Season 1960-61 to 1963-64
- European Champions:
USSR |
None
(England did not play
USSR again until 1967). |
Season 1964-65 to 1967-68
- European Champions:
Spain |
Friendly matches |
|
395 |
8 December 1965 -
Spain
0 England 2
[0-1]
El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (25,000/35,000) |
Baker, Hunt |
AW |
4 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Iribar, Lapetra, Olivella and Zoco all played for Spain against
USSR in Madrid on 21
June 1964). |
414 |
24 May 1967 -
England 2
Spain
0
[0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(97,500) |
Greaves, Hunt |
HW |
2 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Amancio and Iribar both played for Spain against USSR in Madrid on
21
June 1964). |
European Nations Cup Quarter-Finals |
|
420 |
3 April 1968 -
England 1
Spain
0
[0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (94,586
to 100,000) |
R.Charlton |
HW |
2 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Amancio and Zoco both played for Spain against USSR in Madrid on 21
June 1964). |
421 |
8 May 1968
-
Spain
1 England 2
[0-0]
El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
(66,994/120,000) |
Amancio
Peters, Hunter |
AW |
2 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Amancio and Zoco both played for Spain against USSR in Madrid on 21
June 1964). |
Season 1968-69 to 1971-72
- European Champions:
IItaly |
None
(England did not play
Italy again until 1973). |
Season 1972-73 to 1975-76
- European Champions: West Germany
World Champions from
1974-78 |
Friendly matches |
|
488 |
12 March 1975 -
England
2
West Germany
0
[1-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (100,000) |
Bell, Macdonald |
HW |
2
members of European Championship-winning side
(Beckenbauer and Maier
both played for West Germany against USSR in Bruxelles on 18 June 1972).
Five members had played in the 1974 World Cup Final, eight months earlier.
England
included Ball from their 1966 World Cup-winning side. |
Season 1976-77 to 1979-80
- European Champions:
Czechoslovakia |
526 |
29 November 1978 -
England 1
Czechoslovakia 0
[0-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (92,000) |
Coppell |
HW |
5 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Gögh,
Jurkemik (as a substitute), Masny and Nehoda, plus substitute, Panenka all played for
Czechoslovakia against West Germany in Beograd on 20
June 1976). |
Season 1980-81 to 1983-84
- European Champions:
West Germany |
World Cup Finals 1982 in Spain |
|
568 |
29 June 1982 -
West Germany
0
England 0
[0-0]
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
(90,089) |
|
ND |
7
members of European Championship-winning side
(Briegel, Karl-Heinz Förster,
Kaltz, Hansi
Müller,
Rummenigge, Schumacher and Stielike all played for West Germany against
Belgium in Roma on 22 June 1980). Breitner had played in their 1974 World
Cup-winning side. |
Friendly match |
|
571 |
13 October 1982 -
England 1
West Germany
2
[0-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (68,000) |
Woodcock
Rummenigge (2) |
HL |
5
members of European Championship-winning side
(Briegel, Karl-Heinz Förster,
Kaltz, Rummenigge and Schumacher all played for West Germany against Belgium
in Roma on 22 June 1980). Eight members (including a substitute) had played in
the 1982 World Cup Final, three months earlier. |
Season 1984-85 to 1987-88
- European Champions:
France |
None
(England did not play
France again until 1992). |
Season 1988-89 to 1991-92
- European Champions:
Netherlands |
World Cup Finals 1990 in Italy |
|
659 |
16 June 1990 -
Netherlands 0
England 0 [0-0]
Stadio Comunale
Sant'Elia,
Casteddu
(35,267) |
|
ND |
8 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Gullit,
Ronald Koeman, Rijkaard, van Aerle, van Basten, van Breukelen,
van Tiggelen and Wouters all played for
Netherlands against USSR in
München
on 25
June 1988). |
Season 1992-93 to 1995-96
- European Champions:
Denmark |
Friendly match |
|
703 |
9 March 1994 -
England 1
Denmark
0
[1-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(71,790) |
Platt |
HW |
6 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Jensen,
Larsen, Brian Laudrup,
Olsen, Schmeichel and Vilfort
all played for Denmark against Germany in
Göteborg
on 26
June 1992). |
Season 1996-97 to
1999-2000
- European Champions:
Germany |
European Championship Finals 2000 in Belgium |
|
770 |
17 June 2000 -
England 1
Germany 0 [0-0]
Stade Communal, Charleroi
(27,700) |
Shearer |
NW |
3 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Babbel,
Scholl and Ziege
all played for Germany against Czech Republic at Wembley
on 30
June 1996). |
Season 2000-01 to 2003-04
- European Champions:
France
World Champions from 1998-2002 |
Friendly match |
|
772 |
2 September 2000 -
France
1
England 1
[0-0]
Stade
de France, Saint-Denis (76,377) |
Petit
Owen |
AD |
12 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Blanc,
Desailly, Deschamps, Djorkaeff, Henry,
Lizarazu, Thuram
and Zidane,
plus substitutes,
Pires, Trezeguet,
Vieira and Wiltord (all except Vieira were also substitutes in the final)
all played for France against Italy in Rotterdam
on 2
July 2000).
