UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F

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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. [1] Group F consisted of six teams: Greece, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Northern Ireland, and Faroe Islands, [2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]

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The top two teams, Northern Ireland and Romania, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Hungary were not the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Norway and thus qualified as well.

Group's qualified team Romania condeded the least goals from all the teams that played in the qualifications: only two goals were scored in Romania's net, both at home and on Arena Națională in Bucharest, against neighbours Hungary on October 11, 2014, and again against Finland one year later, on October 8, 2015. Greece, Euro 2004 winners, quarter-finalists at Euro 2012, and a team who played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup only three months before the group started, reaching the Round of 16, shockingly finished at the bottom of the group, scoring only 7 goals and conceding 14, losing twice against the Faroe Islands and having a single victory, a hard-obtained 4-3 victory over Hungary in Athens.

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Ulster Banner.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Flag of Greece.svg
1Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 10631168+821Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 10550112+920 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10442119+216Advance to play-offs 1–2 0–0 — 1–0 2–1 0–0
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 10334910−112 1–1 0–2 0–1 — 1–0 1–1
5Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 10208617−116 [lower-alpha 1] 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–3 — 2–1
6Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 10136714−76 [lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–1 4–3 0–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Faroe Islands 6, Greece 0.

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).

Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1–2Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
  • Priskin Soccerball shade.svg75'
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 20,672
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
Faroe Islands  Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg1–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 0 [note 2]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg 1–1 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 52,000 [6]
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
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Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 26,548
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg2–0Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
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Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,049 [7]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Faroe Islands  Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg0–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 19,408
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–2Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 18,726 [8]
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg 0–1 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
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Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 16,821
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 19,600 [9]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg2–0Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 28,892
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg2–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,264
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg1–0Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
Report
Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești
Attendance: 13,898
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg0–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,434
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Faroe Islands  Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg 2–1 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
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Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 4,731 [10]
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg0–0Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Faroe Islands  Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg1–3Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 4,513
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 17,358 [11]
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg 0–0 Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 22,060 [12]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–0Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
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Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,477 [13]
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg1–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,200 [14]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg0–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Report
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 38,153 [15]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–1Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 16,500 [16]
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg3–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
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Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 11,700 [17]
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg1–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 47,987 [18]
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Faroe Islands  Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg0–3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 3,941 [19]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–1Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 14,550 [20]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg4–3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 9,500 [21]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Goalscorers

Northern Ireland's Kyle Lafferty was the group's leading goalscorer with seven goals Kyle Lafferty 2012.jpg
Northern Ireland's Kyle Lafferty was the group's leading goalscorer with seven goals

There were 60 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

7 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 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 the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands Hallur Hansson Yellow card.svg vs Finland (7 September 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (14 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Greece (14 November 2014)		vs Romania (29 March 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Finland (7 September 2015)		vs Hungary (8 October 2015)
Atli Gregersen Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (14 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Greece (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Greece (13 June 2015)
vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Hungary (8 October 2015)vs Romania (11 October 2015)
Jóan Símun Edmundsson Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015)vs Finland (7 September 2015)
Fróði Benjaminsen Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (14 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Greece (13 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Finland (7 September 2015)		vs Hungary (8 October 2015)
Brandur Olsen Yellow card.svg vs Greece (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Greece (13 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Finland (7 September 2015)		vs Hungary (8 October 2015)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Alexander Ring Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Romania (14 October 2014)vs Hungary (14 November 2014)
Tim Sparv Yellow card.svg vs Greece (11 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (13 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2015)		vs Romania (8 October 2015)
Markus Halsti Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (13 June 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Romania (8 October 2015)		vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2015)
Përparim Hetemaj Yellow card.svg vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Greece (11 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Romania (8 October 2015)		vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2015)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Vasilis Torosidis Yellow card.svg vs Romania (7 September 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Finland (11 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Faroe Islands (13 June 2015)		vs Finland (4 September 2015)
Kostas Manolas Yellow card.svg vs Romania (7 September 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Faroe Islands (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Romania (7 September 2015)		vs Northern Ireland (8 October 2015)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ákos Elek Yellow card.svg vs Romania (11 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Finland (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Greece (29 March 2015)		vs Finland (13 June 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)		vs Romania (4 September 2015)
Dániel Tőzsér Yellow card.svg vs Romania (11 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Finland (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Romania (4 September 2015)		vs Northern Ireland (7 September 2015)
Leandro Yellow card.svg vs Greece (29 March 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Romania (4 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Northern Ireland (7 September 2015)		vs Faroe Islands (8 October 2015)
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Jonny Evans Red card.svg vs Azerbaijan (11 October 2013) [note 3] vs Hungary (7 September 2014)
Chris Baird Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Hungary (7 September 2015)vs Greece (8 October 2015)
Kyle Lafferty Yellow card.svg vs Greece (14 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Romania (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (7 September 2015)		vs Greece (8 October 2015)
Conor McLaughlin Yellow card.svg vs Romania (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Faroe Islands (4 September 2015)
Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (7 September 2015)		vs Greece (8 October 2015)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Ciprian Marica Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Greece (7 September 2014)vs Hungary (11 October 2014)
Mihai Pintilii Yellow card.svg vs Greece (7 September 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Northern Ireland (13 June 2015)		vs Hungary (4 September 2015)
Alexandru Chipciu Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (11 October 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2014)
Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (4 September 2015)		vs Greece (7 September 2015)

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 14 November 2014, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. ↑ Greece played their home match against Romania behind closed doors as they were punished for previous crowd disturbances. [5]
  3. ↑ The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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