England national football team Facts for Kids

England
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA
Most caps	Peter Shilton (125)
Top scorer	Bobby Charlton (-49)
First game	30 November 1872 Scotland (0-0)
Largest win	18 February 1882 Ireland (13-0)
Largest loss	23 May 1954 Hungary (1-7)
World Cup
Appearances	13
First Apps	1950
Best result	Champions (1966)

The England national football team are a team who play association football for England. They play their matches in England at Wembley Stadium. They won the football World Cup in 1966 when they beat West Germany by 4 goals to 2 at the old Wembley Stadium.

Most appearances
Top scorers
Honours
- Senior team
Recent Games
Minor tournaments

Most appearances

Pos	Payer name	Career	Apps	Goals
1	Peter Shilton	1970–1990	125	0
2	David Beckham	1996–2009	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	1998–2008	89	40
8	Kenny Sansom	1979–1988	86	1
9	Gary Neville	1995–2007	85	0
10	Ray Wilkins	1976–1986	84	3
=	Steven Gerrard	2000– 0000	84	17

Top scorers

Pos	Player name	Career	Goals	Apps	Goals 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	1998–2008	40	89	0.4494
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	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

Honours

Senior team

Winner (1): 1966
Fourth Place (1): 1990

Third Place (1): 1968

Winners (54) (including 20 shared)

Gold medal (2): 1908, 1912

Recent Games

Home Team	Result	Away Team
England	4–0	Bulgaria
Switzerland	1–3	England
England	0–0	Montenegro
England	1–2	France
Denmark	1–2	England
Wales	0–2	England
England	1–1	Ghana
England	2–2	Switzerland
Bulgaria	0–3	England
England	1–0	Wales
Montenegro	2–2	England
England	1-0	Spain
England	1-0	Sweden
Netherlands		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.

England Squad World Cup

England squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup

DF Aston • MF Baily • FW Bentley • MF Cockburn • MF Dickinson • GK Ditchburn • DF Eckersley • FW Finney • MF Hughes • FW Mannion • FW Matthews • FW Milburn • FW Mortensen • FW Mullen • MF Nicholson • DF Ramsey • DF Scott • DF Taylor • MF Watson • GK Williams • DF 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 Winners (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

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

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

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

England squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 James • 2 Johnson • 3 A. Cole • 4 Gerrard • 5 Dawson • 6 Terry • 7 Lennon • 8 Lampard • 9 Crouch • 10 Rooney • 11 J. Cole • 12 Green • 13 Warnock • 14 Barry • 15 Upson • 16 Milner • 17 Wright-Phillips • 18 Carragher • 19 Defoe • 20 King • 21 Heskey • 22 Carrick • 23 Hart • Coach: Capello

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