England women's national football team

England
Nickname(s)	The Lionesses
Association	The Football Association (The FA)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Sarina Wiegman
Captain	Leah Williamson; Millie Bright (interim)
Most caps	Fara Williams (172)
Top scorer	Ellen White (52)
FIFA code	ENG
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	4 1 (7 December 2018)
Highest	2 (March 2018)
Lowest	14 (June 2004 – September 2005)
First international
	Scotland 2–3 England ; (Greenock, Scotland; 18 November 1972)
Biggest win
	England 20–0 Latvia ; (Doncaster, England; 30 November 2021)
Biggest defeat
	Norway 8–0 England ; (Moss, Norway; 4 June 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1995)
Best result	Third place (2015)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1984)
Best result	Champions (2022)
Women's Finalissima
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	Champions (2023)
Women's Nations League
Appearances	1 (first in 2023-24 season)
Medal record
Women's football
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA–CONMEBOL Finalissima
Website	www.englandfootball.com/womens-senior-team/home

The England women's national football team, nicknamed The Lionesses are the national senior team for the England set up in international football. They are the current Europen Champions and the winners of the UEFA - CONMEBOL 2023 Finalissima. The team has qualified for six World Cups: 1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023.

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The team has done well. In the 32 games played so far, they've won 26, drawn 5 and lost 1. The team has scored 138 goals and give up only 12. England are currently ranked Number 4 in the world.^[2]

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mary Earps (vice-captain)	(1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 32)	34	0	Manchester United
13	1GK	Hannah Hampton	(2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Chelsea
21	1GK	Ellie Roebuck	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 25)	11	0	Manchester City

2	2DF	Lucy Bronze	(1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 33)	105	12	Barcelona
3	2DF	Niamh Charles	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)	7	0	Chelsea
5	2DF	Alex Greenwood	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31)	75	5	Manchester City
6	2DF	Millie Bright (interim captain)	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)	66	5	Chelsea
14	2DF	Lotte Wubben-Moy	(1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 26)	10	0	Arsenal
15	2DF	Esme Morgan	(2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 (age 24)	5	0	Manchester City
16	2DF	Jess Carter	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	18	1	Chelsea

4	3MF	Keira Walsh	(1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 28)	59	0	Barcelona
8	3MF	Georgia Stanway	(1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 26)	50	15	Bayern Munich
10	3MF	Ella Toone	(1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 25)	32	16	Manchester United
12	3MF	Jordan Nobbs	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32)	71	8	Aston Villa
17	3MF	Laura Coombs	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 34)	5	0	Manchester City
20	3MF	Katie Zelem	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 29)	8	0	Manchester United

7	4FW	Lauren James	(2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 (age 23)	11	1	Chelsea
9	4FW	Rachel Daly	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 33)	69	13	Aston Villa
11	4FW	Lauren Hemp	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 24)	38	10	Manchester City
18	4FW	Chloe Kelly	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 27)	26	6	Manchester City
19	4FW	Bethany England	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)	21	11	Tottenham Hotspur
22	4FW	Katie Robinson	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22)	5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
23	4FW	Alessia Russo	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 26)	22	11	Arsenal

#	Name	England career	Caps	Goals	Ref
1	Fara Williams	2001–2019	172	40	^[4]
2	Jill Scott	2006–2022	161	27	^[5]
3	Karen Carney	2005–2019	144	32	^[6]
4	Alex Scott	2004–2017	140	12	^[7]
5	Casey Stoney	2000–2018	130	6	^[8]
6	Rachel Yankey	1997–2013	129	19
7	Steph Houghton	2007–	121	13
8	Lucy Bronze	2013–	130	16
9	Gillian Coultard	1981–2000	119	30
10	Kelly Smith	1995–2014	117	46

#	Name	England career	Goals	Caps	Average	Ref
1	Ellen White	2010–2022	52	113	0.46	^[9]
2	Kelly Smith	1995–2015	46	117	0.39	^[10]
3	Kerry Davis	1982–1998	44	82	0.54	^[11]
4	Karen Walker	1988–2003	40	83	0.48	^[12]
4	Fara Williams	2001–2019	40	172	0.23	^[4]
6	Hope Powell	1983–1998	35	66	0.53
7	Eniola Aluko	2004–2017	33	102	0.32
8	Beth Mead	2018–	32	54	0.59
8	Karen Carney	2005–2019	32	144	0.22
10	Gillian Coultard	1981–2000	30	119	0.25

England women's national football team

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