Wales national football team records and statistics

This page details Wales national football team records; the most capped players, the players with the most goals, Wales's match record by opponent and decade.

Age records

 * Youngest player to make debut: Harry Wilson – 16 years and 207 days
 * Oldest player to play a game: Billy Meredith – 45 years and 229 days
 * Youngest player to play at World Cup finals: Roy Vernon – 21 years and 42 days
 * Oldest player to play at World Cup finals: Dave Bowen – 30 years and 1 day
 * Youngest player to score a goal: Gareth Bale – 17 years and 83 days

Other

 * Longest serving player: Billy Meredith – 25 years (1895–1920)

Games and results

 * Firsts
 * First International: 26 March 1876 vs
 * First home international: 5 March 1877 vs
 * First win: 26 February 1881 vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * First overseas opponent: 🇫🇷 france, 25 May 1933
 * First win over an overseas opponent: 23 November 1949 vs 🇧🇪 belgium


 * Biggest
 * Biggest Win: 11–0 vs, 3 March 1888
 * Biggest Loss: 0–9 vs, 23 March 1878


 * Longest
 * Longest winning streak: 6, 2 June 1980 – 16 May 1981
 * Longest losing streak: 5, 25 March 1876 – 27 March 1880

Goals

 * First Welsh goal: William Davies, 18 January 1879 vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * Youngest player to score: Gareth Bale – 17 years and 83 days, 7 October 2006 v 🇸🇰 slovakia
 * Most goals scored in one game by a player: 4
 * John Price, 12 Feb 1882 vs
 * Jack Doughty, 3 Mar 1888 vs
 * Mel Charles, 11 Apr 1962 vs
 * Ian Edwards, 25 October 1978 vs 🇲🇹 malta

Hat-tricks

 * First hat-trick: John Price, 12 February 1882 vs

FIFA World Cup

 * Qualification
 * First match: 15 October 1949 vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * First goal: Mal Griffiths vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 15 October 1949


 * Finals
 * First finals: Sweden 1958
 * Total number of times qualified for the finals: 2 (1958, 2022)
 * First game: 8 June 1958 vs 🇭🇺 hungary
 * First goal: John Charles vs 🇭🇺 hungary, 8 June 1958
 * Most successful finals: 1958 – Quarter-finals
 * World Cup top goalscorer: 2
 * Ivor Allchurch (1958)

UEFA European Championship

 * Finals
 * First finals: France 2016
 * Total number of times qualified for the finals: 2 (2016, 2020)
 * First game: 11 June 2016 vs 🇸🇰 slovakia
 * First goal: Gareth Bale vs 🇸🇰 slovakia, 11 June 2016
 * Most successful finals: 2016 – Semi-finals
 * European Championship top goalscorer: 3
 * Gareth Bale (2016)

Rankings

 * Highest FIFA Rank: 8 (October 2015)
 * Lowest FIFA Rank: 117 (August 2011)
 * Highest Elo Rank: 3 (1876–1885)
 * Lowest Elo Rank: 75 (September 2000)

Team records


Head to head
P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches only

Up to date as of 9 June 2024

By decade
P – Played, W – Won, D – Drawn, L – Lost, GF – Goals For, GA – Goals Against, GD – Goal Difference

Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches only

Up to date as of 9 June 2024