# UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G

The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. Group G consisted of six teams: Russia, Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Moldova, and Liechtenstein, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The top two teams, Austria and Russia, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Sweden weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Denmark and thus qualified as well.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Austria | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 28 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Russia | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 20 | Qualify for final tournament | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Sweden | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 18 | Advance to play-offs | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Montenegro | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 11 | | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 5 | | 0–5 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | Moldova | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ The Montenegro v Russia match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Russia after being abandoned at 0–0 due to crowd violence and a scuffle between players.

## 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 71 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match.
8 goals
* Artem Dzyuba
* Zlatan Ibrahimović
7 goals
* Marc Janko
4 goals
* David Alaba
3 goals
* Marko Arnautović
* Martin Harnik
* Aleksandr Kokorin
* Erkan Zengin
2 goals
* Zlatko Junuzović
* Rubin Okotie
* Fatos Bećiraj
* Stevan Jovetić
* Mirko Vučinić
* Marcus Berg
1 goal
* Marcel Sabitzer
* Franz Burgmeier
* Sandro Wieser
* Gheorghe Boghiu
* Eugeniu Cebotaru
* Alexandru Dedov
* Alexandru Epureanu
* Dejan Damjanović
* Stefan Savić
* Žarko Tomašević
* Alan Dzagoev
* Sergei Ignashevich
* Dmitri Kombarov
* Oleg Kuzmin
* Fyodor Smolov
* Jimmy Durmaz
* Ola Toivonen
1 own goal
* Martin Büchel (against Russia)
* Franz Burgmeier (against Russia)
* Petru Racu (against Montenegro)

## 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) |
| Austria | Marc Janko | vs Moldova (9 October 2014) | vs Montenegro (12 October 2014) |
| Liechtenstein | Mario Frick | vs Russia (8 September 2014) vs Montenegro (9 October 2014) vs Sweden (12 October 2014) | vs Moldova (15 November 2014) |
| Liechtenstein | Sandro Wieser | vs Russia (8 September 2014) vs Moldova (14 June 2015) vs Montenegro (5 September 2015) | vs Russia (8 September 2015) |
| Liechtenstein | Daniel Kaufmann | vs Russia (8 September 2015) | vs Sweden (9 October 2015) |
| Moldova | Alexandru Gațcan | vs Sweden (27 March 2015) vs Liechtenstein (14 June 2015) vs Montenegro (8 September 2015) | vs Russia (9 October 2015) |
| Moldova | Victor Golovatenco | vs Russia (12 October 2014) vs Sweden (27 March 2015) vs Montenegro (8 September 2015) | vs Russia (9 October 2015) |
| Montenegro | Marko Simić | vs Liechtenstein (9 October 2014) vs Austria (12 October 2014) vs Sweden (14 June 2015) | vs Liechtenstein (5 September 2015) |
| Montenegro | Mirko Vučinić | vs Austria (9 October 2015) | vs Russia (12 October 2015) |
| Sweden | Andreas Granqvist | vs Moldova (27 March 2015) | vs Montenegro (14 June 2015) |
| Sweden | Kim Källström | vs Austria (8 September 2014) vs Montenegro (15 November 2014) vs Montenegro (14 June 2015) | vs Russia (5 September 2015) |
Montenegro coach Branko Brnović served a one-match touchline ban and missed Montenegro's match against Russia (12 October 2015) after being sent off against Austria (9 October 2015).