UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F

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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, losing twice against the Faroe Islands and having a single victory, a hard-obtained 4-3 victory over Hungary in Athens.

Standings

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Northern Ireland 10 6 3 1 16 8 +8 21 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1
2  Romania 10 5 5 0 11 2 +9 20 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
3  Hungary 10 4 4 2 11 9 +2 16 Advance to play-offs 1–2 0–0 — 1–0 2–1 0–0
4  Finland 10 3 3 4 9 10 −1 12 1–1 0–2 0–1 — 1–0 1–1
5  Faroe Islands 10 2 0 8 6 17 −11 6 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–3 — 2–1
6  Greece 10 1 3 6 7 14 −7 6 0–2 0–1 4–3 0–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Faroe Islands 6, Greece 0.

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 (local times are in parentheses).

Hungary 1–2 Northern Ireland
  • Priskin 75'
 Report
  • McGinn 81'
  • K. Lafferty 88'
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 20,672
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
Faroe Islands 1–3 Finland
  • Holst 41'
 Report
  • Riski 53', 78'
  • R. Eremenko 82'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
Greece 0–1 Romania
Report
  • Marica 10' (pen.)
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
Romania 1–1 Hungary
  • Rusescu 45'
 Report
  • Dzsudzsák 82'
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Finland 1–1 Greece
  • Hurme 55'
 Report
  • Karelis 24'
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 26,548
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Northern Ireland 2–0 Faroe Islands
  • McAuley 6'
  • K. Lafferty 20'
 Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,049
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Faroe Islands 0–1 Hungary
Report
  • Szalai 21'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Finland 0–2 Romania
Report
  • Stancu 54', 83'
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 19,408
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Greece 0–2 Northern Ireland
Report
  • Ward 9'
  • K. Lafferty 51'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 18,726
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Greece 0–1 Faroe Islands
Report
  • Edmundsson 61'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 16,821
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Hungary 1–0 Finland
  • Gera 84'
 Report
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Romania 2–0 Northern Ireland
  • Papp 74', 79'
 Report
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 28,892
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Northern Ireland 2–1 Finland
  • K. Lafferty 33', 38'
 Report
  • Sadik 90+1'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,264
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Romania 1–0 Faroe Islands
  • Keșerü 21'
 Report
Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești
Attendance: 13,898
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Hungary 0–0 Greece
Report
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Finland 0–1 Hungary
Report
  • Stieber 82'
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,434
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Faroe Islands 2–1 Greece
  • Hansson 32'
  • B. Olsen 70'
 Report
  • Papastathopoulos 84'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 4,731
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
Northern Ireland 0–0 Romania
Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Faroe Islands 1–3 Northern Ireland
  • Edmundsson 36'
 Report
  • McAuley 12', 71'
  • K. Lafferty 75'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 4,513
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Greece 0–1 Finland
Report
  • Pohjanpalo 75'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 17,358
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
Hungary 0–0 Romania
Report
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 22,060
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Finland 1–0 Faroe Islands
  • Pohjanpalo 23'
 Report
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,477
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Hungary
  • K. Lafferty 90+3'
 Report
  • Guzmics 74'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Romania 0–0 Greece
Report
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 38,153
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Hungary 2–1 Faroe Islands
  • Böde 63', 71'
 Report
  • Jakobsen 11'
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Northern Ireland 3–1 Greece
  • Davis 35', 58'
  • Magennis 49'
 Report
  • Aravidis 87'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 11,700
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Romania 1–1 Finland
  • Hoban 90+1'
 Report
  • Pohjanpalo 67'
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 47,987
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Faroe Islands 0–3 Romania
Report
  • Budescu 4', 45+1'
  • Maxim 83'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 3,941
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Finland 1–1 Northern Ireland
  • Arajuuri 87'
 Report
  • Cathcart 31'
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 14,550
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Greece 4–3 Hungary
  • Stafylidis 5'
  • Tachtsidis 57'
  • Mitroglou 79'
  • Kone 86'
 Report
  • Lovrencsics 26'
  • Németh 55', 75'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

7 goals

  • Kyle Lafferty

3 goals

  • Joel Pohjanpalo
  • Gareth McAuley

2 goals

  • Jóan Símun Edmundsson
  • Riku Riski
  • Dániel Böde
  • Krisztián Németh
  • Steven Davis
  • Constantin Budescu
  • Paul Papp
  • Bogdan Stancu

