UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A

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[[File:UEFA qualifying 2016- NED-KAZ - 3.jpeg|thumb|Line-up of the Netherlands–Kazakhstan teams prior to the match]]
The '''UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A''' was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the [[UEFA Euro 2016]] finals tournament.<ref name="procedure">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/04/64/31/2046431_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying Draw Procedure |publisher=UEFA |pages=1 |format=PDF |accessdate=22 February 2014}}</ref> Group A consisted of six teams: [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]], [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]], and [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/finals/news/newsid=2059935.html|title=Spain face Ukraine return in EURO 2016 qualifying|publisher=UEFA.com|date=23 February 2014}}</ref> where they played against each other home-and-away in a [[round-robin tournament|round-robin format]].<ref name="regulations">{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/03/92/81/2039281_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16|publisher=UEFA.com}}</ref>

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 [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs|the play-offs]] for another chance to qualify.

Czech Republic and Iceland qualified for the finals as the group winners and runners-up respectively. Third-placed Turkey qualified too, as [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs#Ranking of third-placed teams|they were the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams]].

== Standings ==
{{UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A|show_matches=yes}}

== Matches ==

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in [[Nice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/06/14/61/2061461_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Qualifying fixtures|publisher=UEFA.com}}</ref> Times are [[Central European Time|CET/CEST]],{{refn|[[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]]) for matches on 16 November 2014 and 28 March 2015, and [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]]) for all other matches.|group="note"|name="Time zone"}} as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

