UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group B

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.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium Wales Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel Cyprus Andorra
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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

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).

Andorra 1–2 Wales
  • Lima 6' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 3,150[5]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 12,100[6]
Belgium 6–0 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 45,459[7]
Cyprus 1–2 Israel
 Report
Attendance: 19,164[8]
Wales 0–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Attendance: 30,741[9]
Andorra 1–4 Israel
 Report
Attendance: 2,032[10]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 12,070[11]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Wales 2–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 21,273[12]
Belgium 0–0 Wales
Report
Attendance: 41,535[13]
Cyprus 5–0 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 6,078[14]
Israel 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report
Attendance: 28,300[15]
Israel 0–3 Wales
Report
Attendance: 30,200[17]
Andorra 0–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Attendance: 2,498[18]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Belgium 5–0 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 45,213[19]
Israel 0–1 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 29,750[21]
Andorra 1–3 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 1,054[22]
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1 Israel
 Report
Attendance: 12,100[23]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Wales 1–0 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 33,280[24]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Belgium 3–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report
Attendance: 42,975[25]
Cyprus 0–1 Wales
Report
Attendance: 14,492[26]
Israel 4–0 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 22,650[27]
Wales 0–0 Israel
Report
Attendance: 32,653[28]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 6,830[29]
Cyprus 0–1 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 11,866[30]
Andorra 1–4 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 3,032[31]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 10,250[32]
Israel 1–2 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 25,300[33]
Belgium 3–1 Israel
 Report
Attendance: 39,773[34]
Cyprus 2–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report
Attendance: 17,687[35]
Wales 2–0 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 33,280[36]

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

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)
 Andorra Moisés San Nicolás Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Hungary (15 October 2013)[note 4] vs Wales (9 September 2014)
Márcio Vieira Yellow card vs Wales (9 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Belgium (10 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (28 March 2015)		 vs Cyprus (12 June 2015)
Jordi Rubio Yellow card vs Israel (13 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Cyprus (12 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Israel (3 September 2015)		 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015)
Josep Ayala Yellow card vs Belgium (10 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Cyprus (12 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015)		 vs Belgium (10 October 2015)
Cristian Martínez Yellow card vs Israel (13 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Cyprus (16 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015)		 vs Belgium (10 October 2015)
Víctor Rodríguez Red card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015) vs Belgium (10 October 2015)
vs Wales (13 October 2015)
Marc Rebés Yellow card vs Cyprus (12 June 2015)
Yellow card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2015)
Yellow card vs Belgium (10 October 2015)		 vs Wales (13 October 2015)
 Belgium Vincent Kompany Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Israel (31 March 2015) vs Wales (12 June 2015)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Toni Šunjić Red card vs Israel (16 November 2014) vs Andorra (28 March 2015)
Muhamed Bešić Red card vs Andorra (6 September 2015)[37] vs Wales (10 October 2015)
vs Cyprus (13 October 2015)
 Cyprus Vincent Laban Yellow card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Israel (10 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Andorra (12 June 2015)		 vs Wales (3 September 2015)
 Israel Eitan Tibi Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Wales (28 March 2015) vs Belgium (31 March 2015)
Lior Refaelov Yellow card vs Cyprus (10 October 2014)
Yellow card vs Wales (28 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Belgium (31 March 2015)		 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (12 June 2015)
Sheran Yeini Yellow card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Belgium (31 March 2015)
Yellow card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (12 June 2015)		 vs Andorra (3 September 2015)
Nir Bitton Yellow card vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Wales (6 September 2015)
Yellow card vs Cyprus (10 October 2015)		 vs Belgium (13 October 2015)
 Wales Andy King Red card vs Cyprus (13 October 2014)[38] vs Belgium (16 November 2014)
vs Israel (28 March 2015)
Joe Allen Yellow card vs Andorra (9 September 2014)
Yellow card vs Belgium (16 November 2014)
Yellow card vs Belgium (12 June 2015)		 vs Cyprus (3 September 2015)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 16 November 2014 and 28 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. ^ The Israel v Wales match was originally to kick off at 20:45 (22:45 UTC+3), but was moved to 18:00 (20:00 UTC+3) as matches cannot kick off later than 22:00 local time according to UEFA's guidelines.[16]
  3. ^ The Israel v Belgium match was originally to be played on 9 September 2014, 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3), but was postponed due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[20]
  4. ^ The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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