UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group B
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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group B was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group B consisted of six teams: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Israel, Wales, Cyprus, and Andorra,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The top two teams, Belgium and Wales, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Bosnia and Herzegovina weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they lost to the Republic of Ireland and thus failed to qualify.
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| 1 | Belgium |
10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 23 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Wales |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 21 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 17 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| 4 | Israel |
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 13 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | ||
| 5 | Cyprus |
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 12 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 6 | Andorra |
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 36 | −32 | 0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | — |
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).
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | Cyprus |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–1 | Belgium |
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| Andorra | 0–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Belgium | 3–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Cyprus | 2–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Goalscorers
There were 88 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.93 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Dossa Júnior (against Andorra)
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) |
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| Andorra | Moisés San Nicolás |   vs Hungary (15 October 2013)[note 4] | vs Wales (9 September 2014) |
| Márcio Vieira | vs Wales (9 September 2014) vs Belgium (10 October 2014) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (28 March 2015) | vs Cyprus (12 June 2015) | |
| Jordi Rubio | vs Israel (13 October 2014) vs Cyprus (12 June 2015) vs Israel (3 September 2015) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015) | |
| Josep Ayala | vs Belgium (10 October 2014) vs Cyprus (12 June 2015) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015) | vs Belgium (10 October 2015) | |
| Cristian Martínez | vs Israel (13 October 2014) vs Cyprus (16 November 2014) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015) | vs Belgium (10 October 2015) | |
| Víctor Rodríguez |  vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015) | vs Belgium (10 October 2015) vs Wales (13 October 2015) | |
| Marc Rebés | vs Cyprus (12 June 2015) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015) vs Belgium (10 October 2015) | vs Wales (13 October 2015) | |
| Belgium | Vincent Kompany | vs Israel (31 March 2015) | vs Wales (12 June 2015) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Toni Šunjić | vs Israel (16 November 2014) | vs Andorra (28 March 2015) |
| Muhamed Bešić | vs Andorra (6 September 2015)[37] | vs Wales (10 October 2015) vs Cyprus (13 October 2015) | |
| Cyprus | Vincent Laban | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 September 2014) vs Israel (10 October 2014) vs Andorra (12 June 2015) | vs Wales (3 September 2015) |
| Israel | Eitan Tibi | vs Wales (28 March 2015) | vs Belgium (31 March 2015) |
| Lior Refaelov | vs Cyprus (10 October 2014) vs Wales (28 March 2015) vs Belgium (31 March 2015) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (12 June 2015) | |
| Sheran Yeini | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 November 2014) vs Belgium (31 March 2015) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (12 June 2015) | vs Andorra (3 September 2015) | |
| Nir Bitton | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 November 2014) vs Wales (6 September 2015) vs Cyprus (10 October 2015) | vs Belgium (13 October 2015) | |
| Wales | Andy King | vs Cyprus (13 October 2014)[38] | vs Belgium (16 November 2014) vs Israel (28 March 2015) |
| Joe Allen | vs Andorra (9 September 2014) vs Belgium (16 November 2014) vs Belgium (12 June 2015) | vs Cyprus (3 September 2015) |