Wales national football team: Difference between revisions

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| Regional cup best = Third placeSemi-finals ([[UEFA Euro 2016|2016]])

The '''Wales men's national football team''' ({{lang-cy|Tîm pêl-droed cenedlaethol Cymru}}) represents [[Wales]] in men's international [[Association football|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.

The team hashave qualified for the [[FIFA World Cup]] twice, in [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] and [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]. In 1958, they reached the quarter-finals before losing to eventual champions [[Brazil national football team|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 Men's World Ranking|FIFA World Ranking]] between August 2011 and October 2015<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Wathan |title=How Wales went from 117 to the top 10 in the Fifa World rankings |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/how-wales-went-117-top-9605270 |work=Wales Online |publisher=Media Wales |date=9 July 2015 |accessdate=27 June 2021 |archive-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627114121/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/how-wales-went-117-top-9605270 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wales one behind Brazil in Fifa rankings; Northern Ireland 35th |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34411559 |website=BBC Sport |date=1 October 2015 |accessdate=27 June 2021 |archive-date=15 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815092318/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34411559 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-10 |title=Wales seal qualification to Euro 2016 despite loss to Bosnia-Herzegovina |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/wales-seal-qualification-to-euro-2016-despite-loss-to-bosnia-herzegovina_sto4945503/story.shtml |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Staff |first=S. I. |date=2015-10-10 |title=Wales secures historic Euro 2016 qualification |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2015/10/11/wales-euro-2016-qualification-bosnia-herzegovina |access-date=2024-02-05 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref> – they qualified for [[UEFA Euro 2016]], where they reached the semi-finals before again losing to the eventual champions, [[Portugal national football team|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 F.C.|Cardiff City]] and [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]. These two Welsh clubs play in the English league system alongside fellow Welsh clubs [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]], [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] and [[Merthyr Town F.C.|Merthyr Town]]. However, most Welsh football clubs play in the [[Welsh football league system]]. As a [[Home Nations|country of the United Kingdom]], Wales is not a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (as Welsh athletes compete for [[Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]]) and therefore the national team does not compete in the [[Olympic Games]].

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|ManagerHead coach||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[RobCraig PageBellamy]]

|Assistant managercoach||{{flagicon|WAL}} Jon Grey

* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Rob Page]] (2020–present2020–2024)

Wales named the following squad for the friendly matches against [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] and [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]] on 6 and 9 June 2024, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harries |first=Owain |date=29 May 2024 |title=Cymru squad announced for Gibraltar and Slovakia |url=https://faw.cymru/news/cymru-squad-announced-for-gibraltar-and-slovakia/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |website= |publisher=[[Football Association of Wales|FAW]]}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |date=3 June 2024 |title=Roberts and Rodon out of Wales' Gibraltar friendly |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn002x7zgkzo |access-date=3 June 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

''Caps and goals are correct as of 69 June 2024, after the friendly match against [[GibraltarSlovakia national football team|GibraltarSlovakia]].''

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{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Danny Ward (Welsh footballer)|Danny Ward]]|age={{birth date and age|1993|6|22|df=y}}|caps=4041|goals=0|club=[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=GK|name=[[Adam Davies (footballer, born 1992)|Adam Davies]]|age={{birth date and age|1992|7|17|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Tom King (footballer, born 1995)|Tom King]]|age={{birth date and age|1995|3|9|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Ben Cabango]] |age={{birth date and age|2000|5|30|df=y}}|caps=89|goals=0|club=[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]|clubnat=WAL}}

{{nat fs g player|no=62|pos=DF|name=[[JoeFin LowStevens]] |age={{birth date and age|20022003|24|2010|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Wycombe WanderersBrentford F.C.|Wycombe WanderersBrentford]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=196|pos=DF|name=[[JayJoe DasilvaLow]]|age={{birth date and age|19982002|42|2220|df=y}}|caps=12|goals=0|club=[[CoventryWycombe CityWanderers F.C.|CoventryWycombe CityWanderers]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=219|pos=DF|name=[[FinJay StevensDasilva]]|age={{birth date and age|20031998|4|1022|df=y}}|caps=1 2|goals=0|club=[[BrentfordCoventry City F.C.|BrentfordCoventry City]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=MF|name=[[Ethan Ampadu]]|age={{birth date and age|2000|9|14|df=y}}|caps=5152|goals=0|club=[[Leeds United F.C|Leeds United]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name=[[Jordan James (footballer, born 2004)|Jordan James]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|7|2|df=y}}|caps=1011|goals=0 |club=[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] |clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=MF|name=[[Josh Sheehan]]|age={{birth date and age|1995|3|30|df=y}}|caps=67|goals=0 |club=[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] |clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=FW|name=[[Daniel James (footballer)|Daniel James]]|age={{birth date and age|1997|11|10|df=y}}|caps=5253|goals=7|club=[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=FW|name=[[Kieffer Moore]]|age={{birth date and age|1992|8|8|df=y}}|caps=4243|goals=12|club=[[AFCSheffield BournemouthUnited F.C.|BournemouthSheffield United]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Brennan Johnson]]|age={{birth date and age|2001|5|23|df=y}}|caps=2728|goals=3|club=[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=FW|name=[[Nathan Broadhead]]|age={{birth date and age|1998|4|5|df=y}}|caps=1112|goals=2|club=[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Wes Burns]]|age={{birth date and age|1994|11|23|df=y}}|caps=78|goals=0|club=[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=FW|name=[[Liam Cullen]]|age={{birth date and age|1999|4|23|df=y}}|caps=23|goals=0|club=[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]|clubnat=WAL}}

{{nat fs g player |no=24|pos=FW|name=[[Lewis Koumas]]|age={{birth date and age|2005|9|19|df=y}}|caps=12|goals=0|club=[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Wayne Hennessey]]|age={{birth date and age|1987|1|24|df=y}}|caps=109|goals=0|club=[[NottinghamUnattached Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]|clubnat=ENG|latest=v. {{fb|POL}}, 26 March 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Joe Rodon]]|age={{birth date and age|1997|10|22|df=y}}|caps=44|goals=0|club=[[TottenhamLeeds HotspurUnited F.C.|TottenhamLeeds HotspurUnited]]|clubnat=ENG|latest=v. {{fb|GIB}}, 6 June 2024}} ^WD

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Joe Morrell]]|age={{birth date and age|1997|1|3|df=y}}|caps=37|goals=0|club=[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]Unattached|clubnat=ENG|latest=v. {{fb|TUR}}, 21 November 2023}}

{{updated|710 June 2024.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wal-recintlp.html |title=Wales – Record International Players |first=Luis Fernando Passo |last=Alpuin |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=20 February 2009 |access-date=10 March 2009 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710163255/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wal-recintlp.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* '''[[British Home Championship]]'''

** '''Champions''' (12): [[1906–07 British Home Championship|1906–07]], [[1919–20 British Home Championship|1919–20]], [[1923–24 British Home Championship|1923–24]], [[1927–28 British Home Championship|1927–28]], [[1932–33 British Home Championship|1932–33]], [[1933–34 British Home Championship|1933–34]], [[1936–37 British Home Championship|1936–37]], [[1938–39 British Home Championship|1938–39]] ''(shared)'', [[1951–52 British Home Championship|1951–52]] ''(shared)'', [[1955–56 British Home Championship|1955–56]] ''(shared)'', [[1959–60 British Home Championship|1959–60]] ''(shared)'', [[1969–70 British Home Championship|1969–70]] ''(shared)''