UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania Northern Ireland Hungary Finland Faroe Islands Greece
1  Romania 5 4 1 0 7 1 +6 13 Advance to final tournament 2–0 1–1 8 Oct 1–0 7 Sep
2  Northern Ireland 5 4 0 1 8 4 +4 12 13 Jun 7 Sep 2–1 2–0 8 Oct
3  Hungary 5 2 2 1 4 3 +1 8 Final tournament or play-offs 4 Sep 1–2 1–0 8 Oct 0–0
4  Finland 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 4 0–2 11 Oct 13 Jun 7 Sep 1–1
5  Faroe Islands 5 1 0 4 2 7 5 3 11 Oct 4 Sep 0–1 1–3 13 Jun
6  Greece 5 0 2 3 1 5 4 2 0–1 0–2 11 Oct 4 Sep 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

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).

7 September 2014
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)
Hungary  1–2  Northern Ireland
Priskin  75' Report McGinn  81'
K. Lafferty  88'
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 20,672
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

7 September 2014
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
Faroe Islands  1–3  Finland
Holst  41' Report Riski  53', 78'
R. Eremenko  82'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 3,330
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

7 September 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Greece  0–1  Romania
Report Marica  10' (pen.)

11 October 2014
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
Romania  1–1  Hungary
Rusescu  45' Report Dzsudzsák  82'
National Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

11 October 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Finland  1–1  Greece
Hurme  55' Report Karelis  24'

11 October 2014
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
Northern Ireland  2–0  Faroe Islands
McAuley  6'
K. Lafferty  20'
Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

14 October 2014
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
Faroe Islands  0–1  Hungary
Report Szalai  21'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

14 October 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Finland  0–2  Romania
Report Stancu  54', 83'

14 October 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Greece  0–2  Northern Ireland
Report Ward  9'
K. Lafferty  51'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

14 November 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)
Greece  0–1  Faroe Islands
Report Edmundsson  61'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 16,821
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

14 November 2014
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Hungary  1–0  Finland
Gera  84' Report
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

14 November 2014
20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)
Romania  2–0  Northern Ireland
Papp  74', 79' Report
National Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 28,892
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

29 March 2015
18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)
Northern Ireland  2–1  Finland
K. Lafferty  33', 38' Report Sadik  90+1'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,264
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

29 March 2015
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
Romania  1–0  Faroe Islands
Keșerü  21' Report

29 March 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Hungary  0–0  Greece
Report
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

13 June 2015
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
Faroe Islands  v  Greece
Report

4 September 2015
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Greece  v  Finland
Report

4 September 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Hungary  v  Romania
Report

7 September 2015
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
Northern Ireland  v  Hungary
Report

7 September 2015
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Romania  v  Greece
Report

8 October 2015
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Hungary  v  Faroe Islands
Report

8 October 2015
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Romania  v  Finland
Report

11 October 2015
18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)
Faroe Islands  v  Romania
Report

11 October 2015
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
Greece  v  Hungary
Report

Goalscorers

5 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Faroe Islands Hallur Hansson vs Finland (7 September 2014)
vs Hungary (14 October 2014)
vs Greece (14 November 2014)
vs Romania (29 March 2015)
 Finland Alexander Ring Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Romania (14 October 2014) vs Hungary (14 November 2014)
 Hungary Ákos Elek vs Romania (11 October 2014)
vs Finland (14 November 2014)
vs Greece (29 March 2015)
vs Finland (13 June 2015)
 Northern Ireland Jonny Evans Red card vs Azerbaijan (11 October 2013) vs Hungary (7 September 2014)
 Romania Ciprian Marica Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Greece (7 September 2014) vs Hungary (11 October 2014)

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]

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. 3.0 3.1 "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. "Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. "Ranieri suffers defeat behind closed doors for Greece". Reuters. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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