UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I

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Group I 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 I consists of five teams: Portugal, Denmark, Serbia, Armenia, and Albania,[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).

Denmark 2–1 Armenia
Højbjerg 65'
Kahlenberg 80'		 Report Mkhitaryan 50'
Attendance: 20,141
Portugal 0–1 Albania
Report Balaj 52'
Attendance: 23,205
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Armenia 1–1 Serbia
Arzumanyan 73' Report Z. Tošić 89'
Attendance: 7,500
Albania 1–1 Denmark
Lenjani 38' Report Vibe 81'
Attendance: 12,800
Denmark v Portugal
Report
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Serbia v Albania
Report
Portugal v Armenia
Report
Serbia v Denmark
Report
Albania v Armenia
Report
Portugal v Serbia
Report
Armenia v Portugal
Report
Denmark v Serbia
Report
Denmark v Albania
Report
Serbia v Armenia
Report
Armenia v Denmark
Report
Albania v Portugal
Report
Albania v Serbia
Report
Portugal v Denmark
Report
Armenia v Albania
Report
Serbia v Portugal
Report

Centralised friendlies

France are partnered with the five-team Group I, which enable the 2016 tournament hosts to play friendlies against these countries on their 'spare' dates.[5] These friendlies do not count in the qualifying group standings.

Serbia 1–1 France
Kolarov 80' Report Pogba 13'
Attendance: 12,000
France 2–1 Portugal
Benzema 3'
Pogba 69'		 Report Quaresma 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 79,000
Armenia v France
Report
France v Albania
Report
France v Denmark
Report
Albania v France
Report
Portugal v France
Report
France v Serbia
Report
France v Armenia
Report
Denmark v France
Report

Goalscorers

Note: Do not include centralised friendlies.

1 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)

Portugal coach Fernando Santos needs to serving an eight-match touchline ban for unsporting conduct towards the match officials when he was in charge of Greece against Costa Rica in the 2014 FIFA World Cup round of 16 match.[6] The ban has been temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport until the final appeal.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 14 November 2014, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. ^ a b c d Albania will play their home matches at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan instead of their regular stadium, Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa, Tirana, as the national stadium will be reconstructed.

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. ^ "Centralised friendlies" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "Update on FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions on World Cup cases". FIFA.com. 4 August 2014.
  7. ^ "CAS temporarily lifts Portugal coach Fernando Santos' eight-game ban". ESPNFC.com. 13 October 2014.

External links

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