| Federation
founded: 1863 |
| FIFA
member since: 1905 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - First
round exit |
| 1954 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1958 - First
round exit |
| 1962 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1966 - CHAMPIONS |
| 1970 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Seond
phase exit |
| 1986 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1990 - 4th
place |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - Second
round exit |
| 2002 - Quarterfinal exit |
| 2006 - Quarterfinal exit |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
55
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| Won |
25
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| Drawn |
17
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| Lost |
13
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| Goals for |
74
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| Goals against |
47
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| Points |
92
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England
are 5th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
3-0 vs Poland 1986, Paraguay in 1986 and Denmark in 2002.
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Biggest
defeat:
2-4 vs Uruguay
in 1954.
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Overall
topscorer:
Gary Lineker,
10 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Peter Shilton,
17 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
1966
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1930 to 1938
ENGLAND did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1950
(WCQ Group 1)
15.Oct 49 Wales 1-4 ENGLAND
16.Nov 49 ENGLAND 9-2 Northern Ireland
15.Apr 50 Scotland 0-1 ENGLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ENGLAND 3 3 0 0 14- 3 6
2.Scotland 3 2 0 1 10- 3 4
3.Wales 3 0 1 2 1- 6 1
4.Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 4-17 1
ENGLAND qualified for Brazil 1950.
1954
(WCQ Group 3)
10.Oct 53 Wales 1-4 ENGLAND
11.Nov 53 ENGLAND 3-1 Northern Ireland
03.Apr 54 Scotland 2-4 ENGLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ENGLAND 3 3 0 0 11- 4 6
2.Scotland 3 1 1 1 8- 8 3
3.Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.Wales 3 0 1 2 5- 9 1
ENGLAND qualified for Switzerland 1954.
1958
(UEFA Group 1)
05.Dec 56 ENGLAND 5-2 Denmark
08.May 57 ENGLAND 5-1 Rep. of Ireland
15.May 57 Denmark 1-4 ENGLAND
19.May 57 Rep. of Ireland 1-1 ENGLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ENGLAND 4 3 1 0 15- 5 7
2.Rep. of Ireland 4 2 1 1 6- 7 5
3.Denmark 4 0 0 4 4-13 0
ENGLAND qualified for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 6)
19.Oct 60 Luxembourg 0-9 ENGLAND
21.May 61 Portugal 1-1 ENGLAND
28.Sep 61 ENGLAND 4-1 Luxembourg
25.Oct 61 ENGLAND 2-0 Portugal
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ENGLAND 4 3 1 0 16- 2 7
2.Portugal 4 1 1 2 9- 7 3
3.Luxembourg 4 1 0 3 5-21 2
ENGLAND qualified for Chile 1962.
1966
ENGLAND qualified automatically
as host nation.
1970
ENGLAND qualified automatically
for Mexico 1970 as defending champions.
1974
(UEFA Group 5)
15.Nov 72 Wales 0-1 ENGLAND
24.Jan 73 ENGLAND 1-1 Wales
06.Jun 73 Poland 2-0 ENGLAND
17.Oct 73 ENGLAND 1-1 Poland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Poland 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5
2.ENGLAND 4 1 2 1 3- 4 4
3.Wales 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3
ENGLAND failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 2)
13.Jun 76 Finland 1-4 ENGLAND
13.Oct 76 ENGLAND 2-1 Finland
17.Nov 76 Italy 2-0 ENGLAND
30.Mar 77 ENGLAND 5-0 Luxembourg
12.Oct 77 Luxembourg 0-2 ENGLAND
16.Nov 77 ENGLAND 2-0 Italy
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 6 5 0 1 18- 4 10
