England national football team

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England
Nickname	The Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Steve McClaren
Asst coach	Terry Venables Steve Round
Captain	John Terry
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	ENG
FIFA ranking	6
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (September 2006/December 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking	27 (February 1996)
Elo ranking	7
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1872-1876 1892-1911 1966-1970 1987-1988)
Lowest Elo ranking	17 (1928)
First kit 　 Second kit
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 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 Great Britain as a whole.

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, but have been Semi-Finalists twice.

Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland.^[1] England's most recent meeting with Scotland was a Euro 2000 play-off in November 1999, which Scotland won 1-0 at the old 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, England–Portugal and England–Germany are rivalries that have produced particularly eventful encounters.

Contents 1 History 2 Recent history 3 Home stadium 4 Kits 4.1 Player names and numbers 5 Results and fixtures 5.1 Forthcoming fixtures 5.2 Recent results 6 England squad 6.1 Current squad 6.2 Recent callups 6.3 Coaching staff 6.4 Previous squads 7 Competition history 7.1 World Cup record 7.2 European Championship record 8 Player history 8.1 Famous past players 8.2 Player records 8.3 Most capped England players 8.4 Top England goalscorers 8.5 England captains 8.6 England managers 9 100 Greatest Sporting Moments 10 Notes 11 See also 12 External links

[edit] 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.^[2] 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, qualifying for no tournaments at all. Ron Greenwood's England were knocked out of the 1982 World Cup without losing a match, then his successor Bobby Robson fared better, reaching the quarter finals of the 1986 World Cup and finishing fourth in the tournament four years later.

Graham Taylor's short reign as Robson's successor ended after his England didn't qualify for the 1994 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 failed to progress beyond the quarter finals of any international tournament, and had a quick turnover of coaches, with both Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan lasting little more than two years each in the role. Sven-Göran Eriksson, in charge from 2001 to 2006, was notable as the first non-English manager of England.

[edit] Recent history

Steve McClaren is 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 March 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. A cold and disappointed crowd booed off the home side. England's return to competitive football in March 2007 resulted in a disappointing 0-0 draw in Tel Aviv against Israel with yet another jeering and booing from English fans.

On 28 March 2007, England finally ended their goal drought thanks to a goal in the 54th minute of their match against Andorra by Steven Gerrard. The match ended with a 3-0 win for England, with the second goal by Gerrard and a very close-range goal from David Nugent, ending their run of 5 games without a win. England were heavily booed off the pitch at half-time by a primarily English crowd, angry at their team's failure to score in the first-half. However, even after scoring there were still loud chants off "We want McClaren out" and "There's only one David Beckham" (in reference to McClaren's afore-mentioned dropping of Beckham from the team in August 2006), as well as continued booing at the final whistle. It should be emphasised that the crowd's disappointment was a combined result of England's poor form in previous games and the under par performance of an England team, ranked 6^th in the March 2007 FIFA World Rankings^[3], in a game against an Andorran team (mostly made up of part-time players) ranked 157 places below them in 163^rd position.

[edit] 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.

The new Wembley held its first international game in March 2007, when England U21s played Italy U21s 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. However, Italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini scored the first goal, after just 29 seconds.^[4]

[edit] 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 supporters that ever since England's away kit has remained red.^[5]

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.

[edit] Player names and numbers

For the first 65 years of competition, England footballers' shirts contained no identifying names or numbers. ^[6] 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. ^[7] 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. ^[8] 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. 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. With new technology, player names can now be affixed to the jerseys as late as the day of the match. ^[9]

[edit] Results and fixtures

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

• Euro 2008 Qualifying Group E:
  • Estonia v England, 6 June 2007 at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia
  • England v Israel, 8 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England
  • England v Russia, 12 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England
  • England v Estonia, 13 October 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England
  • Russia v England, 17 October 2007
  • England v Croatia, 21 November 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, England

