European Football Championship 2016 / England

This article covers the English national team at the 2016 European Football Championship in France . It was England's ninth participation and the first time England had won all games in qualifying.

qualification

Wayne Rooney , England's top scorer in qualifying

England completed the qualification for the European Championship in Group E . England went into the qualification without Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard , who had resigned after the preliminary round at the 2014 World Cup. The English team was the only team to win all games in the qualification and qualified on September 5, 2015 as the first team after the automatically qualified hosts. Overall, team manager Roy Hodgson used 33 players, none of which was used in all ten games. Goalkeeper Joe Hart took a break once , Gary Cahill , Wayne Rooney and Raheem Sterling were not used in two games each . For their first internationals came in qualifying Dele Alli , Nathaniel Clyne , Danny Ings and Harry Kane , who also scored his first international goal 80 seconds after coming on for his first international match. The best English goalscorer was Wayne Rooney with seven goals, who made his 100th international match in the qualifying game against Slovenia on November 15, 2014 and then the 45-year-old record on September 5, 2015 in a 6-0 win against San Marino with his 49th international goal hired by Bobby Charlton and three days later became the sole record scorer with his 50th international goal . England scored the second most goals after Poland (33 goals) with 31 goals, but benefited from three own goals. Only Romania conceded one less with two goals.

In the course of the qualification, England, which had fallen to 20th place in the FIFA world rankings after the preliminary round at the 2014 World Cup , improved to 8th place.

After qualifying, England lost a friendly against defending champions Spain 2-0 and beat hosts France 2-0. In preparation for the final round, test matches have been scheduled on March 26, 2016 in Berlin against world champions Germany and on March 29, 2016 in London against the Netherlands .

Games

All results from an English perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
09/08/2014	St. Jakob-Park , Basel ( CHE )	Switzerland	2: 0 (1: 0)	1: 0, 2: 0 Danny Welbeck (58th, 90th + 4)
09/10/2014	Wembley Stadium , London	San Marino	5: 0 (2: 0)	1-0 Phil Jagielka (25th), 2-0 Wayne Rooney (43rd / penalty), 3-0 Danny Welbeck (49th), 4-0 Andros Townsend (72nd), 5-0 Alessandro Della Valle (78th) ./Owner gate)
10/12/2014	A. Le Coq Arena , Tallinn ( EST )	Estonia	1: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Wayne Rooney (74th)
11/15/2014	Wembley Stadium , London	Slovenia	3: 1 (0: 0)	1-0 Wayne Rooney (59th / penalty), 2-0, 3-0 Danny Welbeck (66th, 72nd)
03/27/2015	Wembley Stadium , London	Lithuania	4: 0 (2: 0)	1-0 Wayne Rooney (6th), 2-0 Danny Welbeck (45th), 3-0 Raheem Sterling (58th), 4-0 Harry Kane (73rd)
06/14/2015	Stožice Stadium , Ljubljana ( SVN )	Slovenia	3: 2 (0: 1)	0: 1 Milivoje Novakovič (37th), 1: 1, 2: 1 Jack Wilshere (57th, 73rd), 2: 2 Nejc Pečnik (84th), 3: 2 Wayne Rooney (86th)
05.09.2015	Stadio Olimpico , Serravalle ( SMR )	San Marino	6: 0 (2: 0)	1-0 Wayne Rooney (13th / penalty), 2-0 Cristian Brolli (30th / own goal), 3-0 Ross Barkley (46th), 4-0 Theo Walcott (68th), 5-0 Harry Kane ( 77th), 6-0 Theo Walcott (78th)
09/08/2015	Wembley Stadium , London	Switzerland	2: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Harry Kane (67th), 2-0 Wayne Rooney (84th / penalty)
09/10/2015	Wembley Stadium , London	Estonia	2: 0 (1: 0)	1-0 Theo Walcott (45th), 2-0 Raheem Sterling (85th)
October 12, 2015	LFF Stadium Vilnius ( LTU )	Lithuania	3: 0 (2: 0)	1-0 Ross Barkley (29th), 2-0 Giedrius Arlauskis (35th / own goal), 3-0 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (62nd)

