# UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A

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. Group A consisted of six teams: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The top two teams, the Czech Republic and Iceland, qualified directly for the finals. Turkey's win over Iceland, combined with Kazakhstan's win over Latvia on the final day of matches, also allowed Turkey to qualify directly as the best ranked third-placed team of the qualifiers. As Turkey earned 6 points against Kazakhstan and 2 points against Latvia through their home and away fixtures, and as Kazakhstan's win over Latvia ensured that Latvia finished in last place in the group based on head-to-head record, not Kazakhstan, it then meant that only 2, not 6, of Turkey's total of 18 points earned would not count towards their third-placed ranking (as results against the team finishing in last place in the group were not included when ranking third-placed teams because one group had fewer teams than the others).

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 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 | Qualify for final tournament | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Turkey | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 18 | Qualify for final tournament | 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 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Kazakhstan 4, Latvia 1.

## 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 80 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.
6 goals
* Gylfi Sigurðsson
5 goals
* Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
4 goals
* Bořek Dočkal
* Burak Yılmaz
3 goals
* Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
* Yuriy Logvinenko
* Valērijs Šabala
* Robin van Persie
* Selçuk İnan
2 goals
* Pavel Kadeřábek
* Václav Pilař
* Milan Škoda
* Birkir Bjarnason
* Aron Gunnarsson
* Islambek Kuat
* Arjen Robben
* Georginio Wijnaldum
* Arda Turan
1 goal
* Vladimír Darida
* Ladislav Krejčí
* David Lafata
* David Limberský
* Tomáš Necid
* Tomáš Sivok
* Josef Šural
* Jón Daði Böðvarsson
* Rúrik Gíslason
* Eiður Guðjohnsen
* Ragnar Sigurðsson
* Rinat Abdulin
* Samat Smakov
* Aleksandrs Cauņa
* Aleksejs Višņakovs
* Artūrs Zjuzins
* Ibrahim Afellay
* Jeffrey Bruma
* Stefan de Vrij
* Luciano Narsingh
* Wesley Sneijder
* Serdar Aziz
* Umut Bulut
* Hakan Çalhanoğlu
* Bilal Kısa
* Oğuzhan Özyakup
1 own goal
* Jón Daði Böðvarsson (against Czech Republic)
* Robin van Persie (against Czech Republic)

## 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 the fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the playoffs, 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) |
| 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 | vs Kazakhstan (6 September 2015) | vs Latvia (10 October 2015) |
| Kazakhstan | Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev | vs Netherlands (10 October 2014) | vs Czech Republic (13 October 2014) vs Turkey (16 November 2014) vs Iceland (28 March 2015) |
| Kazakhstan | 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 | vs Iceland (10 October 2014) | vs Turkey (13 October 2014) |
| Latvia | Gints Freimanis | vs Turkey (13 October 2014) | vs Netherlands (16 November 2014) |
| Netherlands | Bruno Martins Indi | vs Iceland (3 September 2015) | vs Turkey (6 September 2015) vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015) |
| Netherlands | 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 | vs Iceland (9 September 2014) | vs Czech Republic (10 October 2014) |
| Turkey | Arda Turan | vs Iceland (9 September 2014) vs Latvia (13 October 2014) vs Kazakhstan (16 November 2014) | vs Netherlands (28 March 2015) |