The England national football team represents England in men’s international football since the first ever international match in 1872. The team is controlled by The Football Association, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football’s governing body FIFA. Also known as The Three Lions, England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations; the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. England is the joint oldest national team in football, having played in the world’s first international football match against Scotland. They won the 1966 World Cup and are one of only eight nations to have been crowned world champions. Since first entering the tournament in 1950, England has qualified for the World Cup 15 times, and finished
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The England national football team represents England in men’s international football since the first ever international match in 1872. The team is controlled by The Football Association, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football’s governing body FIFA. Also known as The Three Lions, England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations; the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. England’s home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and their training headquarters is at St George’s Park, Burton upon Trent. England is the joint oldest national team in football, having played in the world’s first international football match against Scotland. They won the 1966 World Cup and are one of only eight nations to have been crowned world champions. Since first entering the tournament in 1950, England has qualified for the World Cup 15 times, and finished fourth in both 1990 and 2018. England, as a constituent country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and therefore the national team does not compete at the Olympic Games. The national team is currently coached by Gareth Southgate, who has been in charge of the team since January 2018. The FA announced that Southgate will be the new manager of the England national team for the 2018 World Cup in Brazil. England are currently ranked No. 2 in the FIFA rankings, behind Germany. The England national soccer team was formed at the same time as Scotland, and played exclusively with the other three Home Nations in the British Home Championship for 40 years.
They joined FIFA in 1906 and played their first ever games against countries other than the Home Nations on a tour of Central Europe in 1908. The relationship between England and FIFA became strained, and this resulted in their departure from FIFA in 1928, before they rejoined in 1946. They did not compete in a World Cup until 1950, in which they were beaten in a 1–0 defeat by the United States, failing to get past the first round in one of the most embarrassing defeats in the team’s history. Their first defeat on home soil to a foreign team was a 2–0 loss to Ireland, on 21 September 1949 at Goodison Park. Wembley Stadium was opened in 1923 and became their home ground. In UEFA Euro 1968, the team reached the semi-finals for the first time, being eliminated by Yugoslavia. Although the team failed to qualify for either UEFA Euro 1984, they reached the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup. They were eliminated at the second group stage by Argentina in a famous game made famous by Bobby Robson in the second game of the tournament. They have never won the UEFA Euro Championship, with their best performances being third-place finishes in 1968 and 1996, the latter as hosts. They are the only nation to have won the European Championship more than once, with the most recent coming in 1996, when they won the tournament as hosts of the European Championships. England have never reached the final of a major international tournament.
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