UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E

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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. Group E consisted of six teams: England, Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, and San Marino, who played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

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).

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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			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
Notes:

1. ^ a b 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. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Estonia	1–0	Slovenia
Purje 86′	Report

A. Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 6,561Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

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

San Marino Stadium, SerravalleAttendance: 986Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)

8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

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

St. Jakob-Park, BaselAttendance: 35,500Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

9 October 2014 (2014-10-09)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, LondonAttendance: 55,990Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

9 October 2014 (2014-10-09)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	1–0	Estonia
Mikoliūnas 76′	Report

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 4,780Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

9 October 2014 (2014-10-09)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

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

Ljudski vrt, MariborAttendance: 8,500Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

12 October 2014 (2014-10-12)18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Estonia	0–1	England
	Report	Rooney 74′

A. Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 10,195Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

12 October 2014 (2014-10-12)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

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

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 4,250Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

14 October 2014 (2014-10-14)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

San Marino	0–4	Switzerland
	Report	Seferovic 10′, 23′ Džemaili 30′ Shaqiri 79′

San Marino Stadium, SerravalleAttendance: 2,289Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

15 November 2014 (2014-11-15)18:00
(17:00 UTC±0)

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

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 82,309Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

15 November 2014 (2014-11-15)18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)

San Marino	0–0	Estonia
	Report

San Marino Stadium, SerravalleAttendance: 759Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

15 November 2014 (2014-11-15)20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

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

AFG Arena, St. GallenAttendance: 17,300Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

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

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 83,671Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)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, LjubljanaAttendance: 8,325Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Switzerland	3–0	Estonia
Schär 17′ Xhaka 27′ Seferovic 80′	Report

Swissporarena, LucerneAttendance: 14,500Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

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

A. Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 6,131Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

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

Stožice Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 15,796Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

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

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 4,786Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Estonia	1–0	Lithuania
Vassiljev 71′	Report

A. Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 6,621Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)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, SerravalleAttendance: 4,378Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

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

St. Jakob-Park, BaselAttendance: 25,750Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

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

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 75,751Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

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

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 2,856Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	1–0	Estonia
Berić 63′	Report

Ljudski vrt, MariborAttendance: 6,868Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

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

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 75,427Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

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

Stožice Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 10,498Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)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. GallenAttendance: 16,200Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

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

A. Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 7,304Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

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

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 5,051Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

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

San Marino Stadium, SerravalleAttendance: 781Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

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

• Wayne Rooney

6 goals

• Danny Welbeck
• Milivoje Novaković

4 goals

• Xherdan Shaqiri

3 goals

• Harry Kane
• Theo Walcott
• Josip Drmić
• Haris Seferović

2 goals

• Ross Barkley
• Raheem Sterling
• Jack Wilshere
• Sergei Zenjov
• Fedor Černych
• Arvydas Novikovas
• Boštjan Cesar
• Nejc Pečnik
• Fabian Schär

1 goal

• Phil Jagielka
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
• Andros Townsend
• Ats Purje
• Konstantin Vassiljev
• Deivydas Matulevičius
• Saulius Mikoliūnas
• Lukas Spalvis
• Matteo Vitaioli
• Robert Berić
• Valter Birsa
• Branko Ilić
• Josip Iličić
• Kevin Kampl
• Dejan Lazarević
• Andraž Struna
• Eren Derdiyok
• Johan Djourou
• Blerim Džemaili
• Breel Embolo
• Gökhan Inler
• Pajtim Kasami
• Michael Lang
• Admir Mehmedi
• Valentin Stocker
• Granit Xhaka

1 own goal

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

2 own goals

• Giedrius Arlauskis (against England & Switzerland)

Discipline

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

• 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)
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)
	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)	vs Lithuania (8 September 2014)
	Mirko Palazzi	vs Ukraine (15 October 2013)	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)
	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. ^ a b The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

References

1. ^ «UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying Draw Procedure» (PDF). UEFA. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
2. ^ «Spain face Ukraine return in EURO 2016 qualifying». UEFA.com. 23 February 2014.
3. ^ a b «Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16» (PDF). UEFA.com.
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External links

• UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round Group E

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