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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group H consisted of six teams: Italy, Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, and Malta,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams would qualify directly for the finals. The third-placed team would qualify directly too if they had the best records among the third-placed teams of all qualifying groups, otherwise they would enter the play-offs for another chance to qualify.

Italy and Croatia qualified for the finals as the group winners and runners-up respectively. As third-placed Norway weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they lost to Hungary and thus failed to qualify.

Standings

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.[4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Azerbaijan 1–2 Bulgaria
Nazarov 54' Report Mitsanski 14'
V. Hristov 87'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Croatia 2–0 Malta
Modrić 46'
Kramarić 81'		 Report
Attendance: 8,333
Norway 0–2 Italy
Report Zaza 16'
Bonucci 62'
Attendance: 26,265
Bulgaria 0–1 Croatia
Report Bodurov 36' (o.g.)
Attendance: 29,733[5]
Italy 2–1 Azerbaijan
Chiellini 44', 82' Report Chiellini 76' (o.g.)
Attendance: 33,000[6]
Malta 0–3 Norway
Report Dæhli 22'
King 26', 49'
Attendance: 8,067[7]
Croatia 6–0 Azerbaijan
Kramarić 11'
Perišić 34', 45'
Brozović 45+1'
Modrić 57' (pen.)
Sadygov 61' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 16,021[8]
Malta 0–1 Italy
Report Pellè 24'
Attendance: 16,942
Norway 2–1 Bulgaria
T. Elyounoussi 13'
Nielsen 72'		 Report Bodurov 43'
Attendance: 18,990
Azerbaijan 0–1 Norway
Report Nordtveit 25'
Attendance: 9,200[9]
Bulgaria 1–1 Malta
Galabinov 6' Report Failla 49' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,300[10]
Italy 1–1 Croatia
Candreva 11' Report Perišić 15'
Attendance: 63,222
Azerbaijan 2–0 Malta
Huseynov 4'
Nazarov 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 14,600
Croatia 5–1 Norway
Brozović 30'
Perišić 53'
Olić 65'
Schildenfeld 87'
Pranjić 90+4'		 Report Tettey 80'
Attendance: 23,920
Bulgaria 2–2 Italy
I. Popov 11'
Mitsanski 17'		 Report Y. Minev 4' (o.g.)
Éder 84'
Attendance: 6,000[11]
Croatia 1–1 Italy
Mandžukić 11' Report Candreva 36' (pen.)
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Malta 0–1 Bulgaria
Report I. Popov 56'
Attendance: 3,924
Norway 0–0 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 21,228
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Azerbaijan 0–0 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 10,000[13]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Bulgaria 0–1 Norway
Report Forren 57'
Attendance: 12,913[14]
Italy 1–0 Malta
Pellè 69' Report
Attendance: 12,551[15]
Malta 2–2 Azerbaijan
Mifsud 55'
Effiong 71'		 Report Amirguliyev 36', 80'
Attendance: 5,266[16]
Norway 2–0 Croatia
Berget 51'
Ćorluka 69' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 26,751[17]
Italy 1–0 Bulgaria
De Rossi 6' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 21,000[18]
Azerbaijan 1–3 Italy
Nazarov 31' Report Éder 11'
El Shaarawy 43'
Darmian 65'
Attendance: 48,000[19]
Norway 2–0 Malta
Tettey 19'
Søderlund 52'		 Report
Attendance: 27,120[20]
Croatia 3–0 Bulgaria
Perišić 2'
Rakitić 42'
N. Kalinić 81'		 Report
Attendance: 0[note 3]
Bulgaria 2–0 Azerbaijan
M. Aleksandrov 20'
Rangelov 56'		 Report
Attendance: 2,500[23]
Italy 2–1 Norway
Florenzi 73'
Pellè 82'		 Report Tettey 23'
Attendance: 30,000[24]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Malta 0–1 Croatia
Report Perišić 25'
Attendance: 5,835[25]

Goalscorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Discipline

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

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

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Azerbaijan Maksim Medvedev Red card vs Russia (15 October 2013)[note 4] vs Bulgaria (9 September 2014)
Badavi Guseynov Red card vs Italy (10 October 2015) vs Bulgaria (13 October 2015)
 Bulgaria Petar Zanev Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013)[note 4] vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2014)
Svetoslav Dyakov Yellow card vs Italy (28 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Malta (12 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Italy (6 September 2015)		 vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
Yordan Minev Yellow card vs Norway (13 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Norway (3 September 2015)
Yellow card vs Italy (6 September 2015)		 vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
Iliyan Mitsanski Red card vs Italy (6 September 2015)[26] vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2015)
 Croatia Josip Šimunić Discriminatory behaviour vs Iceland (19 November 2013)[27] vs Malta (9 September 2014)
vs Bulgaria (10 October 2014)
vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2014)
vs Italy (16 November 2014)
vs Norway (28 March 2015)
vs Italy (12 June 2015)
vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)
Ante Rebić Red card vs Mexico (23 June 2014)[note 5] vs Malta (9 September 2014)
Vedran Ćorluka Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Norway (28 March 2015) vs Italy (12 June 2015)
Darijo Srna Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Italy (12 June 2015) vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)
Mateo Kovačić Yellow card vs Italy (16 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Italy (12 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)		 vs Norway (6 September 2015)
Ivica Olić Yellow card vs Bulgaria (10 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Italy (12 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Norway (6 September 2015)		 vs Bulgaria (10 October 2015)
Duje Čop Red card vs Bulgaria (10 October 2015) vs Malta (13 October 2015)
 Italy Claudio Marchisio Red card vs Uruguay (24 June 2014)[note 5] vs Norway (9 September 2014)
Leonardo Bonucci Red card vs Malta (13 October 2014) vs Croatia (16 November 2014)
Daniele De Rossi Red card vs Bulgaria (6 September 2015)[29] vs Azerbaijan (10 October 2015)
vs Norway (13 October 2015)
 Malta Steve Borg Red card vs Croatia (9 September 2014)[30] vs Norway (10 October 2014)
vs Italy (13 October 2014)
vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
Michael Mifsud Red card vs Italy (13 October 2014)[31] vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
vs Azerbaijan (28 March 2015)
Paul Fenech Yellow card vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Bulgaria (12 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Italy (3 September 2015)		 vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2015)
 Norway Tarik Elyounoussi Yellow card vs Bulgaria (13 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Croatia (28 March 2015)		 vs Azerbaijan (12 June 2015)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 16 November 2014 and 28 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. ^ Due to punishment handed by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway on 28 March 2015, Croatia must play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Croatian FA were fined €50,000.[12]
  3. ^ Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the match against Italy at Stadion Poljud. In addition, the Croatian Football Federation were ordered to play their next two home matches of UEFA competition behind closed doors and not to play any of its remaining qualifying games at Poljud. A fine of €100,000 was also imposed.[21] The Croatian Football Federation appealed against the decision and a hearing was scheduled for 17 September 2015. Croatia's appeal was rejected.[22]
  4. ^ a b The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  5. ^ a b The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[28]

References

  1. ^ "UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Spain face Ukraine return in EURO 2016 qualifying". UEFA.com. 23 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Croatia". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Italy vs. Azerbaijan". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Malta vs. Norway". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Croatia vs. Azerbaijan". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Norway". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Italy". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Croatia". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Norway". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  15. ^ "Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Malta vs. Azerbaijan". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Norway vs. Croatia". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Norway vs. Malta - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Croatia deducted one European Qualifiers point". UEFA.com. 23 July 2015.
  22. ^ "Point deduction stands for Croatia". UEFA.com. 18 September 2015.
  23. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Azerbaijan - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Malta vs. Croatia - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  26. ^ "УЕФА наказа Мицански чак до старта на световните квалификации". sportline.bg. 23 September 2015.
  27. ^ "Croatian player sanctioned for discriminatory behaviour". FIFA.com. 16 December 2013.
  28. ^ "Update on FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions on World Cup cases". FIFA.com. 4 August 2014.
  29. ^ "Squad for European qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Norway to be announced on Saturday". http://vivoazzurro.it/. 29 September 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  30. ^ "Borg handed three-match suspension by UEFA". Times of Malta. 24 September 2014.
  31. ^ "Effiong feels he needs to prove himself to national team coach". Times of Malta. 3 March 2015.
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