Sir Alfred Ernest "Alf" Ramsey - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding English coach coached the English national team for 113 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born:	22- 1-1920
Died:	28- 4-1999
Country:  England
Matches as Coach: 113	(W69-D27-L17 - GF224-GA98 - %73.01)
Age First Match: 43 yr  36 d   27- 2-1963 vs. France 2-5
Age Last Match:  54 yr  71 d    3- 4-1974 vs. Portugal 0-0
National Team Career: 11 yr  35 d

Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1   27- 2-63	Paris   	France  	2-5	European Ch. Qualifier
  2    6- 4-63	London  	Scotland	1-2	British Championship
  3    8- 5-63	London  	Brazil  	1-1	 
  4   29- 5-63	Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	4-2	
  5    2- 6-63	Leipzig 	East Germany	2-1	
  6    5- 6-63	Basel   	Switzerland	8-1	
  7   12-10-63	Cardiff 	Wales   	4-0	British Championship
  8   23-10-63	London  	FIFA      	2-1	100 Years The FA
  9   20-11-63	London  	N. Ireland 	8-3	British Championship
 10   11- 4-64	Glasgow 	Scotland	0-1	British Championship
 11    6- 5-64	London  	Uruguay 	2-1	
 12   17- 5-64	Lisboa  	Portugal	4-3	
 13   24- 5-64	Dublin  	Ireland 	3-1	
 14   27- 5-64	New York	United States  10-0	
 15   30- 5-64	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	1-5	Copa de las Naciones
 16    4- 6-64	São Paulo	Portugal	1-1	Copa de las Naciones
 17    6- 6-64	Rio de Janeiro	Argentina	0-1	Copa de las Naciones
 18    3-10-64	Belfast 	N. Ireland 	4-3	British Championship
 19   21-10-64	London  	Belgium 	2-2	
 20   18-11-64	London  	Wales   	2-1	British Championship
 21    9-12-64	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1-1	
 22   10- 4-65	London  	Scotland	2-2	British Championship
 23    5- 5-65	London  	Hungary 	1-0	
 24    9- 5-65	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	1-1	
 25   12- 5-65	Nürnberg	West Germany	1-0	
 26   16- 5-65	Göteborg	Sweden  	2-1	
 27    2-10-65	Cardiff 	Wales   	0-0	British Championship
 28   20-10-65	London  	Austria 	2-3	
 29   10-11-65	London  	N. Ireland 	2-1	British Championship
 30    8-12-65	Madrid   	Spain   	2-0	
 31    5- 1-66	Liverpool	Poland  	1-1	
 32   23- 2-66	London  	West Germany	1-0	
 33    2- 4-66	Glasgow 	Scotland	4-3	British Championship
 34    4- 5-66	London  	Yugoslavia	2-0	
 35   26- 6-66	Helsinki	Finland 	3-0	
 36   29- 6-66	Oslo      	Norway  	6-1	
 37    3- 7-66	Købehnavn	Denmark 	2-0	
 38    5- 7-66	Chorzów 	Poland  	1-0	
 39   11- 7-66	London  	Uruguay 	0-0	World Cup
 40   16- 7-66	London  	Mexico  	2-0	World Cup
 41   20- 7-66	London  	France  	2-0	World Cup
 42   23- 7-66	London  	Argentina	1-0	World Cup
 43   26- 7-66	London  	Portugal	2-1	World Cup
 44   30- 7-66	London  	West Germany	4-2	World Cup
 45   22-10-66	Belfast 	N. Ireland 	2-0 [1]	European Ch. Qualifier
 46    2-11-66	London  	Czechoslovakia	0-0	
 47   16-11-66	London  	Wales   	5-1 [1]	European Ch. Qualifier
 48   15- 4-67	London  	Scotland	2-3 [1]	European Ch. Qualifier
 49   24- 5-67	London  	Spain   	2-0	
 50   27- 5-67	Wien      	Austria 	1-0	
 51   21-10-67	Cardiff 	Wales   	3-0 [1]	European Ch. Qualifier
 52   22-11-67	London  	N. Ireland 	2-0 [1]	European Ch. Qualifier
 53    6-12-67	London  	Soviet Union	2-2	
 54   24- 2-68	Glasgow 	Scotland	1-1 [1]	European Ch. Qualifier
 55    3- 4-68	London  	Spain   	1-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 56    8- 5-68	Madrid    	Spain   	2-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 57   22- 5-68	London  	Sweden  	3-1	
 58    1- 6-68	Hannover	West Germany	0-1	
 59    5- 6-68	Firenze 	Yugoslavia	0-1	European Championship
