Competition Info
World Cup Qualifier
1949-present
- The 1949-50 Home Championship was used as qualification Group 1 for the World Cup 1950. England and Scotland both qualified, in first and second place, but Scotland declined the invitation, mostly because of the distance and expense required to travel to Brazil but officially because they believed that only the outright winners should be allowed to attend (England beat Scotland 1-0 to win the Championship).
The following World Cup in Sweden in 1954 used the 1953-54 Home Championship as a ready-made qualifying group. Both England and Scotland qualified, but this time both teams took up the invitation as the tournament was only a short distance. Scotland by then didn't have any problem with finishing second that year!
The use of the Home Championship as a qualifying competition was abandoned for the next World Cup.
Matches by Type
- Type
- Played
- Won
- Drawn
- Lost
- For
- Against
- Total
- 122
- 84
- 27
- 11
- 314
- 70
Match List
- SMR, 15th Nov 2021, 10 - 0 (WCQ)
- ALB, 12th Nov 2021, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- HUN, 12th Oct 2021, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- AND, 9th Oct 2021, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 8th Sep 2021, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- AND, 5th Sep 2021, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- HUN, 2nd Sep 2021, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 31st Mar 2021, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- ALB, 28th Mar 2021, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- SMR, 25th Mar 2021, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- LTU, 8th Oct 2017, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- SVN, 5th Oct 2017, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- SVK, 4th Sep 2017, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- MLT, 1st Sep 2017, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- SCO, 10th Jun 2017, 2 - 2 (WCQ)
- LTU, 26th Mar 2017, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- SCO, 11th Nov 2016, 3 - 0 (WCQ)
- SVN, 11th Oct 2016, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- MLT, 8th Oct 2016, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- SVK, 4th Sep 2016, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 15th Oct 2013, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- MNE, 11th Oct 2013, 4 - 1 (WCQ)
- UKR, 10th Sep 2013, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- MDA, 6th Sep 2013, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- MNE, 26th Mar 2013, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- SMR, 22nd Mar 2013, 8 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 17th Oct 2012, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- SMR, 12th Oct 2012, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- UKR, 11th Sep 2012, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- MDA, 7th Sep 2012, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- BLR, 14th Oct 2009, 3 - 0 (WCQ)
- UKR, 10th Oct 2009, 0 - 1 (WCQ)
- CRO, 9th Sep 2009, 5 - 1 (WCQ)
- AND, 10th Jun 2009, 6 - 0 (WCQ)
- KAZ, 6th Jun 2009, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- UKR, 1st Apr 2009, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- BLR, 15th Oct 2008, 3 - 1 (WCQ)
- KAZ, 11th Oct 2008, 5 - 1 (WCQ)
- CRO, 10th Sep 2008, 4 - 1 (WCQ)
- AND, 6th Sep 2008, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 12th Oct 2005, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- AUT, 8th Oct 2005, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- NIR, 7th Sep 2005, 0 - 1 (WCQ)
- WAL, 3rd Sep 2005, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- AZE, 30th Mar 2005, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- NIR, 26th Mar 2005, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- AZE, 13th Oct 2004, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- WAL, 9th Oct 2004, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 8th Sep 2004, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- AUT, 4th Sep 2004, 2 - 2 (WCQ)
- GRE, 6th Oct 2001, 2 - 2 (WCQ)
- ALB, 5th Sep 2001, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- GER, 1st Sep 2001, 5 - 1 (WCQ)
- GRE, 6th Jun 2001, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- ALB, 28th Mar 2001, 3 - 1 (WCQ)
- FIN, 24th Mar 2001, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- FIN, 11th Oct 2000, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- GER, 7th Oct 2000, 0 - 1 (WCQ)
- ITA, 11th Oct 1997, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- MDA, 10th Sep 1997, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 31st May 1997, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- GEO, 30th Apr 1997, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- ITA, 12th Feb 1997, 0 - 1 (WCQ)
- GEO, 9th Nov 1996, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 9th Oct 1996, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- MDA, 1st Sep 1996, 3 - 0 (WCQ)
- SMR, 17th Nov 1993, 7 - 1 (WCQ)
- NED, 13th Oct 1993, 0 - 2 (WCQ)
- POL, 8th Sep 1993, 3 - 0 (WCQ)
- NOR, 2nd Jun 1993, 0 - 2 (WCQ)
- POL, 29th May 1993, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- NED, 28th Apr 1993, 2 - 2 (WCQ)
- TUR, 31st Mar 1993, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- SMR, 17th Feb 1993, 6 - 0 (WCQ)
- TUR, 18th Nov 1992, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- NOR, 14th Oct 1992, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- POL, 11th Oct 1989, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- SWE, 6th Sep 1989, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- POL, 3rd Jun 1989, 3 - 0 (WCQ)
- ALB, 26th Apr 1989, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- ALB, 8th Mar 1989, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- SWE, 19th Oct 1988, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- NIR, 13th Nov 1985, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- TUR, 16th Oct 1985, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- ROU, 11th Sep 1985, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- FIN, 22nd May 1985, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- ROU, 1st May 1985, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- NIR, 27th Feb 1985, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- TUR, 14th Nov 1984, 8 - 0 (WCQ)
- FIN, 17th Oct 1984, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- HUN, 18th Nov 1981, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- NOR, 9th Sep 1981, 1 - 2 (WCQ)
- HUN, 6th Jun 1981, 3 - 1 (WCQ)
- SUI, 30th May 1981, 1 - 2 (WCQ)
- ROU, 29th Apr 1981, 0 - 0 (WCQ)
- SUI, 19th Nov 1980, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- ROU, 15th Oct 1980, 1 - 2 (WCQ)
- NOR, 10th Sep 1980, 4 - 0 (WCQ)
- ITA, 16th Nov 1977, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- LUX, 12th Oct 1977, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- LUX, 30th Mar 1977, 5 - 0 (WCQ)
- ITA, 17th Nov 1976, 0 - 2 (WCQ)
- FIN, 13th Oct 1976, 2 - 1 (WCQ)
- FIN, 13th Jun 1976, 4 - 1 (WCQ)
- POL, 17th Oct 1973, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- POL, 6th Jun 1973, 0 - 2 (WCQ)
- WAL, 24th Jan 1973, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- WAL, 15th Nov 1972, 1 - 0 (WCQ)
- POR, 25th Oct 1961, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
- LUX, 28th Sep 1961, 4 - 1 (WCQ)
- POR, 21st May 1961, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- LUX, 19th Oct 1960, 9 - 0 (WCQ)
- IRL, 19th May 1957, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
- DEN, 15th May 1957, 4 - 1 (WCQ)
- IRL, 8th May 1957, 5 - 1 (WCQ)
- DEN, 5th Dec 1956, 5 - 2 (WCQ)
- SCO, 3rd Apr 1954, 4 - 2 (WCQ/HC)
- NIR, 11th Nov 1953, 3 - 1 (WCQ/HC)
- WAL, 10th Oct 1953, 4 - 1 (WCQ/HC)
- SCO, 15th Apr 1950, 1 - 0 (WCQ/HC)
- IRE, 16th Nov 1949, 9 - 2 (WCQ/HC)
- WAL, 15th Oct 1949, 4 - 1 (WCQ/HC)
- * Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.