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Published 17 July 2024 3 min read
England Men's Senior Team

Gareth Southgate's tenure as England manager in numbers

Written by:

Nicholas Veevers

A deep dive into the stats that define Southgate's eight years in charge of the Three Lions

Take a look back at Gareth Southgate's stint as England manager, which lasted 102 matches and just short of eight years. 

No man has ever been involved in as many Three Lions internationals, with those numbers and plenty more in full below.

- As he guided England to a penalty shoot-out victory against Switzerland in the EURO 2024 quarter-final, Southgate became the third England men's manager to reach 100 games after Walter Winterbottom (139) and Sir Alf Ramsey (113), becoming the first to reach the milestone since Ramsey in 1972, which was a 1-0 win over Wales.

- He holds the record as the man who has represented England in more games than anyone else, with 102 games as senior team manager, 57 caps as a player and 37 as men's under-21 head coach, leading to a total of 193 games in which he has been involved as a player or coach.

- During his 102 games in charge, Gareth produced 61 wins (not including three penalty shoot-out victories), 24 draws and 17 defeats, scoring 213 goals and conceding 72.

- Under Southgate, England are the only team in Europe to have reached the quarter-finals of the last four major tournaments (FIFA World Cup 2018, UEFA EURO 2020, FIFA World Cup 2022 and UEFA EURO 2024)

Gareth and Steve ahead of their first game in charge, against Malta at Wembley in October 2016
Gareth and Steve ahead of their first game in charge, against Malta at Wembley in October 2016
- England's appearance at the UEFA EURO 2020 Final was the first time the nation had reached a major tournament final since the FIFA World Cup of 1966, while their 2018 World Cup performance in Russia was the first time England had reached the semi-final stage of that competition since 1990.

- Gareth is joint-sixth in the list of European managers to have taken charge of most major tournament games (26), which is topped by Jogi Low (38), Didier Deschamps (34), Helmut Schon (29), Fernando Santos (28), Guus Hiddink (27) and Lars Lagerback (26).

- The five players to have featured most under Gareth are Harry Kane (81), Kyle Walker (70), John Stones (68), Jordan Pickford (68) and Harry Maguire (63).

- The five top goalscorers under Gareth are Kane (61), Raheem Sterling (18), Marcus Rashford (16), Bukayo Saka (12) and Harry Maguire (seven).

PROFILE: GARETH SOUTHGATE