UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from September 2014 to November 2015. It 
was played to determine who will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016. The top scorer of the tournament was Poland's Robert Lewandowski with 13 goals. 53 teams participated in the qualification tournament.

France automatically qualified because they are hosts. 23 other teams qualified for the tournament.

 Qualified teams 

CountryQualified onPrevious appearances11 October 20150 (first time qualifying) Austria8 September 20151 (2008)10 October 20154 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000) Croatia13 October 20154 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) Czech Republic6 September 20158 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) England5 September 20158 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012) France (host)28 May 20108 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) Germany11 October 201511 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)15 November 20152 (1964, 1972) Iceland6 September 20150 (first time qualifying)10 October 20158 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)8 October 20150 (first time qualifying)11 October 20152 (2008, 2012)8 October 20156 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)16 November 20152 (1988, 2012)11 October 20154 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008)12 October 20154 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)11 October 20150 (first time qualifying)9 October 20159 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)17 November 20155 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)9 October 20153 (1996, 2004, 2008)13 October 20153 (1996, 2000, 2008)17 November 20151 (2012)10 October 20150 (first time qualifying)

 Results 

 Group A 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1107121914+522Qualify for final tournament210622176+1120310532149+5184104151714+313510127718–115610055619–135

 Group B 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification110721245+1923Qualify for final tournament210631114+7213105231712+517Advance to play-offs4104151614+2135104061617–1126100010436–320

 Group C 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification110901233+2027Qualify for final tournament210712178+922310613144+1019Advance to play-offs410325814–611510118627–214610118618–124

 Group D 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification110712249+1522Qualify for final tournament2106313310+23213 Republic of Ireland10532197+1218Advance to play-offs4104332212+10155103071016–696100010256–540

 Group E 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1101000313+2830Qualify for final tournament210703248+16213105141811+716Advance to play-offs41031649–510510316718–1110610019136–351

 Group F 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification110631168+821Qualify for final tournament210550112+920310442119+216Advance to play-offs410334910–112510208617–116610136714–76

 Group G 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification110910225+1728Qualify for final tournament210622215+1620310532159+618Advance to play-offs4103251013–311510127226–245610028416–122

 Group H 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification110730167+924Qualify for final tournament2One point was subtracted because of racist behavior from fans against Italy.10631205+15203106131310+319Advance to play-offs410325912–311510136718–116610028316–132

 Group I 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification18701115+621Qualify for final tournament28422105+5143833285+312Advance to play-offs48215813–5458026514–92

 Play-offs 

 Ranking of third-placed teams 

This table was made up of each teams performance during the main qualification stage. The best third-place team automatically qualified, but the rest had to go to the play-offs.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification18512127+516Qualify for final tournament2843185+315Advance to play-offs38413114+71348413810−2135833285+31268332119+2127 Republic of Ireland833287+112883231112−111983141011−110

 Play-off matches 

12 November 20150−113 November 20151−1 Republic of Ireland14 November 20152−02−115 November 20152−116 November 2015Republic of Ireland 2−017 November 20151−12−2

 Ukraine qualifies over Slovenia (3−1 aggregate)
 Sweden qualifies over Denmark (4−3 aggregate)
 Republic of Ireland over Bosnia and Herzegovina (3−1 aggregate)
 Hungary over Norway (3−1 aggregate)

 Statistics 
 Top scorers 

13 goals
 Robert Lewandowski

11 goals
 Zlatan Ibrahimović

9 goals
 Thomas Müller

8 goals

 Edin Džeko
 Artyom Dzyuba

7 goals

 Marc Janko
 Wayne Rooney
 Kyle Lafferty
 Steven Fletcher
 Gareth Bale

6 goals

 Ivan Perišić
 Danny Welbeck
 Gylfi Sigurðsson
 Arkadiusz Milik
 Milivoje Novaković
 Andriy Yarmolenko

5 goals

 Kevin De Bruyne
 Eden Hazard
 Omer Damari
 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
 Cristiano Ronaldo
 Robbie Keane
 Jonathan Walters
 Shaun Maloney
 Marek Hamšík
 Paco Alcácer

4 goals

 David Alaba
 Marouane Fellaini
 Nestoras Mitidis
 Bořek Dočkal
 Kamil Grosicki
 Xherdan Shaqiri
 Burak Yılmaz

3 goals

 Ildefons Lima
 Marko Arnautović
 Martin Harnik
 Dimitrij Nazarov
 Dries Mertens
 Demetris Christofi
 Georgios Efrem
 Harry Kane
 Theo Walcott
 Joel Pohjanpalo
 Tornike Okriashvili
 Mario Götze
 Max Kruse
 André Schürrle
 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
 Tomer Hemed
 Graziano Pellè
 Yuriy Logvinenko
 Valērijs Šabala
 Robin van Persie
 Gareth McAuley
 Alexander Tettey
 Shane Long
 Aleksandr Kokorin
 Steven Naismith
 Zoran Tošić
 Adam Nemec
 Boštjan Cesar
 David Silva
 Erkan Zengin
 Josip Drmić
 Haris Seferović
 Selçuk İnan
 Artem Kravets