Nine
members (including two substitutes) had played in the 1998 World Cup final, two
years earlier. |
European Championship Finals 2004 in Portugal |
|
814 |
13 June 2004 -
France
2 England 1
[0-1]
Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisboa
(62,487) |
Lampard
Zidane (2 (1
pen)) |
NL |
9 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Barthez,
Henry, Lizarazu,
Pires
(as a substitute), Thuram,
Trezeguet
(as a substitute), Vieira
and Zidane,
plus substitute, Wiltord all played for France against Italy in Rotterdam
on 2
July 2000).
Barthez,
Lizarazu,
Thuram,
Vieira
(as a substitute) and Zidane had
also played in their 1998 World Cup-winning side. |
Season 2004-05 to 2007-08
- European Champions:
Greece |
Friendly matches |
|
843 |
16 August 2006
-
England 4
Greece 0
[4-0]
Old Trafford, Manchester (45,864) |
Terry,
Lampard, Crouch (2) |
HW |
8 members of
European Championship-winning
side
(Charisteas,
Dellas, Fyssas, Giannakopoulos, Katsouranis, Nikopolidis and Zagorakis, plus
substitute, Basinas
all played for Greece against Portugal in Lisboa
on 4
July 2004). |
Season 2008-09 to 2015-16
- European Champions:
Spain
World Champions from 2010-14 |
871 |
11 February 2009 -
Spain 2 England 0
[1-0]
Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán,
Sevilla (42,102) |
Villa,
Llorente |
AL |
11
members of European Championship-winning side
(Alonso, Capdevila, Casillas, Iniesta,
Ramos, Senna, Torres and Xavi, plus substitutes,
Güiza (as a substitute), Marchena and Silva
all played for Spain against Germany
in Wien on 29 June 2008). |
901 |
12 November
2011
-
England
1
Spain
0
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(87,189) |
Lampard |
HW |
10
members of European Championship-winning side
(Alonso (as a substitute), Casillas,
Iniesta, Ramos, Silva and Xavi, plus substitutes,
Cazorla (as a substitute),
Fábregas,
Puyol and Torres all played for Spain against
Germany in Wien on 29 June 2008). Nine
members (including two substitutes) had played in the 2010 World Cup final,
the previous year. |
949 |
13 November
2015
- Spain
2 England 0
[0-0]
Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante
(25,200) |
Mario, Cazorla |
AL |
8
members of European Championship-winning side
(Alba, Busquets, Casillas,
Fábregas, Iniesta and Piqué, plus substitutes Mata and Pedro (as
substitutes) all played for Spain against Italy in Kyiv on 1 July 2012).
