The World Cup and European Championship, are the primary competitive tournaments the England national football team enters. The finals of both tournaments held every four years in alternate even numbered years. Excluding the tournament years in which England either did not enter or failed to qualify for the finals, the England national team has nominated the following squads of players to compete in the finals:
Head coach: Walter Winterbottom
Head coach: Walter Winterbottom
Head coach: Walter Winterbottom
Head coach: Walter Winterbottom
Head coach: Alf Ramsey
Head coach: Alf Ramsey
Head coach: Alf Ramsey
Head coach: Ron Greenwood
Head coach: Ron Greenwood
Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems. Despite this, the goalkeepers are given the usual England goalkeepers' numbers 1, 13 & 22 (again alphabetically) and Kevin Keegan is given his favoured 7.
Head coach: Bobby Robson
Head coach: Bobby Robson
Head coach: Bobby Robson
Head coach: Graham Taylor
Head coach: Terry Venables
Head coach: Glenn Hoddle
Head coach: Kevin Keegan
Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson
Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson
Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson
Head coach: Fabio Capello
A provisional 30-man England squad for the 2010 World Cup was announced on 11 May 2010. This was then reduced to the official 23-man squad, announced on 1 June 2010. The seven players dropped from the provisional squad were Leighton Baines, Darren Bent, Michael Dawson, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Scott Parker and Theo Walcott. Dawson was subsequently called up after a knee injury to captain Rio Ferdinand.
Head coach: Roy Hodgson
Roy Hodgson announced England's 23-man squad on 16 May 2012, along with a five-man stand-by list. The England team is the only squad to consist entirely of players from their domestic league. On 25 May, John Ruddy was ruled out with a broken finger; Jack Butland was called up as his replacement. On 28 May, Gareth Barry was ruled out with a groin injury, being replaced by Phil Jagielka. On 31 May, Frank Lampard was ruled out with a thigh injury and was replaced by Jordan Henderson. On 3 June, Gary Cahill was ruled out with a double fracture of his jaw and Martin Kelly was called up as his replacement.
Head coach: Roy Hodgson
England's final squad was announced on 12 May 2014, including seven standby squad members: John Ruddy, Jon Flanagan, John Stones, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Andy Carroll and Jermain Defoe. Of those seven, only Stones and Flanagan joined the rest of the squad at a training camp in Portugal, with Stones serving as a like-for-like replacement option for Phil Jones, who was still recovering from a shoulder injury. Both Stones and Flanagan travelled with the squad to their pre-tournament training base in Miami, and are expected to remain with the team in Brazil should any injuries be suffered ahead of the opening game. The squad numbers were revealed on 22 May.
Head coach: Roy Hodgson
England named their final squad on 31 May.
Head coach: Gareth Southgate
England's final squad was announced on 17 May 2018, including five standby squad members: Lewis Cook, Tom Heaton, Adam Lallana, Jake Livermore, and James Tarkowski.
Head coach: Gareth Southgate
England announced a 33-man preliminary squad on 25 May 2021. Mason Greenwood withdrew injured on 1 June, with the final squad announced later that day. Trent Alexander-Arnold withdrew injured on 3 June, and was replaced by Ben White on 7 June.
Head coach: Gareth Southgate
England's final squad was announced on 10 November 2022 for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Ben White withdrew from the squad on 30 November for personal reasons.
Head coach: Gareth Southgate
The following 26 players were named in the final squad for UEFA Euro 2024.