UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A

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.[1] Group A consisted of six teams: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan,[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.

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Czech Republic Iceland Turkey Netherlands Kazakhstan Latvia
1  Czech Republic 10 7 1 2 19 14 +5 22 Qualify for final tournament — 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1
2  Iceland 10 6 2 2 17 6 +11 20 2–1 — 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
3  Turkey 10 5 3 2 14 9 +5 18 1–2 1–0 — 3–0 3–1 1–1
4  Netherlands 10 4 1 5 17 14 +3 13 2–3 0–1 1–1 — 3–1 6–0
5  Kazakhstan 10 1 2 7 7 18 −11 5 2–4 0–3 0–1 1–2 — 0–0
6  Latvia 10 0 5 5 6 19 −13 5 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

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).

9 September 2014 (2014-09-09)
18:00
(22:00 UTC+6)
Kazakhstan  0–0  Latvia
Report
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 10,200[5]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

9 September 2014 (2014-09-09)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Czech Republic  2–1  Netherlands
Dočkal  22'
Pilař  90+1'		 Report De Vrij  55'
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,946[6]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

9 September 2014 (2014-09-09)
20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  3–0  Turkey
Böðvarsson  19'
G. Sigurðsson  76'
Sigþórsson  77'		 Report

10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Latvia  0–3  Iceland
Report G. Sigurðsson  66'
Gunnarsson  77'
Gíslason  90'

10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Netherlands  3–1  Kazakhstan
Huntelaar  62'
Afellay  82'
Van Persie  89' (pen.)		 Report Abdulin  17'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 47,500[9]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Turkey  1–2  Czech Republic
Bulut  8' Report Sivok  15'
Dočkal  58'

13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)
18:00
(22:00 UTC+6)
Kazakhstan  2–4  Czech Republic
Logvinenko  84', 90+1' Report Dočkal  13'
Lafata  44'
Krejčí  56'
Necid  88'
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 13,752[11]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)
20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  2–0  Netherlands
G. Sigurðsson  10' (pen.), 42' Report

13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Latvia  1–1  Turkey
Šabala  54' (pen.) Report Kısa  47'
Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 6,442[13]
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)
18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)
Netherlands  6–0  Latvia
Van Persie  6'
Robben  35', 82'
Huntelaar  42', 89'
Bruma  78'		 Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 47,500[14]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Czech Republic  2–1  Iceland
Kadeřábek  45+1'
Böðvarsson  61' (o.g.)		 Report R. Sigurðsson  9'
Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Attendance: 11,533[15]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)
Turkey  3–1  Kazakhstan
Yılmaz  26' (pen.), 29'
Aziz  83'		 Report Smakov  87' (pen.)

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)
16:00
(21:00 UTC+6)
Kazakhstan  0–3  Iceland
Report Guðjohnsen  20'
B. Bjarnason  32', 90+1'

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)
18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)
Czech Republic  1–1  Latvia
Pilař  90' Report A. Višņakovs  30'

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Netherlands  1–1  Turkey
Huntelaar  90+2' Report Yılmaz  37'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 49,500[19]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)
18:00
(22:00 UTC+6)
Kazakhstan  0–1  Turkey
Report Turan  83'
Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 25,125[20]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)
20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  2–1  Czech Republic
Gunnarsson  60'
Sigþórsson  76'		 Report Dočkal  55'

12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Latvia  0–2  Netherlands
Report Wijnaldum  67'
Narsingh  71'
Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 8,067[22]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Czech Republic  2–1  Kazakhstan
Škoda  74', 86' Report Logvinenko  21'

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Netherlands  0–1  Iceland
Report G. Sigurðsson  51' (pen.)

