UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H

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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. Group H consisted of six teams: Italy, Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, and Malta, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

The top two teams, Italy and Croatia, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Norway weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they lost to Hungary and thus failed to qualify.

Standings

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 10 7 3 0 16 7 +9 24 Qualify for final tournament — 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
2  Croatia 10 6 3 1 20 5 +15 20 1–1 — 5–1 3–0 6–0 2–0
3  Norway 10 6 1 3 13 10 +3 19 Advance to play-offs 0–2 2–0 — 2–1 0–0 2–0
4  Bulgaria 10 3 2 5 9 12 −3 11 2–2 0–1 0–1 — 2–0 1–1
5  Azerbaijan 10 1 3 6 7 18 −11 6 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 — 2–0
6  Malta 10 0 2 8 3 16 −13 2 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

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).

Azerbaijan 1–2 Bulgaria
  • Nazarov 54'
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  • Mitsanski 14'
  • V. Hristov 87'
Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Croatia 2–0 Malta
  • Modrić 46'
  • Kramarić 81'
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Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 8,333
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Norway 0–2 Italy
Report
  • Zaza 16'
  • Bonucci 62'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 26,265
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Bulgaria 0–1 Croatia
Report
  • Bodurov 36' (o.g.)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 29,733
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Italy 2–1 Azerbaijan
  • Chiellini 44', 82'
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  • Chiellini 76' (o.g.)
Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
Malta 0–3 Norway
Report
  • Dæhli 22'
  • King 26', 49'
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 8,067
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
Croatia 6–0 Azerbaijan
  • Kramarić 11'
  • Perišić 34', 45'
  • Brozović 45+1'
  • Modrić 57' (pen.)
  • Sadygov 61' (o.g.)
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Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 16,021
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
Malta 0–1 Italy
Report
  • Pellè 24'
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 16,942
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Norway 2–1 Bulgaria
  • T. Elyounoussi 13'
  • Nielsen 72'
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  • Bodurov 43'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 18,990
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Azerbaijan 0–1 Norway
Report
  • Nordtveit 25'
Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)
Bulgaria 1–1 Malta
  • Galabinov 6'
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  • Failla 49' (pen.)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Italy 1–1 Croatia
  • Candreva 11'
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  • Perišić 15'
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 63,222
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Azerbaijan 2–0 Malta
  • Huseynov 4'
  • Nazarov 90+2'
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Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Croatia 5–1 Norway
  • Brozović 30'
  • Perišić 53'
  • Olić 65'
  • Schildenfeld 87'
  • Pranjić 90+4'
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  • Tettey 80'
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 23,920
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Bulgaria 2–2 Italy
  • I. Popov 11'
  • Mitsanski 17'
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  • Y. Minev 4' (o.g.)
  • Éder 84'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Croatia 1–1 Italy
  • Mandžukić 11'
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  • Candreva 36' (pen.)
Stadion Poljud, Split
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Malta 0–1 Bulgaria
Report
  • I. Popov 56'
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 3,924
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Norway 0–0 Azerbaijan
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 21,228
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Azerbaijan 0–0 Croatia
Report
Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Bulgaria 0–1 Norway
Report
  • Forren 57'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 12,913
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Italy 1–0 Malta
  • Pellè 69'
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Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Attendance: 12,551
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Malta 2–2 Azerbaijan
  • Mifsud 55'
  • Effiong 71'
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  • Amirguliyev 36', 80'
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 5,266
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Norway 2–0 Croatia
  • Berget 51'
  • Ćorluka 69' (o.g.)
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Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 26,751
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Italy 1–0 Bulgaria
  • De Rossi 6' (pen.)
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Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Azerbaijan 1–3 Italy
  • Nazarov 31'
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  • Éder 11'
  • El Shaarawy 43'
  • Darmian 65'
National Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Norway 2–0 Malta
  • Tettey 19'
  • Søderlund 52'
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Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 27,120
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
Croatia 3–0 Bulgaria
  • Perišić 2'
  • Rakitić 42'
  • N. Kalinić 81'
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Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Bulgaria 2–0 Azerbaijan
  • M. Aleksandrov 20'
  • Rangelov 56'
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Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Italy 2–1 Norway
  • Florenzi 73'
  • Pellè 82'
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  • Tettey 23'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Malta 0–1 Croatia
Report
  • Perišić 25'
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 5,835
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Goalscorers

