England national football team
England
Nickname(s)
The Three Lions
Association
The Football Association
Confederation
UEFA (Europe)
Head coach
Fabio Capello
Asst coach
Italo Galbiati
Captain
John Terry
Most caps
Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer
Sir Bobby Charlton (49)
Home stadium Wembley Stadium (London)
FIFA code
ENG
FIFA ranking
7
Highest FIFA
ranking
4 (December 1997/
September 2006)
Lowest FIFA
ranking
27 (February 1996)
Elo ranking
4
Highest Elo
ranking
1 (1872–1876
1892–1911
1966–1970
1987–1988)
Lowest Elo
ranking
17 (1928)
Home colours
Away colours
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 football team repres-
ents England in international football and is
controlled by The Football Association, the
governing body for football in England. Al-
though most national teams worldwide rep-
resent an independent state, the four home
nations which form the United Kingdom are
each represented separately in international
tournaments.
England is 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
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extra time in the Final. England share with
France the record of having one World Cup
victory and this being achieved on home soil
(the other winners have all won the trophy at
least twice and at least once on foreign soil).
Since then they have only reached the semi-
finals once, losing to West Germany on penal-
ties. Nevertheless, they remain a prominent
team on the global stage, rarely dropping
outside of the top ten rankings of both FIFA
and Elo. Engla