United Kingdom national football team
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| Head coach | None appointed |
|---|---|
| Captain | None appointed |
| Most caps |
Billy Liddell Stanley Matthews (2) |
| Top scorer |
Wilf Mannion Tommy Lawton (2) |
| Home stadium | Various |
| FIFA code | N/A |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | N/A |
| First international | |
 Great Britain 6–1 Rest of Europe(Glasgow; 10 May 1947) |
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| Biggest win | |
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Great Britain 6–1 Rest of Europe (Glasgow; 10 May 1947) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Great Britain 1–4 Rest of Europe (Belfast; 13 August 1955) |
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No United Kingdom national football team currently exists, as there currently are separate teams representing each of the nations of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) in international football.
These national teams compete in the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championships and other internationals. A United Kingdom team has played in friendly matches, though never in a full FIFA international and not since 1955. However, the United Kingdom has competed in the association football tournament at the Olympic Games, where it is represented by the Great Britain Olympic football team.
When the world's first football association, The Football Association (FA), was formed in 1863, its geographical remit was not clear: there was no specification of whether it covered just England, all of the United Kingdom, the British Empire or even the entire world. The question was answered when the Scottish Football Association (SFA) was founded in 1873.
The third national football association, the Football Association of Wales (FAW) was founded in 1876 and a fourth, the Irish Football Association (IFA), was founded in 1880. Football therefore developed with separate associations and national teams for each of the countries of the United Kingdom or "Home Nations".
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