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| [[Wayne Bridge]] || [[August 5]][[1980]] || {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] || 24 (1) || v [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]],<br><small> [[13 February]] [[2002]] || v [[Spain national football team|Spain]], <br><small> [[February]] [[2007]] </small>
| [[Wayne Bridge]] || [[August 5]][[1980]] || {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] || 24 (1) || v [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]],<br><small> [[13 February]] [[2002]] || v [[Spain national football team|Spain]], <br><small> [[February]] [[2007]] </small>
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| [[Josh Geary]] || [[December 10]][[1980]] || {{flagicon|England}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C|Liverpool FC]] <br> || 17 (1) || v [[Italy national football team|Italy]],<br><small>[[27 March]] [[2002]]</small> || v [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]],<br><small>November 2006</small>
| [[Ledley King]] || [[December 10]][[1980]] || {{flagicon|England}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C|Tottenham Hotspur]] <br> || 17 (1) || v [[Italy national football team|Italy]],<br><small>[[27 March]] [[2002]]</small> || v [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]],<br><small>November 2006</small>
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| [[Wes Brown]] || [[October 13]][[1979]] || {{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] || 10 (0) || v [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], [[28 April]] [[1999]] || v [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]],<br><small>November 2006</small>
| [[Wes Brown]] || [[October 13]][[1979]] || {{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] || 10 (0) || v [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], [[28 April]] [[1999]] || v [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]],<br><small>November 2006</small>

Revision as of 15:39, 27 February 2007

England
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Three Lions
AssociationThe Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachEngland Steve McClaren
CaptainJohn Terry
Most capsPeter Shilton (125)
Top scorerBobby Charlton (49)
Home stadiumWembley Stadium
(when reopened)[1]
FIFA codeENG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current6
Highest4 (September 2006/December 1997)
Lowest27 (February 1996)
First international
Scotland Scotland 0 - 0 England England
(Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
Ireland Ireland 0 - 13 England England
(Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882)
Biggest defeat
Hungary Hungary 7 - 1 England England
(Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1950)
Best resultWinners, 1966
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1968)
Best result1968: Third, 1996 Semi-finals

The English national men's football team represents England in international men's football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

Although part of the United Kingdom, England has its own representative side that plays in all the major professional tournaments, though not in the Olympic Games as the IOC only recognises the United Kingdom.

England are the most successful of the four Home Nations, having won the British Home Championship 54 times and the FIFA World Cup once. They have never won the UEFA European Football Championship, however, though they have promised for years to do so.

Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland.[2] England's most recent meeting with Scotland was a Euro 2000 play-off in November 1999, which Scotland won 1-0 at Wembley Stadium (although England won the two-legged tie 2-1 on aggregate). Since regular fixtures against the Scots came to an end in the late 1980s, other rivalries have become more prominent. England–Argentina and England–Germany are rivalries that have produced particularly eventful encounters.

History

Main article: History of the England national football team

England are the oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland. The two countries first played in the first international match, at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Scotland on 30 November 1872[3]. Over the next forty years, regular games between the four Home nations - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland - were the only football England played. The British Home Championship began in 1883, making these games competitive. The championships continued until 1984.

Prior to 1924, when Wembley was opened, England had had no permanent home ground. They had played their first ever games outside of the British Isles in 1908 and though the FA had joined FIFA in 1906, the relationship between the two had been strained and the British nations left FIFA in 1928, only rejoining in 1946. This meant that England did not compete in a World Cup until 1950, in which they were humiliated in a 1-0 defeat against the United States, and failed to qualify 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 and confirmed the end of English claims to dominate world football.

Walter Winterbottom was appointed as the first ever full time manager in 1946, though the team was still picked by committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963. Ramsey was the coach for England's greatest ever success, winning the 1966 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 had also been held in England. After this victory, the fortunes of England declined and teams of the 1970s were unsuccessful. From 1982 till 1990 Bobby Robson had more success, with England finishing fourth in the 1990 World Cup.

The 1996 European Championships were held in England, and under 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 failed to progress beyond the quater finals of any international tournament. Sven-Göran Eriksson, in charge from 2001-2006, was notable as the first non-English manager of England. Wembley Stadium was closed in 2000, for complete redevelopment, with England's return to the ground planned for 2007.

Recent History

Steve McClaren is in place as the new head coach, with John Terry his choice to replace David Beckham as captain. The revised management team now features Terry Venables, the former head coach, as McClaren's assistant. Beckham was left out of McClaren's first international squad for the friendly match against Greece on 16 August 2006 and as of Feburary 2007, has yet to be recalled.

