England women's national football team all-time record

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England won the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final against Germany.

The following tables show the England women's national football team's all-time international record. The statistics are composed of FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Championship matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.[note 1]

Following a UEFA recommendation in 1972 for national associations to incorporate the women's game, the Football Association (FA) rescinded its 50-year ban on women playing at English Football League grounds.[1][2] Shortly after, Eric Worthington was tasked by the Women's Football Association (WFA) to assemble an official women's national team. England competed in its first officially recognised international match against Scotland in Greenock on 18 November 1972, 100 years to the month after the first men's international between the same two nations.[3] England overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat Scotland opponents 3–2, with Sylvia Gore scoring England's first international goal.[4] Prior to this, an English team had played a series of unofficial matches at the 1969 Coppa Europa per Nazioni, and the 1970 and 1971 editions of a "World Championships" held in Italy and Mexico respectively. None of the competitions were sanctioned by FIFA, UEFA, or national associations, and some were contested by club teams acting as de facto national teams.[5][6][7]

England have contested 470 matches against 53 different national teams. Of these teams, England have not lost to 31 of them, having earned a perfect 100% winning record against 23 of these teams. West Germany is the only team England has played at least one fixture against and never failed to beat having lost both games against them although England has beaten Germany, the team's successor following the reunification of Germany in 1990.

Performances[edit]

Last match updated on 9 April 2024

Performance by competition[edit]

Competition Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff Win % Loss %
FIFA Women's World Cup 33 20 5 8 56 34 +22 61% 24%
FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 64 48 7 9 246 30 +216 75% 14%
UEFA Women's Euros 34 17 3 14 62 53 +9 50% 41%
UEFA Women's Euros qualification 82 55 15 12 226 58 +168 67% 15%
UEFA Nations League 6 4 0 2 15 8 +7 67% 33%
UEFA–CONMEBOL Finalissima 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0% 0%
Competitive total 220 144 31 45 606 184 +422 65% 20%
International friendlies 161 78 25 58 296 210 +86 48% 36%
Minor tournaments 89 44 21 24 155 92 +63 49% 27%
Overall total 470 266 77 127 1057 485 +571 57% 27%

Performance by manager[edit]

Years Manager Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff Win % Loss %
1972 England Eric Worthington 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100% 0%
1973 England John Adams 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 100% 0%
1973–1979 England Tom Tranter 23 15 1 7 61 24 +37 65% 30%
1979 England John Sims 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 50% 25%
1979 England Mike Rawding 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0% 0%
1980–1991 England Martin Reagan 71 38 14 19 156 68 +88 54% 27%
1991 Wales Barrie Williams 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 43% 29%
1992 England John Bilton 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 67% 33%
1993–1998 England Ted Copeland 35 15 5 15 78 58 +20 43% 43%
1998 England Dick Bate 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0% 100%
1998–2013 England Hope Powell 163 85 32 46 306 197 +109 52% 28%
2006 and 2013 England Brent Hills 5 4 0 1 21 5 +16 80% 20%
2013–2017 Wales Mark Sampson 59 38 8 13 131 36 +95 64% 22%
2017–2018 England Mo Marley 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8 67% 33%
2018–2021 England Phil Neville 35 19 5 11 60 33 +27 54% 31%
2021 Norway Hege Riise 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 33% 67%
2021–present Netherlands Sarina Wiegman 49 37 8 4 181 28 +153 76% 8%
Total 470 266 77 127 1057 486 +571 57% 27%

Competition records[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup finals record Qualification record Manager(s)
Year Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did not qualify UEFA Women's Euro 1991 Reagan
Sweden 1995 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 6 9 Squad UEFA Women's Euro 1995 Copeland
United States 1999 Did not qualify 8 3 0 5 9 12 Copeland, Bate, Powell
United States 2003 10 3 3 4 12 10 Powell
China 2007 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 8 6 Squad 8 6 2 0 29 2
Germany 2011 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 2 0 6 3 Squad 10 9 1 0 35 4
Canada 2015 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 10 7 Squad 10 10 0 0 52 1 Hills, Sampson
France 2019 Fourth place 4th 7 5 0 2 13 5 Squad 8 7 1 0 29 1 Sampson, Marley, Neville
Australia New Zealand 2023 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 13 4 Squad 10 10 0 0 80 0 Wiegman
2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 0 titles 6/9 33 20 5 8 56 34 — 63 47 7 9 236 30 —
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. ***Prior to the introduction of a UEFA qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 1991 and 1995 UEFA Women's European Championships also served as UEFA's qualifying tournament for the first two World Cups.

