Roy Hodgson	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 2012-16 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

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Competition Record

Tournament Record

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 2012 - England 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, Lens (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

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