UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A
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Group A of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament is one of the nine groups to decide the teams which qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group A consists of six teams: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan,[2] where they play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
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).
Kazakhstan | 0–0 | Latvia |
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Czech Republic | 2–1 | Netherlands |
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Dočkal 22' Pilař 90+1' |
Report | De Vrij 55' |
Iceland | 3–0 | Turkey |
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Böðvarsson 19' G. Sigurðsson 76' Sigþórsson 77' |
Report |
Latvia | 0–3 | Iceland |
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Report | G. Sigurðsson 66' Gunnarsson 77' Gíslason 90' |
Netherlands | 3–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Huntelaar 62' Afellay 82' Van Persie 89' (pen.) |
Report | Abdulin 17' |
Kazakhstan | 2–4 | Czech Republic |
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Logvinenko 84', 90+1' | Report | Dočkal 13' Lafata 44' Krejčí 56' Necid 88' |
Iceland | 2–0 | Netherlands |
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G. Sigurðsson 10' (pen.), 42' | Report |
Netherlands | 6–0 | Latvia |
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Van Persie 6' Robben 35', 82' Huntelaar 42', 89' Bruma 78' |
Report |
Czech Republic | 2–1 | Iceland |
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Kadeřábek 45+1' Böðvarsson 61' (o.g.) |
Report | R. Sigurðsson 9' |
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
- Jón Daði Böðvarsson (playing against Czech Republic)
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) |
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Kazakhstan | Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev | vs Netherlands (10 October 2014) | vs Czech Republic (13 October 2014) vs Turkey (16 November 2014) vs Iceland (28 March 2015) |
Latvia | Artjoms Rudņevs | vs Iceland (10 October 2014) | vs Turkey (13 October 2014) |
Gints Freimanis | vs Turkey (13 October 2014) | vs Netherlands (16 November 2014) | |
Turkey | Ömer Toprak | vs Iceland (9 September 2014) | vs Czech Republic (10 October 2014) |
Arda Turan | vs Iceland (9 September 2014) vs Latvia (13 October 2014) vs Kazakhstan (16 November 2014) |
vs Netherlands (28 March 2015) |
Notes
References
- ^ "UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Spain face Ukraine return in EURO 2016 qualifying". UEFA.com. 23 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ "Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.
External links
Categories:
- UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
- 2014–15 in Dutch football
- 2015–16 in Dutch football
- 2014–15 in Czech football
- 2015–16 in Czech football
- 2014 in Latvian football
- 2015 in Latvian football
- 2014 in Kazakhstan football
- 2015 in Kazakhstan football
- 2014 in Icelandic football
- 2015 in Icelandic football
- 2014–15 in Turkish football
- 2015–16 in Turkish football