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England national football team

Published on Wednesday, December 17th 2008. Edited by Hex Hascanegg, Mount Laurel, United States.

England

Shirt badge/Association crest

Nickname(s) The Three Lions

Association The Football Association

Head coach Flag of Italy Fabio Capello

Asst coach Flag of Italy Italo Galbiati Flag of England Stuart Pearce Flag of Italy Franco Baldini Flag of Italy Massimo Neri Flag of Italy Franco Tancredi

Captain John Terry

Most caps Peter Shilton (125)

Top scorer Bobby Charlton (49)

Home stadium Wembley Stadium

FIFA code ENG

First international

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Biggest win

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Biggest defeat

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The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Although most national teams worldwide represent a sovereign state, the four “Home Nations” making up the United Kingdom are each represented separately in most international tournaments.

England won the FIFA World Cup in 1966, when they hosted the event, and reached the semi-final in 1990. However, they are the least successful past World Champions, having only been in 2 top-four finishes – a wide margin from the other 6 champions (Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay and France have been to at least 4). England also reached the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship in 1968 and 1996 and they were the most successful of the “home nations”, in the British Home Championship with 54 wins (including 20 shared wins) before the competition was discontinued in 1984.

Traditionally, England’s greatest rivals have been Scotland, who were their opponents in the first-ever international football match back in 1872. Since regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s, other rivalries have become more prominent. Matches with Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters. England’s home ground is Wembley Stadium in London.

History

The England national football team is the oldest in the world, alongside Scotland. England played their first international match against Scotland, and at Scotland’s invitation, at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland on 30 November 1872. Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three “Home Nations” – Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The games were made competitive with the British Home Championship from 1883 to 1984.

Before Wembley was opened, England had had no permanent home ground. England joined FIFA in 1906, playing its first ever game outside the British Isles in 1908. However, the relationship between the two were strained, resulting in the British nations' departure from FIFA in 1928, before rejoining in 1946. As a result, England did not compete in a World Cup until 1950, in which they were beaten in a 1-0 defeat against the United States, failing to get past the first round. A 6-3 loss in 1953 to Hungary was England’s first ever defeat to a non-British team at Wembley.

Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as the first ever full time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963. Under Ramsey, England experienced its greatest ever success, winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final against West Germany 4-2 after extra time. Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick in the final. The 1966 World Cup was also held in England. Though England lost again to the Auld Enemy Scotland only a year later with a famous 3-2 for the Scots at Wembley. England qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico as reigning cup holders. They reached the Quarter-finals but were knocked out by West Germany. England had been 2 – 0 up but were eventually beaten 17-0 after extra time. For the 1974 and 1978 World Cups, England failed to qualify. In 1982, England under Ron Greenwood qualified for 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain after a 12-year absence and were eliminated from the second round without losing a match. The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup and finished fourth in the tournament four years later, which was the best performance in the World Cup since 1966.

Graham Taylor’s short reign as Robson’s successor ended after his England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but then the 1996 European Championships were held in England, and under new coach Terry Venables the team had its best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-final. The England team of the 1990s and 2000s has been consistently in football’s top twenty countries, but hasn’t progressed beyond the quarter finals of any international tournament apart from Italia 90 and Euro 96. Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge of the team between 2001 and 2006 and was the first non-English manager of England.

Steve McClaren was appointed as the head coach following the 2006 World Cup. The reign was marked with failure to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. McClaren was sacked on 22 November 2007, after only 16 months in charge and making him the shortest tenured full time England manager ever since the inauguration of the post in 1946. He has now been replaced by the former Real Madrid and AC Milan manager Fabio Capello. The Italian is the second foreign manager to coach England, after Eriksson, and is set to take charge of his first game on 6 February 2008, when England take on Switzerland in a friendly.

Home stadium

For the first 50 years of its existence, England played its home matches all around the country; for the first few years it used cricket grounds, before later moving on to football clubs' stadiums. England played their first match at Wembley Stadium in 1924 against Scotland, but for the next 27 years only used Wembley as a venue for Scotland matches.

In May 1951, Argentina became the first team other than Scotland to be played at Wembley, and by 1960, nearly all of England’s home matches were being played there. Between 1966 and 1995, England did not play a single home match anywhere else.