UEFA Women's European Championship[edit]

UEFA Women's European Championship finals record Qualification record Manager(s)[8]
Year Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Gp Pos Pld W D L GF GA P/R Rnk
England Italy Denmark Sweden 1984 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 4 2 Squad 2 1st 6 6 0 0 24 1 – Reagan
Norway 1987 Fourth place 4th 2 0 0 2 3 5 Squad 2 1st 6 6 0 0 34 2 – Reagan
West Germany 1989 Did not qualify 1 3rd 6 2 1 3 6 10 – Reagan
Denmark 1991 3 2nd 8 2 3 3 5 8 –
Italy 1993 3 1st 6 4 0 2 11 7 – Bilton
England Germany Norway Sweden 1995 Semi-finals 3rd 2 0 0 2 2 6 Squad 7 1st 8 6 2 0 33 2 – Copeland
Norway Sweden 1997 Did not qualify 3 2nd 8 4 2 2 19 6 – Copeland
Germany 2001 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 1 8 Squad 2 2nd 8 5 1 2 12 14 – Powell
England 2005 Group stage 7th 3 1 0 2 4 5 Squad Qualified as hosts
Finland 2009 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 12 14 Squad 1 1st 8 6 2 0 24 4 –
Sweden 2013 Group stage 12th 3 0 1 2 3 7 Squad 6 1st 8 6 2 0 22 2 –
Netherlands 2017 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 0 1 11 4 Squad 7 1st 8 7 1 0 32 1 – Sampson
England 2022 Winners 1st 6 6 0 0 22 2 Squad Qualified as hosts Wiegman
Switzerland 2025 To be determined A3[a] 2 1 1 0 3 1 Wiegman
Total 1 title 9/13 34 17 3 14 62 53 — — — 82 55 15 12 226 58 — — —
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. ***Third place includes all tournaments where England reached the semi-finals after Euro 1993 as the third place play-offs were not played in subsequent editions of the tournament.

UEFA Women's Nations League[edit]

UEFA Nations League league phase record Finals record Manager(s)
Season LG GP Pos Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK Year Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
2023–24 A 1 2nd 6 4 0 2 15 8 Same position 5th France Netherlands Spain 2024 Did not qualify Wiegman
2025–26 To be determined 2026 To be determined
Total 6 4 0 2 15 8 — 0/1 0 titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation(s) for finals stage matches.

Minor tournaments[edit]

Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
Italy 1969 Unofficial European Championship Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 5 4
England 1976 Pony Home Championship Winners, group stage 1st 2 2 0 0 9 1
Italy 1979 Unofficial European Championship Semi-finals 4th 4 2 1 1 6 4
Japan 1981 Mundialito Group stage 3rd 2 1 0 1 4 1
Italy 1984 Mundialito Semi-finals 3rd 4 1 2 1 4 5
Italy 1985 Mundialito Winners 1st 4 2 1 1 7 5
Italy 1988 Mundialito Winners 1st 4 3 1 0 8 2
France 1989 Four Nations Runners-up 2nd 2 1 1 0 2 0
United States 1990 North America Cup Group stage 3rd 3 0 1 2 2 7
Portugal 2002 Algarve Cup Group stage 9th 4 1 0 3 8 12
Portugal 2005 Algarve Cup Group stage 8th 4 3 1 0 13 0
China 2007 Four Nations Tournament Group stage 4th 3 0 2 1 1 3
Cyprus 2009 Cyprus Cup Winners 1st 4 3 1 0 14 3
Cyprus 2010 Cyprus Cup Group stage 5th 4 2 1 1 6 5
South Korea 2010 Peace Queen Cup Group stage 2nd 2 0 2 0 0 0
Cyprus 2011 Cyprus Cup Group stage 5th 4 2 0 2 4 4
Cyprus 2012 Cyprus Cup Group stage 4th 4 2 0 2 5 7
Cyprus 2013 Cyprus Cup Winners 1st 4 3 1 0 12 7
Cyprus 2014 Cyprus Cup Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 7 2
Cyprus 2015 Cyprus Cup Winners 1st 4 3 1 0 8 2
China 2015 Yongchuan International Tournament Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 2 2
United States 2016 SheBelieves Cup Group stage 3rd 3 0 1 2 1 3
United States 2017 SheBelieves Cup Group stage 3rd 3 1 0 2 2 3
United States 2018 SheBelieves Cup Runners-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 6 4
United States 2019 SheBelieves Cup Winners 1st 3 2 1 0 7 3
United States 2020 SheBelieves Cup Group stage 3rd 3 1 0 2 1 3
England 2022 Arnold Clark Cup Winners 1st 3 1 2 0 4 2
England 2023 Arnold Clark Cup Winners 1st 3 3 0 0 12 2
Total 9 titles 89 44 21 24 155 92

Head-to-head record[edit]

Key
Positive balance (more wins)
Neutral balance (wins = losses)
Negative balance (more losses)