After a good start with three straight victories against Greece, Andorra, and Macedonia, England had a goalless draw against the same Macedonia side on home ground, followed by a 2-0 defeat to Croatia in Zagreb, which ended Paul Robinson's run of six consecutive clean sheets for his country. This defeat was the worst competitive defeat suffered by England in almost exactly thirteen years, since the loss to Holland by the same score in the qualifying matches for the 1994 World Cup. England's unimpressive form continued as they lost 1-0 to Spain who have had similar luck with their results; losing to Romania, Sweden, Northern Ireland and drawing with Iceland in recent months. A cold and disappointed crowd booed off the home side.

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 would only use 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 when the new Wembley is completed in 2007, England will play all of their home matches there 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.

Kits

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

Other away kits worn by England have included blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks 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 Euro '96 an all grey kit was used as a second choice strip. This deviation from tradition was so unpopular amongst suporters that ever since England's away kit has remained red.[1]

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 current home kit 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 down the front of the shoulders. The crest and star are the same as the previous jersey, but the Umbro logo has changed to gold. The Umbro logo is also placed higher than the previous jersey, as the numbers are now on the right shoulder instead of on the chest (similar to the current away jersey). There are also Umbro-esque diamonds on the top of the right shoulder. A navy and silver stripe depicting the three lions appears on the sides.


Player names and numbers

For the first 65 years of competition, England footballers' shirts contained no identifying names or numbers. [2] Numbers were first worn in 1937 in a match against Scotland in Glasgow. 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. [3] 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 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. [4] Steven Gerrard, for example, retains the England number 4 no matter what position he plays in. However, when Gerrard does not play, another player will be number 4.

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 since. However, it would be nine more years before names were worn outside of major tournaments. This was due to the fact that England would issue new numbers (and therefore new jerseys) for every game. Outside of 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. With new technology, player names can now be appropriately affixed to the jerseys as late as the day of the match. [5]

Results and fixtures

Forthcoming fixtures

Recent results

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

England squad

Current squad

Most Recent Squad
Date announced 02 February2007
Game(s) Template:ESPf, 07 February 2007
Venue{s} Old Trafford
Competition Friendly
Dropped Wes Brown, Robert Green, Kieran Richardson
Injured Ashley Cole, Joe Cole, Michael Owen
Called Up Joey Barton, Chris Kirkland, Gary Neville, Jonathan Woodgate
Aaron Lennon, Owen Hargreaves, Stewart Downing, Scott Parker
Kieron Dyer, Gareth Barry, Jermaine Jenas
Notes Jermaine Jenas, Wayne Bridge
Chris Kirkland and Andrew Johnson withdrew February 5


Goalkeepers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Paul Robinson October 151979 England Tottenham 32 (0) v Australia, 12 February 2003
Ben Foster April 31983 England Watford
(on loan from Man. Utd)		 1 (0) v Spain, 7 February 2007
Defenders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Gary Neville February 181975 England Manchester United 85 (0) v Japan, 3 June 1995
Rio Ferdinand November 71978 England Manchester United 57 (1) v Cameroon, 15 November 1997
Phil Neville January 211977 England Everton 55 (0) v China, 23 May 1996
John Terry (c) December 71980 England Chelsea 35 (2) v Serbia & Montenegro, 3 June 2003
Jamie Carragher January 281978 England Liverpool 32 (0) v Hungary, 28 April 1999
Gareth Barry February 23 1981 England Aston Villa 9 (0) v Ukraine 31 May 2000
Jonathan Woodgate January 221980 England Middlesbrough 6 (0) v Bulgaria, 9 June 1999
Micah Richards June 241988 England Manchester City 2 (0) v Netherlands, 15 November 2006
Michael Dawson November 181983 England Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0) N/A
Midfielders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Steven Gerrard (vc) May 301980 England Liverpool 53 (10) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Frank Lampard June 201978 England Chelsea 52 (12) v Belgium, 10 October 1999
Owen Hargreaves January 201981 Germany Bayern Munich 37 (0) v Netherlands, 15 August 2001
Kieron Dyer December 29 1978 England Newcastle United 29 (0) v Luxembourg, 4 September 1999
Shaun Wright-Phillips October 251981 England Chelsea 12 (1) v Ukraine, 18 August 2004
Michael Carrick July 281981 England Manchester United 12 (0) v Mexico, 25 May 2001
Stewart Downing July 221984 England Middlesbrough 10 (0) v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
Aaron Lennon April 161987 England Tottenham Hotspur 7 (0) v Jamaica, 3 June 2006
Scott Parker October 131980 England Newcastle United 3 (0) v Denmark, 16 November 2003
Joey Barton September 2 1982 England Manchester City 1 (0) v Spain, 7 February 2007
Strikers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Wayne Rooney October 241985 England Manchester United 36 (12) v Australia, 12 February 2003
Jermain Defoe October 71982 England Tottenham Hotspur 22 (3) v Sweden, 31 March 2004
Peter Crouch January 301981 England Liverpool 17 (11) v Colombia, 31 May 2005

