UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C
Football tournament qualification stage
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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament.[1] Group C consisted of six teams: Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia, and Luxembourg,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
Originally Gibraltar had been drawn in this group, but were moved to group D due to Spain not being willing to play them because of the disputed status of Gibraltar.[4]
The top two teams, Spain and Slovakia, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Ukraine weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Slovenia and thus qualified as well.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Spain |
10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 27 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Slovakia |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 22 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Ukraine |
10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 19 | Advance to play-offs | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| 4 | Belarus |
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 11 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
| 5 | Luxembourg |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 4[a] | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Macedonia |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 4[a] | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — |
- Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Luxembourg 2, Macedonia 0.
Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.[5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
| Luxembourg | 1–1 | Belarus |
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| Macedonia | 3–2 | Luxembourg |
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| Luxembourg | 0–3 | Ukraine |
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| Macedonia | 1–2 | Belarus |
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| Ukraine | 3–0 | Luxembourg |
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| Luxembourg | 1–0 | Macedonia |
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| Ukraine | 3–1 | Belarus |
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| Belarus | 2–0 | Luxembourg |
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| Spain | 4–0 | Luxembourg |
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Goalscorers
There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Stefano Bensi- Mario Mutsch
- Sébastien Thill
- David Turpel
Besart Abdurahimi- Arijan Ademi
- Agim Ibraimi
- Adis Jahović
Peter Pekarík- Kornel Saláta
- Stanislav Šesták
- Miroslav Stoch
- Vladimír Weiss
Jordi Alba- Juan Bernat
- Diego Costa
- Andrés Iniesta
- Isco
- Mario Gaspar
- Álvaro Morata
- Sergio Ramos
Denys Harmash- Yevhen Seleznyov
1 own goal
Alyaksandr Martynovich (against Ukraine)- Tome Pachovski (against Spain)
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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| Belarus | Maksim Bardachow |  vs Spain (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (27 March 2015) vs Spain (14 June 2015) | vs Ukraine (5 September 2015) |
| Alyaksandr Martynovich | vs Luxembourg (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (27 March 2015) vs Ukraine (5 September 2015) | vs Luxembourg (8 September 2015) | |
 vs Slovakia (9 October 2015) | vs Macedonia (12 October 2015) | ||
| Luxembourg | Aurélien Joachim |  vs Portugal (15 October 2013)[note 2] | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) |
| Mario Mutsch | vs Macedonia (9 October 2014) vs Slovakia (27 March 2015) vs Ukraine (14 June 2015) | vs Macedonia (5 September 2015) | |
| Christopher Martins | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) vs Ukraine (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (5 September 2015) | vs Belarus (8 September 2015) | |
| Chris Philipps | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (9 October 2014) vs Belarus (8 September 2015) | vs Spain (9 October 2015) | |
| Daniel da Mota | vs Belarus (8 September 2014) vs Ukraine (14 June 2015) vs Spain (9 October 2015) | vs Slovakia (12 October 2015) | |
| Macedonia | Ferhan Hasani | vs Slovakia (14 June 2014) | vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015) |
| Besart Abdurahimi | vs Spain (8 September 2014) vs Ukraine (12 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015) | vs Spain (8 September 2015) | |
| Stefan Ristovski | vs Spain (8 September 2014) vs Luxembourg (9 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (5 September 2015) | vs Spain (8 September 2015) | |
| Slovakia | Martin Škrtel | vs Greece (11 October 2013)[note 2] | vs Ukraine (8 September 2014) |
| vs Macedonia (15 November 2014) vs Luxembourg (27 March 2015) vs Macedonia (14 June 2015) | vs Spain (5 September 2015) | ||
| Juraj Kucka | vs Ukraine (8 September 2014) vs Spain (9 October 2015) vs Macedonia (14 June 2015) | vs Spain (5 September 2015) | |
| Norbert Gyömbér | vs Spain (9 October 2014) vs Belarus (12 October 2014) vs Ukraine (8 September 2015) | vs Belarus (9 October 2015) | |
| Spain | Diego Costa | vs Slovakia (9 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (12 October 2014) vs Macedonia (8 September 2015) | vs Luxembourg (9 October 2015) |
| Ukraine | Yevhen Khacheridi | vs France (19 November 2013)[note 2] | vs Slovakia (8 September 2014) |
| vs Luxembourg (15 November 2014) vs Belarus (5 September 2015) vs Macedonia (9 October 2015) | vs Spain (12 October 2015) | ||
| Artem Fedetskyi | vs Slovakia (8 September 2014) vs Macedonia (12 October 2014) vs Spain (27 March 2015) | vs Luxembourg (14 June 2015) | |
| Denys Harmash | vs Belarus (5 September 2015) | vs Slovakia (8 September 2015) | |
| Serhiy Sydorchuk | vs Macedonia (12 October 2014) vs Luxembourg (15 November 2014) vs Macedonia (9 October 2015) | vs Spain (12 October 2015) |