Paul Pogba (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

WITH Euro 2016 just around the corner, we’ve taken a look at each team’s chances at the tournament.

Group A sees France, Switzerland, Albania and Romania battle it out to progress to the next round.

France

HOW THEY QUALIFIED: As hosts.

COACH: Didier Deschamps

HE’S the right man to cope with the pressure and expectation of leading the host nation at a major Finals.

He lifted the World Cup on that famous night at the Stade de France in 1998 and he did it again at Euro 2000 as captain of the all-conquering France team.

Now his task is to return Les Bleus to those fantastic heights.

Deschamps led them to the quarter-finals at the World Cup, but they have not have had a competitive game since then.

As with any French coach, his biggest job will be to keep the harmony in the dressing-room for the next five weeks.

STAR MAN: Paul Pogba

YOU need a big player to carry the hopes of a nation and be the poster boy of a tournament. But in Paul Pogba, France have the ideal fit.

This was the one who got away from Manchester United, having been at Old Trafford from when he was 16.

It should surprise no one that four years at Juventus have resulted in four Serie A titles with Pogba their driving force in midfield.

At 6ft 3in, he is physically imposing, gets up and down, and scores and makes goals.

With those attributes, it’s easy to see why clubs are so keen to pay upwards of £70m to take him off Juve’s hands.

ANALYSIS:

THE hope in France is that 2016 will follow the glorious summers of 1984 and 1998, and will ink another glorious chapter in their football history.

The country was inspired by the exploits of Michel Platini then Zinedine Zidane as the French swept to victory on home soil. And its those famous memories that have many people making France favourites to win Euro 2016 and complete a hat-trick of titles.

So it falls to Didier Deschamps’ new generation to pick up the mantle. As befitting a team that has only played friendlies for two years, it’s hard to ascertain how good they really are as results have been varied. But there is no doubt about the talent in the squad led by Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann.

One of the biggest problems for Deschamps was the scandal involving two of his players – Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena – with Benzema being investigated for blackmail against his international team-mate.

In the end, the coach took the decision to exclude both from his squad. In Benzema’s absence, Olivier Giroud could get the nod up front but he has been booed by the French fans on a number of occasions, who don’t believe he’s good enough for the role.

However, three players who excelled in their first season in England – N’Golo Kante, Dmitri Payet and Anthony Martial – will be expected to bring their great form from the Premier League into the Euros.

Albania

HOW THEY QUALIFIED: 2nd in Group I; P8 W4 D2 L2 14pts.

Portugal (a) 0-1; Denmark (h) 1-1; Serbia (a) 0-3 (forfeit); Armenia (h) 2-1; Denmark (a) 0-0; Portugal (h) 0-1; Serbia (h) 0-2; Armenia (a) 0-3.

COACH: Gianni De Biasi

Never mind Claudio Ranieri at Leicester. De Biasi is another Italian coach who has done something remarkable with an unfashionable team by leading Albania to their first-ever major tournament.

The country’s President, Bujar Nishani, was so delighted that he immediately offered his manager Albanian citizenship!

STAR PLAYER: Lorik Cana

EURO 2016 will see lots more skilful players on show, but few will be as inspirational as Lorik Cana.

The Albanian captain is a national hero having started every game en route to their historic qualification. He is his country’s most-capped international and has been skipper for nearly a decade. What’s more, having played for Lazio, he acts as translator for coach Gianni De Biasi in the dressing-room.

ANALYSIS:

THEIR participation is the real fairy tale of this tournament. One of the great skills of coach De Biasi has been to find players with Albanian heritage in Germany, Switzerland and the former states of Yugoslavia and unite them in a common cause.

Romania

HOW THEY QUALIFIED: 2nd in Group F; P10 W5 D5 20pts.

Greece (a) 0-1; Hungary (h) 1-1; Finland (a) 0-2; Northern Ireland (h) 2-0; Faroe Islands (h) 1-0; Northern Ireland (a) 0-0; Hungary (a) 0-0; Greece (h) 0-0; Finland (h) 1-1; Faroe Islands (a) 0-3.

COACH: Anghel Iordanescu

HE is very much the Grand Old Man of Romanian football. The 66-year-old retired in 2007 after a spell in the UAE, and went into politics where he was elected into Romania’s senate. But when the football team came calling again two years ago, he couldn’t say no.

STAR PLAYER: Ciprian Tatarusanu

HOUSEHOLD names are few and far between in the Romania squad that will travel to France.

But at least in the goalkeeping department, there is strong competition between Ciprian Tatarusanu and Costel Pantilimon, who has spent time as understudy at Manchester City, Sunderland and now Watford.

Tatarusanu is Romania’s No.1 and has just enjoyed his first full season as first-choice at Fiorentina as the Viola finished a creditable 5th in Serie A.

ANALYSIS:

IT feels like a long time since the golden years of Romanian football. That was when Steaua Bucharest were winning the European Cup and the national team was reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup and competing in five major tournaments out of six between 1990 and 2000.

It was the era of their best-ever player Gheorghe Hagi and familiar names like Dan Petrescu, Ilie Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Popescu.

In recent years, Romania have fallen off the radar again with few of their current players making any impression abroad. But under the stewardship of Iordanescu, they have qualified for their first finals since 2008.

They had the best defensive record in the qualifiers, conceding just twice in 10 games, but a record of only 11 goals in their favour hints at a limited attack as no player found the net more than twice.

Switzerland

Xherdan Shaqiri (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

HOW THEY QUALIFIED: 2nd in Group E; P10 W7 L3 21pts.

England (h) 0-2; Slovenia (a) 1-0; San Marino (a) 0-4; Lithuania (h) 4-0; Estonia (h) 3-0; Lithuania (a) 1-2; Slovenia (h) 3-2; England (a) 2-0; San Marino (h) 7-0; Estonia (a) 0-1.

COACH: Vladimir Petkovic

HE has continued Switzerland’s strong recent tradition of qualifying for tournaments after replacing Champions League winner Ottmar Hitzfeld in 2014.

Born in Bosnia, but has made his life in Switzerland after moving there as a player in the 1980s.

STAR MAN: Xherdan Shaqiri

THE one player who can give Switzerland the X Factor. Undoubtedly talented, Shaqiri comes to the finals on the back of his first season in the Premier League at Stoke.

Playing alongside Marko Arnautovic and Bojan Krkic, they produced some magical spells, even if Shaqiri struggled to do it regularly. But having been at Bayern Munich and Inter Milan before, no one can doubt the 24-year-old’s pedigree.

This could be his last tournament for the Swiss. Born in Kosovo, who have now been granted FIFA status and Shaqiri could switch.

ANALYSIS:

The Swiss are blessed with lots of fine players in defence and midfield operating at some of the best clubs in Europe.

Right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner is a mainstay at Juventus while on the opposite flank, Wolfsburg’s Ricardo Rodriguez will again be a target for scouts.

Arsenal fans will also be fascinated to watch their new signing, Granit Xhaka, as he takes his place in the centre of midfield.

The key absentee will be Gokhan Inler, who may have a title winner’s medal from his season at Leicester, but his lack of game time resulted in him being dropped from the squad having previously been the captain.

The problem is up front where they have never replaced the goals of record scorer Alexander Frei, but there are high hopes for Cameroon-born youngster Breel Embolo.

Results in friendlies since qualification have been poor but the Swiss will expect to be group runners-up to France.

Group B preview: Qualification perfection will mean nothing if England fail

Group C preview: No matter what, Northern Ireland’s O’Neill is a legend

Group D preview: Spain can surprise with new approach

Group E preview: Republic of Ireland rely on the Quiet Man and the Raging Bull