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Wales national football team

April 15, 2024

This article is about the men's senior team. For the women's senior team, see Wales women's national football team.

The Wales men's national football team (Welsh: Tîm pêl-droed cenedlaethol Cymru) represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the governing body for football in Wales. They have been a member of FIFA since 1946 and a member of UEFA since 1954.

Wales
Nickname(s)The Dragons (Welsh: Y Dreigiau)
AssociationFootball Association of Wales (FAW)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachRob Page
CaptainAaron Ramsey
Most capsGareth Bale (111)
Top scorerGareth Bale (41)
Home stadiumCardiff City Stadium
FIFA codeWAL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 29 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest8 (October 2015)
Lowest117 (August 2011)
First international
 Scotland 4–0 Wales 
(Glasgow, Scotland; 25 March 1876)
Biggest win
 Wales 11–0 Ireland 
(Wrexham, Wales; 3 March 1888)
Biggest defeat
 Scotland 9–0 Wales 
(Glasgow, Scotland; 23 March 1878)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1958)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1958)
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2016)
Best resultSemi-finals (2016)
Medal record
Websitewww.faw.cymru/en/

The team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup twice, in 1958 and 2022. In 1958, they reached the quarter-finals before losing to eventual champions Brazil. They then went 58 years before reaching their second major tournament, when – following a rise of 109 places from an all-time low of 117th to a peak of 8th in the FIFA World Ranking between August 2011 and October 2015[3][4][5][6] – they qualified for UEFA Euro 2016, where they reached the semi-finals before again losing to the eventual champions, Portugal. A second successive UEFA European Championship followed when Wales reached the round of 16 of UEFA Euro 2020. They also progressed through UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying to the quarter-finals, though this was played on a two-legged, home-and-away basis and is not considered part of the finals tournament.

Historically, the Welsh team has featured a number of players from Wales' top club teams, Cardiff City and Swansea City. These two Welsh clubs play in the English league system alongside fellow Welsh clubs Newport County, Wrexham and Merthyr Town. However, most Welsh football clubs play in the Welsh football league system. Wales, as a country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games.

History edit

See also: History of the Wales national football team

The early years edit

 
The Wales side of 1887–88

Wales played its first competitive match on 25 March 1876 against Scotland in Glasgow, making it the third-oldest international football team in the world. Although the Scots won the first fixture 4–0, a return match was planned in Wales the following year, and so it was that the first international football match on Welsh soil took place at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, on 5 March 1877. Scotland took the spoils winning 2–0. Wales' first match against England came in 1879, a 2–1 defeat at the Kennington Oval, London, and in 1882, Wales faced Ireland for the first time, winning 7–1 in Wrexham.

The associations of the four Home Nations met at the International Football Conference in Manchester on 6 December 1882 to set down a set of worldwide rules. This meeting saw the establishment of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) to approve changes to the rules, a task the four associations still perform to this day. The 1883–84 season saw the formation of the British Home Championship, a tournament which was played annually between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales until 1983–84.[7] Wales were champions on 12 occasions, winning outright seven times whilst sharing the title five times.

The FAW became members of FIFA, world football's governing body, in 1910, but the relationship between FIFA and the British associations was fraught and the British nations withdrew from FIFA in 1928 in a dispute over payments to amateur players. As a result, Wales did not enter the first three FIFA World Cups. In 1932, Wales played host to the Republic of Ireland, the first time they played against a side from outside the four home nations. One year later, Wales played a match outside the United Kingdom for the first time when they travelled to Paris to play France national football team in a match drawn 1–1. After World War II, Wales, along with the other three home nations, rejoined FIFA in 1946 and took part in the qualifying rounds for the 1950 World Cup, the 1949–50 Home Championships being designated as a qualifying group. The top two teams were to qualify for the finals in Brazil, but Wales finished bottom of the group.

1958 World Cup edit

 
John Charles on international duty for Wales, against Scotland, 1954

The 1950s were a golden age for Welsh football with stars such as Ivor Allchurch, Cliff Jones, Alf Sherwood, Jack Kelsey, Trevor Ford, Ronnie Burgess, Terry Medwin, Mel Charles and John Charles.

Wales made their first World Cup finals tournament appearance in the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden. However, their path to qualification was unusual. Having finished second to Czechoslovakia in qualifying Group 4, the golden generation of Welsh football managed by Jimmy Murphy seemed to have missed out on qualification, but the politics of the Middle East subsequently intervened. In the Asian/African qualifying zone, Egypt and Sudan had refused to play against Israel following the Suez crisis, while Indonesia had insisted on meeting Israel on neutral ground. As a result, FIFA proclaimed Israel winners of their group. However, FIFA did not want a team to qualify for the World Cup finals without actually playing a match, and so lots were drawn of all the second-placed teams in UEFA. Belgium were drawn out first but refused to participate, and so then Wales was drawn out and awarded a two-legged play-off match against Israel with a place in Sweden for the winners.[8] Having defeated Israel 2–0 at the Ramat Gan Stadium and 2–0 at Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales went through to a World Cup finals tournament for the first time.

The strong Welsh squad made their mark in Sweden, drawing all the matches in their group against Hungary, Mexico and Sweden before defeating Hungary in a play-off match to reach the quarter-finals against Brazil. However, Wales' chances of victory against Brazil were hampered by an injury to John Charles that ruled him out of the match. Wales lost 1–0 with 17-year-old Pelé scoring his first international goal. The goal made Pelé the youngest World Cup goal scorer and Brazil went on to win the tournament.

Wales' remarkable campaign in Sweden was the subject of the best-selling book When Pele Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup (by Mario Risoli, St David's Press) which was published on the 40th anniversary of the World Cup and was also the inspiration for a Bafta Cymru-nominated documentary.

1970s edit

Wales failed to qualify for the first four finals tournaments of the UEFA European Championship from its inception in 1960. They also did not replicate their success in qualifying for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, although they did achieve a highly creditable draw against then world champions England in the 1970 British Home Championship, weeks before England went to defend their title in Mexico 1970 FIFA World Cup. This helped to give Wales a share of the Home Championship trophy for the year, goal difference not at that stage being used to determine an outright winner. In 1976, the team – managed by Mike Smith – reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA European Championship, having finished top of qualifying Group 2 ahead of Hungary, Austria and Luxembourg, but this was not considered part of the finals. Prior to 1980, only four countries qualified for the finals tournament, and Wales were drawn to play against the winners of Group 3 – Yugoslavia – in a two-legged, home-and-away tie. Wales lost the first leg 2–0 in Zagreb and were eliminated from the competition following a 1–1 draw in a bad-tempered return leg at Cardiff's Ninian Park, which was marred by crowd trouble. This initially led to Wales being banned from the 1980 tournament, but this was reduced on appeal to a four-year ban on qualifying matches being played within 100 miles of Cardiff. Yugoslavia went on to finish fourth in the 1976 tournament.

The following year, Wales defeated England on English soil for the first time in 42 years and secured their only victory to date at Wembley Stadium thanks to a Leighton James penalty. Wales went onto finish second in the 1977 British Home Championship. A few weeks earlier, Wales achieved another noted victory against then European Champions Czechoslovakia with Nick Deacy and James again scoring.[9] This victory in a qualifier strengthened Wales' bid to qualify for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but six months later, that attempt ended in controversial circumstances. The decisive fixture against Scotland - nominally a home fixture for Wales, although relocated to Anfield amidst security concerns - was swung by a contentious penalty awarded to Scotland, replays suggesting the handball offence may have actually been perpetrated by Scottish striker Joe Jordan.[10] Another notable achievement for Wales however came in the 1980 British Home Championship, as Wales comprehensively defeated England at the Racecourse Ground. Goals from Mickey Thomas, Ian Walsh, Leighton James and an own goal by Phil Thompson saw Wales defeat England 4–1 just four days after England had defeated the then-world champions, Argentina.

1980s edit

In the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the Wales team – managed by Mike England – came extremely close to qualification; a 3–0 defeat against the Soviet Union in their final match meant they missed out on goal difference, but the real damage had been done by their failure to beat Iceland in their last home match, the match eventually finishing 2–2 after several hold-ups due to floodlight failures.

Wales also only narrowly missed out on qualification for the 1984 UEFA European Championship. They were seconds away from qualification when a winning goal by Ljubomir Radanović for Yugoslavia during injury time in the final game of qualifying group 4 against Bulgaria eliminated Wales.

Mark Hughes marked his debut for Wales by scoring the only goal of the match as England were defeated once again in 1984. The following season, Hughes was again on target, scoring a wonder goal as Wales thrashed Spain 3–0 at the Racecourse during qualification for the 1986 World Cup. However, despite defeating Scotland 1–0 at Hampden Park, it was again Iceland that wrecked Welsh hopes by defeating Wales 1–0 in Reykjavík, and for the second World Cup in a row, Wales missed out on goal difference. Wales had to win their last match at home to Scotland to be guaranteed at least a play-off, but were held to a 1–1 draw in a match marred by the death of Scotland manager Jock Stein, who collapsed from a heart attack at the end of the match.

Wales also started strongly in their bid to qualify for the 1988 UEFA European Championship, and were undefeated after four games. But away defeats against Denmark and Czechoslovakia in the last two games in qualifying group 6 saw Mike England's eight-year reign as Welsh coach end in another disappointment.

1990s edit

Under coach Terry Yorath, Wales achieved a remarkable result on 5 June 1991 when defeating then world champions Germany in a Euro 1992 qualifier, thanks to a goal from Ian Rush. Three months later, on 11 September 1991, Wales achieved a notable double by defeating Brazil for the only time in a friendly international, thanks to a goal from Dean Saunders.[11] At this point, Wales seemed well placed to progress from their qualifying group 5. However, victories for Germany in their three remaining matches in the group, including a 4–1 win in the return fixture against Wales, eliminated the Welsh.

