UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C
The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group C consisted of six teams: Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia, and Luxembourg,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
Originally Gibraltar had been drawn in this group, but were moved to group D due to Spain not being willing to play them because of the disputed status of Gibraltar.[4]
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.
Spain and Slovakia qualified for the finals as the group winners and runners-up respectively. As third-placed Ukraine weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Slovenia and thus qualified too.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Spain |
10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 27 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Slovakia |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 22 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Ukraine |
10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 19 | Advance to play-offs | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| 4 | Belarus |
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 11 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
| 5 | Luxembourg |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Macedonia |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — |
Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.[5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
| Spain |
5–1 | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
Ramos  16' (pen.)Alcácer 17'Busquets 45+3'Silva 50'Pedro 90+1' |
Report | Ibraimi 28' (pen.) |
| Macedonia |
3–2 | Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
| Trajkovski 20' Jahović 66' (pen.)Abdurahimi 90+2' |
Report | Bensi 39' Turpel 44' |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Stefano Bensi
- Mario Mutsch
- Sébastien Thill
- David Turpel
- Besart Abdurahimi
- Arijan Ademi
- Agim Ibraimi
- Adis Jahović
- Peter Pekarík
- Kornel Saláta
- Stanislav Šesták
- Miroslav Stoch
- Vladimír Weiss
- Jordi Alba
- Juan Bernat
- Diego Costa
- Mario Gaspar
- Andrés Iniesta
- Isco
- Álvaro Morata
- Sergio Ramos
- Denys Harmash
- Yevhen Seleznyov
- 1 own goal
- Alyaksandr Martynovich (playing against Ukraine)
- Tome Pačovski (playing against Spain)
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:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | Maksim Bardachow |  vs Spain (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (27 March 2015) vs Spain (14 June 2015) | vs Ukraine (5 September 2015) |
| Alyaksandr Martynovich | vs Luxembourg (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (27 March 2015) vs Ukraine (5 September 2015) | vs Luxembourg (8 September 2015) | |
 vs Slovakia (9 October 2015) | vs Macedonia (12 October 2015) | ||
| Luxembourg | Aurélien Joachim | vs Portugal (15 October 2013)[note 2] | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) |
| Mario Mutsch | vs Macedonia (9 October 2014) vs Slovakia (27 March 2015) vs Ukraine (14 June 2015) | vs Macedonia (5 September 2015) | |
| Christopher Martins | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) vs Ukraine (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (5 September 2015) | vs Belarus (8 September 2015) | |
| Chris Philipps | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (9 October 2014) vs Belarus (8 September 2015) | vs Spain (9 October 2015) | |
| Daniel da Mota | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) vs Ukraine (14 June 2015) vs Spain (9 October 2015) | vs Slovakia (12 October 2015) | |
| Macedonia | Ferhan Hasani | vs Slovakia (14 June 2014) | vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015) |
| Besart Abdurahimi | vs Spain (8 September 2014) vs Ukraine (12 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015) | vs Spain (8 September 2015) | |
| Stefan Ristovski | vs Spain (8 September 2014) vs Luxembourg (9 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015) | vs Spain (8 September 2015) | |
| Slovakia | Martin Škrtel | vs Greece (11 October 2013)[note 2] | vs Ukraine (8 September 2014) |
| vs Macedonia (15 November 2014) vs Luxembourg (27 March 2015) vs Macedonia (14 June 2015) | vs Spain (5 September 2015) | ||
| Juraj Kucka | vs Ukraine (8 September 2014) vs Spain (9 October 2015) vs Macedonia (14 June 2015) | vs Spain (5 September 2015) | |
| Norbert Gyömbér | vs Spain (9 October 2014) vs Belarus (12 October 2014) vs Ukraine (8 September 2015) | vs Belarus (9 October 2015) | |
| Spain | Diego Costa | vs Slovakia (9 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (12 October 2014) vs Macedonia (8 September 2015) | vs Luxembourg (9 October 2015) |
| Ukraine | Yevhen Khacheridi | vs France (19 November 2013)[note 2] | vs Slovakia (8 September 2014) |
| vs Luxembourg (15 November 2014) vs Belarus (5 September 2015) vs Macedonia (9 October 2015) | vs Spain (12 October 2015) | ||
| Artem Fedetskyi | vs Slovakia (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (12 October 2014) vs Spain (27 March 2015) | vs Luxembourg (14 June 2015) | |
| Denys Harmash | vs Belarus (5 September 2015) | vs Slovakia (8 September 2015) | |
| Serhiy Sydorchuk | vs Macedonia (12 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (9 October 2015) | vs Spain (12 October 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.
- ↑ Fifield, Nicola (23 February 2014). "Gibraltar moves group in Euro 2016 qualifiers draw over political tensions". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ "Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Belarus vs. Slovakia 1 - 3". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Spain 0 - 4". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Macedonia vs. Slovakia 0 - 2". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Belarus vs. Luxembourg 2 - 0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Macedonia vs. Spain 0 - 1". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Slovakia vs. Ukraine 0 - 0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "FYR Macedonia vs. Ukraine - 9 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Slovakia vs. Belarus - 9 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Spain vs. Luxembourg - 9 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Belarus vs. FYR Macedonia - 12 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Slovakia - 12 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ukraine vs. Spain - 12 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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