History of the England national football team History of the England national football team The history of the England national football team begins with the first ever international football match in 1870. They have won one World Cup, in 1966 on home soil, and qualified fourteen times for the tournament onwards from 1950. England staged Euro 1996 (European Championship). However, the team has never made it to the final of the competition; their best performances being a semi final in Euro 1968 and Euro 1996. England's first ever international representative matches were arranged by influential sports' administrator CW Alcock under the auspices of the Football Association. The
Curaçao national football team Curaçao national football team The Curaçao national football team (; Papiamentu, "Selekshon di Futbòl Kòrsou") represents Curaçao in International association football and is controlled by the Curaçao Football Federation. The first national football team to bear the name Curaçao was the Territory of Curaçao national football team, which made its debut in 1924 in an away match against neighboring Aruba, a match which the Territory of Curaçao won four to nil. In December 1954, the territory of Curaçao became the Netherlands Antilles, and following a constitutional change the Netherlands Antilles were designated a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,