Line-up of the Netherlands–Kazakhstan teams prior to the match

The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group A consisted of six teams: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams, the Czech Republic and Iceland, qualified directly for the finals. Turkey's win over Iceland, combined with Kazakhstan's win over Latvia on the final day of matches, also allowed Turkey to qualify directly as the best ranked third-placed team of the qualifiers. As Turkey earned 6 points against Kazakhstan and 2 points against Latvia through their home and away fixtures, and as Kazakhstan's win over Latvia ensured that Latvia finished in last place in the group (rather than Kazakhstan), it then meant that only 2, not 6, of Turkey's total of 18 points earned would not count towards their third-placed ranking (as results against the team finishing in last place in the group were not included when ranking third-placed teams because one group had fewer teams than the others).

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Czech Republic Iceland Turkey Netherlands Kazakhstan Latvia
1  Czech Republic 10 7 1 2 19 14 +5 22 Qualify for final tournament — 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1
2  Iceland 10 6 2 2 17 6 +11 20 2–1 — 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
3  Turkey 10 5 3 2 14 9 +5 18 1–2 1–0 — 3–0 3–1 1–1
4  Netherlands 10 4 1 5 17 14 +3 13 2–3 0–1 1–1 — 3–1 6–0
5  Kazakhstan 10 1 2 7 7 18 −11 5[lower-alpha 1] 2–4 0–3 0–1 1–2 — 0–0
6  Latvia 10 0 5 5 6 19 −13 5[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Kazakhstan 4, Latvia 1.

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).

Kazakhstan 0–0 Latvia
Report
Attendance: 10,200[5]
Czech Republic 2–1 Netherlands
  • Dočkal 22'
  • Pilař 90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 17,946[6]
Iceland 3–0 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 8,811[7]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Latvia 0–3 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 6,354[8]
Netherlands 3–1 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 47,500[9]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Turkey 1–2 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 24,007[10]
Kazakhstan 2–4 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 13,752[11]
Iceland 2–0 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 9,760[12]
Latvia 1–1 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 6,442[13]
Netherlands 6–0 Latvia
 Report
Attendance: 47,500[14]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
Czech Republic 2–1 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 11,533[15]
Turkey 3–1 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 27,549[16]
Kazakhstan 0–3 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 13,182[17]
Czech Republic 1–1 Latvia
 Report
Attendance: 13,722[18]
Netherlands 1–1 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 49,500[19]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Kazakhstan 0–1 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 25,125[20]
Iceland 2–1 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 9,767[21]
Latvia 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 8,067[22]
Czech Republic 2–1 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 10,572[23]
Netherlands 0–1 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 50,275[24]
Turkey 1–1 Latvia
 Report
Attendance: 35,900[25]
Latvia 1–2 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 7,913[26]
Turkey 3–0 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 41,007[27]
Iceland 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Attendance: 9,767[28]
Iceland 2–2 Latvia
 Report
Attendance: 9,767[29]
Kazakhstan 1–2 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 20,716[30]
Czech Republic 0–2 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 17,190[31]
Latvia 0–1 Kazakhstan
Report
Attendance: 7,027[32]
Netherlands 2–3 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 48,000[33]
Turkey 1–0 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 39,404[34]

Goalscorers

Iceland's Gylfi Sigurðsson was the group's top scorer, with six goals

There were 80 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 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]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving three yellow cards in three different matches, as well as after fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Czech RepublicBořek DočkalYellow card vs Iceland (16 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Latvia (28 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Turkey (10 October 2015)		vs Netherlands (13 October 2015)
 IcelandAron GunnarssonYellow card Yellow-red card vs Kazakhstan (6 September 2015)vs Latvia (10 October 2015)
 KazakhstanBauyrzhan DzholchiyevRed card vs Netherlands (10 October 2014)vs Czech Republic (13 October 2014)
vs Turkey (16 November 2014)
vs Iceland (28 March 2015)
Dmitri ShomkoYellow card vs Netherlands (10 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Turkey (12 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Czech Republic (3 September 2015)		vs Iceland (6 September 2015)
 LatviaArtjoms RudņevsYellow card Yellow-red card vs Iceland (10 October 2014)vs Turkey (13 October 2014)
Gints FreimanisYellow card Yellow-red card vs Turkey (13 October 2014)vs Netherlands (16 November 2014)
 NetherlandsBruno Martins IndiRed card vs Iceland (3 September 2015)vs Turkey (6 September 2015)
vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015)
Gregory van der WielYellow card vs Turkey (28 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Iceland (3 September 2015)
Yellow card vs Turkey (6 September 2015)		vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2015)
 TurkeyÖmer ToprakYellow card Yellow-red card vs Iceland (9 September 2014)vs Czech Republic (10 October 2014)
Arda TuranYellow card vs Iceland (9 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Latvia (13 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Kazakhstan (16 November 2014)		vs Netherlands (28 March 2015)

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 16 November 2014 and 28 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

  1. ↑ "UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Spain face Ukraine return in EURO 2016 qualifying". UEFA.com. 23 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ↑ "Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Latvia". Soccerway. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Netherlands". Soccerway. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Iceland vs. Turkey". Soccerway. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Latvia vs. Iceland". Soccerway. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Kazakhstan". Soccerway. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Turkey vs. Czech Republic". Soccerway. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Czech Republic". Soccerway. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Iceland vs. Netherlands". Soccerway. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Latvia vs. Turkey". Soccerway. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Latvia". Soccerway. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Iceland". Soccerway. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Turkey vs. Kazakhstan". Soccerway. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Iceland". Soccerway. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Latvia". Soccerway. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Turkey". Soccerway. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Turkey". Soccerway. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Iceland vs. Czech Republic". Soccerway. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Latvia vs. Netherlands". Soccerway. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Kazakhstan". Soccerway. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Iceland". Soccerway. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Turkey vs. Latvia". Soccerway. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  26. ↑ "Latvia vs. Czech Republic". Soccerway. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  27. ↑ "Turkey vs. Netherlands". Soccerway. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  28. ↑ "Iceland vs. Kazakhstan". Soccerway. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  29. ↑ "Iceland vs. Latvia - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway".
  30. ↑ "Kazakhstan vs. Netherlands - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway".
  31. ↑ "Czech Republic vs. Turkey - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway".
  32. ↑ "Latvia vs. Kazakhstan - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway".
  33. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Czech Republic - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway".
  34. ↑ "Turkey vs. Iceland - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway".
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