Wales also made a strong showing in their qualifying group for the 1994 World Cup, achieving a noted victory at home to Belgium. Wales thus attained what was then their highest position in the FIFA World Rankings on 27 August 1993. Wales again came close to qualifying for a major championship only to fall short in the closing stages of their campaign. Needing to win the final match of the group at home to Romania on 17 November, Paul Bodin missed a penalty when the scores were level 1–1; the miss was immediately followed by Romania taking the lead and going on to win 2–1.[12][13]

Following the failure to qualify, Yorath's contract as manager of the national side was not renewed by the FAW, and Real Sociedad manager John Toshack was appointed on a part-time basis. However, Toshack resigned after just one match (a 3–1 defeat to Norway) citing problems with the FAW as his reason for leaving, although he was sure to have been shocked at being booed off the pitch at Ninian Park by the Welsh fans still reeling from the dismissal of Yorath.[14] Mike Smith took the manager role for the second time at the start of the Euro 1996 qualifiers, but Wales slipped to embarrassing defeats against Moldova and Georgia before Bobby Gould was appointed in June 1995.

Gould's time in charge of Wales is seen as a dark period by Welsh football fans. His questionable tactics and public fallings-out with players Nathan Blake,[15] Robbie Savage[16] and Mark Hughes,[citation needed] coupled with embarrassing defeats to club side Leyton Orient and a 7–1 thrashing by the Netherlands in 1996 did not make him a popular figure within Wales. Gould finally resigned following a 4–0 defeat to Italy in 1999, and the FAW turned to two legends of the national team, Neville Southall and Mark Hughes, to take temporary charge of the match against Denmark four days later, with Hughes later being appointed on a permanent basis.

2000s edit

Under Mark Hughes, Wales came close to qualifying for a place at Euro 2004 in Portugal, being narrowly defeated by Russia in the play-offs. However, the defeat was not without its controversy, as Russian midfielder Yegor Titov tested positive for the use of a banned substance after the first qualifying leg,[17] a scoreless draw in Moscow. Notwithstanding, FIFA opted not to take action against the Football Union of Russia other than instructing them not to field Titov again, and the Russian team went on to defeat Wales 1–0 in Cardiff to qualify for the final tournament.[citation needed]

Following a disappointing start to the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, Hughes left his role with the national team to take over as manager of Premier League outfit Blackburn Rovers.[18][19] John Toshack was appointed manager for the second time in November 2004.[20] In Euro 2008 qualifying, Wales finished 5th in Group D.[21] In 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4, two 2–0 home defeats by Finland and Germany in spring 2009 effectively ended Wales' hopes of qualification.

Wales were drawn in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G. After a defeat at Montenegro in their opening match, on 9 September 2010, John Toshack stood down as manager after being disappointed at previous results in 2010 against Croatia and the opening Euro 2012 qualifier.[22] Wales under-21 coach Brian Flynn took over from Toshack as caretaker manager.[23]

2010s edit

 
The Wales team on 11 October 2011 ahead of their UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match against Bulgaria in Sofia

Gary Speed was appointed as permanent manager on 14 December 2010.[24] Speed appointed 20-year-old Aaron Ramsey captain, making him the youngest Wales captain.[25] In August 2011, Wales attained their lowest FIFA ranking of 117th.[26] After some promising performances, in October 2011, Wales had rapidly risen to 45th in the FIFA rankings.[citation needed] A 4–1 home win in a friendly match against Norway on 12 November 2011 proved to be Speed's last match in charge of Wales.[citation needed] The match was a culmination of Speed's efforts which led Wales to receive the unofficial award for biggest mover of 2011 in the FIFA rankings.[27] His tenure as manager ended in tragic circumstances two weeks later when he was found dead at his home on 27 November, having apparently committed suicide.[28][29]

Due to London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, a Great Britain team would qualify as of right of being the host nation. However, the FAW stressed it was strongly against the proposal.[30] Despite this, Welsh players Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale expressed their interest in representing the Great Britain Olympic football team.[31] Bale withdrew due to injury,[32] but Ramsey was joined by four other Welshmen in Stuart Pearce's 18-man squad: Swansea City's Joe Allen and Neil Taylor, while Manchester United's Ryan Giggs and Liverpool's Craig Bellamy were included as over-age players, with Giggs being made captain.[33]

Chris Coleman was appointed Wales team manager on 19 January 2012.[34] For 2014 World Cup qualification, Wales were drawn in Group A but finished 5th.[35][36] Wales were placed in Group B for qualifying for Euro 2016. In July 2015, following four wins and two draws, Wales topped the group.

In July 2015, having attained their then highest FIFA ranking of tenth,[37] Wales were placed among the top seeds for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification draw.[38] In September 2015, England dropped to tenth in the FIFA rankings, making Wales – in ninth position – the highest-ranked British team for the first time in its history.[39] In October 2015, Wales attained their highest ever FIFA ranking of eighth.[40] On 10 October 2015, Wales lost 2–0 to Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, Wales' qualification for Euro 2016 was confirmed after Cyprus defeated Israel that same evening.[41]

Euro 2016 edit

 
After reaching the Euro 2016 semi-final, the Wales National Football Team return to Wales for an open-top bus parade through Cardiff city centre.

Wales qualified for Euro 2016 in France, their first European Championship tournament, and were drawn into Group B with Slovakia, Russia and England. On their Euro debut, on 11 June against Slovakia at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Gareth Bale scored direct from a free-kick to give Wales a 1–0 lead, and Hal Robson-Kanu scored the winner in a 2–1 victory.[42] In their second match, against England in Lens, Wales led 1–0 at half-time through another Bale free-kick, but lost 2–1.[43] Against Russia at the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse, Aaron Ramsey, Neil Taylor and Bale scored in a 3–0 win that made them win the group.[44]

In their round of 16 match at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Wales played Northern Ireland and won 1–0 after an own goal from Gareth McAuley.[45] In the quarter-final against Belgium, Wales went behind to a long-range effort from Radja Nainggolan, but captain Ashley Williams headed an equaliser before Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes confirmed a 3–1 victory for Wales. This victory advanced Wales to their first major tournament semi-final and also made them the first British nation to advance to the semi-finals of a major tournament since 1996.[46]

Wales lost 2–0 in the semi-final against Portugal with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani early in the second half.[47] Wales were welcomed back home on 8 July with an open-top bus parade around Cardiff, starting at Cardiff Castle and going past the Millennium Stadium before finishing at the Cardiff City Stadium.[48]

2018 World Cup qualification and China Cup edit

Wales finished third in their 2018 World Cup qualifying group, therefore failing to qualify for the final tournament.[49][50] Chris Coleman resigned as Wales manager on 17 November 2017 to join Sunderland.[51]

Wales were invited to participate in the 2018 China Cup alongside China, Czech Republic and Uruguay.[52] Wales beat China 6–0 in the semi-final but lost 1–0 in the final to Uruguay.[53][54]

2020s edit

Euro 2020 and Nations League edit

On 15 January 2018, Ryan Giggs was confirmed as new manager.[55] Despite losing two of the first three qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2020,[56] Wales went unbeaten in the second half of 2019 and ultimately qualified in second place following a 2–0 win over Hungary in their final match on 19 November.[57][58]

Euro 2020 was delayed until 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, which meant Wales' next games came in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League.[59][57] They kept five consecutive clean sheets on the way to an unbeaten record in the competition, winning five games and drawing one, despite Giggs not being available for the last two games due to legal troubles.[60][61] With Rob Page in interim charge, the team beat Finland 3–1 in their final match to finish top of the group and gain promotion to League A for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League.[62]

UEFA Euro 2020 was played in June and July 2021. Under Page as interim manager, Wales progressed from the group stage after finishing second in the group on goal difference.[63] In the last 16 round Wales lost to Denmark in Amsterdam.[64]

2022 World Cup, Nations League and Gareth Bale retirement edit

The team that defeated Ukraine on 5 June 2022 to qualify for the 2022 World Cup[65]

Rob Page remained in interim charge for the 2022 World Cup qualification campaign. Wales finished second in Group E and progressed to the qualification play-off stage.[66] After beating Austria in the play-off semi-final, Wales qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1958 with a 1–0 win over Ukraine.[67]

Following their promotion in the previous Nations League campaign, Wales were drawn in Group A4 of the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League along with Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland, with Rob Page still interim manager.[68]

 
Wales line up against United States at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

On 20 June 2022, Ryan Giggs resigned as Wales manager due to his upcoming court case.[69] Page stayed on as interim manager before being given a four-year contract extension in September 2022, managing Wales at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.[70] After a 1–1 draw with the United States in the opening match, Wales lost their second match to Iran after conceding two injury time goals.[71][72] In their final match, Wales were eliminated after losing 3–0 to England, therefore, finishing bottom of the group.[73]

On 9 January 2023, Wales captain Gareth Bale retired from club and international football. At the time of his retirement he was the record goal scorer and record appearance holder for Wales.[74]

Euro 2024 edit

During UEFA Euro 2024 qualification, Wales finished 3rd in their group, meaning they would need to qualify via the play-offs.[75] In the play-off semi-final, Wales beat Finland 4–1 but lost the play-off final to Poland on penalties.[76][77]

Team image edit

Media coverage edit

Live television broadcast rights are held by S4C (Welsh language commentary) and Sky Sports (English language commentary) until 2022.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wales national football team kits.

