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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) Poland Robert Lewandowski
(13 goals
← 2012
2020 →

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.

Qualified teams

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers Map
     Country has qualified      Country did not qualify
Country Qualified on Previous appearances
 Albania 11 October 2015 0 (first time qualifying)
Austria Austria 8 September 2015 1 (2008)
 Belgium 10 October 2015 4 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000)
Croatia Croatia 13 October 2015 4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 6 September 2015 8 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
England England 5 September 2015 8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
France France (host) 28 May 2010 8 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Germany Germany 11 October 2015 11 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Hungary 15 November 2015 2 (1964, 1972)
Iceland 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)
 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)

Results

Group A

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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
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

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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
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

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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
3 Republic of Ireland 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

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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
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

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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
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

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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
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

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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 10 6 3 1 20 5 +15 20
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

Group I

Main page: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 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
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 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 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 Republic of Ireland 2−0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 November 2015
Slovenia  1−1  Ukraine
Denmark  2−2  Sweden

Statistics

Top scorers

13 goals
11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Albania Mërgim Mavraj (playing against Armenia)
  • Armenia Levon Hayrapetyan (playing against Serbia)
  • Armenia Kamo Hovhannisyan (playing against Albania)
  • Azerbaijan Rashad Sadygov (playing against Croatia)
  • Belarus Alyaksandr Martynovich (playing against Ukraine)
  • Bulgaria Nikolay Bodurov (playing against Croatia)
  • Bulgaria Yordan Minev (playing against Italy)
  • Croatia Vedran Ćorluka (playing against Norway)
  • Cyprus Dossa Júnior (playing against Andorra)
  • England Jordan Henderson (playing against Slovenia)
  • Estonia Ragnar Klavan (playing against Switzerland)
  • Georgia (country) Akaki Khubutia (playing against Scotland)
  • Germany Mats Hummels (playing against Scotland)
  • Gibraltar Jordan Perez (playing against Republic of Ireland)
  • Gibraltar Yogan Santos (playing against Germany)
  • Iceland Jón Daði Böðvarsson (playing against Czech Republic)
  • Italy Giorgio Chiellini (playing against Azerbaijan)
  • Liechtenstein Martin Büchel (playing against Russia)
  • Liechtenstein Franz Burgmeier (playing against Russia)
  • North Macedonia Tome Pačovski (playing against Spain)
  • Moldova Petru Racu (playing against Montenegro)
  • Netherlands Robin van Persie (playing against Czech Republic)
  • Norway Markus Henriksen (playing against Hungary)
  • Republic of Ireland John O'Shea (playing against Scotland)
  • San Marino Cristian Brolli (playing against England)
  • San Marino Alessandro Della Valle (playing against England)
2 own goals
  • Lithuania Giedrius Arlauskis (playing against Switzerland and England)

Images for kids

  • AUT vs. MDA 2015-09-05 (010)

    Official match ball of the UEFA Euro qualifiers

  • Robert Lewandowski 2011

    Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored 13 goals in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, equaling David Healy's record in 2008 for most goals in a qualifying campaign.

See also

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