The England national team has been a part of England internationally since the very first international match in 1872. It is managed by The Football Association (FA) which is the governing body of football in England and is affiliated to UEFA and falls under the worldwide authority of the world's football's ruling body, FIFA. England participates in three major international championships played by European nations which include The FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, and the UEFA Nations League.
England is the oldest football national team. They played in the first ever soccer match, which took place in the year 1872 against Scotland. England's home stadium is Wembley Stadium, London, and the team's training base can be found at St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. The manager of the team is Gareth Southgate.
England is among the eight nations that be crowned winners of at the World Cup. Five times. England has been a participant in this year's World Cup 16 times. It took home in 1966 the World Cup Final, a event that it hosted as well, and was fourth in both 1990 and in 2018. England hasn't been a winner of it's first European Championship, with its greatest performance to date being runners-up in the 2020 edition. Since it is a constituent part of the United Kingdom, England is not an official member of the International Olympic Committee and so is not a participant in the Olympic Games. England is the sole team that has taken home the World Cup at senior level but not their most important continental crown, and is the only non-sovereign nation that has won this World Cup.
