European Football Championship 2021 / England

European Football Championship 2021 : England
Trainer	Gareth Southgate
captain	Harry Kane
Qualified as	Group A winner
World rankings before the tournament	4th
Tournament result	Second
Games won	5
Games tie	2
Games lost	0
Gates	11: 2

This article covers the English national team at the 2021 Pan-European Football Championship . It is the tenth participation for the English team.

qualification

Harry Kane , qualifying top scorer

For the qualification the English team was drawn from the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

Overall, national coach Gareth Southgate , who has coached the team since October 2016, used 30 players, only captain Harry Kane and Harry Maguire played all eight games. Goalkeepers Jordan Pickford and Raheem Sterling had seven appearances each . Callum Hudson-Odoi , James Maddison , Tyrone Mings , Mason Mount , Declan Rice and Fikayo Tomori played their first international match in the qualifiers.

The top scorer with twelve goals, four of which came from a penalty, was Harry Kane, who scored at least one goal in every game and was also the top scorer overall in qualifying. This is the second time that an Englishman has scored the most goals after Kevin Keegan , who was the top scorer in qualifying for the 1980 European Championship. The second best English goalscorer Raheem Sterling finished with eight goals together with two other players in seventh place in the qualifying scorer list . Their first international goals were scored in the qualification by Tammy Abraham (to the 7-0 final score against Montenegro), Michael Keane (to the 1-1 equalizer in the 5-1 win against Montenegro), Mason Mount (to the 4-0 final score against the Kosovo in the first minute of stoppage time) and Harry Winks (to 1-0 lead in the same game) and Jadon Sancho (to 4-1 and 5-1 in a 5-3 win against Kosovo). A total of ten players contributed to 34 qualifying goals. The English also benefited from three own goals by opposing players. With 37 goals in eight games, the English had the best goal rate of all teams with 4.625 goals per game.

Games

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
March 22, 2019	London	Czech Republic	5: 0 (2: 0)	Raheem Sterling (24th, 68th, 84th), Harry Kane (45th + 2 / penalty), 3-0 (62 '), Tomáš Kalas (84th / own goal)
03/25/2019	Podgorica	Montenegro	5: 1 (2: 1)	Marko Vešović (17th); Michael Keane (30th), Ross Barkley (39th, 59th), Harry Kane (71st), Raheem Sterling (81st)
07.09.2019	London	Bulgaria	4: 0 (1: 0)	Harry Kane (24., 50./Elfm., 73./Elfm.), Raheem Sterling (55.)
09/10/2019	Southampton	Kosovo	5: 3 (5: 1)	Valon Berisha (1st, 49th), Vedat Muriqi (55th / Elf); Raheem Sterling (8th), Harry Kane (19th), Mërgim Vojvoda (38th / own goal), Jadon Sancho , (44th, 45th + 1)
10/11/2019	Prague	Czech Republic	1: 2 (1: 1)	Harry Kane (5th / 11th floor); Jakub Brabec (9th), Zdenek Ondrášek (85th)
October 14, 2019	Sofia	Bulgaria	6: 0 (4: 0)	Marcus Rashford (7th), Ross Barkley (20th, 32nd), Raheem Sterling (45th + 3, 69th), Harry Kane (85th)
11/14/2019	London	Montenegro	7: 0 (5: 0)	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (11th), Harry Kane (19th, 24th, 66th), Marcus Rashford (30th), Aleksandar Šofranac (66th / own goal), Tammy Abraham (84th)
11/17/2019	Pristina	Kosovo	4: 0 (1: 0)	Harry Winks (32nd), Harry Kane (79th), Marcus Rashford (83rd), Mason Mount (90th + 1)

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	8th	7th	0	1	037: 600	+31	21
2.	Czech Republic	8th	5	0	3	013:110	+2	15th
3.	Kosovo	8th	3	2	3	013:160	−3	11
4th	Bulgaria	8th	1	3	4th	006:170	−11	06th
5.	Montenegro	8th	0	3	5	003:220	−19	03

preparation

The National Football Center in St George's Park in May 2012, a few months before it opened

On March 25, 28 and 31, 2021, the first qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup were against San Marino (5: 0), Albania (2: 0) and Poland (2: 1).

On June 2nd and 6th, the team played in Middlesbrough against EM participants Austria and Romania , which are not qualified for the EM, and each won 1-0. During the European Championship, the English national football team stayed in a Hilton Hotel near Burton upon Trent and trained there at St George's Park National Football Center .

Squad

The final roster was announced on June 1, 2021. Ben Godfrey , Mason Greenwood , Jesse Lingard , Aaron Ramsdale , James Ward-Prowse , Ollie Watkins and initially Ben White were not included in the preliminary roster . Godfrey, Lingard, Ward-Prowse, Watkins and White were still used on June 2nd and 6th in the friendly matches against Austria and Romania.

