England won the
1966
World Cup final tournament on home soil, beating West Germany in the final
match, 4-2 after extra time.
England were a semi-finalist at the
1990
World Cup final tournament in Italy, eliminated by West Germany on penalty
kicks after a 1-1 extra-time draw. They finished fourth after losing the
third-place match to host nation Italy, 2-1.
England were a semi-finalist at the
1968
European Championship final tournament in Italy, losing to Yugoslavia,
1-0. They finished third after beating the U.S.S.R., 2-0, in the
third-place match.
England were a semi-finalist at the
1996
European Championship final tournament on home soil, eliminated by
Germany on penalty kicks after a 1-1 extra-time draw. They finished
level at third-place with the other eliminated semifinalist, France, since no
third-place match was played.
BBC Sports Team of the Year
Award
England won the
BBC
Sports Team of the Year award, first made in 1960,
once, in 1966,
the year they won the
World Cup.
England's Youth Football Team took the award
in 1964 after winning two successive UEFA European Under-18 championship
tournaments in
1963
and
1964.
British Sports Writers'
Association Team of the Year Award
England have never won
the
Sports Writers' Association Team
of the Year award, which was first made in 1970. In 1966, however, Bobby
Moore and the entire England World Cup Team won the Association's
Sportsman
of the Year award.
[Many thanks to Trevor Bond,
secretary of the Sports Writers' Association, for information regarding the
Association's awards.]
FIFA World Team of the Year
Award
FIFA first made its Team of the Year award
in 1993, when it began its regular
national team
rankings. From 1993 until 2000 the awards were made on the basis of the December end-of-year
ranking. England finished among the top 10 teams twice, in 1997 and 1998, on both occasions under
manager Glenn Hoddle. In 1997, they were 4th, behind award-winner Brazil, Germany and
the Czech Republic and ahead of Mexico, France, Romania, Denmark, Italy and
Colombia. In 1998, they were 9th, behind award-winner Brazil, France, Germany,
Croatia, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Italy and the Czech Republic and ahead of
Mexico.
France Football
European National Team of the Year Award
England have won this prestigious award five times
(one shared).
France Football European
National Team of the Year Award
World Soccer Team
of the Year Award
World Soccer Team
of the Year Award
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