English national football team

The English national football team's moment of greatest triumph was in 1966 when the side led by Bobby Moore under the managership of Alf Ramsey[?] won the World Cup. In the final, England beat the German national football[?] team by 4 goals to 2, with 3 goals from Geoff Hurst and one from Martin Peters[?].

In 2001, Sven Goran Eriksson[?] became the first foreign[?] national to become the manager of England. They qualified for the Football World Cup 2002 (held in Japan and Korea) in a tense finale on the 6th October 2001, with the final goal which gave them the much-needed draw against Greece coming from David Beckham in the dying seconds of the game. This result ensured automatic qualification above Germany on goal difference. In the World Cup itself, England reached the quarter-finals before being beaten by eventual tournament winners Brazil 2-1.

The first national manager, Walter Winterbottom, died in February 2002.

England is a member of UEFA.

Top England goalscorers

Player	When	No. of Games	No. of Goals
Bobby Charlton	1958-70	106	49
Gary Lineker	1984-92	80	48
Jimmy Greaves	1959-67	57	44
Tom Finney	1946-58	76	30
Nat Lofthouse	1950-58	33	30
Alan Shearer	1992-2000	63	30
Viv Woodward	1903-11	23	29
Steve Bloomer	1895-1907	23	28
David Platt	1989-96	62	27
Bryan Robson	1979-91	90	26
Geoff Hurst	1966-72	49	24
Stan Mortensen	1947-53	25	23
Michael Owen	1998-2003	50	22
Tommy Lawton	1938-48	23	22
Mick Channon	1972-77	46	21
Kevin Keegan	1972-82	63	21
Martin Peters	1966-74	77	20
George Camsell	1929-36	9	18
Dixie Dean	1927-32	16	18
Johnny Haynes	1954-62	56	18
Roger Hunt	1962-69	34	18

England managers

Manager	Years in charge
Sir Walter Winterbottom	1946-1962
Sir Alf Ramsey[?]	1963-1974
Joe Mercer[?]	1974
Don Revie[?]	1974-1977
Ron Greenwood[?]	1977-1982
Bobby Robson	1982-1990
Graham Taylor[?]	1990-1993
Terry Venables[?]	1993-1996
Glenn Hoddle[?]	1996-1999
Howard Wilkinson[?]	1999
Kevin Keegan[?]	1999-2000
Peter Taylor[?]	2000
Sven Goran Eriksson[?]	2001 - present

Honours

• World Cups (1) - 1966