In the final phase of the test match against Austria, the nominated Trent Alexander-Arnold was injured and left the squad. As a replacement, Ben White was only nominated after the game against Romania on June 6th. Due to persistent hip problems, Aaron Ramsdale moved to 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.

No.	position	Surname	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	society	debut	Last use	previous EM games
13	goalkeeper	Dean Henderson	03/12/1997	01	00	Manchester United	11/12/2020	11/12/2020		Without any effort
23	goalkeeper	Sam Johnstone	03/25/1993	01	00	West Bromwich Albion ▼	06/06/2021	06/06/2021
01	goalkeeper	Jordan Pickford	03/07/1994	31	00	Everton FC	11/10/2017	06/02/2021		7th
13	goalkeeper	Aaron Ramsdale	05/14/1998	00	00	Sheffield United ▼
21	Defense	Ben Chilwell	12/21/1996	14th	00	Chelsea FC C	09/11/2018	March 31, 2021
16	Defense	Conor Coady	02/25/1993	05	01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	08.09.2020	06/02/2021
24	Defense	Reece James	December 8, 1999	06th	00	Chelsea FC C	08/10/2020	March 31, 2021		1
06th	Defense	Harry Maguire	03/05/1993	32	03	Manchester United	11/10/2017	March 31, 2021		5	1	3 × 1
15th	Defense	Tyrone Mings	03/13/1993	10	00	Aston Villa	October 14, 2019	06/06/2021		3
03	Defense	Luke Shaw	07/12/1995	10	00	Manchester United	05.03.2014	06/06/2021		6th	1
05	Defense	John Stones	05/28/1994	42	02	Manchester City M	05/30/2014	March 31, 2021	0 (2016)	7th
12th	Defense	Kieran Trippier	09/19/1990	28	01	Atlético Madrid M.	06/13/2017	06/06/2021		5
02	Defense	Kyle Walker	May 28, 1990	55	00	Manchester City M	11/12/2011	March 31, 2021	3 (2016)	6th
22nd	Defense	Ben White	10/08/1997	02	00	Brighton & Hove Albion	06/02/2021	02/06/2021
26	midfield	Jude Bellingham	06/29/2003	04th	00	Borussia Dortmund P.	11/12/2020	06/06/2021		3
08th	midfield	Jordan Henderson	06/17/1990	59	00	Liverpool FC	11/17/2010	06/06/2021	3 (2012, 2016)	5	1
19th	midfield	Mason Mount	01/10/1999	16	04th	Chelsea FC C	07.09.2019	March 31, 2021		5
14th	midfield	Kalvin Phillips	06/17/1990	08th	00	Leeds United	08.09.2020	06/06/2021		7th
04th	midfield	Declan Rice	01/14/1999	17th	01	West Ham United	March 22, 2019	06/06/2021		7th
18th	attack	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	03/16/1997	09	04th	Everton FC	08/10/2020	06/06/2021		2
20th	attack	Phil Foden	May 28, 2000	06th	02	Manchester City M	05.09.2020	March 31, 2021		3
07th	attack	Jack Grealish	09/10/1995	07th	00	Aston Villa	08.09.2020	06/06/2021		5
09	attack	Harry kane t	07/28/1993	54	34	Tottenham Hotspur	03/27/2015	06/02/2021	4 (2016)	7th	4th
11	attack	Marcus Rashford	10/31/1997	41	11	Manchester United	05/27/2016	06/06/2021	2 (2016)	5
25th	attack	Bukayo Saka	09/05/2001	05	01	Arsenal FC	08/10/2020	06/02/2021		4th
17th	attack	Jadon Sancho	March 25, 2000	19th	03	Borussia Dortmund P.	October 12, 2018	06/06/2021		3
10	attack	Raheem Sterling	December 8, 1994	61	14th	Manchester City M	11/14/2012	March 31, 2021	3 (2016)	7th	3
	Trainer	Gareth Southgate	09/03/1970	57	02				6 (1996, 2000)

1. ↑ ^{a b} Status: Before the start of the tournament.
2. ↑ Status: Before the EM
3. ↑ In addition, three international matches for Ireland in 2018
4. ↑ ^{a b c} As a player

Notes: T = league top scorer 2020/21, C = UEFA Champions League winner 2020/21 , M = champions 2020/21, P = cup winners 2020/21, ▼ = relegated 

¹ The 2nd and 3rd yellow cards had no effect as they were received in the semifinals and finals

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Finals

For the finals, England had also applied to host games with Wembley Stadium and were initially awarded 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. During the draw, England's Croatia and qualifying opponents the Czech Republic were drawn as well as a team that had to qualify via the playoffs in autumn 2020, which the Scots were the last team to achieve. There have been ten games against Croatia so far with five wins, two draws and three defeats. In 2018 they met three times, initially the English lost 2-1 in the World Cup semi-finals, in the first game of the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League there was a goalless draw in Croatia, and the English won the second leg 2-1. Against the Czech Republic there were two wins, a draw and a defeat, the only one for the English in qualifying. Scotland was the first and is the most frequent opponent of the English. In 114 games there were 48 wins, 25 draws and 41 defeats. At the EM 1996 both played against each other in the group stage and the English won 2-0. The last defeat against the Scots was in November 1999, followed by three wins and most recently a draw in June 2017.

