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Roy Hodgson "'The England manager's job is the pinnacle of success for every English manager and it certainly brings with it a lot of scrutiny and criticism...'"

56 matches in charge

P 56 W 33 D 15 L 8 F 109: A 44
72% successful
FIFA Rankings: from 7th to 20th, via 3rd

20
12-16

discipline:  58 2
players managed:
70

Profile

  Roy Hodgson CBE
Birth 9 August 1947 in Croydon, Surrey [registered in Croydon, September 1947]
Attended John Ruskin Grammar School in Croydon
Marriage to Sheila Fitzgerald [registered in Croydon, September 1971]. One child, Christopher.
Biographies Roy Hodgson: A Football Life - Richard Allen (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 13 May 2014)
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Playing Career

Club(s) Started his career as a defender with the Crystal Palace FC Youth Team, but was not able to break into the first team, and left to join non-league teams, Tonbridge Angels FC, Gravesend & Northfleet FC, Maidstone United FC, Ashford Town FC, Bearea Park FC (of Pretoria, South Africa) and Carshalton Athletic FC.
Club honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions None
Height/Weight -

Management Career



Club(s)
Halmstads BK of Sweden, from January 1976 until November 1980. Returned to England in 1980, taking up the position as assistant manager of Bristol City FC before becoming the club manager on 3 January until 30 April 1982. Returned to Sweden in '82 with IK Oddevold, and Örebro SK from January 1983, he remained until November 1984. Went to Malmö FF in January 1985 and after a highly successful period, ending in November 1989. Hodgson travelled to Switzerland to become manager of Neuchâtel Xamax FC in July 1990 of the Nationalliga A.  It was enough to be noted by the ASF/SFV, who employed Hodgson as their manager from 26 January 1992, steering them to the 1994 World Cup Finals and the 1996 European Championship Finals. After the successful European qualification campaign, Hodgson left to join FC Internazionale Milano, on 15 November 1995.  He returned to England and Blackburn Rovers FC in June 1997. When Berti Vogts resigned as the Germany manager, Hodgson was on the DFB wishlist, but for fear of preventing a German coaching famine, he was not offered the position, but lack of immediate Blackburn success and a stuttering start to his second season, Hodgson was sacked on 21 November 1998. In May and June 1999, Hodgson returned as caretaker manager of FC Internazionale Milano. Despite being shortlisted as the new manager of Austria, he returned to Switzerland and Grasshopper Club Zürich in July 1999. After one season, Hodgson signed with Denmark's FC København, in July 2000, a decision that prevented him from taking the England job that eventually went to Sven-Göran Eriksson. His stint in Denmark was a successful one and he returned to Italy on 21 June 2001 with Udinese Calcio SpA, but was sacked six months later on 10 December 2001.  On 9 April 2002, Hodgson took up the post of manager of United Arab Emirates until January 2004. In July 2004, he joined Viking FK of Tippeligaen. On 18 August 2005, Hodgson signed a contract to become manager of the Finland national team from August 2006, a post he actually took from January of that year. The Finnish FA in turn prevented Hodgson from taking over similar roles at Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. However, on 29 December 2007, Hodgson returned to England once more to become manager of Fulham FC. After a successful stint, Hodgson became manager of Liverpool FC on 30 June 2010, but high expectations did not materialise and he was duly sacked on 8 January 2011. Undeterred, Hodgson became manager of his third Premiership club in a row, West Bromwich Albion FC on 11 February 2011, a job he held until May 2012.
Club honours Allsvenskan Champions 1975-76, 1978-79, 1985-86, 1987-88; Svenska Cupen winners 1985-86, 1988-89;  UEFA Cup runners-up 1996-97; Superliga Champions 2000-01; Danish Super Cup winners 2001; UEFA Europa League runners-up 2010;
Individual honours LMA Manager of the Year 2009-10.
Distinctions Whilst manager of the Switzerland national team, he was at the helm when they achieved their highest ever FIFA ranking, third, between August and September 1993.
Knighted by Finland for his services to the national football team
29 September 2012
...against England No. 716, 15 November 1995, England 3 Switzerland 1, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London. Hodgson's final match as Switzerland manager.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1994 (with Switzerland); Gulf Cup of Nations 2004 (with UAE);
Hodgson also led UAE to a successful qualification of the Asian Cup 2004, he had left before the tournament took place.

England Career

England tenure Having turned down the position in October 2001, following Keegan's resignation. Hodgson signed a four year contract on 1 May 2012, a day after being the only candidate to be interviewed for the vacant position. Resigned 27 June 2016 following the defeat by Iceland in the European Championship Finals.
Other applicants Since the resignation of Fabio Capello, the press were adamant that Harry Redknapp should receive the lucrative managerial position, but the Football Association only interviewed one candidate, Hodgson, although one, possibly two others, were on the shortlist.
First match No. 904, 26 May 2012, Norway 0 England 1, a friendly match at Ullevål Stadion, Ullevål, Oslo, aged 64 years 291 days (ave. age 27 years 358 days)
Oldest Starting XI No. 941, 17 October 2012, Poland 1 England 1, a World Cup qualification match at Stadion Narodowy, Kazimierza Górskiego, Warszawa, ave.age 28 years 281 days.
Youngest Starting XI No. 950, 17 November 2015, England 2 France 0, a friendly match at The National Stadium, Wembley, London, ave.age 24 years 115 days.
Last match No. 959, 27 June 2016, England 1 Iceland 2, a European Championship Finals round of sixteen match at Allianz Riveira, Saint-Isodore, Nice, France, 68 years 323 days (ave. age 25 years 266 days).
Most used XI Hart (46);
Johnson (18), Cahill (39), Jagielka (29) (Smalling (26)), Baines (23);
Henderson
(26) (Gerrard (24)), Wilshere (27) (Oxlade-Chamberlain (24)), Milner (37) (Lallana (26));
Sterling
(26) (Walcott (21)), Rooney (42), Welbeck (30).
Captain: Rooney (18); Top Goalscorers: Rooney (25), Welbeck (14);
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 2014;
European Championship Finals
2012, 2016; (The only manager to take England to two ECF's)
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Backroom Staff Ray Lewington is Hodgson's number two. He also brought in Gary Neville as head coach. Hodgson also employed a new goalkeeping coach, David Watson, to work alongwith existing coach, Ray Clemence. Physiotherapist is once again Gary Lewin. Team doctor is Dr Ian Beasley. Team chef is Tim De'ath. Masseurs are Mark Sertori and Rod Thornley.

Beyond England

Club(s) Following a year out from the game, Hodgson returned to management with Crystal Palace FC on 12 September 2017. He remained in the Premier League, becoming the oldest to manage in the League, and announced his retirement on 18 May 2021, effective the following weekend.
Remarkably, Hodgson stepped back into the limelight when he became Watford FC's new manager on 25 January 2022, until the end of the season, in a bid to save them from relegation from the Premier League.
He was remarkably reappointed as manager of Crystal Palace FC, as a 75 year-old, on 21 March 2023.
Individual honours Commander of the British Empire 30 June 2021


The Numbers
matches squads named squad players teamsheet players used players debutants careers ended ave. age
56 24 78 75 70 (832) 35 37 26 yrs 201 dys
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
56 33 15 8 109 44 +65 9 27 1.946 0.786 72.3 +25

Venue Record

 
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 24 19 2 3 52 14 +38 2 13 2.167 0.583 83.3 +16
Away 19 11 6 2 43 16 +27 3 10 2.263 0.842 73.7 +9
Neutral 13 3 7 3 14 14 =0 4 4 1.077 1.077 50.0 =0

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

10 6 4 0 31 4 +27 1 6 3.10 0.40 80.0 +6
WCF 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1 1 0.667 1.333 16.7 -2
World Cup 13 6 5 2 33 8 +25 2 7 2.538 0.615 65.4 +4

ECP

10 10 0 0 31 3 +28 0 8 3.10 0.30 100.0 +10
ECF 8 3 4 1 9 7 +2 2 3 1.125 0.875 62.5 +2
European Championship 18 13 4 1 40 10 +30 2 11 2.222 0.556 83.3 +12
Friendly match 25 14 6 5 36 26 +10 5 9 1.44 1.04 68.0 +9

Tournament Record

World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 2012-14 10 6 4 0 31 4 +27 1 6 3.10 0.40 80.0 +6
WCP All 10 6 4 0 31 4 +27 1 6 3.10 0.40 80.0 +6
World Cup Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 2014 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1 1 0.667 1.333 16.7 -2
WCF All 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1 1 0.667 1.333 16.7 -2
World Cup
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 2012-14 13 6 5 2 33 8 +25 2 7 2.538 0.615 65.4 +4
WC All 13 6 5 2 33 8 +25 2 7 2.538 0.615 65.4 +4

European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 2014-16 10 10 0 0 31 3 +28 0 8 3.10 0.30 100.0 +10
ECP All 10 10 0 0 31 3 +28 0 8 3.10 0.30 100.0 +10
European Championship Final Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECF 2012 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 1 2 1.25 0.75 75.0 +2
ECF 2016 4 1 2 1 4 4 =0 1 1 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
ECF All 8 3 4 1 9 7 +2 2 3 1.125 0.875 62.5 +2
European Championship
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
EC 2010-12 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 1 2 1.25 0.75 75.0 +2
EC 2014-16 14 11 2 1 35 7 +28 1 9 2.50 0.35 85.7 +10
EC All 18 13 4 1 40 10 +30 2 11 2.222 0.556 83.3 +12

