England competed in its first international match against Scotland in Greenock on 18 November 1972, 100 years to the month after the first men's international. England qualified for their third successive World Cup in August 2014 with a game to spare, winning all ten matches and topping Group 6. England played its first international match in November 1972 against Scotland. [41], In the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, England won group D, beating local rivals Scotland and archrival Argentina to qualify for the knockout phase, before beating Japan. In March, Barclays were announced as title partner of The FA WSL, in what is believed to be the biggest-ever investment in UK womens sport by a brand. Bristol Academy manager Mark Sampson was appointed as the new England boss with former Three Lions striker Marieanne Spacey as assistant.
England U19s secure their place at the U20s FIFA Womens World Cup in Chile. 2015:England won bronze at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and inspired an army of Young Lionesses to take up the game. Since England falls under the jurisdiction of the British Olympic Association, remit for an Olympic football team requires support from all four Home Nation associations. Womens football has a longer history than most people would expect. It was announced that the new Womens Super League would start in the following spring. Attendance: 25,000. [4][10] The team overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat their northern opponents 32, with Sylvia Gore scoring England's first international goal. [45][46][47][48] In April 2020, Neville announced he would step down as Lionesses manager when his contract expired in July 2021. Carol Thomas was the first player to reach 50 caps in 1985, before retiring from representative football later that year, having amassed 56 caps.
National Football Teams without an confederation, Template:England squad (1995 FIFA Women's World Cup), Template:England squad (UEFA Women's Euro 2001), Template:England squad (UEFA Women's Euro 2005), Template:England squad (2007 FIFA Women's World Cup), Template:England squad (UEFA Women's Euro 2009), Template:England Squad (2011 FIFA Women's World Cup), Template:England squad (UEFA Women's Euro 2013), 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup fourth place, Women's national football teams of Europe (UEFA), England women's national football team managers, European women's national association football teams. 1972: The first official women's international in Britain is played at Greenock. 1993: The WFA National Cup competition is brought under the control of the FA and becomes the Womens FA Challenge Cup. [57] The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last 12 months. The Womens FA (WFA)was formed in 1969 and within three years the first 'Womens FA Cup Final' and England Womens international had been played. 1999: The USA hosts the FIFA Women's World Cup which sees sell out stadia and over 90,000 at the Final. The FA banned womens football from its clubs grounds but its view that football was quite unsuitable for females changed towards the end of the 1960s.
England did not qualify in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1997. [17] The European Championship expanded in 1997 to eight teams and moved from a biennial event to a quadrennial one. Losses to the United States and Spain made it seven defeats in 11 games, the team's worst stretch since 2003, mounting further pressure on Neville who admitted he was personally responsible for England's "unacceptable" form amid increased media scrutiny.
The FA outlined its plans to develop the womens game from grassroots to elite level in 1997 and in the following year appointed Hope Powell as the England Womens national coach. The FA invited the WFA to affiliate on the same basis as a County Association in 1983 and ten years later established a Womens Football Committee to run the womens game in England. Originally his tenure would have extended to England's hosting of UEFA Women's Euro 2021, but the tournament was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They went on to face Sweden in the final, losing the first leg by 1-0 after a header from Pia Sundhage, but won the return leg by the same margin thanks to a goal from Linda Curl. Kick-off time, channel and more, Bright honoured to be named England captain for upcoming qualifiers, Wiegman concerned over demands on players after Williamson ruled out, Team news and predicted line-ups ahead of England vs Northern Ireland. How Beth Mead went from fringe player to pride of the Lionesses, So far ahead: Shiels warns England falling short of Euros title will be failure, Brilliant and unreadable Fran Kirby locks herself into England team, Northern Ireland 0-5 England: Womens Euro 2022, Group A as it happened, England maintain perfect start as Russo double caps rout of Northern Ireland, About 1,111 results for England women's football team. The FA, Sport England, The Premier League and The Football League Trust launched their first joint national participation programme for girls football. [19], Qualification for the World Cup changed for the 1999 edition. Theresa Wiseman saved Helen Johansson's penalty but both Curl and Lorraine Hanson had their spot kicks saved by Elisabeth Leidinge. 
