UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F
The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group F consisted of six teams: Greece, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Northern Ireland, and Faroe Islands,[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.
Northern Ireland and Romania qualified for the finals as the group winners and runners-up respectively. As third-placed Hungary weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Norway and thus qualified too.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Northern Ireland |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Romania |
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 20 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | Hungary |
10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | Advance to play-offs | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| 4 | Finland |
10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 12 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Faroe Islands |
10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 6 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 6 | Greece |
10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
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).
| Greece |
4–3 | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
Stafylidis  5'Tachtsidis 57'Mitroglou 79'Kone 86' |
Report | Lovrencsics 26' Németh 55', 75' |
Goalscorers
Northern Ireland's Kyle Lafferty was the group's leading goalscorer with 7 goals
- 7 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Hallur Hansson
- Christian Holst
- Róaldur Jakobsen
- Brandur Olsen
- Paulus Arajuuri
- Roman Eremenko
- Jarkko Hurme
- Berat Sadik
- Christos Aravidis
- Nikolaos Karelis
- Panagiotis Kone
- Konstantinos Mitroglou
- Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- Kostas Stafylidis
- Panagiotis Tachtsidis
- Balázs Dzsudzsák
- Zoltán Gera
- Richárd Guzmics
- Gergő Lovrencsics
- Tamás Priskin
- Zoltán Stieber
- Ádám Szalai
- Craig Cathcart
- Josh Magennis
- Niall McGinn
- Jamie Ward
- Ovidiu Hoban
- Claudiu Keșerü
- Ciprian Marica
- Alexandru Maxim
- Raul Rusescu
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 served during the qualifying matches:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faroe Islands | Hallur Hansson |  vs Finland (7 September 2014) vs Hungary (14 October 2014) vs Greece (14 November 2014) | vs Romania (29 March 2015) |
| vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015) vs Finland (7 September 2015) | vs Hungary (8 October 2015) | ||
| Atli Gregersen | vs Hungary (14 October 2014) vs Greece (14 November 2014) vs Greece (13 June 2015) | vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015) | |
 vs Hungary (8 October 2015) | vs Romania (11 October 2015) | ||
| Jóan Símun Edmundsson | vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015) | vs Finland (7 September 2015) | |
| Fróði Benjaminsen | vs Hungary (14 October 2014) vs Greece (13 June 2015) vs Finland (7 September 2015) | vs Hungary (8 October 2015) | |
| Brandur Olsen | vs Greece (14 November 2014) vs Greece (13 June 2015) vs Finland (7 September 2015) | vs Hungary (8 October 2015) | |
| Finland | Alexander Ring | vs Romania (14 October 2014) | vs Hungary (14 November 2014) |
| Tim Sparv | vs Greece (11 October 2014) vs Hungary (13 June 2015) vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2015) | vs Romania (8 October 2015) | |
| Markus Halsti | vs Hungary (13 June 2015) vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2015) vs Romania (8 October 2015) | vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2015) | |
| Përparim Hetemaj | vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2014) vs Greece (11 October 2014) vs Romania (8 October 2015) | vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2015) | |
| Greece | Vasilis Torosidis | vs Romania (7 September 2014) vs Finland (11 October 2014) vs Faroe Islands (13 June 2015) | vs Finland (4 September 2015) |
| Kostas Manolas | vs Romania (7 September 2014) vs Faroe Islands (14 November 2014) vs Romania (7 September 2015) | vs Northern Ireland (8 October 2015) | |
| Hungary | Ákos Elek | vs Romania (11 October 2014) vs Finland (14 November 2014) vs Greece (29 March 2015) | vs Finland (13 June 2015) |
| Zoltán Gera | vs Romania (11 October 2014) vs Faroe Islands (14 October 2014) vs Finland (13 June 2015) | vs Romania (4 September 2015) | |
| Dániel Tőzsér | vs Romania (11 October 2014) vs Finland (14 November 2014) vs Romania (4 September 2015) | vs Northern Ireland (7 September 2015) | |
| Leandro | vs Greece (29 March 2015) vs Romania (4 September 2015) vs Northern Ireland (7 September 2015) | vs Faroe Islands (8 October 2015) | |
| Northern Ireland | Jonny Evans | vs Azerbaijan (11 October 2013)[note 3] | vs Hungary (7 September 2014) |
| Chris Baird | vs Hungary (7 September 2015) | vs Greece (8 October 2015) | |
| Kyle Lafferty | vs Greece (14 October 2014) vs Romania (14 November 2014) vs Hungary (7 September 2015) | vs Greece (8 October 2015) | |
| Conor McLaughlin | vs Romania (14 November 2014) vs Faroe Islands (4 September 2015) vs Hungary (7 September 2015) | vs Greece (8 October 2015) | |
| Romania | Ciprian Marica | vs Greece (7 September 2014) | vs Hungary (11 October 2014) |
| Mihai Pintilii | vs Greece (7 September 2014) vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2014) vs Northern Ireland (13 June 2015) | vs Hungary (4 September 2015) | |
| Alexandru Chipciu | vs Hungary (11 October 2014) vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2014) vs Hungary (4 September 2015) | vs Greece (7 September 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.
- 1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Ranieri suffers defeat behind closed doors for Greece". Reuters. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Romania-Hungary". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland-Faroe Islands". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Greece-Northern Ireland". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Hungary-Finland". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Faroe Islands-Greece". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Greece-Finland". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Hungary-Romania". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Finald-Faroe Islands". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland-Hungary". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Romania-Greece". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Hungary vs. Faroe Islands - 8 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland vs. Greece - 8 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Romania vs. Finland - 8 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Faroe Islands vs. Romania - 11 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Finland vs. Northern Ireland - 11 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Greece vs. Hungary - 11 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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