The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group G consisted of six teams: Russia, Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Moldova, and Liechtenstein,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The top two teams, Austria and Russia, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Sweden weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Denmark and thus qualified as well.
Standings
- ^ The Montenegro v Russia match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Russia after being abandoned at 0–0 due to crowd violence and a scuffle between players.
Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.[4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Goalscorers
There were 71 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match.[note 4]
8 goals
7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]
- 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)
|
 Austria |
Marc Janko |
 vs Moldova (9 October 2014) |
vs Montenegro (12 October 2014)
|
 Liechtenstein |
Mario Frick |
 vs Russia (8 September 2014)
vs Montenegro (9 October 2014)
vs Sweden (12 October 2014) |
vs Moldova (15 November 2014)
|
| Sandro Wieser |
vs Russia (8 September 2014)
vs Moldova (14 June 2015)
vs Montenegro (5 September 2015) |
vs Russia (8 September 2015)
|
| Daniel Kaufmann |
vs Russia (8 September 2015) |
vs Sweden (9 October 2015)
|
 Moldova |
Alexandru Gațcan |
vs Sweden (27 March 2015)
vs Liechtenstein (14 June 2015)
vs Montenegro (8 September 2015) |
vs Russia (9 October 2015)
|
| Victor Golovatenco |
vs Russia (12 October 2014)
vs Sweden (27 March 2015)
vs Montenegro (8 September 2015) |
vs Russia (9 October 2015)
|
 Montenegro |
Marko Simić |
vs Liechtenstein (9 October 2014)
vs Austria (12 October 2014)
vs Sweden (14 June 2015) |
vs Liechtenstein (5 September 2015)
|
| Mirko Vučinić |
vs Austria (9 October 2015) |
vs Russia (12 October 2015)
|
 Sweden |
Andreas Granqvist |
 vs Moldova (27 March 2015) |
vs Montenegro (14 June 2015)
|
| Kim Källström |
vs Austria (8 September 2014)
vs Montenegro (15 November 2014)
vs Montenegro (14 June 2015) |
vs Russia (5 September 2015)
|
Montenegro coach Branko Brnović served a one-match touchline ban and missed Montenegro's match against Russia (12 October 2015) after being sent off against Austria (9 October 2015).[21]
Notes
- ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 15 November 2014 and 27 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
- ^ The Montenegro v Russia match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Russia[7] after it was abandoned in the 67th minute at 0–0 due to crowd violence and a scuffle between players. This was the second delay of the match as in the first minute Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was hit by a flare thrown from the crowd and stretchered off, causing a 33-minute delay.[8] Montenegro also had to play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Montenegrin and Russian FAs were fined €50,000 and €25,000 respectively.[9]
- ^ Played behind closed doors because of a sanction imposed on Montenegro after the abandoned match against Russia.
- ^ The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.
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