Fixture. England does not participate in the Women's Olympic Football Tournament, as the country does not have its own National Olympic Committee (NOC). European qualifiers were introduced, so that teams no longer needed to rely on advancing to the latter stages of the European Championship. However, similar to the previous two tournaments, England once again failed to make the final, losing 21. England U17s compete in the first FIFA Womens U17s World Cup, held in New Zealand. They lost the match 30, marking the 20th attempt at which England had failed to record an official win over Germany. 1920: The first womens international game. In 2015, however, England earned the bronze medal for the first time, under Mark Sampson, by beating Germany in the third place play-off. Sampson (2013).
The Blues went on to win FA WSL 1 and in doing so clinched a historic double. She overtook previous record holder Rachel Yankey in August 2014, in a friendly against Sweden. In September 2017, Sampson was sacked from his role as manager by the FA after evidence of "inappropriate and unacceptable" behaviour was uncovered during his tenure at Bristol Academy. 1984:England reached the final of the inaugural European Competition for women's football, after beating Denmark by 3-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals. This list includes match results from the past 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Second place was the highest England had finished at the SheBelieves Cup. Draw
[33] England eventually finished in third place by beating Germany 10 after extra time after a Williams penalty, their first time beating their archrivals in the women's game. 1998: The first 20 Centres of Excellence for girls are established. The game was a multi-record breaking game as three other players scored a hat-trick (Mead, Hemp (scored 4), and Russo), marking the first time four players had scored a hat-trick in a senior England women's game. Ellen White has scored the most goals for England, with 52. 2007: Arsenal become the first British side to win Europes top club prize, the UEFA Womens Cup. She wins her first game in charge, and the first for almost a year, with a 6-1 victory over Northern Ireland. Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 in the inaugural match at Tooting and went on to lift the title. England senior team win the Cyprus Cup, beating Canada in the final to win their first international trophy. England beat Scotland 3-2. Preston was the stronghold of womens football in its early days, the famous Dick Kerrs Ladies being formed there in 1894 and earning a lot of money for charity.
After 15 years and 162 matches as England head coach, Hope Powell left her role.
[56] On 11 July 2022, the team set a new European Championship record, beating Norway 80. [5]:43 Batt's team also participated in two FIEFF World Cups held in Italy (1970) and Mexico (1971). On 22nd July 2022, they faced Spain in the quarter-finals of the Women's European Championship.
The league becomes The FA Women's Premier League (FAWPL). In 2022, the team beat Spain to reach the semi-finals of the Women's European Championships. They qualified as one of the last three remaining European nations.[79]. 1971: In the first Women's FA Cup Final, Southampton beat Stewarton and Thistle 4-1. England go out in the group stages. Despite facing not only a strong Canadian team but a capacity partisan crowd at BC Place in Vancouver, England progressed to the semifinals of the Women's World Cup for the first time in their history with another 21 win, which also marked the first semifinal appearance by any England senior team since the men reached the last four of the 1990 World Cup in Italy. 2010: Arsenal were Premier League champions again but Leeds Carnegie won the Premier League Cup and Everton won the Womens FA Cup. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, England is permitted by FIFA statutes to maintain its own national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament. All rights reserved. [36] The FA in January 2019 agreed to pay a "significant" financial settlement to Sampson, on the week his claim for unfair dismissal was due to be heard in court. [18] England automatically qualified as hosts in 2005, but again did not make it to the semi-finals.
There they lost 62 to reigning champions Germany. 