{{Football box |id="Kazakhstan v Latvia"
| date={{Start date|2014|9|9|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (22:00 [[UTC+06:00|UTC+6]])
| team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
| score=0–0
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013831/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|LVA}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=[[Astana Arena]], [[Astana]]
| attendance=10,200<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/09/europe/european-championship-qualification/kazakhstan/latvia/1653160/?ICID=PL_MS_01 | title = Kazakhstan vs. Latvia | publisher = Soccerway | date = 9 September 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Ivan Kružliak]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Czech Republic v Netherlands"
| date={{Start date|2014|9|9|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (20:45 [[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
| team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}
| score=2–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013832/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|NED}}
| goals1=[[Bořek Dočkal|Dočkal]] {{goal|22}} [[Václav Pilař|Pilař]] {{goal|90+1}}
| goals2=[[Stefan de Vrij|De Vrij]] {{goal|55}}
| stadium=[[Generali Arena]], [[Prague]]
| attendance=17,946<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/09/europe/european-championship-qualification/czech-republic/netherlands/1653161/?ICID=PL_MS_03 | title = Czech Republic vs. Netherlands | publisher = Soccerway | date = 9 September 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Gianluca Rocchi]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Iceland v Turkey"
| date={{Start date|2014|9|9|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (18:45 [[UTC±00:00|UTC±0]])
| team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
| score=3–0
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013833/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|TUR}}
| goals1=[[Jón Daði Böðvarsson|Böðvarsson]] {{goal|19}} [[Gylfi Sigurðsson|G. Sigurðsson]] {{goal|76}} [[Kolbeinn Sigþórsson|Sigþórsson]] {{goal|77}}
| goals2=
| stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
| attendance=8,811<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/09/europe/european-championship-qualification/iceland/turkey/1653162/?ICID=PL_MS_02 | title = Iceland vs. Turkey | publisher = Soccerway | date = 9 September 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Ivan Bebek]] ([[Croatian Football Federation|Croatia]])
}}
----
{{Football box |id="Latvia v Iceland"
| date={{Start date|2014|10|10|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (21:45 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|LVA}}
| score=0–3
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013849/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|ISL}}
| goals1=
| goals2=[[Gylfi Sigurðsson|G. Sigurðsson]] {{goal|66}} [[Aron Gunnarsson|Gunnarsson]] {{goal|77}} [[Rúrik Gíslason|Gíslason]] {{goal|90}}
| stadium=[[Skonto Stadium]], [[Riga]]
| attendance=6,354<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/latvia/iceland/1653178/?ICID=PL_MS_02 | title = Latvia vs. Iceland | publisher = Soccerway | date = 10 October 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Robert Schörgenhofer]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Netherlands v Kazakhstan"
| date={{Start date|2014|10|10|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (20:45 [[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
| team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
| score=3–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013850/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|KAZ}}
| goals1=[[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar|Huntelaar]] {{goal|62}} [[Ibrahim Afellay|Afellay]] {{goal|82}} [[Robin van Persie|Van Persie]] {{goal|89|pen.}}
| goals2=[[Rinat Abdulin|Abdulin]] {{goal|17}}
| stadium=[[Amsterdam Arena]], [[Amsterdam]]
| attendance=47,500<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/netherlands/kazakhstan/1653179/?ICID=PL_MS_01 | title = Netherlands vs. Kazakhstan | publisher = Soccerway | date = 10 October 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Matej Jug]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Turkey v Czech Republic"
| date={{Start date|2014|10|10|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (21:45 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}
| score=1–2
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013851/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|CZE}}
| goals1=[[Umut Bulut|Bulut]] {{goal|8}}
| goals2=[[Tomáš Sivok|Sivok]] {{goal|15}} [[Bořek Dočkal|Dočkal]] {{goal|58}}
| stadium=[[Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium]], [[Istanbul]]
| attendance=24,007<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/turkey/czech-republic/1653180/?ICID=PL_MS_04 | title = Turkey vs. Czech Republic | publisher = Soccerway | date = 10 October 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Jonas Eriksson (referee)|Jonas Eriksson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}
----
{{Football box |id="Kazakhstan v Czech Republic"
| date={{Start date|2014|10|13|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (22:00 [[UTC+06:00|UTC+6]])
| team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
| score=2–4
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013874/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|CZE}}
| goals1=[[Yuriy Logvinenko|Logvinenko]] {{goal|84||90+1}}
| goals2=[[Bořek Dočkal|Dočkal]] {{goal|13}} [[David Lafata|Lafata]] {{goal|44}} [[Ladislav Krejčí|Krejčí]] {{goal|56}} [[Tomáš Necid|Necid]] {{goal|88}}
| stadium=[[Astana Arena]], [[Astana]]
| attendance=13,752<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/kazakhstan/czech-republic/1653203/?ICID=PL_MS_03 | title = Kazakhstan vs. Czech Republic | publisher = Soccerway | date = 13 October 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Mattias Gestranius]] ([[Football Association of Finland|Finland]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Iceland v Netherlands"
| date={{Start date|2014|10|13|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (18:45 [[UTC±00:00|UTC±0]])
| team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
