Wales

The history of the Wales national football team spans the period from 1876, when the side played its first international fixture, to the present time. For detail on individual periods of the team's history.

Wales was the first country to play a competitive match on the 25th of March, 1876, against Scotland in Glasgow and became the third oldest soccer team around the globe. While the Scots took the lead in the first match with a score of 4-0, a second match was scheduled in Wales in 1877 and it was that the first ever international football match played on Welsh ground was played on Wrexham's Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, on the 5th of March in 1877. Scotland won the match by 2-0. Wales played their first game against England was in 1879, with a loss of 2-1 in the Kennington Oval, London, and in 1882, Wales faced Ireland for the first time and took the victory 7-1 at Wrexham.

The four associations of Home Nations met at the International Football Conference in Manchester on the 6th of December, 1882, to establish an international set of rules. This conference saw the formation of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) to make modifications to the rules, an obligation that the four organizations continue to do to this day. The 1883-84 season saw establishment of the British Home Championship, a event that was played every year among England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from 1983 to 1984. 8 Wales were champions 12 times and won the title seven times outright while winning the title 5 times.

The FAW were admitted to FIFA the world's leading football body, in the year 1910 however, relations between FIFA as well as those of the British associations was not easy with conflict. British nations resigned from FIFA in 1928 over an argument over the payment of amateur players. This meant that Wales didn't participate in the initial three FIFA World Cups. The year 1932 was the first time Wales was host for an opponent from the Republic of Ireland, the first time they had played an opponent outside of the four nations that were home to them. A year later, Wales played a match outside of the United Kingdom for the first time in Paris to play the France the national team of football in a 1-1 draw. Following World War II, Wales together with the other home nations, joined FIFA in 1946. Then, they participated in qualifying rounds of World Cup 1950. World Cup, the 1949-50 Home Championships being designated as an qualifying group. The top two teams managed to make it to Finals to be held in Brazil However, Wales came in last of the group.

The 1950s were a golden era for Welsh football. There were stars like Ivor Allchurch Cliff Jones, Alf Sherwood, Jack Kelsey, Trevor Ford, Ronnie Burgess, Terry Medwin and John Charles.

Wales had their first World Cup finals tournament appearance in 1958 in Sweden. But their route to the finals was not typical. After finishing second behind Czechoslovakia during qualifying Group 4 the golden age of Welsh football coached by Jimmy Murphy seemed to have been unable to qualify however the political climate within the Middle East subsequently intervened. The Asian/African qualification zone Egypt and Sudan refused to play Israel due to the Suez conflict, while Indonesia was insistent on playing Israel in neutral territory. This led to FIFA declared Israel as the winner in their respective group. The problem was that FIFA was not keen on teams to be able to make it into an appearance in the World Cup finals without actually playing a game, therefore, lots were drawn from all the teams who finished second in UEFA. Belgium were first drawn out but they refused to take part, which meant that Wales was selected and given the chance to play two games against Israel and a spot to Sweden to the winner. After defeating Israel by 2-0 in The Ramat Gan Stadium and 2-0 at Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales made it to the World Cup finals tournament for the first time.

The formidable Welsh team made a mark in Sweden and drew all matches with Hungary, Mexico and Sweden before sweeping Hungary by a play-off to make it to the quarterfinals, where they will face Brazil. But, Wales are not guaranteed winning against Brazil were limited due to an injured John Charles that ruled him out of the game. Wales fell 1-0, with the 17 year old Pele making his very first goal in international competition. Pele's goal resulted in Pele his most youthful World Cup goalscorer and Brazil was the winner of the tournament.

Wales The remarkable World Cup campaign of Sweden is the focus of the most-read book, When Pele Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup (by Mario Risoli, St David's Press) that was released in the year that marked the 40th birthday of the World Cup and was also the basis for an award-winning documentary.

