Friday 11 December 2015 15:49, UK
There will be some big names missing from Euro 2016.
With Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Denmark among the teams which failed to qualify for next summer's showpiece in France, there will be a host of familiar faces absent when the tournament gets underway next June.
Here, we've put together an XI made up of some of the best players who won't be playing at Euro 2016…
Asmir Begovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Chelsea goalkeeper Begovic played every minute of Bosnia's qualifying campaign, but won't be in France next summer after his country crashed out in the play-offs to Republic of Ireland. The former Stoke shot-stopper has been getting plenty of first-team football at Stamford Bridge following an injury to Thibaut Courtois but will have the summer off after a 3-1 aggregate defeat to Martin O'Neill's side.
Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia)
Ivanovic's Chelsea woes were compounded by Serbia's dismal qualifying campaign. The 31-year-old, who captains his country, featured in all but one of their games but they finished second-bottom of Group I. Serbia only won two of eight outings and they were also hit with a three-point deduction after their game with Albania had to be abandoned.
Daley Blind (Netherlands)
Manchester United's Blind was a regular in Netherlands' qualifying campaign but was unable to prevent the Dutch - who finished third at the 2014 World Cup - from falling to a humiliating failure in Group A. Blind and his team-mates ended up five points adrift of even a play-off spot.
Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia)
Manchester City left-back Kolarov will be another high-profile absentee after Serbia's elimination. The 30-year-old featured in all but one of their qualifying fixtures. He scored in their 2-0 win over Albania last month, but it came too late to pull them out of their group.
Nemanja Matic (Serbia)
The Chelsea midfielder is so disillusioned with Serbia's plight that he has threatened to quit international football at the age of just 27. "I always try to lead by example but some people don't want to see that," said Matic, who featured in all eight of their Group I fixtures. "The attitude of some players is unacceptable."
Darren Fletcher (Scotland)
The wait to appear at a major tournament goes on for Scotland captain Darren Fletcher, who couldn't hide his disappointment when Republic of Ireland's win over Germany confirmed their exit from the qualifiers. "Ultimately we failed to do what we set out to do or even make the play-offs," he said.
Christian Eriksen (Denmark)
Tottenham's talented playmaker Eriksen only featured in six of Denmark's qualifiers, registered just one assist and no goals and suffered play-off heartbreak to Sweden. All in all, a qualifying campaign to forget for the 23-year-old - who will hope to play a far more influential role when Denmark's bid for a place at the 2018 World Cup kicks off next year.
Memphis Depay (Netherlands)
It's fair to say this season hasn't quite gone to plan for Memphis. The winger featured regularly during the Netherlands' qualifying campaign after impressing at the World Cup, but he won't play a part at Euro 2016 and has been dropped from their squad in the wake of their elimination. He has also lost his place at Manchester United.
Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
It might have been a different story for Netherlands had Robben stayed injury free for their qualifying campaign. The Bayern Munich winger was sidelined for four of their eight games, including their damaging defeats to Turkey and Czech Republic. His absence proved costly for a squad lacking depth.
Robin van Persie (Netherlands)
He may be past his best but Van Persie is still one of the biggest names to miss out the Euros. The former Manchester United and Arsenal striker scored three goals during the Netherlands' qualifying campaign, but they still finished behind Czech Republic, Iceland and Turkey. Like Memphis, Van Persie was dropped in the wake of their elimination.
Edin Dzeko (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko smashed seven goals in seven qualifying games for Bosnia and found the net in the first leg of their play-off with Republic of Ireland. It wasn't enough though and Euro 2016 will be without the two-time Premier League winner, currently playing for Roma.
Other notable absentees
As well as a host of other familiar Netherlands names (Wesley Sneijder, Georginio Wijnaldum, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Dirk Kuyt to name a few), Euro 2016 will also be without Montenegro's former Man City striker Stevan Jovetic and Armenia's Borussia Dortmund ace Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Danish duo Simon Kjaer and Daniel Agger won't be there, Bosnia's Miralem Pjanic couldn't get through the play-offs and neither could Slovenia's Samir Handanovic. There is also no place at the tournament for Real Madrid starlet Martin Odegaard of Norway.
