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]
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abTied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Matches
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).
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]
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: