Eriksson's international match diary for England

Much has been written and said since England bowed out of the World Cup finals through their failure in another penalty shoot-out against Portugal.

Sven Goran-Eriksson, like his predecessors, failed to take the team at least to the final of a tournament and has now ended another barren era.

The following is Eriksson's match diary during his tenure as England manager.

February 28, 2001: Debut at Villa Park vs Spain (F) 3-0 (Barmby, Heskey, Ehiogu).

Baptism for Chris Powell, Michael Ball, Gavin McCann.

March 24: Anfield vs Finland (WCQ) 2-1 (Owen, Beckham).

March 28: Tirana vs Albania (WCQ) 3-1 (Owen, Scholes, Andy Cole).

Debut for Ashley Cole. Owen scores his 10th goal in 27 matches.

May 25: Pride Park vs Mexico (F) 4-0 (Scholes, Fowler, Beckham, Sheringham).

Debut for Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Alan Smith and Danny Mills.

Four wins on the trot is England's best start in 55 years. First international at Derby County ground in 90 years.

June 6: Athens vs Greece (WCQ) 2-0 (Scholes, Beckham).

Eriksson becomes first England coach to start tenure with five straight wins.

August 15: White Hart Lane vs Holland (F) 0-2.

Debut for Owen Hargreaves.

September 1: Munich vs Germany (WCQ) 5-1 (Owen 3, Gerrard, Heskey).

First home defeat for Germans in a World Cup qualifier and first England win on German soil since 1965.

This is Eriksson's best result during his time as England coach.

September 8: Newcastle vs Albania (WCQ) 2-0 (Owen, Fowler).

October 6: Old Trafford vs Greece (WCQ) 2-2 (Sheringham, Beckham).

England through as group winners. Sheringham's goal is netted in a record ten seconds after coming on as substitute.

November 10: Old Trafford vs Sweden (F) 1-1 (Beckham).

Debuts for Trevor Sinclair and Danny Murphy.

Scores on debut

February 13, 2002: Amsterdam vs Holland (F) 1-1 (Vassell).

Baptism for Darius Vassell, Wayne Bridge and Michael Ricketts.

March 27: Elland Road vs Italy (F) 1-2 (Fowler).

Ledley King makes debut.

April 17: Anfield vs Paraguay (F) 4-0 (Owen, Murphy, Vassell, Ayala og).

Owen becomes youngest skipper since Bobby Moore (May 1963) and 104th player to captain England.

May 14: Seoguipo vs South Korea (F) 1-1 (Owen).

May 26: Kobe vs Cameroon (F) 2-2 (Vassell, Fowler).

June 2: Saitama vs Sweden (WCF) 1-1 (Campbell).

After 34 years, England still fail to beat Swedes.

June 7: Sapporo vs Argentina (WCF) 1-0 (Beckham pen).

First England win over Argentina since World Cup of 1966.

June 12: Osaka vs Nigeria (WCF) 0-0.

June 15: Niigata vs Denmark (WCF) 3-1 (Ferdinand, Owen, Heskey).

June 21: Shizuoka vs Brazil (WCQ) 1-2 (Owen).

England out in quarter-finals and fail to beat Brazil in the World Cup for the fourth time.

A fluke goal by Ronaldinho from the half-way mark does the trick.

September 7: Villa Park vs Portugal (F) 1-1. (Smith).

Debut for Lee Bowyer and David Dunn.

October 12: Bratislava vs Slovakia (ECQ) 2-1 (Owen, Beckham).

October 16: Southampton vs Macedonia (ECQ) 2-2 (Gerrard, Beckham).

Smith sent off.

February 12, 2003: Upton Park vs Australia (F) 1-3 (Jeffers).

Baptism for Paul Robinson, Paul Konchesky, Jermaine Jenas, James Beattie, Francis Jeffers and Wayne Rooney.

March 29: Vaduz vs Liechtenstein (ECQ) 2-0 (Beckham, Owen).

April 2: Sunderland vs Turkey (ECQ) 2-0 (Beckham pen, Vassell).

May 22: Durban vs South Africa (F) 2-1 (Southgate, Heskey).

Debut for Matthew Upson.

June 3: Leicester vs Serbia & Montenegro (F) 2-1 (Gerrard, J. Cole).

John Terry plays first match for England.

June 10: Middlesbrough vs Slovakia (ECQ) 2-1 (Owen 2, 1 pen).

August 20: Ipswich vs Croatia (F) 3-1 (Beckham pen, Owen, Lampard).

England win six on the trot.

September 6: Skopje vs Macedonia (ECQ) 2-1 (Rooney, Beckham pen).

Rooney becomes youngest England scorer at 17 years, 317 days.

September 10: Old Trafford vs Liechtenstein (ECQ) 2-0 (Owen, Rooney).

Post-war record of eight straight wins.

