UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A
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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">Template:Cite web</ref> Group A consisted of six teams: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.<ref name="regulations">Template:Cite web</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 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 they were the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams.
Standings
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Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Times are CET/CEST,Template:Refn as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
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Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Template:Flagicon Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
- Template:Flagicon Yuriy Logvinenko
- Template:Flagicon Valērijs Šabala
- Template:Flagicon Robin van Persie
- Template:Flagicon Selçuk İnan
- 2 goals
- Template:Flagicon Pavel Kadeřábek
- Template:Flagicon Václav Pilař
- Template:Flagicon Milan Škoda
- Template:Flagicon Birkir Bjarnason
- Template:Flagicon Aron Gunnarsson
- Template:Flagicon Islambek Kuat
- Template:Flagicon Arjen Robben
- Template:Flagicon Georginio Wijnaldum
- Template:Flagicon Arda Turan
- 1 goal
- Template:Flagicon Vladimír Darida
- Template:Flagicon Ladislav Krejčí
- Template:Flagicon David Lafata
- Template:Flagicon David Limberský
- Template:Flagicon Tomáš Necid
- Template:Flagicon Tomáš Sivok
- Template:Flagicon Josef Šural
- Template:Flagicon Jón Daði Böðvarsson
- Template:Flagicon Rúrik Gíslason
- Template:Flagicon Eiður Guðjohnsen
- Template:Flagicon Ragnar Sigurðsson
- Template:Flagicon Rinat Abdulin
- Template:Flagicon Samat Smakov
- Template:Flagicon Aleksandrs Cauņa
- Template:Flagicon Aleksejs Višņakovs
- Template:Flagicon Artūrs Zjuzins
- Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Afellay
- Template:Flagicon Jeffrey Bruma
- Template:Flagicon Stefan de Vrij
- Template:Flagicon Luciano Narsingh
- Template:Flagicon Wesley Sneijder
- Template:Flagicon Serdar Aziz
- Template:Flagicon Umut Bulut
- Template:Flagicon Hakan Çalhanoğlu
- Template:Flagicon Bilal Kısa
- Template:Flagicon Oğuzhan Özyakup
- 1 own goal
- Template:Flagicon Jón Daði Böðvarsson (playing against Czech Republic)
- Template:Flagicon Robin van Persie (playing against Czech Republic)
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:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | Bořek Dočkal | Template:Yel vs Iceland (16 November 2014) Template:Yel vs Latvia (28 March 2015) Template:Yel vs Turkey (10 October 2015) |
vs Netherlands (13 October 2015) |
| Template:Fb | Aron Gunnarsson | Template:Sent off vs Kazakhstan (6 September 2015) | vs Latvia (10 October 2015) |
| Template:Fb | Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev | Template:Sent off vs Netherlands (10 October 2014) | vs Czech Republic (13 October 2014) vs Turkey (16 November 2014) vs Iceland (28 March 2015) |
| Dmitri Shomko | Template:Yel vs Netherlands (10 October 2014) Template:Yel vs Turkey (12 June 2015) Template:Yel vs Czech Republic (3 September 2015) |
vs Iceland (6 September 2015) | |
| Template:Fb | Artjoms Rudņevs | Template:Sent off vs Iceland (10 October 2014) | vs Turkey (13 October 2014) |
| Gints Freimanis | Template:Sent off vs Turkey (13 October 2014) | vs Netherlands (16 November 2014) | |
| Template:Fb | Bruno Martins Indi | Template:Sent off vs Iceland (3 September 2015) | vs Turkey (6 September 2015) vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015) |
| Gregory van der Wiel | Template:Yel vs Turkey (28 March 2015) Template:Yel vs Iceland (3 September 2015) Template:Yel vs Turkey (6 September 2015) |
vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015) | |
| Template:Fb | Ömer Toprak | Template:Sent off vs Iceland (9 September 2014) | vs Czech Republic (10 October 2014) |
| Arda Turan | Template:Yel vs Iceland (9 September 2014) Template:Yel vs Latvia (13 October 2014) Template:Yel vs Kazakhstan (16 November 2014) |
vs Netherlands (28 March 2015) |
Notes
References
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
- 2014–15 in Dutch football
- 2014–15 in Czech football
- Czech Republic at UEFA Euro 2016
- 2014 in Latvian football
- 2015 in Latvian football
- 2014 in Kazakhstani football
- 2015 in Kazakhstani football
- 2014 in Icelandic football
- 2015 in Icelandic football
- 2014–15 in Turkish football
- Turkey at UEFA Euro 2016
- Iceland at UEFA Euro 2016