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 13 6 5 2 33 8 +25 2 7 2.538 0.615 65.4 +4
EC 18 13 4 1 40 10 +30 2 11 2.222 0.556 83.3 +12
27 18 7 2 69 14 +55 3 17 2.556 0.519 79.6 +16

Match History

Took charge on 1 May 2012
Friendly matches
1 904 26 May 2012 - Norway 0 England 1 [0-1]
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo
(21,496)
Young AW
2 905 2 June 2012 - England 1 Belgium 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(85,091)
Welbeck HW
European Championship Finals in Poland/Ukraine  
3 906 11 June 2012 - France 1 England 1 [1-1]
Donbass Arena, Donetsk (47,400)
Nasri
Lescott
ND
4 907 15 June 2012 - Sweden 2 England 3 [0-1]
Natsional'nyî Sportyvnyî Kompleks, Kyiv (48,876/70,000)
Johnson OG, Mellberg
Carroll, Walcott, Welbeck
NW
5 908 19 June 2012 - England 1 Ukraine 0 [0-0]
Donbass Arena, Donetsk (51,504)
Rooney AW
6 909 24 June 2012England 0 Italy 0 [0-0]ᴭᵀ
2-4 on penalty kicks
Natsional'nyî Sportyvnyî Kompleks, Kyiv (56,500)
  ND

Season 2012-13
Friendly match
7 910 15 August 2012 - Italy 1 England 2 [1-1]
Stade de Suisse, Bern (15,000)
De Rossi
Jagielka, Defoe
NW
World Cup preliminary matches  
8 911 7 September 2012 - Moldova 0 England 5 [0-3]
Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
(10,400)
Lampard (2 (1 pen), Defoe, Milner, Baines AW
9 912 11 September 2012 - England 1 Ukraine 1 [0-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley (68,102)
Lampard (pen)
Konoplyanka
HD
Steven Gerrard
10 913 12 October 2012 - England 5 San Marino 0 [2-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (85,654)
Rooney (2 (1 pen)), Welbeck (2), Oxlade-Chamberlain HW
11 914 17 October 2012 - Poland 1 England 1 [0-1]
Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa (43,000)
Glik
Rooney
AD
Friendly matches  
12 915 14 November 2012 - Sweden 4 England 2 [1-2]
Nationalarenan Friends Arena, Solna
(49,967)
Ibrahimović (4)
Welbeck, Caulker
AL
13 916 6 February 2013 - England 2 Brazil 1 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(87,453)
Rooney, Lampard
Fred
HW
World Cup preliminary matches  
14 917 22 March 2013 - San Marino 0 England 8 [0-5]
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
(4,952)
Della Valle OG, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Defoe (2), Young, Lampard, Rooney, Sturridge AW
15 918 26 March 2013 - Montenegro 1 England 1 [0-1]
Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica
(11,300)
Damjanović
Rooney
AD
Friendly matches - FA 150th Year Anniversary  
16 919 29 May 2013 -
England 1 Republic of Ireland 1
[1-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(80,126)
Lampard
Long
HD
17 920 2 June 2013 - Brazil 2 England 2 [0-0]
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio (57,280/66,015)
Fred, Paulinho
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rooney
AD

Season 2013-14
18 921 14 August 2013 - England 3 Scotland 2 [1-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley (80,485)
Walcott, Welbeck, Lambert
Morrison, Miller
HW
World Cup preliminary matches  
19 922 6 September 2013 - England 4 Moldova 0 [3-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(61,607)
Gerrard, Lambert, Welbeck (2) HW
20 923 10 September 2013 - Ukraine 0 England 0 [0-0]
Natsional'nyî Sportyvnyĭ Kompleks, Kyiv
(69,890)
  AD
21 924 11 October 2013 -
England
4 Montenegro 1 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (83,807)
Rooney, Bošković OG, Townsend, Sturridge (pen)
Damjanović
HW
22 925 15 October 2013 - England 2 Poland 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (85,186)
Rooney, Gerrard HW
Friendly matches - FA 150th Year Anniversary  
23 926 15 November 2013 - England 0 Chile 2 [0-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley (62,953)
Sánchez (2) HL
24 927 19 November 2013 - England 0 Germany 1 [0-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley (85,934)
Mertesacker HL
Friendly matches  
25 928 5 March 2014 - England 1 Denmark 0 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (68,573)
Sturridge HW
26 929 30 May 2014 - England 3 Peru 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (83,578)
Sturridge, Cahill, Jagielka HW
27 930 4 June 2014 - Ecuador 2 England 2 [1-1]
Sun Life Stadium, Miami (21,534)
E.Valencia, Arroyo
Rooney, Lambert
ND
Antonio Valencia Raheem Sterling
28 931 7 June 2014 - Honduras 0 England 0 [0-0]
Sun Life Stadium, Miami (45,379)
ND
Brayan Beckeles
2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil  
29 932 14 June 2014 - England 1 Italy 2 [1-1]
Arena da Amazônia, Manaus (39,800)
Sturridge
Marchisio, Balotelli
NL
30 933 19 June 2014 - Uruguay 2 England 1 [1-0]
Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
(62,575)
Suárez (2)
Rooney
NL
31 934 24 June 2014 - Costa Rica 0 England 0 [0-0]
Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, Belo Horizonte (57,823)
  ND