2 goals

 Zlatko Junuzović
 Rubin Okotie
 Rahid Amirguliyev
 Stanislaw Drahun
 Mikhail Gordeichuk
 Timofei Kalachev
 Sergei Kornilenko
 Radja Nainggolan
 Milan Đurić
 Vedad Ibišević
 Haris Medunjanin
 Edin Višća
 Iliyan Mitsanski
 Ivelin Popov
 Marcelo Brozović
 Andrej Kramarić
 Luka Modrić
 Pavel Kadeřábek
 Václav Pilař
 Milan Škoda
 Nicklas Bendtner
 Yussuf Poulsen
 Ross Barkley
 Raheem Sterling
 Jack Wilshere
 Sergei Zenjov
 Jóan Símun Edmundsson
 Riku Riski
 Jaba Kankava
 Valeri Kazaishvili
 Mate Vatsadze
 İlkay Gündoğan
 Dániel Böde
 Krisztián Németh
 Tamás Priskin
 Birkir Bjarnason
 Aron Gunnarsson
 Tal Ben Haim II
 Nir Bitton
 Eran Zahavi
 Antonio Candreva
 Giorgio Chiellini
 Éder
 Islambek Kuat
 Fiodor Černych
 Arvydas Novikovas
 Lars Krogh Gerson
 Aleksandar Trajkovski
 Fatos Bećiraj
 Stevan Jovetić
 Mirko Vučinić
 Arjen Robben
 Georginio Wijnaldum
 Steven Davis
 Joshua King
 Grzegorz Krychowiak
 Sebastian Mila
 João Moutinho
 James McClean
 Aiden McGeady
 Constantin Budescu
 Paul Papp
 Bogdan Stancu
 Adem Ljajić
 Juraj Kucka
 Róbert Mak
 Nejc Pečnik
 Sergio Busquets
 Santi Cazorla
 Pedro
 Marcus Berg
 Fabian Schär
 Arda Turan
 Yevhen Konoplyanka
 Yevhen Seleznyov
 Serhiy Sydorchuk
 Aaron Ramsey

