European Championship preliminary match
751	Saturday, 5 September 1998 - Sweden 2 England 1 [2-1] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (35,394)	A.Andersson, Mjällby Shearer	AL
		Paul Ince

	2000 under 17 Czech Republic 2 England 2
2001 England's fourth victory in four attempts against Albania UEFA Group 9 Finland 2 Greece 1 Bukayo Saka born in Ealing

World Cup preliminary match
783	Wednesday, 5 September 2001 - England 2 Albania 0 [1-0] St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (51,046)	Owen, Fowler	HW

	2002 Matthew Upson joins Reading FC on loan  Scott Carson signs professional with Leeds United AFC 2003 under 21 FYR Macedonia 1 England 1 in Skopje 2004 under 17 England 3 Portugal 1 at Priestfields 2006 under 19 England 0 Netherlands 0 in Walsall 2008 under 21 England 2 Portugal 0 at Wembley
2009 England's first meeting with Slovenia UEFA Group 6 Ukraine 5 Andorra 0 & Croatia 1 Belarus 0

Friendly match
877	Saturday, 5 September 2009 - England 2 Slovenia 1 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (67,232)	Lampard (pen), Defoe Ljubijankič	HW

	2011 under 21 England 4 Israel 1 in Oakwell 2012 England remain third in rankings 2013 England team named for Moldova         under 21 England 1 Moldova 0 at Majedski Stadium         under 19 Estonia 1 England 6 in Tallinn 2014 under 21 Lithuania 0 England 1 in Kaunus         under 20 England 6 Romania U19 0 in Wellington         youth England 3 Netherlands 1 in Bury
2015 England are the first country to qualify for Finals UEFA Group E Estonia 1 Lithuania 0 & Switzerland 3 Slovenia 2 under 20 England 5 Czech Republic 0 at St. George's Park youth Netherlands 0 England 0 in Rotterdam

European Championship preliminary match
945	Saturday, 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

	2016 youth England 5 Israel 1 in Morecambe 2017 under 21 England 3 Latvia 0 in Bournemouth         under 19 England 1 Germany 3 in Mansfield 2018 under 19 England 4 Netherlands 1 at St. George's Pk         youth Netherlands 0 England 3 in Limoges 2019 under 19 England 3 Greece 1 at St. George's Park         under 20 England 0 Netherlands 0 at Shrewsbury
2020 England score for the first time with ten men Nations League A Denmark 0 Belgium 2

European Championship preliminary match
1002	Saturday, 5 September 2020 -  Iceland 0 England 1 [0-0] Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (bcd)	Sterling (pen)	AW
		Kyle Walker Sverrir Ingi Ingason

2021 Patrick Bamford and Bukayo Saka both play on their birthdays UEFA Group I Albania 1 Hungary 0 & San Marino 1 Poland 7         under 17 Portugal 1 England 2 in Elblag

World Cup preliminary match
1023	Sunday, 5 September 2021 - England 5 Andorra 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (67,171)	Lingard (2), Kane (pen), Saka	HW

Opposition On This Day

1852 Robert Crawford (Scotland unofficial) born in Jersey 1872 Sam Meredith (Wales) born 1875 Jimmy Campbell (Ireland) born 1878 Hugh Maginnis (Ireland) born 1891 Rune Bergström (Sweden) born 1919 Romeo Menti (Italy) born 1920 Silvestre Igoa (Spain) born 1967 Matthias Sammer (Germany) born 1969 Leonardo (Brazil) born 1971 official Gábor Erös (Hungary) born 1977 Joséba Etxeberria (Spain) born 1980 official Roger Nebben (Norawy) born 1984 Erik Huseklepp (Norway) born 1986 Giovanni Bonini (San Marino) born 1988 Felipe Caicedo (Ecuador) born

1964 Frank Farina (Australia manager) born

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