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The England National Football Team
The England national football team represents England in international football competitions such as the World Cup and the European Championships. It is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.
As the founders of the game and sport, England's governing body is the only one to use the acronym FA without a preceding letter signifying national affiliation as the English would believe it redundant.
Due to historical precedent, and continuing national sentiment among them, each of the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom possesses its own separate football association, domestic league and national team. Because the IOC does not accept regional representative teams, England, like the other three, do not compete in Olympic football.
England are by far the most successful of the Home Nations, having won the 1966 World Cup and the British Home Championship outright thirty-four times, as many as the other three nations have won outright altogether.
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| Nickname(s) | The Three Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | The Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Fabio Capello | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asst coach | Italo Galbiati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | John Terry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Peter Shilton (125) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Sir Bobby Charlton (49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Wembley Stadium (London) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | ENG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 4 (December 1997/September 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 27 (February 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 1 (1872-1876 1892-1911 1966-1970 1987-1988) |
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| Lowest Elo ranking | 17 (1928) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Scotland
0 - 0 England  (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) |
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 Ireland
0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) |
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 Hungary
7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 12 (First in 1950) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 7 (First in 1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 1968: Third, 1996 Semi-finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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