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England's Record by First Matches Played

 
 
Overall First Matches Last Matches First Wins First Losses Opposition History
This is the full list of all 94 England opponents in order of first match played (and last match played)

1872-79

Scotland P 116 H 58 A 58 N 0
30 November 1872 - 17 October 2023
  Wales P 104 H 51 A 51 N 2
18 January 1879 - 29 November 2022

1882

Ireland P 61 H 30 A 31 N 0
18 February 1882 - 11 November 1953
       

1908

Austria P 19 H 7 A 11 N 1
6 June 1908 - 2 June 2021
  Hungary P 26 H 12 A 13 N 1
10 June 1908 - 14 June 2022
Bohemia P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
13 June 1908
       

1921-39

Belgium P 26 H 8 A 12 N 6
21 May 1921 - 26 March 2024
  France P 32 H 11 A 16 N 5
10 May 1923 - 10 December 2022
Sweden P 25 H 9 A 13 N 3
21 May 1923 - 7 July 2018
  Luxembourg P 9 H 4 A 5 N 0
21 May 1927 - 4 September 1999
Spain P 27 H 12 A 13 N 2
15 May 1929 - 15 October 2018
  Germany P 19 H 9 A 7 N 3
10 May 1930 - 26 September 2022
Italy P 32 H 12 A 14 N 6
13 May 1933 - 17 October 2023
  Switzerland P 27 H 12 A 13 N 2
20 May 1933 - 26 March 2022
Czechoslovakia P 12 H 5 A 5 N 2
16 May 1934 - 25 March 1992
  Netherlands P 22 H 11 A 8 N 3
18 May 1935 - 6 June 2019
Norway P 12 H 5 A 7 N 0
14 May 1937 - 3 September 2014
  Finland P 11 H 3 A 8 N 0
20 May 1937 - 24 March 2001
Rest of Europe P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
26 October 1938
  Yugoslavia P 14 H 7 A 6 N 1
18 May 1939 - 13 December 1989
Romania P 12 H 5 A 4 N 3
24 May 1939 - 6 June 2021
       

1946-59

Ireland, Republic of P 17 Ab 1 H 8 A 7 N 2
30 September 1946 - 12 November 2020
  Portugal P 23 H 10 A 9 N 4
25 May 1947 - 2 June 2016
Denmark P 22 H 10 A 10 N 2
26 September 1948 - 7 July 2021
  Chile P 6 H 3 A 2 N 1
25 June 1950 - 15 November 2013
United States P 12 H 3 A 6 N 3
29 June 1950 - 25 November 2022
  Argentina P 14 H 6 A 2 N 6
9 May 1951 - 12 November 2005
Uruguay P 11 H 5 A 4 N 2
31 May 1953 - 19 June 2014
  Rest of the World P 2 H 2 A 0 N 0
21 October 1953 - 23 October 1963
Ireland, Northern P 37 H 19 A 18 N 0
2 October 1954 - 7 September 2005
  Germany, West (FDR) P 16 H 6 A 6 N 4
1 December 1954 - 4 July 1990
Brazil P 27 H 13 A 6 N 8
9 May 1956 - 23 March 2024
  USSR P 11 H 4 A 3 N 4
18 May 1958 - 21 May 1991
Peru P 3 H 1 A 2 N 0
17 May 1959 - 30 May 2014
  Mexico P 9 H 5 A 3 N 1
24 May 1959 - 24 May 2010

1962-66

Bulgaria P 12 H 6 A 5 N 1
7 June 1962 - 14 October 2019
  German Democratic Republic P 4 H 2 A 2 N 0
2 June 1963 - 12 September 1984
Poland P 21 H 10 A 10 N 1
5 January 1966 - 8 September 2021
       

1970-75

Colombia P 6 H 2 A 1 N 3
20 May 1970 - 3 July 2018
  Ecuador P 3 H 0 A 1 N 2
24 May 1970 - 4 June 2014
Malta P 7 H 3 A 4 N 0
3 February 1971 -
17 November 2023
  Greece P 9 H 5 A 4 N 0
21 April 1971 - 16 August 2006
Cyprus P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
16 April 1975 - 11 May 1975
       

1980-89

Australia P 8 H 3 A 5 N 0
31 May 1980 - 13 October 2023
  Iceland P 5 H 2 A 2 N 1
2 June 1982 - 18 November 2020
Kuwait P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
25 June 1982
  Turkey P 11 H 6 A 5 N 0
14 November 1984 - 22 May 2016
Egypt P 3 H 1 A 1 N 1
29 January 1986 - 3 March 2010
  Israel P 4 H 1 A 3 N 0
26 February 1986 - 8 September 2007
Canada P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
24 May 1986
  Morocco P 2 H 0 A 1 N 1
6 June 1986 - 27 May 1998
Paraguay P 3 H 1 A 0 N 2
18 June 1986 - 10 June 2006
  Saudi Arabia P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
16 November 1988 - 23 May 1998
Albania P 6 H 3 A 3 N 0
8 March 1989 - 12 November 2021
       


