England at the FIFA Women's World Cup

England have participated five times at the FIFA Women's World Cup: in 1995, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. They have reached the quarter-finals three times and the semi-finals twice.

English women celebrate third place at the 2015 World Cup

1991 World Cup

England did not qualify for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. The European qualification tournament was the same as the European Championship Qualification. England finished second in their bracket at the group stage and qualified for the quarter-finals. In the quarter-final they lost twice to Germany: 1–4 at home, and 0–2 away. As a result, Germany qualified for the World Cup and England had to watch.

1995 World Cup

For the World Cup in Sweden, England qualified as the semi-finalist of the European Championship 1995. In the Qualification, England had four wins against Belgium and Slovenia and two goalless draws against Spain. In the quarter-finals, England prevailed with two 2-1 victories against Iceland and was thus qualified for the World Cup. In the semi-finals they lost to Germany 1–4 in the first leg and 1–2 in the second leg.

They defeated Canada 3–2 in their first World Cup match. Gillian Coultard scored in the 51st minute by a converted penalty the first World Cup goal for England. After increasing to 3–0 they conceded two late goals. A 2–0 win over Norway followed by a 3–2 victory over Nigeria put England in the quarter-finals as group winners. Here they again lost to Germany 0–3. The result would have been sufficient for England to have qualified for the first women's football tournament at the 1996 Olympic Games in which only the eight best teams of the World Cup could participate. However, because England is not eligible to start at the Olympic Games, Brazil participated as the ninth-best team.


Group B
Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
3  Canada 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8 1
4  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
Source: FIFA
England 3–2 Canada
 Report
Attendance: 655
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
Norway 2–0 England
 Report
Attendance: 5,520
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Nigeria 2–3 England
 Report
Attendance: 1,843
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)


Quarter-finals
Germany 3–0 England
 Report
Attendance: 2,317
Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)

1999 World Cup

For the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, for the first time, UEFA set up separate qualifiers. England met the two finalists from 1995, Norway and Germany, as well as the Netherlands. England won only the home game against the Dutch women 1–0 and lost all other games. Thus, England was eliminated at the group stage.

2003 World Cup

In the qualification for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup England again faced Germany and the Netherlands, as well as Portugal. With two wins and two draws, England qualified as a runner-up behind Germany (which qualified directly for the World Cup) for the relegation matches. There they first met Iceland and after a 2-2 in Iceland earned a 1-0 home win to make the relegation final against France. England lost both games 0-1, and thus did not qualify for the World Cup.

2007 World Cup

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup took place for the second time in China. In the qualification England met France, the Netherlands, Austria and Hungary. With six victories – including England's largest ever victory, a 13–0 defeat of Hungary – and two draws, England reached the World Cup for the second time.

In the first game of the finals, they met Japan and had a 2–1 lead in the 5th minute of stoppage time when Japan scored a late equalizer.[1] The second game against Germany was a scoreless tie.[2] In the last match against Argentina England won 6–1 and qualified for the quarter-finals, as Japan lost to Germany in a parallel game.[3] In the quarter-finals they held the United States to a 0–0 tie for 50 minutes, but lost 3–0.[4] Thus, England were eliminated in the quarter-finals, as in 1995. However, they were the only team to not lose to the eventual champion Germany. By making the quarter-finals England had actually secured qualification for the women's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in which only the three best European teams of the World Cup could participate. However, as England still could not start at the Olympics, Sweden and Denmark, who were both eliminated in the preliminary round, played for this place, and Sweden won.

Group A
Main article: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
3  Japan 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
Source: FIFA
Japan 2–2 England
 Report
Attendance: 27,146[5]
England 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 27,730[5]
England 6–1 Argentina
 Report
Attendance: 30,730[5]
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Quarter-finals
United States 3–0 England
 Report
Attendance: 29,586[5]

2011 World Cup
Scene from the game against Japan

For the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany qualifying, England earned seven wins and a draw playing against Spain, Austria, Turkey and Malta for the playoffs of the group winners. In the playoffs, England defeated Switzerland 2–0 and 3–2 to earn a place in the World Cup.

In Germany, England was put into a group with Japan, New Zealand and Mexico. In the first game against Mexico, England tied 1:1.[6] England defeated New Zealand 2-1 and Japan 2–0 to take England's first ever group victory at a World Cup.[7][8] In the quarter-finals England played France. England took the lead in the 59th minute after a scoreless first half, but France equalized two minutes before the end of regular time. In the ensuing overtime, neither team scored, leading to a penalty shoot-out. Although the first French shooter failed and the first three English women were successful, all other French women scored and the last two English women, Claire Rafferty and captain Faye White, did not.[9] England were the only team to have defeated the eventual champion Japan.


