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]

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]

Pos Grp Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A  Turkey 8 5 1 2 12 7 +5 16 Qualify for final tournament
2 F  Hungary 8 4 3 1 8 5 +3 15 Advance to play-offs
3 C  Ukraine 8 4 1 3 11 4 +7 13
4 H  Norway 8 4 1 3 8 10 −2 13
5 I  Denmark 8 3 3 2 8 5 +3 12
6 G  Sweden 8 3 3 2 11 9 +2 12
7 D  Republic of Ireland 8 3 3 2 8 7 +1 12
8 B  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 2 3 11 12 −1 11
9 E  Slovenia 8 3 1 4 10 11 −1 10
Source: Group results, UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points from matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group; 2) Superior goal difference from these matches; 3) Higher number of goals scored in these matches; 4) Higher number of away goals scored in these matches; 5) Fair play ranking in these matches; 6) Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system; 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)
Team Coeff Rank
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 30,367 13
 Ukraine 30,313 14
 Sweden 29,028 16
 Hungary 27,142 20
Pot 2 (unseeded)
Team Coeff Rank
 Denmark 27,140 21
 Republic of Ireland 26,902 23
 Norway 26,439 25
 Slovenia 25,441 26

Matches

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 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ukraine  3–1  Slovenia 2–0 1–1
Sweden  4–3  Denmark 2–1 2–2
Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–3  Republic of Ireland 1–1 0–2
Norway  1–3  Hungary 0–1 1–2

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Norway  0–1  Hungary
Report Kleinheisler Goal 26'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 27,182[8]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Hungary  2–1  Norway
Priskin Goal 14'
Henriksen Goal 83' (o.g.)		 Report Henriksen Goal 87'

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

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–1  Republic of Ireland
Džeko Goal 85' Report Brady Goal 82'
Bilino Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 12,000[10]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)
20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)
Republic of Ireland  2–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Walters Goal 24' (pen.), 70' Report
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 50,500[11]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)
18:00
(19:00 UTC+2)
Ukraine  2–0  Slovenia
Yarmolenko Goal 22'
Seleznyov Goal 54'		 Report
Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 32,592[12]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Slovenia  1–1  Ukraine
Cesar Goal 11' Report Yarmolenko Goal 90+7'
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 12,702[13]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Sweden  2–1  Denmark
Forsberg Goal 45'
Ibrahimović Goal 50' (pen.)		 Report Jørgensen Goal 80'
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 49,053[14]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Denmark  2–2  Sweden
Y. Poulsen Goal 82'
Vestergaard Goal 90+1'		 Report Ibrahimović Goal 19', 76'
Telia Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 36,051[15]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

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

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals

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1 own goal

Discipline

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

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may 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 are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the play-off matches:

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

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