England’s last match at the old Wembley was against Germany on 7 October 2000, a game which England lost 1-0. Since then the team has played at 14 venues around the country, with Old Trafford having been the most used. The FA have ruled that England will play all of their home matches at the new Wembley until at least 2036. The main reason for this is financial. The FA did not own the old Wembley Stadium, but it does own the new one, and has taken on debts of hundreds of millions of pounds to pay for it. Thus it needs to maximise the revenue from England matches, and does not wish to share it with the owners of other grounds.

The new Wembley held its first international game in March 2007, when England U21s played Italy U21s in front of 55,700 people. The match was drawn 3-3, with David Bentley scoring the first goal in an England shirt at the new stadium. Italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini scored the first goal, after just 29 seconds, as well completing the first Wembley hat-trick in the 68th minute.

England on tour

In the seven years between the last game prior to demolition against Germany and the first in the new stadium against Brazil, England played a total of 34 home games at 14 different stadiums. Of those, the record was 22 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. In competitive games (World Cup and European Championship qualifiers), the record stands at 11 victories and 3 draws from 14 games. The stadia utilised were as follows:

Kits

England have traditionally worn white shirts with navy shorts and white socks. Their away kit is red shirts, white shorts and red socks. Other away kits worn by England have included blue shirts during the 1930s, ‘40s and '50s and pale blue (first used during the 1970 World Cup and again from 1986 – 1992 as a rarely-used third choice kit). In 1973. England wore a change kit of yellow shirts and socks with blue shorts, and at UEFA Euro 96 an all-grey kit was used as a second choice strip. This deviation from tradition was so unpopular amongst supporters that since then, England’s away kit has remained red.

In modern times England’s kit has been supplied by Umbro, with the exception of the years 1974 – 1984 when it was manufactured by Admiral.

England rotates its kits every two years, with a new home kit released at the beginning of every odd numbered year and a new away kit released at the beginning of every even numbered year. The previous home kit (used during the 2006 FIFA World Cup) made its final appearance on 15 November 2006 against the Netherlands. A new kit was released on 5 February 2007 and was first used on 7 February 2007 against Spain. The jersey has a single red stripe partially across the front of the shoulders. The crest and gold star appear on the left of the chest, with the Umbro logo, now gold, and the front shirt number appearing on the right. This symmetry also applies to the away jersey. There are now Umbro diamonds on the top of the right shoulder. A navy and white stripe depicting the three lions appears on the sides. The numbering and lettering font and colour is the same as the previous two home jerseys, and continues with silver Umbro diamonds, first seen in 2005. The new red away kit will be unveiled on the 6th of February 2008 when England play Switzerland in a friendly match, and available to buy on 13th March 2008.

Player names and numbers

For the first 65 years of competition, England footballers' shirts contained no identifying names or numbers. Numbers were first worn in 1922 in a match against Scotland in Birmingham. They quickly became associated with a certain position, so to describe someone as ‘England’s number 9’ would be to describe a player as the best choice for centre forward. This terminology continues today, and the team has kept to the tradition of numbering players from 1 to 11 (12 upwards for substitutes), outside of major tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Football Championship, where permanent squad numbers are required.

Numbers are traditionally associated with a certain position, but there are no set rules. Furthermore, established players will tend to use the same number whenever they play.

The first time that England wore names on their jerseys was at EURO 99 in Sweden. They have since worn player names on their jerseys at every major tournament. However, it was nine more years before names were worn outside major tournaments. This was due to the fact that England would issue new numbers (and therefore new jerseys) for every game. Outside the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship, England first wore player names for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on 6 October 2007 against Greece at Old Trafford, london. With new technology, player names can now be affixed to the jerseys as late as the day of the match, although occasionally with the odd error, such as when Peter Crouch wore 21 (his squad number) on the front of his shirt and shorts, and 12 (erroneously) on his back for a game against Uruguay in early 2006.

Results and fixtures

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Forthcoming fixtures

WCQ: Andorra v England (Live on Setanta Sports)

Recent results

This is a list of match results from the past year. Goal scorers in brackets.

