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Nickname(s)
  
The Three Lions

Head coach
  
Paul Fairclough

Location
  
England, United Kingdom

Association
  
The Football Association

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The England national football C team (previously known as the England National Game XI and the England Semi-Pro national team) is the football team that represents England at non-league level.

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Formed in 1979 as the England Non-League team, it features players who play for clubs outside of the Football League.

Many players who have been capped at non-league level have gone on to play at a higher level. Currently, the majority of selected players are full-time professionals with Conference Premier league clubs.

Home matches are played at various League and non-league grounds around the country. Friendly matches are played with equivalent teams from other nations, and between 1979 and 2008, competed in the Four Nations Tournament each season, along with Scotland, Wales and the full Gibraltar teams. 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 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.

2009–10 results

  • † Team appeared as FA Representative XI.
  • Current squad

    The following squad was selected for the friendly match against Estonia U23 on 15 November 2016.

    1Added to squad as replacement
    2Withdrew

    Managers

  • Paul Fairclough (2003–)
  • Steve Avory (2002–2003)
  • John Owens (1997–2002)
  • Keith Wright (1982–1985)
  • Howard Wilkinson (1979–1982)
  • Notable players

    See also Category:England semi-pro international footballers

    Honours

  • Four Nations Tournament (7): 1979, 1981, 1983, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
  • European Challenge Trophy (1): 2006
  • References

    England national football C team Wikipedia