England women's national football team

England Women
	England Women
Nickname(s)	Three Lionesses, Lionesses
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Sarina Wiegman
Captain	Leah Williamson
Most caps	Fara Williams (146)
Top scorer	Ellen White (58)
Home Stadium	Various
FIFA code	ENG
FIFA ranking	5
Highest FIFA ranking	2
Lowest FIFA ranking	14
First international	Scotland 2-3 England
Biggest win	Hungary 0-13 England
Biggest defeat	Norway 8-0 England
World Cup appearances	6 (First in 1995)
Best result	Runners-up (2023)
European Championship appearances	9 (First in 1984)
Best result	Champions (2022)

The England women's national football team, nicknamed the Lionesses, has been governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA). England played its first international match in November 1972 against Scotland. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, England is permitted by FIFA statutes, as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, to maintain a national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

England have qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup six times, reaching the quarter-finals in 1995, 2007 and 2011, finishing fourth in 2019, third in 2015 and as runners-up in 2023. Since 2019, England, as the highest-ranked Home Nation, have been able to qualify an Olympic team on behalf of Great Britain; other British players may be selected in the event of qualification.

They reached the final of the UEFA Women's Championship in 1984 and 2009, and won in 2022, marking the first time since 1966 that any England senior football team had won a major championship. England have also competed in the UEFA Women's Nations League since the inaugural 2023-24 season.

Results and fixtures[]

This list includes match results from the past 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

All times are listed in GMT except where noted.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Void or Postponed Fixture

2024[]

Friendly 23 February	England	7–2	Austria	Algeciras, Spain
19:45	Russo 3', 61' Clinton 19' Mead 37', 89' Carter 70' Daly 90+3'	Report	Kirchberger 30', 88'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador Attendance: 949 Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley

Friendly 27 February	England	5–1	Italy	Algeciras, Spain
17:00	Wubben-Moy 2' Hemp 21', 34' Toone 69' Daly 79'	Report	Cambiaghi 45+3'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador Attendance: 650 Referee: María Eugenia Gil Soriano

Euro 2025 qualifying 5 April	England	1–1	Sweden	London, England
20:00	Russo 24'	Report	Rolfö 64'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 63,248 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

Euro 2025 qualifying 9 April	Republic of Ireland	0–2	England	Dublin, Ireland
19:30		Report	James 12' Greenwood 18' (pen.)	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 32,742 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Euro 2025 qualifying 31 May	England	1–2	France	Newcastle, England
20:00	Mead 30'	Report	De Almeida 41' Katoto 69'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 42,561 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

Euro 2025 qualifying 4 June	France	1–2	England	Saint-Étienne, France
20:00	Diani 72' (pen.)	Report	Stanway 22' Russo 35'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 10,194 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Unofficial friendly 4 July	England XI	1–1	Netherlands XI	Zeist, Netherlands
	Beever-Jones		Ripa	Stadium: KNVB Campus Attendance: 0

Euro 2025 qualifying 12 July	England	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Norwich, England
20:00	Russo 5' Stanway 57' (pen.)	Report	Russell 90+4'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,003 Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Euro 2025 qualifying 16 July	Sweden	0–0	England	Gothenburg, Sweden
18:00		Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,789 Referee: Maria Caputi (Italy)

Friendly 25 October	England	3–4	Germany	London, England
19:30	Stanway 33' (pen.), 36' Bronze 81'	Report	Gwinn 4' (pen.), 11' Bühl 29' Däbritz 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 47,967 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

Friendly 29 October	England	2–1	South Africa	Coventry, England
19:45	Williamson 12' Clinton 23'		Kgatlana 55'	Stadium: Coventry Arena Attendance: 20,400 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

Friendly 30 November	England	0–0	United States	London, England
17:20				Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 78,346 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Friendly 3 December	England	v	Switzerland	Sheffield, England
19:45				Stadium: Bramall Lane

2025[]

2025 UEFA Nations League group stage 21 February	Portugal	1–1	England	Portugal
20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)	Nazareth 75'	Report	Russo 15'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 3,221 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

2025 UEFA Nations League group stage 26 February	England	1–0	Spain	London, England
20:00	Park 33'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 46,550 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

2025 UEFA Nations League group stage 4 April	England	5–0	Belgium	Bristol, England
20:00	Bronze 21' Bright 45+1' Beever-Jones 67' Park 78' Walsh 88'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23,202 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

2025 UEFA Nations League group stage 8 April	Belgium	3–2	England	Leuven, Belgium
19:30	Wullaert 4', 29' Vanhaevermaet 16'	Report	Mead 35' (pen.) Agyemang 81'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 6,253 Referee: Maria Caputi (Italy)

