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UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A

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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group A consisted of six teams: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

Line-up of the Netherlands–Kazakhstan teams prior to the match

The top two teams, the Czech Republic and Iceland, qualified directly for the finals. Turkey's win over Iceland, combined with Kazakhstan's win over Latvia on the final day of matches, also allowed Turkey to qualify directly as the best ranked third-placed team of the qualifiers. As Turkey earned 6 points against Kazakhstan and 2 points against Latvia through their home and away fixtures, and as Kazakhstan's win over Latvia ensured that Latvia finished in last place in the group based on head-to-head record, not Kazakhstan, it then meant that only 2, not 6, of Turkey's total of 18 points earned would not count towards their third-placed ranking (as results against the team finishing in last place in the group were not included when ranking third-placed teams because one group had fewer teams than the others).[4][5][6][7][8]

Standings

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Kazakhstan 4, Latvia 1.

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.[9] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

More information Kazakhstan, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 10,200[10]
More information Czech Republic, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 17,946[11]
More information Iceland, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 8,811[12]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
More information Latvia, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 6,354[13]
More information Netherlands, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 47,500[14]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
More information Turkey, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 24,007[15]
More information Kazakhstan, 2–4 ...
Attendance: 13,752[16]
More information Iceland, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 9,760[17]
More information Latvia, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 6,442[18]
More information Netherlands, 6–0 ...
Attendance: 47,500[19]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
More information Czech Republic, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 11,533[20]
More information Turkey, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 27,549[21]
More information Kazakhstan, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 13,182[22]
More information Czech Republic, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 13,722[23]
More information Netherlands, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 49,500[24]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
More information Kazakhstan, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 25,125[25]
More information Iceland, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 9,767[26]
More information Latvia, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 8,067[27]
More information Czech Republic, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 10,572[28]
More information Netherlands, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 50,275[29]
More information Turkey, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 35,900[30]
More information Latvia, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 7,913[31]
More information Turkey, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 41,007[32]
More information Iceland, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 9,767[33]
More information Iceland, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 9,767[34]
More information Kazakhstan, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 20,716[35]
More information Czech Republic, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 17,190[36]
More information Latvia, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 7,027[37]
More information Netherlands, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 48,000[38]
More information Turkey, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 39,404[39]

Goalscorers

Iceland's Gylfi Sigurðsson was the group's top scorer, with six goals

There were 80 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving three yellow cards in three different matches, as well as after the fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the playoffs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

More information Team, Player ...

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    CET (UTC+1) for matches on 16 November 2014 and 28 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

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