| score=2–0
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013875/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|NED}}
| goals1=[[Gylfi Sigurðsson|G. Sigurðsson]] {{goal|10|pen.|42}}
| goals2=
| stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
| attendance=9,760<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/iceland/netherlands/1653204/?ICID=PL_MS_05 | title = Iceland vs. Netherlands | publisher = Soccerway | date = 13 October 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Carlos Velasco Carballo]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Latvia v Turkey"
| date={{Start date|2014|10|13|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (21:45 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|LVA}}
| score=1–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013876/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|TUR}}
| goals1=[[Valērijs Šabala|Šabala]] {{goal|54|pen.}}
| goals2=[[Bilal Kısa|Kısa]] {{goal|47}}
| stadium=[[Skonto Stadium]], [[Riga]]
| attendance=6,442<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/latvia/turkey/1653205/?ICID=PL_MS_04 | title = Latvia vs. Turkey | publisher = Soccerway | date = 13 October 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Bobby Madden]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}
----
{{Football box |id="Netherlands v Latvia"
| date={{Start date|2014|11|16|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (18:00 [[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]])
| team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
| score=6–0
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013908/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|LVA}}
| goals1=[[Robin van Persie|Van Persie]] {{goal|6}} [[Arjen Robben|Robben]] {{goal|35||82}} [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar|Huntelaar]] {{goal|42||89}} [[Jeffrey Bruma|Bruma]] {{goal|78}}
| goals2=
| stadium=[[Amsterdam Arena]], [[Amsterdam]]
| attendance=47,500<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/11/16/europe/european-championship-qualification/netherlands/latvia/1653238/?ICID=PL_MS_06 | title = Netherlands vs. Latvia | publisher = Soccerway | date = 16 November 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Liran Liany]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Czech Republic v Iceland"
| date={{Start date|2014|11|16|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (20:45 [[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]])
| team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}
| score=2–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013909/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|ISL}}
| goals1=[[Pavel Kadeřábek|Kadeřábek]] {{goal|45+1}} [[Jón Daði Böðvarsson|Böðvarsson]] {{goal|61|o.g.}}
| goals2=[[Ragnar Sigurðsson|R. Sigurðsson]] {{goal|9}}
| stadium=[[Doosan Arena]], [[Plzeň]]
| attendance=11,533<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/11/16/europe/european-championship-qualification/czech-republic/iceland/1653239/?ICID=PL_MS_08 | title = Czech Republic vs. Iceland | publisher = Soccerway | date = 16 November 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Wolfgang Stark]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Turkey v Kazakhstan"
| date={{Start date|2014|11|16|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (21:45 [[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
| team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}
| score=3–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013910/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|KAZ}}
| goals1=[[Burak Yılmaz|Yılmaz]] {{goal|26|pen.|29}} [[Serdar Aziz|Aziz]] {{goal|83}}
| goals2=[[Samat Smakov|Smakov]] {{goal|87|pen.}}
| stadium=[[Türk Telekom Arena]], [[Istanbul]]
| attendance=27,549<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/11/16/europe/european-championship-qualification/turkey/kazakhstan/1653240/?ICID=PL_MS_07 | title = Turkey vs. Kazakhstan | publisher = Soccerway | date = 16 November 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Aleksei Eskov (referee)|Aleksei Eskov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
}}
----
{{Football box |id="Kazakhstan v Iceland"
| date={{Start date|2015|3|28|df=y}}
| time=16:00 (21:00 [[UTC+06:00|UTC+6]])
| team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
| score=0–3
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013927/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|ISL}}
| goals1=
| goals2=[[Eiður Guðjohnsen|Guðjohnsen]] {{goal|20}} [[Birkir Bjarnason|B. Bjarnason]] {{goal|32||90+1}}
| stadium=[[Astana Arena]], [[Astana]]
| attendance=13,182<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/28/europe/european-championship-qualification/kazakhstan/iceland/1653256/?ICID=PL_MS_09 | title = Kazakhstan vs. Iceland | publisher = Soccerway | date = 28 March 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Anastasios Sidiropoulos]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Czech Republic v Latvia"
| date={{Start date|2015|3|28|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (18:00 [[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]])
| team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}
| score=1–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013928/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|LVA}}
| goals1=[[Václav Pilař|Pilař]] {{goal|90}}
| goals2=[[Aleksejs Višņakovs|A. Višņakovs]] {{goal|30}}
| stadium=[[Eden Arena]], [[Prague]]
| attendance=13,722<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/28/europe/european-championship-qualification/czech-republic/latvia/1653257/?ICID=PL_MS_10 | title = Czech Republic vs. Latvia | publisher = Soccerway | date = 28 March 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Javier Estrada Fernández]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Netherlands v Turkey"
| date={{Start date|2015|3|28|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (20:45 [[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]])
| team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
| score=1–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013929/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|TUR}}
| goals1=[[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar|Huntelaar]] {{goal|90+2}}
