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18 Facts About England National Football Team

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England National Football Team has never won the European Championship, with its best performance to date being runners-up in 2020.

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England National Football Team failed to win any matches at UEFA Euro 1992, drawing with tournament winners Denmark and later with France, before being eliminated by host nation Sweden.

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3.

At UEFA Euro 1996, held in England National Football Team, they equalled their best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-finals as they did in 1968, before exiting via another penalty shoot-out loss to Germany.

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England National Football Team guided England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

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5.

England National Football Team lost only five competitive matches during his entire tenure, and rose to number four in the world ranking under his guidance.

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6.

England won all but one of their qualifying games for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but at the tournament itself, England drew their opening two games; this led to questions about the team's spirit, tactics and ability to handle pressure.

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England National Football Team managed to finish top of their group, but exited the Championships in the quarter-finals via a penalty shoot-out, against Italy.

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At UEFA Euro 2020 England National Football Team were drawn in Group D along with Croatia, Scotland and Czech Republic.

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9.

At the 1970 World Cup England National Football Team wore a third kit with pale blue shirts, shorts and socks against Czechoslovakia.

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10.

England National Football Team played their first match at the stadium in 1924 against Scotland and for the next 27 years Wembley was used as a venue for matches against Scotland only.

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11.

Football fans in England often consider Germany to be their main sporting rivals and care more about this rivalry than those with other nations.

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The rivalry is, to a lesser extent reciprocal in England National Football Team, locally described as a grudge match although matches against Germany carry a greater significance in popular perception.

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13.

All England National Football Team matches are broadcast with full commentary on talkSPORT and BBC Radio 5 Live.

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14.

England National Football Team first appeared at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, and have subsequently qualified for a total of 16 FIFA World Cup finals tournaments, tied for sixth best by number of appearances.

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15.

The England team won their first and only World Cup title in 1966.

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16.

England National Football Team failed to qualify for the World Cup in 1974,1978 and 1994.

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17.

England National Football Team hosted Euro 96, and have qualified for ten UEFA European Championship finals tournaments, tied for fourth best by number of appearances.

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18.

England National Football Team's worst result in the competition was a first-round elimination in 1980,1988,1992 and 2000.

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