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Group H 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 H consists of six teams: Italy, Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, and Malta,[2] where they play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

Standings

Legend
Group winners, runners-up, and the best third-placed team among all groups directly qualify for the finals
Remaining eight third-placed teams advance to the play-offs

See the format section of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.


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
Norway 0–2 Italy
Report Zaza 16'
Bonucci 62'
Attendance: 26,265

Bulgaria 0–1 Croatia
Report Bodurov 36' (o.g.)
Italy 2–1 Azerbaijan
Chiellini 44', 82' Report Chiellini 76' (o.g.)
Malta 0–3 Norway
Report Dæhli 22'
King 26', 49'

Croatia 6–0 Azerbaijan
Kramarić 11'
Perišić 34', 45'
Brozović 45+1'
Modrić 57' (pen.)
Sadygov 61' (o.g.)
Report
Malta 0–1 Italy
Report Pellè 24'
Norway 2–1 Bulgaria
T. Elyounoussi 13'
Nielsen 72'
Report Bodurov 43'

Azerbaijan v Norway
Report
Bulgaria v Malta
Report
Italy v Croatia
Report

Croatia v Norway
Report

Croatia v Italy
Report
Norway v Azerbaijan
Report

Bulgaria v Norway
Report
Italy v Malta
Report

Malta v Azerbaijan
Report
Norway v Croatia
Report
Italy v Bulgaria
Report

Norway v Malta
Report
Croatia v Bulgaria
Report

Italy v Norway
Report
Malta v Croatia
Report

Goalscorers

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:

Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
Azerbaijan Maksim Medvedev Red card vs Russia (15 October 2013) vs Bulgaria (9 September 2014)
Bulgaria Petar Zanev Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2014)
Croatia Josip Šimunić Discriminatory behaviour vs Iceland (19 November 2013)[5] 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)
Croatia Ante Rebić Red card vs Mexico (23 June 2014)[6] vs Malta (9 September 2014)
Italy Claudio Marchisio Red card vs Uruguay (24 June 2014)[6] vs Norway (9 September 2014)
Malta Steve Borg Red card vs Croatia (9 September 2014)[7] vs Norway (10 October 2014)
vs Italy (13 October 2014)
vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
Malta Michael Mifsud Red card vs Italy (13 October 2014) vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
Italy Leonardo Bonucci Red card vs Malta (13 October 2014) vs Croatia (16 November 2014)

Notes

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

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. ^ "Croatian player sanctioned for discriminatory behaviour". FIFA.com. 16 December 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Update on FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions on World Cup cases". FIFA.com. 4 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Borg handed three-match suspension by UEFA". Times of Malta. 24 September 2014.