English women's national soccer team

England
England

Nickname (s)	Three Lionesses
Association	The Football Association
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Phil Neville
Assistant coach	Bev Priestman
captain	Steph Houghton
Record scorer	Kelly Smith (46)
Record player	Fara Williams (171)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	CLOSELY
FIFA rank	6th (1999 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
412 games 218 wins 69 draws 125 defeats
statistics
First international Scotland 2-3 England ( Greenock , Scotland ; November 18, 1972 )
Biggest win Hungary 0:13 England ( Tapolca , Hungary ; October 27, 2005 )
Biggest defeat Norway 8-0 England ( Moss , Norway ; June 4, 2000 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1995 )
Best results	World Cup third in 2015
European Championship
Participation in the finals	6 ( first : 1987 )
Best results	Final 1984 and 2009
(As of March 11, 2020 )

The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football.

backgrounds

Japan vs England, 2011

The team is subordinate to the English Association and was trained from 1998 to 2013 by the former national player Hope Powell . The team has participated in four world championships so far. In the first three appearances, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals. The greatest successes are the Vice European Championships in 1984 and 2009 as well as third place at the 2015 World Cup .

In autumn 2008 the association decided on a strategy of 16 milestones (16 milestones) to improve the situation of women's football in England. As part of this strategy, so-called FA central contracts for England women's players (contracts of the Football Association for female players) were offered to the players before the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany . From a pot in which u. a. If the association pays £ 320,000 annually, the national players are paid a salary so that they do not have to rely on another job and can therefore concentrate fully on playing football and are more available for the association, training, etc. 17 players made use of this contract, which is tied to certain criteria.

At the soccer World Cup in Germany, the quarter-finals were reached for the third time, in which progress was only missed in the penalty shoot-out against France . England remained the only team without defeat in the tournament next to Brazil and was the only team to win against eventual world champions Japan in the preliminary round . After the World Cup, England improved to 6th place in the FIFA world rankings - especially due to the victory over Japan - the best position ever achieved. In December, however, it fell back to 8th place. Due to the early exit at the EM 2013, the English team fell out of the top 10. Hope Powell was released from her duties in August 2013 and Brent Hills , previously assistant coach and coach of the U-23 team, temporarily looked after the team. In early 2014, Welsh Mark Sampson became the national team coach. With him, the team reached second place at the Cyprus Cup 2014 and improved to 8th place in the FIFA world rankings in March 2014. By winning the bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup, the team finished fifth in the world rankings. In March 2016, fourth place was achieved, the best ranking to date. This was further improved by victories in the preliminary round and in the quarter-finals of the European Championship 2017, so that the English women reached 3rd place in September 2017. In September 2017, Mark Sampson was sacked by the English Football Association after allegations from English players. Under the new coach Phil Neville , the English women finished second at the SheBelieves Cup 2018 and, now as the best-placed European team, achieved second place in the FIFA world rankings for the first time.

Tournament balance sheet

World championships

year	Result	Trainer	Most games	Most goals
1991	not qualified
1995	Quarter finals	Ted Copeland	11 players with 4 games	Gillian Coultard and Karen Farley (2 each)
1999	not qualified
2003	not qualified
2007	Quarter finals	Hope Powell	08 players with 4 games	Kelly Smith (4)
2011	Quarter finals	Hope Powell	09 players with 4 games	Jill Scott (2)
2015	3rd place	Mark Sampson	03 players with 7 games	Fara Williams (3)
2019	4th Place	Phil Neville	04 players with 7 games	Ellen White (6)
All			Jill Scott with 21 games	Ellen White (7)

European Championship

→ Main article : English women's national soccer team / European championships

Tournaments without a final round are in italics.

1984 : Vice European Champion 1987 : fourth 1989 : not qualified 1991 : failed in the qualifying quarter-finals 1993 : failed in the qualifying quarter-finals 1995 : semi-finals

1997 : not qualified 2001 : preliminary round 2005 : preliminary round 2009 : Vice European Champion 2013 : preliminary round 2017 : semi-finals

2021 : qualified as host

Olympic games

Since only the teams of the nations take part in the Olympic Games, the English national team is an association team with regard to the rules of the IOC, the English national football team for women has not yet been able to participate in the Olympic Games. B. qualified as the third European quarterfinal participant at the 2007 World Cup and as the best European team for the Olympic Games in 2015. The place then went to the Swedes , who were eliminated in the preliminary round or in the round of 16 and qualified in specially scheduled qualifying games.