1 goal

  • Hallur Hansson
  • Christian Holst
  • Róaldur Jakobsen
  • Brandur Olsen
  • Paulus Arajuuri
  • Roman Eremenko
  • Jarkko Hurme
  • Berat Sadik
  • Christos Aravidis
  • Nikos Karelis
  • Panagiotis Kone
  • Kostas Mitroglou
  • Sokratis Papastathopoulos
  • Kostas Stafylidis
  • Panagiotis Tachtsidis
  • Balázs Dzsudzsák
  • Zoltán Gera
  • Richárd Guzmics
  • Gergő Lovrencsics
  • Tamás Priskin
  • Zoltán Stieber
  • Ádám Szalai
  • Craig Cathcart
  • Josh Magennis
  • Niall McGinn
  • Jamie Ward
  • Ovidiu Hoban
  • Claudiu Keșerü
  • Ciprian Marica
  • Alexandru Maxim
  • Raul Rusescu

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:

  • 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)
 Faroe Islands Hallur Hansson vs Finland (7 September 2014)
vs Hungary (14 October 2014)
vs Greece (14 November 2014)		 vs Romania (29 March 2015)
vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015)
vs Finland (7 September 2015)		 vs Hungary (8 October 2015)
Atli Gregersen vs Hungary (14 October 2014)
vs Greece (14 November 2014)
vs Greece (13 June 2015)
 vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015)
  vs Hungary (8 October 2015) vs Romania (11 October 2015)
Jóan Símun Edmundsson   vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2015) vs Finland (7 September 2015)
Fróði Benjaminsen vs Hungary (14 October 2014)
vs Greece (13 June 2015)
vs Finland (7 September 2015)		 vs Hungary (8 October 2015)
Brandur Olsen vs Greece (14 November 2014)
vs Greece (13 June 2015)
vs Finland (7 September 2015)		 vs Hungary (8 October 2015)
 Finland Alexander Ring   vs Romania (14 October 2014) vs Hungary (14 November 2014)
Tim Sparv vs Greece (11 October 2014)
vs Hungary (13 June 2015)
vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2015)		 vs Romania (8 October 2015)
Markus Halsti vs Hungary (13 June 2015)
vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2015)
vs Romania (8 October 2015)		 vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2015)
Përparim Hetemaj vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2014)
vs Greece (11 October 2014)
vs Romania (8 October 2015)		 vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2015)
 Greece Vasilis Torosidis vs Romania (7 September 2014)
vs Finland (11 October 2014)
vs Faroe Islands (13 June 2015)		 vs Finland (4 September 2015)
Kostas Manolas vs Romania (7 September 2014)
vs Faroe Islands (14 November 2014)
vs Romania (7 September 2015)		 vs Northern Ireland (8 October 2015)
 Hungary Ákos Elek vs Romania (11 October 2014)
vs Finland (14 November 2014)
vs Greece (29 March 2015)		 vs Finland (13 June 2015)
Zoltán Gera vs Romania (11 October 2014)
vs Faroe Islands (14 October 2014)
vs Finland (13 June 2015)		 vs Romania (4 September 2015)
Dániel Tőzsér vs Romania (11 October 2014)
vs Finland (14 November 2014)
vs Romania (4 September 2015)		 vs Northern Ireland (7 September 2015)
Leandro vs Greece (29 March 2015)
vs Romania (4 September 2015)
vs Northern Ireland (7 September 2015)		 vs Faroe Islands (8 October 2015)
 Northern Ireland Jonny Evans vs Azerbaijan (11 October 2013) vs Hungary (7 September 2014)
Chris Baird   vs Hungary (7 September 2015) vs Greece (8 October 2015)
Kyle Lafferty vs Greece (14 October 2014)
vs Romania (14 November 2014)
vs Hungary (7 September 2015)		 vs Greece (8 October 2015)
Conor McLaughlin vs Romania (14 November 2014)
vs Faroe Islands (4 September 2015)
vs Hungary (7 September 2015)		 vs Greece (8 October 2015)
 Romania Ciprian Marica   vs Greece (7 September 2014) vs Hungary (11 October 2014)
Mihai Pintilii vs Greece (7 September 2014)
vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2014)
vs Northern Ireland (13 June 2015)		 vs Hungary (4 September 2015)
Alexandru Chipciu vs Hungary (11 October 2014)
vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2014)
vs Hungary (4 September 2015)		 vs Greece (7 September 2015)

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