UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I

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Armenia vs Portugal match in Yerevan, 13 June 2015 Armenia vs Portugal, 13 June 2015, V. Sargsyan Rep. Stad. Yerevan (19).jpg
Armenia vs Portugal match in Yerevan, 13 June 2015

The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. [1] Group I consisted of five teams: Portugal, Denmark, Serbia, Armenia, and Albania, [2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]

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

France were also partnered with the five-team Group I, which enabled the 2016 tournament hosts to play centralized friendlies against these countries on their 'spare' dates. [4] However, these friendlies did not count in the qualifying group standings. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Albania.svg Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Serbia.svg Flag of Armenia.svg
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8701115+621Qualify for final tournament — 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
2Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 8422105+514 0–1 — 1–1 0–2 2–1
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 833285+312Advance to play-offs 0–1 0–0 — 2–0 2–1
4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia [lower-alpha 1] 8215813−54 1–2 0–3 [lower-alpha 1] 1–3 — 2–0
5Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 8026514−92 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 The Serbia v Albania match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Albania, and Serbia were also deducted three points, after the match was abandoned at 0–0 because home fans invaded the pitch and attacked Albania players when a drone carried a pro-Albanian flag over the stadium.

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice. [9] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–1Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Report
Telia Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 20,141
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg0–1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Report
Estádio Municipal, Aveiro
Attendance: 23,205
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg1–1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 8,500 [10]
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
Albania  Flag of Albania.svg1–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan [note 2]
Attendance: 11,330 [11]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg0–1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Telia Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 36,562
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg0–3
Awarded [note 3] 		Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Report Team did not officially score any goals but was awarded three goals after the match was abandoned.
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 25,200
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg1–0Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Report
Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 21,042
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1–3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 0 [note 4]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Albania  Flag of Albania.svg2–1Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan [note 2]
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg2–1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 58,430
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg2–3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 14,527 [19]
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–0Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Report
Telia Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 30,887 [20]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg0–0Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Report
Telia Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 35,648 [21]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg2–0Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Report
Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad
Attendance: 0 [note 4]
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg0–0Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 7,500 [22]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Albania  Flag of Albania.svg0–1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan [note 2]
Attendance: 12,121 [23]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Albania  Flag of Albania.svg0–2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan [note 2]
Attendance: 12,330 [24]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg1–0Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Report
Estádio Municipal, Braga
Attendance: 29,860 [25]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg0–3Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 4,700 [26]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1–2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 7,485 [27]
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Goalscorers

Cristiano Ronaldo, leading goalscorer with five goals Rus-Por2012 (16).jpg
Cristiano Ronaldo, leading goalscorer with five goals

There were 39 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 1.95 goals per match. [note 5]

5 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 Albania.svg  Albania Ansi Agolli Yellow card.svg vs Serbia (14 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Denmark (4 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Serbia (8 October 2015)		vs Armenia (11 October 2015)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Hovhannes Hambardzumyan Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Albania (29 March 2015)vs Portugal (13 June 2015)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Tiago Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Armenia (13 June 2015)vs Albania (7 September 2015)

Portugal coach Fernando Santos was to serve an eight-match touchline ban for unsporting conduct towards the match officials when he was in charge of Greece against Costa Rica in the 2014 FIFA World Cup round of 16 match. [28] The ban was temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport until the final appeal. [29] On 23 March 2015, the CAS ruled that his ban should be reduced to four games, with two suspended during a six-month probationary period, meaning he missed Portugal's matches against Serbia (29 March 2015) and Armenia (13 June 2015). [30]

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 14 November 2014, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Albania played their home matches at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan instead of their regular stadium, Qemal Stafa National Stadium, Tirana, as the national stadium would be reconstructed.
  3. ↑ The Serbia v Albania match was abandoned with the score at 0–0 in the 42nd minute after "various incidents", which resulted in the Albania players refusing to return to the field. UEFA ruled that Albania had forfeited the match and awarded a 3–0 win to Serbia, but also deducted three points from Serbia for their involvement in the events. Serbia also had to play their next two home qualifying games behind closed doors, and both the Serbian and Albanian FAs were fined €100,000. [12] Both the Serbian and Albanian football associations were looking to have the decision revisited, [13] [14] but the decision was upheld by UEFA. [15] Both associations then filed further appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, [16] and on 10 July 2015 the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeal filed by the Serbian FA, and upholds in part the appeal filed by the Albanian FA, meaning the match is deemed to have been forfeited by Serbia with 0–3 and they are still deducted three points. [17] Serbian FA announced appeal at the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. [18]
  4. 1 2 Played behind closed doors due to a sanction imposed on Serbia after the abandoned match against Albania.
  5. ↑ The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.

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