from both teams had scored, Gareth Southgate failed to Andreas Köpke , while Andreas Möller was able to convert as the sixth German shooter. This was the fifth time Germany had reached the European Championship final and was able to win this against the Czech Republic with a golden goal . With five goals, Alan Shearer was the first Englishman to be the top scorer in the European Championship. Shortly after the European Championship, national coach Venables was sacked due to his business activities, his successor was Glenn Hoddle , who had previously coached Chelsea .

EM 2000

For the EM 2000, the English then had to qualify again. The English went into the qualification with Glenn Hoddle as national coach, who caused a national scandal in 1999 with negative comments about disabled people and was dismissed after only three qualifying games. He was succeeded in February 1999 by Kevin Keegan . In a group with Sweden , Poland , Bulgaria and Luxembourg , however, they only finished second, nine points behind Sweden. Although they scored the most goals and only lost one game, they only won three. They had to split the points four times and in the end benefited from the fact that the Swedes, who had already qualified, won against the Poles tied with the English. So it was enough for the English to reach the playoffs of the group runners-up, in which the Scots were the opponent. After a 2-0 win in Scotland, the 0-1 home defeat could even be coped with, which meant that the European Championship finals were reached.

Here they met Portugal at the start, leading 2-0 after just 18 minutes. Four minutes later, however, Luís Figo scored the next goal and the Portuguese equalized in the first half and scored the 3-2 winner in the second half. In the second game, the English faced defending champions Germany and won 1-0 through Alan Shearer's sixth European Championship goal . A draw in their last game against Romania was enough for England to reach the quarter-finals. England fell 0: 1 behind after 22 minutes, but were able to turn the game around before the break and went 2: 1, u. a. by Shearer's seventh goal in the second half. Even after the Romanians equalized in the 48th minute of the game, everything still spoke for England. One minute before the end, however, the Romanians received a penalty, which 15 minutes earlier substitute Ioan Viorel Ganea was able to convert to 3-2. With this, Romania had won an EM game for the first time after eight winless EM games, reached the quarter-finals and sent the English home. After all, they shared the fate of defending champions Germany, who for the first time had not won a game in a European Championship finals and was only bottom of the group. National coach Keegan initially remained in office, but when the first qualifying match for the 2002 World Cup and the last match at the old Wembley Stadium were lost to Germany with 0: 1, his tenure ended. He was succeeded as the first foreign coach by the Swede Sven-Göran Eriksson , who until then had only coached club teams mainly in Italy.

EM 2004

In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship, England faced the strengthened World Cup third party Turkey , Slovakia , Macedonia and Liechtenstein . Liechtenstein was the only team to fail to win a game, England was the only team in the group to not lose a game, but was only able to secure first place in the last game with a goalless draw in Turkey. Turkey then surprisingly failed in the playoffs of the group runners-up to Latvia , which was able to qualify for the finals for the first time and is the first European team to qualify for an EM but not a World Cup.

In Portugal, the English faced defending champions France in the opening game and lost 2-1, with Zinédine Zidane only equalizing the English lead with a direct free kick in the first minute of stoppage time and scoring the winning goal with a penalty in the third minute of stoppage time could. Previously, David Beckham had not been able to convert a penalty in the 72nd minute. They did better in the second game against Switzerland, which they won 3-0, with 19-year-old Wayne Rooney scoring his first two European Championship goals. In the last group game against Croatia, a draw was enough for the English to reach the quarter-finals. After five minutes, however, they were 0-1 behind. It was not until the 40th minute for Paul Scholes to equalize, and after Rooney made it 3-1 for England in added time in the first half and in the 68th minute, the Croatians had to score three goals. Although they still managed to make it 2: 3, a short time later Frank Lampard restored the old distance and it stayed that way. England were thus in the quarter-finals and met the hosts. Here Michael Owen put the English in the lead in the 3rd minute, which lasted for 80 minutes. Then Hélder Postiga managed to equalize, which lasted until the end of regular time. Ten minutes before the end of extra time, the Portuguese took a 2-1 lead, but Frank Lampard made it 2-2 five minutes later. So the penalty shoot-out had to decide and David Beckham shot the first penalty over the goal. Since Rui Costa imitated him , it was 4: 4 after the first five shooters of both teams. Now every missed shot was decisive and the first was Darius Vassell , who failed at the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo , who then converted the last penalty himself. Portugal then also reached the final, but surprisingly lost it to Greece, which became European champions for the first time.

EM 2008

In qualifying group E for the European Championship 2008, England met Croatia, Russia, Israel , Macedonia, Estonia and Andorra . The first two teams were qualified for the finals in Switzerland and Austria . Before qualifying, Steve McClaren became the new national coach, who had led Middlesbrough FC to the UEFA Cup final in 2006. England lost both games against Croatia and the game in Russia, reached only goalless draws in the home game against Macedonia and in Israel, so that the victories in the other games were only enough for third place, which England missed the finals for the first time since 1984. One day after the last qualifying game, the contract with McClaren was terminated, his successor was the Italian Fabio Capello .

EM 2012

Scene from the game against France (left Adil Rami , right Jermain Defoe )

The qualification for the EM 2012 went better . In a group with Montenegro , Switzerland, Wales and Bulgaria , the English managed five wins and three draws without losing a game. They were thus directly qualified as group winners. The second-placed team from Montenegro failed in the playoffs of the group runners-up to the Czech Republic.

At the finals, which again took place in two countries, the English were drawn into a group with France, Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine. On February 8, 2012, Fabio Capello resigned from his position as national coach after there had been a dispute with the FA over the removal of Captain John Terry by the association. Terry was removed from office on charges of racism. Capello's successor was Roy Hodgson . In the first game of the finals, England and France drew 1: 1. Against Sweden followed in a game with changing leaders a 3-2. With a 1-0 win against Ukraine, England were group winners and met Italy in the quarter-finals. Since neither of them could score a goal in 120 minutes, the penalty shoot-out had to decide again and of the two teams with the worst record in the penalty shoot-out, the Italians were slightly better and made it 4-2 into the semifinals. Here they prevailed against Germany, but then lost the final against world champions and defending champions Spain 0: 4.

EM 2016

For the first time, 24 teams will take part in the European Championship. For the draw for the qualifying groups , which took place on February 23, 2014, England was placed in Pot 1. England was drawn into Group E. From the other pots the following were drawn: Slovenia , Switzerland, Lithuania , Estonia and San Marino .

The first two in the group qualify directly for the European Championship finals. If the third-placed team is the best third in the group, it is also directly qualified. The remaining third in the group play four other participants in the playoffs.

England started qualifying with seven wins, making them the first team to qualify for the European Championship. In the seventh game, Wayne Rooney set Bobby Charlton's 45-year-old record with his 49th international goal . Since England also won the rest of the games, England was the only team in the qualification without losing points. In addition to England, Northern Ireland and Wales were also able to qualify for the first time, which is the first time that three British teams have taken part in a European Championship finals. The last three British teams to compete in a major tournament was at the 1986 World Cup when England, Northern Ireland and Scotland qualified.

For the group draw on December 12, 215, England with the third-best UEFA coefficient was assigned to Pot 1 and was therefore unable to face hosts France, defending champions Spain or world champions Germany in the group stage . Russia was drawn as opponents for the opening game - which was not won again - and the two newcomers to the European Championship Slovakia and Wales as further opponents . After the draw against Russia, which the Russians only managed in stoppage time, the English were only able to win against Wales in stoppage time with a goal from half-time substitute Daniel Sturridge . With a goalless draw against Slovakia, they reached the second round of the group against newcomer Iceland . After just four minutes, captain Wayne Rooney scored the opening goal with a converted penalty. The Icelanders were able to equalize this only two minutes later and 12 minutes later they scored another goal, which goalkeeper Joe Hart did not look good on. The English then played too unimaginatively to equalize. So they lost for the first time against Iceland and 10 years after their last win in a knockout game they failed again. After the game, national coach Roy Hodgson resigned, followed by Gareth Southgate .

EM 2021

For the first pan-European European Championship, England had also applied to host games with Wembley Stadium and initially received the bid for the two semi-finals and the final. After UEFA revoked the hosting of three group matches and one round of 16 and London awarded Brussels , most of the European Championship matches will take place in England. Like all other UEFA members, the English team had to qualify for the European Championship. In the qualification , the English met in Group A against the Czech Republic , Kosovo , Montenegro and Bulgaria. The English won the first four games, scoring at least four goals in each game. The second half of the qualification then began with a 2-1 defeat in the Czech Republic. With a 6-0 win in Bulgaria, which was accompanied by racist insults against English players by Bulgarian spectators, after which the Bulgarian coach Krassimir Balakow resigned, and a 7-0 win against Montenegro on the penultimate matchday in the 1000th game in English international history, the premature succeeded Qualification. In the last game, they followed up with a 4-0 win in Kosovo. With 37 goals in eight games, they had the best goal rate (4.63). Only the Belgians scored more goals (40), but needed ten games.

In the draw on November 30, the English were drawn from Croatia, against which they were eliminated in the semifinals of the 2018 World Cup, as well as the Czech Republic, which had already been played in the qualification, and a team that still has to qualify via the playoffs.