2025 UEFA Nations League group stage 30 May	England	6–0	Portugal	London, England
19:45	Beever-Jones 3', 26', 33' Bronze 5' Mead 29' Kelly 62'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 48,531 Referee: Frida Klarlund (Denmark)

2025 UEFA Nations League group stage 3 June	Spain	2–1	England	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:00	Pina 60', 70'	Report	Russo 22'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 14,107 Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Friendly 29 June	England	7–0	Jamaica	Leicester, England
17:00 BST	Toone 10', 45+4' Bronze 32' Stanway 59' Russo 71' Beever-Jones 85' Mead 90+6'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

Euro 2025 group stage 5 July	France	2–1	England	Zurich, Switzerland
21:00	Katoto 36' Baltimore 39'	Report	Walsh 87'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 22,542 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Euro 2025 group stage 9 July	England	4–0	Netherlands	Zurich, Switzerland
18:00	James 22', 60' Stanway 45+2' Toone 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 22,600 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Euro 2025 group stage 13 July	England	6–1	Wales	St. Gallen, Switzerland
21:00	Stanway 13' (pen) Toone 21' Hemp 30' Russo 44' Mead 72' Beever-Jones 89'	Report	Cain 76'	Stadium: Arena St.Gallen Attendance: 15,953 Referee: Frida Klarlund (Denmark)

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 quarter-final 17 July	Sweden	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 pen)	England	Zurich, Switzerland
20:00 BST	Asllani 2' Blackstenius 25'	Report	Bronze 79' Agyemang 81'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 22,397 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)
		Penalties
	Angeldahl Zigiotti Olme Eriksson Björn Falk Jakobsson Holmberg		Russo James Mead Greenwood Kelly Clinton Bronze

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 semi-final 22 July	England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Geneva, Switzerland
20:00 BST	Agyemang 90+6' Kelly 119'	Report	Bonansea 33'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 26.539 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Final 27 July	England	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 pen)	Spain	Basel, Switzerland
17:00 BST	Russo 57'	Report	Caldentey 25'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 34,203 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
		Penalties
	Mead Greenwood Charles Williamson Kelly		Guijarro Caldentey Bonmatí Paralluelo

Friendly 25 October	England	1–2	Brazil	Manchester, England
17:30 BST	Stanway 52' (pen.)	Report	Zaneratto 9' Dudinha 18'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 37,460 Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)

Friendly 28 October	England	3–0	Australia	Derby, England
19:00 GMT	Beever-Jones 20' Bronze 40' Stanway 90+8' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 26,544 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Friendly 29 November	England	8–0	China	London, England
17:30 GMT	Mead 12', 14' Hemp 16' Stanway 23', 38' (pen.), 52' Toone 71' Russo 78'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Friendly 2 December	England	v	Ghana	Southampton, England
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

2026[]

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 3 March	Ukraine	v	England

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 7 March	England	v	Iceland	England

2026 Women's Finalissima March	Brazil	v	England

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 14 April	England	v	Spain	London, England
				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 18 April	Iceland	v	England	Iceland

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 5 June	Spain	v	England	Spain

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 9 June	England	v	Ukraine	England

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against China and Ghana on 29 November and 2 December 2025, respectively.

Caps and goals correct as of 28 October 2025, after the match against Australia.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
21	1GK	Moorhouse, AnnaAnna Moorhouse	30 March 1995 (1995-03-30) (age 30)	0	0	Orlando Pride
	1GK	Roebuck, EllieEllie Roebuck	23 September 1999 (1999-09-23) (age 26)	11	0	Aston Villa
	1GK	Baggaley, SophieSophie Baggaley	29 November 1996 (1996-11-29) (age 29)	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion

2	2DF	Bronze, LucyLucy Bronze	28 October 1991 (1991-10-28) (age 34)	142	21	Chelsea
3	2DF	Hinds, TaylorTaylor Hinds	25 April 1999 (1999-04-25) (age 26)	1	0	Arsenal
5	2DF	Le Tissier, MayaMaya Le Tissier	18 April 2002 (2002-04-18) (age 23)	10	0	Manchester United
6	2DF	Morgan, EsmeEsme Morgan	18 October 2000 (2000-10-18) (age 25)	18	0	Washington Spirit
12	2DF	Charles, NiamhNiamh Charles	21 June 1999 (1999-06-21) (age 26)	30	0	Chelsea
	2DF	Fisk, GraceGrace Fisk	5 January 1998 (1998-01-05) (age 27)	0	0	Liverpool
22	2DF	Wubben-Moy, LotteLotte Wubben-Moy	11 January 1999 (1999-01-11) (age 26)	13	1	Arsenal
	2DF	Denton, AnoukAnouk Denton	9 May 2003 (2003-05-09) (age 22)	0	0	West Ham United

