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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.^[1] Group H consisted of six teams: Italy, Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, and Malta,^[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[3]

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.

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:

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Team	Player	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Azerbaijan	Maksim Medvedev	vs Russia (15 October 2013)^{[note 5]}	vs Bulgaria (9 September 2014)
Azerbaijan	Badavi Guseynov	vs Italy (10 October 2015)	vs Bulgaria (13 October 2015)
Bulgaria	Petar Zanev	vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013)^{[note 5]}	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)^[26]	vs Croatia (10 October 2015) vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2015)
Croatia	Josip Šimunić	Discriminatory behaviour vs Iceland (19 November 2013)^[27]	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)^{[note 6]}	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)^{[note 6]}	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)^[29]	vs Azerbaijan (10 October 2015) vs Norway (13 October 2015)
Malta	Steve Borg	vs Croatia (9 September 2014)^[30]	vs Norway (10 October 2014) vs Italy (13 October 2014) vs Bulgaria (16 November 2014)
	Michael Mifsud	vs Italy (13 October 2014)^[31]	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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[table_note_CRO0.17162719283794-4] Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

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CET (UTC+1) for matches on 16 November 2014 and 28 March 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

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Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour (display of a Nazi symbol) in this match. In addition, the Croatian Football Federation were ordered to play their next two home matches of UEFA competition behind closed doors and not to play any of its remaining qualifying games at Stadion Poljud. A fine of €100,000 was also imposed.^[12] The Croatian Football Federation appealed against the decision and a hearing was scheduled for 17 September 2015. Croatia's appeal was rejected.^[13]

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Played behind closed doors due to punishment handed to Croatia by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway. The Croatian FA were also fined €50,000 because of that incident.^[14]

[croatia-ban-2-27] [N 4]
Played behind closed doors and away from Stadion Poljud due to a sanction imposed on Croatia after charges for racist behaviour in their home match against Italy.

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The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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The suspension was carried over from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[28]

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"UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

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"Spain face Ukraine return in EURO 2016 qualifying". UEFA.com. 23 February 2014.

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"Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.

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"Qualifying fixtures" (PDF). UEFA.com.

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"Bulgaria vs. Croatia". Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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"Italy vs. Azerbaijan". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Malta vs. Norway". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Croatia vs. Azerbaijan". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Azerbaijan vs. Norway". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Bulgaria vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Bulgaria vs. Italy". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[CROvITA-14] [12]
"Croatia deducted one European Qualifiers point". UEFA.com. 23 July 2015.

[appeal_denied-15] [13]
"Point deduction stands for Croatia". UEFA.com. 18 September 2015.

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"Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.

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"Azerbaijan vs. Croatia". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Bulgaria vs. Norway". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Malta vs. Azerbaijan". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Norway vs. Croatia". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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"Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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"Norway vs. Malta - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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"Bulgaria vs. Azerbaijan - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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"Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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"Malta vs. Croatia - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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"УЕФА наказа Мицански чак до старта на световните квалификации". sportline.bg. 23 September 2015.

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"Croatian player sanctioned for discriminatory behaviour". FIFA.com. 16 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.

[world_cup-34] [28]
"Update on FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions on World Cup cases". FIFA.com. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014.

[36] [29]
"Squad for European qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Norway to be announced on Saturday". vivoazzurro.it. 29 September 2015.

[37] [30]
"Borg handed three-match suspension by UEFA". Times of Malta. 24 September 2014.

[38] [31]
"Effiong feels he needs to prove himself to national team coach". Times of Malta. 3 March 2015.

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Pos	Team v t e	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10	6	3	1	20	5	+15	20	Qualify for final tournament	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	—

UEFA_Euro_2016_qualifying_Group_H

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H

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Discipline

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