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]
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, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
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A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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vs Lithuania (9 October 2014) | vs England (12 October 2014) | ||
vs England (12 October 2014) | vs San Marino (15 November 2014) | ||
vs San Marino (15 November 2014) vs Switzerland (27 March 2015) vs Lithuania (5 September 2015) | vs Slovenia (8 September 2015) | ||
vs San Marino (8 September 2015) | vs Slovenia (9 October 2015) | ||
vs England (27 March 2015) vs Estonia (5 September 2015) vs Slovenia (9 October 2015) | vs England (12 October 2015) | ||
vs Ukraine (15 October 2013) | vs Lithuania (8 September 2014) | ||
vs Ukraine (15 October 2013) | vs Lithuania (8 September 2014) | ||
vs Lithuania (8 September 2014) vs Estonia (14 June 2015) vs Lithuania (8 September 2015) | vs Switzerland (9 October 2015) | ||
vs Lithuania (8 September 2015) | vs Switzerland (9 October 2015) | ||
vs Estonia (8 September 2014) | vs Switzerland (9 October 2014) | ||
vs England (14 June 2015) vs Switzerland (5 September 2015) vs Estonia (8 September 2015) | vs Lithuania (9 October 2015) |