1996 : not qualified 2000 : not qualified 2004 : not qualified

2008 : not qualified 2012 : Quarter-finals as the main part of the British team 2016 : not qualified

For the 2012 Olympic Games , the four British football associations had agreed that a British women's national football team would automatically represent the host country (on behalf of the Olympic Committee of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as an automatically qualified team. This was the first time that a British women's national soccer team took part in the Olympic Games. In the British team, which was put together by the then English national coach Hope Powell , only English players were used in addition to the two Scottish players Ifeoma Dieke and Kim Little .

For the draw, the British team was placed as one of the group heads alongside world champions Japan and defending champions USA and met New Zealand (1-0) as well as Brazil (1-0) and Cameroon (3-0) in the group stage . The English team had not yet played against Brazil and Cameroon either. In the quarterfinals, the British team lost to Canada 2-0.

Algarve and Cyprus Cup

The English team has taken part in the Algarve Cup twice so far . In the first participation in 2002 place 9 was reached, in the previous participation in 2005 the game for place 7 against China was lost on penalties . England has competed in the Cyprus Cup every year since 2009, winning that tournament in 2009, 2013 and 2015. In 2010 and 2011 we reached 5th place, 2012 4th place. In 2014 England reached the final, but lost it to France. In 2015 the final was reached again, where the English women beat Canada and thus made their third win of the Cyprus Cup perfect.

Other tournaments

• SheBelieves Cup 2016 : 3rd place
• SheBelieves Cup 2017 : 3rd place
• SheBelieves Cup 2018 : 2nd place
• SheBelieves Cup 2019 : 1st place
• SheBelieves Cup 2020 : 3rd place

Current squad

The following players are in the squad for the SheBelieves Cup 2020 . On February 26th, Alessia Russo was arrested for the Lucy Bronze injured. Players marked with "*" were in the World Cup squad.

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use
goal
21st	Sandy MacIver	06/18/1998		Everton WFC	000	00
13	Ellie Roebuck	09/23/1999	2018	Manchester City WFC	005	00	March 8th, 2020
01	Carly Telford *	07/07/1987	2009	Chelsea ladies	026th	00	03/11/2020
Defense
06th	Millie Bright *	08/21/1993	2016	Chelsea ladies	037	00	03/11/2020
02	Rachel Daly *	December 6, 1991	2016	Houston Dash	035	03	03/11/2020
23	Grace Fisk	01/05/1998		West Ham United	000	00
03	Alex Greenwood *	09/07/1993	2014	Olympique Lyon	046	03	03/11/2020
05	Steph Houghton *	04/23/1988	2007	Manchester City	120	13	03/11/2020
15th	Abbie McManus *	01/14/1993	2018	Manchester United	018th	00	03/11/2020
12	Demi Stokes *	12/12/1991	2014	Manchester City	058	01	March 8th, 2020
14th	Leah Williamson *	03/29/1997	2018	Arsenal LFC	017th	01	03/11/2020
midfield
10	Jordan Nobbs	December 8, 1992	2013	Arsenal LFC	063	06th	03/11/2020
19th	Alessia Russo	02/08/1999	2020	North Carolina Tar Heels	001	00	03/11/2020
08th	Jill Scott *	02/02/1987	2006	Manchester City	149	24	03/11/2020
17th	Lucy Staniforth *	10/02/1992	2018	Birmingham City	016	02	March 8th, 2020
16	Georgia Stanway	03/01/1999	2018	Manchester City	018th	02	03/11/2020
04th	Keira Walsh *	04/08/1997	2017	Manchester City	029	00	03/11/2020
attack
11	Toni Duggan *	07/25/1991	2012	Atlético Madrid	079	22nd	03/11/2020
09	Beth England	06/03/1994	2019	Chelsea LFC	007th	02	March 8th, 2020
20th	Lauren Hemp	08/07/2000	2019	Manchester City	005	00	March 8th, 2020
22nd	Chloe Kelly	01/15/1998	2018	Everton WFC	004th	00	03/11/2020
07th	Nikita Parris *	03/10/1994	2016	Olympique Lyon	050	14th	03/11/2020
18th	Ellen White *	05/09/1989	2010	Manchester City	092	36	03/11/2020
Remarks: ↑ Numbers at the SheBelieves Cup 2020 ↑ As of March 2020 ↑ a b Status: March 11, 2020