Wales were unable to make it to the initial four finals events of the UEFA European Championship from its beginning in the year 1960. They also failed to duplicate their success in qualifying to participate in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, although they did manage to draw a worthy draw against the then world champions England during their 1970 British Home Championship, weeks prior to when England took on England for a rematch at the Mexico 1970 FIFA World Cup. This gave Wales an opportunity to share the Home Championship trophy for the year, but the goal difference was not yet being utilized to determine an overall winner. In 1976 the team - coached by Mike Smith - reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA European Championship, having placed first in qualifying Group 2 , ahead of Hungary, Austria and Luxembourg however, this wasn't considered to be part the finals. In the years prior to 1980 just four countries were eligible to play in the finals tournament and Wales were selected to face the winners of Group 3 which was Yugoslavia with two-legged home-and-away match. Wales were defeated in the first match by 2-0 to Zagreb and were then eliminated from the tournament following one-sided draw in the poor return match in Cardiff's Ninian Park, which was marked by trouble with the crowd. This resulted in Wales being excluded from the tournament in 1980 but the ban was later reduced upon appeal to the four-year suspension of qualifying matches located within 100 miles from Cardiff. Yugoslavia was able to finish fourth at the 1976 championship.

The next the following year Wales were able to defeat England on English turf to win for the very first time since 42 years. They won their first victory until now at Wembley Stadium thanks to a Leighton James penalty. Wales were able to finish 2nd in 1977's British Home Championship. Just a few weeks prior, Wales achieved another noted victory over the later European Champions Czechoslovakia with Nick Deacy and James again scoring. The win in a qualifying match bolstered Wales's chances of qualifying to play in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but six months later, the bid was thwarted by a controversy. The crucial game against Scotland that was supposed to be an official home fixture for Wales but moved to Anfield amid security concerns was marred by a disputed penalty that was awarded to Scotland replays suggest the offence could be the work of Scottish forward Joe Jordan. Another significant accomplishment for Wales however was the year 1980's British Home Championship, as Wales completely defeated England on the Racecourse Ground. Goals scored by Mickey Thomas, Ian Walsh, Leighton James and an own goal from Phil Thompson saw Wales defeat England 4-1, just 4 days following the time England had defeated the world champions in Argentina.

In 1982's FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the Wales team - coached by Mike England - came extremely close to qualifying; a 3-1 loss to Russia's Soviet Union in their final game meant they were not able to qualify by goal difference, but the damage was caused by their inability to overcome Iceland in their final home match, ending at 2-2 after a few delays caused by floodlight problems.

Wales were also a little bit snubbed out on qualifying to participate in that 1984 UEFA European Championship. Wales was just minutes away from qualifying with a decisive goal scored by Ljubomir Radanovic of Yugoslavia at the end of the match of the qualifying group 4 game in the match against Bulgaria ended the chances of Wales.

Mark Hughes marked his debut for Wales with the sole goal in the match. England lost a second time in 1984. In the following season, Hughes was again on the scoreboard, scoring a stunning goal when Wales beat Spain by 3-0 at the Racecourse to qualify for 1986's World Cup. But, despite beating Scotland by 1-0 on the pitch at Hampden Park, it was again Iceland that ruined Welsh hopes of qualification by defeating Wales by 1-0 in Reykjavik at the time, and for this second World Cup in a row, Wales missed out on goal differential. Wales needed to win their final match at home against Scotland in order to secure at the very least a play-off but they were only able to draw 1-1 in a game which was marred by the death Scotland coach Jock Stein who passed away due to a heart attack shortly after the end of the game.

Wales also had a strong start to their quest to be a part of in 1988 for the UEFA European Championship, and had a perfect record after just four games. However, away losses in the final two games against Denmark as well as Czechoslovakia in the two final games of qualifying group 6 led to Mike England's eight-year tenure as the Welsh coach end with another defeat.

Under the guidance of coach Terry Yorath, Wales achieved remarkable results on June 5, 1991, when they defeated World Champions Germany in the Euro 1992 qualifier, thanks to the goal of Ian Rush. Three months after that, on the 11th of September 1991 Wales had a remarkable double when they defeated Brazil for the first occasion during a friendly international with an assist from Dean Saunders. At that point, Wales were in good shape to advance from their qualifying group five. However, the victories of Germany in their remaining three matches which included a 4-1 victory in the final match against Wales defeated the Welsh.

