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]
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | England
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10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | +28 | 30 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Switzerland
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10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 21 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 3 | Slovenia
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 16 | Advance to play-offs | 2–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | |
| 4 | Estonia
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 10[a] | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Lithuania
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 10[a] | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 6 | San Marino
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 1 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
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 | 1–0 | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Attendance: 6,561[6]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
| San Marino | 0–2 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
 36' |
Attendance: 986[7]
Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)
| Switzerland | 0–2 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Attendance: 35,500[8]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
| England | 5–0 | San Marino |
|---|---|---|
43' (pen.) 49' 72' 78' (o.g.) |
Report |
Attendance: 55,990[9]
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
| Lithuania | 1–0 | Estonia |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Attendance: 4,780[10]
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
| Slovenia | 1–0 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 8,500[11]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
| Estonia | 0–1 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Attendance: 10,195[12]
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
| Lithuania | 0–2 | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Attendance: 4,250[13]
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)
| San Marino | 0–4 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
30' 79' |
Attendance: 2,289[14]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
| England | 3–1 | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
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66', 72' |
Report |
Attendance: 82,309[15]
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
| San Marino | 0–0 | Estonia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 759[16]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
| Switzerland | 4–0 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
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68' 80', 90' |
Report |
Attendance: 17,300[17]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
| England | 4–0 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
45' 58' 73' |
Report |
Attendance: 83,671[18]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
| Slovenia | 6–0 | San Marino |
|---|---|---|
49' 50' 52' 73' 88' |
Report |
Attendance: 8,325[19]
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
| Switzerland | 3–0 | Estonia |
|---|---|---|
27' 80' |
Report |
Attendance: 14,500[20]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
| Estonia | 2–0 | San Marino |
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Report |
Attendance: 6,131[21]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
| Slovenia | 2–3 | England |
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84' |
Report |
86' |
Attendance: 15,796[22]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
| Lithuania | 1–2 | Switzerland |
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Report |
84' |
Attendance: 4,786[23]
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
| Estonia | 1–0 | Lithuania |
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Report |
Attendance: 6,621[24]
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
| San Marino | 0–6 | England |
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| Report |
30' (o.g.) 46' 68', 78' 77' |
Attendance: 4,378[25]
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
| Switzerland | 3–2 | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
84' |
Report |
48' |
Attendance: 25,750[26]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
| England | 2–0 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
84' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 75,751[27]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
| Lithuania | 2–1 | San Marino |
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90+2' |
Report |
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Attendance: 2,856[28]
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
| Slovenia | 1–0 | Estonia |
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Report |
Attendance: 6,868[29]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
| England | 2–0 | Estonia |
|---|---|---|
85' |
Report |
Attendance: 75,427[30]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
| Slovenia | 1–1 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 10,498[31]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Switzerland | 7–0 | San Marino |
|---|---|---|
55' (pen.) 65' 72' (pen.) 75' 80' (pen.) 89' |
Report |
Attendance: 16,200[32]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
| Estonia | 0–1 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 7,304[33]
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
| Lithuania | 0–3 | England |
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| Report |
35' (o.g.) 62' |
Attendance: 5,051[34]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
| San Marino | 0–2 | Slovenia |
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| Report |
75' |
Attendance: 781[35]
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
There were 85 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
Milivoje Novaković4 goals
3 goals
Theo Walcott Josip Drmić Haris Seferović2 goals
Raheem Sterling Jack Wilshere Sergei Zenjov Fedor Černych Arvydas Novikovas Boštjan Cesar Nejc Pečnik Fabian Schär1 goal
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 Xhaka1 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)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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)[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) |
| Kevin Kampl | vs England (14 June 2015) vs Switzerland (5 September 2015) vs Estonia (8 September 2015) |
vs Lithuania (9 October 2015) |