Players also deployed or nominated in the last 12 months:

Surname	Date of birth	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use
goal
Karen Bardsley *	10/14/1984	2005	Manchester City	081	00	06/27/2019
Mary Earps *	03/07/1993	2017	Manchester United	008th	00	11/09/2019
Defense
Hannah Blundell	05/25/1994	2018	Chelsea LFC	003	00	11/08/2018
Gemma Bonner	07/13/1991	2013	Manchester City WFC	010	01	11/28/2017
Gabby George	02/02/1997	2018	Everton LFC	002	00	11/08/2018
Aoife Mannion	09/24/1995		Manchester City	000	00
Anna Patten	04/20/1999		University of South Carolina	000	00
midfield
Lucy Bronze *	10/28/1991	2013	Olympique Lyon	081	08th	11/12/2019
Karen Carney *	08/01/1987	2005	Chelsea ladies	144	32	07/06/2019
Isobel Christiansen	09/20/1991	2015	Olympique Lyon	031	06th	05.03.2019
Mel Lawley	04/28/1994	2017	Liverpool FC	012	01	08/10/2019
Jade Moore *	10/22/1990	2012	Reading FC	050	01	07/06/2019
Fara Williams	01/25/1984	2001	Reading LFC	171	40	09/03/2019
attack
Fran Kirby *	06/29/1993	2014	Chelsea ladies	045	13	07/06/2019
Beth Mead *	05/09/1995	2018	Arsenal WFC	025th	08th	11/12/2019
Chioma Ubogagu	09/10/1992	2018	CD Tacón	003	01	04/09/2019
Jodie Taylor *	05/17/1986	2014	Reign FC	051	19th	11/09/2019

As of November 12, 2019

Record players

space	Surname	Calls	Gates	position	Period
1	Fara Williams	171	40	midfield	since 2001
2	Jill Scott	149	24	midfield	since 2006
3	Karen Carney	144	32	midfield	2005-2019
4th	Alex Scott	140	12	Defense	2004-2017
5	Casey Stoney	130	6th	Defense	2000-2017
6th	Rachel Yankey	129	19th	midfield	1997-2013
7th	Steph Houghton	120	13	Defense	since 2007
8th	Gillian Coultard	119	30th	midfield	1981-2000
	Kelly Smith	117	46	attack	1995-2014
10	Eniola Aluko	102	33	attack	2004-2016
	Rachel Unitt	102	8th	Defense	1997-2013
12	Debbie Bampton	95	7th	midfield	1978-1997
13	Katie Chapman	94	8th	midfield	2000-2016
14th	Sue Smith	93	16	attack	1997-2012
15th	Ellen White	92	36	attack	since 2010
16	Marieanne Spacey	91	28	Attack / midfield	1984-2001
17th	Faye White	90	12	Defense	1997-2012
18th	Karen Walker	83	40	attack	1988-2003
19th	Rachel Brown-Finnis	82	0	goal	1997-2013
	Kerry Davis	82	44	attack	1982-1998
21st	Karen Bardsley	81	0	goal	since 2005
	Lucy bronze	81	8th	Defense	since 2013
23	Toni Duggan	79	22nd	attack	since 2013
24	Anita Asante	71	1	midfield	since 2004
25th	Karen Burke	70	7th	midfield	? –2003
26th	Hope Powell	66	35	midfield	1983-1998
27	Mary Phillip	65	0	Defense	1995-2008
28	Laura Bassett	63	2	Defense	2003-2017
	Jordan Nobbs	63	6th	midfield	since 2013
30th	Pauline Cope	60	0	goal	1995-2004

