The England national football C team (previously known as the England National Game XI and the England Semi-Pro national team) are the football teams that represent England at non-League level.
Formed in 1979 as the England Non-League team, it features players who play for clubs outside the Premier League and English Football League. Currently, the majority of selected players are full-time professionals with National League clubs.
Home matches are played at various League and non-league grounds across the country. They play friendly matches with equivalent teams from other nations. Between 1979 and 2008, they competed in the Four Nations Tournament each season, along with Scotland, Wales, and the full Gibraltar teams. In the tournament in 1980, held in Veenendaal in the Netherlands, the opposition was Scotland (players outside the Premier Division, notably Ally McCoist, then playing for St Johnstone), Netherlands Amateurs and Italy under-21.
They have more recently begun playing against under-23 teams from the likes of Belgium and Turkey which have included players capped at full international level.
They won the Four Nations tournament for the seventh time in May 2008, winning all three of their matches without conceding a goal.
Since January 2003, the team has been managed by Paul Fairclough, who used to manage Barnet until he left the club by mutual consent in December 2008.
The team has played in three International Challenge Trophy finals.
Contents
Seasons
2009–10 results
† Team appeared as FA Representative XI.
Players
Current squad
The following squad was selected for a friendly fixture against Wales C on 19 March 2024.
Managers
Paul Fairclough (2003–)
Steve Avory (2002–2003)
John Owens (1997–2002)
Keith Wright (1982–1985)
Howard Wilkinson (1979–1982)
Notable players
See: England semi-pro international footballers.
Honours
Four Nations Tournament (7): 1979, 1981, 1983, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
European Challenge Trophy (1): 2006