The primary kit has long been all-red. The crest of the Football Association of Wales features a rampant Welsh Dragon on a white shield. From 1920, the shield was surrounded by a red border, and the letters 'FAW' were added in 1926. The badge was redesigned in 1951, adding a green border with 11 daffodils, as well as the Welsh-language motto Gorau Chwarae Cyd Chwarae ("The best play is team play"). The motto was briefly removed in 1984, but the badge stayed largely the same until 2010, when the shield was changed to feature rounded sides and the motto banner was changed from white to red and green. The dragon also changed from rampant to rampant regardant. The motto was removed again in 2019, following another major redesign of the badge, which saw the top of the shield flattened and the sides changed not to curve outwards; the green border was also thinned and the daffodils removed.[78]

Kit supplier edit

Kit provider Period
  Admiral 1976–1980
  Adidas 1980–1987
  Hummel 1987–1990
  Umbro 1990–1996
  Lotto 1996–2000
  Kappa 2000–2008
  Champion 2008–2010
  Umbro 2010–2013
  Adidas 2013–

Name edit

The team is sometimes known and branded mononymously as "Cymru", the Welsh language name for Wales, by the Football Association of Wales (FAW; or in Welsh: Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru; CBC), as the FAW uses the term in its internal and external communications. In October 2022, the FAW announced it was considering rebranding the team to only use the Welsh name for the country, ditching the term "Wales", following the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The association said it was in discussions with UEFA over how to change the name, and were inspired by Turkey's rebrand to Türkiye and not being the last country alphabetically in some football events.[79][80][81] The suggestion was stated by University of Limerick professor Owen Worth, to be an example of the connection between the team's supporters' clubs and pro-Welsh independence groups such as YesCymru and AUOB Cymru.[82]

Home stadium edit

Main article: Wales national football team home stadium
 
The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

From 2000 to 2009, Wales played most of their home matches at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The stadium was built in 1999 on the site of the old National Stadium, known as Cardiff Arms Park, as the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) had been chosen to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Prior to 1989, Wales played their home games at the grounds of Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham, but then came to an agreement with the WRU to use Cardiff Arms Park and, subsequently, the Millennium Stadium.

Wales' first football match at the Millennium Stadium was against Finland on 29 March 2000. The Finns won the match 2–1, with Jari Litmanen becoming the first player to score a goal at the stadium. Ryan Giggs scored Wales' goal in the match, becoming the first Welshman to score at the stadium.

 
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
 
Liberty Stadium, Swansea

With the opening of the Cardiff City Stadium in 2009, the FAW chose to stage most home friendlies there, with other friendly matches played at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea (now known as the Swansea.com Stadium) and the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham. Qualifying matches continued to be played at the 74,500-capacity Millennium Stadium until the end of 2009, which was typically only around 20–40% full amid poor team results. This led to calls from fans and players for international matches to be held at smaller stadiums. For the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, the FAW decided Wales would play all of their home matches at either the Cardiff City Stadium or the Liberty Stadium, with the exception of the home tie against England, which was played at the Millennium Stadium. The 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign saw four home matches at the Cardiff City Stadium and one at the Liberty Stadium. Cardiff City Stadium's capacity was increased to 33,000 in 2014 and all home matches for Euro 2016 qualifying were scheduled at the stadium and Wales subsequently qualified for the finals tournament in France. All five home qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup were held at the stadium as well as both of the team's home 2018–19 UEFA Nations League games. All home games in the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign also took place there. A friendly against Spain was played at the Millennium Stadium on 11 October 2018, which was Wales' first match at the stadium in just over seven-and-a-half years, finishing in a 4–1 defeat. On 20 March 2019, Wales played a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago at the Racecourse Ground, their first match there since 2008.

Results and fixtures edit

Main article: Wales national football team results (2020–present)

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023 edit

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) Euro 2024 qualifying Group D Wales   1–0   Latvia Cardiff, Wales
19:45 UTC+1
  • Moore   41'
 Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 32,806
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
16 June 2023 (2023-06-16) Euro 2024 qualifying Group D Wales   2–4   Armenia Cardiff, Wales
19:45 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 32,774
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
19 June 2023 (2023-06-19) Euro 2024 qualifying Group D Turkey   2–0   Wales Samsun, Turkey
21:45 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium
Attendance: 28,766
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)
7 September 2023 (2023-09-07) Friendly Wales   0–0   South Korea Cardiff, Wales
19:45 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
11 September 2023 (2023-09-11) Euro 2024 qualifying Group D Latvia   0–2   Wales Riga, Latvia
20:45 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Skonto Stadium
Attendance: 6,464
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
11 October 2023 (2023-10-11) Friendly Wales   4–0   Gibraltar Wrexham, Wales
19:45 UTC+1
BBC report
Sky report
Soccerway report		 Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,008
Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)
15 October 2023 (2023-10-15) Euro 2024 qualifying Group D Wales   2–1   Croatia Cardiff, Wales
19:45 UTC+1 Wilson   47', 60' Report Pašalić   75' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 31,240
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) Euro 2024 qualifying Group D Armenia   1–1   Wales Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 UTC+4 Zelarayán   5' BBC report
Sky report
UEFA Report		 Tiknizyan   45+2' (og) Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Attendance: 14,271
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) Euro 2024 qualifying Group D Wales   1–1   Turkey Cardiff, Wales
19:45 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 32,291
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

2024 edit

21 March 2024 (2024-03-21) Euro 2024 qualifying play-off Wales   4–1   Finland Cardiff, Wales
19:45 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 32,162
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) Euro 2024 qualifying play-off Wales   0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		   Poland Cardiff, Wales
19:45 UTC±0 Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 31,876
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Penalties
9 June 2024 (2024-06-09) Friendly Slovakia   v   Wales Slovakia
Report
6 September 2024 (2024-09-06) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B Wales   v   Turkey Wales
19:45 UTC+1
9 September 2024 (2024-09-09) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B Montenegro   v   Wales Montenegro
19:45 UTC±0
11 October 2024 (2024-10-11) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B Iceland   v   Wales Iceland
19:45 UTC±0
14 October 2024 (2024-10-14) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B Wales   v   Montenegro Wales
19:45 UTC+1
16 November 2024 (2024-11-16) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B Turkey   v   Wales Turkey
17:00 UTC±0
19 November 2024 (2024-11-19) 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B Wales   v   Iceland Wales
19:45 UTC±0

Coaching staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Rob Page
Assistant manager   Jon Grey
Coaches   Alan Knill
  Chris Gunter
Head of performance   Nick Davies
Goalkeeping coach   Tony Roberts
Fitness coach   Adam Owen
Medical officer   Jon Houghton
Performance psychologist   Ian Mitchell
Physiotherapists   Sean Connelly
  David Rowe
  Chris Senior
  Paul Harris
Sports scientist   Ronan Kavanagh
Equipment officers   David Griffiths
  Kevin McCusker
Performance analysts   Esther Wills
  James Turner

Coaching history edit

Main article: Wales national football team manager
Caretaker manager are listed in italics.

Prior to 1954 the Welsh team was chosen by a panel of selectors with the team captain fulfilling the role of coach.

Players edit

Current squad edit

Wales named the following squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs matches against Finland and Poland on 21 and 26 March 2024, respectively.[83]

Caps and goals are correct as of 26 March 2024, after the match against Poland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Wayne Hennessey (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 (age 37) 109 0   Nottingham Forest
12 1GK Danny Ward (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 30) 40 0   Leicester City
1GK Adam Davies (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 31) 4 0   Sheffield United
21 1GK Tom King (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29) 0 0   Wolverhampton Wanderers
4 2DF Ben Davies (vice-captain) (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 30) 86 2   Tottenham Hotspur
14 2DF Connor Roberts (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 28) 55 3   Leeds United
5 2DF Chris Mepham (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 26) 46 0   Bournemouth
6 2DF Joe Rodon (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 26) 44 0   Leeds United
3 2DF Neco Williams (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 22) 38 4   Nottingham Forest
19 2DF Jay Dasilva (1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 25) 0 0   Coventry City
2 2DF Morgan Fox (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 30) 0 0   Queens Park Rangers
10 3MF Aaron Ramsey (captain) (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33) 84 21   Cardiff City
8 3MF Harry Wilson (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 27) 54 8   Fulham
15 3MF Ethan Ampadu (2000-09-14) 14 September 2000 (age 23) 51 0   Leeds United
7 3MF David Brooks (1997-07-08) 8 July 1997 (age 26) 29 4   Southampton
3MF Dylan Levitt (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 (age 23) 13 0   Hibernian
17 3MF Jordan James (2004-07-02) 2 July 2004 (age 19) 10 0   Birmingham City
3MF Rubin Colwill (2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 (age 21) 8 1   Cardiff City
22 3MF Josh Sheehan (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29) 5 0   Bolton Wanderers
16 3MF Charlie Savage (2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 20) 1 0   Reading
20 4FW Daniel James (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 26) 51 7   Leeds United
13 4FW Kieffer Moore (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 (age 31) 41 12   Ipswich Town
9 4FW Brennan Johnson (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 (age 22) 26 3   Tottenham Hotspur
23 4FW Nathan Broadhead (1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 (age 26) 11 2   Ipswich Town
11 4FW Rabbi Matondo (2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 23) 11 0   Rangers
18 4FW Liam Cullen (1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 24) 1 0   Swansea City

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Ben Cabango (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 23) 7 0   Swansea City v.   Finland, 21 March 2024INJ
DF Joe Low (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22) 1 0   Wycombe Wanderers v.   Finland, 21 March 2024INJ
DF Tom Lockyer (1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 29) 16 0   Luton Town v.   Turkey, 21 November 2023
DF Niall Huggins (2000-12-18) 18 December 2000 (age 23) 0 0   Sunderland v.   Turkey, 21 November 2023
DF Regan Poole (1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 25) 1 0   Portsmouth v.   Croatia, 15 October 2023
DF Owen Beck (2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 21) 0 0   Dundee v.   Gibraltar, 11 October 2023
MF Joe Morrell (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) 37 0   Portsmouth v.   Turkey, 21 November 2023
MF Luke Harris (2005-04-03) 3 April 2005 (age 19) 0 0   Exeter City v.   Gibraltar, 11 October 2023
MF Oli Cooper (1999-12-14) 14 December 1999 (age 24) 1 0   Swansea City v.   Turkey, 19 June 2023
FW Wes Burns (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 29) 6 0   Ipswich Town v.   Finland, 21 March 2024INJ
FW Tom Bradshaw (1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 31) 8 0   Millwall v.   Turkey, 21 November 2023

INJ Withdrew due to injury
WD Withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue
SUS Serving suspension
RET Retired from the national team
PRE Preliminary squad / standby

Individual records edit

Main article: List of Wales international footballers
As of 28 March 2024.[84]
Players in bold are still active with Wales.