| goals2=[[Burak Yılmaz|Yılmaz]] {{goal|37}}
| stadium=[[Amsterdam Arena]], [[Amsterdam]]
| attendance=49,500<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/28/europe/european-championship-qualification/netherlands/turkey/1653258/?ICID=PL_MS_01 | title = Netherlands vs. Turkey | publisher = Soccerway | date = 28 March 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Felix Brych]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
}}
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{{Football box |id="Kazakhstan v Turkey"
| date={{Start date|2015|6|12|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (22:00 [[UTC+06:00|UTC+6]])
| team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
| score=0–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013944/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|TUR}}
| goals1=
| goals2=[[Arda Turan|Turan]] {{goal|83}}
| stadium=[[Central Stadium (Almaty)|Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]]
| attendance=25,125<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/06/12/europe/european-championship-qualification/kazakhstan/turkey/1653273/?ICID=PL_MS_02 | title = Kazakhstan vs. Turkey | publisher = Soccerway | date = 12 June 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Michael Oliver (referee)|Michael Oliver]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Iceland v Czech Republic"
| date={{Start date|2015|6|12|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (18:45 [[UTC±00:00|UTC±0]])
| team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
| score=2–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013945/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|CZE}}
| goals1=[[Aron Gunnarsson|Gunnarsson]] {{goal|60}} [[Kolbeinn Sigþórsson|Sigþórsson]] {{goal|76}}
| goals2=[[Bořek Dočkal|Dočkal]] {{goal|55}}
| stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
| attendance=9,767<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/06/12/europe/european-championship-qualification/iceland/czech-republic/1653274/?ICID=PL_MS_03 | title = Iceland vs. Czech Republic | publisher = Soccerway | date = 12 June 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Willie Collum|William Collum]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Latvia v Netherlands"
| date={{Start date|2015|6|12|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (21:45 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|LVA}}
| score=0–2
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013946/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|NED}}
| goals1=
| goals2=[[Georginio Wijnaldum|Wijnaldum]] {{goal|67}} [[Luciano Narsingh|Narsingh]] {{goal|71}}
| stadium=[[Skonto Stadium]], [[Riga]]
| attendance=8,067<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/06/12/europe/european-championship-qualification/latvia/netherlands/1653275/?ICID=PL_MS_04 | title = Latvia vs. Netherlands | publisher = Soccerway | date = 12 June 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Svein Oddvar Moen]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
}}
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{{Football box |id="Czech Republic v Kazakhstan"
| date={{Start date|2015|9|3|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (20:45 [[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
| team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}
| score=2–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013970/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|KAZ}}
| goals1=[[Milan Škoda|Škoda]] {{goal|74||86}}
| goals2=[[Yuriy Logvinenko|Logvinenko]] {{goal|21}}
| stadium=[[Doosan Arena]], [[Plzeň]]
| attendance=10,572<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/09/03/europe/european-championship-qualification/czech-republic/kazakhstan/1653299/?ICID=PL_MS_06 | title = Czech Republic vs. Kazakhstan | publisher = Soccerway | date = 3 September 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Martin Strömbergsson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Netherlands v Iceland"
| date={{Start date|2015|9|3|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (20:45 [[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
| team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
| score=0–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013971/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|ISL}}
| goals1=
| goals2=[[Gylfi Sigurðsson|G. Sigurðsson]] {{goal|51|pen.}}
| stadium=[[Amsterdam Arena]], [[Amsterdam]]
| attendance=50,275<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/09/03/europe/european-championship-qualification/netherlands/iceland/1653300/?ICID=PL_MS_05 | title = Netherlands vs. Iceland | publisher = Soccerway | date = 3 September 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Milorad Mažić]] ([[Football Association of Serbia|Serbia]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Turkey v Latvia"
| date={{Start date|2015|9|3|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (21:45 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}
| score=1–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013972/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|LVA}}
| goals1=[[Selçuk İnan|İnan]] {{goal|77}}
| goals2=[[Valērijs Šabala|Šabala]] {{goal|90+1}}
| stadium=[[Torku Arena]], [[Konya]]
| attendance=35,900<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/09/03/europe/european-championship-qualification/turkey/latvia/1653301/?ICID=PL_MS_07 | title = Turkey vs. Latvia | publisher = Soccerway | date = 3 September 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Stefan Johannesson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}
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{{Football box |id="Latvia v Czech Republic"
| date={{Start date|2015|9|6|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (19:00 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|LVA}}
| score=1–2
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013996/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|CZE}}
| goals1=[[Artūrs Zjuzins|Zjuzins]] {{goal|73}}
| goals2=[[David Limberský|Limberský]] {{goal|13}} [[Vladimír Darida|Darida]] {{goal|25}}
| stadium=[[Skonto Stadium]], [[Riga]]
