England women's national football team all-time record

Last updated October 30, 2024

The following tables show the England women's national football team's all-time international record. The statistics are composed of FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Championship matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.^{[note 1]}

Performances
Performance by competition
Performance by manager
Competition records
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's European Championship
UEFA Women's Nations League
Minor tournaments
Head-to-head record
Combined predecessor and successor records
List of FIFA members who have never have played against England
Notes
References

Following a UEFA recommendation in 1972 for national associations to incorporate the women's game, the Football Association (FA) rescinded its 50-year ban on women playing at English Football League grounds.^[1]^[2] Shortly after, Eric Worthington was tasked by the Women's Football Association (WFA) to assemble an official women's national team. England competed in its first officially recognised international match against Scotland in Greenock on 18 November 1972, 100 years to the month after the first men's international between the same two nations.^[3] England overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat Scotland opponents 3–2, with Sylvia Gore scoring England's first international goal.^[4] Prior to this, an English team had played a series of unofficial matches at the 1969 Coppa Europa per Nazioni, and the 1970 and 1971 editions of a "World Championships" held in Italy and Mexico respectively. None of the competitions were sanctioned by FIFA, UEFA, or national associations, and some were contested by club teams acting as de facto national teams.^[5]^[6]^[7]

England have contested 476 matches against 53 different national teams. Of these teams, England have not lost to 31 of them, having earned a perfect 100% winning record against 23 of these teams. West Germany is the only team England has played at least one fixture against and never failed to beat having lost both games against them although England has beaten Germany, the team's successor following the reunification of Germany in 1990.

Performances

Last match updated on 29 October 2024

Performance by competition

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %
FIFA Women's World Cup	33	20	5	8	56	34	+22	61%	24%
FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	64	48	7	9	246	30	+216	75%	14%
UEFA Women's Euros	34	17	3	14	62	53	+9	50%	41%
UEFA Women's Euros qualification	86	57	16	13	231	62	+169	66%	15%
UEFA Nations League	6	4	0	2	15	8	+7	67%	33%
UEFA–CONMEBOL Finalissima	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%	0%
Competitive total	224	146	32	46	611	188	+423	65%	21%
International friendlies	163	79	25	59	301	215	+86	48%	36%
Minor tournaments	89	44	21	24	155	92	+63	49%	27%
Overall total	476	269	78	129	1067	494	+572	57%	27%

Performance by manager

Years	Manager	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %
1972	Eric Worthington	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100%	0%
1973	John Adams	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	100%	0%
1973–1979	Tom Tranter	23	15	1	7	61	24	+37	65%	30%
1979	John Sims	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	50%	25%
1979	Mike Rawding	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%	0%
1980–1991	Martin Reagan	71	38	14	19	156	68	+88	54%	27%
1991	Barrie Williams	7	3	2	2	11	10	+1	43%	29%
1992	John Bilton	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	67%	33%
1993–1998	Ted Copeland	35	15	5	15	78	58	+20	43%	43%
1998	Dick Bate	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0%	100%
1998–2013	Hope Powell	163	85	32	46	306	197	+109	52%	28%
2006 and 2013	Brent Hills	5	4	0	1	21	5	+16	80%	20%
2013–2017	Mark Sampson	59	38	8	13	131	36	+95	64%	22%
2017–2018	Mo Marley	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	67%	33%
2018–2021	Phil Neville	35	19	5	11	60	33	+27	54%	31%
2021	Hege Riise	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	33%	67%
2021–present	Sarina Wiegman	55	40	9	6	191	37	+154	73%	11%
Total		476	269	78	129	1067	495	+572	57%	27%

Competition records

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup finals record

Qualification record

Manager(s)