Most appearances edit

 
Gareth Bale played a record 111 matches for Wales between 2006 and 2022, and is also their top goalscorer with 41 goals.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Gareth Bale 111 41 2006–2022
2 Chris Gunter 109 0 2007–2022
Wayne Hennessey 109 0 2007–present
4 Neville Southall 92 0 1982–1997
5 Ashley Williams 86 2 2008–2019
Ben Davies 86 2 2012–present
6 Gary Speed 85 7 1990–2004
8 Aaron Ramsey 84 21 2008–present
9 Craig Bellamy 78 19 1998–2013
10 Joe Ledley 77 4 2005–2018

Most goals edit

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Gareth Bale (list) 41 111 0.37 2006–2022
2 Ian Rush (list) 28 73 0.38 1980–1996
3 Trevor Ford 23 38 0.61 1947–1957
Ivor Allchurch 23 68 0.34 1951–1966
5 Dean Saunders 22 75 0.29 1986–2001
6 Aaron Ramsey 21 84 0.25 2008–present
7 Craig Bellamy 19 78 0.24 1998–2013
8 Robert Earnshaw 16 59 0.27 2002–2011
Cliff Jones 16 59 0.27 1954–1970
Mark Hughes 16 72 0.22 1984–1999

Notable former players edit

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame inductees edit

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Welsh inductees to the English Football Hall of Fame edit

[86]

Welsh winners of the FWA Footballer of the Year edit

[87]

Welsh winners of the PFA Players' Player of the Year edit

[88]

Team records edit

  • Biggest win

  Wales 11–0 Ireland  
(Wrexham, Wales; 3 March 1888)

  • Biggest defeat

  Scotland 9–0 Wales  
(Glasgow, Scotland; 23 March 1878)

Competitive record edit

FIFA World Cup edit

Main article: Wales at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record Qualification play-off record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member —
  1934
  1938
  1950 Did not qualify 3 0 1 2 1 6
  1954 3 0 1 2 5 9
  1958 Quarter-finals 5th 5 1 3* 1 4 4 6 4 0 2 10 5 2 2 0 0 4 0
  1962 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 3 —
  1966 6 3 0 3 11 9
  1970 4 0 0 4 3 10
  1974 4 1 1 2 3 5
  1978 4 1 0 3 3 4
  1982 8 4 2 2 12 7
  1986 6 3 1 2 7 6
  1990 6 0 2 4 4 8
  1994 10 5 2 3 19 12
  1998 8 2 1 5 20 21
    2002 10 1 6 3 10 12
  2006 10 2 2 6 10 15
  2010 10 4 0 6 9 12
  2014 10 3 1 6 9 20
  2018 10 4 5 1 13 6
  2022 Group stage 30th 3 0 1* 2 1 6 10 6 3 1 17 10 2 2 0 0 3 1
      2026 To be determined To be determined
      2030
  2034
Total Quarter-finals 2/22 8 1 4* 3 5 10 130 43 29 58 168 180 4 4 0 0 7 1

UEFA European Championship edit

Main article: Wales at the UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Championship record Qualification record Qualification play-off record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1960 Did not enter Did not enter —
  1964 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 4
  1968 6 1 2 3 6 12
  1972 6 2 1 3 5 6
  1976[a] 8 5 1 2 15 7 2 0 1 1 1 3
  1980 6 3 0 3 11 8 —
  1984 6 2 3 1 7 6
  1988 6 2 2 2 7 5
  1992 6 4 1 1 8 6
  1996 10 2 2 6 9 19
    2000 8 3 0 5 7 16
  2004 10 4 2 4 13 11 2 0 1 1 0 1
    2008 12 4 3 5 18 19 —
    2012 8 3 0 5 6 10
  2016 Semi-finals 3rd 6 4 0 2 10 6 10 6 3 1 11 4
  2020 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1* 2 3 6 8 4 2 2 10 6
  2024 Did not qualify 8 3 3 2 10 10 2 1 1 0 4 1
    2028 To be determined To be determined To be determined
    2032
Total Semi-finals 2/16 10 5 1* 4 13 12 112 45 23 44 135 139 6 1 3 2 5 5

Notes

  1. ^ Wales progressed through UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying to the quarter-finals, though this was played on a two-legged, home-and-away basis and is not considered part of the finals tournament.

* Red border colour indicates tournament held on home soil.

UEFA Nations League edit

UEFA Nations League record
Season Division Group Round Pld W D* L GF GA P/R Rank
2018–19 B 4 Group stage 4 2 0 2 6 5   19th
2020–21 B 4 Group stage 6 5 1* 0 7 1   17th
2022–23 A 4 Group stage 6 0 1* 5 6 11   16th
2024–25 B 4 To be determined
Total Group stage 16 7 2* 7 19 17 16th

Honours edit

Major competitions edit

Minor competitions edit

Regional competitions edit

Summary edit

Competitions       Total
UEFA European Championship 0 0 1 1
China Cup 0 1 0 1
British Home Championship 12 15 33 60
Total 12 16 34 62