2.ENGLAND 6 5 0 1 15- 4 10
3.Finland 6 2 0 4 11-16 4
4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2-22 0
ENGLAND failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 4)
10.Sep 80 ENGLAND 4-0 Norway
15.Oct 80 Romania 2-1 ENGLAND
19.Nov 80 ENGLAND 2-1 Switzerland
29.Apr 81 ENGLAND 0-0 Romania
30.May 81 Switzerland 2-1 ENGLAND
06.Jun 81 Hungary 1-3 ENGLAND
09.Sep 81 Norway 2-1 ENGLAND
18.Nov 81 ENGLAND 1-0 Hungary
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hungary 8 4 2 2 13- 8 10
2.ENGLAND 8 4 1 3 13- 8 9
3.Romania 8 2 4 2 5- 5 8
4.Switzerland 8 2 3 3 9-12 7
5.Norway 8 2 2 4 8-15 6
ENGLAND qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 3)
17.Oct 84 ENGLAND 5-0 Finland
14.Nov 84 Turkey 0-8 ENGLAND
27.Feb 85 Northern Ireland 0-1 ENGLAND
01.May 85 Romania 0-0 ENGLAND
22.May 85 Finland 1-1 ENGLAND
11.Sep 85 ENGLAND 1-1 Romania
16.Oct 85 ENGLAND 5-0 Turkey
13.Nov 85 ENGLAND 0-0 Northern Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ENGLAND 8 4 4 0 21- 2 12
2.Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 8- 5 10
3.Romania 8 3 3 2 12- 7 9
4.Finland 8 3 2 3 7-12 8
5.Turkey 8 0 1 7 2-24 1
ENGLAND qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
EUROPE (UEFA Group 2)
19.Oct 88 ENGLAND 0-0 Sweden
08.Mar 89 Albania 0-2 ENGLAND
26.Apr 89 ENGLAND 5-0 Albania
03.Jun 89 ENGLAND 3-0 Poland
06.Sep 89 Sweden 0-0 ENGLAND
11.Oct 89 Poland 0-0 ENGLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 6 4 2 0 9- 3 10
2.ENGLAND 6 3 3 0 10- 0 9
3.Poland 6 2 1 3 4- 8 5
4.Albania 6 0 0 6 3-15 0
ENGLAND qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 2)
14.Oct 92 ENGLAND 1-1 Norway
18.Nov 92 ENGLAND 4-0 Turkey
17.Feb 93 ENGLAND 6-0 San Marino
31.Mar 93 Turkey 0-2 ENGLAND
28.Apr 93 ENGLAND 2-2 Netherlands
29.May 93 Poland 1-1 ENGLAND
02.Jun 93 Norway 2-0 ENGLAND
08.Sep 93 ENGLAND 3-0 Poland
13.Oct 93 Netherlands 2-0 ENGLAND
17.Nov 93 San Marino 1-7 ENGLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Norway 10 7 2 1 25- 5 16
2.Netherlands 10 6 3 1 29- 9 15
3.ENGLAND 10 5 3 2 26- 9 13
4.Poland 10 3 2 5 10-15 8
5.Turkey 10 3 1 6 11-19 7
6.San Marino 10 0 1 9 2-46 1
ENGLAND failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 2)
01.Sep 96 Moldova 0-3 ENGLAND
09.Oct 96 ENGLAND 2-1 Poland
09.Nov 96 Georgia 0-2 ENGLAND
12.Feb 97 ENGLAND 0-1 Italy
30.Apr 97 ENGLAND 2-0 Georgia
31.May 97 Poland 0-2 ENGLAND
10.Sep 97 ENGLAND 4-0 Moldova
11.Oct 97 Italy 0-0 ENGLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ENGLAND 8 6 1 1 15- 2 19
2.Italy 8 5 3 0 11- 1 18
3.Poland 8 3 1 4 10-12 10
4.Georgia 8 3 1 4 7- 9 10
5.Moldova 8 0 0 8 2-21 0
ENGLAND qualified for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 9)
07.Oct 00 ENGLAND 0-1 Germany
11.Oct 00 Finland 0-0 ENGLAND
24.Mar 01 ENGLAND 2-1 Finland
28.Mar 01 Albania 1-3 ENGLAND
06.Jun 01 Greece 0-2 ENGLAND
01.Sep 01 Germany 1-5 ENGLAND
05.Sep 01 ENGLAND 2-0 Albania
06.Oct 01 ENGLAND 2-2 Greece
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ENGLAND 8 5 2 1 16- 6 17
2.Germany 8 5 2 1 14-10 17
3.Finland 8 3 3 2 12- 7 12
4.Greece 8 2 1 5 7-17 7
5.Albania 8 1 0 7 5-14 3
ENGLAND qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 6)
04.Sep 04 Austria 2-2 ENGLAND
08.Sep 04 Poland 1-2 ENGLAND
09.Oct 04 ENGLAND 2-0 Wales
13.Oct 04 Azerbaijan 0-1 ENGLAND
26.Mar 05 ENGLAND 4-0 Northern Ireland
30.Mar 05 ENGLAND 2-0 Azerbaijan
03.Sep 05 Wales 0-1 ENGLAND
07.Sep 05 Northern Ireland 1-0 ENGLAND
08.Oct 05 ENGLAND 1-0 Austria
12.Oct 05 ENGLAND 2-1 Poland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ENGLAND 10 8 1 1 17- 5 25
2.Poland 10 8 0 2 27- 9 24
3.Austria 10 4 3 3 15-12 15
4.Northern Ireland 10 2 3 5 10-18 9
5.Wales 10 2 2 6 10-15 8
6.Azerbaijan 10 0 3 7 1-21 3
ENGLAND qualified for Germany 2006.
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