Match No. 946 - Tuesday, 8th September 2015, 7:45pm
Harry Kane3rd of 62 goals. , 67' - Assist: Raheem Sterling. "Raheem Sterling tried to wriggle between two defenders and the second of them, Granit Xhaka, tripped him. Rooney opted for brute force. The power of the shot was too much for Yann Sommer in Switzerland’s goal and, with one almighty whack of his right boot, a record that had stood for 45 years fell into Rooney’s ownership." Wayne Rooney50th of 53 goals. Right-footed from 12 yards., 84' (pen)
- 1
- Joe HartMan City, 54th of 75 caps
28 years, 4 months, 19 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Nathaniel ClyneLiverpool, 7th of 14 caps
24 years, 5 months, 3 days
Right Back 
68'
- 3
- Luke ShawMan Utd, 6th of 31 caps
20 years, 1 month, 27 days
Centre Back
- 4
- Jonjo ShelveySwansea City, 3rd of 6 caps
23 years, 6 months, 10 days
Midfield - 58'
- 5
- Gary CahillChelsea, 37th of 61 caps
29 years, 8 months, 20 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Chris SmallingMan Utd, 19th of 31 caps
25 years, 9 months, 16 days
Centre Back 
71'
- 7
- James MilnerLiverpool, 56th of 61 caps
29 years, 8 months, 4 days
Midfield 28'
- 8
- Fabian DelphMan City, 8th of 20 caps
25 years, 9 months, 17 days
Midfield - 3'
- 9
- Raheem SterlingMan City, 17th of 82 caps
20 years, 9 months, 0 days
Left Midfield
- 10
- Wayne RooneyMan Utd, 107th of 120 caps
29 years, 10 months, 15 days
Centre Forward (c)14th captaincy
- 20
- Ross BarkleyEverton, 15th of 33 caps
21 years, 9 months, 3 days
Midfield 
3'
- 18
- Harry KaneSpurs, 4th of 89 caps
22 years, 1 month, 11 day
Centre Forward - 58'
- 15
- John StonesEverton, 6th of 69 caps
21 years, 3 months, 11 day
Right Back - 68'
- 1
- Yann SommerYann Sommer.
Born 17th Dec 1988, Morges.
- 2
- Stephan LichtsteinerStephan Lichtsteiner.
Born 16th Jan 1984, Adligenswil.
- 4
- Timm KloseTimm Klose.
Born 9th May 1988, Frankfurt, Germany.
- 13
- Ricardo RodríguezRicardo Iván Rodríguez Araya.
Born 25th Aug 1992, Zurich.
- 22
- Fabian SchärFabian Lukas Schär.
Born 20th Dec 1991, Wil.
- 8
- Gökhan InlerGökhan Inler.
Born 27th Jun 1984, Olten.
(c)
- 10
- Granit XhakaGranit Xhaka.
Born 27th Sep 1992, Basel.
- 11
- Valon BehramiValon Behrami.
Born 19th Apr 1985, Mitrovica, Yugoslavia.
- 79'
- 14
- Valentin StockerValentin Stocker.
Born 12th Apr 1989, Lucerne.
- 71'
- 19
- Josip DrmićJosip Drmić.
Born 8th Aug 1992, Lachen.
- 63'
- 23
- Xherdan ShaqiriXherdan Shaqiri.
Born 10th Oct 1991, Gjilan, Yugoslavia.
- 7
- Breel EmboloBreel Donald Embolo.
Born 14th Feb 1997, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
- 63'
- 9
- Haris SeferovićHaris Seferović.
Born 22nd Feb 1992, Sursee.
- 71'
- 15
- Blerim DžemailiBlerim Džemaili.
Born 12th Apr 1986, Tetovo, Yugoslavia.
- 79'
Notes
- Rooney Breaks Goalscoring recordRooney is the first Englishman to 50 goals beating Bobby Charlton's (49) 45 year record.
- England Top Group EEngland's position is unassailable in Group E with two games to play.
- Penalty: Wayne Rooney6th scored from 6 taken (100.0%). England's 111th overall. 84th minute. Second in successive matches. 11 penalties scored in a row (Lampard 4, Sturridge 1, Rooney 6) equals record from June 98 to Sep 03. (Shearer 5, Beckham 5, Owen 1) "Raheem Sterling tried to wriggle between two defenders and the second of them, Granit Xhaka, tripped him. Rooney opted for brute force. The power of the shot was too much for Yann Sommer in Switzerland’s goal and, with one almighty whack of his right boot, a record that had stood for 45 years fell into Rooney’s ownership."
- Goal MilestoneWayne Rooney's 50th Goal
Sources
- englandstats.com Digital Archive
- BBC Football
- The Guardian Wayne Rooney breaks England record in Euro qualifying win over Switzerland
Referee
Italy Gianluca Rocchi
ELO Ratings
- Up 2 places, gaining 13 ranking points to 1948 points
England - 7th - 2 
Switzerland - 19th
Euro 2016 Q
(Group E)
- England
- 30
- +28
- 0
- 0
- 10
- 10
- Switzerlan...
- 21
- +16
- 3
- 0
- 7
- 10
- Slovenia
- 16
- +7
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 10
- Estonia
- 10
- -5
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 10
- Lithuania
- 10
- -11
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 10
- San Marino
- 1
- -35
- 9
- 1
- 0
- 10
