Basic Opposition Search

Opponents

• This is a list of all opponents England have played.
• Some countries' national football teams are now obsolete. Those countries which have maintained a federation. e.g. USSR, CIS and Russia will be listed together under their current name. Countries which have gained independence e.g. Estonia, Georgia etc and have created a new federation are listed separately.
• The dates correspond to the first and last matches between the two teams.
• Albania (UEFA), 1989 - 2021, 6 Matches
• Algeria (CAF), 2010, 1 Match
• Andorra (UEFA), 2006 - 2021, 6 Matches
• Argentina (CONMEBOL), 1951 - 2005, 14 Matches
• Australia (AFC), 1980 - 2023, 8 Matches
• Austria (UEFA), 1908 - 2021, 19 Matches
• Azerbaijan (UEFA), 2004 - 2005, 2 Matches
• Belarus (UEFA), 2008 - 2009, 2 Matches
• Belgium (UEFA), 1921 - 2020, 25 Matches
• Bohemia (Obsolete), 1908, 1 Match
• Brazil (CONMEBOL), 1956 - 2017, 26 Matches
• Bulgaria (UEFA), 1962 - 2019, 12 Matches
• Cameroon (CAF), 1990 - 2002, 4 Matches
• Canada (CONCACAF), 1986, 1 Match
• Chile (CONMEBOL), 1950 - 2013, 6 Matches
• China (AFC), 1996, 1 Match
• CIS (Obsolete), 1992, 1 Match
• Colombia (CONMEBOL), 1970 - 2018, 6 Matches
• Costa Rica (CONCACAF), 2014 - 2018, 2 Matches
• Côte d'Ivoire (CAF), 2022, 1 Match
• Croatia (UEFA), 1996 - 2021, 11 Matches
• Cyprus (UEFA), 1975, 2 Matches
• Czech Republic (UEFA), 1908 - 2021, 18 Matches
• Czechoslovakia (Obsolete), 1934 - 1992, 12 Matches
• Denmark (UEFA), 1948 - 2021, 22 Matches
• East Germany (Obsolete), 1963 - 1984, 4 Matches
• Ecuador (CONMEBOL), 1970 - 2014, 3 Matches
• Egypt (CAF), 1986 - 2010, 3 Matches
• Estonia (UEFA), 2007 - 2015, 4 Matches
• Finland (UEFA), 1937 - 2001, 11 Matches
• France (UEFA), 1923 - 2022, 32 Matches
• Georgia (UEFA), 1996 - 1997, 2 Matches
• Germany (UEFA), 1930 - 2022, 35 Matches
• Germany (Obsolete), 1935 - 1938, 2 Matches
• Germany (Obsolete), 1930, 1 Match
• Ghana (CAF), 2011, 1 Match
• Greece (UEFA), 1971 - 2006, 9 Matches
• Honduras (CONCACAF), 2014, 1 Match
• Hungary (UEFA), 1908 - 2022, 26 Matches
• Iceland (UEFA), 1982 - 2020, 5 Matches
• Iran (AFC), 2022, 1 Match
• Ireland (Obsolete), 1882 - 1952, 60 Matches
• Israel (UEFA), 1986 - 2007, 4 Matches
• Italy (UEFA), 1933 - 2023, 32 Matches
• Jamaica (CONCACAF), 2006, 1 Match
• Japan (AFC), 1995 - 2010, 3 Matches
• Kazakhstan (UEFA), 2008 - 2009, 2 Matches
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Obsolete), 1939, 1 Match
• Kosovo (UEFA), 2019, 2 Matches
• Kuwait (AFC), 1982, 1 Match
• Liechtenstein (UEFA), 2003, 2 Matches
• Lithuania (UEFA), 2015 - 2017, 4 Matches
• Luxembourg (UEFA), 1927 - 1999, 9 Matches
• Macedonia (UEFA), 2002 - 2006, 4 Matches
• Malaysia (AFC), 1991, 1 Match
• Malta (UEFA), 1971 - 2023, 7 Matches
• Mexico (CONCACAF), 1959 - 2010, 9 Matches
• Moldova (UEFA), 1996 - 2013, 4 Matches
• Montenegro (UEFA), 2010 - 2019, 6 Matches
• Morocco (CAF), 1986 - 1998, 2 Matches
• Netherlands (UEFA), 1935 - 2019, 22 Matches
• New Zealand (OFC), 1991, 2 Matches
• Nigeria (CAF), 1994 - 2018, 3 Matches
• North Macedonia (UEFA), 2002 - 2023, 6 Matches
• Northern Ireland (UEFA), 1882 - 2005, 98 Matches
• Norway (UEFA), 1937 - 2014, 12 Matches
• Panama (CONCACAF), 2018, 1 Match
• Paraguay (CONMEBOL), 1986 - 2006, 3 Matches
• Peru (CONMEBOL), 1959 - 2014, 3 Matches
• Poland (UEFA), 1966 - 2021, 21 Matches
• Portugal (UEFA), 1947 - 2016, 23 Matches
• Republic of Ireland (UEFA), 1946 - 2020, 17 Matches
• Rest of the World Select (FIFA), 1963, 1 Match
• Romania (UEFA), 1939 - 2021, 12 Matches
• Russia (UEFA), 1958 - 2016, 15 Matches
• San Marino (UEFA), 1993 - 2021, 8 Matches
• Saudi Arabia (AFC), 1988 - 1998, 2 Matches
• Scotland (UEFA), 1872 - 2023, 116 Matches
• Senegal (CAF), 2022, 1 Match
• Serbia (UEFA), 1939 - 2003, 15 Matches
• Serbia & Montenegro (Obsolete), 2003, 1 Match
• Slovakia (UEFA), 2002 - 2017, 6 Matches
• Slovenia (UEFA), 2009 - 2017, 6 Matches
• South Africa (CAF), 1997 - 2003, 2 Matches
• South Korea (AFC), 2002, 1 Match
• Spain (UEFA), 1929 - 2018, 27 Matches
• Sweden (UEFA), 1923 - 2018, 25 Matches
• Switzerland (UEFA), 1933 - 2022, 27 Matches
• The Rest of Europe (UEFA), 1938 - 1953, 2 Matches
• Trinidad & Tobago (CONCACAF), 2006 - 2008, 2 Matches
• Tunisia (CAF), 1990 - 2018, 3 Matches
• Turkey (UEFA), 1984 - 2016, 11 Matches
• Ukraine (UEFA), 2000 - 2023, 10 Matches
• United States (CONCACAF), 1950 - 2022, 12 Matches
• Uruguay (CONMEBOL), 1953 - 2014, 11 Matches
• USSR (Obsolete), 1958 - 1991, 11 Matches
• Wales (UEFA), 1879 - 2022, 104 Matches
• West Germany (Obsolete), 1954 - 1990, 16 Matches
• Yugoslavia (Obsolete), 1950 - 1989, 13 Matches