UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E#Switzerland v Lithuania
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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/04/64/31/2046431_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying Draw Procedure |publisher=UEFA |pages=1 |format=PDF |access-date=22 February 2014}} Group E consisted of six teams: England, Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, and San Marino,{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d7f1ded11da-4dd3f96a288d-1000--qualifying-draw-paves-road-to-france-2016/|title=Spain face Ukraine return in EURO 2016 qualifying|publisher=UEFA|date=23 February 2014}} who played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/03/92/81/2039281_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219025616/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/03/92/81/2039281_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2013|title=Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16|publisher=UEFA}}
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).{{cite news|last=Hammond|first=Mike|title=England join EURO's perfect qualification club|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0253-0d80a8565276-a7530b6badb1-1000--england-join-euro-s-perfect-qualification-club/|access-date=15 October 2015|publisher=UEFA|date=12 October 2015}}
Standings
{{UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying group tables|Group E|show_matches=yes}}
Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/06/14/61/2061461_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Qualifying fixtures|publisher=UEFA}} Times are CET/CEST,{{refn|CET (UTC+1) for matches on 15 November 2014 and 27 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.|group="note"|name="Time zone"}} as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
{{Football box
|id=Estonia v Slovenia
| date={{Start date|2014|9|8|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|EST}}
| score=1–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013825--estonia-vs-slovenia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SVN}}
| goals1=
- Purje {{goal|86}}
| goals2=
| stadium=A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
| referee=Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
}}
{{Football box
|id=San Marino v Lithuania
| date={{Start date|2014|9|8|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SMR}}
| score=0–2
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013826--san-marino-vs-lithuania/ Report]
| team2={{fb|LTU}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- Matulevičius {{goal|5}}
- Novikovas {{goal|36}}
| stadium=San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
| referee=Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Switzerland v England
| date={{Start date|2014|9|8|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}
| score=0–2
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013827--switzerland-vs-england/ Report]
| team2={{fb|ENG}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- Welbeck {{goal|58||90+4}}
| stadium=St. Jakob-Park, Basel
| referee=Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=England v San Marino
| date={{Start date|2014|10|9|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
| team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
| score=5–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013843--england-vs-san-marino/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SMR}}
| goals1=
- Jagielka {{goal|25}}
- Rooney {{goal|43|pen.}}
- Welbeck {{goal|49}}
- Townsend {{goal|72}}
- Della Valle {{goal|78|o.g.}}
| goals2=
| stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
| referee=Marcin Borski (Poland)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Lithuania v Estonia
| date={{Start date|2014|10|9|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|LTU}}
| score=1–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013844--lithuania-vs-estonia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|EST}}
| goals1=
- Mikoliūnas {{goal|76}}
| goals2=
| stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius
| referee=Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Slovenia v Switzerland
| date={{Start date|2014|10|9|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SVN}}
| score=1–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013845--slovenia-vs-switzerland/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SUI}}
| goals1=
- Novaković {{goal|79|pen.}}
| goals2=
| stadium=Ljudski vrt, Maribor
| referee=Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=Estonia v England
| date={{Start date|2014|10|12|df=y}}
| time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|EST}}
| score=0–1
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013869--estonia-vs-england/ Report]
| team2={{fb|ENG}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- Rooney {{goal|74}}
| stadium=A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
| referee=Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Lithuania v Slovenia
| date={{Start date|2014|10|12|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|LTU}}
| score=0–2
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013870--lithuania-vs-slovenia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SVN}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- Novaković {{goal|33||37}}
| stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius
| referee=Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)
}}
{{Football box
|id=San Marino v Switzerland
| date={{Start date|2014|10|14|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SMR}}
| score=0–4
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013885--san-marino-vs-switzerland/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SUI}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