As of March 11, 2020

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from an English perspective

Germany

The English women were able to win against Germany only once, but in doing so achieved third place at the 2015 World Cup - the best place at the women's world championships so far. The 21 defeats against Germany are the highest number of defeats the English women have against any country and Germany has not won against any country more often.

date	place	Result	occasion
22nd August 1984	Jesolo	0: 2
5th August 1990	Minneapolis	1: 3
November 25, 1990	Wycombe	1: 4	EM quarter-finals
December 16, 1990	Bochum	0: 2	EM quarter-finals
December 11, 1994	Watford	1: 4	EM semifinals
February 23, 1995	Bochum	1: 2	EM semifinals
June 13, 1995	Västerås	0: 3	World Cup quarter-finals
February 27, 1997	Preston	4: 6
September 25, 1997	Dessau	0: 3	World Cup qualification
March 8, 1998	London	0: 1	World Cup qualification
June 30, 2001	Jena	0: 3	EM preliminary round
September 27, 2001	kassel	1: 3	World Cup qualification
May 19, 2002	London	0: 1	World Cup qualification
September 11, 2003	Darmstadt	0: 4
October 25, 2006	Bask	1: 5
January 30, 2007	Guangzhou	0-0	Four Nations Tournament in China
September 14, 2007	Shanghai	0-0	World Cup preliminary round
July 17, 2008	Unterhaching	0: 3
September 10, 2009	Helsinki	2: 6	EM final
23rd November 2014	London	0: 3
4th July 2015	Edmonton	1-0	World Cup game for 3rd place
November 26, 2015	Duisburg	0-0
March 6, 2016	Nashville	1: 2	SheBelieves Cup 2016
March 7, 2017	Washington, DC	0: 1	SheBelieves Cup 2017
4th March 2018	Harrison	2: 2	SheBelieves Cup 2018
9th November 2019	London	1: 2

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
April 1, 1975	Basel	3: 1
April 3, 1977	Hull	9: 1
July 23, 1979	Sorrento	2-0
October 16, 1999	Zofingen	3-0	European Championship qualification
May 13, 2000	Bristol	0: 1	European Championship qualification
March 1, 2010	Larnaka ( Cyprus )	2: 2	Cyprus Cup
March 1, 2012	Larnaka ( Cyprus )	1-0	Cyprus Cup

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
September 1, 2005	Amstetten	4: 1	World Cup qualification
April 20, 2006	Gillingham	4-0	World Cup qualification
March 25, 2010	London	3-0	World Cup qualification
August 21, 2010	Krems	4-0	World Cup qualification
April 11, 2017	Milton Keynes	3-0	Friendly match
November 8, 2018	Maria Enzersdorf	3-0	Friendly match

See also

• List of international matches for the England women's national football team
• English national football team

Web links

• Official homepage of the FA , the English Football Association
• England on the FIFA homepage

References and comments

1. ↑ fifa.com: Phil Neville new coach of the England women's national team
2. ^ Thefa.com: England Women have a new assistant coach as Bev Priestman joins Phil Neville's staff
3. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
4. ↑ 3 of which lost on penalties
5. ^ Central contracts, The Football Association of England
6. ↑ Japan establishes itself in the top group ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Hills takes temporary charge thefa.com
8. ↑ thefa.com: "Lionesses climb to an all-time high in the FIFA rankings"
9. ↑ EURO ensures new highs. fifa.com. September 1, 2017, accessed March 25, 2018.
10. ↑ Jolle Lahr-Eigen: Mark Sampson dismissed as England's women's coach after allegations , spiegel.de. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
11. ↑ USA still at the top after winning the SheBelieves Cup. fifa.com. March 23, 2018, accessed March 25, 2018.
12. Jump up ↑ London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament qualification FIFA.com
13. ↑ thefa.com: Phil Neville names youthful squad as England prepare to defend SheBelieves Cup title
14. ↑ thefa.com:Alessia Russo to join England squad for SheBelieves Cup, with Lucy Bronze ruled out
15. ↑ End of career