Year | Tournament | Host country | Manager(s) | Position | Team(s) responsible for elimination | Notes |
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1950 | World Cup | ![]() |
Winterbottom | 5-13 | ![]() |
In a four-team first-round group, England finished in a three-way tie on points for second place after having lost to Spain and the USA. Under the rules of this tournament, only the first-placed team progressed to the final four. Spain subsequently finished fourth. |
1954 | World Cup | ![]() |
Winterbottom | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost 4-2 in the quarter-final to the defending champions. Uruguay went on to fourth place. |
1958 | World Cup | ![]() |
Winterbottom | 9-16 | ![]() |
In a four team first-round group, England tied on points with the USSR for second place behind eventual winners ![]() |
1960 | Euro | ![]() |
Winterbottom | Did not compete | ||
1962 | World Cup | ![]() |
Winterbottom | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost 3-1 in the quarter-final to the defending champions, who went on to retain the title. |
1964 | Euro | ![]() |
Winterbottom / Ramsey | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Lost a two-legged preliminary qualifying round, with the winner progressing to a 16-team qualifying round. Winterbottom managed the first leg (a 1-1 home draw), while Ramsey took over for the second (a 5-2 away defeat). France went on to be eliminated by ![]() |
1966 | World Cup | ![]() |
Ramsey | 1 | England qualified automatically as the host nation. England's only victory in a major international tournament. | |
1968 | Euro | ![]() |
Ramsey | 3 | ![]() |
Lost the semi-final 1-0. England won the third-place play-off against ![]() Yugoslavia went on to lose the final after a replay. |
1970 | World Cup | ![]() |
Ramsey | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost the quarter-final 3-2 after extra time. West Germany went on to third place. England qualified automatically as defending champions. |
1972 | Euro | ![]() |
Ramsey | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Lost a two-legged qualifying playoff (effectively a quarter-final) for the 4-team finals 3-1 on aggregate. West Germany went on to win the tournament. |
1974 | World Cup | ![]() |
Ramsey | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Finished second in a three-team qualifying group, with the winner qualifying for the 16-team finals. Lost away to Poland: also drew home matches with Poland and ![]() |
1976 | Euro | ![]() |
Revie | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Finished second in a four-team qualifying group, with the winner qualifying for the 4-nation finals. Lost away to Czechoslovakia, and also drew twice with ![]() |
1978 | World Cup | ![]() |
Revie | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Finished second (on goal difference) out of a four-team qualifying group, with the winner qualifying for the 16-nation finals. Won every match except for a loss to Italy in Rome. Italy went on to finish fourth. |
1980 | Euro | ![]() |
Greenwood | 5-8 | ![]() ![]() |
Finished third out of a four-team first-round group after drawing with Belgium and losing to Italy. |
1982 | World Cup | ![]() |
Greenwood | 5-12 | ![]() |
Finished second in a three-nation group with West Germany and hosts ![]() |
1984 | Euro | ![]() |
Robson | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Finished second out of a five-team qualifying group, with the winner progressing to the 8-nation finals. Lost at home to Denmark; drew away with Denmark and ![]()
|
1986 | World Cup | ![]() |
Robson | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost 2-1 in the quarter-final to the eventual champions. |
1988 | Euro | ![]() |
Robson | 5-8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Finished bottom of a four-team group after losing all three matches. The top two teams progressed to the semi-finals. |
1990 | World Cup | ![]() |
Robson | 4 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in a semi-final to the eventual champions. Also lost the 3rd-place match to ![]() |
1992 | Euro | ![]() |
Taylor | 5-8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Finished bottom of a four-team group after two draws and one loss. The top two teams progressed to the semi-finals. |
1994 | World Cup | ![]() |
Taylor | Did not qualify | ![]() ![]() |
Finished third in a six-team group, from which the top two qualified for the 24-team finals. Lost away to Norway and the Netherlands: drew at home with those two teams and also drew away with ![]() |
1996 | Euro | ![]() |
Venables | 3-4 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in the semi-final to the eventual champions. Qualified automatically as hosts. |
1998 | World Cup | ![]() |
Hoddle | 9-16 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in the round of 16. Argentina went on to be eliminated in the quarter-finals. |
2000 | Euro | ![]() ![]() |
Hoddle, Keegan | 9-16 | ![]() ![]() |
Finished third out of four in a first-round finals group after losing to Portugal and Romania but beating ![]() |
2002 | World Cup | ![]() ![]() |
Keegan, Wilkinson, Eriksson | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost in the quarter-final to the eventual champions. Keegan and Wilkinson managed one qualifying match each: Eriksson managed the remainder of qualification and the finals campaign. |
2004 | Euro | ![]() |
Eriksson | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in the quarter-final. Portugal went on to finish second. |
2006 | World Cup | ![]() |
Eriksson | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in the quarter-final. Portugal went on to finish fourth. |
2008 | Euro | ![]() ![]() |
McClaren | Did not qualify | ![]() ![]() |
Finished third out of a seven-team qualifying group, of which the top two teams qualified for the 16-team tournament. England lost home and away to Croatia, and lost away to Russia. England also drew at home with ![]() ![]() |
2010 | World Cup | ![]() |
Capello | 9-16 | ![]() |
Lost 4-1 in the round of sixteen. Germany went on to finish third. |