Casillas,
Cazorla (as a substitute), Fábregas and Iniesta had played in the 2008 final
and six members (including a substitute) had played in the 2010 World Cup
final. |
Season 2016-17 to 2020-21
- European Champions:
Portugal |
None |
Season 2020-21 to Season 2023-24
- European Champions:
Italy |
1033 |
11
June 2022 -
England 0 Italy
0
[0-0]
Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
(1,782) |
|
HD |
5
members of European Championship-winning side
(Di Lorenzo, Donnarumma and Locatelli, plus substitutes,
Cristante and Florenzi (both as substitutes),
all played for Italy against England
at Wembley on 11 July 2021). |
1035 |
23 September 2022 -
Italy
1 England
0
[0-0]
Stadio Giuseppe
Meazza, Milano
(50,640) |
Raspadori |
AL |
6
members of European Championship-winning side
(Barella, Bonucci, Di Lorenzo, Donnarumma and
Jorginho, plus substitute,
Emerson,
all played for Italy against England
at Wembley on 11 July 2021). |
1042 |
23
March 2023 -
Italy
1 England
2
[0-2]
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Napoli
(44,536) |
Retegui Rice, Kane
(pen) |
AW |
Luke
Shaw |
7
members of European Championship-winning side
(Barella, Berardi, Di Lorenzo, Donnarumma, Jorginho
and Verratti, plus substitute,
Cristante (as
a substitute),
all played for Italy against England
at Wembley on 11 July 2021). |
1049 |
17 October 2023 -
England 3
Italy 1 [1-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(83,194) |
Kane (2 (1 pen), Rashford
Scamacca |
HW |
5
members of European Championship-winning side
(Barelli, Di Lorenzo and Donnarumma, plus substitutes,
Berardi and Cristante (both as substitutes),
all played for Italy against England
at Wembley on 11 July 2021). |
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
World Cup Finals |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
2 |
2 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
ECP |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+4 |
ECF |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
European Championship |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
6 |
+4 |
0 |
2 |
1.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+4 |
Nations League |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Friendly match |
10 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
5 |
+10 |
1 |
7 |
1.50 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+5 |
|
England also
played the following games against teams that were about to win
the European Championship
1960 European Champions:
USSR |
End-of-Season East-European Pre-World Cup Tour |
|
321 |
18 May 1958 -
USSR 1 England 1
[0-1]
Lenin Stadium, Moskva (102,000-110,000) |
V.Ivanov
Kevan |
AD |
USSR
fielded 4 of the team that went on to
win the European Nations Cup in 1960 (two years later). |
World Cup Finals 1958 in Sweden |
|
322 |
8 June 1958
-
England 2
USSR
2
[0-1]
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg
(49,348) |
Kevan, Finney (pen)
Simonyan, A.Ivanov |
ND |
USSR
fielded 3 of the team that went on to
win the European Nations Cup in 1960 (just over two years later). |
325 |
17 June 1958 -
USSR 1 England
0
[0-0]
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg (23,182) |
Ilyin |
NL |
USSR
fielded 3 of the team that went on to
win the European Nations Cup in 1960 (just over two years later). |
Friendly matches |
|
327 |
22 October 1958 -
England 5
USSR 0
[1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(100,000) |
Haynes (3), Charlton (pen), Lofthouse |
HW |
USSR
fielded
4
of the team that
went on to win
the European
Nations Cup in 1960
(two years later). |
1964 European Champions:
Spain |
344 |
26 October 1960 -
England 4
Spain
2
[2-1]
Empire Stadium,
Wembley
(80,000) |
Greaves, Douglas,
R.Smith
(2)
Del Sol, Suárez |
HW |
Spain
fielded 1 of the team
(Suárez) that went on to
win the European Nations Cup in 1964 (four years later). |
1972 European Champions: West Germany
World Champions 1974 |
World Cup Finals 1970 in Mexico |
|
448 |
14 June 1970 -
West Germany
3
England 2
[0-1]ᴭᵀ
Estadio de Guanajuato, León
(23,357) |
Beckenbauer, Seeler, Müller
Mullery, Peters |
NL |
West Germany
fielded
4
of the team that
went on to win
the European Championship,
two years later. 5
of the team
(plus a substitute) went on to win
the World Cup in 1974 (just over four years later).
Five of the team (plus a substitute) had also played in the
unsuccessful 1966 World Cup final.
England
included
5
members of their 1966 World
Cup-winning side (Ball, Sir Bobby Charlton, Hurst, Moore and Peters). |
European Championship Quarter-Finals |
|
459 |
29 April 1972 -
England
1
West Germany
3
[0-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(96,800/100,000) |
Lee
Hoeneß, Netzer
(pen), Müller |
HL |
West Germany
fielded
9
of the team that
went on to win
the European Championship,
two months later. 7
of the team
went on to win
the World Cup in 1974 (just over two years later). Three of the team had played in the
unsuccessful 1966 World Cup final.
