Year Round Against Score Scorers 1950 Group 2 Chile 2 -- 0 Mortensen, Mannion United States 0 -- 1 Spain 0 -- 1 1954 Group 4 Belgium 4 -- 4 (aet) Broadis (2), Lofthouse (2) Switzerland 2 -- 0 Mullen, Wilshaw Quarter - final Uruguay 2 -- 4 Lofthouse, Finney 1958 Group 4 Soviet Union 2 -- 2 Kevan, Finney Brazil 0 -- 0 Austria 2 -- 2 Haynes, Kevan Play - off Soviet Union 0 -- 1 1962 Group 4 Hungary 1 -- 2 Flowers Argentina 3 -- 1 Flowers, Charlton, Greaves Bulgaria 0 -- 0 Quarter - final Brazil 1 -- 3 Hitchens 1966 Group 1 Uruguay 0 -- 0 Mexico 2 -- 0 Charlton, Hunt France 2 -- 0 Hunt (2) Quarter - final Argentina 1 -- 0 Hurst Semi-final Portugal 2 -- 1 Charlton (2) Final West Germany 4 -- 2 (aet) Hurst (3), Peters 1970 Group 3 Romania 1 -- 0 Hurst Brazil 0 -- 1 Czechoslovakia 1 -- 0 Clarke Quarter - final West Germany 2 -- 3 (aet) Mullery, Peters 1982 Group 4 France 3 -- 1 Robson (2), Mariner Czechoslovakia 2 -- 0 Francis, Barmoš (o.g.) Kuwait 1 -- 0 Francis Group B Round 2 West Germany 0 -- 0 Spain 0 -- 0 1986 Group F Portugal 0 -- 1 Morocco 0 -- 0 Poland 3 -- 0 Lineker (3) Round of 16 Paraguay 3 -- 0 Lineker (2), Beardsley Quarter - final Argentina 1 -- 2 Lineker 1990 Group F Republic of Ireland 1 -- 1 Lineker Netherlands 0 -- 0 Egypt 1 -- 0 Wright Round of 16 Belgium 1 -- 0 (aet) Platt Quarter - final Cameroon 3 -- 2 (aet) Platt, Lineker (2) Semi-final West Germany 1 -- 1 (aet) Lineker Third - place play - off Italy 1 -- 2 Platt 1998 Group G Tunisia 2 -- 0 Shearer, Scholes Romania 1 -- 2 Owen Colombia 2 -- 0 Anderton, Beckham Round of 16 Argentina 2 -- 2 (aet) Shearer, Owen 2002 Group F Sweden 1 -- 1 Campbell Argentina 1 -- 0 Beckham Nigeria 0 -- 0 Round of 16 Denmark 3 -- 0 Ferdinand, Owen, Heskey Quarter - final Brazil 1 -- 2 Owen 2006 Group B Paraguay 1 -- 0 Gamarra (o.g.) Trinidad and Tobago 2 -- 0 Crouch, Gerrard Sweden 2 -- 2 Cole, Gerrard Round of 16 Ecuador 1 -- 0 Beckham Quarter - final Portugal 0 -- 0 (aet) Group C United States 1 -- 1 Gerrard Algeria 0 -- 0 Slovenia 1 -- 0 Defoe Round of 16 Germany 1 -- 4 Upson 2014 Group D Italy 1 -- 2 Sturridge Uruguay 1 -- 2 Rooney Costa Rica 0 -- 0 2018 Group G Tunisia 2 -- 1 Kane (2) Panama 6 -- 1 Stones (2), Kane (3), Lingard Belgium 0 -- 1 Round of 16 Colombia 1 -- 1 (aet) Kane Quarter - final Sweden 2 -- 0 Maguire, Alli Semi-final Croatia 1 -- 2 (aet) Trippier Third - place play - off Belgium 0 -- 2
when did england last win an opening game world cup
1998