Year

Round

Pos

Pld

W

D*

L

GF

GA

Squad

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

1991

Did not qualify

UEFA Women's Euro 1991

Reagan

1995

Quarter-finals

7th

4

2

0

2

6

9

Squad

UEFA Women's Euro 1995

Copeland

1999

Did not qualify

8

3

0

5

9

12

Copeland, Bate, Powell

2003

10

3

4

12

10

Powell

2007

Quarter-finals

7th

4

1

2

1

8

6

Squad

8

6

2

0

29

2

2011

Quarter-finals

7th

4

2

0

6

3

Squad

10

9

1

0

35

4

2015

Third place

3rd

7

5

0

2

10

7

Squad

10

0

52

1

Hills, Sampson

2019

Fourth place

4th

7

5

0

2

13

5

Squad

8

7

1

0

29

1

Sampson, Marley, Neville

2023

Runners-up

2nd

7

5

1

13

4

Squad

10

0

80

0

Wiegman

2027

To be determined

Total

0 titles

6/9

33

20

5

8

56

34

—

63

47

7

9

236

30

—

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.***Prior to the introduction of a UEFA qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 1991 and 1995 UEFA Women's European Championships also served as UEFA's qualifying tournament for the first two World Cups.

UEFA Women's European Championship

UEFA Women's European Championship finals record

Qualification record

Manager(s)^[8]

Year

Round

Pos

Pld

W

D*

L

GF

GA

Squad

Gp

Pos

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

P/R

Rnk

1984

Runners-up

2nd

4

3

0

1

4

2

Squad

2

1st

6

0

24

1

–

Reagan

1987

Fourth place

4th

2

0

2

3

5

Squad

2

1st

6

0

34

2

–

Reagan

1989

Did not qualify

1

3rd

6

2

1

3

6

10

–

Reagan

1991

3

2nd

8

2

3

5

8

–

1993

3

1st

6

4

0

2

11

7

–

Bilton

1995

Semi-finals

3rd

2

0

2

6

Squad

7

1st

8

6

2

0

33

2

–

Copeland

1997

Did not qualify

3

2nd

8

4

2

19

6

–

Copeland

2001

Group stage

8th

3

0

1

2

1

8

Squad

2

2nd

8

5

1

2

12

14

–

Powell

2005

Group stage

7th

3

1

0

2

4

5

Squad

Qualified as hosts

2009

Runners-up

2nd

6

3

1

2

12

14

Squad

1

1st

8

6

2

0

24

4

–

2013

Group stage

12th

3

0

1

2

3

7

Squad

6

1st

8

6

2

0

22

2

–

2017

Semi-finals

3rd

5

4

0

1

11

4

Squad

7

1st

8

7

1

0

32

1

–

Sampson

2022

Winners

1st

6

0

22

2

Squad

Qualified as hosts

Wiegman

2025

Qualified

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2nd

6

3

2

1

8

5

7th

Wiegman

Total

1 title

10/14

34

17

3

14

62

53

—

86

57

16

13

231

62

—

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.***Third place includes all tournaments where England reached the semi-finals after Euro 1993 as the third place play-offs were not played in subsequent editions of the tournament.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Nations League league phase record

Finals record

Manager(s)

Season

Year

*

Squad

2023–24

A

1

2nd

6

4

0

2

15

8

5th

2024

Did not qualify

Wiegman

2025–26

To be determined

2026

To be determined

Total

6

4

0

2

15

8

—

0/1

0 titles

0

—

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation(s) for finals stage matches.

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1969 Unofficial European Championship	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	5	4
1976 Pony Home Championship	Winners, group stage	1st	2	2	0	0	9	1
1979 Unofficial European Championship	Semi-finals	4th	4	2	1	1	6	4
1981 Mundialito	Group stage	3rd	2	1	0	1	4	1
1984 Mundialito	Semi-finals	3rd	4	1	2	1	4	5
1985 Mundialito	Winners	1st	4	2	1	1	7	5
1988 Mundialito	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	8	2
1989 Four Nations	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1	0	2	0
1990 North America Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	0	1	2	2	7
2002 Algarve Cup	Group stage	9th	4	1	0	3	8	12
2005 Algarve Cup	Group stage	8th	4	3	1	0	13	0
2007 Four Nations Tournament	Group stage	4th	3	0	2	1	1	3
2009 Cyprus Cup	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	14	3
2010 Cyprus Cup	Group stage	5th	4	2	1	1	6	5
2010 Peace Queen Cup	Group stage	2nd	2	0	2	0	0	0
2011 Cyprus Cup	Group stage	5th	4	2	0	2	4	4
2012 Cyprus Cup	Group stage	4th	4	2	0	2	5	7
2013 Cyprus Cup	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	12	7
2014 Cyprus Cup	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	7	2
2015 Cyprus Cup	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	8	2
2015 Yongchuan International Tournament	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	2	2
2016 SheBelieves Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	0	1	2	1	3
2017 SheBelieves Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	2	3
2018 SheBelieves Cup	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	6	4
2019 SheBelieves Cup	Winners	1st	3	2	1	0	7	3
2020 SheBelieves Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	1	3
2022 Arnold Clark Cup	Winners	1st	3	1	2	0	4	2
2023 Arnold Clark Cup	Winners	1st	3	3	0	0	12	2
Total		9 titles	89	44	21	24	155	92

