UEFA Euro 2016 squads facts for kids

In blue: qualified to play at Euro 2016

The UEFA Euro 2016 football tournament was a big event held in France. Twenty-four national teams from Europe got to play in this exciting competition. Before the tournament started, each team had to give the UEFA a list of 23 players. This list had to include three goalkeepers. The deadline for these lists was May 31, 2016, ten days before the first match.

If a player got injured or became sick before or during the tournament, they could be replaced by another player. But this change had to be approved by UEFA's Medical Committee and the player's own football club doctors. These rules helped make sure all teams were ready to play fairly.

Teams at Euro 2016

Here are the national teams that played in the Euro 2016 tournament, divided into their groups. Each table shows the players who were part of the team, listed by their position, and their coach.

Group A

Albania Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Albania	Etrit Berisha Orges Shehi Alban Hoxha	Andi Lila Elseid Hysaj Lorik Cana Freddie Veseli Ansi Agolli Mërgim Mavraj Naser Aliji Arlind Ajeti	Ermir Lenjani Migjen Basha Ledian Memushaj Burim Kukeli Taulant Xhaka Ergys Kaçe Odise Roshi Amir Abrashi	Armando Sadiku Shkëlzen Gashi Sokol Cikalleshi Bekim Balaj	Gianni De Biasi

France Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
France	Hugo Lloris Steve Mandanda Benôit Costil	Christophe Jallet Patrice Evra Adil Rami Eliaquim Mangala Lucas Digne Bacary Sagna Laurent Koscielny Samuel Umtiti	N'Golo Kanté Yohan Cabaye Dimitri Payet Morgan Schneiderlin Blaise Matuidi Paul Pogba Moussa Sissoko	Antoine Griezmann Olivier Giroud André-Pierre Gignac Anthony Martial Kingsley Coman	Didier Deschamps

Romania Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Romania	Costel Pantilimon Ciprian Tătărușanu Silviu Lung Jr.	Alexandru Mățel Răzvan Raț Cosmin Moți Vlad Chiricheș Valerică Găman Steliano Filip Dragoș Grigore Cristian Săpunaru	Ovidiu Hoban Alexandru Chipciu Mihai Pintilii Nicușor Stanciu Gabriel Torje Lucian Sânmărtean Andrei Prepeliță Adrian Popa	Denis Alibec Claudiu Keșerü Florin Andone Bogdan Stancu	Anghel Iordănescu

Switzerland Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Switzerland	Yann Sommer Marwin Hitz Roman Bürki	Stephan Lichtsteiner François Moubandje Nico Elvedi Steve von Bergen Michael Lang Ricardo Rodríguez Johan Djourou Fabian Schär	Fabian Frei Granit Xhaka Valon Behrami Denis Zakaria Blerim Džemaili Gélson Fernandes Xherdan Shaqiri	Breel Embolo Haris Seferović Shani Tarashaj Admir Mehmedi Eren Derdiyok	Vladimir Petković

Group B

England Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
England	Fraser Forster Joe Hart Tom Heaton	Ryan Bertrand Gary Cahill Nathaniel Clyne Danny Rose Chris Smalling John Stones Kyle Walker	Dele Alli Ross Barkley Eric Dier Jordan Henderson Adam Lallana James Milner Raheem Sterling Jack Wilshere	Harry Kane Marcus Rashford Wayne Rooney Daniel Sturridge Jamie Vardy	Roy Hodgson

Russia Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Russia	Igor Akinfeev Yuri Lodygin Guilherme Marinato	Roman Shishkin Igor Smolnikov Sergei Ignashevich Roman Neustädter Aleksei Berezutski Vasili Berezutski Georgi Shchennikov	Dmitri Kombarov Artur Yusupov Denis Glushakov Pavel Mamayev Aleksandr Golovin Roman Shirokov Oleg Shatov Oleg Ivanov Aleksandr Samedov Dmitri Torbinski	Aleksandr Kokorin Fyodor Smolov Artem Dzyuba	Leonid Slutsky

Slovakia Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Slovakia	Ján Mucha Ján Novota Matúš Kozáčik	Peter Pekarík Martin Škrtel Ján Ďurica Norbert Gyömbér Milan Škriniar Tomáš Hubočan Kornel Saláta Dušan Švento	Ján Greguš Vladimír Weiss Ondrej Duda Miroslav Stoch Patrik Hrošovský Marek Hamšík Juraj Kucka Róbert Mak Viktor Pečovský	Stanislav Šesták Adam Nemec Michal Ďuriš	Ján Kozák

