Wikipedia; The
England national football
team represents England in
association
football and is controlled
by the Football Association,
the governing body for
football
in England. England is the
joint oldest national
football team in the world,
alongside
Scotland, whom they
played in the world's first
international football match
in 1872.
England's home ground is
Wembley Stadium in London
and their head coach is
currently Fabio Capello.
England are one of eight
national teams to have won
the FIFA World Cup, which
they
did in 1966 when they hosted
the finals. They defeated
West Germany 4–2 in extra
time
in the final. Since then
their best performance at a
World Cup was a fourth place
finish
in 1990. They reached the
semi-finals of the UEFA
European Championship in
1968
and 1996. They were the most
successful of the Home
Nations in the British Home
Championship with 54 wins
(including 20 shared wins)
before the competition
was suspended in 1984.
The traditional rival of
England is Scotland; the
England and Scotland
football rivalry
began when they became
opponents in the
representative matches of
the 1870s. As
regular fixtures against
Scotland came to an end in
the late 1980s, rivalries
with other
national teams have become
more prominent. Matches
against Argentina and
Germany have produced
particularly eventful
encounters.
Honours:
FIFA World Cup
Winners (1): 1966
Fourth place (1): 1990
UEFA European Football
Championship
Third place (1): 1968
Semi-finals (1): 1996
Managers
Manager
England career
Capello, Fabio
2008–
McClaren, Steve
2006–2007
Eriksson, Sven-G?an
2001–2006
Keegan, Kevin
1999–2000
Taylor, Pete
2000
Wilkinson, Howard
1999–2000
Hoddle, Glenn
1996–1999
Venables, Terry
1994–1996
Taylor, Graham
1990–1993
Robson, Sir Bobby
1982–1990
Greenwood, Ron
1977–1982
Revie, Don
1974–1977
Mercer, Joe
1974
Ramsey, Sir Alf
1963–1974
Winterbottom,
Walter
1946–1962
Most capped Players
#
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Name
Career
Caps
Goals
1
Peter Shilton
1970–1990
125
0
2
David Beckham
1996–
115
17
3
Bobby Moore
1962–1973
108
2
4
Bobby Charlton
1958–1970
106
49
5
Billy Wright
1946–1959
105
3
6
Bryan Robson
1980–1991
90
26
7
Michael Owen
1998–
89
40
7
Steven Gerrard
2000
89
19
9
Kenny Sansom
1979–1988
86
1
9
Ashley Cole
2001–
86
0
Top goalscorers
#
Name
Career
Goals (caps)
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
1998–
40 (89)
0.4494
5
Tom Finney
1946–1958
30 (76)
0.3947
6
Nat Lofthouse
1950–1958
30 (33)
0.9091
7
Alan Shearer
1992–2000
30 (63)
0.4762
8
Vivian Woodward
1903–1911
29 (23)
1.2609
9
Steve Bloomer
1895–1907
28 (23)
1.2174
10
David Platt
1986–1996
27 (62)
0.4355
All time stats
Type
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
For
Against
Friendly
351
196
83
70
813
405
WC Qual
92
62
19
11
226
60
WC Finals
59
26
19
14
77
52
EC Qual
85
53
22
10
180
51
EC Finals
23
7
7
9
31
28
Home Champ
252
151
53
48
618
267
Rous Cup
8
3
4
1
7
4
BJT
3
0
1
2
2
7
USBI
2
1
0
1
3
3
CDMC
2
0
0
2
1
3
USC
3
0
1
2
2
5
UIT
3
1
1
1
6
7
A2KT
1
1
0
0
3
0
KHT
2
1
1
0
1
0
FAST
2
1
1
0
7
2
TDF
3
2
0
1
3
1
ECC
2
1
1
0
5
3
Competitive
542
310
130
102
1172
493
Home
394
249
89
56
968
361
Away
414
222
100
90
897
450
Neutral
85
35
24
26
120
87
Total
893
506
213
172
1985
898
Biggest win
18 Feb 1882 Ireland 0 -
England 13 Knock Ground,
Belfast
18 Feb 1899 England 13 -
Ireland 2 Roker Park,
Sunderland
08 Jun 1908 Austria 1 -
England 11 Hohe Warte
Stadion, Vienna
27 May 1964 USA 0 - England
10 Downing Stadium, New York
25 May 1947 Portugal 0 -
England 10 Est?io Nacional,
Lisbon
Heaviest deafeats
23 May 1954 Hungary 7 -
England 1 Nepstadion,
Budapest
02 Mar 1878 Scotland 7 -
England 2 Hampden Park
(First), Glasgow
12 Mar 1881 England 1 -
Scotland 6 Kennington Oval,
London
11 May 1958 Yugoslavia 5 -
England 0 Stadion Partizana,
Belgrade
30 May 1964 Brazil 5 -
England 1 Est?io do Maracan?
Rio de Janeiro
Misc. Youngest player
Theo Walcott, 17 years 75
days, 30 May 2006, vs.
Hungary
Oldest player
Stanley Matthews, 42 years
103 days, 15 May 1957, 4–1
vs. Denmark
Oldest outfield player to
feature at the World Cup
finals
Stanley Matthews, 39 years,
145 days, 26 June 1954
Youngest player to feature
at the World Cup finals
Michael Owen, 18 years, 183
days, 15 June 1998
Longest England career
Stanley Matthews, 22 years
228 days, 29 September 1934
— 15 May 1957
Shortest England career..
Peter Ward, 6 minutes, May
31 1980
First goal
William Kenyon-Slaney, 8
March 1873, 4-2 vs. Scotland
Most goals
Bobby Charlton, 49
Most goals in competitive
matches
Michael Owen, 26
Most goals in a match
Howard Vaughton, Steve
Bloomer, Willie Hall and
Malcolm Macdonald, all 5
Most goals in total at
World Cup tournaments
Gary Lineker, 10
English football