UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates	September 2014 to November 2015
Teams	53
Tournament statistics
Matches played	266
Goals scored	694 (2.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robert Lewandowski; (13 goals
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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from September 2014 to November 2015. It was played to determine who will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016. The top scorer of the tournament was Poland's Robert Lewandowski with 13 goals. 53 teams participated in the qualification tournament.

France automatically qualified because they are hosts. 23 other teams qualified for the tournament.^[1]^[2]

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified on	Previous appearances^{[n 1]}
Albania	11 October 2015	0 (first time qualifying)
Austria	8 September 2015	1 (2008)
Belgium	10 October 2015	4 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000)
Croatia	13 October 2015	4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Czech Republic	6 September 2015	8 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
England	5 September 2015	8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
France (host)	28 May 2010	8 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Germany	11 October 2015	11 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Hungary	15 November 2015	2 (1964, 1972)
Iceland	6 September 2015	0 (first time qualifying)
Italy	10 October 2015	8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Northern Ireland	8 October 2015	0 (first time qualifying)
Poland	11 October 2015	2 (2008, 2012)
Portugal	8 October 2015	6 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Republic of Ireland	16 November 2015	2 (1988, 2012)
Romania	11 October 2015	4 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008)
Russia	12 October 2015	4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)^{[n 2]}
Slovakia	11 October 2015	0 (first time qualifying)
Spain	9 October 2015	9 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Sweden	17 November 2015	5 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Switzerland	9 October 2015	3 (1996, 2004, 2008)
Turkey	13 October 2015	3 (1996, 2000, 2008)
Ukraine	17 November 2015	1 (2012)
Wales	10 October 2015	0 (first time qualifying)

↑ Bold dates show the year that the team won the tournament.
↑ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Results

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	10	7	1	2	19	14	+5	22	Qualify for final tournament
2	Iceland	10	6	2	2	17	6	+11	20
3	Turkey	10	5	3	2	14	9	+5	18
4	Netherlands	10	4	1	5	17	14	+3	13
5	Kazakhstan	10	1	2	7	7	18	–11	5
6	Latvia	10	0	5	5	6	19	–13	5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	10	7	2	1	24	5	+19	23	Qualify for final tournament
2	Wales	10	6	3	1	11	4	+7	21	Qualify for final tournament
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	5	2	3	17	12	+5	17	Advance to play-offs
4	Israel	10	4	1	5	16	14	+2	13
5	Cyprus	10	4	0	6	16	17	–1	12
6	Andorra	10	0	0	10	4	36	–32	0

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	0	1	23	3	+20	27	Qualify for final tournament
2	Slovakia	10	7	1	2	17	8	+9	22	Qualify for final tournament
3	Ukraine	10	6	1	3	14	4	+10	19	Advance to play-offs
4	Belarus	10	3	2	5	8	14	–6	11
5	Luxembourg	10	1	1	8	6	27	–21	4
6	Macedonia	10	1	1	8	6	18	–12	4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	7	1	2	24	9	+15	22	Qualify for final tournament
2	Poland	10	6	3	1	33	10	+23	21	Qualify for final tournament
3	Republic of Ireland	10	5	3	2	19	7	+12	18	Advance to play-offs
4	Scotland	10	4	3	3	22	12	+10	15
5	Georgia	10	3	0	7	10	16	–6	9
6	Gibraltar	10	0	0	10	2	56	–54	0

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	10	0	0	31	3	+28	30	Qualify for final tournament
2	Switzerland	10	7	0	3	24	8	+16	21	Qualify for final tournament
3	Slovenia	10	5	1	4	18	11	+7	16	Advance to play-offs
4	Estonia	10	3	1	6	4	9	–5	10
5	Lithuania	10	3	1	6	7	18	–11	10
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	1	36	–35	1

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Ireland	10	6	3	1	16	8	+8	21	Qualify for final tournament
2	Romania	10	5	5	0	11	2	+9	20	Qualify for final tournament
3	Hungary	10	4	4	2	11	9	+2	16	Advance to play-offs
4	Finland	10	3	3	4	9	10	–1	12
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8	6	17	–11	6
6	Greece	10	1	3	6	7	14	–7	6

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	10	9	1	0	22	5	+17	28	Qualify for final tournament
2	Russia	10	6	2	2	21	5	+16	20	Qualify for final tournament
3	Sweden	10	5	3	2	15	9	+6	18	Advance to play-offs
4	Montenegro	10	3	2	5	10	13	–3	11
5	Liechtenstein	10	1	2	7	2	26	–24	5
6	Moldova	10	0	2	8	4	16	–12	2

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	3	0	16	7	+9	24	Qualify for final tournament
2	Croatia^{[n 1]}	10	6	3	1	20	5	+15	20	Qualify for final tournament
3	Norway	10	6	1	3	13	10	+3	19	Advance to play-offs
4	Bulgaria	10	3	2	5	9	12	–3	11
5	Azerbaijan	10	1	3	6	7	18	–11	6
6	Malta	10	0	2	8	3	16	–13	2

↑ One point was subtracted because of racist behavior from fans against Italy.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	8	7	0	1	11	5	+6	21	Qualify for final tournament
2	Albania	8	4	2	2	10	5	+5	14	Qualify for final tournament
3	Denmark	8	3	3	2	8	5	+3	12	Advance to play-offs
4	Serbia	8	2	1	5	8	13	–5	4
5	Armenia	8	0	2	6	5	14	–9	2

Play-offs

Ranking of third-placed teams

This table was made up of each teams performance during the main qualification stage. The best third-place team automatically qualified, but the rest had to go to the play-offs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	8	5	1	2	12	7	+5	16	Qualify for final tournament
2	Hungary	8	4	3	1	8	5	+3	15	Advance to play-offs
3	Ukraine	8	4	1	3	11	4	+7	13
4	Norway	8	4	1	3	8	10	−2	13
5	Denmark	8	3	3	2	8	5	+3	12
6	Sweden	8	3	3	2	11	9	+2	12
7	Republic of Ireland	8	3	3	2	8	7	+1	12
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1	11
9	Slovenia	8	3	1	4	10	11	−1	10

Play-off matches


12 November 2015
Norway	0−1	Hungary
13 November 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1−1	Republic of Ireland
14 November 2015
Ukraine	2−0	Slovenia
Sweden	2−1	Denmark
15 November 2015
Hungary	2−1	Norway
16 November 2015
Republic of Ireland	2−0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 November 2015
Slovenia	1−1	Ukraine
Denmark	2−2	Sweden