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The England national football team have represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by the Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA.
England competed in the first official international football match on 30 November 1872, a 0–0 draw with Scotland at Hamilton Crescent. [1] England have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played in 10 or more matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below.
England reached the semi-finals in 1968 and 1996 with the latter held on home soil. England's most capped player is Peter Shilton with 125 caps and its top goalscorer is Harry Kane with 68 goals. England compete in the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, and UEFA Nations League.
For example, William Leslie Poole, a teacher at the English High School in Montevideo, is acknowledged as the founder of the first football club and league in Uruguay. [15] Particularly in London and Sheffield, with Sheffield Football Club, founded in 1857, is recognised today as the world's oldest surviving independent football club. [16]
England finished first in their World Cup qualifying group with eight wins and two draws, scoring 18 goals and conceding just three. [220] At the World Cup, England were drawn in a group with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama. [221] [222] They began by beating Tunisia 2–1, with two goals from their captain Harry Kane, including a stoppage-time ...
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A provisional 30-man England squad for the 2010 World Cup was announced on 11 May 2010. [4] This was then reduced to the official 23-man squad, announced on 1 June 2010. [ 5 ] The seven players dropped from the provisional squad were Leighton Baines , Darren Bent , Michael Dawson , Tom Huddlestone , Adam Johnson , Scott Parker and Theo Walcott ...
James Peter Greaves MBE (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.Regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of England's best ever players, he is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer with 44 goals, which includes an English record of six hat-tricks, and is Tottenham Hotspur's second-highest all-time ...