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England
Nickname(s)	The Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Fabio Capello
Asst coach	Franco Baldini Italo Galbiati
Captain	John Terry
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	ENG
FIFA ranking	12 [1]
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (Sept 2006/Dec 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking	27 (Feb 1996)
Elo ranking	9
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1872-1876 1892-1911 1966-1970 1987-1988)
Lowest Elo ranking	17 (1928)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First international
Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1950)
Best result	Winners, 1966
European Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1968)
Best result	1968: Third, 1996 Semi-finals

The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Although most national teams worldwide represent a sovereign state, the four "Home Nations" making up the United Kingdom are each represented separately in most international tournaments.

England won the FIFA World Cup in 1966, when they hosted the event, and reached the semi-final in 1990. They have also reached the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship twice. However, they are the least successful past World Champion, having only been in 2 top-four finishes - a wide margin from the other 6 champions (Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay and France have been to at least 4). England remains the most successful of the "home nations", winning the British Home Championship 54 times before the competition was discontinued.

Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland.^[2] Since regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s, other rivalries have become more prominent.^[3] Matches with Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium in London.

Contents 1 History 2 Home stadium 2.1 England on tour 3 Kits 3.1 Player names and numbers 4 Results and fixtures 4.1 Forthcoming fixtures 4.2 Recent results 5 England squad 5.1 The English national squad 5.2 Recent callups 5.3 Coaching staff 5.4 Previous squads 6 Competition history 6.1 FIFA World Cup record 6.2 European Championship record 6.3 Minor tournaments 7 Player history 7.1 Famous past players 7.2 Most capped England players 7.3 Top England goalscorers 7.4 England captains 7.5 England managers 8 Notes 9 See also 10 Media coverage 11 External links 12 Titles

History

Main article: History of the England national football team

The England national football team is the oldest in the world, alongside Scotland. England played their first international match against Scotland, and at Scotland's invitation, at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Scotland on 30 November 1872.^[4] Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three "Home Nations" - Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The games were made competitive with the British Home Championship from 1883 to 1984.

Before Wembley Stadium was opened, England had had no permanent home ground. England joined FIFA in 1906, playing its first ever game outside the British Isles in 1908. However, the relationship between the two were strained, resulting in the British nations' departure from FIFA in 1928, before rejoining in 1946. As a result, England did not compete in a World Cup until 1950, in which they were beaten in a 1-0 defeat against the United States, failing to get past the first round. A 6-3 loss in 1953 to Hungary was England's first ever defeat to a non-British team at Wembley.

Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as the first ever full time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963. Under Ramsey, England experienced its greatest ever success, winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final against West Germany 4-2 after extra time. Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick in the final. The 1966 World Cup was also held in England. Though England lost again to the Auld Enemy Scotland only a year later with a famous 3-2 for the Scots at Wembley. England qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico as reigning cup holders. They reached the Quarter-finals but were knocked out by West Germany. England had been 2 - 0 up but were eventually beaten 3 - 2 after extra time. For the 1974 and 1978 World Cups, England failed to qualify. In 1982, England under Ron Greenwood qualified for 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain after a 12-year absence and were eliminated from the second round without losing a match. The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup and finished fourth in the tournament four years later, which was the best performance in the World Cup since 1966.

Graham Taylor's short reign as Robson's successor ended after his England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but then the 1996 European Championships were held in England, and under new coach Terry Venables the team had its best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-final. The England team of the 1990s and 2000s has been consistently in football's top twenty countries, but hasn't progressed beyond the quarter finals of any international tournament apart from Italia 90 and Euro 96. Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge of the team between 2001 and 2006 and was the first non-English manager of England.

Steve McClaren was appointed as the head coach following the 2006 World Cup. The reign was marked with failure to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. McClaren was sacked on 22 November 2007, after only 16 months in charge and making him the shortest tenured full time England manager ever since the inauguration of the post in 1946. He has now been replaced by the former Real Madrid and AC Milan manager Fabio Capello. The Italian is the second foreign manager to coach England, after Eriksson. His first match will be against Switzerland on the 6th February 2008.

