he first game in the history of the Wales national football team was in 1876,

making Wales the third-oldest side in international association football, after

Scotland and England. Wales played annual games against Scotland, England, and
later Ireland, which became the British Home Championship. Wales won their first
championship in the 1906–07 tournament, three more titles during the 1920s, and
four in the six years prior to World War II. After the war, Wales played teams from
other European nations and began competing in the FIFA World Cup, but failed to
qualify in 1950 and 1954.
World Cup or the European Nations' Cup. Wales won their last British Championship
during the 1969–70 season, before the competition was discontinued. Manager Mike
Smith led the side to the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Championships in
their centenary year, when they were defeated by Yugoslavia.