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	10	10	0	0	031: 300	+28	30th
2.	Switzerland	10	7th	0	3	024: 800	+16	21st
3.	Slovenia	10	5	1	4th	018:110	+7	16
4th	Estonia	10	3	1	6th	004: 900	−5	10
5.	Lithuania	10	3	1	6th	007:180	−11	10
6th	San Marino	10	0	1	9	001:360	−35	01
Status: October 12, 2015

preparation

After the end of the qualification, the unbeaten Englishmen lost a friendly match against European champions Spain in Alicante on November 13 with 0-2. Four days later they won in London against EM-hosts France a friendly match with 2: 0, but which dominated the terrorist attacks in Paris was. In preparation for the European Championship, the national players met on February 11, 2016 at St. George's Park National Football Center . On March 26, 2016 in Berlin a game against world champions Germany was won after 2-0 deficit by a goal in stoppage time with 3-2. A newcomer, Danny Rose, made his first appearance. Three days later they were unable to defend a 1-0 lead against the Dutch who did not qualify for the European Championship in London and lost 2-1. With Danny Drinkwater , another newcomer came to his first international match.

In the immediate preparation, the English won 2-1 against Turkey in Manchester on May 22nd . On May 27, they played in Sunderland against Australia and won 2-1, with newcomer Marcus Rashford scoring 1-0 in the third minute. On June 2, they were only able to win against ten Portuguese players who competed without Cristiano Ronaldo for almost an hour in London with Chris Smalling's first international goal with 1-0. On June 6, the team will fly to France and move into their quarters in Chantilly , north of Paris .

Failures

On May 11th, Danny Welbeck had to cancel due to a knee injury.

Squad

A preliminary roster with 26 players was presented on May 16, 2016, which was then reduced to 23 players on May 31, 2016. The players are under contract with ten English clubs, making England the only European Championship participant who has only nominated players from the domestic league. Most of the players, five each, play for Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur . Champions Leicester City only have one player, cup winners Manchester United three and city rivals Manchester City two. Marcus Rashford , born on October 31, 1997, is the youngest nominated European Championship participant, Hungary is the oldest.

No.	position	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	EM games
13	goalkeeper	Fraser Forster	Southampton FC	17th Mar 1988	6th	0	2013
1	goalkeeper	Joe Hart	Manchester City	Apr 19, 1987	60	0	2008	4 (2012)	4th
23	goalkeeper	Tom Heaton	Burnley FC	Apr 15, 1986	1	0	2016
21st	Defense	Ryan Bertrand	Southampton FC	0Aug 5, 1989	8th	0	2012		1		1
5	Defense	Gary Cahill	Chelsea FC	Dec. 19, 1985	44	3	2010		4th		1
12	Defense	Nathaniel Clyne	Liverpool FC	0Apr 5, 1991	12	0	2014		1
3	Defense	Danny Rose	Tottenham Hotspur	02nd July 1990	5	0	2016		3
6th	Defense	Chris Smalling	Manchester United	Nov 22, 1989	26th	1	2011		4th
16	Defense	John Stones	Everton FC	May 28, 1994	10	0	2014
2	Defense	Kyle Walker	Tottenham Hotspur	May 28, 1990	17th	0	2011		3
20th	midfield	Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur	Apr 11, 1996	9	1	2015		4th
19th	midfield	Ross Barkley	Everton FC	0Dec 5, 1993	22nd	2	2013
17th	midfield	Eric Dier	Tottenham Hotspur	Jan 15, 1994	8th	2	2015		4th	1
14th	midfield	Jordan Henderson	Liverpool FC	June 17, 1990	26th	0	2010	2 (2012)	1
8th	midfield	Adam Lallana	Liverpool FC	May 10, 1988	24	0	2013		3
4th	midfield	James Milner	Liverpool FC	0Jan. 4, 1986	61	1	2009	4 (2012)	1
7th	midfield	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	0Dec 8, 1994	24	2	2012		3
18th	midfield	Jack Wilshere	Arsenal FC	0Jan. 1, 1992	32	2	2010		3
9	attack	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	July 28, 1993	13	5	2015		4th
22nd	attack	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United	Oct 31, 1997	1	1	2016		2
10	attack	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Oct 24, 1985	112	52	2003	4 (2004), 2 (2012)	4th	1
15th	attack	Daniel Sturridge	Liverpool FC	0Sep 1 1989	18th	5	2011		3	1	1
11	attack	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	Jan. 11, 1987	8th	3	2015		3	1

Trainer: Roy Hodgson

Players who were only in the preliminary roster

On May 31, 2016, three players were removed from the squad.

position	Surname	society	Date of birth	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use	EM games
midfield	Fabian Delph	Manchester City	Nov 21, 1989	9	0	2014	Nov 13, 2015
midfield	Danny Drinkwater	Leicester City	05th Mar 1990	3	0	2016	May 27, 2016
midfield	Andros Townsend	Newcastle United	July 16, 1991	11	3	2013	May 27, 2016

Remarks:

1. ↑ ^{a b} Status: June 11, 2016
2. ↑ Status: Before the EM
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status: May 27, 2016

Finals

Marseille St-Etienne Lens Chantilly Nice (AF)

Venues (green = won, yellow = draw, red = lost), quarters (blue)

England v Wales, 16th June 2016.

In the draw for the six final groups on December 12, 2015, England was placed in Pot 1. England was drawn as the group head of group B. Opponents were the newcomers to the European Championship Slovakia and Wales and Russia. This is the only group with two newcomers to the European Championship. Wales are the second most popular opponents of the English after Scotland . In 101 games since 1879 there have been 66 wins, 21 draws and 14 defeats, the last in the British Home Championship 1983/84 , when these were last played. There were only two games against Russia in qualifying for the Euro 2008 . They both won one game each, but England scored two more goals, but missed the final while Russia qualified. There were only three wins against Slovakia before, two of them in the 2004 European Championship qualification .

The English started with a 1-1 draw against Russia, where they had the greater chances and largely dominated the game, but only scored one goal from a free kick converted directly by Eric Dier . But then they had to accept the equalizer in stoppage time. Against Wales, they fell behind shortly before half-time with a free kick directly converted by Gareth Bale , but were initially able to equalize 14 minutes later with second-half substitute Jamie Vardy and then the winning goal in stoppage time with substitute Daniel Sturridge achieve. After a goalless draw against Slovakia, they had to let the Welsh win the group as they won against Slovakia and Russia. As runners-up in the group, the English now meet Iceland, the runners-up in Group F. There have only been two international matches against the newcomer to the European Championship: in 1982, the two separated 1: 1 in a friendly, in 2004 the English won a small tournament that was still Japan participated 6-1. Only record goal scorers Eiður Guðjohnsen and Wayne Rooney were in the two squads from that game . It was Rooney who converted a penalty for the English to make it 1-0 after a few minutes. But the Icelanders were able to equalize by return of post and take the lead shortly afterwards. They defended them to the end and thus made it to the quarter-finals against hosts France. National coach Hodgson resigned after the game. The British press dubbed the defeat the worst bankruptcy in the history of the Three Lions. England gained points in the FIFA world rankings through the European Championship games and a preparatory game, but lost two places as other teams gained more points.

Group stage

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Wales	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
2.	England	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Russia	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

Sat., June 11, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Marseille
England	-	Russia	1: 1 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 3 p.m. in Lens
England	-	Wales	2: 1 (0: 1)
Mon 20 June 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Saint-Étienne
Slovakia	-	England	0-0

Round of 16

Mon., June 27, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Nice
England	-	Iceland	1: 2 (1: 2)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (July 17, 2014)
2. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (August 6, 2015)
3. ^ Roy Hodgson to meet England squad at St. George's Park
4. ↑ England - Netherlands 1: 2
5. ^ "Kane and Vardy on target to help England defeat Turkey" , thefa.com
6. ↑ England - Australia 2: 1
7. ↑ England - Portugal 1-0
8. ^ "England head to Manchester and Sunderland in Euro build-up" , thefa.com
9. ↑ "EM-Out and nine months break for Welbeck" , dfb.de
10. ^ "Roy Hodgson names England's Euro 2016 finals long-squad" , thefa.com
11. ↑ "England names EM squad" , 4-4-2.com
12. ^ ^{A b} Westfälische Nachrichten : Newcomers and long-running hits: Numbers - Numbers - Numbers: Albania is the biggest outsider among bookmakers , European Football Championship 2016, Paris, sid, June 10, 2016
13. ^ "Roy Hodgson confirms final squad for UEFA EURO 2016" , thefa.com
14. ↑ “UEFA EURO 2016 final draw” , uefa.com
15. ↑ international football match results of England vs Iceland
16. ↑ Hodgson resigns as England coach
17. ↑ Press comments on the end of England against Iceland at the EM 2016 - Press: "Shame. Humiliation. Garbage."