Home stadium

Main article: Wembley Stadium

For the first 50 years of its existence, England played its home matches all around the country; for the first few years it used cricket grounds, before later moving on to football clubs' stadiums. England played their first match at Wembley Stadium in 1924 against Scotland, but for the next 27 years only used Wembley as a venue for Scotland matches.

In May 1951, Argentina became the first team other than Scotland to be played at Wembley, and by 1960, nearly all of England's home matches were being played there. Between 1966 and 1995, England did not play a single home match anywhere else.

England's last match at the old Wembley was against Germany on 7 October 2000, a game which England lost 1-0. Since then the team has played at 14 venues around the country, with Old Trafford having been the most used. The FA have ruled that England will play all of their home matches at the new Wembley until at least 2036. The main reason for this is financial. The FA did not own the old Wembley Stadium, but it does own the new one, and has taken on debts of hundreds of millions of pounds to pay for it. Thus it needs to maximise the revenue from England matches, and does not wish to share it with the owners of other grounds.

The new Wembley held its first international game in March 2007, when England U-21's played Italy U-21's in front of 55,700 people. The match was drawn 3-3, with David Bentley scoring the first goal in an England shirt at the new stadium. Italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini scored the first goal, after just 29 seconds, as well completing the first Wembley hat-trick in the 68th minute.^[5]

England on tour

In the seven years between the last game prior to demolition against Germany and the first in the new stadium against Brazil, England played a total of 34 home games at 14 different stadiums. Of those, the record was 22 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. In competitive games (World Cup and European Championship qualifiers), the record stands at 11 victories and 3 draws from 14 games. The stadia utilised are as follows^[6]:

• Old Trafford - 14
• Stamford Bridge-4
• St James' Park - 3
• Anfield - 3
• Villa Park - 3
• City of Manchester Stadium - 2
• Stadium of Light - 2 (1 vs Belgium prior to the demolition of "old" Wembley)
• Riverside Stadium - 1
• Portman Road - 1
• Pride Park - 1
• Walkers Stadium - 1
• St Mary's - 1
• Elland Road - 1
• Upton Park - 1
• White Hart Lane - 1

Kits

England have traditionally worn white shirts with navy shorts and white socks. Their away kit is red shirts, white shorts and red socks.

Other away kits worn by England have included blue shirts during the 1930s, '40s and '50s and pale blue (first used during the 1970 World Cup and again from 1986 - 1992 as a rarely-used third choice kit). In 1973. England wore a change kit of yellow shirts and socks with blue shorts, and at UEFA Euro 96 an all-grey kit was used as a second choice strip. This deviation from tradition was so unpopular amongst supporters that since then, England's away kit has remained red.^[7]

In modern times England's kit has been supplied by Umbro, with the exception of the years 1974 - 1984 when it was manufactured by Admiral.

England rotates its kits every two years, with a new home kit released at the beginning of every odd numbered year and a new away kit released at the beginning of every even numbered year. The previous home kit (used during the 2006 FIFA World Cup) made its final appearance on 15 November 2006 against the Netherlands. A new kit was released on 5 February 2007 and was first used on 7 February 2007 against Spain. The jersey has a single red stripe partially across the front of the shoulders. The crest and gold star appear on the left of the chest, with the Umbro logo, now gold, and the front shirt number appearing on the right. This symmetry also applies to the away jersey. There are now Umbro diamonds on the top of the right shoulder. A navy and white stripe depicting the three lions appears on the sides. The numbering and lettering font and colour is the same as the previous two home jerseys, and continues with silver Umbro diamonds, first seen in 2005.

Player names and numbers

For the first 65 years of competition, England footballers' shirts contained no identifying names or numbers.^[8] Numbers were first worn in 1922 in a match against Scotland in Birmingham. They quickly became associated with a certain position, so to describe someone as 'England's number 9' would be to describe a player as the best choice for centre forward.^[8] This terminology continues today, and the team has kept to the tradition of numbering players from 1 to 11 (12 upwards for substitutes), outside of major tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Football Championship, where permanent squad numbers are required.