Recent callups

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

Goalkeepers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
David James August 11970 England Portsmouth 34 (0) v Mexico,
29 March 1997		 2006 FIFA World Cup
Robert Green January 181980 England West Ham United 1 (0) v Colombia,
31 May 2005		 v Netherlands,
November 2006
Chris Kirkland May 21981 England Wigan Ath. 1 (0) v Greece,
16 August 2006 		v Spain,
February 2007
Scott Carson September 31985 England Charlton Athletic
(on loan from England Liverpool)		 0 (0) N/A 2006 FIFA World Cup
Defenders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Sol Campbell September 181974 England Portsmouth 69 (1) v Hungary,
18 May 1996		 2006 FIFA World Cup
Ashley Cole September 201980 England Chelsea 57 (0) v Albania,
28 March 2001		 Macedonia
September, 2006
Wayne Bridge August 51980 England Chelsea 24 (1) v Netherlands,
13 February 2002		 v Spain,
February 2007
Ledley King December 101980 England Tottenham Hotspur
17 (1) v Italy,
27 March 2002		 v Netherlands,
November 2006
Wes Brown October 131979 England Manchester United 10 (0) v Hungary, 28 April 1999 v Netherlands,
November 2006
Luke Young July 191979 England Charlton Athletic 7 (0) v USA,
28 May 2005		 v Macedonia
September, 2006
Midfielders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
David Beckham May 21975 Spain Real Madrid 94 (17) v Moldova,
1 September 1996		 2006 FIFA World Cup
Joe Cole November 81981 England Chelsea 38 (6) v Mexico, 25 May 2001 v Netherlands,
November 2006
Jermaine Jenas February 181983 England Tottenham Hotspur 15 (0) v Australia,
12 February 2003		 v Spain,
February 2007
Kieran Richardson October 211984 England Manchester United 8 (2) v USA, 28 May 2005 v Netherlands,
November 2006
Nigel Reo-Coker May 141984 England West Ham United 0 (0) N/A As standby for
2006 FIFA World Cup
Strikers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Michael Owen December 141979 England Newcastle United 80 (36) v Chile,
11 February 1998		 2006 FIFA World Cup
Andrew Johnson February 101981 England Everton 5 (0) v Netherlands, 9 February 2005 v Spain,
February 2007
Darren Bent February 61984 England Charlton Athletic 2 (0) v Uruguay,
1 March 2006		 v Netherlands,
November 2006
Theo Walcott March 161989 England Arsenal 1 (0) v Hungary,
30 May 2006		 2006 FIFA World Cup
Dean Ashton November 241983 England West Ham United 0 (0) N/A v Greece
August 2006

Coaching staff

Previous squads

Competition history

World Cup record

Year Round Position Matches Wins Draws* Losses Goals Scored Goals Against Scorers
1950 Round 1 11th 3 1 0 2 2 2 Mortensen, Mannion
1954 Quarter-finals 6th 3 1 1 1 8 8 Lofthouse (3), Broadis (2), Mullen, Wishaw, Finney
1958 Round 1 11th 4 0 3 1 4 5 Kevan (2), Haynes, Finney
1962 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 5 6 Flowers (2), Charlton, Greaves, Hitchens
1966 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 11 3 Hurst (4), Hunt (3), Charlton (3), Peters
1970 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 0 2 4 4 Hurst, Clarke, Mullery, Peters
1974 did not qualify - - - - - - - -
1978 did not qualify - - - - - - - -
1982 Round 2 6th 5 3 2 0 6 1 Robson (2), Francis (2), Mariner, Barmos (og)
1986 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 1 2 7 3 Lineker (6), Beardsley
1990 Fourth place 4th 7 3 3 1 7 6 Lineker (4), Platt (2), Wright
1994 did not qualify - - - - - - - -
1998 Round 2 9th 4 2 2 0 7 4 Shearer (2), Owen (2), Scholes, Anderton, Beckham
2002 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 2 1 6 3 Owen (2), Campbell, Beckham, Ferdinand, Heskey
2006 Quarter-finals 7th 5 3 2 0 6 2 Gerrard (2), J. Cole, Crouch, Beckham, Gamarra (og)
Total 12/18 7th 55 25 17 13 74 47 Top scorer; Lineker (10)[4]