| referee=Tony Chapron (France)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=England v Slovenia
| date={{Start date|2014|11|15|df=y}}
| time=18:00
(17:00 UTC±0)
| team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
| score=3–1
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013902--england-vs-slovenia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SVN}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- Henderson {{goal|58|o.g.}}
| stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
| referee=Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
}}
{{Football box
|id=San Marino v Estonia
| date={{Start date|2014|11|15|df=y}}
| time=18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)
| team1={{fb-rt|SMR}}
| score=0–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013903--san-marino-vs-estonia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|EST}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
| referee=Felix Brych (Germany)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Switzerland v Lithuania
| date={{Start date|2014|11|15|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
| team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}
| score=4–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013904--switzerland-vs-lithuania/ Report]
| team2={{fb|LTU}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=AFG Arena, St. Gallen
| referee=Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=England v Lithuania
| date={{Start date|2015|3|27|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)
| team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
| score=4–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013921--england-vs-lithuania/ Report]
| team2={{fb|LTU}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
| referee=Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Slovenia v San Marino
| date={{Start date|2015|3|27|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
| team1={{fb-rt|SVN}}
| score=6–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013922--slovenia-vs-san-marino/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SMR}}
| goals1=
- Iličić {{goal|10}}
- Kampl {{goal|49}}
- Struna {{goal|50}}
- Novaković {{goal|52}}
- Lazarević {{goal|73}}
- Ilić {{goal|88}}
| goals2=
| stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
| referee=Oliver Drachta (Austria)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Switzerland v Estonia
| date={{Start date|2015|3|27|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
| team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}
| score=3–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013923--switzerland-vs-estonia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|EST}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=Swissporarena, Lucerne
| referee=Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=Estonia v San Marino
| date={{Start date|2015|6|14|df=y}}
| time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|EST}}
| score=2–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013964--estonia-vs-san-marino/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SMR}}
| goals1=
- Zenjov {{goal|35||63}}
| goals2=
| stadium=A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
| referee=Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Slovenia v England
| date={{Start date|2015|6|14|df=y}}
| time=18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SVN}}
| score=2–3
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013965--slovenia-vs-england/ Report]
| team2={{fb|ENG}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
| referee=Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Lithuania v Switzerland
| date={{Start date|2015|6|14|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|LTU}}
| score=1–2
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013966--lithuania-vs-switzerland/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SUI}}
| goals1=
- Černych {{goal|64}}
| goals2=
| stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius
| referee=Craig Thomson (Scotland)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=Estonia v Lithuania
| date={{Start date|2015|9|5|df=y}}
| time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|EST}}
| score=1–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013990--estonia-vs-lithuania/ Report]
| team2={{fb|LTU}}
| goals1=
- Vassiljev {{goal|71}}
| goals2=
| stadium=A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
| referee=Oliver Drachta (Austria)
}}
{{Football box
|id=San Marino v England
| date={{Start date|2015|9|5|df=y}}
| time=18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SMR}}
| score=0–6
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013991--san-marino-vs-england/ Report]
| team2={{fb|ENG}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- Rooney {{goal|13|pen.}}
- Brolli {{goal|30|o.g.}}
- Barkley {{goal|46}}
- Walcott {{goal|68||78}}
- Kane {{goal|77}}
| stadium=San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
| referee=Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Switzerland v Slovenia
| date={{Start date|2015|9|5|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}
| score=3–2
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013992--switzerland-vs-slovenia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SVN}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=St. Jakob-Park, Basel
| referee=Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=England v Switzerland
| date={{Start date|2015|9|8|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
| team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
| score=2–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014016--england-vs-switzerland/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SUI}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
| referee=Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Lithuania v San Marino
| date={{Start date|2015|9|8|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|LTU}}
| score=2–1
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014017--lithuania-vs-san-marino/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SMR}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- M. Vitaioli {{goal|55}}
| stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius
| referee=Clayton Pisani (Malta)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Slovenia v Estonia
| date={{Start date|2015|9|8|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SVN}}
| score=1–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014018--slovenia-vs-estonia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|EST}}
| goals1=
- Berić {{goal|63}}
| goals2=
| stadium=Ljudski vrt, Maribor
| referee=Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=England v Estonia
| date={{Start date|2015|10|9|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
| team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
| score=2–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014033--england-vs-estonia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|EST}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
| referee=István Vad (Hungary)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Slovenia v Lithuania
| date={{Start date|2015|10|9|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SVN}}
| score=1–1
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014034--slovenia-vs-lithuania/ Report]
| team2={{fb|LTU}}
| goals1=
- Birsa {{goal|45+1|pen.}}
| goals2=
- Novikovas {{goal|79|pen.}}
| stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
| referee=Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Switzerland v San Marino
| date={{Start date|2015|10|9|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}
| score=7–0
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014035--switzerland-vs-san-marino/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SMR}}
| goals1=
- Lang {{goal|17}}
- Inler {{goal|55|pen.}}
- Mehmedi {{goal|65}}
- Djourou {{goal|72|pen.}}
- Kasami {{goal|75}}
- Embolo {{goal|80|pen.}}
- Derdiyok {{goal|89}}
| goals2=
| stadium=AFG Arena, St. Gallen
| referee=Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=Estonia v Switzerland
| date={{Start date|2015|10|12|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|EST}}
| score=0–1
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014059--estonia-vs-switzerland/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SUI}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- Klavan {{goal|90+4|o.g.}}
| stadium=A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
| referee=Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Lithuania v England
| date={{Start date|2015|10|12|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
| team1={{fb-rt|LTU}}
| score=0–3
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014060--lithuania-vs-england/ Report]
| team2={{fb|ENG}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
- Barkley {{goal|29}}
- Arlauskis {{goal|35|o.g.}}
- Oxlade-Chamberlain {{goal|62}}
| stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius
| referee=Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
}}
{{Football box
|id=San Marino v Slovenia
| date={{Start date|2015|10|12|df=y}}
| time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
| team1={{fb-rt|SMR}}
| score=0–2
| report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2014061--san-marino-vs-slovenia/ Report]
| team2={{fb|SVN}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
| referee=Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
}}
Goalscorers
File:Wayne Rooney Euro 2012 vs Italy.jpg was the group's top scorer, with seven goals]]
{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|round=group|group=E}}
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:
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" | |||
Team
! Player ! Offence(s) ! Suspended for match(es) | |||
---|---|---|---|
rowspan=3 | {{fb|EST}} | Ken Kallaste | {{sent off|2}} vs Lithuania (9 October 2014) | vs England (12 October 2014) |
Ragnar Klavan | {{sent off|2}} vs England (12 October 2014) | vs San Marino (15 November 2014) | |
Aleksandr Dmitrijev | {{yel}} vs San Marino (15 November 2014) {{yel}} vs Switzerland (27 March 2015) {{yel}} vs Lithuania (5 September 2015) | vs Slovenia (8 September 2015) | |
rowspan=2 | {{fb|LTU}} | Giedrius Arlauskis | {{sent off|0}} vs San Marino (8 September 2015) | vs Slovenia (9 October 2015) |
Marius Žaliūkas | {{yel}} vs England (27 March 2015) {{yel}} vs Estonia (5 September 2015) {{yel}} vs Slovenia (9 October 2015) | vs England (12 October 2015) | |
rowspan=4 | {{fb|SMR}} | Alessandro Della Valle | {{sent off|2}} vs Ukraine (15 October 2013){{refn|The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.|group="note"|name="WCQ"}} | vs Lithuania (8 September 2014) |
Mirko Palazzi | {{sent off|0}} vs Ukraine (15 October 2013){{refn|group=note|name=WCQ}} | vs Lithuania (8 September 2014) | |
Manuel Battistini | {{yel}} vs Lithuania (8 September 2014) {{yel}} vs Estonia (14 June 2015) {{yel}} vs Lithuania (8 September 2015) | vs Switzerland (9 October 2015) | |
Nicola Chiaruzzi | {{sent off|2}} vs Lithuania (8 September 2015) | vs Switzerland (9 October 2015) | |
rowspan=2 | {{fb|SVN}} | Dalibor Stevanović | {{sent off|2}} vs Estonia (8 September 2014) | vs Switzerland (9 October 2014) |
Kevin Kampl | {{yel}} vs England (14 June 2015) {{yel}} vs Switzerland (5 September 2015) {{yel}} vs Estonia (8 September 2015) | vs Lithuania (9 October 2015) |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200807202921/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/2016/qualifying/ UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round Group E]
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