Numbers are traditionally associated with a certain position, but there are no set rules. Furthermore, established players will tend to use the same number whenever they play.^[8]

The first time that England wore names on their jerseys was at EURO 92 in Sweden. They have since worn player names on their jerseys at every major tournament. However, it was nine more years before names were worn outside major tournaments. This was due to the fact that England would issue new numbers (and therefore new jerseys) for every game. Outside the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship, England first wore player names for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on 6 October 2001 against Greece at Old Trafford, Manchester. With new technology, player names can now be affixed to the jerseys as late as the day of the match,^[8] although occasionally with the odd error, such as when Peter Crouch wore 21 (his squad number) on the front of his shirt and shorts, and 12 (erroneously) on his back for a game against Uruguay in early 2006.^[9]

Results and fixtures

see England national football team results

Forthcoming fixtures

• Friendly: England v Switzerland, 6 February 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London, England [live on BBC]
• Friendly: France v England, 26 March 2008 at Stade de France, Paris, France (Live on Sky Sports)

Recent results

This is a list of match results from the past year. Goal scorers in brackets.

• UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
  • England 2-3 Croatia, 21 November 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England (England: Lampard 56 pen, Crouch 65; Croatia: Kranjčar 8, Olić 14, Petrić 77)
• Friendly: Austria 0-1 England, 16 November 2007 at Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna (England: Crouch 44)
• UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
  • Russia 2-1 England, 17 October 2007 at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia (Russia: Pavlyuchenko 69 pen, 73; England: Rooney 31)
  • England 3-0 Estonia, 13 October 2007 at Wembley Stadium (England: Wright-Phillips 11, Rooney 32, Rähn o.g 33)
  • England 3-0 Russia, 12 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium (England: Owen 7, 31, Ferdinand 84)
  • England 3-0 Israel, 8 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium (England: Wright-Phillips 20, Owen 49, Richards 66)
• Friendly: England 1-2 Germany, 22 August at Wembley Stadium (England: Lampard 9; Germany: Kurányi 26, Pander 40)
• UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
  • Estonia 0-3 England, 6 June 2007 at A. Le Coq Arena (England: Cole 37, Crouch 54, Owen 62)
• Friendly: England 1-1 Brazil, 1 June at Wembley Stadium (England: Terry 68; Brazil: Diego 92)
• Friendly: England (B team) 3-1 Albania, 25 May at Turf Moor (England: Smith 34, Downing 37, 58; Albania: Berisha 44)
• UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
  • Andorra 0-3 England, 28 March at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (England: Gerrard 54, 76, Nugent 90)
  • Israel 0-0 England, 24 March at Ramat Gan Stadium
• Friendly: England 0-1 Spain, 7 February at Old Trafford (Spain: Iniesta 63)
• Friendly: Netherlands 1-1 England, 15 November at Amsterdam ArenA (Netherlands: van der Vaart 86; England: Rooney 37)
• UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E:
  • Croatia 2-0 England, 11 October at Maksimir Stadium (Croatia: Eduardo 60, Neville o.g. 68)
  • England 0-0 Republic of Macedonia, 7 October at Old Trafford
  • Republic of Macedonia 0-1 England, 6 September at Skopje City Stadium (Crouch 46)
  • England 5-0 Andorra, 2 September at Old Trafford, Manchester (Crouch 5, 66, Defoe 38, 47 Gerrard 13)

