TEAMS THAT HAVE QUALIFIED FOR EURO 2016 PART 1
With the group stages of EURO 2016 Qualifiers
over, we take a look at the 20 teams that have qualified in no specific order
How they qualified: Tournament hosts. Their place was secured after they won hosting rights for the tournament.
Euro Pedigree: Won last in 2000 against italy. They reached the last 8 in 2012 before loosing to eventual winners Spain.
Who's the boss? Didier Deschamps was the captain of France last world cup winning squad. winning the 1998 trophy on home soil and will be hoping to repeat the trick. he guided france to a quarter final loss to winners Germany at last years world cup.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 scored 5 goals in qualifying
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