1990-98

Tunisia P 3 H 0 A 1 N 2
2 June 1990 - 18 June 2018
  Cameroon P 4 H 2 A 0 N 2
1 July 1990 - 26 May 2002
New Zealand P 2 H 0 A 2 N 0
3 June 1991 - 8 June 1991
  Malaysia P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
12 June 1991
CIS P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
29 April 1992
  San Marino P 8 H 4 A 4 N 0
17 February 1993 - 15 November 2021
Nigeria P 3 H 2 A 0 N 1
16 November 1994 - 2 June 2018
  Japan P 3 H 2 A 0 N 1
2 June 1995 - 30 May 2010
Croatia P 11 H 6 A 3 N 2
24 April 1996 - 13 June 2021
  China P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
23 May 1996
Moldova P 4 H 2 A 2 N 0
1 September 1996 - 6 September 2013
  Georgia P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
9 November 1996 - 30 April 1997
South Africa P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
24 May 1997 - 22 May 2003
  Czech Republic P 5 H 4 A 1 N 0
18 November 1998 - 22 June 2021

2000-09

Ukraine P 10 H 5 A 4 N 1
31 May 2000 - 9 September 2023
  Korea Republic (South) P 1 H 0 A 1 N 0
21 May 2002
Slovakia P 6 H 3 A 2 N 1
12 October 2002 - 4 September 2017
  Macedonia FYR/North P 6 H 3 A 3 N 0
16 October 2002 - 20 November 2023
Liechtenstein P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
29 March 2003 - 10 September 2003
  Serbia and Montenegro P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
3 June 2003
Azerbaijan P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
13 October 2004 - 30 March 2005
  Jamaica P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
3 June 2006
Trinidad & Tobago P 3 H 0 A 1 N 2
15 June 2006 - 1 June 2008
  Andorra P 6 H 3 A 3 N 0
2 September 2006 -
9 October 2021
Estonia P 4 H 2 A 2 N 0
6 June 2007 - 9 October 2015
  Russia P 3 H 1 A 1 N 1
12 September 2007 - 11 June 2016
Kazakhstan P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
11 October 2008 - 6 June 2009
  Belarus P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
15 October 2008 - 14 October 2009
Slovenia P 6 H 3 A 2 N 1
5 September 2009 - 5 October 2017
       

2010-19

Algeria P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
18 June 2010
  Montenegro P 6 H 3 A 3 N 0
12 October 2010 - 14 November 2019
Ghana P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
29 March 2011
  Honduras P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
7 June 2014
Costa Rica P 2 H 1 A 0 N 1
24 June 2014 - 7 June 2018
  Lithuania P 4 H 2 A 2 N 0
27 March 2015 -
8 October 2017
Panama P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
21 June 2018
  Kosovo P 2 H 1 A 1 N 0
10 September 2019 - 17 November 2019

2022-

Côte d'Ivoire P 1 H 1 A 0 N 0
29 March 2022
  Iran P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
21 November 2022
Senegal P 1 H 0 A 0 N 1
4 December 2022
       

 

Not yet played...
this is a list of FIFA-affiliated countries that England have yet to play, in order of highest ranked, as of April 2024.

Top 50 - Serbia (33=to be played in Euro 2024), Qatar (34), Mali (44).
Top 51-100 Venezuela, Iraq, Burkina Faso, Congo DR, Uzbekistan, Cabo Verde, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bosnia & Herzegovina (to be played in June 2024), Guinea, Oman, Equatorial Guinea, Bahrain, El Salvador, Gabon, Bolivia, Zambia, Syria, Haiti, Curaçao, Uganda, Palestine, Angola, Armenia, Benin, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic.
101-210 Thailand, Aotearoa New Zealand, Mauritani, Namibia, Kenya, Guatemala, Madagascar, Mozamabique, Congo, Togo, Libya, Vietnam, Guinea-Bissau, Comoros, Korea DPR, Tanzania, Lebanon, India, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Central African Republic, Niger, The Gambia, Solomon Islands, Faroe Islands, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Latvia, Burundi, Philippines, Antigua & Barbuda, Turkmenistan, Suriname, Ethiopia, Botswana, St. Kitts & Nevis, Eswatini, Lesotho, Dominican Republic, Afghanistan, Liberia, Guyana, Singapore, Yemen, Hong Kong, New Caledonia, Chinese Taipei, Puerto Rico, Maldives, Tahiti, Myanmar, St. Lucia, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, Fiji, Cuba, Bermuda, Vanuata, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, Montserret, Chad, Barbados, Nepal, Cambodia, Dominica, Samoa, Belize, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Macau, Cook Islands, São Tomé e Príncipe, American Samoa, Laos, Mongolia, Djibouti, Aruba, Brunei Darussalam, Pakistan, Cayman Islands, Seychelles, Timor-Leste, Somalia, Bahamas, Tonga, Gibraltar, Sri Lanka, Guam, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla.

 

Total first match - 30 November 1872
first win - 8 March 1873
first loss - 7 March 1874
  P 1053 W 603 D 254 L 196 F 2314 A 1015 - 69.3% +407