UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H

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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. [1] Group H consisted of six teams: Italy, Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, and Malta, [2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]

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The top two teams, Italy and Croatia, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Norway weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they lost to Hungary and thus failed to qualify.

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Croatia.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Flag of Malta.svg
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10730167+924Qualify for final tournament — 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [a] 10631205+1520 1–1 — 5–1 3–0 6–0 2–0
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 106131310+319Advance to play-offs 0–2 2–0 — 2–1 0–0 2–0
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 10325912−311 2–2 0–1 0–1 — 2–0 1–1
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 10136718−116 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 — 2–0
6Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 10028316−132 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

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).

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
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Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg2–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 8,333
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 26,265
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg0–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 29,733 [5]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Report
Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
Attendance: 33,000 [6]
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 8,067 [7]
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg6–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Report
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 16,021 [8]
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 16,942
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 18,990
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 9,200 [9]
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–1Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 3,300 [10]
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 63,222
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg2–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg5–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 23,920
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg2–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 6,000 [11]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg1–1 [note 2] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Stadion Poljud, Split
Attendance: 0 [note 3]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Report
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 3,924
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 21,228
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–0Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Report
Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 10,000 [15]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg0–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 12,913 [16]
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Attendance: 12,551 [17]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg2–2Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Report
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 5,266 [18]
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–0Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 26,751 [19]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–0Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Report
Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
Attendance: 21,000 [20]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
National Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 48,000 [21]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 27,120 [22]
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg3–0Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Report
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 0 [note 4]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg2–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 2,500 [23]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 30,000 [24]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Report
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 5,835 [25]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Goalscorers

There were 68 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match.

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Maksim Medvedev Red card.svg vs Russia (15 October 2013) [note 5] vs Bulgaria (9 September 2014)
Badavi Guseynov Red card.svg vs Italy (10 October 2015)vs Bulgaria (13 October 2015)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Petar Zanev Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) [note 5] vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2014)
Svetoslav Dyakov Yellow card.svg vs Italy (28 March 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Malta (12 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Italy (6 September 2015)		vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
Yordan Minev Yellow card.svg vs Norway (13 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Norway (3 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Italy (6 September 2015)		vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
Iliyan Mitsanski Red card.svg vs Italy (6 September 2015) [26] vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2015)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Josip Šimunić Discriminatory behaviour vs Iceland (19 November 2013) [27] vs Malta (9 September 2014)
vs Bulgaria (10 October 2014)
vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2014)
vs Italy (16 November 2014)
vs Norway (28 March 2015)
vs Italy (12 June 2015)
vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)
Ante Rebić Red card.svg vs Mexico (23 June 2014) [note 6] vs Malta (9 September 2014)
Vedran Ćorluka Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Norway (28 March 2015)vs Italy (12 June 2015)
Darijo Srna Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Italy (12 June 2015)vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)
Mateo Kovačić Yellow card.svg vs Italy (16 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Italy (12 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)		vs Norway (6 September 2015)
Ivica Olić Yellow card.svg vs Bulgaria (10 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Italy (12 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Norway (6 September 2015)		vs Bulgaria (10 October 2015)
Duje Čop Red card.svg vs Bulgaria (10 October 2015)vs Malta (13 October 2015)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Claudio Marchisio Red card.svg vs Uruguay (24 June 2014) [note 6] vs Norway (9 September 2014)
Leonardo Bonucci Red card.svg vs Malta (13 October 2014)vs Croatia (16 November 2014)
Daniele De Rossi Red card.svg vs Bulgaria (6 September 2015) [29] vs Azerbaijan (10 October 2015)
vs Norway (13 October 2015)
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Steve Borg Red card.svg vs Croatia (9 September 2014) [30] vs Norway (10 October 2014)
vs Italy (13 October 2014)
vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
Michael Mifsud Red card.svg vs Italy (13 October 2014) [31] vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
vs Azerbaijan (28 March 2015)
Paul Fenech Yellow card.svg vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Bulgaria (12 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Italy (3 September 2015)		vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2015)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Tarik Elyounoussi Yellow card.svg vs Bulgaria (13 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Croatia (28 March 2015)		vs Azerbaijan (12 June 2015)

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 16 November 2014 and 28 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. ↑ Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour (display of a Nazi symbol) in this match. In addition, the Croatian Football Federation were ordered to play their next two home matches of UEFA competition behind closed doors and not to play any of its remaining qualifying games at Stadion Poljud. A fine of €100,000 was also imposed. [12] The Croatian Football Federation appealed against the decision and a hearing was scheduled for 17 September 2015. Croatia's appeal was rejected. [13]
  3. ↑ Played behind closed doors due to punishment handed to Croatia by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway. The Croatian FA were also fined €50,000 because of that incident. [14]
  4. ↑ Played behind closed doors and away from Stadion Poljud due to a sanction imposed on Croatia after charges for racist behaviour in their home match against Italy.
  5. 1 2 The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  6. 1 2 The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [28]

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