The United Kingdom national football team ( English United Kingdom national football team ) is the national football team of the United Kingdom , which represented the United Kingdom in friendly matches.
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| The greatest number of games |  Billy Liddell  Stanley Matthews (2 each ) | |||||||||||||||
| Best bombardier | Wilf Mannion , Tommy Lawton (2 each ) | |||||||||||||||
| FIFA rating | BR (June 14, 2019) [1] | |||||||||||||||
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 Great Britain 6: 1 European team( Glasgow , Scotland ; May 10, 1947) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Great Britain 6: 1 European team ( Glasgow , Scotland ; May 10, 1947) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Great Britain 1: 4 Europe team ( Belfast , Northern Ireland ; August 13, 1955) | ||||||||||||||||
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History
At the Olympic Games, the national team was called the "Olympic football team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" ( eng. Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic football team ). The British national team played until the 1972 Games, after which, due to the abolition of the Football Association of England in 1974, the differences between professionals and amateurs were no longer collected. The governing body of the team is the British Olympic Committee .
He is a triple Olympic champion in 1900 , 1908 and 1912 . In 1900, the amateur football club Upton Park acted as a national team, and that tournament had only indicative status. Officially, football became an Olympic sport in 1908, so formally the UK team is the first ever Olympic champion in the sport.
Currently, the UK national team does not hold and does not convene, however, the British Olympic Committee officially announced the convening of the national team to participate in the 2012 Olympic football tournament [2] and she took part in it .
Currently, the UK state in the international football arena represent four national teams - England , Northern Ireland , Wales and Scotland . The teams are full members of FIFA and UEFA and are entitled to participate independently in the draws of the European and World Championships .
Notes
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking . FIFA (June 14, 2019). The appeal date is June 14, 2019.
- ↑ Article dedicated to the performance of the united national team of Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games, BBC website