Year | Tournament | Host country | Manager(s) | Position | Team(s) responsible for elimination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | World Cup | ![]() |
Winterbottom | 5-13 | ![]() |
In a four-team first-round group, England finished in a three-way tie on points for second place after having lost to Spain and the USA. Under the rules of this tournament, only the first-placed team progressed to the final four. Spain subsequently finished fourth. |
1954 | World Cup | ![]() |
Winterbottom | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost 4-2 in the quarter-final to the defending champions. Uruguay went on to fourth place. |
1958 | World Cup | ![]() |
Winterbottom | 9-16 | ![]() |
In a four team first-round group, England tied on points with the USSR for second place behind eventual winners ![]() |
1960 | Euro | ![]() |
Winterbottom | Did not compete | ||
1962 | World Cup | ![]() |
Winterbottom | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost 3-1 in the quarter-final to the defending champions, who went on to retain the title. |
1964 | Euro | ![]() |
Winterbottom / Ramsey | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Lost a two-legged preliminary qualifying round, with the winner progressing to a 16-team qualifying round. Winterbottom managed the first leg (a 1-1 home draw), while Ramsey took over for the second (a 5-2 away defeat). France went on to be eliminated by ![]() |
1966 | World Cup | ![]() |
Ramsey | 1 | England qualified automatically as the host nation. England's only victory in a major international tournament. | |
1968 | Euro | ![]() |
Ramsey | 3 | ![]() |
Lost the semi-final 1-0. England won the third-place play-off against ![]() Yugoslavia went on to lose the final after a replay. |
1970 | World Cup | ![]() |
Ramsey | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost the quarter-final 3-2 after extra time. West Germany went on to third place. England qualified automatically as defending champions. |
1972 | Euro | ![]() |
Ramsey | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Lost a two-legged qualifying playoff (effectively a quarter-final) for the 4-team finals 3-1 on aggregate. West Germany went on to win the tournament. |
1974 | World Cup | ![]() |
Ramsey | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Finished second in a three-team qualifying group, with the winner qualifying for the 16-team finals. Lost away to Poland: also drew home matches with Poland and ![]() |
1976 | Euro | ![]() |
Revie | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Finished second in a four-team qualifying group, with the winner qualifying for the 4-nation finals. Lost away to Czechoslovakia, and also drew twice with ![]() |
1978 | World Cup | ![]() |
Revie | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Finished second (on goal difference) out of a four-team qualifying group, with the winner qualifying for the 16-nation finals. Won every match except for a loss to Italy in Rome. Italy went on to finish fourth. |
1980 | Euro | ![]() |
Greenwood | 5-8 | ![]() ![]() |
Finished third out of a four-team first-round group after drawing with Belgium and losing to Italy. |
1982 | World Cup | ![]() |
Greenwood | 5-12 | ![]() |
Finished second in a three-nation group with West Germany and hosts ![]() |
1984 | Euro | ![]() |
Robson | Did not qualify | ![]() |
Finished second out of a five-team qualifying group, with the winner progressing to the 8-nation finals. Lost at home to Denmark; drew away with Denmark and ![]()
|
1986 | World Cup | ![]() |
Robson | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost 2-1 in the quarter-final to the eventual champions. |
1988 | Euro | ![]() |
Robson | 5-8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Finished bottom of a four-team group after losing all three matches. The top two teams progressed to the semi-finals. |
1990 | World Cup | ![]() |
Robson | 4 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in a semi-final to the eventual champions. Also lost the 3rd-place match to ![]() |
1992 | Euro | ![]() |
Taylor | 5-8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Finished bottom of a four-team group after two draws and one loss. The top two teams progressed to the semi-finals. |
1994 | World Cup | ![]() |
Taylor | Did not qualify | ![]() ![]() |
Finished third in a six-team group, from which the top two qualified for the 24-team finals. Lost away to Norway and the Netherlands: drew at home with those two teams and also drew away with ![]() |
1996 | Euro | ![]() |
Venables | 3-4 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in the semi-final to the eventual champions. Qualified automatically as hosts. |
1998 | World Cup | ![]() |
Hoddle | 9-16 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in the round of 16. Argentina went on to be eliminated in the quarter-finals. |
2000 | Euro | ![]() ![]() |
Hoddle, Keegan | 9-16 | ![]() ![]() |
Finished third out of four in a first-round finals group after losing to Portugal and Romania but beating ![]() |
2002 | World Cup | ![]() ![]() |
Keegan, Wilkinson, Eriksson | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost in the quarter-final to the eventual champions. Keegan and Wilkinson managed one qualifying match each: Eriksson managed the remainder of qualification and the finals campaign. |
2004 | Euro | ![]() |
Eriksson | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in the quarter-final. Portugal went on to finish second. |
2006 | World Cup | ![]() |
Eriksson | 5-8 | ![]() |
Lost on penalties in the quarter-final. Portugal went on to finish fourth. |
2008 | Euro | ![]() ![]() |
McClaren | Did not qualify | ![]() ![]() |
Finished third out of a seven-team qualifying group, of which the top two teams qualified for the 16-team tournament. England lost home and away to Croatia, and lost away to Russia. England also drew at home with ![]() ![]() |
2010 | World Cup | ![]() |
Capello | 9-16 | ![]() |
Lost 4-1 in the round of sixteen. Germany went on to finish third. |