Wayne Rooney earned his 100th England cap in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia last month. England won 3-1.

France will host the European Championship finals in 2016.

Les Bleus will join 23 other qualifiers in the tournament draw with the teams divided into six groups.

The top two and the four best third-placed teams will advance to the round of 16 in the competition proper.

The nine group winners, nine runners-up and the best third-placed side will gain a berth in Euro 2016 from the qualifying groups. The eight remaining third-placed nations will figure in play-offs for the remaining four places at the finals.

England are well on their way to reach the finals. At present, they have maximum points from four outings, standing top of Group E.

Their opponents, Slovenia, Switzerland and Lithuania, are all six points behind.

Group D contenders include Scotland and Ireland. Both have collected seven points so far, the same as Germany but leaders Poland have a cushion of three points after four matches.

Wales are nicely poised in Group B, just a point behind group leaders Israel. Yet, the Welsh have played a game more.

Northern Ireland are also ranked second in Group F, a point behind Romania.

Other items worth of note for November read:

• Motherwell sack manager Stuart McCall. Assistant Kenny Black takes over temporarily.

• On matchday four of the group phase of the Champions League, Liverpool go down 0-1 at Real Madrid.

Other results: Arsenal-Anderlecht 3-3, Manchester City-CSKA Moscow 1-2, Maribor-Chelsea 1-1.

• In the group phase of the Europa League, Tottenham win at Greek side Tripolis 2-1.

Other results: Giurgiu-Celtic 1-1, Everton-Lille 3-0.

• West Ham’s Sam Allardyce and Diafra Sakho are named manager and player of the month, respectively.

• England will face Italy, Portugal and Sweden in the group stage of next summer’s European Under-21 Championship finals in the Czech Republic.

• Ex-Manchester United manager David Moyes takes over at Spanish club Real Sociedad.

• Championship club Wigan Athletic dismiss manager Uwe Rosler.

• In an Under-21 friendly in Burnley, England beat Portugal 3-1 (Ings 2, Jenkinson).

• In European Championship qualifiers, England beat Slovenia 3-1 (Rooney pen, Welbeck 2) at Wembley.

Other results: Scotland-Ireland 1-0, Romania-Northern Ireland 2-0, Belgium-Wales 0-0.

• Wayne Rooney chalks up his 100th appearance for the national team.

• In an U-21 friendly in Britanny, England’s 11-match winning run comes to an end, losing to France 2-3 (Kane 2).

• In a friendly at Celtic Park, England defeat Scotland 3-1 (Rooney 2, Oxlade-Chamberlain). Ireland beat US at home 4-1.

• In the build-up to the Euro 2016 finals, England will play world champions Germany and hosts France, away.

• Wigan name Malky Mackay as their new boss.

• On matchday five of the group phase of the Champions League, Manchester City defeat Bayern in Munich 3-2. Chelsea and Arsenal advance to the knock-out stages following wins over Schalke (5-0) away, and Borussia Dortmund (2-0) home, respectively.

• Despite losing 3-1 at home to Salzburg, Celtic still proceed to the knock-out phase of the Europa League. Tottenham are also there following a 1-0 home win over Partizan Belgrade.

Average attendances

1. Manchester United - 75,326
2. Arsenal - 59,976
3. Newcastle - 50,642
4. Manchester City - 45,520
5. Liverpool - 44,655
6. Sunderland - 42,663
7. Chelsea - 41,542
8. Everton - 39,024
9. Tottenham - 35,835
10. West Ham - 34,933
11. Aston Villa - 32,725
12. Leicester - 31,637
13. Southampton - 29,784
14. Stoke City - 27,100
15. West Brom - 25,054
16. Crystal Palace - 24,029
17. Hull City - 23,118
18. Swansea City - 20,528
19. Burnley - 19,614
20. QPR - 17,632