Group B
Main article: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
4  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Mexico 1–1 England
 Report
Attendance: 18,702[10]
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)
New Zealand 1–2 England
 Report
Attendance: 19,110[11]
England 2–0 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 20,777[12]
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

Quarter-finals
England 1–1 (a.e.t.) France
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 26,395[13]

2015 World Cup

In the qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, England prevailed again. Their group included Ukraine, Wales, Turkey, Belarus and Montenegro. England won all 10 games to qualify.

England was assigned to Group F with France, Colombia and, like four years earlier, Mexico.[14][15]

In a close game, they lost 1–0 to France, but followed that with four straight 2–1 wins. First against Mexico, then against Colombia with which they qualified as a runner-up for the knockout round, and then in the first-round playoff match against Norway, thus for the first time winning in a knockout game at the World Cup.[16] In the quarter-finals, where England had never before won, they met host Canada and prevailed 2–1.[17] They thus made the semi-finals for the first time, where they met the defending champion, Japan.[18] England lost with an own goal in injury time, but won the match for third place against Germany for their highest ever finish.[19]


Group F
Main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Colombia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  Mexico 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: FIFA
France 1–0 England
 Report
Attendance: 11,686[20]
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
England 2–1 Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 13,138[21]
England 2–1 Colombia
 Report
Attendance: 13,862[22]
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)


Round of 16
Norway 1–2 England
 Report
Attendance: 19,829[23]


Quarter-finals
England 2–1 Canada
 Report
Attendance: 54,027[24]


Semi-finals
Japan 2–1 England
 Report
Attendance: 31,467[25]


Third place play-off
Germany 0–1 (a.e.t.) England
Report
Attendance: 21,483[26]

2019 World Cup

In the qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in Europe, England met Wales, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and, for the first time, Kazakhstan. England only earned a point in the home game against Wales in a goalless draw. Crucial for the qualification then was a 3–0 victory in front of a record 5,053 spectators against Wales on the penultimate match day.

England had started their qualifications under Mark Sampson, who led them to third place in 2015 and the semi-finals at the European Championship in 2017. In September 2017, he was released after the first game due to various allegations. Mo Marley initially coached the team until former England international Phil Neville took over as coach in January 2018.

At the World Cup, the first game was against Scotland, which England won 2–1. Argentina and Japan followed, with a 1–0 result against Argentina and 2–0 against Japan, making England group winners. In the knockout rounds, England won 3–0 against Cameroon, then won against Norway in the quarter-finals, with Ellen White scoring her sixth World Cup goal. In the semi-final White scored again, but the team lost 1–2 to the United States.[27] It was the first FIFA Women's World Cup shown on BBC.


Group D
Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Japan 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3  Argentina 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Scotland 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
Source: FIFA
England 2–1 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 13,188[28]
England 1–0 Argentina
 Report
Attendance: 20,294[29]
Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)
Japan 0–2 England
Report
Attendance: 14,319[30]


Round of 16
England 3–0 Cameroon
 Report
Attendance: 20,148[31]
Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

Quarter-finals
Norway 0–3 England
Report
Attendance: 21,111[32]

Semi-finals
England 1–2 United States
 Report
Attendance: 53,512[33]

Third place play-off
England 1–2 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 20,316[34]

World Cup record
World Cup finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did not qualify
1995Quarter-finals420269−3
1999Did not qualify
2003
2007Quarter-finals412186+2
2011Quarter-finals422063+3
2015Third place7502107+3
2019Fourth place7502135+8
2023To be determined
Total5/82615474330+13
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-outs.

Goalscorers
See also: List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers
Player Goals 1995 2007 2011 2015 2019
Ellen White 7 16
Fara Williams 5 113
Kelly Smith 4 4
Jill Scott 4 121
Lucy Bronze 3 21
Karen Carney 2 2
Gillian Coultard 2 2
Karen Farley 2 2
Jodie Taylor 2 11
Steph Houghton 2 11
Fran Kirby 2 11
Jessica Clarke 1 1
Vicky Exley 1 1
Marieanne Spacey 1 1
Nikita Parris 1 1
Alex Greenwood 1 1
Karen Walker 1 1
Rachel Yankey 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 43 6861013
Own goals scored for opponents

Notes

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