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| Nickname(s) | The Three Lions |
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| Association | The Football Association |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Roy Hodgson
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| Captain | Steven Gerrard
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| Most caps | Peter Shilton (125) |
| Top scorer | Bobby Charlton (49) |
| Ground | Wembley Stadium (London) |
| FIFA code | ENG |
| FIFA ranking | 6 |
| Highest FIFA ranking | 4 (four) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 27 (February 1996) |
| Elo ranking | 4 |
| Highest Elo ranking | 1 (1872-1876 1892-1911 1966-1970 1987-1988) |
| Lowest Elo ranking | 13 (1936) |
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| First international | England 0-0 Scotland |
| Biggest win | England 13-0 Ireland |
| Biggest defeat | Hungary 7-1 England |
| World Cup appearances | 13 (First in 1950) |
| Best result | Winners (1966) |
| UEFA European Championships appearances | 8 (First in 1968) |
| Best result | Third (1968) |
The England national football team represents England in international association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Although most national teams worldwide represent a sovereign state, the four Home Nations which form the United Kingdom are each represented separately in international tournaments. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium in London and their head coach is Fabio Capello.
England are one of seven 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 reaching the semi-finals in 1990, where they lost to West Germany on penalties. 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. They remain a prominent team on the global stage, rarely dropping outside of the top ten on both the FIFA and Elo rankings.
Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland, who were their opponents in the first-ever international football match in 1870. Rivalries with other countries have become more prominent since regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s. Matches against Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters.
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History
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The England national football team is the joint oldest in the world; it was formed at the same time as Scotland. A representative match between England and Scotland was played on 5 March 1870, having been organised by the Football Association. A return fixture was organised by representatives of Scottish football teams on 30 November 1872. This match, played at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland, is viewed as the first official international football match because the two teams were independently selected and operated, rather than being the work of a single football association. Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three Home Nations—Scotland , Wales and Ireland—in the British Home Championship.
Home stadiumEdit
For the first 50 years of their existence, England played their home matches all around the country. They initially used cricket grounds before later moving on to football clubs' stadiums. The original Empire Stadium was built in Wembley, located in Brent, London, and was constructed for the British Empire Exhibition. England played their first match at the stadium in 1924 against Scotland and for the next 27 years Wembley was used as a venue for matches against Scotland only. The stadium later became known simply as Wembley Stadium and it became England's permanent home stadium during the 1950s. This stadium was demolished in 2001 and work began to completely rebuild it. During this time, England played at various different venues across the country. They returned to the new Wembley Stadium in 2007. The stadium is now owned by the Football Association via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited.
FIFA World Cup historyEdit
2014 FIFA World CupEdit
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group HEdit
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UEFA European Football ChampionshipEdit
Friendly matches 2009-10Edit
| 11 February 2009 | Spain 
| 0 – 2 |  England
| Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville |
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| 28 March 2009 | England
| 4 – 0 |  Slovakia
| Wembley Stadium, London |
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| 12 August 2009 | Netherlands 
| 2 – 2 | England
| Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam |
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| 5 September 2009 | England
| 2 – 1 |  Slovenia
| Wembley Stadium, London |
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| 14 November 2009 | England
| 0 – 1 |  Brazil
| Khalifa International Stadium, Doha |
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| 3 March 2010 | England
| 3 – 1 |  Egypt
| Wembley Stadium, London |
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| 24 May 2010 | England
| – |  Mexico
| Wembley Stadium, London |
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| 30 May 2010 | England
| – |  Japan
| UPC-Arena, Graz |
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Current squadEdit
The following players were called up to the squad for the 2014 World Cup qualification matches against San Marino on 22 March 2013 and Montenegro on 26 March 2013.
Caps and goals updated as of 26 March 2013.