See also edit

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This article is about the men s senior team For the women s senior team see Wales women s national football team The Wales men s national football team Welsh Tim pel droed cenedlaethol Cymru represents Wales in international football It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales FAW the governing body for football in Wales They have been a member of FIFA since 1946 and a member of UEFA since 1954 WalesNickname s The Dragons Welsh Y Dreigiau AssociationFootball Association of Wales FAW ConfederationUEFA Europe Head coachRob PageCaptainAaron RamseyMost capsGareth Bale 111 Top scorerGareth Bale 41 Home stadiumCardiff City StadiumFIFA codeWALFirst coloursSecond coloursFIFA rankingCurrent29 4 April 2024 1 Highest8 October 2015 Lowest117 August 2011 First international Scotland 4 0 Wales Glasgow Scotland 25 March 1876 Biggest win Wales 11 0 Ireland Wrexham Wales 3 March 1888 Biggest defeat Scotland 9 0 Wales Glasgow Scotland 23 March 1878 World CupAppearances2 first in 1958 Best resultQuarter finals 1958 European ChampionshipAppearances2 first in 2016 Best resultSemi finals 2016 Medal record Men s footballUEFA European Championship2016 France s f TeamWebsitewww wbr faw wbr cymru wbr en wbr The team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup twice in 1958 and 2022 In 1958 they reached the quarter finals before losing to eventual champions Brazil They then went 58 years before reaching their second major tournament when following a rise of 109 places from an all time low of 117th to a peak of 8th in the FIFA World Ranking between August 2011 and October 2015 3 4 5 6 they qualified for UEFA Euro 2016 where they reached the semi finals before again losing to the eventual champions Portugal A second successive UEFA European Championship followed when Wales reached the round of 16 of UEFA Euro 2020 They also progressed through UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying to the quarter finals though this was played on a two legged home and away basis and is not considered part of the finals tournament Historically the Welsh team has featured a number of players from Wales top club teams Cardiff City and Swansea City These two Welsh clubs play in the English league system alongside fellow Welsh clubs Newport County Wrexham and Merthyr Town However most Welsh football clubs play in the Welsh football league system Wales as a country of the United Kingdom is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games Contents 1 History 1 1 The early years 1 2 1958 World Cup 1 3 1970s 1 4 1980s 1 5 1990s 1 6 2000s 1 7 2010s 1 7 1 Euro 2016 1 7 2 2018 World Cup qualification and China Cup 1 8 2020s 1 8 1 Euro 2020 and Nations League 1 8 2 2022 World Cup Nations League and Gareth Bale retirement 1 8 3 Euro 2024 2 Team image 2 1 Media coverage 2 2 Colours and logo 2 3 Kit supplier 2 4 Name 3 Home stadium 4 Results and fixtures 4 1 2023 4 2 2024 5 Coaching staff 5 1 Coaching history 6 Players 6 1 Current squad 6 2 Recent call ups 7 Individual records 7 1 Most appearances 7 2 Most goals 7 3 Notable former players 7 3 1 Welsh Sports Hall of Fame inductees 7 3 2 Welsh inductees to the English Football Hall of Fame 7 3 3 Welsh winners of the FWA Footballer of the Year 7 3 4 Welsh winners of the PFA Players Player of the Year 8 Team records 9 Competitive record 9 1 FIFA World Cup 9 2 UEFA European Championship 9 3 UEFA Nations League 10 Honours 10 1 Major competitions 10 2 Minor competitions 10 3 Regional competitions 10 4 Summary 11 See also 12 References 13 Bibliography 14 External linksHistory editSee also History of the Wales national football team The early years edit nbsp The Wales side of 1887 88Wales played its first competitive match on 25 March 1876 against Scotland in Glasgow making it the third oldest international football team in the world Although the Scots won the first fixture 4 0 a return match was planned in Wales the following year and so it was that the first international football match on Welsh soil took place at the Racecourse Ground Wrexham on 5 March 1877 Scotland took the spoils winning 2 0 Wales first match against England came in 1879 a 2 1 defeat at the Kennington Oval London and in 1882 Wales faced Ireland for the first time winning 7 1 in Wrexham The associations of the four Home Nations met at the International Football Conference in Manchester on 6 December 1882 to set down a set of worldwide rules This meeting saw the establishment of the International Football Association Board IFAB to approve changes to the rules a task the four associations still perform to this day The 1883 84 season saw the formation of the British Home Championship a tournament which was played annually between England Scotland Ireland and Wales until 1983 84 7 Wales were champions on 12 occasions winning outright seven times whilst sharing the title five times The FAW became members of FIFA world football s governing body in 1910 but the relationship between FIFA and the British associations was fraught and the British nations withdrew from FIFA in 1928 in a dispute over payments to amateur players As a result Wales did not enter the first three FIFA World Cups In 1932 Wales played host to the Republic of Ireland the first time they played against a side from outside the four home nations One year later Wales played a match outside the United Kingdom for the first time when they travelled to Paris to play France national football team in a match drawn 1 1 After World War II Wales along with the other three home nations rejoined FIFA in 1946 and took part in the qualifying rounds for the 1950 World Cup the 1949 50 Home Championships being designated as a qualifying group The top two teams were to qualify for the finals in Brazil but Wales finished bottom of the group 1958 World Cup edit nbsp John Charles on international duty for Wales against Scotland 1954The 1950s were a golden age for Welsh football with stars such as Ivor Allchurch Cliff Jones Alf Sherwood Jack Kelsey Trevor Ford Ronnie Burgess Terry Medwin Mel Charles and John Charles Wales made their first World Cup finals tournament appearance in the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden However their path to qualification was unusual Having finished second to Czechoslovakia in qualifying Group 4 the golden generation of Welsh football managed by Jimmy Murphy seemed to have missed out on qualification but the politics of the Middle East subsequently intervened In the Asian African qualifying zone Egypt and Sudan had refused to play against Israel following the Suez crisis while Indonesia had insisted on meeting Israel on neutral ground As a result FIFA proclaimed Israel winners of their group However FIFA did not want a team to qualify for the World Cup finals without actually playing a match and so lots were drawn of all the second placed teams in UEFA Belgium were drawn out first but refused to participate and so then Wales was drawn out and awarded a two legged play off match against Israel with a place in Sweden for the winners 8 Having defeated Israel 2 0 at the Ramat Gan Stadium and 2 0 at Ninian Park Cardiff Wales went through to a World Cup finals tournament for the first time The strong Welsh squad made their mark in Sweden drawing all the matches in their group against Hungary Mexico and Sweden before defeating Hungary in a play off match to reach the quarter finals against Brazil However Wales chances of victory against Brazil were hampered by an injury to John Charles that ruled him out of the match Wales lost 1 0 with 17 year old Pele scoring his first international goal The goal made Pele the youngest World Cup goal scorer and Brazil went on to win the tournament Wales remarkable campaign in Sweden was the subject of the best selling book When Pele Broke Our Hearts Wales and the 1958 World Cup by Mario Risoli St David s Press which was published on the 40th anniversary of the World Cup and was also the inspiration for a Bafta Cymru nominated documentary 1970s edit Wales failed to qualify for the first four finals tournaments of the UEFA European Championship from its inception in 1960 They also did not replicate their success in qualifying for the 1958 FIFA World Cup although they did achieve a highly creditable draw against then world champions England in the 1970 British Home Championship weeks before England went to defend their title in Mexico 1970 FIFA World Cup This helped to give Wales a share of the Home Championship trophy for the year goal difference not at that stage being used to determine an outright winner In 1976 the team managed by Mike Smith reached the quarter finals of the UEFA European Championship having finished top of qualifying Group 2 ahead of Hungary Austria and Luxembourg but this was not considered part of the finals Prior to 1980 only four countries qualified for the finals tournament and Wales were drawn to play against the winners of Group 3 Yugoslavia in a two legged home and away tie Wales lost the first leg 2 0 in Zagreb and were eliminated from the competition following a 1 1 draw in a bad tempered return leg at Cardiff s Ninian Park which was marred by crowd trouble This initially led to Wales being banned from the 1980 tournament but this was reduced on appeal to a four year ban on qualifying matches being played within 100 miles of Cardiff Yugoslavia went on to finish fourth in the 1976 tournament The following year Wales defeated England on English soil for the first time in 42 years and secured their only victory to date at Wembley Stadium thanks to a Leighton James penalty Wales went onto finish second in the 1977 British Home Championship A few weeks earlier Wales achieved another noted victory against then European Champions Czechoslovakia with Nick Deacy and James again scoring 9 This victory in a qualifier strengthened Wales bid to qualify for the 1978 FIFA World Cup but six months later that attempt ended in controversial circumstances The decisive fixture against Scotland nominally a home fixture for Wales although relocated to Anfield amidst security concerns was swung by a contentious penalty awarded to Scotland replays suggesting the handball offence may have actually been perpetrated by Scottish striker Joe Jordan 10 Another notable achievement for Wales however came in the 1980 British Home Championship as Wales comprehensively defeated England at the Racecourse Ground Goals from Mickey Thomas Ian Walsh Leighton James and an own goal by Phil Thompson saw Wales defeat England 4 1 just four days after England had defeated the then world champions Argentina 1980s edit In the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers the Wales team managed by Mike England came extremely close to qualification a 3 0 defeat against the Soviet Union in their final match meant they missed out on goal difference but the real damage had been done by their failure