# 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. Group C consisted of six teams: Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia, and Luxembourg, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
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.
The top two teams, Spain and Slovakia, qualified directly for the finals. 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 as well.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 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 | Qualify for final tournament | 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 | North Macedonia | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Luxembourg 2, North Macedonia 0.

## Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

## Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.
5 goals
* Marek Hamšík
* Paco Alcácer
4 goals
* Andriy Yarmolenko
3 goals
* Adam Nemec
* David Silva
* Artem Kravets
2 goals
* Stanislaw Drahun
* Mikhail Gordeichuk
* Timofei Kalachev
* Sergei Kornilenko
* Lars Krogh Gerson
* Aleksandar Trajkovski
* Juraj Kucka
* Róbert Mak
* Sergio Busquets
* Santi Cazorla
* Pedro
* Yevhen Konoplyanka
* Serhiy Sydorchuk
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
* Andrés Iniesta
* Isco
* Mario Gaspar
* Álvaro Morata
* Sergio Ramos
* Denys Harmash
* Yevhen Seleznyov
1 own goal
* Alyaksandr Martynovich (against Ukraine)
* Tome Pachovski (against Spain)

## Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
* Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could 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 were 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) |
| Belarus | Maksim Bardachow | vs Spain (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (27 March 2015) vs Spain (14 June 2015) | vs Ukraine (5 September 2015) |
| Belarus | Alyaksandr Martynovich | vs Luxembourg (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (27 March 2015) vs Ukraine (5 September 2015) | vs Luxembourg (8 September 2015) |
| Belarus | Alyaksandr Martynovich | vs Slovakia (9 October 2015) | vs Macedonia (12 October 2015) |
| Luxembourg | Aurélien Joachim | vs Portugal (15 October 2013) | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) |
| Luxembourg | Mario Mutsch | vs Macedonia (9 October 2014) vs Slovakia (27 March 2015) vs Ukraine (14 June 2015) | vs Macedonia (5 September 2015) |
| Luxembourg | Christopher Martins | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) vs Ukraine (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (5 September 2015) | vs Belarus (8 September 2015) |
| Luxembourg | Chris Philipps | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (9 October 2014) vs Belarus (8 September 2015) | vs Spain (9 October 2015) |
| Luxembourg | 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) |
| Macedonia | Besart Abdurahimi | vs Spain (8 September 2014) vs Ukraine (12 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015) | vs Spain (8 September 2015) |
| Macedonia | 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) | vs Ukraine (8 September 2014) |
| Slovakia | Martin Škrtel | vs Macedonia (15 November 2014) vs Luxembourg (27 March 2015) vs Macedonia (14 June 2015) | vs Spain (5 September 2015) |
| Slovakia | Juraj Kucka | vs Ukraine (8 September 2014) vs Spain (9 October 2015) vs Macedonia (14 June 2015) | vs Spain (5 September 2015) |
| Slovakia | 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) | vs Slovakia (8 September 2014) |
| Ukraine | Yevhen Khacheridi | vs Luxembourg (15 November 2014) vs Belarus (5 September 2015) vs Macedonia (9 October 2015) | vs Spain (12 October 2015) |
| Ukraine | Artem Fedetskyi | vs Slovakia (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (12 October 2014) vs Spain (27 March 2015) | vs Luxembourg (14 June 2015) |
| Ukraine | Denys Harmash | vs Belarus (5 September 2015) | vs Slovakia (8 September 2015) |
| Ukraine | Serhiy Sydorchuk | vs Macedonia (12 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (9 October 2015) | vs Spain (12 October 2015) |