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England's Record by First Matches Played
 
 
Overall First Matches Last Matches First Wins First Losses Opposition History
This is the full list of all 97 England opponents in order of first match played (and last match played)

1872-79

Scotland P 116 H 58 A 58 N 0
 30 November 1872 - 17 October 2023		   Wales P 105 H 52 A 51 N 2
18 January 1879 - 9 October 2025

1882

Ireland P 61 H 30 A 31 N 0
18 February 1882 - 11 November 1953		        

1908

Austria P 19 H 7 A 11 N 1
6 June 1908 - 2 June 2021		   Hungary P 26 H 12 A 13 N 1
10 June 1908 - 14 June 2022
Bohemia P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
13 June 1908		        

1921-39

Belgium P 26 H 8 A 12 N 6
21 May 1921 - 26 March 2024		   France P 32 H 11 A 16 N 5
10 May 1923 - 10 December 2022
Sweden P 25 H 9 A 13 N 3
21 May 1923 - 7 July 2018		   Luxembourg P 9 H 4 A 5 N 0
21 May 1927 - 4 September 1999
Spain P 28 H 12 A 13 N 3
15 May 1929 - 14 July 2024		   Germany P 19 H 9 A 7 N 3
10 May 1930 - 26 September 2022
Italy P 32 H 12 A 14 N 6
13 May 1933 - 17 October 2023		   Switzerland P 28 H 12 A 13 N 3
20 May 1933 - 6 July 2024
Czechoslovakia P 12 H 5 A 5 N 2
16 May 1934 - 25 March 1992		   Netherlands P 23 H 11 A 8 N 4
18 May 1935 - 10 July 2024
Norway P 12 H 5 A 7 N 0
14 May 1937 - 3 September 2014		   Finland P 13 H 4 A 9 N 0
20 May 1937 - 13 October 2024
Rest of Europe P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
26 October 1938		   Yugoslavia P 14 H 7 A 6 N 1
18 May 1939 - 13 December 1989
Romania P 12 H 5 A 4 N 3
24 May 1939 - 6 June 2021		        

1946-59

Ireland, Republic of P 19 Ab 1 H 9 A 8 N 2
30 September 1946 - 17 November 2024		   Portugal P 23 H 10 A 9 N 4
25 May 1947 - 2 June 2016
Denmark P 23 H 10 A 10 N 3
26 September 1948 - 20 June 2024		   Chile P 6 H 3 A 2 N 1
25 June 1950 - 15 November 2013
United States P 12 H 3 A 6 N 3
29 June 1950 - 25 November 2022		   Argentina P 14 H 6 A 2 N 6
9 May 1951 - 12 November 2005
Uruguay P 12 H 6 A 4 N 2
31 May 1953 - 27 March 2026		   Rest of the World P 2 H 2 A 0 N 0
21 October 1953 - 23 October 1963
Ireland, Northern P 37 H 19 A 18 N 0
2 October 1954 - 7 September 2005		   Germany, West (FDR) P 16 H 6 A 6 N 4
1 December 1954 - 4 July 1990
Brazil P 27 H 13 A 6 N 8
9 May 1956 - 23 March 2024		   USSR P 11 H 4 A 3 N 4
18 May 1958 - 21 May 1991
Peru P 3 H 1 A 2 N 0
17 May 1959 - 30 May 2014		   Mexico P 9 H 5 A 3 N 1
24 May 1959 - 24 May 2010

1962-66

Bulgaria P 12 H 6 A 5 N 1
7 June 1962 - 14 October 2019		   German Democratic Republic P 4 H 2 A 2 N 0
2 June 1963 - 12 September 1984
Poland P 21 H 10 A 10 N 1
5 January 1966 - 8 September 2021		        

1970-75

Colombia P 6 H 2 A 1 N 3
20 May 1970 - 3 July 2018		   Ecuador P 3 H 0 A 1 N 2
24 May 1970 - 4 June 2014
Malta P 7 H 3 A 4 N 0
3 February 1971 - 17 November 2023		   Greece P 11 H 6 A 5 N 0
21 April 1971 - 14 November 2024
Cyprus P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
16 April 1975 - 11 May 1975		        

1980-89

Australia P 8 H 3 A 5 N 0
31 May 1980 - 13 October 2023		   Iceland P 6 H 3 A 2 N 1
2 June 1982 - 7 June 2024
Kuwait P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
25 June 1982		   Turkey P 11 H 6 A 5 N 0
14 November 1984 - 22 May 2016
Egypt P 3 H 1 A 1 N 1
29 January 1986 - 3 March 2010		   Israel P 4 H 1 A 3 N 0
26 February 1986 - 8 September 2007
Canada P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
24 May 1986		   Morocco P 2 H 0 A 1 N 1
6 June 1986 - 27 May 1998
Paraguay P 3 H 1 A 0 N 2
18 June 1986 - 10 June 2006		   Saudi Arabia P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
16 November 1988 - 23 May 1998
Albania P 8 H 4 A 4 N 0
8 March 1989 - 16 November 2025		        