[edit] Recent results

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

• 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)
• Euro 2008 Qualifying Group E:
  • Croatia 2-0 England, 11 October at Maksimir Stadium (Croatia: Da Silva 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)
• Friendly: England 4-0 Greece, 16 August at Old Trafford, Manchester (England: Terry 14, Lampard 30, Crouch 35, 42)
• 2006 World Cup Quarter-finals
  • England 0 - 0 (1-3 on penalties) Portugal, 1 July, at Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen
• 2006 World Cup Round of 16
  • England 1 - 0 Ecuador, 25 June, at Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (England: Beckham 60)
• 2006 World Cup Group B:
  • Sweden 2-2 England, 20 June at Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne (England: J. Cole 34, Gerrard 86; Sweden: Allback 51, Larsson 90)
  • England 2-0 Trinidad & Tobago, 15 June at Frankenstadion, Nuremberg (England: Crouch 83, Gerrard 91)
  • England 1-0 Paraguay, 10 June at Waldstadion, Frankfurt (England: Gamarra og 3mins)
• Friendly: England 6-0 Jamaica, 3 June 2006 at Old Trafford, Manchester (England: Lampard 11, Taylor 17 og, Crouch 29, Owen 32, Crouch 67, 89)
• Friendly: England 3-1 Hungary, 30 May 2006 at Old Trafford, Manchester (England: Gerrard 45, Terry 51, Crouch 84; Hungary: Dardai 55)

[edit] England squad

[edit] Current squad

Most Recent Squad
Date announced	16 March 2007
Game(s)	Israel, 24 March 2007 Andorra, 28 March 2007
Venue{s}	Ramat Gan Stadium Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition	2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
Dropped	Joey Barton, Michael Dawson, Jermaine Jenas, Shaun Wright-Phillips
Injured	Joe Cole, Peter Crouch, Chris Kirkland Michael Owen , Wayne Bridge
Called Up	Darren Bent, Scott Carson, Andrew Johnson Paul Robinson, Ashley Cole, David Nugent, Luke Young
Notes	Gary Neville withdrew March 17 Darren Bent withdrew March 19

Goalkeepers

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Paul Robinson	October 15, 1979	Tottenham	34 (0)	v Australia, 12 February 2003
Ben Foster	April 3, 1983	Watford (on loan from Man. Utd)	1 (0)	v Spain, 7 February 2007
Scott Carson	September 3, 1985	Charlton (on loan from Liverpool)	0 (0)	N/A

Defenders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Rio Ferdinand	November 7, 1978	Manchester United	59 (1)	v Cameroon, 15 November 1997
Ashley Cole	December 20, 1980	Chelsea	58 (0)	v Albania, 28 March 2001
Philip Neville	January 21, 1977	Everton	56 (0)	v China, 23 May 1996
John Terry (c)	December 7, 1980	Chelsea	37 (2)	v Serbia & Montenegro, 3 June 2003
Jamie Carragher	January 28, 1978	Liverpool	33 (0)	v Hungary, 28 April 1999
Gareth Barry	February 23, 1981	Aston Villa	9 (0)	v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Luke Young	July 19, 1979	Charlton Athletic	7 (0)	v USA, 28 May 2005
Jonathan Woodgate	January 22, 1980	Middlesbrough	6 (0)	v Bulgaria, 9 June 1999
Micah Richards	June 24, 1988	Manchester City	4 (0)	v Netherlands, 15 November 2006

Midfielders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Steven Gerrard (vc)	May 30, 1980	Liverpool	55 (12)	v Ukraine, 31 May 2000
Frank Lampard	June 20, 1978	Chelsea	53 (12)	v Belgium, 10 October 1999
Owen Hargreaves	January 20, 1981	Bayern Munich	39 (0)	v Netherlands, 15 August 2001
Kieron Dyer	December 29, 1978	Newcastle United	30 (0)	v Luxembourg, 4 September 1999
Michael Carrick	July 28, 1981	Manchester United	12 (0)	v Mexico, 25 May 2001
Stewart Downing	July 22, 1984	Middlesbrough	12 (0)	v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
Aaron Lennon	April 16, 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	9 (0)	v Jamaica, 3 June 2006
Scott Parker	October 13, 1980	Newcastle United	3 (0)	v Denmark, 16 November 2003