1 goal

 Bekim Balaj
 Berat Djimsiti
 Shkëlzen Gashi
 Ermir Lenjani
 Mërgim Mavraj
 Armando Sadiku
 Robert Arzumanyan
 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
 Hrayr Mkoyan
 Marcos Pizzelli
 Marcel Sabitzer
 Javid Huseynov
 Michy Batshuayi
 Christian Benteke
 Nacer Chadli
 Laurent Depoitre
 Divock Origi
 Ermin Bičakčić
 Senad Lulić
 Mihail Aleksandrov
 Nikolay Bodurov
 Andrey Galabinov
 Ventsislav Hristov
 Dimitar Rangelov
 Nikola Kalinić
 Mario Mandžukić
 Ivica Olić
 Danijel Pranjić
 Ivan Rakitić
 Gordon Schildenfeld
 Constantinos Charalambidis
 Jason Demetriou
 Dossa Júnior
 Vincent Laban
 Constantinos Makrides
 Giorgos Merkis
 Vladimír Darida
 Ladislav Krejčí
 David Lafata
 David Limberský
 Tomáš Necid
 Tomáš Sivok
 Josef Šural
 Pierre Højbjerg
 Nicolai Jørgensen
 Thomas Kahlenberg
 Simon Kjær
 Jakob Poulsen
 Jannik Vestergaard
 Lasse Vibe
 Phil Jagielka
 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
 Andros Townsend
 Ats Purje
 Konstantin Vassiljev
 Hallur Hansson
 Christian Holst
 Róaldur Jakobsen
 Brandur Olsen
 Paulus Arajuuri
 Roman Eremenko
 Jarkko Hurme
 Berat Sadik
 Nikoloz Gelashvili
 Karim Bellarabi
 Toni Kroos
 Marco Reus
 Lee Casciaro
 Jake Gosling
 Christos Aravidis
 Nikolaos Karelis
 Panagiotis Kone
 Konstantinos Mitroglou
 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
 Kostas Stafylidis
 Panagiotis Tachtsidis
 Balázs Dzsudzsák
 Zoltán Gera
 Richárd Guzmics
 László Kleinheisler
 Gergő Lovrencsics
 Zoltán Stieber
 Ádám Szalai
 Jón Daði Böðvarsson
 Rúrik Gíslason
 Eiður Guðjohnsen
 Ragnar Sigurðsson
 Moanes Dabour
 Gil Vermouth
 Leonardo Bonucci
 Matteo Darmian
 Daniele De Rossi
 Stephan El Shaarawy
 Alessandro Florenzi
 Simone Zaza
 Aleksandrs Cauņa
 Aleksejs Višņakovs
 Artūrs Zjuzins
 Franz Burgmeier
 Sandro Wieser
 Deivydas Matulevičius
 Saulius Mikoliūnas
 Lukas Spalvis
 Stefano Bensi
 Mario Mutsch
 Sébastien Thill
 David Turpel
 Rinat Abdulin
 Samat Smakov
 Besart Abdurahimi
 Arijan Ademi
 Agim Ibraimi
 Adis Jahović
 Alfred Effiong
 Clayton Failla
 Michael Mifsud
 Gheorghe Boghiu
 Eugeniu Cebotaru
 Alexandru Dedov
 Alexandru Epureanu
 Dejan Damjanović
 Stefan Savić
 Žarko Tomašević
 Ibrahim Afellay
 Jeffrey Bruma
 Stefan de Vrij
 Luciano Narsingh
 Wesley Sneijder
 Craig Cathcart
 Josh Magennis
 Niall McGinn
 Jamie Ward
 Jo Inge Berget
 Mats Møller Dæhli
 Tarik Elyounoussi
 Vegard Forren
 Markus Henriksen
 Håvard Nielsen
 Håvard Nordtveit
 Alexander Søderlund
 Jakub Błaszczykowski
 Kamil Glik
 Bartosz Kapustka
 Krzysztof Mączyński
 Sławomir Peszko
 Łukasz Szukała
 Ricardo Carvalho
 Fábio Coentrão
 Nani
 Miguel Veloso
 Robbie Brady
 Cyrus Christie
 Wes Hoolahan
 John O'Shea
 Ovidiu Hoban
 Claudiu Keșerü
 Ciprian Marica
 Alexandru Maxim
 Raul Rusescu
 Alan Dzagoev
 Sergei Ignashevich
 Dmitri Kombarov
 Oleg Kuzmin
 Fyodor Smolov
 Matteo Vitaioli
 Ikechi Anya
 Chris Martin
 James McArthur
 Matt Ritchie
 Nemanja Matić
 Aleksandar Kolarov
 Peter Pekarík
 Kornel Saláta
 Stanislav Šesták
 Miroslav Stoch
 Vladimír Weiss
 Robert Berić
 Valter Birsa
 Branko Ilić
 Josip Iličić
 Kevin Kampl
 Dejan Lazarević
 Andraž Struna
 Jordi Alba
 Juan Bernat
 Diego Costa
 Mario Gaspar
 Isco
 Andrés Iniesta
 Álvaro Morata
 Sergio Ramos
 Jimmy Durmaz
 Emil Forsberg
 Ola Toivonen
 Eren Derdiyok
 Johan Djourou
 Blerim Džemaili
 Breel Embolo
 Gökhan Inler
 Pajtim Kasami
 Michael Lang
 Admir Mehmedi
 Valentin Stocker
 Granit Xhaka
 Serdar Aziz
 Umut Bulut
 Hakan Çalhanoğlu
 Bilal Kısa
 Oğuzhan Özyakup
 Denys Harmash
 David Cotterill
 Hal Robson-Kanu

1 own goal

 Mërgim Mavraj (playing against Armenia)
 Levon Hayrapetyan (playing against Serbia)
 Kamo Hovhannisyan (playing against Albania)
 Rashad Sadygov (playing against Croatia)
 Alyaksandr Martynovich (playing against Ukraine)
 Nikolay Bodurov (playing against Croatia)
 Yordan Minev (playing against Italy)
 Vedran Ćorluka (playing against Norway)
 Dossa Júnior (playing against Andorra)
 Jordan Henderson (playing against Slovenia)
 Ragnar Klavan (playing against Switzerland)
 Akaki Khubutia (playing against Scotland)
 Mats Hummels (playing against Scotland)
 Jordan Perez (playing against Republic of Ireland)
 Yogan Santos (playing against Germany)
 Jón Daði Böðvarsson (playing against Czech Republic)
 Giorgio Chiellini (playing against Azerbaijan)
 Martin Büchel (playing against Russia)
 Franz Burgmeier (playing against Russia)
 Tome Pačovski (playing against Spain)
 Petru Racu (playing against Montenegro)
 Robin van Persie (playing against Czech Republic)
 Markus Henriksen (playing against Hungary)
 John O'Shea (playing against Scotland)
 Cristian Brolli (playing against England)
 Alessandro Della Valle (playing against England)

2 own goals
 Giedrius Arlauskis (playing against Switzerland and England)

 References 

 Other websites 

UEFA Euro 2016 Finals
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers

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