UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs

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The play-offs of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament decided the final four teams which qualified for the UEFA Euro 2016 final tournament. Eight teams, each of which finished third in their qualifying group were paired and contested in four ties, with the winner of each pair qualifying for the final tournament. Each of the four ties were played over two home-and-away legs with the four winners found according to the standard rules for the knockout phase in European competitions. [1] The matches took place between 12 and 17 November 2015. [2]

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The highest ranked third placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the playoffs. As most groups contained six teams but one contained five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team were counted in the third-placed ranking table. [3]

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 A Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8512127+516Qualify for final tournament
2 F Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 843185+315Advance to play-offs
3 C Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8413114+713
4 H Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8413810−213
5 I Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 833285+312
6 G Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8332119+212
7 D Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 833287+112
8 B Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 83231112−111
9 E Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 83141011−110
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) UEFA national team coefficient ranking; 7) Drawing of lots.

Seeding

The draw for the play-offs was held on 18 October 2015, 11:20 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. [2] [4] The teams were seeded for the play-off draw according to the UEFA national team coefficient rankings updated after the completion of the qualifying group stage. The four top-ranked teams were seeded and paired with the four unseeded teams. [5] The order of legs of each tie was also decided by draw. [6] The seedings were as follows: [5] [7]

Pot 1 (seeded)
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 30,36713
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 30,31314
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 29,02816
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 27,14220
Pot 2 (unseeded)
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 27,14021
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 26,90223
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26,43925
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 25,44126

Summary

The schedule of the play-offs was published by UEFA within one hour of the draw. [4] The eight matches were spread over the six days, with the first legs on 12–14 November and the second legs on 15–17 November. The kickoff times were 18:00 or 20:45 CET (local times are in parentheses). [6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg3–1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2–0 1–1
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2–1 2–2
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg1–3Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–1 0–2
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0–1 1–2

Matches

Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–0Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
  • Yarmolenko Soccerball shade.svg22'
  • Seleznyov Soccerball shade.svg54'
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Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 32,592 [8]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg1–1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 12,702 [9]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Ukraine won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Report
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 49,053 [10]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Telia Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 36,051 [11]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.

Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg1–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Bilino Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 12,000 [12]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg2–0Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 50,500 [13]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Republic of Ireland won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 27,182 [14]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 22,189 [15]
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Hungary won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.

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 play-off matches:

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Muhamed Bešić Red card.svg vs Andorra (6 September 2015) [16] vs Republic of Ireland (13 November 2015)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Roland Juhász Yellow card.svg vs Romania (11 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Finland (13 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Greece (11 October 2015)		vs Norway (12 November 2015)
Zoltán Gera Yellow card.svg vs Romania (11 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Faroe Islands (14 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Finland (13 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Faroe Islands (8 October 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Norway (12 November 2015)		vs Norway (15 November 2015)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland John O'Shea Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Poland (11 October 2015)vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2015)
Jonathan Walters Yellow card.svg vs Georgia (7 September 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Gibraltar (4 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Poland (11 October 2015)		vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2015)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher Yellow card.svg vs Belarus (9 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Spain (27 March 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Spain (12 October 2015)		vs Slovenia (14 November 2015)
Taras Stepanenko Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (8 September 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (8 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Spain (12 October 2015)		vs Slovenia (14 November 2015)

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