Strikers

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Wayne Rooney	October 24, 1985	Manchester United	38 (12)	v Australia, 12 February 2003
Jermain Defoe	October 7, 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	24 (3)	v Sweden, 31 March 2004
Andrew Johnson	February 10, 1981	Everton	7 (0)	v Netherlands, 9 February 2005
David Nugent	May 2, 1985	Preston North End	1 (1)	v Andorra, March 28, 2007

[edit] 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 1, 1970	Portsmouth	34 (0)	v Mexico, 29 March 1997	2006 FIFA World Cup
Robert Green	January 18, 1980	West Ham United	1 (0)	v Colombia, 31 May 2005	v Netherlands, November 2006
Chris Kirkland	May 2, 1981	Wigan Athletic	1 (0)	v Greece, 16 August 2006	v Spain, February 2007

Defenders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most recent callup
Gary Neville	February 18, 1975	Manchester United	85 (0)	v Japan 3 June 1995	v Israel / Andorra March 2007
Sol Campbell	September 18, 1974	Portsmouth	69 (1)	v Hungary, 18 May 1996	2006 FIFA World Cup
Wayne Bridge	August 5, 1980	Chelsea	24 (1)	v Netherlands, 13 February 2002	v Spain, February 2007
Ledley King	December 10, 1980	Tottenham Hotspur	17 (1)	v Italy, 27 March 2002	v Netherlands, November 2006
Wes Brown	October 13, 1979	Manchester United	10 (0)	v Hungary, 28 April 1999	v Netherlands, November 2006
Michael Dawson	November 18, 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	0 (0)	N/A	v Spain, February 2007

Midfielders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most recent callup
David Beckham	May 2, 1975	Real Madrid	94 (17)	v Moldova, 1 September 1996	2006 FIFA World Cup
Joe Cole	November 8, 1981	Chelsea	38 (6)	v Mexico, 25 May 2001	v Netherlands, November 2006
Jermaine Jenas	February 18, 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	15 (0)	v Australia, 12 February 2003	v Spain, February 2007
Kieran Richardson	October 21, 1984	Manchester United	8 (2)	v USA, 28 May 2005	v Netherlands, November 2006
Nigel Reo-Coker	May 14, 1984	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 14, 1979	Newcastle United	80 (36)	v Chile, 11 February 1998	v Sweden 2006 FIFA World Cup
Peter Crouch	January 30, 1981	Liverpool	17 (11)	v Colombia, 31 May 2005	v Spain February 2007
Darren Bent	February 6, 1984	Charlton Athletic	2 (0)	v Uruguay 1 March 2006	v Israel / Andorra March 2007
Theo Walcott	March 16, 1989	Arsenal	1 (0)	v Hungary, 30 May 2006	2006 FIFA World Cup
Dean Ashton	November 24, 1983	West Ham United	0 (0)	N/A	v Greece August 2006

[edit] Coaching staff

Head Coach	Steve McClaren
Assistant Coach	Terry Venables
Coach	Steve Round
Goalkeeping Coach	Ray Clemence
Psychologist	Bill Beswick
Physiotherapist	Gary Lewin
Team Doctor	Dr. Leif Swärd
Masseurs	Chris Neville
	Steve Slattery
	Rod Thornley
Kit Managers	Martin Grogan
	Tom McKechnie

[edit] Previous squads

• 2006 FIFA World Cup - Germany
• 2004 European Football Championship - Portugal
• 2002 FIFA World Cup - Korea/Japan
• 2000 European Football Championship - Belgium/Netherlands
• 1998 FIFA World Cup - France
• 1996 European Football Championship - England
• 1992 European Football Championship - Sweden
• 1990 FIFA World Cup - Italy
• 1988 European Football Championship - West Germany
• 1986 FIFA World Cup - Mexico
• 1982 FIFA World Cup - Spain
• 1980 European Football Championship - Italy
• 1970 FIFA World Cup - Mexico
• England participated in the 1968 European Football Championship - Italy, but there are no squad listings available.
• 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

[edit] Competition history

[edit] World Cup record

This needs checking and some of it is probably incorrect

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	8	6	Lineker (4), Platt (3), Wright
1994	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	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)[10]

• Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] 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