4	3MF	Walsh, KeiraKeira Walsh (captain)	8 April 1997 (1997-04-08) (age 28)	95	2	Chelsea
8	3MF	Kendall, LuciaLucia Kendall	20 May 2004 (2004-05-20) (age 21)	1	0	Aston Villa
10	3MF	Toone, EllaElla Toone	2 September 1999 (1999-09-02) (age 26)	67	23	Manchester United
14	3MF	Stanway, GeorgiaGeorgia Stanway	3 January 1999 (1999-01-03) (age 26)	86	26	Bayern Munich
18	3MF	Bo Kearns, MissyMissy Bo Kearns	14 April 2001 (2001-04-14) (age 24)	2	0	Aston Villa
20	3MF	Blindkilde Brown, LauraLaura Blindkilde Brown	9 September 2003 (2003-09-09) (age 22)	1	0	Manchester City
	3MF	Clinton, GraceGrace Clinton	31 March 2003 (2003-03-31) (age 22)	16	3	Manchester City

7	4FW	Mead, BethBeth Mead	9 May 1995 (1995-05-09) (age 30)	76	37	Arsenal
9	4FW	Russo, AlessiaAlessia Russo	8 February 1999 (1999-02-08) (age 26)	59	25	Arsenal
11	4FW	Beever-Jones, AggieAggie Beever-Jones	27 July 2003 (2003-07-27) (age 22)	13	7	Chelsea
17	4FW	Kelly, ChloeChloe Kelly	15 January 1998 (1998-01-15) (age 27)	61	9	Arsenal
	4FW	Hemp, LaurenLauren Hemp	7 August 2000 (2000-08-07) (age 25)	70	19	Manchester City
	4FW	Park, JessJess Park	21 October 2001 (2001-10-21) (age 24)	20	3	Manchester United
	4FW	Godfrey, FreyaFreya Godfrey	7 May 2005 (2005-05-07) (age 20)	0	0	London City Lionesses

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last 12 months.

Notes

^INJ = Withdrew due to injury
^MED = Withdrew due to medical reasons
^RET = Retired from the national team
^SBY = Standby

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Keating, KhiaraKhiara Keating ^INJ	27 June 2004 (2004-06-27) (age 21)	1	0	Manchester City	v. China, 29 November 2025
GK	Hampton, HannahHannah Hampton	16 November 2000 (2000-11-16) (age 25)	23	0	Chelsea	v. Australia, 28 October 2025
GK	Earps, MaryMary Earps ^RET	7 March 1993 (1993-03-07) (age 32)	53	0	Paris Saint-Germain	v. Portugal, 30 May 2025

DF	Greenwood, AlexAlex Greenwood	7 September 1993 (1993-09-07) (age 32)	107	7	Manchester City	v. Australia, 28 October 2025
DF	Carter, JessJess Carter	27 October 1997 (1997-10-27) (age 28)	52	2	Gotham FC	v. Australia, 28 October 2025
DF	Reid, KatieKatie Reid ^INJ	25 September 2006 (2006-09-25) (age 19)	0	0	Arsenal	v. Brazil, 25 October 2025
DF	Williamson, LeahLeah Williamson	29 March 1997 (1997-03-29) (age 28)	64	5	Arsenal	UEFA Women's Euro 2025
DF	Parker, LucyLucy Parker ^SBY	18 November 1998 (1998-11-18) (age 27)	0	0	Aston Villa	UEFA Women's Euro 2025
DF	Bright, MillieMillie Bright ^RET	21 August 1993 (1993-08-21) (age 32)	88	6	Chelsea	v. Portugal, 30 May 2025
DF	Morris, EllaElla Morris ^INJ	23 September 2002 (2002-09-23) (age 23)	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	v. Portugal, 30 May 2025
DF	Turner, MillieMillie Turner	7 July 1996 (1996-07-07) (age 29)	2	0	Manchester United	v. Belgium, 8 April 2025
DF	George, GabbyGabby George	2 February 1997 (1997-02-02) (age 28)	3	0	Manchester United	v. Switzerland, 3 December 2024

MF	Kirby, FranFran Kirby ^RET	29 June 1993 (1993-06-29) (age 32)	77	19	Brighton & Hove Albion	v. Spain, 3 June 2025
MF	Symonds, MaisieMaisie Symonds	2 February 2003 (2003-02-02) (age 22)	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	v. Belgium, 8 April 2025
MF	Mace, RubyRuby Mace	5 September 2003 (2003-09-05) (age 22)	1	0	Everton	v. Spain, 26 February 2025

FW	Agyemang, MichelleMichelle Agyemang	3 February 2006 (2006-02-03) (age 19)	7	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	v. Australia, 28 October 2025
FW	Naz, JessicaJessica Naz	24 September 2000 (2000-09-24) (age 25)	6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	v. Australia, 28 October 2025
FW	James, LaurenLauren James	29 September 2001 (2001-09-29) (age 24)	34	9	Chelsea	UEFA Women's Euro 2025
FW	Parris, NikitaNikita Parris	10 March 1994 (1994-03-10) (age 31)	74	17	London City Lionesses	v. Spain, 3 June 2025