England
included
6
members of their 1966 World
Cup-winning side (Ball, Banks, Hurst, Moore and Peters). |
460 |
13 May 1972 -
West Germany
0 England 0
[0-0]
Olympiastadion, Berlin
(72,000 to 84,000) |
|
AD |
West Germany
fielded
9
of the team
(plus a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship,
two months later. 6
of the team
went on to win
the World Cup in 1974 (just over two years later). Three of the team had played in the
unsuccessful 1966 World Cup final.
England
included
6
members of their 1966 World
Cup-winning side (Ball, Banks, Hurst, Moore and substitute, Peters). |
1976 European Champions:
Czechoslovakia |
Friendly match |
|
471 |
27 May 1973 -
Czechoslovakia
1
England
1
[0-0]
Stadión Letná, Praha
(22,000) |
Novák
Clarke |
AD |
Czechoslovakia
fielded
4
of the team (including a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1976
(just over three years later). |
European Championship preliminary matches |
|
486 |
30 October 1974 -
England 3
Czechoslovakia
0
[0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley
(83,858/86,000) |
Channon,
Bell (2) |
HW |
Czechoslovakia
fielded
6
of the team that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1976
(two years later). |
495 |
30 October 1975 -
Czechoslovakia
2
England
1
[1-1]
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
(45,000/50,651) |
Nehoda, Galis
Channon |
AL |
Czechoslovakia
fielded
8
of the team (including a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1976
(eight months later). |
1980 European Champions:
West Germany |
Friendly match |
|
518 |
22 February 1978 -
West Germany
2
England 1
[0-1]
Olympiastadion, München
(77,850) |
Worm, Bonhof
Pearson |
AL |
West Germany
fielded
1
of the team (plus a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship,
two years later.
Two of the
team had played in the 1972 final and six members, plus a substitute, had taken part in the
unsuccessful 1976 final.
Five
of the team had played in their
1974 World Cup-winning side. |
1984 European Champions:
France |
World Cup Finals 1982 in Spain |
|
565 |
16 June 1982 -
England
3
France
1
[1-1]
Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao
(44,172) |
Robson (2), Mariner
Soler |
NW |
France
fielded
4
of the team (plus a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1984
(just over two years later). |
Friendly matches |
|
585 |
29 February 1984 -
France 2
England
0
[0-0]
Parc des Princes, Paris
(45,554) |
Platini (2) |
AL |
France
fielded
8
of the team (plus two substitutes) that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1984
(four months later). |
1988 European Champions:
Netherlands |
631 |
23 March 1988 -
England 2
Netherlands
2
[1-2]
Wembley Stadium,
Wembley
(74,590) |
Lineker, Adams
Adams OG,
Bosman |
HD |
Netherlands
fielded
7
of the team that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1988
(three months later). |
European Championship Finals 1988 in West Germany |
|
637 |
15 June 1988 -
England 1
Netherlands
3
[0-1]
Rheinstadion,
Düsseldorf
(65,000 to 68,400) |
Robson
van Basten (3) |
NL |
Netherlands
fielded the
same
team that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1988
(ten days later). |
1992 European Champions:
Denmark |
Friendly matches |
|
639 |
14 September 1988 -
England 1
Denmark
0
[1-0]
Wembley Stadium,
Wembley
(25,837) |
Webb |
HW |
Denmark
fielded
3
of the team that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1992
(four years later). |
655 |
15 May 1990 -
England 1
Denmark 0
[0-0]
Wembley Stadium,
Wembley
(27,643) |
Lineker |
HW |
Denmark
fielded
8
of the team that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1992
(just over two years later). |
European Championship Finals 1992 in Sweden |
|
686 |
11 June 1992 -
Denmark
0
England
0
[0-0]
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
(26,385) |
|
ND |
Denmark
fielded
9
of the team that
went on to win
the European Championship in 1992
(just over two weeks later). |
1996 European Champions:
Germany |
U.S. Cup |
|
699 |
19 June 1993 -
Germany
2
England 1
[1-1]
Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac
(62,126) |
Effenberg, Klinsmann
Platt |
NL |
Germany
fielded
5 of the team (including a
substitute) that went on to win the European Championship in 1996 (just over three years
later).