[edit] Player history

[edit] Famous past players

See also Category:England international footballers

Tony Adams 1987-2000 Darren Anderton 1992-2001 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 David Beckham 1996-2006 Colin Bell 1968-1975 Steve Bloomer 1895-1907 Eric Brook 1929-1939 Trevor Brooking 1974-1982 Terry Butcher 1980-1990 Mick Channon 1972-1977 Bobby Charlton 1958-1970 Jack Charlton 1965-1970 Ray Clemence 1972-1983 George Cohen 1964-1967 Terry Cooper 1969-1975 Steve Coppell 1976-1983 Bob Crompton 1902-1914 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 Don Howe 1957-1959 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 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 Tommy Wright 1968-1970

[edit] Player records

Main article: England national football team records

[edit] 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[11]	1996 -	94	17
6	Bryan Robson	1980 - 1991	90	26
7	Kenny Sansom	1979 - 1988	86	1
8	Gary Neville[11]	1995 -	85	0
9	Ray Wilkins	1976 - 1986	84	3
10	Gary Lineker	1984 - 1992	80	48
=	Michael Owen[11]	1998 -	80	36

[edit] 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[11]	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

[edit] 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)

[edit] England managers

Manager	England career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF[12]	GA[13]	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 -	9	4	3	2	14	3	44.44%

[edit] 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 qualifier for World Cup 2002 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.
• Paul Gascoigne's winning goal for England against Scotland in Euro '96 was ranked 35th.
• Gordon Banks' save against Pele at the 1970 World Cup was ranked 41st.
• John Barnes' goal for England against Brazil in 1984 was ranked 75th.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ A history of fierce football rivalry
2. ^ England football on-line
3. ^ "FIFA/World Rankings", FIFA, March 2007.
4. ^ Thriller at Wembley. www.TheFA.com (2007-03-24). Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
5. ^ http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/Unif.html
6. ^ http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html
7. ^ http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html
8. ^ http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html
9. ^ http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html
10. ^ England's World Cup Final Tournament Goalscorers by Number of Goals. England Football Online. Retrieved on July 6, 2006.
11. ^ ^{a b c d} Still available for selection
12. ^ Goals for / scored
13. ^ Goals against / conceded

[edit] See also

• England's 50 Greatest Goals
• England women's national football team
• England national under-21 football team
• Argentina and England football rivalry
• England and Germany football rivalry
• United Kingdom national football team
• Three Lions
• Football in England

[edit] External links

• Official website at the FA's website
• England Supporters Site
• The England Fanzine
• England player profiles at Football Heroes
• England AFC
• England Football Online
• englandstats.com - England statistics since 1872
• England-Football

	England squad - 1950 FIFA World Cup
1 Aston | 2 Baily | 3 Bentley | 4 Cockburn | 5 Dickinson | 6 Ditchburn | 7 Eckersley | 8 Finney | 9 Hughes | 10 Mannion | 11 Matthews | 12 Milburn | 13 Mortensen | 14 Mullen | 15 Nicholson | 16 Ramsey | 17 Scott | 18 Taylor | 19 Watson | 20 Williams | 21 Wright | Coach: Winterbottom

	England squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup
1 Merrick | 2 Staniforth | 3 Byrne | 4 Wright | 5 Owen | 6 Dickinson | 7 Matthews | 8 Broadis | 9 Lofthouse | 10 Taylor | 11 Finney | 12 Burgin | 13 Green | 14 McGarry | 15 Wilshaw | 16 Quixall | 17 Mullen | 18 Chilton | 19 Armstrong | 20 Jezzard | 21 Haynes | 22 Hooper | Coach: Winterbottom

	England squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup
1 McDonald | 2 Howe | 3 Banks | 4 Clamp | 5 Wright | 6 Slater | 7 Douglas | 8 Robson | 9 Kevan | 10 Haynes | 11 Finney | 12 Hopkinson | 13 Hodgkinson | 14 Sillett | 15 Clayton | 16 Norman | 17 Brabrook | 18 Broadbent | 19 Smith | 20 Charlton | 21 A'Court | 22 Setters | Coach: Winterbottom

