The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group C consisted of six teams: Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia, and Luxembourg,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

Originally Gibraltar had been drawn in this group, but were moved to group D due to Spain not being willing to play them because of the disputed status of Gibraltar.[4]

The top two teams, Spain and Slovakia, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Ukraine weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Slovenia and thus qualified as well.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Slovakia Ukraine Belarus Luxembourg North Macedonia
1  Spain 10 9 0 1 23 3 +20 27 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 5–1
2  Slovakia 10 7 1 2 17 8 +9 22 2–1 — 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
3  Ukraine 10 6 1 3 14 4 +10 19 Advance to play-offs 0–1 0–1 — 3–1 3–0 1–0
4  Belarus 10 3 2 5 8 14 −6 11 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 2–0 0–0
5  Luxembourg 10 1 1 8 6 27 −21 4[lower-alpha 1] 0–4 2–4 0–3 1–1 — 1–0
6  Macedonia 10 1 1 8 6 18 −12 4[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Luxembourg 2, Macedonia 0.

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.[5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Luxembourg 1–1 Belarus
  • Gerson 42'
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Attendance: 3,265
Spain 5–1 Macedonia
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Attendance: 18,553
Ukraine 0–1 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 38,454
Belarus 0–2 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 10,512
Macedonia 3–2 Luxembourg
 Report
Attendance: 11,500
Slovakia 2–1 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 9,478
Ukraine 1–0 Macedonia
 Report
Attendance: 33,978
Belarus 1–3 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 3,684[6]
Luxembourg 0–4 Spain
Report
Attendance: 8,125[7]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Luxembourg 0–3 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 4,379
Macedonia 0–2 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 11,322[8]
Spain 3–0 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 19,249
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Macedonia 1–2 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 3,447
Slovakia 3–0 Luxembourg
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Attendance: 9,524
Spain 1–0 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 33,775
Ukraine 3–0 Luxembourg
 Report
Attendance: 21,635
Belarus 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 13,121
Slovakia 2–1 Macedonia
 Report
Attendance: 10,765
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Luxembourg 1–0 Macedonia
 Report
Attendance: 1,657
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
Ukraine 3–1 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 32,648
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
Spain 2–0 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 19,874
Belarus 2–0 Luxembourg
 Report
Attendance: 3,482[9]
Macedonia 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 28,843[10]
Slovakia 0–0 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 10,648[11]
Macedonia 0–2 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 4,821[12]
Slovakia 0–1 Belarus
Report
Attendance: 9,859[13]
Spain 4–0 Luxembourg
 Report
Attendance: 14,472[14]
Belarus 0–0 Macedonia
Report
Attendance: 1,545[15]
Luxembourg 2–4 Slovakia
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Attendance: 2,512[16]
Ukraine 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 61,248[17]

Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

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)
 BelarusMaksim BardachowYellow card vs Spain (15 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (27 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Spain (14 June 2015)		vs Ukraine (5 September 2015)
Alyaksandr MartynovichYellow card vs Luxembourg (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (27 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Ukraine (5 September 2015)		vs Luxembourg (8 September 2015)
Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Slovakia (9 October 2015)vs Macedonia (12 October 2015)
 LuxembourgAurélien JoachimRed card vs Portugal (15 October 2013)[note 2]vs Belarus (8 September 2014)
Mario MutschYellow card vs Macedonia (9 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Slovakia (27 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Ukraine (14 June 2015)		vs Macedonia (5 September 2015)
Christopher MartinsYellow card vs Belarus (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Ukraine (15 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (5 September 2015)		vs Belarus (8 September 2015)
Chris PhilippsYellow card vs Belarus (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (9 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Belarus (8 September 2015)		vs Spain (9 October 2015)
Daniel da MotaYellow card vs Belarus (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Ukraine (14 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Spain (9 October 2015)		vs Slovakia (12 October 2015)
 MacedoniaFerhan HasaniYellow card Yellow-red card vs Slovakia (14 June 2014)vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015)
Besart AbdurahimiYellow card vs Spain (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Ukraine (12 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015)		vs Spain (8 September 2015)
Stefan RistovskiYellow card vs Spain (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Luxembourg (9 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015)		vs Spain (8 September 2015)
 SlovakiaMartin ŠkrtelRed card vs Greece (11 October 2013)[note 2]vs Ukraine (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (15 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Luxembourg (27 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (14 June 2015)		vs Spain (5 September 2015)
Juraj KuckaYellow card vs Ukraine (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Spain (9 October 2015)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (14 June 2015)		vs Spain (5 September 2015)
Norbert GyömbérYellow card vs Spain (9 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Belarus (12 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Ukraine (8 September 2015)		vs Belarus (9 October 2015)
 SpainDiego CostaYellow card vs Slovakia (9 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Luxembourg (12 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (8 September 2015)		vs Luxembourg (9 October 2015)
 UkraineYevhen KhacheridiYellow card Yellow-red card vs France (19 November 2013)[note 2]vs Slovakia (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Luxembourg (15 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Belarus (5 September 2015)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (9 October 2015)		vs Spain (12 October 2015)
Artem FedetskyiYellow card vs Slovakia (8 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (12 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Spain (27 March 2015)		vs Luxembourg (14 June 2015)
Denys HarmashYellow card Yellow-red card vs Belarus (5 September 2015)vs Slovakia (8 September 2015)
Serhiy SydorchukYellow card vs Macedonia (12 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Luxembourg (15 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Macedonia (9 October 2015)		vs Spain (12 October 2015)

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 15 November 2014 and 27 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. 1 2 3 The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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. ↑ Fifield, Nicola (23 February 2014). "Gibraltar moves group in Euro 2016 qualifiers draw over political tensions". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ↑ "Belarus vs. Slovakia 1 - 3". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Spain 0 - 4". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Macedonia vs. Slovakia 0 - 2". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Belarus vs. Luxembourg 2 - 0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Macedonia vs. Spain 0 - 1". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Slovakia vs. Ukraine 0 - 0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "FYR Macedonia vs. Ukraine - 9 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Slovakia vs. Belarus - 9 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Spain vs. Luxembourg - 9 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Belarus vs. FYR Macedonia - 12 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Slovakia - 12 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Ukraine vs. Spain - 12 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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