Last match updated on 9 April 2024

Opponent[9] Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff Win % Loss % First match Last match
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 100% 0% 17 September 2007 14 June 2019
 Australia 7 4 1 2 9 6 +3 57% 29% 4 September 2003 16 August 2023
 Austria 10 10 0 0 32 3 +29 100% 0% 1 September 2005 23 February 2024
 Belarus 4 4 0 0 19 1 +18 100% 0% 11 February 2010 11 February 2010
 Belgium 16 11 3 2 40 12 +28 69% 13% 31 October 1978 31 October 2023
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 4 0 0 8 0 +8 100% 0% 29 November 2015 10 April 2018
 Brazil 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 50% 25% 6 October 2018 6 April 2023
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100% 0% 23 June 2019 23 June 2019
 Canada 15 7 1 7 14 20 −6 47% 47% 6 September 1995 17 February 2022
 China 6 2 1 3 9 7 +2 33% 50% 15 March 2005 1 August 2023
 Colombia 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 100% 0% 17 June 2015 12 August 2023
 Croatia 4 4 0 0 16 0 +16 100% 0% 19 November 1995 19 September 2012
 Czech Republic 5 3 2 0 12 4 +8 60% 0% 26 May 2005 11 October 2022
 Denmark 18 9 3 6 21 20 +1 50% 33% 19 May 1979 28 July 2023
 Estonia 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 100% 0% 21 September 2015 15 September 2016
 Finland 13 9 4 0 29 13 +16 69% 0% 19 July 1979 4 March 2015
 France 25 4 9 12 21 30 −9 16% 48% 22 April 1973 9 April 2021
 Germany 26 3 4 19 21 62 −41 12% 73% 25 November 1990 31 July 2022
 Haiti 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100% 0% 22 July 2023 22 July 2023
 Hungary 2 2 0 0 15 0 +15 100% 0% 27 October 2005 11 May 2006
 Iceland 10 8 1 1 19 7 +12 80% 10% 17 May 1992 16 July 2009
 Italy 33 12 6 15 51 54 −3 36% 45% 2 June 1976 27 February 2024
 Japan 9 6 2 1 20 5 +15 67% 11% 6 September 1981 11 November 2022
 Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 100% 0% 28 November 2017 4 September 2018
 Latvia 2 2 0 0 30 0 +30 100% 0% 26 October 2021 30 November 2021
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 20 0 +20 100% 0% 21 September 2021 6 September 2022
 Malta 2 2 0 0 14 0 +14 100% 0% 25 October 2009 20 May 2010
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 67% 0% 13 March 2005 13 June 2015
 Montenegro 2 2 0 0 19 0 +19 100% 0% 5 April 2014 17 September 2014
 Netherlands 23 14 4 5 35 19 +16 61% 22% 9 November 1973 1 December 2023
 New Zealand 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 50% 25% 21 October 2010 1 June 2019
 Nigeria 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 25% 50% 10 June 1995 7 August 2023
 Norway 22 6 3 13 25 41 −16 27% 59% 27 May 1990 15 November 2022
 Northern Ireland 13 13 0 0 70 3 +67 100% 0% 7 September 1973 15 July 2022
 North Macedonia 2 2 0 0 18 0 +18 100% 0% 17 September 2021 8 April 2022
 Portugal 10 7 3 0 23 4 +19 70% 0% 11 February 1996 1 July 2023
 Republic of Ireland 9 9 0 0 33 1 +32 100% 0% 2 May 1978 9 April 2024
 Romania 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 100% 0% 13 September 1998 11 October 1998
 Russia 8 4 3 1 23 9 +14 50% 13% 24 June 2001 8 June 2018
 Scotland 28 25 1 2 95 16 +79 89% 7% 18 November 1972 5 December 2023
 Serbia 4 3 1 0 18 2 +16 75% 0% 17 September 2011 7 June 2016
 Slovenia 4 4 0 0 28 0 +28 100% 0% 25 September 1993 21 June 2012
 South Africa 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 100% 0% 5 March 2009 24 February 2010
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 67% 0% 19 October 2010 16 February 2023
 Soviet Union 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 60% 20% 11 August 1990 8 September 1991
 Spain 17 7 6 4 22 17 +5 41% 24% 19 December 1993 20 August 2023
 Sweden 28 4 9 15 26 49 −23 14% 54% 15 June 1975 5 April 2024
 Switzerland 11 10 1 0 34 6 +28 91% 0% 19 April 1975 30 June 2022
 Turkey 4 4 0 0 18 0 +18 100% 0% 26 November 2009 31 October 2013
 Ukraine 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 100% 0% 30 October 2000 19 June 2014
 United States 19 5 2 12 15 41 −26 26% 63% 23 August 1985 7 October 2022
 Wales 10 9 1 0 37 2 +35 90% 0% 17 March 1974 31 August 2018
 West Germany 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0% 100% 22 August 1984 5 August 1990
Total 470 266 77 127 1057 486 +571 57% 27% 18 November 1972 9 April 2024

Combined predecessor and successor records[edit]

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff Win % Loss %
 Germany
 West Germany		 28 3 4 21 22 67 −45 11% 75%

List of FIFA members who have never have played against England[edit]

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

UEFA

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The list does not include matches contested at the Olympic Games. This is because England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom, and is not a member of the International Olympic Committee. Therefore, the national team does not compete in the Olympics. Instead, see the Great Britain Olympic football team.
  1. ^ From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League. Teams are divided into leagues (A–C) and groups (1–5) within each league with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Women's Football" (PDF). Culture, Media and Sport Committee. p. 3.
  2. ^ Williams, Jean (2003). A Game for Rough Girls? A History of Women's Football in Britain. London: Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 1135136149.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Paul. "The first international football match". BBC.
  4. ^ Croydon, Emily (7 July 2013). "Women's Euros 2013: Women's football's forgotten heroines". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ Williams, Jean (2014). "2: 'Soccer matters very much, every day'". In Agergaard, Sine; Tiesler, Nina Clara (eds.). Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration. Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 978-1135939380.
  6. ^ Denmark was represented by a club, that also won the tournament. Stated in Danish DR2's TV-documentary about the 1971 event of the same kind [1]
  7. ^ "Da Danmark blev verdensmestre i fodbold – DRTV" – via www.dr.dk.
  8. ^ "England: Women's EURO records and stats". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "England Matches - The England Women's Football Team". www.englandfootballonline.com.
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