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Turkey  1–1  Latvia
İnan  77' Report Šabala  90+1'
Torku Arena, Konya
Attendance: 35,900[25]
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
Latvia  1–2  Czech Republic
Zjuzins  73' Report Limberský  13'
Darida  25'
Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 7,913[26]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
Turkey  3–0  Netherlands
Özyakup  8'
Turan  26'
Yılmaz  86'		 Report
Torku Arena, Konya
Attendance: 41,007[27]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  0–0  Kazakhstan
Report

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
18:00
(16:00 UTC±0)
Iceland  2–2  Latvia
Sigþórsson  5'
G. Sigurðsson  27'		 Report Cauņa  49'
Šabala  68'

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
18:00
(22:00 UTC+6)
Kazakhstan  1–2  Netherlands
Kuat  90+6' Report Wijnaldum  33'
Sneijder  50'
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 20,716[30]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Czech Republic  0–2  Turkey
Report İnan  62' (pen.)
Çalhanoğlu  79'
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,190[31]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Latvia  0–1  Kazakhstan
Report Kuat  65'
Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 7,027[32]
Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Netherlands  2–3  Czech Republic
Huntelaar  70'
Van Persie  83'		 Report Kadeřábek  24'
Šural  35'
Van Persie  66' (o.g.)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Turkey  1–0  Iceland
İnan  89' Report
Torku Arena, Konya
Attendance: 39,404[34]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Goalscorers

Iceland's Gylfi Sigurðsson is the group's leading goalscorer with 6 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Czech Republic Bořek Dočkal vs Iceland (16 November 2014)
vs Latvia (28 March 2015)
vs Turkey (10 October 2015) 		vs Netherlands (13 October 2015)
 Iceland Aron Gunnarsson Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Kazakhstan (6 September 2015) vs Latvia (10 October 2015)
 Kazakhstan Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev Red card vs Netherlands (10 October 2014) vs Czech Republic (13 October 2014)
vs Turkey (16 November 2014)
vs Iceland (28 March 2015)
Dmitri Shomko vs Netherlands (10 October 2014)
vs Turkey (12 June 2015)
vs Czech Republic (3 September 2015) 		vs Iceland (6 September 2015)
 Latvia Artjoms Rudņevs Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Iceland (10 October 2014) vs Turkey (13 October 2014)
Gints Freimanis Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Turkey (13 October 2014) vs Netherlands (16 November 2014)
 Netherlands Bruno Martins Indi Red card vs Iceland (3 September 2015) vs Turkey (6 September 2015)
vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015)
Gregory van der Wiel vs Turkey (28 March 2015)
vs Iceland (3 September 2015)
vs Turkey (6 September 2015) 		vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015)
 Turkey Ömer Toprak Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Iceland (9 September 2014) vs Czech Republic (10 October 2014)
Arda Turan vs Iceland (9 September 2014)
vs Latvia (13 October 2014)
vs Kazakhstan (16 November 2014) 		vs Netherlands (28 March 2015)

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 16 November 2014 and 28 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

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. 1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ↑ "Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Latvia". Soccerway. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Netherlands". Soccerway. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Iceland vs. Turkey". Soccerway. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Latvia vs. Iceland". Soccerway. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Kazakhstan". Soccerway. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Turkey vs. Czech Republic". Soccerway. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Czech Republic". Soccerway. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Iceland vs. Netherlands". Soccerway. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Latvia vs. Turkey". Soccerway. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Latvia". Soccerway. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Iceland". Soccerway. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Turkey vs. Kazakhstan". Soccerway. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Iceland". Soccerway. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Latvia". Soccerway. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Turkey". Soccerway. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Turkey". Soccerway. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Iceland vs. Czech Republic". Soccerway. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Latvia vs. Netherlands". Soccerway. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Kazakhstan". Soccerway. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Iceland". Soccerway. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Turkey vs. Latvia". Soccerway. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  26. ↑ "Latvia vs. Czech Republic". Soccerway. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  27. ↑ "Turkey vs. Netherlands". Soccerway. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  28. ↑ "Iceland vs. Kazakhstan". Soccerway. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  29. ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/iceland/latvia/1653368/?ICID=PL_MS_05
  30. ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/kazakhstan/netherlands/1653369/?ICID=PL_MS_06
  31. ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/10/europe/european-championship-qualification/czech-republic/turkey/1653370/?ICID=PL_MS_07
  32. ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/latvia/kazakhstan/1653394/?ICID=PL_MS_08
  33. ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/netherlands/czech-republic/1653395/?ICID=PL_MS_09
  34. ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/13/europe/european-championship-qualification/turkey/iceland/1653396/?ICID=PL_MS_10
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