If the English team group winner, she would - subject to the retention of the venues - again in London against the second in Group F with Germany, world champion France and defending champions Portugal play in second a day earlier in Copenhagen against the Second Group E z . B. Poland, Sweden or Spain. If she were one of the four best third, were either the winners of Group B with Belgium, the winner of Group C with the Netherlands or the winner of Group E opponents in the second round, and then in Seville or Budapest or in Glasgow would play .

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	2	1	0	002-000	+2	07th
2.	Croatia	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
4th	Scotland	3	0	1	2	001: 500	−4	01

June 13, 2021, 3 p.m. in London
England	-	Croatia	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 18, 2021, 9:00 p.m. in London
England	-	Scotland	0-0
June 22, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. in London
Czech Republic	-	England	0: 1 (0: 1)

Knockout round

Even before the last group game, it was clear that the English team would be at least one of the four best third-placed teams in the round of 16. With the win against the Czechs they pushed them from first place and met Germany as group winners again in London , the second in group F. In 32 games so far, there have been 13 wins and losses and six draws. Of the last three games, all friendlies, both won one, the last game ended goalless in November 2017 at Wembley Stadium. With a 2-0 win, England reached the quarter-finals in Rome against the winners of the last knockout round Sweden against Ukraine. There were four wins, two draws and one defeat against Ukraine in seven previous games. The last victory came in the group stage of the EM 2012, followed by two draws in the qualification for the 2014 World Cup . After the biggest win against the Ukrainians, the English return to Wembley Stadium, where they will face Denmark. The Danes had previously been won twelve times in 21 games, drawn five times and lost four games. The Danes won the last game in October 2020 in the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League in London 1-0, with Christian Eriksen scoring the goal with a penalty. Before that there were two narrow wins for the English (2-1 and 1-0) in friendly games, which were ten and seven years ago respectively, and a goalless draw in the Nations League first leg. With the win after extra time, the English moved into the European Championship final for the first time, where they will meet Italy in London. Against the Italians there have been eight wins, nine draws and ten defeats in 27 games so far, making Italy one of the only four teams against which the English have a negative record. They met twice in the European Championship finals: in 1980 Italy won 1-0 in the group stage, in 2012 Italy won the penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals after 120 minutes without a goal. The last two games in March 2015 and 2018, respectively, were friendlies and ended 1-1. The last game before that, the Italians won 2-1 in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup. Both were eliminated after the group stage. England last won 2-1 against Italy in Bern in August 2012 . A special game between the two was the Battle of Highbury , which England won 3-2 against the reigning world champions.

Round of 16 June 29, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in London
England	-	Germany	2: 0 (0: 0)
Quarter-finals July 3, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. in Rome
Ukraine	-	England	0: 4 (0: 1)
Semi-finals July 7, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. in London
England	-	Denmark	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)
Final July 11, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. in London
Italy	-	England	1: 1 n.v. 3: 2 i. E. (1: 1, 0: 1)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thereof lost the final on penalties
2. ↑ thefa.com: England will take on Austria and Romania at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough
3. ↑ James Robinson: Inside England's four-star Euro's hotel - while Scotland go five-star. June 7, 2021, accessed June 26, 2021 . 
4. ↑ englandfootball.com: EURO squad numbers revealed
5. ↑ weltfussball.de: England against Austria with eliminated players
6. ↑ Trent Alexander-Arnold: England right-back ruled out of Euro 2020 , bbc.com, accessed June 3, 2021
7. ↑ bbc.com: "Euro 2020: Ben White called up as replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold in England squad"
8. ↑ Goalkeeper change in England's EM squad: Ramsdale replaces injured Henderson , transfermarkt.de, accessed on June 15, 2021
9. ↑ Several days of quarantine: England's Chilwell and Mount miss the EM round of 16 , transfermarkt.de, accessed on June 22, 2021
10. ↑ Deployment at the age of 17 years and 349 days as the youngest European Championship player in history
11. ↑ uefa.com: All squads of UEFA EURO 2020
12. ^ Balance sheet England vs. Germany
13. ↑ Match statistics England vs. Ukraine
14. ^ Balance sheet Denmark vs. England
15. ↑ Italy vs. England balance sheet