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England's National
Team
Information
England’s national
football
team represents England in
international
football. Although most
national
teams worldwide represent a
sovereign state,
the four "Home
Nations"
making
up the United Kingdom are
each
represented
separately in most
international
tournaments.
England are one of
the
more
successful footballing teams,
being
one of
only seven countries to ever
win
the
FIFA World Cup, which they
famously
did
back in 1966 when they
hosted the
finals in
England. West Germany were
defeated 4-2 in
extra time at Wembley
Stadium, giving
England their first and
only
World Cup title. England have
managed to
remain as a prominent force
on the
global stage, rarely dropping
outside
of the top 10 rankings of both
FIFA
and ELO.
Traditionally,
England's
greatest rivals
have been Scotland, who
were
their opponents in the first-
ever
international
football match way back in
the
year of 1872. Since regular
fixtures
against
Scotland came to an end in
the
late
1980s, other rivalries have
become
more
prominent. Matches with
Argentina
and
Germany have produced
particularly
colourful
encounters producing an
amazing
atmosphere at these
matches.
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