| attendance=7,913<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/09/06/europe/european-championship-qualification/latvia/czech-republic/1653325/?ICID=PL_MS_09 | title = Latvia vs. Czech Republic | publisher = Soccerway | date = 6 September 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Deniz Aytekin]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Turkey v Netherlands"
| date={{Start date|2015|9|6|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (19:00 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}
| score=3–0
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013997/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|NED}}
| goals1=[[Oğuzhan Özyakup|Özyakup]] {{goal|8}} [[Arda Turan|Turan]] {{goal|26}} [[Burak Yılmaz|Yılmaz]] {{goal|86}}
| goals2=
| stadium=[[Torku Arena]], [[Konya]]
| attendance=41,007<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/09/06/europe/european-championship-qualification/turkey/netherlands/1653326/?ICID=PL_MS_08 | title = Turkey vs. Netherlands | publisher = Soccerway | date = 6 September 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Antonio Mateu Lahoz]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Iceland v Kazakhstan"
| date={{Start date|2015|9|6|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (18:45 [[UTC±00:00|UTC±0]])
| team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
| score=0–0
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013998/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|KAZ}}
| goals1=
| goals2=
| stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
| attendance=9,767<ref>{{cite web | url = http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/09/06/europe/european-championship-qualification/iceland/kazakhstan/1653327/?ICID=PL_MS_10 | title = Iceland vs. Kazakhstan | publisher = Soccerway | date = 6 September 2015 | accessdate = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
| referee=[[Yevhen Aranovsky]] ([[Football Federation of Ukraine|Ukraine]])
}}
----
{{Football box |id="Iceland v Latvia"
| date={{Start date|2015|10|10|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (16:00 [[UTC±00:00|UTC±0]])
| team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
| score=2–2
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2014039/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|LVA}}
| goals1=[[Kolbeinn Sigþórsson|Sigþórsson]] {{goal|5}} [[Gylfi Sigurðsson|G. Sigurðsson]] {{goal|27}}
| goals2=[[Aleksandrs Cauņa|Cauņa]] {{goal|49}} [[Valērijs Šabala|Šabala]] {{goal|68}}
| stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
| attendance= 9,767<ref>http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/iceland/latvia/1653368/?ICID=PL_MS_05</ref>
| referee=[[Aleksei Eskov (referee)|Aleksei Eskov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Kazakhstan v Netherlands "
| date={{Start date|2015|10|10|df=y}}
| time=18:00 (22:00 [[UTC+06:00|UTC+6]])
| team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
| score=1–2
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2014040/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|NED}}
| goals1=[[Islambek Kuat|Kuat]] {{goal|90+6}}
| goals2=[[Georginio Wijnaldum|Wijnaldum]] {{goal|33}} [[Wesley Sneijder|Sneijder]] {{goal|50}}
| stadium=[[Astana Arena]], [[Astana]]
| attendance= 20,716<ref>http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/kazakhstan/netherlands/1653369/?ICID=PL_MS_06</ref>
| referee=[[Clément Turpin]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Czech Republic v Turkey"
| date={{Start date|2015|10|10|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (20:45 [[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
| team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}
| score=0–2
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2014041/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|TUR}}
| goals1=
| goals2=[[Selçuk İnan|İnan]] {{goal|62|pen.}} [[Hakan Çalhanoğlu|Çalhanoğlu]] {{goal|79}}
| stadium=[[Generali Arena]], [[Prague]]
| attendance= 17,190<ref>http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/czech-republic/turkey/1653370/?ICID=PL_MS_07</ref>
| referee=[[Martin Atkinson]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
----
{{Football box |id="Latvia v Kazakhstan"
| date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (21:45 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|LVA}}
| score=0–1
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2014065/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|KAZ}}
| goals1=
| goals2=[[Islambek Kuat|Kuat]] {{goal|65}}
| stadium=[[Skonto Stadium]], [[Riga]]
| attendance= 7,027<ref>http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/latvia/kazakhstan/1653394/?ICID=PL_MS_08</ref>
| referee=[[Steven McLean (referee)|Steven McLean]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Netherlands v Czech Republic"
| date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (20:45 [[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
| team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
| score=2–3
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2014066/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|CZE}}
| goals1=[[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar|Huntelaar]] {{goal|70}} [[Robin van Persie|Van Persie]] {{goal|83}}
| goals2=[[Pavel Kadeřábek|Kadeřábek]] {{goal|24}} [[Josef Šural|Šural]] {{goal|35}} [[Robin van Persie|Van Persie]] {{goal|66|o.g.}}
| stadium=[[Amsterdam Arena]], [[Amsterdam]]
| attendance= 48,000<ref>http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/netherlands/czech-republic/1653395/?ICID=PL_MS_09</ref>
| referee=[[Damir Skomina]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])
}}
{{Football box |id="Turkey v Iceland"
| date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}
| time=20:45 (21:45 [[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
| team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}
| score=1–0
| report=[http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2014067/index.html Report]
| team2={{fb|ISL}}
| goals1=[[Selçuk İnan|İnan]] {{goal|89}}
| goals2=
| stadium=[[Torku Arena]], [[Konya]]
| attendance= 39,404<ref>http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/turkey/iceland/1653396/?ICID=PL_MS_10</ref>
| referee=[[Gianluca Rocchi]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}

