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Wales played its first competitive match on 25 March 1876 against Scotland in Glasgow, making it the third-oldest international football team in the world. Although the Scots won the first fixture 4–0, a return match was planned in Wales the following year, and so it was that the first international football match on Welsh soil took place at ...
The Wales national side had reached the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Championships but suffered a controversial defeat to Yugoslavia and failed to reach the finals. [a] [2] The team's competitiveness had raised optimism amongst supporters ahead of qualifying for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but this was eroded quickly as they suffered a 1–0 defeat against Scotland in their first ...
The Football Association of Wales (FAW), was established in 1876 to oversee the Wales national team and govern the sport in Wales, later creating and running the Welsh football league system. [4] Welsh professional club teams traditionally played in the same leagues as their English counterparts, structured into regional divisions.
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Wales football team may refer to: Wales national football team. Wales national under-21 football team; Wales national under-20 football team; Wales national under-19 football team; Wales national under-18 football team; Wales national under-17 football team; Wales women's national football team; Wales national semi-professional football team
For lists of Wales national football team results see: Wales national football team results 1876–99; Wales national football team results 1900–14; Wales national football team results 1920–39; Wales national football team results 1946–59; Wales national football team results 1960–79; Wales national football team results 1980–99 ...
When the Football League added further restrictions on releasing players ahead of the following tournament to avoid fixture clashes, Wales were forced to call-up a mixture of non-league and lower division players which led to the side being dubbed by media outlets as "Keenor and the ten unknowns", in reference to team captain Fred Keenor and ...
The history of the Wales national football team spans the period from 1876, when the side played its first international fixture, to the present time. For detail on individual periods of the team's history, see one of the following articles: History of the Wales national football team (1876–1976)