1990-98

Tunisia P 3 H 0 A 1 N 2
2 June 1990 - 18 June 2018		   Cameroon P 4 H 2 A 0 N 2
1 July 1990 - 26 May 2002
New Zealand P 2 H 0 A 2 N 0
3 June 1991 - 8 June 1991		   Malaysia P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
12 June 1991
CIS P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
29 April 1992		   San Marino P 8 H 4 A 4 N 0
17 February 1993 - 15 November 2021
Nigeria P 3 H 2 A 0 N 1
16 November 1994 - 2 June 2018		   Japan P 4 H 3 A 0 N 1
2 June 1995 - 31 March 2026
Croatia P 11 H 6 A 3 N 2
24 April 1996 - 13 June 2021		   China P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
23 May 1996
Moldova P 4 H 2 A 2 N 0
1 September 1996 - 6 September 2013		   Georgia P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
9 November 1996 - 30 April 1997
South Africa P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
24 May 1997 - 22 May 2003		   Czech Republic P 5 H 4 A 1 N 0
18 November 1998 - 22 June 2021

2000-09

Ukraine P 10 H 5 A 4 N 1
31 May 2000 - 9 September 2023		   Korea Republic (South) P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
21 May 2002
Slovakia P 7 H 3 A 2 N 2
12 October 2002 - 30 June 2024		   Macedonia FYR/North P 6 H 3 A 3 N 0
16 October 2002 - 20 November 2023
Liechtenstein P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
29 March 2003 - 10 September 2003		   Serbia and Montenegro P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
3 June 2003
Azerbaijan P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
13 October 2004 - 30 March 2005		   Jamaica P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
3 June 2006
Trinidad & Tobago P 3 H 0 A 1 N 2
15 June 2006 - 1 June 2008		   Andorra P 8 H 4 A 4 N 0
2 September 2006 - 6 September 2025
Estonia P 4 H 2 A 2 N 0
6 June 2007 - 9 October 2015		   Russia P 3 H 1 A 1 N 1
12 September 2007 - 11 June 2016
Kazakhstan P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
11 October 2008 - 6 June 2009		   Belarus P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
15 October 2008 - 14 October 2009
Slovenia P 7 H 3 A 2 N 2
5 September 2009 - 25 June 2024		        

2010-19
Algeria P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
18 June 2010		   Montenegro P 6 H 3 A 3 N 0
12 October 2010 - 14 November 2019
Ghana P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
29 March 2011		   Honduras P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
7 June 2014
Costa Rica P 2 H 1 A 0 N 1
24 June 2014 - 7 June 2018		   Lithuania P 4 H 2 A 2 N 0
27 March 2015 - 8 October 2017
Panama P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
21 June 2018		   Kosovo P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
10 September 2019 - 17 November 2019

2022-
Côte d'Ivoire P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
29 March 2022		   Iran P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
21 November 2022
Senegal P 2 H 1 A 0 N 1
4 December 2022 - 10 June 2025		   Bosnia & Herzegovina P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
3 June 2024
Serbia P 3 H 1 A 1 N 1
16 June 2024 - 13 November 2025		   Latvia P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
24 March 2025 - 14 October 2025

 

Not yet played...
this is a list of FIFA-affiliated countries that England have yet to play, in order of highest ranked, as of April 2026.
Top 50 - Congo DR (46), Venezuela (49), Uzbekistan (50).
 Top 51-100 Mali, Qatar, Iraq, Burkina Faso, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Cabo Verde, Bolivia, Oman, Guinea, Curaçao, Haiti, Syria, Gabon, Uganda, Angola, Benin, Bahrain, Zambia, Thailand, Palestine, Guatemala, Vietnam, El Salvador.
101-210 Mozamabique, Tajikistan, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Comoros, Kenya, Libya, Tanzania, Niger, Mauritania, The Gambia, Sudan, Korea DPR, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Togo, Indonesia, Faroe Islands, Suriname, Malawi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Guinea-Bissau, Congo, Philippines, India, Central African Republic, Liberia, Turkmenistan, Burundi, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Botswana, Singapore, Yemen, Guyana, New Caledonia, St. Kitts & Nevis, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Tahiti, Myanmar, Vanuata, Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada, Cuba, Eswatini, Bermuda, St. Lucia, Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan, South Sudan, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Maldives, Chinese Taipei, Montserret, Nepal, Cambodia, Mauritius, Barbados, Belize, Bangladesh, Dominica, Chad, Eritrea, Laos, Bhutan, Mongolia, Cook Islands, Aruba, Samoa, Sri Lanka, American Samoa, Brunei Darussalam, Macau, Cayman Islands, São Tomé e Príncipe, Djibouti, Somalia, Tonga, Timor-Leste, Guam, Pakistan, Gibraltar, Seychelles, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas,British Virgin Islands,  US Virgin Islands, Anguilla.

 

Total first match - 30 November 1872
first win - 8 March 1873
first loss - 7 March 1874		   P 1080 W 621 D 258 L 201 F 2368 A 1030 - 69.4% +420