Wales national football team

The Wales national football team is the team that represents the country of Wales in international competition and is controlled by the Football Association of Wales. Wales has qualified for four FIFA World Cups with their best result being a fourth at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Formation
The first instance of a Welsh national team match was back in 1876 when they took on Scotland at Hamilton Crescent. Their first match against a much more experience team would end up with a three-nil defeat. During a five year time frame, they would mainly take on Scotland but would have their first matches against and. In 1884, they would join the other British teams to compete in the British Home Championship with the tournament running until 1948 when it would be discontinued.

It would be until 1906 when they would compete against a team outside of the British Isles when they were invited to compete at the 1906 FIFA World Cup which was held in France. Being featured in a group that also had and. After only just scraping through for a 1-0 win off a back of a goal from, the Welsh struggled as they went down 2-0 to Argentina. Argentina again would be the nemesis in the following World Cup in Austria as they lost to a hat-trick despite winning the two previous Home Championships leading up to this tournament.

The performance at that World Cup meant they would create history by being one of eight teams in compete in the new qualification format for the 1914 FIFA World Cup that was being held across the border in England. Taking on Scotland in the qualifier at the in Wrexham, the Welsh attempted to try and turn over the match from earlier in that year where they had lost 1-0 at the 1913 British Home Championship. Despite a crowd of 10,000 people, the Welsh was eliminated by a goal from in the 69th minute.

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