	England squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup
1 Springett | 2 Armfield | 3 Wilson | 4 Robson | 5 Swan | 6 Flowers | 7 Connelly | 8 Greaves | 9 Hitchens | 10 Haynes | 11 Charlton | 12 Hodgkinson | 13 Kevan | 14 Anderson | 15 Norman | 16 Moore | 17 Douglas | 18 Hunt | 19 Peacock | 20 Eastham | 21 Howe | 22 Banks | Coach: Winterbottom

	England squad - 1966 FIFA World Cup Champions (1st Title)
1 Banks | 2 Cohen | 3 Wilson | 4 Stiles | 5 J. Charlton | 6 Moore | 7 Ball | 8 Greaves | 9 B. Charlton | 10 Hurst | 11 Connelly | 12 Springett | 13 Bonetti | 14 Armfield | 15 Byrne | 16 Peters | 17 Flowers | 18 Hunter | 19 Paine | 20 Callaghan | 21 Hunt | 22 Eastham | Coach: Ramsey

	England squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup
1 Banks | 2 Newton | 3 Cooper | 4 Mullery | 5 Labone | 6 Moore | 7 Lee | 8 Ball | 9 B. Charlton | 10 Hurst | 11 Peters | 12 Bonetti | 13 Stepney | 14 Wright | 15 Stiles | 16 Hughes | 17 J. Charlton | 18 Hunter | 19 Bell | 20 Osgood | 21 Clarke | 22 Astle | Coach: Ramsey

	England squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Clemence | 2 Anderson | 3 Brooking | 4 Butcher | 5 Coppell | 6 Foster | 7 Keegan | 8 Francis | 9 Hoddle | 10 McDermott | 11 Mariner | 12 Mills | 13 Corrigan | 14 Neal | 15 Rix | 16 Robson | 17 Sansom | 18 Thompson | 19 Wilkins | 20 Withe | 21 Woodcock | 22 Shilton | Coach: Greenwood

	England squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Shilton | 2 Gary Stevens | 3 Sansom | 4 Hoddle | 5 Martin | 6 Butcher | 7 Bryan Robson | 8 Wilkins | 9 Hateley | 10 Lineker | 11 Waddle | 12 Anderson | 13 Woods | 14 Fenwick | 15 Gary A. Stevens | 16 Reid | 17 Steven | 18 Hodge | 19 Barnes | 20 Beardsley | 21 Dixon | 22 Bailey | Coach: Bobby Robson

	England squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Shilton | 2 Stevens | 3 Pearce | 4 Webb | 5 Walker | 6 Butcher | 7 Bryan Robson | 8 Waddle | 9 Beardsley | 10 Lineker | 11 Barnes | 12 Parker | 13 Woods | 14 Wright | 15 Dorigo | 16 McMahon | 17 Platt | 18 Hodge | 19 Gascoigne | 20 Steven | 21 Bull | 22 Beasant | Coach: Bobby Robson

	England squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Seaman | 2 Campbell | 3 Le Saux | 4 Ince | 5 Adams | 6 Southgate | 7 Beckham | 8 Batty | 9 Shearer | 10 Sheringham | 11 McManaman | 12 Neville | 13 Martyn | 14 Anderton | 15 Merson | 16 Scholes | 17 Lee | 18 Keown | 19 L. Ferdinand | 20 Owen | 21 R. Ferdinand | 22 Flowers | Coach: Hoddle

	England squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Seaman | 2 Mills | 3 A. Cole | 4 Sinclair | 5 Ferdinand | 6 Campbell | 7 Beckham | 8 Scholes | 9 Fowler | 10 Owen | 11 Heskey | 12 Brown | 13 Martyn | 14 Bridge | 15 Keown | 16 Southgate | 17 Sheringham | 18 Hargreaves | 19 J. Cole | 20 Vassell | 21 Butt | 22 James | 23 Dyer | Coach: Eriksson

	England squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Robinson | 2 Neville | 3 A. Cole | 4 Gerrard | 5 Ferdinand | 6 Terry | 7 Beckham | 8 Lampard | 9 Rooney | 10 Owen | 11 J. Cole | 12 Campbell | 13 James | 14 Bridge | 15 Carragher | 16 Hargreaves | 17 Jenas | 18 Carrick | 19 Lennon | 20 Downing | 21 Crouch | 22 Carson | 23 Walcott | Coach: Eriksson

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