== Goalscorers ==
[[File:Goteborg_Gamla_Ullevi_SWE-ICE_26_Gylfi_Sigurdsson.jpg|thumb|Iceland's [[Gylfi Sigurðsson]] is the group's leading goalscorer with 6 goals]]
;6 goals
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Gylfi Sigurðsson]]

;5 goals
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]]

;4 goals
{{Div col|3}}
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Bořek Dočkal]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Burak Yılmaz]]
{{Div col end}}

;3 goals
{{Div col|3}}
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Kolbeinn Sigþórsson]]
*{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yuriy Logvinenko]]
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Valērijs Šabala]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Robin van Persie]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Selçuk İnan]]
{{Div col end}}

;2 goals
{{Div col|3}}
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Kadeřábek]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Václav Pilař]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Milan Škoda]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Birkir Bjarnason]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Aron Gunnarsson]]
*{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Islambek Kuat]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Arjen Robben]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Georginio Wijnaldum]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Arda Turan]]
{{Div col end}}

;1 goal
{{Div col|3}}
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vladimír Darida]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ladislav Krejčí]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[David Lafata]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[David Limberský]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Necid]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Sivok]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Josef Šural]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Jón Daði Böðvarsson]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Rúrik Gíslason]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Eiður Guðjohnsen]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Ragnar Sigurðsson]]
*{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Rinat Abdulin]]
*{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Samat Smakov]]
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Aleksandrs Cauņa]]
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Aleksejs Višņakovs]]
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Artūrs Zjuzins]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Ibrahim Afellay]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jeffrey Bruma]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Stefan de Vrij]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Luciano Narsingh]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Wesley Sneijder]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Serdar Aziz]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Umut Bulut]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hakan Çalhanoğlu]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Bilal Kısa]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Oğuzhan Özyakup]]
{{Div col end}}

;1 own goal
{{Div col|2}}
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Jón Daði Böðvarsson]] (playing against Czech Republic)
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Robin van Persie]] (playing against Czech Republic)
{{Div col end}}

== Discipline ==

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:<ref name="regulations"/>
* 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:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! Team
! Player
! Offence(s)
! Suspended for match(es)
|-
| {{fb|CZE}} || [[Bořek Dočkal]] || {{yel}} vs Iceland (16 November 2014) {{yel}} vs Latvia (28 March 2015) {{yel}} vs Turkey (10 October 2015) || vs Netherlands (13 October 2015)
|-
| {{fb|ISL}} || [[Aron Gunnarsson]] || {{sent off|2}} vs Kazakhstan (6 September 2015) || vs Latvia (10 October 2015)
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{fb|KAZ}} || [[Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev]] || {{sent off|0}} vs Netherlands (10 October 2014) || vs Czech Republic (13 October 2014) vs Turkey (16 November 2014) vs Iceland (28 March 2015)
|-
| [[Dmitri Shomko]] || {{yel}} vs Netherlands (10 October 2014) {{yel}} vs Turkey (12 June 2015) {{yel}} vs Czech Republic (3 September 2015) || vs Iceland (6 September 2015)
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{fb|LVA}} || [[Artjoms Rudņevs]] || {{sent off|2}} vs Iceland (10 October 2014) || vs Turkey (13 October 2014)
|-
| [[Gints Freimanis]] || {{sent off|2}} vs Turkey (13 October 2014) || vs Netherlands (16 November 2014)
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{fb|NED}} || [[Bruno Martins Indi]] || {{sent off|0}} vs Iceland (3 September 2015) || vs Turkey (6 September 2015) vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015)
|-
| [[Gregory van der Wiel]] || {{yel}} vs Turkey (28 March 2015) {{yel}} vs Iceland (3 September 2015) {{yel}} vs Turkey (6 September 2015) || vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015)
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{fb|TUR}} || [[Ömer Toprak]] || {{sent off|2}} vs Iceland (9 September 2014) || vs Czech Republic (10 October 2014)
|-
| [[Arda Turan]] || {{yel}} vs Iceland (9 September 2014) {{yel}} vs Latvia (13 October 2014) {{yel}} vs Kazakhstan (16 November 2014) || vs Netherlands (28 March 2015)
|}

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group="note"}}

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/standings/round=2000446/group=2002428/index.html UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round Group A]

{{UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Euro}}
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[[Category:2014–15 in Czech football]]
[[Category:Czech Republic at UEFA Euro 2016|Q]]
[[Category:2014 in Latvian football]]
[[Category:2015 in Latvian football]]
[[Category:2014 in Kazakhstani football]]
[[Category:2015 in Kazakhstani football]]
[[Category:2014 in Icelandic football]]
[[Category:2015 in Icelandic football]]
[[Category:2014–15 in Turkish football]]
[[Category:Turkey at UEFA Euro 2016|Q]]
[[Category:Iceland at UEFA Euro 2016|Q]]

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