European Championship record

  • 1960 - Did not enter
  • 1964 - Did not qualify
  • 1968 - Third place
  • 1972 - Did not qualify - 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


Player history

Famous past players

See also Category:England international footballers


Player records

Main article: England national football team records

Most capped England players

Main article: List of England international footballers

As of February 7, 2007, the players with the most caps for England are:

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Peter Shilton 1970 - 1990 125 0
2 Bobby Moore 1962 - 1973 108 2
3 Bobby Charlton 1958 - 1970 106 49
4 Billy Wright 1946 - 1959 105 3
5 David Beckham [5] 1996 - 94 17
6 Bryan Robson 1980 - 1991 90 26
7 Kenny Sansom 1979 - 1988 86 1
8 Gary Neville [5] 1995 - 85 0
9 Ray Wilkins 1976 - 1986 84 3
10 Gary Lineker 1984 - 1992 80 48
= Michael Owen [5] 1998 - 80 36

Top England goalscorers

# Player Career Goals (Caps) Goals per game
1 Bobby Charlton 1958 - 1970 49 (106) 0.4622
2 Gary Lineker 1984 - 1992 48 (80) 0.6
3 Jimmy Greaves 1959 - 1967 44 (57) 0.7719
4 Michael Owen [5] 1998 - 36 (80) 0.45
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
11 Bryan Robson 1979 - 1991 26 (90) 0.2889
12 Geoff Hurst 1966 - 1972 24 (49) 0.4898
13 Stan Mortensen 1947 - 1953 23 (25) 0.92
14 Tommy Lawton 1938 - 1948 22 (23) 0.9565
15 Mick Channon 1972 - 1977 21 (46) 0.4565
= Kevin Keegan 1972 - 1982 21 (63) 0.3333
17 Martin Peters 1966 - 1974 20 (67) 0.2985
18 George Camsell 1929 - 1936 18 (9) 2
= Dixie Dean 1927 - 1932 18 (16) 1.125
= Johnny Haynes 1954 - 1962 18 (56) 0.3124
= Roger Hunt 1962 - 1969 18 (34) 0.5294

England captains

Main article: List of England national football team captains
# Player England career Captain (Total caps)
1 Billy Wright 1946 - 1959 90 (105)
= Bobby Moore 1962 - 1973 90 (108)
3 Bryan Robson 1980 - 1991 65 (90)
4 David Beckham 1996 - 2006 58 (94)
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 GF[6] GA[7] Win %
Walter Winterbottom 1946-1962 139 78 33 28 383 196 56.11%
Alf Ramsey 1963-1974 113 69 27 17 224 98 61.06%
Joe Mercer (caretaker) 1974 7 3 3 1 9 7 42.85%
Don Revie 1974-1977 29 14 8 7 49 25 48.27%
Ron Greenwood 1977-1982 55 33 12 10 93 40 59.99%
Bobby Robson 1982-1990 95 47 30 18 151 60 49.47%
Graham Taylor 1990-1993 38 18 13 7 62 32 47.36%
Terry Venables 1994-1996 23 11 11 1 35 13 47.82%
Glenn Hoddle 1996-1999 28 17 6 5 42 13 60.71%
Howard Wilkinson (caretaker) 1999 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00%
Kevin Keegan 1999-2000 18 7 7 4 26 15 38.88%
Howard Wilkinson (caretaker) 2000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00%
Peter Taylor (caretaker) 2000 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00%
Sven-Göran Eriksson 2001 - 2006 67 40 17 10 128 61 59.70%
Steve McClaren 2006 - 7 3 2 2 11 4 42.86%

100 Greatest Sporting Moments

In 2002, England featured seven times in UK broadcaster Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments:

  • The 5-1 win over Germany in the 2001 World Cup qualifer was ranked 2nd.
  • The 4-2 World Cup Final win over West Germany in 1966 was ranked 3rd.
  • Michael Owen's goal for England against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup was ranked 14th.
  • The 4-1 win over the Netherlands in Euro 96 was ranked 25th.
  • John Barnes' goal for England against Brazil in 1984 was ranked 75th.
  • Gordon Banks' save against Pele at the 1970 World Cup.
  • Paul Gascoigne's winning goal for England against Scotland in Euro '96

Notes

  1. ^ Home matches 2000-2006 have been played at venues across England, since 2003 usually at Old Trafford
  2. ^ A history of fierce football rivalry
  3. ^ England football on-line
  4. ^ "England's World Cup Final Tournament Goalscorers by Number of Goals". England Football Online. Retrieved July 6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b c d Still available for selection
  6. ^ Goals for / scored
  7. ^ Goals against / conceded

See also

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