Wales also put on a solid performance during their qualification group to the 1994 World Cup, achieving a notable victory in their home stadium against Belgium. Wales reached the highest place within the FIFA World Rankings on 27 August 1993. Wales had a second time been close to being able to qualify for a major tournament but failed to qualify in the final moments of their tournament. The Welsh needed to win their final game of the group home against Romania, Paul Bodin missed an opportunity to score a penalty, even though the score was 1-1. His missed penalty was quickly followed by Romania winning the game and winning with a score of 2-1.

After the inability to be a part of the squad, Yorath's contract as the manager of the national team did not get renewed by the FAW and Real Sociedad manager John Toshack was appointed as a part-time manager. But, Toshack resigned after just one game (a 3-1 loss to Norway) and cited issues in the FAW as the reasons for leaving. However, Toshack was likely to have been stunned by being booed off of the field on the pitch at Ninian Park by the Welsh fans in shock over the demotion of Yorath. Mike Smith took the manager position twice following the beginning of Euro 1996 qualifiers, but Wales fell to humiliating loss to Moldova as well as Georgia in the months before Bobby Gould was appointed in June 1995.

Gould's tenure as the manager of Wales is considered to be dark times for Welsh football enthusiasts. His controversial tactics and publicly squabbles between the players Nathan Blake, Robbie Savage[16and Mark Hughes,[citation requiredand his embarrassing defeats to club teams Leyton the Orient, and an 7-1 loss to The Netherlands in 1996, didn't make him a household name in Wales. Gould eventually resigned after the loss of 4-0 against Italy in 1999. Afterwards, the FAW decided to rely on two legends of the Welsh national team, Neville Southall and Mark Hughes who were appointed interim managers of the game against Denmark just four days later and Hughes later named on a permanent basis.

Under Mark Hughes, Wales came close to qualifying for Euro 2004 in Portugal, but were beaten by Russia during the play-offs. But the loss was not without controversy due to the fact that Russian midfielder Yegor Titov was found to be negative for the presence of an banned drug after the first qualifying match, which ended in a draw that was scoreless in Moscow. Despite this, FIFA opted not to engage with Titov's Football Union of Russia other than advising them not to play Titov once more, and the Russian team then went on to beat Wales by 1-0 in Cardiff to be qualified for the final match of the tournament.

After a shaky beginning to the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6, Hughes was dismissed from the national team in order to take over the role of manager at English Premier League outfit Blackburn Rovers. On the 12th of November, 2004 John Toshack was appointed manager for the second time.

For Euro 2008 qualifying, Wales were grouped in Group D along with Germany as well as Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and San Marino. The Wales team's performance was not as good and they finished fifth in the group , with an anticipated defeat at home against Germany however unexpectedly drawing away with a loss away an uncontested draw at home against Slovakia, the Czech Republic, a loss away and a 2-2 draw at home against Ireland Republic of Ireland, a three-point home win, a sloppy victory away against the minnows of San Marino, a 3-1 home victory and a 3-1 away defeat to Cyprus and a shockingly inconsistent performance when it came to Slovakia and Slovakia, which they lost 5-1 at home before winning 5-1 away. But, there were better performances towards the conclusion of the tournament from a team that included the aforementioned suspensions and injuries to seniors five players qualified for selection to the under-21 squad were viewed as a promising indication of the future for the team.

In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 4, Wales had a good start by winning 1-0 and two goals against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein in the respective matches. But they fell in their next game with Russia in Moscow at a score of 2-1, following Joe Ledley had briefly drawn the teams level. The qualifying campaign showed some signs of potential when the squad was able to stop Germany from scoring during the 74-minute period of their game in Monchengladbach but Wales ended up losing by 1-0. Two home defeats of 2-0 against Finland in Spring 2009 and Germany in the spring of 2009 ended Wales hope of qualifying.

Wales were selected into UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G alongside Montenegro, Bulgaria, Switzerland and close rivals England. Wales fell 1-0 to Montenegro in their first game and, on the 9th of September 2010 John Toshack stood down as manager after dissatisfaction with the previous results against Croatia and in the first Euro 2012 qualifier.

Wales Under-21s manager Brian Flynn took over from Toshack as interim manager, with the intention of an eventual permanent appointment however, a 1-0 defeat at home against Bulgaria and a 4-1 loss away to Switzerland led the FAW to let go of Flynn.