England squad

The English national squad

Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut

Goalkeepers

David James August 31, 1970 (age 37) Flag of England Portsmouth 35 (0) v Mexico, 29 March 1997

Chris Kirkland May 2, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Wigan Athletic 1 (0) v Greece, 16 August 2006 v Spain, February 2007

Scott Carson September 3, 1985 (age 22) Flag of England Aston Villa (on loan from Liverpool) 2 (0) v Austria, 16 November 2007

Defenders

Ashley Cole December 20, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England Chelsea 61 (0) v Albania, 28 March 2001

Wayne Bridge August 5, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England Chelsea 27 (1) v Netherlands, 13 February 2002

Micah Richards June 24, 1988 (age 19) Flag of England Manchester City 11 (1) v Netherlands, 15 November 2006

Joleon Lescott August 16, 1982 (age 25) Flag of England Everton 4 (0) v Estonia, 13 October 2007

Midfielders

Steven Gerrard © May 30, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England Liverpool 63 (12) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000

Joe Cole November 8, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Chelsea 47 (7) v Mexico, 25 May 2001

Owen Hargreaves January 20, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Manchester United 39 (0) v Netherlands, 15 August 2001

Shaun Wright-Phillips October 25, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Chelsea 18 (3) v Ukraine, 18 August 2004

Stewart Downing July 22, 1984 (age 23) Flag of England Middlesbrough 16 (0) v Netherlands, 9 February 2005

Gareth Barry February 23, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Aston Villa 16 (0) v Ukraine, 31 May 2000

David Bentley August 27, 1984 (age 23) Flag of England Blackburn Rovers 2 (0) v Israel, 8 September 2007

Ashley Young July 9, 1985 (age 22) Flag of England Aston Villa 1 (0) v Austria, 16 November 2007

Strikers

Jermain Defoe October 7, 1982 (age 25) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 26 (3) v Sweden, 31 March 2004

Peter Crouch January 30, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Liverpool 24 (14) v Colombia, 31 May 2005

Alan Smith October 28, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England Newcastle United 19 (1) v Mexico, 25 May 2001

Darren Bent February 6, 1984 (age 23) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 3 (0) v Uruguay, 1 March 2006

Wayne Rooney October 24, 1985 (age 22) Flag of England Manchester United 40 (14) v Australia, 12 February 2003

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last twelve months:

Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup

Goalkeepers

Ben Foster April 3, 1983 (age 24) Flag of England Manchester United 1 (0) v Spain, 7 February 2007 v Israel / Andorra March 2007

Paul Robinson October 15, 1979 (age 28) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 41 (0) v Australia, 12 February 2003 Defenders

Gary Neville February 18, 1975 (age 32) Flag of England Manchester United 85 (0) v Japan 3 June 1995 v Israel / Andorra March 2007

Rio Ferdinand November 7, 1978 (age 29) Flag of England Manchester United 64 (2) v Cameroon, November 15, 1997 v Israel / Russia October 2007

John Terry © December 7, 1980 (age 26) Flag of England Chelsea 42 (3) v Serbia & Montenegro, 3 June 2003 v Israel / Russia September 2007

Luke Young July 19, 1979 (age 28) Flag of England Middlesbrough 7 (0) v USA, 28 May 2005 v Israel / Andorra March 2007

Jonathan Woodgate January 22, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England Middlesbrough 6 (0) v Bulgaria, 9 June 1999 v Israel / Andorra March 2007

Michael Dawson November 19, 1983 (age 23) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0) N/A v Brazil / Estonia May 2007

Steven Taylor January 23, 1986 (age 21) Flag of England Newcastle United 0 (0) N/A v Germany August 2007

Midfielders

Michael Carrick July 28, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Manchester United 14 (0) v Mexico 25 May 2001 v Israel / Russia September 2007

Aaron Lennon April 16, 1987 (age 20) Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur 9 (0) v Jamaica 3 June 2006 v Brazil / Estonia May 2007

Scott Parker October 13, 1980 (age 27) Flag of England West Ham United 3 (0) v Denmark 16 November 2003 v Israel / Andorra March 2007

Strikers

Emile Heskey January 11, 1978 (age 29) Flag of England Wigan Athletic 45 (5) v Hungary 28 April 1999 v Switzerland February 2008

Andrew Johnson February 10, 1981 (age 26) Flag of England Everton 8 (0) v Netherlands, 9 February 2005 v Israel / Russia September 2007

David Nugent May 2, 1985 (age 22) Flag of England Portsmouth 1 (1) v Andorra, March 28, 2007 v Israel / Andorra March 2007

Gabriel Agbonlahor October 13, 1986 (age 21) Flag of England Aston Villa 0 (0) N/A , v Switzerland February 2008

Michael Owen December 14, 1979 (age 28) Flag of England Newcastle United 88 (40) v Chile, February 11, 1998 v Israel / Russia October 2007