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England – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup – Quarter-finals
1. Brown 2. A. Scott 3. Stoney 4. Chapman 5. White (c) 6. Phillip 7. Carney 8. Williams 9. Aluko 10. K. Smith 11. Yankey 12. Asante 13. Chamberlain 14. Unitt 15. S. Smith 16. J. Scott 17. Handley 18. Sanderson 19. Exley 20. Johnson 21. Telford Manager: Hope Powell

England – UEFA Women's Euro 2009 – Runners-up
1. Brown 2. A. Scott 3. Stoney 4. Williams 5. Johnson 6. Asante 7. Carney 8. Chapman 9. Aluko 10. K. Smith 11. S. Smith 12. J. Scott 13. Chamberlain 14. White (c) 15. Unitt 16. Handley 17. Sanderson 18. Westwood 19. Bassett 20. Buet 21. Clarke 22. Bardsley Manager: Hope Powell

England – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup – Quarter-finals
1. Bardsley 2. A. Scott 3. Unitt 4. J. Scott 5. F. White (c) 6. Stoney 7. Clarke 8. Williams 9. E. White 10. Smith 11. Yankey 12. Carney 13. Brown 14. Aluko 15. Bradley 16. Houghton 17. Bassett 18. Asante 19. Susi 20. Rafferty 21. Chamberlain Manager: Hope Powell

England – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 – Group stage
1. Bardsley 2. A. Scott 3. Houghton 4. J. Scott 5. Bradley 6. Stoney (c) 7. Aluko 8. Asante 9. White 10. Williams 11. Yankey 12. Clarke 13. Brown 14. Carney 15. Bassett 16. Nobbs 17. Duggan 18. Susi 19. Bonner 20. Moore 21. Bronze 22. Smith 23. Chamberlain Manager: Hope Powell

England – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup – Third place
1. Bardsley 2. A. Scott 3. Rafferty 4. Williams 5. Houghton (c) 6. Bassett 7. Nobbs 8. J. Scott 9. Aluko 10. Carney 11. Moore 12. Bronze 13. Chamberlain 14. Greenwood 15. Stoney 16. Chapman 17. Potter 18. Duggan 19. Taylor 20. Sanderson 21. Telford 22. Kirby 23. White Manager: Mark Sampson

England – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Semi-finals
1. Bardsley 2. Bronze 3. Stokes 4. J. Scott 5. Houghton (c) 6. Potter 7. Nobbs 8. Christiansen 9. Taylor 10. Williams 11. Moore 12. Stoney 13. Chamberlain 14. Carney 15. Bassett 16. Bright 17. Parris 18. White 19. Duggan 20. Greenwood 21. Telford 22. A. Scott 23. Kirby Manager: Mark Sampson

England – 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup – Fourth place
1. Bardsley 2. Bronze 3. Greenwood 4. Walsh 5. Houghton (c) 6. Bright 7. Parris 8. Scott 9. Taylor 10. Kirby 11. Duggan 12. Stokes 13. Telford 14. Williamson 15. McManus 16. Moore 17. Daly 18. White 19. Stanway 20. Carney 21. Earps 22. Mead 23. Staniforth Manager: Phil Neville

England – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 – Winners
1. Earps 2. Bronze 3. Daly 4. Walsh 5. Greenwood 6. Bright 7. Mead 8. Williamson (c) 9. White 10. Stanway 11. Hemp 12. Carter 13. Hampton 14. Kirby 15. Stokes 16. Scott 17. Parris 18. Kelly 19. England 20. Toone 21. Roebuck 22. Wubben-Moy 23. Russo Manager: Sarina Wiegman

England – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup – Runners-up
1. Earps 2. Bronze 3. Charles 4. Walsh 5. Greenwood 6. Bright (c) 7. James 8. Stanway 9. Daly 10. Toone 11. Hemp 12. Nobbs 13. Hampton 14. Wubben-Moy 15. Morgan 16. Carter 17. Coombs 18. Kelly 19. England 20. Zelem 21. Roebuck 22. Robinson 23. Russo Manager: Sarina Wiegman

England – UEFA Women's Euro 2025 – Winners
1. Agyemang 2. Beever-Jones 3. Bronze 4. Carter 5. Charles 6. Clinton 7. Greenwood 8. Hampton 9. Hemp 10. James 11. Keating 12. Kelly 13. Le Tissier 14. Mead 15. Moorhouse 16. Morgan 17. Park 18. Russo 19. Stanway 20. Toone 21. Walsh 22. Williamson (c) 23. Wubben-Moy Manager: Sarina Wiegman

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