<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
when was the last time england got into the semis
when was the last time england got into the semis
1996
1996