Following Capello's departure Stuart Pearce was appointed as caretaker manager for a single game and then on May 12, 2012 Roy Hodgson was announced as the new manager just six weeks prior to UEFA Euro 2012. England were able to finish first in their group, however they were eliminated from at the Championships in the quarter-finals through the penalty shoot-out in the final against Italy. The World Cup of 2014 FIFA World Cup, England were eliminated in their group stages for the first time in 1958 World Cup, and the first time they have been eliminated at major events after Euro 2000. England were unbeaten in qualifying for UEFA Euro 2016, but they were lost in the round of 16 losing by a score of 2-1 to Iceland. Hodgson was dismissed as manager in June of 2016 and less than one month later, he became replaced Sam Allardyce. After just one month in charge, Allardyce resigned from his post as manager by mutual agreement following an alleged violation in FA rules, which made him the most ineffective manager to be a permanent England manager. Allardyce's only match in his time as England boss was an 1-0 win against Slovakia However, this is one of the few permanent England manager ever to quit having a 100 percent winning rate.
Gareth Southgate, then the coach of the England under-21 team, was given temporarily in charge of England's England national team until November 2016 before being appointed coach on the permanent basis. In the time of Southgate, England qualified comfortably for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and came second in their group in the event. They beat Colombia by penalty in the knock-out round one and beat Sweden by 2-0 in the quarter-finals to make it just their third World Cup semi-final. In the semi-finals, they lost knocked out 2-1 after extra time by Croatia and were then defeated by Belgium again with a score of 2-0 in the third-place match. England player Harry Kane finished the tournament as the top scorer, scoring six goals.
On the 14th of November, England played their 1000th International match, beating Montenegro 7-0, at Wembley in an UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match.
In UEFA Euro 2020 England were included in Group D alongside Croatia, Scotland and Czech Republic. England had seven points from their three group matches and won 1-0 against Croatia as well as the Czechs and playing 0-0 against Scotland. In the knockout stage, England beat Germany, Ukraine and Denmark to reach the final of the important tournament, for the first time in 1966. It was also the first time for the nation to reach the European Championship final--where they lost out to Italy in the penalty shoot-out played at Wembley on July 11, 2021. For the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League England were assigned to the group A3 together with Germany, Italy and Hungary .
England did not beat any of their initial four games of the competition, their three opening results being defeated 1-0 at home to Hungary as well as a 1-1 home draw against Germany as well as an 0-0 draw against Italy on Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton. On the 14th of June in 2022, their fourth game in the contest (also playing within Wolverhampton), England were defeated 4-0 by Hungary the biggest home loss since Scotland beat Scotland 5-1 at Wembley in 1928. The defeat prompted journalists and fans asking questions about the credibility of players and managers prior to their 2022 FIFA World Cup.