to beat Iceland in their last home match the match eventually finishing 2 2 after several hold ups due to floodlight failures Wales also only narrowly missed out on qualification for the 1984 UEFA European Championship They were seconds away from qualification when a winning goal by Ljubomir Radanovic for Yugoslavia during injury time in the final game of qualifying group 4 against Bulgaria eliminated Wales Mark Hughes marked his debut for Wales by scoring the only goal of the match as England were defeated once again in 1984 The following season Hughes was again on target scoring a wonder goal as Wales thrashed Spain 3 0 at the Racecourse during qualification for the 1986 World Cup However despite defeating Scotland 1 0 at Hampden Park it was again Iceland that wrecked Welsh hopes by defeating Wales 1 0 in Reykjavik and for the second World Cup in a row Wales missed out on goal difference Wales had to win their last match at home to Scotland to be guaranteed at least a play off but were held to a 1 1 draw in a match marred by the death of Scotland manager Jock Stein who collapsed from a heart attack at the end of the match Wales also started strongly in their bid to qualify for the 1988 UEFA European Championship and were undefeated after four games But away defeats against Denmark and Czechoslovakia in the last two games in qualifying group 6 saw Mike England s eight year reign as Welsh coach end in another disappointment 1990s edit Under coach Terry Yorath Wales achieved a remarkable result on 5 June 1991 when defeating then world champions Germany in a Euro 1992 qualifier thanks to a goal from Ian Rush Three months later on 11 September 1991 Wales achieved a notable double by defeating Brazil for the only time in a friendly international thanks to a goal from Dean Saunders 11 At this point Wales seemed well placed to progress from their qualifying group 5 However victories for Germany in their three remaining matches in the group including a 4 1 win in the return fixture against Wales eliminated the Welsh Wales also made a strong showing in their qualifying group for the 1994 World Cup achieving a noted victory at home to Belgium Wales thus attained what was then their highest position in the FIFA World Rankings on 27 August 1993 Wales again came close to qualifying for a major championship only to fall short in the closing stages of their campaign Needing to win the final match of the group at home to Romania on 17 November Paul Bodin missed a penalty when the scores were level 1 1 the miss was immediately followed by Romania taking the lead and going on to win 2 1 12 13 Following the failure to qualify Yorath s contract as manager of the national side was not renewed by the FAW and Real Sociedad manager John Toshack was appointed on a part time basis However Toshack resigned after just one match a 3 1 defeat to Norway citing problems with the FAW as his reason for leaving although he was sure to have been shocked at being booed off the pitch at Ninian Park by the Welsh fans still reeling from the dismissal of Yorath 14 Mike Smith took the manager role for the second time at the start of the Euro 1996 qualifiers but Wales slipped to embarrassing defeats against Moldova and Georgia before Bobby Gould was appointed in June 1995 Gould s time in charge of Wales is seen as a dark period by Welsh football fans His questionable tactics and public fallings out with players Nathan Blake 15 Robbie Savage 16 and Mark Hughes citation needed coupled with embarrassing defeats to club side Leyton Orient and a 7 1 thrashing by the Netherlands in 1996 did not make him a popular figure within Wales Gould finally resigned following a 4 0 defeat to Italy in 1999 and the FAW turned to two legends of the national team Neville Southall and Mark Hughes to take temporary charge of the match against Denmark four days later with Hughes later being appointed on a permanent basis 2000s edit Under Mark Hughes Wales came close to qualifying for a place at Euro 2004 in Portugal being narrowly defeated by Russia in the play offs However the defeat was not without its controversy as Russian midfielder Yegor Titov tested positive for the use of a banned substance after the first qualifying leg 17 a scoreless draw in Moscow Notwithstanding FIFA opted not to take action against the Football Union of Russia other than instructing them not to field Titov again and the Russian team went on to defeat Wales 1 0 in Cardiff to qualify for the final tournament citation needed Following a disappointing start to the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign Hughes left his role with the national team to take over as manager of Premier League outfit Blackburn Rovers 18 19 John Toshack was appointed manager for the second time in November 2004 20 In Euro 2008 qualifying Wales finished 5th in Group D 21 In 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 two 2 0 home defeats by Finland and Germany in spring 2009 effectively ended Wales hopes of qualification Wales were drawn in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G After a defeat at Montenegro in their opening match on 9 September 2010 John Toshack stood down as manager after being disappointed at previous results in 2010 against Croatia and the opening Euro 2012 qualifier 22 Wales under 21 coach Brian Flynn took over from Toshack as caretaker manager 23 2010s edit nbsp The Wales team on 11 October 2011 ahead of their UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match against Bulgaria in SofiaGary Speed was appointed as permanent manager on 14 December 2010 24 Speed appointed 20 year old Aaron Ramsey captain making him the youngest Wales captain 25 In August 2011 Wales attained their lowest FIFA ranking of 117th 26 After some promising performances in October 2011 Wales had rapidly risen to 45th in the FIFA rankings citation needed A 4 1 home win in a friendly match against Norway on 12 November 2011 proved to be Speed s last match in charge of Wales citation needed The match was a culmination of Speed s efforts which led Wales to receive the unofficial award for biggest mover of 2011 in the FIFA rankings 27 His tenure as manager ended in tragic circumstances two weeks later when he was found dead at his home on 27 November having apparently committed suicide 28 29 Due to London s successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics a Great Britain team would qualify as of right of being the host nation However the FAW stressed it was strongly against the proposal 30 Despite this Welsh players Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale expressed their interest in representing the Great Britain Olympic football team 31 Bale withdrew due to injury 32 but Ramsey was joined by four other Welshmen in Stuart Pearce s 18 man squad Swansea City s Joe Allen and Neil Taylor while Manchester United s Ryan Giggs and Liverpool s Craig Bellamy were included as over age players with Giggs being made captain 33 Chris Coleman was appointed Wales team manager on 19 January 2012 34 For 2014 World Cup qualification Wales were drawn in Group A but finished 5th 35 36 Wales were placed in Group B for qualifying for Euro 2016 In July 2015 following four wins and two draws Wales topped the group In July 2015 having attained their then highest FIFA ranking of tenth 37 Wales were placed among the top seeds for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification draw 38 In September 2015 England dropped to tenth in the FIFA rankings making Wales in ninth position the highest ranked British team for the first time in its history 39 In October 2015 Wales attained their highest ever FIFA ranking of eighth 40 On 10 October 2015 Wales lost 2 0 to Bosnia and Herzegovina However Wales qualification for Euro 2016 was confirmed after Cyprus defeated Israel that same evening 41 Euro 2016 edit nbsp After reaching the Euro 2016 semi final the Wales National Football Team return to Wales for an open top bus parade through Cardiff city centre Wales qualified for Euro 2016 in France their first European Championship tournament and were drawn into Group B with Slovakia Russia and England On their Euro debut on 11 June against Slovakia at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Gareth Bale scored direct from a free kick to give Wales a 1 0 lead and Hal Robson Kanu scored the winner in a 2 1 victory 42 In their second match against England in Lens Wales led 1 0 at half time through another Bale free kick but lost 2 1 43 Against Russia at the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse Aaron Ramsey Neil Taylor and Bale scored in a 3 0 win that made them win the group 44 In their round of 16 match at the Parc des Princes in Paris Wales played Northern Ireland and won 1 0 after an own goal from Gareth McAuley 45 In the quarter final against Belgium Wales went behind to a long range effort from Radja Nainggolan but captain Ashley Williams headed an equaliser before Hal Robson Kanu and Sam Vokes confirmed a 3 1 victory for Wales This victory advanced Wales to their first major tournament semi final and also made them the first British nation to advance to the semi finals of a major tournament since 1996 46 Wales lost 2 0 in the semi final against Portugal with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani early in the second half 47 Wales were welcomed back home on 8 July with an open top bus parade around Cardiff starting at Cardiff Castle and going past the Millennium Stadium before finishing at the Cardiff City Stadium 48 2018 World Cup qualification and China Cup edit Wales finished third in their 2018 World Cup qualifying group therefore failing to qualify for the final tournament 49 50 Chris Coleman resigned as Wales manager on 17 November 2017 to join Sunderland 51 Wales were invited to participate in the 2018 China Cup alongside China Czech Republic and Uruguay 52 Wales beat China 6 0 in the semi final but lost 1 0 in the final to Uruguay 53 54 2020s edit Euro 2020 and Nations League edit On 15 January 2018 Ryan Giggs was confirmed as new manager 55 Despite losing two of the first three qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2020 56 Wales went unbeaten in the second half of 2019 and ultimately qualified in second place following a 2 0 win over Hungary in their final match on 19 November 57 58 Euro 2020 was delayed until 2021 by the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe which meant Wales next games came in the 2020 21 UEFA Nations League 59 57 They kept five consecutive clean sheets on the way to an unbeaten record in the competition winning five games and drawing one despite Giggs not being available for the last two games due to legal troubles 60 61 With Rob Page in interim charge the team beat Finland 3 1 in their final match to finish top of the group and gain promotion to League A for the 2022 23 UEFA Nations League 62 UEFA Euro 2020 was played in June and July 2021 Under