UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E

The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E was one of nine groups drawn to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group E consisted of six teams: England, Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, and San Marino,[2] who played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams, England and Switzerland, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Slovenia were not the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they lost to Ukraine and thus failed to qualify.

England won all ten of their matches becoming only the fifth national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the sixth instance, after France (1992 and 2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany and Spain (both 2012).[4]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 10 10 0 0 31 3 +28 30 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 5–0
2   Switzerland 10 7 0 3 24 8 +16 21 0–2 — 3–2 3–0 4–0 7–0
3  Slovenia 10 5 1 4 18 11 +7 16 Advance to play-offs 2–3 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 6–0
4  Estonia 10 3 1 6 4 9 −5 10[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 0–1 1–0 — 1–0 2–0
5  Lithuania 10 3 1 6 7 18 −11 10[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 — 2–1
6  San Marino 10 0 1 9 1 36 −35 1 0–6 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.[5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Estonia 1–0 Slovenia
 Report
Attendance: 6,561[6]
San Marino 0–2 Lithuania
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Attendance: 986[7]
Switzerland  0–2 England
Report
Attendance: 35,500[8]
England 5–0 San Marino
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Attendance: 55,990[9]
Lithuania 1–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 4,780[10]
Slovenia 1–0  Switzerland
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Attendance: 8,500[11]
Estonia 0–1 England
Report
Attendance: 10,195[12]
Lithuania 0–2 Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 4,250[13]
San Marino 0–4  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 2,289[14]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
England 3–1 Slovenia
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Attendance: 82,309[15]
San Marino 0–0 Estonia
Report
Attendance: 759[16]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Switzerland  4–0 Lithuania
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Attendance: 17,300[17]
England 4–0 Lithuania
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Attendance: 83,671[18]
Slovenia 6–0 San Marino
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Attendance: 8,325[19]
Switzerland  3–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 14,500[20]
Estonia 2–0 San Marino
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Attendance: 6,131[21]
Slovenia 2–3 England
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Attendance: 15,796[22]
Lithuania 1–2  Switzerland
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Attendance: 4,786[23]
Estonia 1–0 Lithuania
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Attendance: 6,621[24]
San Marino 0–6 England
Report
Attendance: 4,378[25]
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Switzerland  3–2 Slovenia
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Attendance: 25,750[26]
England 2–0  Switzerland
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Attendance: 75,751[27]
Lithuania 2–1 San Marino
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Attendance: 2,856[28]
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
Slovenia 1–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 6,868[29]
England 2–0 Estonia
 Report
Attendance: 75,427[30]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Slovenia 1–1 Lithuania
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Attendance: 10,498[31]
Switzerland  7–0 San Marino
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Attendance: 16,200[32]
Estonia 0–1  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 7,304[33]
Lithuania 0–3 England
Report
Attendance: 5,051[34]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
San Marino 0–2 Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 781[35]

Goalscorers
England's Wayne Rooney was the group's top scorer, with seven goals

There were 85 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving three yellow cards in three different matches, as well as after fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 EstoniaKen Kallaste  vs Lithuania (9 October 2014)vs England (12 October 2014)
Ragnar Klavan  vs England (12 October 2014)vs San Marino (15 November 2014)
Aleksandr Dmitrijev vs San Marino (15 November 2014)
vs Switzerland (27 March 2015)
vs Lithuania (5 September 2015)		vs Slovenia (8 September 2015)
 LithuaniaGiedrius Arlauskis vs San Marino (8 September 2015)vs Slovenia (9 October 2015)
Marius Žaliūkas vs England (27 March 2015)
vs Estonia (5 September 2015)
vs Slovenia (9 October 2015)		vs England (12 October 2015)
 San MarinoAlessandro Della Valle  vs Ukraine (15 October 2013)[note 2]vs Lithuania (8 September 2014)
Mirko Palazzi vs Ukraine (15 October 2013)[note 2]vs Lithuania (8 September 2014)
Manuel Battistini vs Lithuania (8 September 2014)
vs Estonia (14 June 2015)
vs Lithuania (8 September 2015)		vs Switzerland (9 October 2015)
Nicola Chiaruzzi  vs Lithuania (8 September 2015)vs Switzerland (9 October 2015)
 SloveniaDalibor Stevanović  vs Estonia (8 September 2014)vs Switzerland (9 October 2014)
Kevin Kampl vs England (14 June 2015)
vs Switzerland (5 September 2015)
vs Estonia (8 September 2015)		vs Lithuania (9 October 2015)

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for matches on 15 November 2014 and 27 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

References
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  2. "Spain face Ukraine return in EURO 2016 qualifying". UEFA.com. 23 February 2014.
  3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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