Wales Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Wales	Danny Ward Wayne Hennessey Owain Fôn Williams	Ashley Williams Neil Taylor Jazz Richards Chris Gunter Ben Davies James Collins James Chester	Jonny Williams David Vaughan Aaron Ramsey Joe Ledley Andy King David Edwards Joseph Michael Allen	George Williams Sam Vokes Hal Robson-Kanu David Cotterill Simon Church Gareth Bale	Chris Coleman

Group C

Germany Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Germany	Manuel Neuer Bernd Leno Marc-André ter Stegen	Shkodran Mustafi Jonas Hector Benedikt Höwedes Mats Hummels Jonathan Tah Jérôme Boateng Joshua Kimmich	Sami Khedira Bastian Schweinsteiger Mesut Özil André Schürrle Julian Draxler Emre Can Julian Weigl Toni Kroos Mario Götze Leroy Sané	Lukas Podolski Thomas Müller Mario Gómez	Joachim Löw

Northern Ireland Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Northern Ireland	Michael McGovern Roy Carroll Alan Mannus	Connor McLaughlin Gareth McAuley Jonny Evans Chris Baird Luke McCullough Paddy McNair Aaron Hughes Craig Cathcart Lee Hodson	Shane Ferguson Niall McGinn Steven Davis Corry Evans Stuart Dallas Oliver Norwood Jamie Ward	Will Grigg Kyle Lafferty Conor Washington Josh Magennis	Michael O'Neill

Poland Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Poland	Artur Boruc Wojciech Szczęsny Łukasz Fabiański	Artur Jędrzejczyk Bartosz Salamon Jakub Wawrzyniak Kamil Glik Michał Pazdan Thiago Cionek Łukasz Piszczek	Bartosz Kapustka Filip Starzyński Grzegorz Krychowiak Jakub Błaszczykowski Kamil Grosicki Karol Linetty Krzysztof Mączyński Piotr Zieliński Sławomir Peszko Tomasz Jodłowiec	Arkadiusz Milik Mariusz Stępiński Robert Lewandowski	Adam Nawałka

Ukraine Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Ukraine	Denys Boyko Andriy Pyatov Mykyta Shevchenko	Bohdan Butko Yevhen Khacheridi Oleksandr Kucher Vyacheslav Shevchuk Artem Fedetskyi Yaroslav Rakitskiy	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Taras Stepanenko Andriy Yarmolenko Viktor Kovalenko Yevhen Konoplyanka Ruslan Rotan Serhiy Sydorchuk Serhiy Rybalka Denys Harmash Oleksandr Zinchenko Oleksandr Karabvayev	Roman Zozulya Yevhen Seleznyov Pylyp Budkivskyi	Mykhaylo Fomenko

Group D

Croatia Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Croatia	Ivan Vargić Lovre Kalinić Danijel Subašić	Šime Vrsaljko Ivan Strinić Vedran Ćorluka Tin Jedvaj Darijo Srna Gordon Schildenfeld Domagoj Vida	Ivan Perišić Ivan Rakitić Mateo Kovačić Luka Modrić Marcelo Brozović Marko Rog Ante Ćorić Milan Badelj	Andrej Kramarić Nikola Kalinić Mario Mandžukić Marko Pjaca Duje Čop	Ante Čačić

Czech Republic Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Czech Republic	Petr Čech Tomáš Vaclík Tomáš Koubek	Pavel Kadeřábek Michal Kadlec Theodor Gebre Selassie Roman Hubník Tomáš Sivok David Limberský Marek Suchý	Bořek Dočkal Tomáš Rosický Daniel Pudil Jaroslav Plašil Daniel Kolář David Pavelka Josef Šural Ladislav Krejčí Jiří Skalák Vladimír Darida	Tomáš Necid Milan Škoda David Lafata	Pavel Vrba

Spain Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Spain	Iker Casillas David de Gea Sergio Rico	César Azpilicueta Gerard Piqué Marc Bartra Héctor Bellerín Sergio Ramos Juanfran Torres Mikel San José Jordi Alba	Sergio Busquets Andrés Iniesta Koke Cesc Fàbregas Thiago Alcántara Bruno Soriano David Silva	Álvaro Morata Lucas Vázquez Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma Aritz Aduriz Nolito	Vicente del Bosque

Turkey Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Turkey	Volkan Babacan Onur Kıvrak Harun Tekin	Semih Kaya Hakan Balta Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık Gökhan Gönül İsmail Köybaşı Şener Özbayraklı	Nuri Şahin Hakan Çalhanoğlu Selçuk İnan Arda Turan Olcay Şahan Oğuzhan Özyakup Mehmet Topal Ozan Tufan Caner Erkin Yunus Mallı Volkan Şen	Cenk Tosun Burak Yılmaz Emre Mor	Fatih Terim