Player with the most appearances in European championships

Gary Neville , England's player with the most European Championship games

Games	player	Year (games)
11	Gary Neville	1996 (4), 2000 (3), 2004 (4)
10	Wayne Rooney	2004 (4), 2012 (2), 2016 (4)
9	Alan Shearer	1992 (1), 1996 (5), 2000 (3)
	Steven Gerrard	2000 (1), 2004 (4), 2012 (4)
8th	Tony Adams	1988 (3), 1996 (4), 2000 (1)
	Joe Hart	2012 (4), 2016 (4)
	Sol Campbell	1996 (1), 2000 (3), 2004 (4)
	Ashley Cole	2004 (4), 2012 (4)
	Stuart Pearce	1992 (3), 1996 (5)
7th	David Beckham	2000 (3), 2004 (4)
	Michael Owen	2000 (3), 2004 (4)
	David Platt	1992 (3), 1996 (4)
	Paul Scholes	2000 (3), 2004 (4)
	David Seaman	1996 (5), 2000 (2)
	John Terry	2004 (3), 2012 (4)

As of June 27, 2016

Player with the most goals at European championships

Alan Shearer , England's top scorer in the European Championship

Gates	player	Year (goals)
7th	Alan Shearer	1996 (5), 2000 (2)
6th	Wayne Rooney	2004 (4), 2012 (1), 2016 (1)
3	Frank Lampard	2004 (3), 1996 (0)
2	Michael Owen	2000 (1), 2004 (1)
	Paul Scholes	2000 (1), 2004 (1)
	Teddy Sheringham	1996 (2)
1	18 players

As of June 27, 2016

Players banned from European championships

• In 1968 Alan Mullery was the first Englishman to be sent off in the semifinals in an international match and was suspended for the third place match.
• In 1992 Tony Daley received the second yellow card in the last group game , since England were eliminated this had no effect.
• In 1996 Paul Ince received the second yellow card in the last group game and was suspended for the quarter-finals. In this, Gary Neville also received the second yellow card and was suspended for the semi-finals.
• In 2012 Wayne Rooney was suspended for the first two group games due to a red card received in the last qualifier .

Share of players playing abroad in the EM squad

Legionnaires only played a very minor role in the squad, mostly they were outstanding players who had moved abroad.

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
1968 (2)	0
1980 (3)	2 (in Germany)	Kevin Keegan (3), Tony Woodcock (3)
1988 (3)	4 (2 in France, 1 in Scotland, 1 in Spain)	Mark Hateley (3), Glenn Hoddle (3); Chris Woods (1); Gary Lineker (3)
1992 (3)	2 (1 in France, 1 in Italy)	Trevor Steven (2); David Platt (3)
1996 (5)	2 (1 in Italy, 1 in Scotland)	Paul Ince (3); Paul Gascoigne (5)
2000 (3)	1 (in Spain)	Steve McManaman (1)
2004 (4)	2 (1 in Germany, 1 in Spain)	Owen Hargreaves (3); David Beckham (4)
2012 (4)	0
2016 (4)	0

As of June 27, 2016

Records

• England and Portugal are the only European champions who have played five finals in one city, England in London and Portugal in Lisbon .
• No country has the highest victory in European championships.
• The English team suffered their biggest defeats in European championships against the following countries:
  •  Iceland : Round of 16 2016 - 2-1 (first loss to Iceland)
  •  Netherlands : preliminary round 1988 - 1: 3 (also 2: 2 twice in friendly matches and in 1994 World Cup qualification)
  •  Romania : Preliminary round 2000 - 2: 3 (also 1: 2 each in the 1982 World Cup qualification and the 1998 World Cup preliminary round)
  •  Soviet Union : preliminary round 1988 - 1: 3 (also a 0: 2 in a friendly match)

Negative records

• England failed to win the opening game the most: no win, 5 draws and 4 defeats
• Most lost penalties: England and the Netherlands (3 out of 4 each)
• First expulsion: Alan Mullery in the 87th minute of the Yugoslavia v England game on June 5, 1968 (one minute after the 1-0 game). He was also the first English player to be sent off in an international match.

Games

Florence Rome Turin (2) Naples Stuttgart Dusseldorf Frankfurt Malmo (2) Solna London (8) C (2) Eindhoven Coimbra Lisbon (3) Donetsk (2) Kiev (2) Marseille St-Etienne Lens Nice

Venues (green = positive balance, yellow = balanced balance, red = negative balance, number in brackets = number of games, if> 1), C = Charleroi

England have played 31 European Championship games so far, ten of which have been won, ten lost and eleven ended in a draw. Four games had to be extended, one of which was won on penalties and three lost. England took part once, in 1996 as the host of the opening game of the European Championship, had five home games so far and played four times against the hosts (1980, 1992 and 2012 in the preliminary round, 2004 in the quarter-finals).