2009: Arsenal achieve triple success, winning the FA Womens Premier League Cup Final 5-0 against Doncaster Rovers Belles, the Womens FA Cup, edging Sunderland 2-1 before a crowd of 23,291 at Pride Park and their sixth successive Premier League crown. John Bilton was appointed as head coach in 1991 after Barrie Williams's brief tenure. 2017: England reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2017.
The team settled for fourth, after losing the third place play-off against Italy 21. [22], In May 2009, central contracts were implemented to help players focus on full-time training without having to fit it around full-time employment. It was announced in March that England would stage the 2013-14 UEFA European Women's U17 Championship Finals. Football had become the top participation sport for women and girls in England by 2002 and the profile of the womens game was further boosted by the hosting of major tournaments in 2005 and 2012, with Englands achievement in reaching one European Final and two World Cup quarter finals, and the launching of The FA Women's Super League. England have qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup five times (1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) and failed to qualify for three competitions (1991, 1999, 2003). For other uses, see, For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see, England squads FIFA Women's World Cup, England squads UEFA Women's Championship, 1984 European Competition for Women's Football runners-up, the inaugural European Competition for Women's Football, 1987 European Competition for Women's Football, England had failed to record an official win over Germany, England women's national football team results (2020present), Category:England women's national football team managers, List of England women's international footballers, Category:England women's international footballers, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final, Great Britain women's Olympic football team, England women's national under-23 football team, England women's national under-20 football team, England women's national under-19 football team, England women's national under-17 football team, "Leah Williamson Confirmed As New Permanent Captain Of England Women's Soccer Team", "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking", https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62221373, "How women's football battled for survival", "Women's Euros 2013: Women's football's forgotten heroines", "England's shoot-out jinx begins England, 1984", "Hope Powell sacked as England women's manager", "England's record victory boosts World Cup credentials for China", "FA boosts England's women's team with central contracts", "Woman's Football, Europe and Professionalization 19712011", "Kelly Smith goals help England to 40 win over Austria", "England lose to France on penalties in Women's World Cup quarter-final", "England Women thrash Montenegro 100 in qualifier", "England's Laura Bassett's tears bring back Italia 90 memories", "Women's World Cup: Germany Women 01 England Women", "Women's Euro 2017: England knocked out in semi-finals by Netherlands", "Sacked former England Women manager Mark Sampson to receive significant payout from FA", "Phil Neville's start as England women's coach: Three reasons to be positive and three causes for concern", "England beat Wales to reach Women's World Cup finals in France next year", "Women's World Cup: England finish fourth after Sweden defeat", "Boris pledges support for 70 million Cheshire FA Knights Grange sports development", "England 12 Germany: Lionesses concede late on to lose in front of record crowd", "Phil Neville admits to pressure to end dire run by England Women", "Phil Neville has once again shown he can't handle criticism and needs to be told how ridiculous he looks", "World Cup semi-final to miserable form what's going wrong for Neville and England? Caps, goals, and recent players may be outdated or incorrect, as the FA does not maintain a database of historical statistics. However, members of its team have played for the Great Britain women's Olympic football team at London 2012 having been granted automatic qualification as the host nation. [37] He was replaced by Phil Neville, who had played at Manchester United including in their 1999 treble winning season and Everton and been capped by the England men but had never before held a high-profile managing job. Playing reigning World Cup holders Japan in the semi-finals, England conceded a penalty kick, which Aya Miyama converted past Karen Bardsley. Karen Bardsley had saved Camille Abily's initial penalty but misses by Claire Rafferty and Faye White sent England out of the competition. The England women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Three Lionesses" or "The Lionesses". Their match with St Helens Ladies on Boxing Day 1920 had 53,000 inside Goodison Park and thousands locked outside.
[54][55] On 30 November 2021, during qualification for the 2023 FIFA World Cup, Ellen White became England's all-time record goals scorer (overtaking Kelly Smith), during a 200 win over Latvia, in which she scored a hat-trick.
[38], England continued with World Cup qualification in 2018. This included preceding friendlies against Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland.[62].
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