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• England advanced to
the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2004™ before losing on penalties to
Portugal after the sides had shared four goals.
• They bounced back from a 2-1 defeat to France in their opening
match in the final tournament group stage to defeat Switzerland
(3-0) and Croatia (4-2) before losing out to the hosts in the
knockout stage.
• England qualified for the final tournament by topping their
qualification group with six wins and two draws from their eight
engagements. Their dropped points came in draws at home to FYR
Macedonia (2-2) and away to group runners-up Turkey (0-0).
What is their
best performance in the UEFA European Championship?
• Both of England's semi-final appearances to date in the
competition have ended in defeat.
• Their first appearance in the last four of the competition came in
1968 when they lost 1-0 to Yugoslavia in Florence.
• More recently, as tournament hosts, England advanced to the semis
of EURO ‘96™ before losing out on penalties to eventual winners,
Germany, after the two sides battled out a 1-1 draw.
Key facts
• Prior to their defeat by Northern Ireland in the 2006 FIFA World
Cup qualifying campaign, England had not lost a qualifying round
game under Sven-Göran Eriksson. To that point, England's 22-match
record had yielded 17 victories and five draws. Their previous
defeat came on 7 October 2000 when, with Kevin Keegan at the helm,
they lost 1-0 at home against Germany in 2002 FIFA World Cup
qualifying action.
• England's last home defeat in UEFA European Championship
qualifying round action came against Denmark on 21 September 1983
thanks to Allan Simonsen's 36th-minute penalty. Since then, England
have played 12 qualification round matches on home soil with eight
victories and four draws.
• They did, however, lose a final tournament play-off match to
Scotland on 17 November 1999 and ended up on the losing side on
penalties to Germany in their EURO '96 semi-final.
All-time
record
• During the qualifying round for UEFA EURO 2008™, England will pass
the 100-match record in terms of games played in the UEFA European
Championship. Up until the start of UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying, they
had played 93 matches with 51 wins, 26 draws, 16 losses, 180 goals
scored and 71 conceded.
• Their record victory in the competition is a 9-0 defeat of
Luxembourg on 15 December 1982 with Luther Blissett grabbing a
hat-trick.
• England have lost only one game by a three-goal margin in that
time. That came on 27 February 1963 when France recorded a 5-2 home
win with Lucien Cossou on target twice in the 1964 UEFA European
Championship preliminary round.
• England have participated in the last five UEFA European
Championship final tournaments having first qualified for the finals
in 1968.
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