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 would qualify directly for the finals. The third-placed team would qualify directly too if they had the best records among the third-placed teams of all qualifying groups, otherwise they would enter the play-offs for another chance to qualify.

England and Switzerland qualified for the finals as the group winners and runners-up respectively. As third-placed Slovenia weren't 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	Qualify for final tournament	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		0–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	3	1	6	7	18	−11	10		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

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 v Slovenia

8 September 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Estonia	1–0	Slovenia
Purje 86'	Report

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 6,561^[6]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

San Marino v Lithuania

8 September 2014
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

San Marino	0–2	Lithuania
	Report	Matulevičius 5' Novikovas 36'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 986^[7]
Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)

Switzerland v England

8 September 2014
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Switzerland	0–2	England
	Report	Welbeck 58', 90+4'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 35,500^[8]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

England v San Marino

9 October 2014
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

England	5–0	San Marino
Jagielka 25' Rooney 43' (pen.) Welbeck 49' Townsend 72' Della Valle 78' (o.g.)	Report

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 55,990^[9]
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Lithuania v Estonia

9 October 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	1–0	Estonia
Mikoliūnas 76'	Report

LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,780^[10]
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

Slovenia v Switzerland

9 October 2014
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	1–0	Switzerland
Novaković 79' (pen.)	Report

Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 8,500^[11]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Estonia v England

12 October 2014
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Estonia	0–1	England
	Report	Rooney 74'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 10,195^[12]
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Lithuania v Slovenia

12 October 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	0–2	Slovenia
	Report	Novaković 33', 37'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,250^[13]
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

San Marino v Switzerland

14 October 2014
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

San Marino	0–4	Switzerland
	Report	Seferović 10', 23' Džemaili 30' Shaqiri 79'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 2,289^[14]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

England v Slovenia

15 November 2014
18:00
(17:00 UTC±0)

England	3–1	Slovenia
Rooney 59' (pen.) Welbeck 66', 72'	Report	Henderson 58' (o.g.)

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,309^[15]
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

San Marino v Estonia

15 November 2014
18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)

San Marino	0–0	Estonia
	Report

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 759^[16]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Switzerland v Lithuania

15 November 2014
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Switzerland	4–0	Lithuania
Arlauskis 66' (o.g.) Schär 68' Shaqiri 80', 90'	Report

AFG Arena, St. Gallen
Attendance: 17,300^[17]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

England v Lithuania

27 March 2015
20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

England	4–0	Lithuania
Rooney 6' Welbeck 45' Sterling 58' Kane 73'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 83,671^[18]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Slovenia v San Marino

27 March 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Slovenia	6–0	San Marino
Iličić 10' Kampl 49' Struna 50' Novaković 52' Lazarević 73' Ilić 88'	Report

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 8,325^[19]
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

Switzerland v Estonia

27 March 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Switzerland	3–0	Estonia
Schär 17' Xhaka 27' Seferović 80'	Report

Swissporarena, Lucerne
Attendance: 14,500^[20]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Estonia v San Marino

14 June 2015
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Estonia	2–0	San Marino
Zenjov 35', 63'	Report

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 6,131^[21]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Slovenia v England

14 June 2015
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovenia	2–3	England
Novaković 37' Pečnik 84'	Report	Wilshere 57', 73' Rooney 86'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 15,796^[22]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Lithuania v Switzerland

14 June 2015
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	1–2	Switzerland
Černych 64'	Report	Drmić 69' Shaqiri 84'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,786^[23]
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Estonia v Lithuania

5 September 2015
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Estonia	1–0	Lithuania
Vassiljev 71'	Report

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 6,621^[24]
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

San Marino v England

5 September 2015
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

San Marino	0–6	England
	Report	Rooney 13' (pen.) Brolli 30' (o.g.) Barkley 46' Walcott 68', 78' Kane 77'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 4,378^[25]
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

Switzerland v Slovenia

5 September 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Switzerland	3–2	Slovenia
Drmić 80', 90+4' Stocker 84'	Report	Novaković 45' Cesar 48'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 25,750^[26]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

England v Switzerland

8 September 2015
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

England	2–0	Switzerland
Kane 67' Rooney 84' (pen.)	Report

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,751^[27]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Lithuania v San Marino

8 September 2015
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	2–1	San Marino
Černych 7' Spalvis 90+2'	Report	M. Vitaioli 55'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,856^[28]
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Slovenia v Estonia

8 September 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	1–0	Estonia
Berić 63'	Report

Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 6,868^[29]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

England v Estonia

9 October 2015
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

England	2–0	Estonia
Walcott 45' Sterling 85'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,427^[30]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Slovenia v Lithuania

9 October 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	1–1	Lithuania
Birsa 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Novikovas 79' (pen.)

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,498^[31]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Switzerland v San Marino

9 October 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Switzerland	7–0	San Marino
Lang 17' Inler 55' (pen.) Mehmedi 65' Djourou 72' (pen.) Kasami 75' Embolo 80' (pen.) Derdiyok 89'	Report

AFG Arena, St. Gallen
Attendance: 16,200^[32]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Estonia v Switzerland

12 October 2015
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Estonia	0–1	Switzerland
	Report	Klavan 90+4' (o.g.)

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 7,304^[33]
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Lithuania v England

12 October 2015
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	0–3	England
	Report	Barkley 29' Arlauskis 35' (o.g.) Oxlade-Chamberlain 62'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 5,051^[34]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

San Marino v Slovenia

12 October 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

San Marino	0–2	Slovenia
	Report	Cesar 54' Pečnik 75'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 781^[35]
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Goalscorers

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

7 goals

Wayne Rooney

6 goals

4 goals

Xherdan Shaqiri

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Jordan Henderson (playing against Slovenia)
Ragnar Klavan (playing against Switzerland)
Cristian Brolli (playing against England)
Alessandro Della Valle (playing against England)

2 own goals

Giedrius Arlauskis (playing against Switzerland & England)

Discipline

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

Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may 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 are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Team	Player	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Estonia	Ken 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)
Lithuania	Giedrius Arlauskis	vs San Marino (8 September 2015)	vs Slovenia (9 October 2015)
Lithuania	Marius Žaliūkas	vs England (27 March 2015) vs Estonia (5 September 2015) vs Slovenia (9 October 2015)	vs England (12 October 2015)
San Marino	Alessandro 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)
Slovenia	Dalibor Stevanović	vs Estonia (8 September 2014)	vs Switzerland (9 October 2014)
Slovenia	Kevin Kampl	vs England (14 June 2015) vs Switzerland (5 September 2015) vs Estonia (8 September 2015)	vs Lithuania (9 October 2015)

Notes

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

References

↑ "UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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External links

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round Group E

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

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