Page as interim manager Wales progressed from the group stage after finishing second in the group on goal difference 63 In the last 16 round Wales lost to Denmark in Amsterdam 64 2022 World Cup Nations League and Gareth Bale retirement edit nbsp HennesseyRodonAmpaduB DaviesRobertsN WilliamsAllenRamseyBaleJamesMooreThe team that defeated Ukraine on 5 June 2022 to qualify for the 2022 World Cup 65 Rob Page remained in interim charge for the 2022 World Cup qualification campaign Wales finished second in Group E and progressed to the qualification play off stage 66 After beating Austria in the play off semi final Wales qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1958 with a 1 0 win over Ukraine 67 Following their promotion in the previous Nations League campaign Wales were drawn in Group A4 of the 2022 23 UEFA Nations League along with Belgium the Netherlands and Poland with Rob Page still interim manager 68 nbsp Wales line up against United States at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar On 20 June 2022 Ryan Giggs resigned as Wales manager due to his upcoming court case 69 Page stayed on as interim manager before being given a four year contract extension in September 2022 managing Wales at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar 70 After a 1 1 draw with the United States in the opening match Wales lost their second match to Iran after conceding two injury time goals 71 72 In their final match Wales were eliminated after losing 3 0 to England therefore finishing bottom of the group 73 On 9 January 2023 Wales captain Gareth Bale retired from club and international football At the time of his retirement he was the record goal scorer and record appearance holder for Wales 74 Euro 2024 edit During UEFA Euro 2024 qualification Wales finished 3rd in their group meaning they would need to qualify via the play offs 75 In the play off semi final Wales beat Finland 4 1 but lost the play off final to Poland on penalties 76 77 Team image editMedia coverage edit Live television broadcast rights are held by S4C Welsh language commentary and Sky Sports English language commentary until 2022 Colours and logo edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wales national football team kits The primary kit has long been all red The crest of the Football Association of Wales features a rampant Welsh Dragon on a white shield From 1920 the shield was surrounded by a red border and the letters FAW were added in 1926 The badge was redesigned in 1951 adding a green border with 11 daffodils as well as the Welsh language motto Gorau Chwarae Cyd Chwarae The best play is team play The motto was briefly removed in 1984 but the badge stayed largely the same until 2010 when the shield was changed to feature rounded sides and the motto banner was changed from white to red and green The dragon also changed from rampant to rampant regardant The motto was removed again in 2019 following another major redesign of the badge which saw the top of the shield flattened and the sides changed not to curve outwards the green border was also thinned and the daffodils removed 78 Kit supplier edit Kit provider Period nbsp Admiral 1976 1980 nbsp Adidas 1980 1987 nbsp Hummel 1987 1990 nbsp Umbro 1990 1996 nbsp Lotto 1996 2000 nbsp Kappa 2000 2008 nbsp Champion 2008 2010 nbsp Umbro 2010 2013 nbsp Adidas 2013 Name edit The team is sometimes known and branded mononymously as Cymru the Welsh language name for Wales by the Football Association of Wales FAW or in Welsh Cymdeithas Bel droed Cymru CBC as the FAW uses the term in its internal and external communications In October 2022 the FAW announced it was considering rebranding the team to only use the Welsh name for the country ditching the term Wales following the 2022 FIFA World Cup The association said it was in discussions with UEFA over how to change the name and were inspired by Turkey s rebrand to Turkiye and not being the last country alphabetically in some football events 79 80 81 The suggestion was stated by University of Limerick professor Owen Worth to be an example of the connection between the team s supporters clubs and pro Welsh independence groups such as YesCymru and AUOB Cymru 82 Home stadium editMain article Wales national football team home stadium nbsp The Millennium Stadium CardiffFrom 2000 to 2009 Wales played most of their home matches at the Millennium Stadium Cardiff The stadium was built in 1999 on the site of the old National Stadium known as Cardiff Arms Park as the Welsh Rugby Union WRU had been chosen to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup Prior to 1989 Wales played their home games at the grounds of Cardiff City Swansea City and Wrexham but then came to an agreement with the WRU to use Cardiff Arms Park and subsequently the Millennium Stadium Wales first football match at the Millennium Stadium was against Finland on 29 March 2000 The Finns won the match 2 1 with Jari Litmanen becoming the first player to score a goal at the stadium Ryan Giggs scored Wales goal in the match becoming the first Welshman to score at the stadium nbsp Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff nbsp Liberty Stadium Swansea With the opening of the Cardiff City Stadium in 2009 the FAW chose to stage most home friendlies there with other friendly matches played at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea now known as the Swansea com Stadium and the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham Qualifying matches continued to be played at the 74 500 capacity Millennium Stadium until the end of 2009 which was typically only around 20 40 full amid poor team results This led to calls from fans and players for international matches to be held at smaller stadiums For the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign the FAW decided Wales would play all of their home matches at either the Cardiff City Stadium or the Liberty Stadium with the exception of the home tie against England which was played at the Millennium Stadium The 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign saw four home matches at the Cardiff City Stadium and one at the Liberty Stadium Cardiff City Stadium s capacity was increased to 33 000 in 2014 and all home matches for Euro 2016 qualifying were scheduled at the stadium and Wales subsequently qualified for the finals tournament in France All five home qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup were held at the stadium as well as both of the team s home 2018 19 UEFA Nations League games All home games in the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign also took place there A friendly against Spain was played at the Millennium Stadium on 11 October 2018 which was Wales first match at the stadium in just over seven and a half years finishing in a 4 1 defeat On 20 March 2019 Wales played a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago at the Racecourse Ground their first match there since 2008 Results and fixtures editMain article Wales national football team results 2020 present The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months as well as any future matches that have been scheduled Win Draw Loss Fixture 2023 edit Wales nbsp v nbsp Latvia 28 March 2023 2023 03 28 Euro 2024 qualifying Group DWales nbsp 1 0 nbsp LatviaCardiff Wales19 45 UTC 1 Moore nbsp 41 Report Stadium Cardiff City Stadium Attendance 32 806Referee Giorgi Kruashvili Georgia Wales nbsp v nbsp Armenia 16 June 2023 2023 06 16 Euro 2024 qualifying Group DWales nbsp 2 4 nbsp ArmeniaCardiff Wales19 45 UTC 1 D James nbsp 10 Wilson nbsp 72 Report Zelarayan nbsp 19 75 Ranos nbsp 30 66 Stadium Cardiff City Stadium Attendance 32 774Referee Georgi Kabakov Bulgaria Turkey nbsp v nbsp Wales 19 June 2023 2023 06 19 Euro 2024 qualifying Group DTurkey nbsp 2 0 nbsp WalesSamsun Turkey21 45 UTC 3 Nayir nbsp 72 Guler nbsp 80 Report Stadium Samsun 19 Mayis Stadium Attendance 28 766Referee Fabio Maresca Italy Wales nbsp v nbsp South Korea 7 September 2023 2023 09 07 FriendlyWales nbsp 0 0 nbsp South KoreaCardiff Wales19 45 UTC 1 Report Stadium Cardiff City Stadium Referee Willie Collum Scotland Latvia nbsp v nbsp Wales 11 September 2023 2023 09 11 Euro 2024 qualifying Group DLatvia nbsp 0 2 nbsp WalesRiga Latvia20 45 UTC 2 Report Ramsey nbsp 29 pen Brooks nbsp 90 6 Stadium Skonto Stadium Attendance 6 464Referee Michal Ocenas Slovakia Wales nbsp v nbsp Gibraltar 11 October 2023 2023 10 11 FriendlyWales nbsp 4 0 nbsp GibraltarWrexham Wales19 45 UTC 1 Davies nbsp 22 Moore nbsp 26 45 Broadhead nbsp 35 BBC reportSky reportSoccerway report Stadium Racecourse Ground Attendance 10 008Referee Philip Farrugia Malta Wales nbsp v nbsp Croatia 15 October 2023 2023 10 15 Euro 2024 qualifying Group DWales nbsp 2 1 nbsp CroatiaCardiff Wales19 45 UTC 1 Wilson nbsp 47 60 Report Pasalic nbsp 75 Stadium Cardiff City Stadium Attendance 31 240Referee Davide Massa Italy Armenia nbsp v nbsp Wales 18 November 2023 2023 11 18 Euro 2024 qualifying Group DArmenia nbsp 1 1 nbsp WalesYerevan Armenia18 00 UTC 4 Zelarayan nbsp 5 BBC reportSky reportUEFA Report Tiknizyan nbsp 45 2 og Stadium Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance 14 271Referee Benoit Bastien France Wales nbsp v nbsp Turkey 21 November 2023 2023 11 21 Euro 2024 qualifying Group DWales nbsp 1 1 nbsp TurkeyCardiff Wales19 45 UTC 0 N Williams nbsp 7 Report Yazici nbsp 70 pen Stadium Cardiff City Stadium Attendance 32 291Referee Matej Jug Slovenia 2024 edit Wales nbsp v nbsp Finland 21 March 2024 2024 03 21 Euro 2024 qualifying play offWales nbsp 4 1 nbsp FinlandCardiff Wales19 45 UTC 0 Brooks nbsp 3 Williams nbsp 38 Johnson nbsp 47 D James nbsp 86 Report Pukki nbsp 45 Stadium Cardiff City Stadium Attendance 32 162Referee Istvan Kovacs Romania Wales nbsp v nbsp Poland 26 March 2024 2024 03 26 Euro 2024 qualifying play offWales nbsp 0 0 a e t 4 5 p nbsp PolandCardiff Wales19 45 UTC 0 Report Stadium Cardiff City Stadium Attendance 31 876Referee Daniele Orsato Italy PenaltiesDavies nbsp Moore nbsp Wilson nbsp Williams nbsp James nbsp nbsp Lewandowski nbsp Szymanski nbsp Frankowski nbsp Zalewski nbsp PiatekSlovakia nbsp v nbsp Wales 9 June 2024 2024 06 09 FriendlySlovakia nbsp v nbsp WalesSlovakiaReportWales nbsp v nbsp Turkey 6 September 2024 2024 09 06 2024 25 UEFA Nations League BWales nbsp v nbsp TurkeyWales19 45 UTC 1Montenegro nbsp v nbsp Wales 9 September 2024 2024 09 09 2024 25 UEFA Nations League BMontenegro nbsp v nbsp WalesMontenegro19 45 UTC 0Iceland nbsp v nbsp Wales 11 October 2024 2024 10 11 2024 25 UEFA Nations League BIceland nbsp v nbsp WalesIceland19 45 UTC 0Wales nbsp v nbsp Montenegro 14 October 2024 2024 10 14 2024 25 UEFA Nations League BWales nbsp v nbsp MontenegroWales19 45 UTC 1Turkey nbsp v nbsp Wales 16 November 2024 2024 11 16 2024 25 UEFA Nations League BTurkey nbsp v nbsp WalesTurkey17 00 UTC 0Wales nbsp v nbsp Iceland 19 November 2024 2024 11 19 2024 25 UEFA Nations League