Gary Speed was appointed as permanent manager on December 14, 2010. Speed's debut match as manager took place on February 8 2011, in the first Nations Cup, which the Republic of Ireland won 3-0. Speed's debut competitive game came in Euro 2012 qualifier at home to England on March 26, 2011. Speed named the 20-year-old Aaron Ramsey captain, making him the youngest Wales captain. Wales were defeated by England by 2-0, and in August 2011, Wales reached its low FIFA rating of 117th. Then came winning 2-1 at home against Montenegro as well as an away defeat of 1-0 to England and an 2-0 win at home against Switzerland and a 1-0 win away against Bulgaria. In October 2011, Wales had rapidly risen to 45th place in the FIFA rankings. A home victory of 4-1 in a friendly fixture against Norway on November 12, 2011 was Speed's last game in charge of Wales. The game was the celebration of Speed's work that helped Wales to be awarded the award unofficially for the largest mover of 2011 in the FIFA rankings. Speed's time as manager ended with a tragic end just two weeks later, when he was discovered dead at his residence on the 27th of November. It was reported that he had committed suicide.

In light of London's bid being successful to host the 2012 Summer Olympics the Great Britain team would qualify to be hosts. However the FAW insists that it is opposed to the plan. However, Welsh players Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale expressed their interest in being part of their country in Great Britain Olympic football team. Bale has been criticized for withdrawing because of injury, however Ramsey was as well as 4 additional Welshmen as part of Stuart's squad of 18 players including Swansea City's Joe Allen and Neil Taylor and Manchester United's Ryan Giggs and Liverpool's Craig Bellamy were selected as players over the age of 18 and Giggs being appointed captain.

Chris Coleman was appointed Wales manager on January 19th, 2012. In the 2014 World Cup qualification, Wales were included in Group A alongside Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland and Macedonia. The first game they played lost by 2-0 against Belgium. The second game against Serbia was more disappointing, ending 6-1. the worst loss for Wales since their 7-1 defeat against the Netherlands in the year 1996. On October 12, 2012 Ashley Williams was appointed captain of Wales by Coleman in place of Aaron Ramsey. Wales beat Scotland at home Scotland by a score of 2-1, then losing away to Croatia 2:0 and then won at home against Scotland with a score of 2-1. However, losing by 2-1 in the home match against Croatia put an end to Wales hopes of being able to qualify for.

Wales are in the Group B to qualify to Euro 2016 alongside Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus and Israel. At the end of July in 2015 after two draws and four wins, Wales topped the group.

In July of 2015, having achieved their the highest FIFA rating of 10th place, Wales were selected as one of the top seeds in 2018. FIFA World Cup draw for qualification. Wales were chosen in Group D alongside Austria, Serbia, the Republic of Ireland, Moldova and Georgia.

In September 2015 England fell to tenth place on the FIFA rankings, which makes Wales at ninth the top-ranked British club for the very first time ever in the history of the team. In October, Wales attained their highest ever FIFA rank of eighth. On the 10th of October, 2015. Wales fell 2-0 against Bosnia and Herzegovina. But, Wales qualified to play in Euro 2016 was confirmed after Cyprus beat Israel in the same game.

Wales were selected to play in Euro 2016 in France, their first European Championship tournament, and were placed in Group B along with Slovakia, Russia and England. In their Euro debut on the 11th of June, in a match against Slovakia on the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Gareth Bale scored direct from an unintentional free-kick, giving Wales an 1-0 lead and Hal Robson-Kanu scored for the victory in a 1-1 win that saw them finish at the top of the group. In their next match in the group, with England at the Stadium of Lens, Wales led 1-0 in the second half thanks to a Bale free-kick, but fell the match 2-1. In the final match against Russia on the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse, Aaron Ramsey, Neil Taylor and Bale scored in a 3-0 win which helped them the winners of the group.

In the round of 16 game held at Parc des Princes in Paris, Wales played Northern Ireland and prevailed 1-0 after Bale's cross was scored for an individual goal scored through Gareth McAuley. In the quarter-finals against Belgium, Wales went behind due to a long-range strike by Radja Nainggolan. But the captain Ashley Williams headed an equaliser before Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes confirmed a 3-1 victory for Wales. This win pushed Wales into their very first semi-final in a major tournament and became their first British nation to reach the semi-finals of major tournaments since England achieved this feat in Euro 1996 as hosts.

