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.
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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| 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 | — |
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).
| San Marino | 0–2 | Lithuania |
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| Switzerland | 0–2 | England |
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| England | 5–0 | San Marino |
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| Lithuania | 1–0 | Estonia |
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| San Marino | 0–0 | Estonia |
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| Slovenia | 6–0 | San Marino |
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| Switzerland | 3–0 | Estonia |
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| Estonia | 2–0 | San Marino |
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| Lithuania | 1–2 | Switzerland |
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| San Marino | 0–6 | England |
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| England | 2–0 | Switzerland |
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| Lithuania | 2–1 | San Marino |
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| Estonia | 0–1 | Switzerland |
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| San Marino | 0–2 | Slovenia |
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Goalscorers
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
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) |
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| 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) |