Group E

Belgium Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Belgium	Thibaut Courtois Simon Mignolet Jean-François Gillet	Toby Alderweireld Thomas Vermaelen Jan Vertonghen Jason Denayer Thomas Meunier Christian Kabasele Jordan Lukaku Laurent Ciman	Radja Nainggolan Axel Witsel Marouane Fellaini Moussa Dembélé	Kevin De Bruyne Romelu Lukaku Eden Hazard Yannick Ferreira Carrasco Dries Mertens Divock Origi Christian Benteke Michy Batshuayi	Marc Wilmots

Ireland Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Ireland (Eire)	Keiren Westwood Shay Given Darren Randolph	Séamus Coleman Ciaran Clark John O'Shea Richard Keogh Shane Duffy Cyrus Christie Stephen Ward	Glenn Whelan Aiden McGeady James McCarthy James McClean Jeff Hendrick David Meyler Robbie Brady Wes Hoolahan Stephen Quinn	Shane Long Robbie Keane Jonathan Walters Daryl Murphy	Martin O'Neill

Italy Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Italy	Gianluigi Buffon Salvatore Sirigu Federico Marchetti	Mattia De Sciglio Giorgio Chiellini Matteo Darmian Angello Ogbonna Andrea Barzagli Leonardo Bonucci	Antonio Candreva Alessandro Florenzi Thiago Motta Stefano Sturaro Daniele De Rossi Marco Parolo Federico Bernardeschi Stephan El Shaarawy Emanuele Giaccherini	Simone Zaza Graziano Pellè Ciro Immobile Éder Citadin Martins Lorenzo Insigne	Antonio Conte

Sweden Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Sweden	Andreas Isaksson Robin Olsen Patrik Carlgren	Mikael Lustig Erik Johansson Andreas Granqvist Martin Olsson Pontus Jansson Victor Lindelöf Ludwig Augustinsson	Emil Forsberg Sebastian Larsson Albin Ekdal Kim Källström Oscar Hiljemark Pontus Wernbloom Oscar Lewicki Jimmy Durmaz Erkan Zengin	Zlatan Ibrahimović Marcus Berg Emir Kujović John Guidetti	Erik Hamrén

Group F

Austria Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Austria	Robert Almer Heinz Lindner Ramazan Özcan	Aleksandar Dragović Martin Hinteregger Christian Fuchs Markus Suttner Sebastian Prödl Kevin Wimmer Florian Klein	György Garics Stefan Ilsanker David Alaba Zlatko Junuzović Martin Harnik Julian Baumgartlinger Alessandro Schöpf Marcel Sabitzer Jakob Jantscher	Marko Arnautović Rubin Okotie Lukas Hinterseer Marc Janko	Marcel Koller

Hungary Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Hungary	Gábor Király Dénes Dibusz Péter Gulácsi	Ádám Lang Mihály Korhut Tamás Kádár Attila Fiola Ádám Pintér Richárd Guzmics Barnabás Bese Roland Juhász	Ákos Elek Ádám Nagy Gergő Lovrencsics László Kleinheisler Zoltán Stieber	Balázs Dzsudzsák Ádám Szalai Zoltán Gera Krisztián Németh Dániel Böde Nemanja Nikolić Tamás Priskin	Bernd Storck

Iceland Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Iceland	Hannes Þór Halldórsson Ingvar Jónsson Ögmundur Kristinsson	Ari Freyr Skúlason Birkir Már Sævarsson Haukur Heiðar Hauksson Hjörtur Hermannsson Hörður Björgvin Magnússon Kári Árnason Ragnar Sigurðsson Sverrir Ingi Ingason	Arnór Ingvi Traustason Aron Gunnarsson Birkir Bjarnason Emil Hallfreðsson Gylfi Sigurðsson Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Theódór Elmar Bjarnason	Alfreð Finnbogason Eiður Guðjohnsen Jón Daði Böðvarsson Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	Lars Lägerback

Portugal Team

National team	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfield	Forward	Coach
Portugal	Rui Patrício Anthony Lopes Eduardo Carvalho	Bruno Alves Pepe José Fonte Raphaël Guerreiro Ricardo Carvalho Eliseu Pereira Cédric Soares	João Moutinho João Mário Vieirinha Danilo Pereira William Carvalho André Gomes Renato Sanches Rafa Silva Adrien Silva	Cristiano Ronaldo Éder Nani Ricardo Quaresma	Fernando Santos