The first part of the semi-final in the semi-final against Portugal in Lyon was goalless, however goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo as well as Nani during the second half helped Portugal take a 2-0 lead. Wales returned home on the 8th of July by a bus parade that was open-top all around Cardiff starting with Cardiff Castle and going past the Millennium Stadium before finishing at the Cardiff City Stadium.

In September of 2016, Wales opened their 2018 World Cup qualification campaign with the comfort of a 4-0 victory at home against Moldova. But, they followed that by winning 5 consecutive draw away from Austria and at home against Georgia at home, as well as away from Serbia and away against Ireland. Republic of Ireland. The streak was ended by winning 1-0 at home against Austria on the 2nd of September, 2017 followed by an away win of 2-0 against Moldova on September 5 and a 1-0 win away against Georgia on October 6. Wales came in third place in their group after losing 1-0 in their arch-rivals the Republic of Ireland on 9 October, but failed to get into in the 2018 FIFA World Cup play-offs. Chris Coleman resigned as Wales team manager on November 17 2017. He was later appointed manager of the team at Sunderland.

After almost two months of vacant managerial positions the former Wales national team player Ryan Giggs was named Wales the new manager on June 19th, 2018. Giggs has signed an extension of four years to run Wales throughout this season's UEFA Nations League campaign and Euro 2020 qualification. Despite being beaten in two of the first three qualifying matches to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020, Wales did not lose in the latter half of the year and eventually qualified in second position following an 2-0 win against Hungary during their last game on November 19.

Euro 2020 was delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 virus in Europe that means Wales their next game was during the period 2020-21 UEFA Nations League. They maintained five straight clean sheets to get to an unbeaten record during the tournament, winning five times and drawing once in spite of Giggs not being available for the final two games due to his legal problems. In the absence of Rob Page in interim charge The team beat Finland by 3-1 during their last game to win the group, and secure the promotion up to League A for the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League.

UEFA Euro 2020 was played in June/July 2021 , with games distributed across 11 host countries across Europe in the very first instance. It was not hosted by a single nation. This meant that matches in the Wales Group A matches against Switzerland and Turkey were played at Baku, Azerbaijan and then against Italy in Rome. Under the leadership of Page acting as the interim coach, Wales progressed from the group stage following a second place finish in the group. This led to Italy and eventually becoming winner of the tournament. In the 16th round, Wales were defeated by Denmark during the final 16 round in Amsterdam.

In the 2022 World Cup qualification Wales were assigned to Group E along with Belgium, Czech Republic, Belarus and Estonia with Page being the an interim manager during the games between 2021-2022. Wales placed third in the group and advanced to the qualifying play-off stage.

The track Yma o Hyd was sang live by Dafydd Iwan prior to kick-off of the penultimate game in the FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign against Austria with Wales winning 1-1. After defeating Austria in the semi-final play-off, Wales qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1958 by winning the win of 1-0 against Ukraine on Cardiff City Stadium. Cardiff City Stadium on 5 June 2022.  Yma Hyd once more singing before the game, as well Gareth Bale, the Welsh captain, also took the Welsh team to sing along with Iwan at the time of the final whistle. For 2022's World Cup in Qatar, Wales were placed in Group B alongside England, Iran and the United States.

After their promotion during last year's Nations League campaign, Wales were relegated to the group A4 for the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League along with Belgium as well as Poland, the Netherlands and Poland as well as Poland. Rob Page still interim manager.

20 June 2022 was the date Ryan Giggs resigned his position as Wales Team Manager due to a forthcoming trial.

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

The main kit has for a long time been entirely red. The emblem of the Football Association of Wales features the flamboyant Welsh Dragon on a white shield. In 1920 the shield was enclosed by red borders and the letters "FAW" have been added since 1926. The badge was updated in 1951, with an orange border that featured 11 daffodils, as being the motto of Welsh origin Gorau Chwarae Cyd Chwarae ("The best way to play is in team play"). The motto was deleted in 1984 however the badge remained largely the same until 2010 in which the badge was modified to include rounded sides. the motto banner altered from white green and red. The dragon was also altered in its rampant form to a rampant viewant. This motto disappeared in the year 2019 following another major overhaul of the badge. This saw the shield's top reduced in size and the sides changed not to bend outwards. Green borders on the badge were reduced and the daffodils were removed.