There were 68 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Ivan Perišić

3 goals

  • Dimitrij Nazarov
  • Graziano Pellè
  • Alexander Tettey

2 goals

  • Rahid Amirguliyev
  • Iliyan Mitsanski
  • Ivelin Popov
  • Marcelo Brozović
  • Andrej Kramarić
  • Luka Modrić
  • Antonio Candreva
  • Giorgio Chiellini
  • Éder
  • Joshua King

1 goal

  • Javid Huseynov
  • Mihail Aleksandrov
  • Nikolay Bodurov
  • Andrey Galabinov
  • Ventsislav Hristov
  • Dimitar Rangelov
  • Nikola Kalinić
  • Mario Mandžukić
  • Ivica Olić
  • Danijel Pranjić
  • Ivan Rakitić
  • Gordon Schildenfeld
  • Leonardo Bonucci
  • Matteo Darmian
  • Daniele De Rossi
  • Stephan El Shaarawy
  • Alessandro Florenzi
  • Simone Zaza
  • Alfred Effiong
  • Clayton Failla
  • Michael Mifsud
  • Jo Inge Berget
  • Mats Møller Dæhli
  • Tarik Elyounoussi
  • Vegard Forren
  • Håvard Nielsen
  • Håvard Nordtveit
  • Alexander Søderlund

1 own goal

  • Rashad Sadygov (against Croatia)
  • Nikolay Bodurov (against Croatia)
  • Yordan Minev (against Italy)
  • Vedran Ćorluka (against Norway)
  • Giorgio Chiellini (against Azerbaijan)

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)
 Azerbaijan Maksim Medvedev vs Russia (15 October 2013) vs Bulgaria (9 September 2014)
Badavi Guseynov vs Italy (10 October 2015) vs Bulgaria (13 October 2015)
 Bulgaria Petar Zanev   vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2014)
Svetoslav Dyakov vs Italy (28 March 2015)
vs Malta (12 June 2015)
vs Italy (6 September 2015)		 vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
Yordan Minev vs Norway (13 October 2014)
vs Norway (3 September 2015)
vs Italy (6 September 2015)		 vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
Iliyan Mitsanski vs Italy (6 September 2015) vs Croatia (10 October 2015)
vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2015)
 Croatia Josip Šimunić Discriminatory behaviour vs Iceland (19 November 2013) vs Malta (9 September 2014)
vs Bulgaria (10 October 2014)
vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2014)
vs Italy (16 November 2014)
vs Norway (28 March 2015)
vs Italy (12 June 2015)
vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)
Ante Rebić vs Mexico (23 June 2014) vs Malta (9 September 2014)
Vedran Ćorluka   vs Norway (28 March 2015) vs Italy (12 June 2015)
Darijo Srna   vs Italy (12 June 2015) vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)
Mateo Kovačić vs Italy (16 November 2014)
vs Italy (12 June 2015)
vs Azerbaijan (3 September 2015)		 vs Norway (6 September 2015)
Ivica Olić vs Bulgaria (10 October 2014)
vs Italy (12 June 2015)
vs Norway (6 September 2015)		 vs Bulgaria (10 October 2015)
Duje Čop vs Bulgaria (10 October 2015) vs Malta (13 October 2015)
 Italy Claudio Marchisio vs Uruguay (24 June 2014) vs Norway (9 September 2014)
Leonardo Bonucci vs Malta (13 October 2014) vs Croatia (16 November 2014)
Daniele De Rossi vs Bulgaria (6 September 2015) vs Azerbaijan (10 October 2015)
vs Norway (13 October 2015)
 Malta Steve Borg vs Croatia (9 September 2014) vs Norway (10 October 2014)
vs Italy (13 October 2014)
vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
Michael Mifsud vs Italy (13 October 2014) vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
vs Azerbaijan (28 March 2015)
Paul Fenech vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
vs Bulgaria (12 June 2015)
vs Italy (3 September 2015)		 vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2015)
 Norway Tarik Elyounoussi vs Bulgaria (13 October 2014)
vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2014)
vs Croatia (28 March 2015)		 vs Azerbaijan (12 June 2015)

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