Wales football team

The **Wales football team** is the football team of Wales or the **Welsh football team**. Unlike England and Scotland, the Welsh football team is not the most followed version of the game. In Wales, the Welsh rugby team is the most followed. In this circumstance, it is not surprising that the Welsh football team is usually ranked lower than the English and Scottish teams.

Recently, the team has been more highly ranked. The team recorded the biggest rise in the history of the FIFA World Rankings, moving from 117th in 2011 to 8th place in 2015. They are also the smallest nation by population to ever reach the semi-finals of the UEFA European Championship, after reaching the UEFA Euro 2016 semi-finals.

In April 2017, Jess Fishlock became the first player to earn 100 caps for the Wales national football team.

### Men's team

|width=30px|Rank|width=150px|Player|width=100px|Years|width=50px|Caps|width=50px|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Gareth Bale|2006–2022|111|41|||||
|rowspan="2"|2|align="left"|Chris Gunter|2007–2022|109|0||||
|align="left"|**Wayne Hennessey**|2007–present|109|0||||||
|4|align="left"|Neville Southall|1982–1997|92|0|||||
|rowspan="2"|5|align="left"|Ashley Williams|2008–2019|86|2||||
|align="left"|**Ben Davies**|2012–present|86|2||||||
|6|align="left"|Gary Speed|1990–2004|85|7|||||
|8|align="left"|**Aaron Ramsey**|2008–present|84|21|||||
|9|align="left"|Craig Bellamy|1998–2013|78|19|||||
|10|align="left"|Joe Ledley|2005–2018|77|4|||||

### Women's team

|width=|#|width=|Player|width=|Years|width=|Caps|width=|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|**Jess Fishlock**|2006–present|149|42||||||
|**2**|**Sophie Ingle**|2009–present|120|3||||||
|**3**|Loren Dykes|2007–2021|105|3||||||
|**4**|Helen Ward|2008–2023|105|44||||||
|**5**|**Angharad James**|2011–present|102|4||||||
|**6**|**Tash Harding**|2008–present|100|26||||||

### Men's team

(players still active in **bold**):

|#|Name|Goals|Matches|Average|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Gareth Bale|41|111|||
|2|align="left"|Ian Rush|28|73|||
|rowspan="2"|3|align="left"|Trevor Ford|23|38||
|align="left"|Ivor Allchurch|23|68||||
|5|align="left"|Dean Saunders|22|75|||
|6|align="left"|**Aaron Ramsey**|21|84|||
|7|align="left"|Craig Bellamy|19|78|||
|rowspan="4"|8|align="left"|Robert Earnshaw|16|59||
|align="left"|Cliff Jones|16|59||||
|align="left"|Mark Hughes|16|72||||

### Women's team

(players still active in **bold**):

|#|Name|Goals|Matches|Average||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Helen Ward|44|105||
|2|align="left"|**Jess Fishlock**|42|149||

## Managers

Prior to 1954 the Welsh team was chosen by a panel of selectors with the team captain fulfilling the role of coach.
|Name|Career|
| --- | --- |
|Walley Barnes|1954–1955|
|Jimmy Murphy|1956–1964|
|Dave Bowen|1964–1974|
|Ronnie Burgess|1965 (caretaker manager for one match due to unavailability of Dave Bowen)|
|Mike Smith|1974–1979|
|Mike England|1979–1987|
|David Williams|1988 (caretaker manager for one match)|
|Terry Yorath|1988–1993|
|John Toshack|1994|
|Mike Smith|1994–1995|
|Bobby Gould|1995–1999|
|Neville Southall|1999 (caretaker manager for one match)|
|Mark Hughes|1999–2004|
|John Toshack|2004–2010|
|Brian Flynn|2010 (caretaker manager for two matches)|
|Gary Speed|2010–2011|
|Chris Coleman|2012–present|

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Wales
- **nickname**: The Dragons ()
- **association**: Football Association of Wales (FAW)
- **confederation**: UEFA (Europe)
- **coach**: Ryan Giggs
- **captain**: Ashley Williams (footballer), Ashley Williams
- **most caps**: Chris Gunter (93)
- **top scorer**: Gareth Bale (31)
- **home stadium**: Cardiff City Stadium
- **fifa trigramme**: WAL
- **fifa max**: 8
- **fifa max date**: October 2015
- **fifa min**: 117
- **fifa min date**: August 2011
- **elo max**: 3
- **elo max date**: 1876–1885
- **elo min**: 88
- **elo min date**: 25 May 2011
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- **first game**: Scotland v Wales (1876), 4–0 ****
(Glasgow, Scotland; 26 March 1876)
- **largest win**: 11–0
(Wrexham, Wales; 3 March 1888)
- **largest loss**: 9–0
(Glasgow, Scotland; 23 March 1878)
- **world cup apps**: 1
- **world cup first**: 1958
- **world cup best**: Quarter-finals, 1958 FIFA World Cup, 1958
- **regional name**: UEFA European Championship, European Championship
- **regional cup apps**: 1
- **regional cup first**: UEFA Euro 2016, 2016
- **regional cup best**: Semi-finals, UEFA Euro 2016, 2016