Coaching staff

Unveiled on 17 December 2007; Take up positions on 7 January 2008

Manager Flag of Italy Fabio Capello

Assistant Manager Flag of Italy Italo Galbiati

Coach Flag of Italy Franco Baldini Flag of England Stuart Pearce

Fitness Coach Flag of Italy Massimo Neri

Goalkeeping Coach Flag of Italy Franco Tancredi

Physiotherapist Flag of England Gary Lewin

Team Doctor Flag of Sweden Dr. Leif Swärd

Masseurs Flag of England Chris Neville

Flag of England Steve Slattery

Flag of England Rod Thornley

Kit Managers Flag of England Martin Grogan

Flag of Scotland Tom McKechnie

Flag of England Josh Wallis

Team Chef Flag of England Roger Narbett

Previous squads

Competition history

FIFA World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA

Flag of Uruguay 1930

Did Not Enter

–

–

–

Flag of Italy 1934

Did Not Enter

–

–

–

Flag of France 1938

Did Not Enter

–

–

–

Flag of Brazil 1950 Round 1 11 3 1 0 2 2 2

Flag of Switzerland 1954 Quarter-finals 6 3 1 1 1 8 8

Flag of Sweden 1958 Round 1 11 4 0 3 1 4 5

Flag of Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 8 4 1 1 2 5 6

Flag of England 1966 Champions 1 6 5 1 0 11 3

Flag of Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 8 4 2 0 2 4 4

Flag of West Germany 1974

Did not Qualify

–

–

–

Flag of Argentina 1978

Did not Qualify

–

–

–

Flag of Spain 1982 Group Round 2 6 5 3 2 0 6 1

Flag of Mexico 1986 Quarter-finals 8 5 2 1 2 7 3

Flag of Italy 1990 Semi-Finals 4 7 3 3 1 8 6

Flag of the United States 1994

Did not Qualify

–

–

–

Flag of France 1998 Round 2 9 4 2 1 1 7 4

Flag of South KoreaFlag of Japan 2002 Quarter-finals 6 5 2 2 1 6 3

Flag of Germany 2006 Quarter-finals 7 5 3 2 0 6 2

Total 12/15 1 Title 55 25 17 13 74 47

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA

Flag of France 1960

Did not enter

–

–

–

Flag of Spain 1964

Did not Qualify

–

–

–

Flag of Italy 1968 Third Place 2 1 0 1 2 1

Flag of Belgium 1972

Did not Qualify

–

–

–

Flag of Yugoslavia 1976

Did not Qualify

–

–

–

Flag of Italy 1980 Round 1 3 1 1 1 3 3

Flag of France 1984

Did not Qualify

–

–

–

Flag of West Germany 1988 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 7

Flag of Sweden 1992 Round 1 3 0 2 1 1 2

Flag of England 1996 Semi Finals 5 2 3 0 8 3

Flag of BelgiumFlag of the Netherlands 2000 Round 1 3 1 0 2 5 6

Flag of Portugal 2004 Quarter Finals 4 2 1 1 10 6

Flag of AustriaFlag of Switzerland 2008

Did not Qualify

–

–

–

Total 7/13 23 7 7 9 31 28

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Minor tournaments

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA

Flag of Brazil 1964 Taça de Nações Group Stage 3rd 3 0 1 2 2 7

Flag of the United States 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament Group Stage 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 4

Flag of Scotland 1985 Rous Cup 1 Match 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 1

Flag of Mexico 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament Group Stage 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 3

Flag of Mexico 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament Group Stage 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 1

Flag of England 1986 Rous Cup Champions 1 Match 1st 1 1 0 0 2 1

Flag of EnglandFlag of Scotland 1987 Rous Cup Group Stage 2nd 2 0 2 0 1 1

Flag of EnglandFlag of Scotland 1988 Rous Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1

Flag of EnglandFlag of Scotland 1989 Rous Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 2 0

Flag of England 1991 The England Challenge Cup Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3

Flag of the United States 1993 U.S. Cup Group Stage 4th 3 0 1 2 2 5

Flag of England 1995 Umbro Cup Group Stage 2nd 3 1 1 1 6 7

Flag of France 1997 Tournoi de France Champions Group Stage 1st 3 2 0 1 3 1

Flag of Morocco 1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament Group Stage 2nd 2 1 1 0 1 0

Flag of England 2004 FA Summer Tournament Champions Group Stage 1st 2 1 1 0 7 2

Total 6 Titles 55 25 17 13 74 47

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Player history

Notable past players

Most capped England players

As of 21 November 2007, the players with the most caps for England are:

