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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	Bale 22', 81'

9 September 2014 (2014-09-09)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 3,150^[5]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	Cyprus
Ibišević 6'	Report	Christofi 45', 73'

9 September 2014 (2014-09-09)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 12,100^[6]

Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

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Belgium	6–0	Andorra
De Bruyne 31' (pen.), 34' Chadli 37' Origi 59' Mertens 65', 68'	Report

10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 45,459^[7]

Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Cyprus	1–2	Israel
Makrides 67'	Report	Damari 38' Ben Haim II 45'

10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 19,164^[8]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Wales	0–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report

10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 30,741^[9]

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

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Andorra	1–4	Israel
Lima 15' (pen.)	Report	Damari 3', 41', 82' