Euro 2016: Qualifiers for the tournament in France

The group stage of qualification for Euro 2016 is over and the make-up of next summer's tournament is taking shape.

There will be 24 teams competing in the finals. France were assured of a place as hosts, and a further 19 countries have qualified automatically - 18 by finishing either first or second in their group and one more as the highest third-placed finisher.
There will also be four play-off ties to determine the final four teams competing in France - and we now know who will be competing in those ties.

Already qualified

France

How they qualified: Hosts. France have not played a competitive match since the quarter-final defeat by Germany at the 2014 World Cup. Since then, Les Bleus have played 13 friendly games, winning eight.
Euro pedigree: Winners in 1984 and 2000.
Who's the boss? Didier Deschamps, 46. The former Monaco, Juventus and Marseille manager won the competition as a player with France in 2000.
Top scorers

Karim Benzema (pictured), Mathieu Valbuena and Blaise Matuidi have all scored two goals in 2015

Czech Republic

How they qualified: The Czech Republic continued their run of qualifying for every Euro tournament since 1996 by topping Group A.
Euro pedigree: Runners-up in 1996.
Who's the boss? Pavel Vrba, 51. Guided Viktoria Plzen to their first ever league title in the 2010-11 season and another title followed two years later.
Top scorer

Sparta Prague's Borek Dockal scored four goals in qualifying

Iceland

How they qualified: Iceland stunned heavyweights such as the Netherlands and Turkey in Group A to qualify for their first major tournament in style. They booked their place in France with two games to spare, but defeat by Turkey in their final fixture cost them top spot.
Euro pedigree: Debutants.
Who's the boss? Lars Lagerback, 67. As boss of his native Sweden he took them to Euro 2000, 2004 and 2008 - and has now repeated the trick for the Icelanders.
Top scorer

Swansea City's Gylfi Sigurdsson scored six goals on the road to Euro 2016

Turkey

How they qualified: Finished as the best third-placed team after defeating Iceland 1-0 in their final fixture. Ukraine and Norway also finished third in their groups and had more points than Turkey, but Uefa does not count results against the sixth-placed team in each group, leaving Turkey with the most.
Euro pedigree: Semi-finalists in 2008.
Who's the boss? Fatih Terim, 62, is in his third spell as Turkey coach, having previously managed the nation between 1993-1996 and 2005-2009 before returning in 2013.
Top scorer

Galatasaray striker Burak Yilmaz, 30, scored four goals in Turkey's qualifying campaign

Belgium

How they qualified: Finished top of Group B. The golden generation of Belgian football made sure they didn't let their fans down, securing automatic qualification on matchday nine, and will be one of the favourites to win the tournament in France.
Euro pedigree: Runners-up in 1980.
Who's the boss? Marc Wilmots, 46. Went to four World Cups as a player with Belgium, scoring five goals at the finals. Served as assistant to Dick Advocaat and Georges Leekens before being handed the Belgium job in 2012. He took them to the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup.
Top scorer

Chelsea's Eden Hazard (pictured) and Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne both scored five goals

Wales

How they qualified: Group B runners-up. A mean defence that has conceded just four goals along with the efforts of the world's most expensive player, Gareth Bale, saw Wales qualify for a first major tournament since the 1958 World Cup.
Euro pedigree: Debutants.
Who's the boss? Chris Coleman, 45, won 32 caps for Wales and was in the squad when they came close to qualifying for the 1994 World Cup.
Top scorer

Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale scored seven of Wales' 11 qualification goals

Spain

How they qualified: Group C winners. Spain suffered a shock 2-1 loss against Slovakia in their second game, but that was their only blip, winning all nine of their other games to ease through.
Euro pedigree: Winners in 1964, 2008, 2012.
Who's the boss? You name it, Vicente del Bosque has won it.
After picking up two La Liga titles and two Champions League crowns with Real Madrid, the 64-year-old guided Spain to the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. He has won an incredible 78% of matches in charge of the Spain side.
Top scorer

Valencia striker Paco Alcacer netted five goals

Slovakia

How they qualified: Group C runners-up. Edged through by taking the second automatic qualification spot behind Spain, sending Ukraine to the play-offs.
Euro pedigree: Debutants.
Who's the boss? Jan Kozak, 61. A former Czechoslovakia international midfielder, he played at Euro 1980 and at the 1982 World Cup. Likes the lure of Slovak club Kosice, having managed them on four separate occasions.
Top scorer

Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik scored five goals

Germany

How they qualified: Group D winners. Did anyone ever doubt them? They did lose matches against Poland and the Republic of Ireland but it was otherwise straightforward progress for the world champions.
Euro pedigree: Winners in 1972, 1980 and 1996.
Who's the boss? Joachim Low, 55. Took over in 2006 - his team won last year's World Cup and were Euro runners-up in 2008, before a third-place finish in 2012.
Top scorer

Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller scored nine goals

Poland

How they qualified: Group D runners-up. Poland had to battle until their final game when victory over the Republic of Ireland edged them through to the tournament next year.
Euro pedigree: Group stages in 2008 and 2012.
Who's the boss? Adam Nawalka, 57. A former Poland midfielder, he has spent his entire coaching career in his homeland, taking charge of seven clubs.
Top scorer

Robert Lewandowski scored 13 goals to be the top scorer in qualifying

England

How they qualified: Group E winners. England became the first side to qualify for the tournament and ended the campaign with 10 wins from 10 games.
Euro pedigree: Third place in 1968.
Who's the boss? Roy Hodgson, 68. The well-travelled veteran manager took Switzerland to the last 16 of the World Cup in 1994. Vastly experienced, his record in Euro qualifiers is as follows - P32, W21, D8 and L3.
Top scorer

England skipper Wayne Rooney netted seven goals - one more than Danny Welbeck

Switzerland

How they qualified: Group E runners-up. Switzerland took the other automatic qualification spot in England's group, and managed to do so despite losing their first two games.
Euro pedigree: Group stages in 1996, 2004 and 2008.
Who's the boss? Nicknamed 'the doctor', 52-year-old Vladimir Petkovic speaks Italian, French, English, Spanish, German and Russian and holds three passports. His most prominent club job was a two-year spell in charge of Lazio before he took the Swiss job following the 2014 World Cup.
Top scorer

Stoke's Xherdan Shaqiri scored four goals for Switzerland during qualifying

Northern Ireland

How they qualified: Group F winners. Northern Ireland made it through to their first major tournament in 30 years, topping a group that included Euro 2004 champions Greece.
Euro pedigree: Debutants.
Who's the boss? Michael O'Neill, 46. A former midfielder for Newcastle, Dundee United and Hibernian, winning two League of Ireland titles as manager of Shamrock Rovers.
Top scorer

Norwich striker Kyle Lafferty has bagged seven goals

Romania

How they qualified: Group F runners-up. With a record of won five, drawn five and just two goals conceded, you can see where Romania's strengths lie. They drew three consecutive games 0-0 in the group and finished unbeaten. Their steady accumulation of points saw them finish five points ahead of Hungary.
Euro pedigree: Quarter-finals in 2000.
Who's the boss? Anghel Iordanescu, 65. The former Romania international had an excellent pedigree. Having won two league titles with Steaua Bucharest as a player, he went on to lead the team to a further four domestic titles as boss.
Top scorer

Paul Papp (pictured), Constantin Budescu and Bogdan Stancu scored two goals in qualifying

Austria

How they qualified: Group G winners. Having qualified as hosts in 2008, Austria made it through qualifying for the first time with a superb unbeaten run, winning nine games and drawing one.
Euro pedigree: Group stages in 2008.
Who's the boss? Marcel Koller, 54. Spent his entire playing career as a midfielder with Grasshoppers Zurich and played at Euro 1996 for Switzerland.
Top scorer

FC Basel's gangly striker Marc Janko scored seven goals

Russia

How they qualified: Group G runners-up. Surprised by the form of Austria, Russia had to take second spot in the group to send Sweden to the play-offs.
Euro pedigree: Semi-finals in 2008.
Who's the boss? Leonid Slutsky, 44. Retired from playing at the age of 19 because of a knee injury, he went on to become a successful coach, leading CSKA Moscow to two league titles and domestic cup victories.
Top scorer

Artem Dzyuba scored eight goals

Italy

How they qualified: Group H winners. The Italians were untroubled in an easy group containing the likes of Azerbaijan and Malta, making it through without losing a game.
Euro pedigree: Winners in 1968.
Who's the boss? Antonio Conte, 46. Led Juventus to three Serie A titles before taking the national job after Italy's group failure at last summer's World Cup. As a player he was part of the squads for the 1994 World Cup and Euro 2000 but won just 20 caps.
Top scorer

Southampton striker Graziano Pelle led the way in qualifying with three goals

Croatia

How they qualified: Group H runners-up. Croatia leapfrogged Norway, who were beaten 2-1 by Italy, with a 1-0 victory in Malta in the final round of fixtures.
Euro pedigree: Quarter-finalists in 1996 and 2008.
Who's the boss? Appointed in September following the sacking of Niko Kovac, Ante Cacic has managed extensively in his native Croatia. Coached Croatia's U21 side between 1994 and 1998 and was Libya assistant manager from 2003-2006.
Top scorer

Inter Milan forward Ivan Perisic scored six goals as Croatia reached Euro 2016

Portugal

How they qualified: Group I winners. Portugal were in a group of five and having lost their opener against Albania, then won seven straight games to progress.
Euro pedigree: Semi-finals in 1984, 2000 and 2012, final in 2004.
Who's the boss? After ending his playing career at the age of 21, Fernando Santos worked as an electrician before taking up coaching. Took the Greek national side to the knockout stages of the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. The 60-year-old took charge of Portugal when Paulo Bento quit after a shock defeat against Albania in September 2014.
Top scorer

Cristiano Ronaldo, who else? The Real Madrid man scored five goals

Albania

How they qualified: Group I runners-up. Albania pipped Denmark to take the second automatic qualifying spot and reach a major tournament for the first time in their history.
Euro pedigree: Debutants.
Who's the boss? Gianni De Biasi, 59. The Italian is a journeyman manager who took charge of the Albanians in 2011.
Top scorer

Seven players were on the scoresheet for Albania during qualifying - although one was an own goal

Who else can qualify?

The eight teams finishing third will contest four two-legged play-off ties.
They are:
Bosnia (Group B)
Ukraine (Group C)
Republic of Ireland (Group D)
Slovenia (Group E)
Hungary (Group F)
Sweden (Group G)
Norway (Group H)
Denmark (Group I)

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The draw for the play-offs will take place on 18 October.
Turkey also finished third in their group but have already qualified as the best third-placed team of the nine groups.
Ukraine and Norway both finished third in their respective groups and had more points than Turkey.
But results against the sides finishing bottom in the group do not count - leaving Turkey with the most points.

	Games played	Goal difference	Points
Turkey	8	+5	16
Hungary	8	+3	15
Ukraine	8	+7	13
Norway	8	-2	13
Denmark	8	+3	12
Sweden	8	+2	12
Republic of Ireland	8	+1	12
Bosnia-Herzegovina	8	-1	11
Slovenia	8	-1	10