Season 2014-15
Friendly match  
32 935 3 September 2014 - England 1 Norway 0 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(40,181)
Rooney (pen) HW
European Championship preliminary matches  
33 936 8 September 2014 - 
Switzerland 0
England 2 [0-0]
Sankt-Jakob Park, Basel (35,500)
Welbeck (2) AW
34 937 9 October 2014 - England 5 San Marino 0 [0-2]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(55,990)
Jagielka, Rooney (pen), Welbeck, Townsend, Delle Valle OG HW
35 938 12 October 2014 - Estonia 0 England 1 [0-0]
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (10,195)
Rooney AW
Ragnar Klavan
36 939 15 November 2014 - England 3 Slovenia 1 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(82,305)
Rooney (pen), Welbeck (2)
Henderson OG
HW
Friendly match  
37 940 18 November 2014 - Scotland 1 England 3 [0-1]
Celtic Park, Glasgow (55,000)
Robertson
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rooney (2)
AW
European Championship preliminary match  
38 941 27 March 2015 - England 4 Lithuania 0 [2-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(83,671)
Rooney, Welbeck, Sterling, Kane HW
Friendly matches  
39 942 31 March 2015 - Italy 1 England 1 [1-0]
Juventus Stadium, Torino (31,138)
Pellè
Townsend
AD
40 943 7 June 2015 - 
Republic of Ireland 0
England 0 [0-0]
The Aviva Stadium, Dublin (43,486)
  AD
European Championship preliminary matches  
41 944 14 June 2015 - Slovenia 2 England 3 [1-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana (15,796)
Novaković, Pecnik
Wilshere (2), Rooney
AW

Season 2015-16
42 945 5 September 2015 - 
San Marino 0
England 6 [0-2]
San Marino Stadium, Serravalle (4,378)
Rooney (pen), Brolli OG, Barkley, Walcott (2), Kane AW
43 946 8 September 2015 - 
England 2 Switzerland 0
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(75,751)
Kane, Rooney (pen) HW
44 947 9 October 2015 - England 2 Estonia 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley, London
(75,427)
Walcott, Sterling HW
45 948 12 October 2015 - Lithuania 0 England 3 [0-2]
LFF stadionas, Vilnius (5,051)
Barkley, Arlauskis OG, Oxlade-Chamberlain AW
Friendly matches  
46 949 13 November 2015 - Spain 2 England 0 [0-0]
Estádio José Rico Pérez, Alicante
(25,200)
Mario, Cazorla AL
47 950 17 November 2015 - England 2 France 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(71,223)
Alli, Rooney HW
48 951 26 March 2016 - Germany 2 England 3 [1-0]
Olympiastadion, Berlin
(72,000)
Kroos, Gomez
Kane, Vardy, Dier
AW
49 952 29 March 2016 - England 1 Netherlands 2 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(82,831)
Vardy
Janssen (pen), Narsingh
HL
50 953 22 May 2016 - England 2 Turkey 1 [1-1]
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
(44,866)
Kane, Vardy
Ҫalhanoğlu
HW
51 954 27 May 2016 - England 2 Australia 1 [1-0]
Stadium of Light, Sunderland
(46,595)
Rashford, Rooney
Dier OG
HW
52 955 2 June 2016 - England 1 Portugal 0 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(82,503)
Smalling HW
Bruno Alves
European Championship Finals in France  
53 956 11 June 2016 - Russia 1 England 1 [0-0]
Le Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (62,343)
Beruzutski
Dier
ND
54 957 16 June 2016 - England 2 Wales 1 [0-1]
Stade Bollaert-Delelis, L
ens (34,033)
Vardy, Sturridge
Bale
NW
55 958 20 June 2016 - England 0 Slovakia 0 [0-0]
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne (39,051)
  ND
56 959 27 June 2016 - England 1 Iceland 2 [1-2]
Allianz Riviera, Nice
(33,901)
Rooney (pen)
R.Sigurðsson, Sigðorsson
NL

Resigned on 27 June 2016 with immediate effect

Notes

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