Match No. 760 - Saturday, 4th September 1999, 3:00pm
- 1
- Nigel MartynLeeds, 10th of 23 caps
33 years, 0 months, 24 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Kieron DyerNewcastle Utd, 1st of 33 caps
20 years, 8 months, 6 days
Midfield 
HT
- 3
- Stuart PearceWest Ham, 77th of 78 caps
37 years, 4 months, 10 days
Left Back 
71'
- 4
- David BattyNewcastle Utd, 41st of 42 caps
30 years, 9 months, 2 days
Midfield
- 5
- Tony AdamsArsenal, 58th of 66 caps
32 years, 10 months, 25 days
Centre Back - 65'
- 6
- Martin KeownArsenal, 24th of 43 caps
33 years, 1 month, 11 day
Centre Back
- 7
- David BeckhamMan Utd, 24th of 115 caps
24 years, 4 months, 2 days
Midfield - 65'
- 8
- Ray ParlourArsenal, 4th of 10 caps
26 years, 5 months, 28 days
Midfield
- 9
- Alan ShearerNewcastle Utd, 52nd of 63 caps
29 years, 0 months, 22 days
Centre Forward (c)23rd captaincy
- 10
- Robbie FowlerLiverpool, 10th of 26 caps
24 years, 4 months, 25 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Steve McManamanReal Madrid, 25th of 37 caps
27 years, 6 months, 22 days
Midfield
- 12
- Gary NevilleMan Utd, 33rd of 85 caps
24 years, 6 months, 14 days
Right Back 
HT
- 18
- Michael OwenLiverpool, 14th of 89 caps
19 years, 8 months, 21 day
Centre Forward - 65'
- 14
- Phil NevilleMan Utd, 18th of 59 caps
22 years, 7 months, 14 days
Centre Back - 65'
- 1
- Philippe FelgenPhilippe Felgen.
Born 8th Oct 1975.
- 2
- Ralph FerronRalph Ferron.
Born 13th Mar 1972.
- 3
- Manuel SchaulsManuel Schauls.
Born 13th Feb 1972.
- 4
- Marc BirsensMarc Birsens.
Born 17th Sep 1966, Luxembourg City.
(c)
- 5
- Nico FunckNicolas Funck.
Born 17th Oct 1972.
54'
- 6
- Jeff SaibeneJeff Saibene.
Born 13th Sep 1968, Luxembourg City.
- 7
- Dan TheisDaniel Theis.
Born 11th Sep 1967.
- 8
- Jean-Pierre VanekJean-Pierre Vanek.
Born 19th Jan 1969.
- 9
- Marcel ChristopheMarcel Christophe.
Born 19th Aug 1974.
- 61'
- 10
- Sacha SchneiderSacha Schneider.
Born 23rd Jun 1972.
- HT
- 11
- Patrick PosingPatrick Posing.
Born 9th Sep 1971.
- 82'
- 15
- Christian AlverdiChristian Alverdi.
Born 5th Nov 1973.
- HT
- 18
- Mikhail ZaritskiyMikhail Zaritskiy.
Born 3rd Jan 1973, St Petersburg.
- 61'
- 16
- Frank DevilleFrank Deville.
Born 12th Aug 1970.
Younger brother of Laurent Deville - 82'
Notes
- Penalty: Alan Shearer5th scored from 6 taken (83.3%). England's 83rd overall.
- Hat-Trick: Alan Shearer1st hat-trick (75th overall). 22 minutes between first and third goal.
- Player MilestoneKieron Dyer's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneSteve McManaman's 25th Cap
- Goal MilestoneAlan Shearer's 25th Goal
- Goal MilestoneSteve McManaman's 1st Goal
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- uefa.com
- BBC Football "Shearer leads England rout"
- YouTube
- The Guardian "England primed for the bigger task", Monday 6th September 1999, page 25.
Referee
Belarus Sergey Scmolik
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 1 ranking points to 1920 points
England - 9th - 1 
Luxembourg - 156th
Euro 2000 Qualifying
(Group 5)
- Sweden
- 22
- +8
- 0
- 1
- 7
- 8
- England
- 13
- +11
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 8
- Poland
- 13
- +4
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 8
- Bulgaria
- 8
- -2
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 8
- Luxembourg
- 0
- -21
- 8
- 0
- 0
- 8
Alan Shearer25th of 30 goals. , 12' (pen)