Head-to-head record

**Key**
	Positive balance (more wins)
	Neutral balance (wins = losses)
	Negative balance (more losses)

Last match updated on 29 October 2024

Opponent^[9]	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %	First match	Last match
Argentina	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100%	0%	17 September 2007	14 June 2019
Australia	7	4	1	2	9	6	+3	57%	29%	4 September 2003	16 August 2023
Austria	10	10	0	0	32	3	+29	100%	0%	1 September 2005	23 February 2024
Belarus	4	4	0	0	19	1	+18	100%	0%	11 February 2010	11 February 2010
Belgium	16	11	3	2	40	12	+28	69%	13%	31 October 1978	31 October 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	4	0	0	8	0	+8	100%	0%	29 November 2015	10 April 2018
Brazil	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	50%	25%	6 October 2018	6 April 2023
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%	23 June 2019	23 June 2019
Canada	15	7	1	7	14	20	−6	47%	47%	6 September 1995	17 February 2022
China	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	33%	50%	15 March 2005	1 August 2023
Colombia	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100%	0%	17 June 2015	12 August 2023
Croatia	4	4	0	0	16	0	+16	100%	0%	19 November 1995	19 September 2012
Czech Republic	5	3	2	0	12	4	+8	60%	0%	26 May 2005	11 October 2022
Denmark	18	9	3	6	21	20	+1	50%	33%	19 May 1979	28 July 2023
Estonia	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100%	0%	21 September 2015	15 September 2016
Finland	13	9	4	0	29	13	+16	69%	0%	19 July 1979	4 March 2015
France	27	5	9	13	24	33	−9	19%	48%	22 April 1973	4 June 2024
Germany	27	3	4	20	24	66	−42	11%	74%	25 November 1990	25 October 2024
Haiti	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%	0%	22 July 2023	22 July 2023
Hungary	2	2	0	0	15	0	+15	100%	0%	27 October 2005	11 May 2006
Iceland	10	8	1	1	19	7	+12	80%	10%	17 May 1992	16 July 2009
Italy	33	12	6	15	51	54	−3	36%	45%	2 June 1976	27 February 2024
Japan	9	6	2	1	20	5	+15	67%	11%	6 September 1981	11 November 2022
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	100%	0%	28 November 2017	4 September 2018
Latvia	2	2	0	0	30	0	+30	100%	0%	26 October 2021	30 November 2021
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	20	0	+20	100%	0%	21 September 2021	6 September 2022
Malta	2	2	0	0	14	0	+14	100%	0%	25 October 2009	20 May 2010
Mexico	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	67%	0%	13 March 2005	13 June 2015
Montenegro	2	2	0	0	19	0	+19	100%	0%	5 April 2014	17 September 2014
Netherlands	23	14	4	5	35	19	+16	61%	22%	9 November 1973	1 December 2023
New Zealand	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	50%	25%	21 October 2010	1 June 2019
Nigeria	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	25%	50%	10 June 1995	7 August 2023
Norway	22	6	3	13	25	41	−16	27%	59%	27 May 1990	15 November 2022
Northern Ireland	13	13	0	0	70	3	+67	100%	0%	7 September 1973	15 July 2022
North Macedonia	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18	100%	0%	17 September 2021	8 April 2022
Portugal	10	7	3	0	23	4	+19	70%	0%	11 February 1996	1 July 2023
Republic of Ireland	10	10	0	0	35	2	+33	100%	0%	2 May 1978	12 July 2024
Romania	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100%	0%	13 September 1998	11 October 1998
Russia	8	4	3	1	23	9	+14	50%	13%	24 June 2001	8 June 2018
Scotland	28	25	1	2	95	16	+79	89%	7%	18 November 1972	5 December 2023
Serbia	4	3	1	0	18	2	+16	75%	0%	17 September 2011	7 June 2016
Slovenia	4	4	0	0	28	0	+28	100%	0%	25 September 1993	21 June 2012
South Africa	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	100%	0%	5 March 2009	29 October 2024
South Korea	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	67%	0%	19 October 2010	16 February 2023
Soviet Union	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	60%	20%	11 August 1990	8 September 1991
Spain	17	7	6	4	22	17	+5	41%	24%	19 December 1993	20 August 2023
Sweden	29	4	10	15	26	49	−23	14%	52%	15 June 1975	16 July 2024
Switzerland	11	10	1	0	34	6	+28	91%	0%	19 April 1975	30 June 2022
Turkey	4	4	0	0	18	0	+18	100%	0%	26 November 2009	31 October 2013
Ukraine	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	100%	0%	30 October 2000	19 June 2014
United States	19	5	2	12	15	41	−26	26%	63%	23 August 1985	7 October 2022
Wales	10	9	1	0	37	2	+35	90%	0%	17 March 1974	31 August 2018
West Germany	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0%	100%	22 August 1984	5 August 1990
Total	476	269	78	129	1067	495	+572	57%	27%	18 November 1972	29 October 2024