England squad

The English national squad

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Goalkeepers
Paul Robinson	October 15, 1979 (age 28)	Tottenham Hotspur	41 (0)	v Australia, 12 February 2003
David James	August 31, 1970 (age 37)	Portsmouth	35 (0)	v Mexico, 29 March 1997
Scott Carson	September 3, 1985 (age 22)	Aston Villa (on loan from Liverpool)	2 (0)	v Austria, 16 November 2007
Defenders
Sol Campbell	September 18, 1974 (age 33)	Portsmouth	73 (1)	v Hungary, 18 May 1996
Ashley Cole	December 20, 1980 (age 27)	Chelsea	61 (0)	v Albania, 28 March 2001
Phil Neville	January 21, 1977 (age 30)	Everton	59 (0)	v China, 23 May 1996
Wayne Bridge	August 5, 1980 (age 27)	Chelsea	27 (1)	v Netherlands, 13 February 2002
Wes Brown	October 13, 1979 (age 28)	Manchester United	14 (0)	v Hungary, 28 April 1999
Micah Richards	June 24, 1988 (age 19)	Manchester City	11 (1)	v Netherlands, 15 November 2006
Joleon Lescott	August 16, 1982 (age 25)	Everton	4 (0)	v Estonia, 13 October 2007
Nicky Shorey	February 19, 1981 (age 26)	Reading	2 (0)	v Brazil, 1 June 2007
Midfielders
David Beckham	May 2, 1975 (age 32)	LA Galaxy	99 (17)	v Moldova, 1 September 1996
Steven Gerrard (c)	May 30, 1980 (age 27)	Liverpool	63 (12)	v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Frank Lampard	June 20, 1978 (age 29)	Chelsea	60 (14)	v Belgium, October 10, 1999
Joe Cole	November 8, 1981 (age 26)	Chelsea	47 (7)	v Mexico, 25 May 2001
Owen Hargreaves	January 20, 1981 (age 26)	Manchester United	39 (0)	v Netherlands, 15 August 2001
Shaun Wright-Phillips	October 25, 1981 (age 26)	Chelsea	18 (3)	v Ukraine, 18 August 2004
Stewart Downing	July 22, 1984 (age 23)	Middlesbrough	16 (0)	v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
Gareth Barry	February 23, 1981 (age 26)	Aston Villa	16 (0)	v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
David Bentley	August 27, 1984 (age 23)	Blackburn Rovers	2 (0)	v Israel, 8 September 2007
Ashley Young	July 9, 1985 (age 22)	Aston Villa	1 (0)	v Austria, 16 November 2007
Strikers
Jermain Defoe	October 7, 1982 (age 25)	Tottenham Hotspur	26 (3)	v Sweden, 31 March 2004
Peter Crouch	January 30, 1981 (age 26)	Liverpool	24 (14)	v Colombia, 31 May 2005
Alan Smith	October 28, 1980 (age 27)	Newcastle United	19 (1)	v Mexico, 25 May 2001
Darren Bent	February 6, 1984 (age 23)	Tottenham Hotspur	3 (0)	v Uruguay, 1 March 2006
Wayne Rooney	October 24, 1985 (age 22)	Manchester United	40 (14)	v Australia, 12 February 2003

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last twelve months:

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most recent callup
Goalkeepers
Ben Foster	April 3, 1983 (age 24)	Manchester United	1 (0)	v Spain, 7 February 2007	v Israel / Andorra March 2007
Chris Kirkland	May 2, 1981 (age 26)	Wigan Athletic	1 (0)	v Greece, 16 August 2006	v Spain, February 2007
Defenders
Gary Neville	February 18, 1975 (age 32)	Manchester United	85 (0)	v Japan 3 June 1995	v Israel / Andorra March 2007
Rio Ferdinand	November 7, 1978 (age 29)	Manchester United	64 (2)	v Cameroon, November 15, 1997	v Israel / Russia October 2007
John Terry (c)	December 7, 1980 (age 26)	Chelsea	42 (3)	v Serbia & Montenegro, 3 June 2003	v Israel / Russia September 2007
Luke Young	July 19, 1979 (age 28)	Middlesbrough	7 (0)	v USA, 28 May 2005	v Israel / Andorra March 2007
Jonathan Woodgate	January 22, 1980 (age 27)	Middlesbrough	6 (0)	v Bulgaria, 9 June 1999	v Israel / Andorra March 2007
Michael Dawson	November 19, 1983 (age 23)	Tottenham Hotspur	0 (0)	N/A	v Brazil / Estonia May 2007
Steven Taylor	January 23, 1986 (age 21)	Newcastle United	0 (0)	N/A	v Germany August 2007
Midfielders
Michael Carrick	July 28, 1981 (age 26)	Manchester United	14 (0)	v Mexico 25 May 2001	v Israel / Russia September 2007
Aaron Lennon	April 16, 1987 (age 20)	Tottenham Hotspur	9 (0)	v Jamaica 3 June 2006	v Brazil / Estonia May 2007
Scott Parker	October 13, 1980 (age 27)	West Ham United	3 (0)	v Denmark 16 November 2003	v Israel / Andorra March 2007
Strikers
Emile Heskey	January 11, 1978 (age 29)	Wigan Athletic	45 (5)	v Hungary 28 April 1999	v Israel / Russia September 2007
Andrew Johnson	February 10, 1981 (age 26)	Everton	8 (0)	v Netherlands, 9 February 2005	v Israel / Russia September 2007
David Nugent	May 2, 1985 (age 22)	Portsmouth	1 (1)	v Andorra, March 28, 2007	v Israel / Andorra March 2007
Michael Owen	December 14, 1979 (age 27)	Newcastle United	88 (40)	v Chile, February 11, 1998	v Israel / Russia October 2007