Name Career Caps Goals Goals per game

1 Peter Shilton 1970 – 1990 125 0 0

2 Bobby Moore 1962 – 1973 108 2 0.0185

3 Bobby Charlton 1958 – 1970 106 49 0.4623

4 Billy Wright 1946 – 1959 105 3 0.0286

5 David Beckham 1996 – 0000 99 17 0.1734

6 Bryan Robson 1980 – 1991 90 26 0.2889

7 Michael Owen 1998 – 0000 88 40 0.4545

8 Kenny Sansom 1979 – 1988 86 1 0.0116

9 Gary Neville 1995 – 0000 85 0 0

10 Ray Wilkins 1976 – 1986 84 3 0.0357

Top England goalscorers

Player Career Goals per game

1 Bobby Charlton 1958 – 1970 49 (106) 0.4623

2 Gary Lineker 1984 – 1992 48 (80) 0.6000

3 Jimmy Greaves 1959 – 1967 44 (57) 0.7719

4 Michael Owen 1998 – 0000 40 (88) 0.4545

5 Tom Finney 1946 – 1958 30 (76) 0.3947

= Nat Lofthouse 1950 – 1958 30 (33) 0.9091

= Alan Shearer 1992 – 2000 30 (63) 0.4762

8 Viv Woodward 1903 – 1911 29 (23) 1.2609

9 Steve Bloomer 1895 – 1907 28 (23) 1.2174

10 David Platt 1989 – 1996 27 (62) 0.4355

England captains

Player England career Captain (Total caps)

1 Billy Wright 1946 – 1959 090 (105)

Bobby Moore 1962 – 1973 090 (108)

3 Bryan Robson 1980 – 1991 65 (90)

4 David Beckham 1996 – 2007 58 (99)

5 Alan Shearer 1992 – 2000 34 (63)

6 Kevin Keegan 1972 – 1982 31 (63)

7 Emlyn Hughes 1969 – 1980 23 (62)

8 Bob Crompton 1902 – 1914 22 (41)

Johnny Haynes 1954 – 1962 22 (56)

10 Eddie Hapgood 1933 – 1939 21 (30)

England managers

Manager England career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %

Winterbottom, WalterWalter Winterbottom 1946 – 1962 139 78 33 28 56.12

Ramsey, AlfAlf Ramsey 1963 – 1974 113 69 27 17 61.06

Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer (caretaker) 1974 7 3 3 1 42.86

Revie, DonDon Revie 1974 – 1977 29 14 8 7 48.28

Greenwood, RonRon Greenwood 1977 – 1982 55 33 12 10 60.00

Robson, BobbyBobby Robson 1982 – 1990 95 47 30 18 49.47

Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor 1990 – 1993 38 18 13 7 47.37

Venables, TerryTerry Venables 1994 – 1996 23 11 11 1 47.83

Hoddle, GlennGlenn Hoddle 1996 – 1999 28 17 6 5 60.71

Keegan, KevinKevin Keegan 1999 – 2000 18 7 7 4 38.89

Eriksson, Sven-GöranSven-Göran Eriksson 2001 – 2006 67 40 17 10 59.70

McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren 2006 – 2007 18 9 4 5 50.00

Capello, FabioFabio Capello 2008 – 0 0 0 0 0.00

England fans' Player of the Year

Titles

Preceded by 1962 – Brazil Flag of Brazil World Champions 1966 (First title) Succeeded by 1970 – Brazil Flag of Brazil

Football in England

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Northern Premier (Prem, 1N, 1S) List of clubs Football League Trophy

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Records FA NLS Cup

Foreign players

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     Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – Africa Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – Viva World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup finalists

Champions: Italy

Runners-up: France

Third place: Germany 

Fourth place: Portugal 

Eliminated in Quarter-finals: Argentina • Brazil • England • Ukraine

Eliminated in Round of 16: Australia • Ecuador • Ghana • Mexico • Netherlands • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland

Eliminated in Group Stage: Angola • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Croatia • Czech Republic • Iran • Japan • Korea Republic • Paraguay • Poland • Saudi Arabia • Serbia & Montenegro • Togo • Trinidad and Tobago • Tunisia • United States

FIFA World Cup Winners

5 titles: Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 & 2002) 4 titles: Italy (1934, 1938, 1982 & 2006) 3 titles: Germany (1954, 1974 & 1990) 2 titles: Uruguay (1930 & 1950) • Argentina (1978 & 1986) 1 title: England (1966) • France (1998)

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