UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A


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. Group A consisted of six teams: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
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 based on head-to-head record, not 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.

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA.
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Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
TeamPlayerOffenceSuspended for match
Bořek Dočkal vs Iceland
vs Latvia
vs Turkey 		vs Netherlands
Aron Gunnarsson vs Kazakhstan vs Latvia
Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev vs Netherlands vs Czech Republic
vs Turkey
vs Iceland
Dmitri Shomko vs Netherlands
vs Turkey
vs Czech Republic 		vs Iceland
Artjoms Rudņevs vs Iceland vs Turkey
Gints Freimanis vs Turkey vs Netherlands
Bruno Martins Indi vs Iceland vs Turkey
vs Kazakhstan
Gregory van der Wiel vs Turkey
vs Iceland
vs Turkey 		vs Kazakhstan
Ömer Toprak vs Iceland vs Czech Republic
Arda Turan vs Iceland
vs Latvia
vs Kazakhstan 		vs Netherlands