[10][11] The team was inactive between 2020 and 2024, but returned in December 2024 to participate in the Main Qualifying Round of the UEFA European Futsal Championships.
In October 2002, the first international tournament in England was held in Chester, the British Isles Nations Futsal Cup.
In November 2002, an English Futsal Championship tournament took place and was won by Pendle Santos.
Tranmere Victoria won the tournament and as a result were later chosen by the FA to be the first team to represent England in the UEFA Futsal Cup.
Both the FA and FIFA had representatives at the tournament, there were also members of the British Universities Sport's Association present.
The first FA Futsal Cup took place in July at the Army Physical Training Centre in Aldershot, with teams divided into two groups of six.
Up against some the best in the world, a team of semi-professional and university players took part in games against Iran, Uzbekistan and Indonesia.
The preliminary selection was then cut down to a final squad of just twelve players who travelled to Albania for the qualifiers in January 2004.
For the 2004 FA Futsal Cup, there were more qualifying leagues than the previous year, with the teams progressing from regional leagues in Bristol, Birmingham, London, Wirral, Derby, Pendle, Hull, Manchester, Gloucestershire, Sheffield, Grimsby, Oxford and Cumbria.
This time the finals were held at the Sheffield Institute of Sport and 16 teams competed, split up into 4 groups in the first round.
By 2005 regional tournaments were more common, some drawing teams from around the country, like the North East Futsal Open.
In the squad that was selected for the 2004 tournament, only two players had previous experience playing Futsal, as the coach only had a short period of time to get a team together.
The England national futsal team was formed in 2003 and they play their home matches at St George's Park.
The National Futsal League began in 2008 and currently features 26 teams in 4 conferences; 8 in the Premiership North, 8 in the Premiership South, 5 in the Championship South and 5 in the Championship North with the winners and runners-up of the 3 conferences advancing to an end of season tournament to determine the champions.