UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F


The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. Group F consisted of six teams: Greece, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Northern Ireland, and Faroe Islands, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The top two teams, Northern Ireland and Romania, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Hungary were not the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Norway and thus qualified as well.
Group's qualified team Romania conceded the least goals from all the teams that played in the qualifications: only two goals were scored in Romania's net, both at home and on Arena Națională in Bucharest, against neighbours Hungary on October 11, 2014, and again against Finland one year later, on October 8, 2015. Greece, Euro 2004 winners, quarter-finalists at Euro 2012, and a team who played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup only three months before the group started, reaching the Round of 16, shockingly finished at the bottom of the group, scoring only 7 goals and conceding 14, [2014–15 Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands v Greece national football team|Greece football matches|losing twice against the Faroe Islands] and having a single victory, a hard-obtained 4-3 victory over Hungary in Athens.

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
Hallur Hansson vs Finland
vs Hungary
vs Greece
vs Romania
Hallur Hansson vs Northern Ireland
vs Finland
vs Hungary
Atli Gregersen vs Hungary
vs Greece
vs Greece
vs Northern Ireland
Atli Gregersen vs Hungary vs Romania
Jóan Símun Edmundsson vs Northern Ireland vs Finland
Fróði Benjaminsen vs Hungary
vs Greece
vs Finland
vs Hungary
Brandur Olsen vs Greece
vs Greece
vs Finland
vs Hungary
Alexander Ring vs Romania vs Hungary
Tim Sparv vs Greece
vs Hungary
vs Faroe Islands
vs Romania
Markus Halsti vs Hungary
vs Faroe Islands
vs Romania
vs Northern Ireland
Përparim Hetemaj vs Faroe Islands
vs Greece
vs Romania
vs Northern Ireland
Vasilis Torosidis vs Romania
vs Finland
vs Faroe Islands
vs Finland
Kostas Manolas vs Romania
vs Faroe Islands
vs Romania
vs Northern Ireland
Ákos Elek vs Romania
vs Finland
vs Greece
vs Finland
Zoltán Gera vs Romania
vs Faroe Islands
vs Finland
vs Romania
Dániel Tőzsér vs Romania
vs Finland
vs Romania
vs Northern Ireland
Leandro vs Greece
vs Romania
vs Northern Ireland
vs Faroe Islands
Jonny Evans vs Azerbaijan vs Hungary
Chris Baird vs Hungary vs Greece
Kyle Lafferty vs Greece
vs Romania
vs Hungary
vs Greece
Conor McLaughlin vs Romania
vs Faroe Islands
vs Hungary
vs Greece
Ciprian Marica vs Greece vs Hungary
Mihai Pintilii vs Greece
vs Northern Ireland
vs Northern Ireland
vs Hungary
Alexandru Chipciu vs Hungary
vs Northern Ireland
vs Hungary
vs Greece