October 11: Istanbul vs Turkey (ECQ) 0-0.

England qualify for European Championship undefeated.

November 16: Old Trafford vs Denmark (F) 2-3 (Rooney, J. Cole).

Debut for Glen Johnson and Scott Parker.

February 18, 2004: Faro vs Portugal (F) 1-1 (Monteiro og).

March 31: Gothenburg vs Sweden (F) 0-1.

Debut for Jermaine Defoe, Alan Thompson and Anthony Gardner. Gerrard earns captain's armband for the first time.

June 1: City of Manchester Stadium vs Japan (F) 1-1 (Owen).

June 5: City of Manchester Stadium vs Iceland (F) 6-1 (Lampard, Rooney 2, Vassell 2, Bridge).

Biggest win under Eriksson.

June 14: Lisbon vs France (ECF) 1-2 (Lampard).

England miss penalty through Beckham.

June 17: Coimbra vs Switzerland (ECF) 3-0 (Rooney 2, Gerrard).

Rooney becomes youngest scorer in European Championship finals' history.

June 21: Lisbon vs Croatia (ECF) 4-2 (Scholes, Rooney 2, Lampard).

June 25: Lisbon vs Portugal (ECF) 2-2 (Owen, Lampard) aet, lose 5-6 on pens in quarter-final.

Another exit in penalty shoot-out. Missed from the spot - Beckham and Vassell.

August 19: Newcastle vs Ukraine (F) 3-0 (Beckham, Owen, Shaun Wright-Phillips).

Wright-Phillips makes debut.

September 4: Vienna vs Austria (WCQ) 2-2 (Lampard, Gerrard).

September 18: Warsaw vs Poland (WCQ) 2-1 (Defoe, Glowacki og).

Eriksson's England still undefeated in qualifiers.

October 9: Old Trafford vs Wales (WCQ) 2-0 (Lampard, Beckham).

October 13: Baku vs Azerbaijan (WCQ) 1-0 (Owen).

28th goal for Owen in 65 England appearances.

November 17: Madrid vs Spain (F) 0-1.

First home blanks

February 9, 2005: Villa Park vs Holland (F) 0-0.

Debut for Andy Johnson and Stewart Downing.

March 26: Old Trafford vs N. Ireland (WCQ) 4-0 (J. Cole, Owen, Baird og, Lampard).

March 30: Newcastle vs Azerbaijan (WCQ) 2-0 (Gerrard, Beckham).

May 28: Chicago vs US (F) 2-1 (Richardson 2).

Baptism for Kieran Richardson, Zat Knight, Luke Young. Sol Campbell skippers the side.

May 31: New Jersey vs Colombia (F) 3-2 (Owen 3).

Second Owen hat-trick under Eriksson to bring his total to 32 goals in 70 matches. Debut for Peter Crouch and Robert Green.

August 17: Copenhagen vs Denmark (F) 1-4 (Rooney).

Worst defeat under Eriksson.

September 3: Cardiff vs Wales (WCQ) 1-0 (J. Cole).

September 7: Belfast vs N. Ireland (WCQ) 0-1.

First loss in qualifiers for England and first England upset in Belfast for 78 years.

October 8: Old Trafford vs Austria (WCQ) 1-0 (Lampard pen).

Beckham red-carded to become first English captain ever to be dismissed and the only national team player to be sent off twice. England qualify for finals.

October 12: Old Trafford vs Poland (WCQ) 2-1 (Owen, Lampard).

Owen equals Gary Lineker's record of 22 goals in competitive games.

November 12: Geneva vs Argentina (F) 3-2 (Rooney, Owen 2).

Beckham's 50th cap as captain.

March 1, 2006: Anfield vs Uruguay (F) 2-1 (Crouch, J. Cole).

Debut for Darren Bent.

May 30: Old Trafford vs Hungary (F) 3-1 (Gerrard, Terry, Crouch).

Baptism for Theo Walcott, who becomes England's youngest ever international at 17 years 75 days.

June 3: Old Trafford vs Jamaica (F) 6-0 (Crouch 3, Lampard, Owen, Taylor og).

Biggest win under Eriksson. Debut for Aaron Lennon.

June 10: Frankfurt vs Paraguay (WCF) 1-0 (Gamarra og).

June 15: Nuremberg vs Trinidad & Tobago (WCF) 2-0 (Crouch, Gerrard).

June 21: Cologne vs Sweden (WCF) 2-2 (J. Cole, Gerrard).

June 25: Stuttgart vs Ecuador (WCF) 1-0 (Beckham).

Beckham becomes first England player to score at three different World Cup finals.

July 1: Gelsenkirchen vs Portugal (WCF) 0-0 aet, lost 1-3 on penalties.

Rooney is dismissed as England crash at the quarter-finals of the tournament once more. Missed from the spot - Lampard, Gerrard and Carragher.