From 2000 until 2009, Wales played the majority of their home games at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The stadium was constructed at the time of 1999, on top of the previous National Stadium, known as Cardiff Arms Park, as the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) was selected as the host for 1999's Rugby World Cup. In the years prior to 1989 Wales used to play home matches at the stadiums in Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham Then, the team reached an agreement with WRU to play at Cardiff Arms Park and, then it became to build the Millennium Stadium.

Wales The first football match played by Wales on the Millennium Stadium was against Finland on March 29 in 2000. The Finns were victorious 1-1 and Jari Litmanen being the very first goal scored by a player in the stadium. Ryan Giggs scored Wales' goal during the game making him one of the few Welshman to score in the stadium.

After the construction of Cardiff City Stadium in 2009 The FAW made the decision to play most home matches there, and other matches being held in the Liberty Stadium in Swansea and the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham. Qualifying matches were held at the 74,500-capacity Millennium Stadium until the end of 2009, when it was usually only 20-40% full despite low team performance. This led to demands from players and fans for international games to be played in smaller venues. In order to play during the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, the FAW made the decision that Wales would play all their home matches at in the Cardiff City Stadium or the Liberty Stadium, with the only exception being the home game against England which took place at the Millennium Stadium. This year's World Cup qualifying campaign saw four home matches played at Cardiff City Stadium, four home matches at Cardiff City Stadium and one at the Liberty Stadium. The capacity of Cardiff City Stadium was increased to 33,000 by 2014 and all home games for Euro 2016 qualifying were scheduled in the stadium. Wales then qualified for the finals in France. The five home qualifying matches in the 2018 FIFA World Cup were held at the stadium , as in addition to both of Wales' home for the 2018-19 UEFA Nations League games. All home matches in the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign also were played at the stadium. A friendly match against Spain occurred at Millennium Stadium on 11 October 2018 which was Wales the first time they played at the stadium for just 7 and a half years. The match ended with a loss of 4-1. On March 20, the 20th of March, Wales took on Trinidad and Tobago at the Racecourse Ground, their first match since 2008.

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2022

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

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The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-off finals against Ukraine, and the UEFA Nations League A matches against Poland, the Netherlands (home and away) and Belgium in June 2022.
On 24 May, Nathan Broadhead withdrew from the squad due to injury. Oliver Denham and Wes Burns were called up as replacements.
On 9 June, Tom King was called up to the squad and Kieffer Moore withdrew from the squad due to injury.

Caps and goals are correct as of 14 June 2022, after the match against Netherlands.

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

As of 14 June 2022

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame inductees

• 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
• Ian Rush
• Alf Sherwood
• Neville Southall
• Gary Speed
• John Toshack
• Terry Yorath

Welsh inductees to the English Football Hall of Fame

• 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 Speed

Welsh inductees to the Football League 100 Legends

• Ivor Allchurch
• John Charles
• Trevor Ford
• Ryan Giggs
• Cliff Jones
• Billy Meredith
• Ian Rush
• Neville Southall

Welsh winners of the FWA Footballer of the Year

• Ian Rush (1984)
• Neville Southall (1985)
• Gareth Bale (2013)

Welsh winners of the PFA Players' Player of the Year

• Ian Rush (1984)
• Mark Hughes (1989, 1991)
• Ryan Giggs (2009)
• Gareth Bale (2011, 2013)

Welsh Inductee to the PFA Team of the Year

• Leighton James (1975)
• John Toshack (1976)
• Ian Rush (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991)
• Kevin Ratcliffe (1985)
• Mark Hughes (1986, 1989, 1991, 1992)
• Neville Southall (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
• Gary Speed (1993)
• Ryan Giggs (1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009)
• Gareth Bale (2011, 2012, 2013)

• Biggest win

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

• Biggest defeat

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

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British Home Championship

The British Home Championship (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (the last of whom competed as Northern Ireland starting from the late 1950s). Beginning during the 1883–84 season, it is the oldest international association football tournament in the world and it was contested until the 1983–84 season, when it was abolished after 100 years.

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)