Coaching staff

Unveiled on 17 December 2007; Take up positions on 7 January 2008
Head Coach	Fabio Capello
Assistant Coaches	Franco Baldini and Italo Galbiati
Fitness Coach	Massimo Neri
Goalkeeping Coach	Franco Tancredi
Physiotherapist	Gary Lewin
Team Doctor	Dr. Leif Swärd
Masseurs	Chris Neville
	Steve Slattery
	Rod Thornley
Kit Managers	Martin Grogan
	Tom McKechnie
	Josh Wallis
Team Chef	Roger Narbett

Previous squads

• 2006 FIFA World Cup - Germany
• 2004 UEFA European Football Championship - Portugal
• 2002 FIFA World Cup - Korea/Japan
• 2000 UEFA European Football Championship - Belgium/Netherlands
• 1998 FIFA World Cup - France
• 1996 UEFA European Football Championship - England
• 1992 UEFA European Football Championship - Sweden
• 1990 FIFA World Cup - Italy
• 1988 UEFA European Football Championship - West Germany
• 1986 FIFA World Cup - Mexico
• 1982 FIFA World Cup - Spain
• 1980 UEFA European Football Championship - Italy
• 1970 FIFA World Cup - Mexico
• 1968 UEFA European Football Championship - Italy
• 1966 FIFA World Cup - England
• 1962 FIFA World Cup - Chile
• 1958 FIFA World Cup - Sweden
• 1954 FIFA World Cup - Switzerland
• 1950 FIFA World Cup - Brazil

Competition history

FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Round 1	11	3	1	0	2	2	2
1954	Quarter-finals	6	3	1	1	1	8	8
1958	Round 1	11	4	0	3	1	4	5
1962	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	5	6
1966	Champions	1	6	5	1	0	11	3
1970	Quarter-finals	8	4	2	0	2	4	4
1974	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Group Round 2	6	5	3	2	0	6	1
1986	Quarter-finals	8	5	2	1	2	7	3
1990	Semi-Finals	4	7	3	3	1	8	6
1994	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Round 2	9	4	2	1	1	7	4
2002	Quarter-finals	6	5	2	2	1	6	3
2006	Quarter-finals	7	5	3	2	0	6	2
Total	12/15	1 Title	55	25	17	13	74	47

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship record

Year	Round
1960	Did not enter
1964	Preliminary Round
1968	Third Place
1972	Quarter Finals
1976	Did not Qualify
1980	Round 1
1984	Did not Qualify
1988	Round 1
1992	Round 1
1996	Semi Finals
2000	Round 1
2004	Quarter Finals
2008	Did not Qualify

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1964 Taça de Nações	Group Stage	3rd	3	0	1	2	2	7
1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament	Group Stage	2nd	3	2	0	1	6	4
1985 Rous Cup	1 Match	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament	Group Stage	3rd	2	0	0	2	1	3
1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament	Group Stage	2nd	2	1	0	1	3	1
1986 Rous Cup	Champions 1 Match	1st	1	1	0	0	2	1
1987 Rous Cup	Group Stage	2nd	2	0	2	0	1	1
1988 Rous Cup	Champions Group Stage	1st	2	1	1	0	2	1
1989 Rous Cup	Champions Group Stage	1st	2	1	1	0	2	0
1991 The England Challenge Cup	Champions Group Stage	1st	2	1	1	0	5	3
1993 U.S. Cup	Group Stage	4th	3	0	1	2	2	5
1995 Umbro Cup	Group Stage	2nd	3	1	1	1	6	7
1997 Tournoi de France	Champions Group Stage	1st	3	2	0	1	3	1
1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament	Group Stage	2nd	2	1	1	0	1	0
2004 FA Summer Tournament	Champions Group Stage	1st	2	1	1	0	7	2
Total		6 Titles	55	25	17	13	74	47

