Every game England have played since their first international against Scotland in 1872
Stats detailing the results achieved against of all
England's 86 international opponents played so far
The England National football team is the joint oldest in the world, formed at the same time as Scotland's National Team. England played their first international match against Scotland at Scotland's invitation, at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland on 30th November 1872. Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three "Home Nations" - Scotland, Wales and Ireland (later, Northern Ireland). The games were made competitive with the advent of the British Home Championship, sometimes called "Home Internations", from 1883 to 1984.
Before Wembley was opened in 1923, England 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 was strained mainly due to the status and definition of amateurs, resulting in the British nations' departure from FIFA in 1928, before rejoining in 1946. As a result, England did not compete in a FIFA 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. England's first ever defeat on home soil to a non-UK team was a 0-2 loss to Ireland on September 21, 1949 at Goodison Park, Liverpool. A 6-3 loss in 1953 to Hungary was England's first ever defeat to a non-UK team at Wembley.
England are one of the more successful footballing teams, being one of only seven countries to ever win 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, however, they have only reached the semi-finals once, losing to West Germany on penalties. Nevertheless, they remain a prominent team on the global stage, usually just inside or close to the top ten rankings of both FIFA and ELO.
Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as the first ever full time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by an FA 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. 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 failed to qualify for both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. In 1982, England under Ron Greenwood qualified for 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 ever performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-final. The England team of the 1990s and 2000s 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 little success, with England failing to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. McClaren left 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 was replaced by the former Real Madrid and AC Milan manager Fabio Capello. The Italian is the second foreign manager to coach England, after Eriksson, and took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland. England won 2-1. Since then Capello has also managed England in games against France, USA and Trinidad & Tobago. England lost 1-0 to France, won 2-0 against the USA and 3-0 against T&T. The first game of 2008-09 resulted in a 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic at Wembley.
Fabio Capello won 9 out of the 10 matches in charge of England's National team for the World Cup, putting England into the World Cup Finals in South Africa, where they are one of the top seeded teams, and face the United States, Algeria and Slovenia in the Group Stage. England played Brazil in a friendly in Qatar in November as part of their World Cup Finals preparations. The match in Qatar was the 23rd meeting between England and Brazil since 1956 and resulted in a 1-0 win for Brazil. A friendly against Egypt in March 2010 was won 3-1. England's provisional squad of 30 players for the 2010 World Cup Finals was announced on 11th May 2010 and from this the final 23 players for South Africa will be selected.
The first match for Capello's World Cup squad, who have been training in Austria, was against Mexico at Wembley Stadium on 24th May 2010 and resulted in a rather flattering 3-1 win with Ledley King, Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson providing the goals. A further friendly against Japan was played in Graz, Austria on 30th May with England again fortunate to win 2-1. England got off to a slow start in the 2010 World Cup Finals with draws against the USA & Algeria but beat Slovenia to progress to the knock-out stages, where they met Germany. The Second Round match saw England completely outclassed and humiliated by a young German side who ran-out worthy 4-1 winners.
Fabio Capello was retained for the 2012 European Championship qualifiers and England's first match was against Bulgaria at Wembley on Friday 3rd September 2010. England qualified for the Finals on 7th October 2011 as unbeaten group champions. England have been drawn to play Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova & San Marino in Group H for the Qualification Competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals to be held in Brazil
England International Football Team Stats 1872-2011
Stats and team sheets for every one
of the 57 'B' Internationals England have
played from 1947 to 2007
Full statistical analysis of every England manager from the time England were managed by a committee from the Football Association to Capello
Stats of England's players by club affiliation
together with the total starts, used subs, appearances and goalscorers
Statistical analysis of England's goalkeepers from
1872-2011. Who has kept the most clean sheets? Who has the best goals conceded average?
Full stats of all 152 players who have appeared
20 times or more for England, together with
goals scored and club affiliation.
Stats of England's goals by club affiliation together with the total starts, used subs and appearances.
Full match stats and team sheets for the 139
International matches when England were managed by Walter Winterbottom
Full match stats and team sheets for the 113 International matches when England were managed by Sir Alf Ramsey
Full match stats & team sheets for the 91 matches
when England were managed by Joe Mercer (7),
Don Revie (29) & Ron Greenwood (55)
Full match stats and team sheets for the 95 International matches when England were managed Bobby Robson
Full match stats and team sheets for the 89 matches when England were managed by Graham Taylor (38), Terry Venables (23) & Glenn Hoddle (28)
Full match stats & team sheets for the 88
matches when England were managed by
Kevin Keegan (18) & Sven-Goren Eriksson (67)
Full match stats and team sheets for the
matches when England were managed by
Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello
Full International record of every England v Brazil match from 1956 to 2009
England's full World Cup Record Stats, including qualification matches, from every FIFA World Cup from 1950 to 2010, including playing squads
& club affiliation table.
Stats of every player capped by England while playing for a Foreign club, including substitutes
and goals scored.
The Royal Mail issued Britain's first football related postage stamps to commemorate the 1966 World Cup. Here are all the football themed stamps they have issued to date
Full details of England's squad of 23 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa, with England career stats & Premier League figures for 2009-10.
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Full International record of every England v Mexico match from 1959 to 2010
Full International record of every
England v United States match
from 1950 to 2010
Full International record of every England v Germany match from 1930 to 2010, including games against West & East Germany
Full International record of every England v France match from 1923 to 2010
Full International record of every
England v Argentina match from 1951 to 2005
Full International record of every England v Italy match from 1933 to 2002
Full International record of every England v Netherlands (Holland) match from 1935 to 2009
Full International record of every England v Spain match from 1929 to 2011. Spain were the first non-UK team to beat England
Full International record of every England v Portugal match from 1947 to 2006
Full International record of every England v Japan match from 1995 to 2010
Full International record of every England v Denmark match from 1948 to 2011
Full International record of every England v Russia (& Soviet Union & CIS) match from 1958 to 2007
Full International record of every
England v Uruguay match
from 1953 to 2006
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Full International record of every England v Hungary match from 1908 to 2010. Hungary were the first foreign team to beat England at Wembley.
Full International record of every England v Bulgaria match from 1962 to 2010
Full record of every England v Switzerland match from 1933 to 2011.
Full International record of every England v Croatia (& Yugoslavia) match from 1939 to 2009
Full International record of every
England v Wales match
from 1879 to 2011
Full International record of every England
v Republic of Ireland match from 1948 to 2011
Full International record of every England v Sweden match from 1929 to 2011.
Complete record of every England player sent off
in a full international. Alan Mullery was the first England player to be sent off in 1968.