 60    8- 6-68	Roma         	Soviet Union	2-0	European Championship
 61    6-11-68	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-0	
 62   11-12-68	London  	Bulgaria	1-1	
 63   15- 1-69	London  	Romania 	1-1	
 64   12- 3-69	London  	France  	5-0	
 65    3- 5-69	Belfast 	N. Ireland 	3-1	British Championship
 66    7- 5-69	London  	Wales   	2-1	British Championship
 67   10- 5-69	London  	Scotland	4-1	British Championship
 68    1- 6-69	Cd. de México  	Mexico  	0-0	
 69    8- 6-69	Montevideo	Uruguay 	2-1	
 70   12- 6-69	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	1-2	
 71    5-11-69	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1-0	
 72   10-12-69	London  	Portugal	1-0	
 73   14- 1-70	London  	Netherlands	0-0	
 74   25- 2-70	Brussels	Belgium 	3-1	
 75   18- 4-70	Cardiff 	Wales   	1-1	British Championship
 76   21- 4-70	London  	N. Ireland 	3-1	British Championship
 77   25- 4-70	Glasgow 	Scotland	0-0	British Championship
 78   20- 5-70	Bogotá  	Colombia	4-0	
 79   24- 5-70	Quito   	Ecuador 	2-0	
 80    2- 6-70	Guadalajara	Romania 	1-0	World Cup
 81    7- 6-70	Guadalajara	Brazil  	0-1	World Cup
 82   11- 6-70	Guadalajara	Czechoslovakia	1-0	World Cup
 83   14- 6-70	León     	West Germany	2-3	World Cup
 84   25-11-70	London  	East Germany	3-1	
 85    3- 2-71	Gzira      	Malta   	1-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 86   21- 4-71	London  	Greece  	3-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 87   12- 5-71	London  	Malta   	5-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 88   15- 5-71	Belfast 	N. Ireland 	1-0	British Championship
 89   19- 5-71	London  	Wales   	0-0	British Championship
 90   22- 5-71	London  	Scotland	3-1	British Championship
 91   13-10-71	Basel      	Switzerland	3-2	European Ch. Qualifier
 92   10-11-71	London  	Switzerland	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 93    1-12-71	Pireaus 	Greece  	2-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 94   29- 4-72	London  	West Germany	1-3	European Ch. Qualifier
 95   13- 5-72	West-Berlin  	West Germany	0-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 96   20- 5-72	Cardiff 	Wales   	3-0	British Championship
 97   23- 5-72	London  	N. Ireland 	0-1	British Championship
 98   27- 5-72	Glasgow 	Scotland	1-0	British Championship
 99   11-10-72	London  	Yugoslavia	1-1	
100   15-11-72	Cardiff 	Wales   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
101   24- 1-73	London  	Wales   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
102   14- 2-73	Glasgow 	Scotland	5-0	
103   12- 5-73	Liverpool	N. Ireland 	2-1	British Championship
104   15- 5-73	London  	Wales   	3-0	British Championship
105   19- 5-73	London  	Scotland	1-0	British Championship
106   27- 5-73	Praha    	Czechoslovakia	1-1	
107    6- 6-73	Chorzów 	Poland  	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
108   10- 6-73	Moskva  	Soviet Union	2-1	
109   14- 6-73	Torino  	Italy   	0-2	
110   26- 9-73	London  	Austria 	7-0	
111   17-10-73	London  	Poland  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
112   14-11-73	London  	Italy   	0-1	
113    3- 4-74	Lisboa     	Portugal	0-0	

[1] also matches for British Championship.


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    113	 69  27  17	224- 98		165	73.01

Types of Matches
Friendlies         	 51
British Championship	 25 (plus 6 European Ch. Qualifiers)
European Ch. Qualifier	 17 (including 6 British Championship)
World Cup          	 10	
World Cup Qualifier	  4
Others Tournaments	  4
European Championship	  2

Total matches:  	113



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