Six members, plus a substitute, had taken part in the
unsuccessful 1992 final. Four of the team had played in West Germany's 1990
World Cup-winning side. |
European Championship Finals 1996 in England |
|
726 |
26 June 1996 -
Germany
1
England 1
[1-1]ᴭᵀ
6-5 on
penalty-kicks
Wembley Stadium,
Wembley
(75,862) |
Kuntz
Shearer |
HD |
Germany
fielded
11 of the team (including
three
substitutes) that went on to win the European Championship in 1996 (four days
later). Three members, plus a substitute, had taken part in the
unsuccessful 1992 final.
Häßler had
also played in West Germany's 1990
World Cup-winning side. |
2000 European Champions:
France
World Champions 1998 |
Tournoi de
France |
|
736 |
7 June 1997 -
France 0
England 1
[0-0]
Stade de la Mosson,
Montpellier (21,331) |
Shearer |
AW |
France
fielded 9 of the team (including
two
substitutes) that went on to win the European Championship in 2000 (just
over three years later). 6 of the team
(plus two substitutes)
went on to win
the World Cup in 1998 (just over a year later). |
Friendly match |
|
755 |
10 February 1999 -
England 0
France
2
[0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley
(74,111) |
Anelka (2) |
HL |
France
fielded 12 of the team (including
two
substitutes) that went on to win the European Championship in 2000 (the
following year). 11 of the team (including three substitutes) had played in
their 1998 World Cup-winning side. |
2004 European Champions:
Greece |
World Cup preliminary matches |
|
780 |
6 June 2001 -
Greece
0
England 2
[0-0]
Olympiakó Stádio Spiros Louis,
Athína
(29,000 to 46,000) |
Scholes, Beckham |
AW |
Greece
fielded
6
of the team (including a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship in
2004
(just over three years later). |
784 |
6 October 2001 -
England 2
Greece
2
[0-1]
Old Trafford, Manchester
(66,090) |
Sheringham,
Beckham
Charisteas,
Nikolaidis |
HD |
Greece
fielded
6
of the team (including a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship in
2004
(three years later). |
2008 European Champions:
Spain
World Champions 2010 |
Friendly matches |
|
823 |
17 November 2004 -
Spain
1
England 0
[1-0]
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (48,000) |
Del Horno |
AL |
Spain
fielded 4
of the team (plus a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship in 2008
(four years later).
4 of the
team (including a substitute) went on to win the World Cup in 2010 (six
years later). |
849 |
7 February 2007 -
England
0
Spain 1
[0-0]
Old Trafford, Manchester
(58,207) |
Iniesta |
HL |
Spain
fielded 9
of the team (including three substitutes) that
went on to win
the European Championship
in 2008 (the following year). The same
9 went on to
win the
World Cup in 2010 (three
years later). |
2012 European Champions:
Spain
World Champions 2010 |
871 |
11 February 2009 -
Spain 2 England 0
[1-0]
Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán,
Sevilla (42,102) |
Villa,
Llorente |
AL |
Spain
fielded
8
of the team (plus a substitute) that
went on to win
the European Championship in 2012 (three years later).
8 of the
team (plus a substitute) also went on to win the World Cup in 2010 (the
following
year). Eleven members (including a substitute) had played in the 2008
European Championship final, the previous year. |
901 |
12 November
2011
-
England
1
Spain
0
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(87,189) |
Lampard |
HW |
Spain
fielded
12
of the team (including two substitutes) that
went on to win
the European Championship in 2012 (the following year).
9 of the
team (plus two substitutes) had also played in the 2010 World Cup-winning side
(the previous year). Nine members (including four substitutes) had also
played in the 2008 European Championship-winning side. |
2016 European Champions:
Portugal |
955 |
2 June 2016 -
England
1
Portugal 0
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(82,503) |
Smalling |
HW |
Portugal
fielded
10
of the team (including five substitutes) that
went on to win
the European Championship in
2016
(just over five weeks later). |
2024 European Champions:
Spain |
European
Championship Finals |
|
1062 |
14 July 2024
-
Spain
2
England 1 [0-0]
Olympiastadion, Berlin
(65,600) |
Williams, Oyarzabal
Palmer |
NL |
Spain
fielded the
same
team (including four substitutes) that
went on to win
the European Championship in
2024
(at the end of the game). |
|