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.
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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[a] | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 20 | 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 | — |
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).
Azerbaijan | 1–2 | Bulgaria |
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Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Croatia | 2–0 | Malta |
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Attendance: 8,333
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Norway | 0–2 | Italy |
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Attendance: 26,265
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Bulgaria | 0–1 | Croatia |
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Attendance: 29,733[5]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Italy | 2–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Attendance: 33,000[6]
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
Malta | 0–3 | Norway |
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Attendance: 8,067[7]
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
Croatia | 6–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Attendance: 16,021[8]
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
Malta | 0–1 | Italy |
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Attendance: 16,942
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Norway | 2–1 | Bulgaria |
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Attendance: 18,990
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Norway |
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Attendance: 9,200[9]
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)
Bulgaria | 1–1 | Malta |
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Attendance: 3,300[10]
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Italy | 1–1 | Croatia |
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Attendance: 63,222
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Azerbaijan | 2–0 | Malta |
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Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Croatia | 5–1 | Norway |
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Attendance: 23,920
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Bulgaria | 2–2 | Italy |
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Attendance: 6,000[11]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Croatia | 1–1[note 2] | Italy |
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Attendance: 0[note 3]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Malta | 0–1 | Bulgaria |
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Attendance: 3,924
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Norway | 0–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Attendance: 21,228
Azerbaijan | 0–0 | Croatia |
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Attendance: 10,000[15]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Bulgaria | 0–1 | Norway |
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Attendance: 12,913[16]
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Italy | 1–0 | Malta |
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Attendance: 12,551[17]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Malta | 2–2 | Azerbaijan |
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Attendance: 5,266[18]
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Norway | 2–0 | Croatia |
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Attendance: 26,751[19]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Italy | 1–0 | Bulgaria |
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Attendance: 21,000[20]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Azerbaijan | 1–3 | Italy |
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Attendance: 48,000[21]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Norway | 2–0 | Malta |
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Attendance: 27,120[22]
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
Croatia | 3–0 | Bulgaria |
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Attendance: 0[note 4]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Bulgaria | 2–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Attendance: 2,500[23]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Italy | 2–1 | Norway |
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Attendance: 30,000[24]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Malta | 0–1 | Croatia |
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Attendance: 5,835[25]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
There were 68 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match.
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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Azerbaijan | Maksim Medvedev | vs Russia (15 October 2013)[note 5] | vs Bulgaria (9 September 2014) |
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) |