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Player history

Famous past players

Tony Adams 1987-2000 Darren Anderton 1994-2001 Viv Anderson 1978-1988 Jimmy Armfield 1959-1966 Alan Ball 1965-1975 Gordon Banks 1963-1972 John Barnes 1983-1995 Cliff Bastin 1931-1938 Peter Beardsley 1986-1996 Colin Bell 1968-1975 Steve Bloomer 1895-1907 Eric Brook 1929-1939 Trevor Brooking 1974-1982 Terry Butcher 1980-1990 Raich Carter 1934-1947 Mick Channon 1972-1977 Bobby Charlton 1958-1970 Jack Charlton 1965-1970 Allan Clarke 1970-1976 Ray Clemence 1972-1983 George Cohen 1964-1967 Terry Cooper 1969-1975 Steve Coppell 1976-1983 Tony Currie 1972-1979 Dixie Dean 1927-1932 Jimmy Dickinson 1949-1956 Duncan Edwards 1955-1957

Tom Finney 1946-1958 Ron Flowers 1955-1966 Trevor Francis 1977-1986 Paul Gascoigne 1988-1998 Jimmy Greaves 1959-1967 Eddie Hapgood 1933-1939 Sam Hardy 1907-1920 Johnny Haynes 1954-1962 Glenn Hoddle 1979-1988 Emlyn Hughes 1969-1980 Roger Hunt 1962-1969 Norman Hunter 1961-1976 Geoff Hurst 1966-1972 Paul Ince 1992-2000 Kevin Keegan 1972-1982 Tommy Lawton 1938-1948 Gary Lineker 1984-1992 Nat Lofthouse 1950-1958 Paul Madeley 1971-1977 Paul Mariner 1977-1984 Stanley Matthews 1934-1957 Bobby Moore 1962-1973 Stan Mortensen 1947-1953 Jimmy Mullen 1947-1954 Phil Neal 1976-1983 Stuart Pearce 1987-1999 Martin Peters 1966-1974

David Platt 1989-1996 Alf Ramsey 1948-1953 Bryan Robson 1980-1991 Kenny Sansom 1979-1988 Paul Scholes 1997-2004 David Seaman 1988-2002 Alan Shearer 1992-2000 Teddy Sheringham 1993-2002 Peter Shilton 1970-1990 Ron Springett 1959-1966 Gareth Southgate 1995-2004 Trevor Steven 1985-1992 Gary Stevens 1985-1992 Nobby Stiles 1965-1970 Frank Swift 1946-1949 Phil Thompson 1976-1982 Chris Waddle 1985-1991 Des Walker 1988-1993 Dave Watson 1974-1982 Ray Wilkins 1976-1986 Ray Wilson 1960-1968 Tony Woodcock 1978-1986 Chris Woods 1985-1993 Vivian Woodward 1903-1911 Billy Wright 1946-1959 Ian Wright 1991-1998 Mark Wright 1984-1996

Most capped England players

Main article: List of England international footballers

As of 21 November 2007, the players with the most caps for England are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals	Goals per game
1	Peter Shilton	1970 - 1990	125	0	0
2	Bobby Moore	1962 - 1973	108	2	0.0185
3	Bobby Charlton	1958 - 1970	106	49	0.4623
4	Billy Wright	1946 - 1959	105	3	0.0286
5	David Beckham[10]	1996 - 0000	99	17	0.1734
6	Bryan Robson	1980 - 1991	90	26	0.2889
7	Michael Owen[10]	1998 - 0000	88	40	0.4545
8	Kenny Sansom	1979 - 1988	86	1	0.0116
9	Gary Neville[10]	1995 - 0000	85	0	0
10	Ray Wilkins	1976 - 1986	84	3	0.0357

Top England goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Goals per game
1	Bobby Charlton	1958 - 1970	49 (106)	0.4623
2	Gary Lineker	1984 - 1992	48 (80)	0.6000
3	Jimmy Greaves	1959 - 1967	44 (57)	0.7719
4	Michael Owen[10]	1998 - 0000	40 (88)	0.4545
5	Tom Finney	1946 - 1958	30 (76)	0.3947
=	Nat Lofthouse	1950 - 1958	30 (33)	0.9091
=	Alan Shearer	1992 - 2000	30 (63)	0.4762
8	Viv Woodward	1903 - 1911	29 (23)	1.2609
9	Steve Bloomer	1895 - 1907	28 (23)	1.2174
10	David Platt	1989 - 1996	27 (62)	0.4355