Combined predecessor and successor records

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %
Germany West Germany	29	3	4	22	25	71	−46	10%	75.86%

List of FIFA members who have never have played against England

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

UEFA

Notes

↑ The list does not include matches contested at the Olympic Games. This is because England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom, and is not a member of the International Olympic Committee. Therefore, the national team does not compete in the Olympics. Instead, see the Great Britain Olympic football team.

↑ From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League. Teams are divided into leagues (A–C) and groups (1–5) within each league with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

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References

↑ "Women's Football" (PDF). Culture, Media and Sport Committee. p. 3.
↑ Williams, Jean (2003). A Game for Rough Girls? A History of Women's Football in Britain. London: Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 1135136149.
↑ Mitchell, Paul. "The first international football match". BBC.
↑ Croydon, Emily (7 July 2013). "Women's Euros 2013: Women's football's forgotten heroines". BBC Sport.
↑ Williams, Jean (2014). "2: 'Soccer matters very much, every day'". In Agergaard, Sine; Tiesler, Nina Clara (eds.). Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration. Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 978-1135939380.
↑ Denmark was represented by a club, that also won the tournament. Stated in Danish DR2's TV-documentary about the 1971 event of the same kind
↑ "Da Danmark blev verdensmestre i fodbold – DRTV" – via www.dr.dk.
↑ "England: Women's EURO records and stats". UEFA.com.
↑ "England Matches - The England Women's Football Team". www.englandfootballonline.com.

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[olympics-1] The list does not include matches contested at the Olympic Games. This is because England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom, and is not a member of the International Olympic Committee. Therefore, the national team does not compete in the Olympics. Instead, see the Great Britain Olympic football team.

[10] From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League. Teams are divided into leagues (A–C) and groups (1–5) within each league with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

[2] "Women's Football" (PDF). Culture, Media and Sport Committee. p. 3.

[3] Williams, Jean (2003). A Game for Rough Girls? A History of Women's Football in Britain. London: Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 1135136149.

[4] Mitchell, Paul. "The first international football match". BBC.

[5] Croydon, Emily (7 July 2013). "Women's Euros 2013: Women's football's forgotten heroines". BBC Sport.

[6] Williams, Jean (2014). "2: 'Soccer matters very much, every day'". In Agergaard, Sine; Tiesler, Nina Clara (eds.). Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration. Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 978-1135939380.

[7] Denmark was represented by a club, that also won the tournament. Stated in Danish DR2's TV-documentary about the 1971 event of the same kind

[8] "Da Danmark blev verdensmestre i fodbold – DRTV" – via www.dr.dk.

[9] "England: Women's EURO records and stats". UEFA.com.

[11] "England Matches - The England Women's Football Team". www.englandfootballonline.com.

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England women's national football team all-time record

Contents

Performances

Performance by competition

Performance by manager

Competition records

FIFA Women's World Cup

UEFA Women's European Championship

UEFA Women's Nations League

Minor tournaments

Head-to-head record

Combined predecessor and successor records

List of FIFA members who have never have played against England

Notes

Related Research Articles

References