England played twice (2000 and 2004 in the preliminary round) against the defending champions and three times (in 1988 and 1992 in the preliminary round and 1996 in the semi-finals) against the eventual European champions.

All EM games
No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
1	5th June 1968	0: 1	Yugoslavia	*	Florence ( ITA )	Semifinals
2	June 8, 1968	2-0	Soviet Union	*	Rome (ITA)	3rd place match
3	June 12, 1980	1: 1	Belgium	*	Turin (ITA)	Preliminary round
4th	June 15, 1980	0: 1	Italy	A.	Turin (ITA)	Preliminary round
5	June 18, 1980	2: 1	Spain	*	Naples (ITA)	Preliminary round
6th	June 12, 1988	0: 1	Ireland	*	Stuttgart ( FRG )	Preliminary round
7th	June 15, 1988	1: 3	Netherlands	*	Dusseldorf ( Germany )	Preliminary round	100th international match by Peter Shilton
8th	June 18, 1988	1: 3	Soviet Union	*	Frankfurt am Main ( Germany )	Preliminary round
9	June 11, 1992	0-0	Denmark	*	Malmo ( SWE )	Preliminary round
10	June 14, 1992	0-0	France	*	Malmo (SWE)	Preliminary round
11	17th June 1992	1: 2	Sweden	A.	Solna (SWE)	Preliminary round
12	June 8, 1996	1: 1	Switzerland	H	London	Preliminary round
13	June 15, 1996	2-0	Scotland	H	London	Preliminary round
14th	June 18, 1996	4: 1	Netherlands	H	London	Preliminary round
15th	June 22, 1996	0: 0 n.V .; 4: 2 i. E.	Spain	H	London	Quarter finals
16	June 26, 1996	1: 1 n.V .; 5: 6 i. E.	Germany	H	London	Semifinals	Last game under Terry Venables
17th	June 12, 2000	2: 3	Portugal	*	Eindhoven ( NLD )	Preliminary round
18th	June 17, 2000	1-0	Germany (TV)	*	Charleroi ( BEL )	Preliminary round
19th	June 20, 2000	2: 3	Romania	*	Charleroi (BEL)	Preliminary round
20th	June 13, 2004	1: 2	France (TV)	*	Lisbon ( PRT )	Preliminary round
21st	June 17, 2004	3-0	Switzerland	*	Coimbra (PRT)	Preliminary round
22nd	June 21, 2004	4: 2	Croatia	*	Lisbon (PRT)	Preliminary round
23	June 24, 2004	2: 2 n.V., 5: 6 i. E.	Portugal	A.	Lisbon (PRT)	Quarter finals
24	June 11, 2012	1: 1	France	*	Donetsk ( UKR )	Preliminary round
25th	June 15, 2012	3: 2	Sweden	*	Kiev (UKR)	Preliminary round
26th	June 19, 2012	1-0	Ukraine	A.	Donetsk (UKR)	Preliminary round
27	June 24, 2012	0: 0 n.V .; 2: 4 i. E.	Italy	*	Kiev (UKR)	Quarter finals
28	June 11, 2016	1: 1	Russia	*	Marseille ( FRA )	Preliminary round
29	June 16, 2016	2: 1	Wales	*	Lens ( FRA )	Preliminary round
30th	20th June 2016	0-0	Slovakia	*	Saint-Etienne ( FRA )	Preliminary round
31	June 27, 2016	1: 2	Iceland	*	Nice ( FRA )	Round of 16	First loss to Iceland, last game under Roy Hodgson
	June 13, 2021		Croatia	H	London	Preliminary round
	June 18, 2021		Playoff winner way C	H	London	Preliminary round
	June 22, 2021		Czech Republic	H	London	Preliminary round

See also

• English national football team at world championships
• English women's national football team at European Championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uefa.com: "Yugoslavia defeats world champions England"
2. ↑ uefa.com: "England third after victory against USSR"
3. ↑ ENGLAND 1: 2 FRANCE EURO 2004
4. ↑ thefa.com: "Fabio Capello resignation" (English, accessed April 27, 2015)
5. ↑ Draw for the EURO qualification: Pot 1 in focus. In: uefa.com. UEFA , February 20, 2014, accessed March 11, 2014 . 
6. ↑ thefa.com: "Rooney equals record as England reach Euro 2016"
7. ↑ fifa.com: "Italian lesson, Icelandic fairy tale"
8. ↑ uefa.com: Yugoslavia beat world champions England