England national football team

First International	England 0 Scotland 0 (1872)
First World Cup appearance	1950
Honours  - World Cup wins	1 (1966)
Most capped player	Peter Shilton (125)
Highest goalscorer	Bobby Charlton (49)
Largest win	13-0 vs Ireland (1882)
Largest defeat	7-1 vs Hungary (1954)
Coach	Sven-Göran Eriksson (2001-)

Table of contents

1 Overview 2 World Cup record 3 European Championship record 4 Selected famous players 5 Top England goalscorers 6 England managers 7 External links

Overview

The England national football team's moment of greatest triumph came in 1966 when they won the World Cup. They were led to this triumph by captain Bobby Moore, and managed by Alf Ramsey who was later knighted for the achievement. In the final England beat West Germany by 4 goals to 2, with 3 goals from Geoff Hurst and one from Martin Peters.

Goalkeeper Peter Shilton has played for England more times than anyone else. He gained his 125th and last cap in the 1990 World Cup.

In 2001, Sven-Göran Eriksson became the first foreign national (he is Swedish) to become the manager of England. The team qualified for the 2002 World Cup (held in Japan and South Korea) in a tense finale on the 6 October, 2001, with the final goal which gave them the much-needed draw against Greece coming from David Beckham in the dying seconds of the game. This result ensured automatic qualification above Germany on goal difference. In the World Cup itself England reached the quarter-finals before being beaten by eventual tournament winners Brazil 2-1.

So far, the highlights of Eriksson's time in charge of England have been a 5-1 victory over rivals Germany, during the World Cup 2002 qualification campaign — England came from behind, with goals from Emile Heskey, Steven Gerrard and a Michael Owen hat-trick; and a hard-fought 1-0 win over Argentina in the tournament itself.

The first national manager, Walter Winterbottom, died in February 2002.

World Cup record

Year, Finals host	Qualifying	Group stage/ Prelim. rnd.	Rnd. of 16	Quarter-finals/ 2nd grp. stage	Semi-finals/ 3rd-4th	World Cup Final
1930, Uruguay	Did not enter
1934, Italy	Did not enter
1938, France	Did not enter
1950, Brazil		First group stage
1954, Switzerland				Quarter-finals
1958, Sweden		Group stage
1962, Chile				Quarter-finals
1966, England						Winners
1970, Mexico				Quarter-finals
1974, West Germany	Did not qualify
1978, Argentina	Did not qualify
1982, Spain				2nd grp. stage
1986, Mexico				Quarter-finals
1990, Italy					4th place
1994, United States	Did not qualify
1998, France			Rnd. of 16
2002, Korea/Japan				Quarter-finals

European Championship record

1960 Did not qualify

1964 Did not qualify

1968 Third place

1972 Did not qualify

1976 Did not qualify

1980 Round 1

1984 Did not qualify

1988 Round 1

1992 Round 1

1996 Semi Finals

2000 Round 1

Billy Wright

Bobby Moore

Bobby Charlton

Jack Charlton

Gary Lineker

Peter Shilton

Paul Gascoigne

Alan Shearer

David Beckham

Michael Owen

England managers

Manager	England career
Sir Walter Winterbottom	1946-1962
Sir Alf Ramsey	1963-1974
Joe Mercer	1974
Don Revie	1974-1977
Ron Greenwood	1977-1982
Sir Bobby Robson	1982-1990
Graham Taylor	1990-1993
Terry Venables	1993-1996
Glenn Hoddle	1996-1999
Howard Wilkinson (caretaker)	1999
Kevin Keegan	1999-2000
Peter Taylor (caretaker)	2000
Sven-Göran Eriksson	2001 - present

External links

• Official website at thefa.co.uk

This article is part of the Football in England series.
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