BWales nbsp v nbsp IcelandWales19 45 UTC 0Coaching staff editPosition NameManager nbsp Rob PageAssistant manager nbsp Jon GreyCoaches nbsp Alan Knill nbsp Chris GunterHead of performance nbsp Nick DaviesGoalkeeping coach nbsp Tony RobertsFitness coach nbsp Adam OwenMedical officer nbsp Jon HoughtonPerformance psychologist nbsp Ian MitchellPhysiotherapists nbsp Sean Connelly nbsp David Rowe nbsp Chris Senior nbsp Paul HarrisSports scientist nbsp Ronan KavanaghEquipment officers nbsp David Griffiths nbsp Kevin McCuskerPerformance analysts nbsp Esther Wills nbsp James TurnerCoaching history edit Main article Wales national football team manager Caretaker manager are listed in italics Prior to 1954 the Welsh team was chosen by a panel of selectors with the team captain fulfilling the role of coach nbsp Walley Barnes 1954 1955 nbsp Jimmy Murphy 1956 1964 nbsp Dave Bowen 1964 1974 nbsp Ron Burgess 1965 nbsp Mike Smith 1974 1979 nbsp Mike England 1979 1987 nbsp David Williams 1988 nbsp Terry Yorath 1988 1993 nbsp John Toshack 1994 nbsp Mike Smith 1994 1995 nbsp Bobby Gould 1995 1999 nbsp Neville Southall 1999 nbsp Mark Hughes 1999 2004 nbsp John Toshack 2004 2010 nbsp Brian Flynn 2010 nbsp Gary Speed 2010 2011 nbsp Chris Coleman 2012 2017 nbsp Ryan Giggs 2018 2022 nbsp Rob Page 2020 present Players editCurrent squad edit Wales named the following squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play offs matches against Finland and Poland on 21 and 26 March 2024 respectively 83 Caps and goals are correct as of 26 March 2024 after the match against Poland No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club1 1 GK Wayne Hennessey 1987 01 24 24 January 1987 age 37 109 0 nbsp Nottingham Forest12 1 GK Danny Ward 1993 06 22 22 June 1993 age 30 40 0 nbsp Leicester City1 GK Adam Davies 1992 07 17 17 July 1992 age 31 4 0 nbsp Sheffield United21 1 GK Tom King 1995 03 09 9 March 1995 age 29 0 0 nbsp Wolverhampton Wanderers4 2 DF Ben Davies vice captain 1993 04 24 24 April 1993 age 30 86 2 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur14 2 DF Connor Roberts 1995 09 23 23 September 1995 age 28 55 3 nbsp Leeds United5 2 DF Chris Mepham 1997 11 05 5 November 1997 age 26 46 0 nbsp Bournemouth6 2 DF Joe Rodon 1997 10 22 22 October 1997 age 26 44 0 nbsp Leeds United3 2 DF Neco Williams 2001 04 13 13 April 2001 age 22 38 4 nbsp Nottingham Forest19 2 DF Jay Dasilva 1998 04 22 22 April 1998 age 25 0 0 nbsp Coventry City2 2 DF Morgan Fox 1993 09 21 21 September 1993 age 30 0 0 nbsp Queens Park Rangers10 3 MF Aaron Ramsey captain 1990 12 26 26 December 1990 age 33 84 21 nbsp Cardiff City8 3 MF Harry Wilson 1997 03 22 22 March 1997 age 27 54 8 nbsp Fulham15 3 MF Ethan Ampadu 2000 09 14 14 September 2000 age 23 51 0 nbsp Leeds United7 3 MF David Brooks 1997 07 08 8 July 1997 age 26 29 4 nbsp Southampton3 MF Dylan Levitt 2000 11 17 17 November 2000 age 23 13 0 nbsp Hibernian17 3 MF Jordan James 2004 07 02 2 July 2004 age 19 10 0 nbsp Birmingham City3 MF Rubin Colwill 2002 04 27 27 April 2002 age 21 8 1 nbsp Cardiff City22 3 MF Josh Sheehan 1995 03 30 30 March 1995 age 29 5 0 nbsp Bolton Wanderers16 3 MF Charlie Savage 2003 05 02 2 May 2003 age 20 1 0 nbsp Reading20 4 FW Daniel James 1997 11 10 10 November 1997 age 26 51 7 nbsp Leeds United13 4 FW Kieffer Moore 1992 08 08 8 August 1992 age 31 41 12 nbsp Ipswich Town9 4 FW Brennan Johnson 2001 05 23 23 May 2001 age 22 26 3 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur23 4 FW Nathan Broadhead 1998 04 05 5 April 1998 age 26 11 2 nbsp Ipswich Town11 4 FW Rabbi Matondo 2000 09 09 9 September 2000 age 23 11 0 nbsp Rangers18 4 FW Liam Cullen 1999 04 23 23 April 1999 age 24 1 0 nbsp Swansea CityRecent call ups edit The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club Latest call upDF Ben Cabango 2000 05 30 30 May 2000 age 23 7 0 nbsp Swansea City v nbsp Finland 21 March 2024INJDF Joe Low 2002 02 20 20 February 2002 age 22 1 0 nbsp Wycombe Wanderers v nbsp Finland 21 March 2024INJDF Tom Lockyer 1994 12 03 3 December 1994 age 29 16 0 nbsp Luton Town v nbsp Turkey 21 November 2023DF Niall Huggins 2000 12 18 18 December 2000 age 23 0 0 nbsp Sunderland v nbsp Turkey 21 November 2023DF Regan Poole 1998 06 18 18 June 1998 age 25 1 0 nbsp Portsmouth v nbsp Croatia 15 October 2023DF Owen Beck 2002 08 09 9 August 2002 age 21 0 0 nbsp Dundee v nbsp Gibraltar 11 October 2023MF Joe Morrell 1997 01 03 3 January 1997 age 27 37 0 nbsp Portsmouth v nbsp Turkey 21 November 2023MF Luke Harris 2005 04 03 3 April 2005 age 19 0 0 nbsp Exeter City v nbsp Gibraltar 11 October 2023MF Oli Cooper 1999 12 14 14 December 1999 age 24 1 0 nbsp Swansea City v nbsp Turkey 19 June 2023FW Wes Burns 1994 11 23 23 November 1994 age 29 6 0 nbsp Ipswich Town v nbsp Finland 21 March 2024INJFW Tom Bradshaw 1992 07 27 27 July 1992 age 31 8 0 nbsp Millwall v nbsp Turkey 21 November 2023INJ Withdrew due to injuryWD Withdrew from the squad due to non injury issueSUS Serving suspensionRET Retired from the national teamPRE Preliminary squad standbyIndividual records editMain article List of Wales international footballers As of 28 March 2024 84 Players in bold are still active with Wales Most appearances edit nbsp Gareth Bale played a record 111 matches for Wales between 2006 and 2022 and is also their top goalscorer with 41 goals Rank Player Caps Goals Career1 Gareth Bale 111 41 2006 20222 Chris Gunter 109 0 2007 2022Wayne Hennessey 109 0 2007 present4 Neville Southall 92 0 1982 19975 Ashley Williams 86 2 2008 2019Ben Davies 86 2 2012 present6 Gary Speed 85 7 1990 20048 Aaron Ramsey 84 21 2008 present9 Craig Bellamy 78 19 1998 201310 Joe Ledley 77 4 2005 2018Most goals edit Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career1 Gareth Bale list 41 111 0 37 2006 20222 Ian Rush list 28 73 0 38 1980 19963 Trevor Ford 23 38 0 61 1947 1957Ivor Allchurch 23 68 0 34 1951 19665 Dean Saunders 22 75 0 29 1986 20016 Aaron Ramsey 21 84 0 25 2008 present7 Craig Bellamy 19 78 0 24 1998 20138 Robert Earnshaw 16 59 0 27 2002 2011Cliff Jones 16 59 0 27 1954 1970Mark Hughes 16 72 0 22 1984 1999Notable former players edit Welsh Sports Hall of Fame inductees edit 85 Ivor Allchurch Horace Blew Ronnie Burgess John Charles Trevor Ford Ryan Giggs Mark Hughes Bryn Jones Cliff Jones Fred Keenor Jack Kelsey George Latham Billy Meredith Jimmy Murphy Ivor Powell Kevin Ratcliffe Ian Rush Alf Sherwood Neville Southall Gary Speed John Toshack Terry Yorath Welsh inductees to the English Football Hall of Fame edit 86 2002 John Charles 2005 Ryan Giggs 2006 Ian Rush 2007 Mark Hughes Billy Meredith 2013 Cliff Jones 2015 Ivor Allchurch 2016 Neville Southall 2017 Gary SpeedWelsh winners of the FWA Footballer of the Year edit 87 Ian Rush 1984 Neville Southall 1985 Gareth Bale 2013 Welsh winners of the PFA Players Player of the Year edit 88 Ian Rush 1984 Mark Hughes 1989 1991 Ryan Giggs 2009 Gareth Bale 2011 2013 Team records editBiggest win nbsp Wales 11 0 Ireland nbsp Wrexham Wales 3 March 1888 Biggest defeat nbsp Scotland 9 0 Wales nbsp Glasgow Scotland 23 March 1878 Competitive record editFIFA World Cup edit Main article Wales at the FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup record Qualification record Qualification play off recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member nbsp 1934 nbsp 1938 nbsp 1950 Did not qualify 3 0 1 2 1 6 nbsp 1954 3 0 1 2 5 9 nbsp 1958 Quarter finals 5th 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 4 0 2 10 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 nbsp 1962 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 3 nbsp 1966 6 3 0 3 11 9 nbsp 1970 4 0 0 4 3 10 nbsp 1974 4 1 1 2 3 5 nbsp 1978 4 1 0 3 3 4 nbsp 1982 8 4 2 2 12 7 nbsp 1986 6 3 1 2 7 6 nbsp 1990 6 0 2 4 4 8 nbsp 1994 10 5 2 3 19 12 nbsp 1998 8 2 1 5 20 21 nbsp nbsp 2002 10 1 6 3 10 12 nbsp 2006 10 2 2 6 10 15 nbsp 2010 10 4 0 6 9 12 nbsp 2014 10 3 1 6 9 20 nbsp 2018 10 4 5 1 13 6 nbsp 2022 Group stage 30th 3 0 1 2 1 6 10 6 3 1 17 10 2 2 0 0 3 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp 2026 To be determined To be determined nbsp nbsp nbsp 2030 nbsp 2034Total Quarter finals 2 22 8 1 4 3 5 10 130 43 29 58 168 180 4 4 0 0 7 1UEFA European Championship edit Main article Wales at the UEFA European Championship UEFA European Championship record Qualification record Qualification play off recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1960 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1964 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 4 nbsp 1968 6 1 2 3 6 12 nbsp 1972 6 2 1 3 5 6 nbsp 1976 a 8 5 1 2 15 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 nbsp 1980 6 3 0 3 11 8 nbsp 1984 6 2 3 1 7 6 nbsp 1988 6 2 2 2 7 5 nbsp 1992 6 4 1 1 8 6 nbsp 1996 10 2 2 6 9 19 nbsp nbsp 2000 8 3 0 5 7 16 nbsp 2004 10 4 2 4 13 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 nbsp nbsp 2008 12 4 3 5 18 19 nbsp nbsp 2012 8 3 0 5 6 10 nbsp 2016 Semi finals 3rd 6 4 0 2 10 6 10 6 3 1 11 4 nbsp 2020 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 3 6 8 4 2 2 10 6 nbsp 2024 Did not qualify 8 3 3 2 10 10 2 1 1 0 4 1 nbsp nbsp 2028 To be determined To be determined To be determined nbsp nbsp 2032Total Semi finals 2 16 10 5 1 4 13 12 112 45 23 44 135 139 6 1 3 2 5 5Notes Wales progressed through UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying to the quarter finals though this was played on a two legged home and away basis and is not considered part of the finals tournament Red border colour indicates tournament held on home soil UEFA Nations League edit UEFA Nations League recordSeason Division Group Round Pld W D L GF GA P R Rank2018 19 B 4 Group stage 4 2 0 2 6 5 nbsp 19th2020 21 B 4 Group stage 6 5 1 0 7 1 nbsp 17th2022 23 A 4 Group stage 6 0 1 5 6 11 nbsp 16th2024 25 B 4 To be determinedTotal Group stage 16 7 2 7 19 17 16thHonours editMajor competitions edit UEFA European Championship Semi finals 1 2016Minor competitions edit China Cup Runners up 1 2018Regional competitions edit British Home Championship Champions 12 1906 07 1919 20 1923 24 1927 28 1932 33 1933 34 1936 37 1938 39 shared 1951 52 shared 1955 56 shared 1959 60 shared 1969 70 shared Summary edit Competitions nbsp nbsp nbsp TotalUEFA European Championship 0 0 1 1China Cup 0 1 0 1British Home Championship 12 15 33 60Total 12 16 34 62See also edit nbsp Association football portal nbsp Wales portalWales at the FIFA World Cup Wales at the UEFA European Championship Wales national under 21 football team Wales national under 20 football team Wales national under 19 football team Wales national under 18 football team Wales national under 17 football team Wales women s national football team Wales women s national under 17 football team Wales national futsal teamReferences edit The FIFA Coca Cola World Ranking FIFA 4 April 2024 Retrieved 4 April 2024 Elo rankings change compared to one year ago World Football Elo Ratings eloratings net 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