England captains

Main article: List of England national football team captains

#	Player	England career	Captain (Total caps)
1	Billy Wright	1946 - 1959	090 (105)
	Bobby Moore	1962 - 1973	090 (108)
3	Bryan Robson	1980 - 1991	65 (90)
4	David Beckham	1996 - 2007	58 (99)
5	Alan Shearer	1992 - 2000	34 (63)
6	Kevin Keegan	1972 - 1982	31 (63)
7	Emlyn Hughes	1969 - 1980	23 (62)
8	Bob Crompton	1902 - 1914	22 (41)
	Johnny Haynes	1954 - 1962	22 (56)
10	Eddie Hapgood	1933 - 1939	21 (30)

England managers

Manager	England career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Winterbottom, WalterWalter Winterbottom	1946 - 1962	139	78	33	28	56.12
Ramsey, AlfAlf Ramsey	1963 - 1974	113	69	27	17	61.06
Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer (caretaker)	1974	7	3	3	1	42.86
Revie, DonDon Revie	1974 - 1977	29	14	8	7	48.28
Greenwood, RonRon Greenwood	1977 - 1982	55	33	12	10	60.00
Robson, BobbyBobby Robson	1982 - 1990	95	47	30	18	49.47
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	1990 - 1993	38	18	13	7	47.37
Venables, TerryTerry Venables	1994 - 1996	23	11	11	1	47.83
Hoddle, GlennGlenn Hoddle	1996 - 1999	28	17	6	5	60.71
Keegan, KevinKevin Keegan	1999 - 2000	18	7	7	4	38.89
Eriksson, Sven-GöranSven-Göran Eriksson	2001 - 2006	67	40	17	10	59.70
McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	2006 - 2007	18	9	4	5	50.00
Capello, FabioFabio Capello	2008 -	0	0	0	0	0.00

Notes

See also

• England's 50 Greatest Goals
• England women's national football team
• England national under-21 football team
• England national under-19 football team
• England national under-17 football team
• England national youth football team (Includes U19, U18, U17 & U16 Squads)
• Argentina and England football rivalry
• England and Germany football rivalry
• United Kingdom national football team
• Three Lions
• Coat of Arms of England
• Origins of the Three Lions emblem
• Football in England

Media coverage

England home matches (both qualifiers and friendlies) are shown live on BBC One. Live coverage of away matches is sold by the home team for both qualifiers and friendlies, although it tends be either the BBC or Sky Sports that purchase the rights to these matches.

From the 2008/09 season, England's home qualifiers will be shown live on ITV with away qualifiers and home friendlies being shown live on Setanta Sports. Away friendlies will again be sold by the home team.

All matches are broadcast with full commentary on BBC Radio Five Live.

External links

• Official website at the FA's website
• englandstats.com - England statistics since 1872
• IFFHS Archive:1872-1900;1901-1910

Titles

Preceded by 1962 - Brazil

World Champions 1966 (First title)

Succeeded by 1970 - Brazil

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2006 FIFA World Cup finalists v • d • e
Champions: Italy  Runners-up: France  Third place: Germany  Fourth place: Portugal  Eliminated in Quarter-finals: Argentina • Brazil • England • Ukraine Eliminated in Round of 16 Australia • Ecuador • Ghana • Mexico • Netherlands • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland Eliminated in Group Stage Angola • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Croatia • Czech Republic • Iran • Japan • Korea Republic • Paraguay • Poland • Saudi Arabia • Serbia & Montenegro • Togo • Trinidad and Tobago • Tunisia • United States
FIFA World Cup Winners v • d • e
5 titles: Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 & 2002) 4 titles: Italy (1934, 1938, 1982 & 2006) 3 titles: Germany (1954, 1974 & 1990) 2 titles: Uruguay (1930 & 1950) • Argentina (1978 & 1986) 1 title: England (1966) • France (1998)