England national football team

England

Nickname(s)	The Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gareth Southgate
Captain	Harry Kane
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Wayne Rooney (53)
Home stadium	Wembley Stadium
FIFA code	ENG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	5 (7 February 2019)
Highest	3 (August 2012)
Lowest	27 (February 1996)
Elo ranking
Current	7 (3 March 2019)
Highest	1 (1872–1876, 1892–1911, 1966–1970, 1987–1988)
Lowest	17 (11 June 1995)
First international
Scotland 0–0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
England 13–0 Ireland (Belfast, Ireland; 31 July 1882)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 7–1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1950)
Best result	Champions, (1966)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1968)
Best result	Third place, (1968)

The England football team are a team who play soccer for England. They play their matches in England at Wembley Stadium.

They played their first game in 1872 against Scotland.

They won the FIFA World Cup in 1966 when they beat West Germany by 4 goals to 2 at the old Wembley Stadium.

Most appearances

As of 16 November 2018

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Peter Shilton	1970–1990	125	0
2	Wayne Rooney	2003–2018	120	53
3	David Beckham	1996–2009	115	17
4	Steven Gerrard	2000–2014	114	21
5	Bobby Moore	1962–1973	108	2
6	Ashley Cole	2001–2014	107	0
7	Bobby Charlton	1958–1970	106	49
	Frank Lampard	1999–2014	106	29
9	Billy Wright	1946–1959	105	3
10	Bryan Robson	1980–1991	90	26

Top scorers

Rooney in 2006.

As of 9 October 2017

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Wayne Rooney	2003–2018	53	120	0.4416
2	Bobby Charlton	1958–1970	49	106	0.4622
3	Gary Lineker	1984–1992	48	80	0.6000
4	Jimmy Greaves	1959–1967	44	57	0.7719
5	Michael Owen	1998–2008	40	89	0.4494
6	Nat Lofthouse	1950–1958	30	33	0.9090
	Alan Shearer	1992–2000	30	63	0.4762
	Tom Finney	1946–1958	30	76	0.3947
9	Vivian Woodward	1903–1911	29	23	1.2609
	Frank Lampard	1999–2014	29	106	0.2735

Honours

Senior team

FIFA World Cup

• Winner (1): 1966
• Fourth Place (2): 1990, 2018

UEFA European Championship

• Third Place (1): 1968
• Semi-finals (1): 1996

British Championship

• Winners (54) (including 20 shared)

Olympic football tournament

• Gold medal (2): 1908, 1912

Recent Games

Date	Type of Game	Home Team	Result	Away Team
27 March 2018	Friendly	England	1–1	Italy
2 June 2018	Friendly	England	2–1	Nigeria
7 June 2018	Friendly	England	2–0	Costa Rica
18 June 2018	2018 FIFA World Cup Group G	Tunisia	1–2	England
24 June 2018	2018 FIFA World Cup Group G	England	6–1	Panama
28 June 2018	2018 FIFA World Cup Group G	England	0–1	Belgium
3 July 2018	2018 FIFA World Cup R16	Colombia	1–1 (3–4p)	England
7 July 2018	2018 FIFA World Cup QF	Sweden	0–2	England
11 July 2018	2018 FIFA World Cup SF	Croatia	2–1 (aet)	England
14 July 2018	2018 FIFA World Cup 3rd	Belgium	2–0	England

• Green means that the team won.
• Yellow means the team had a draw.
• Red means the team lost.

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 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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.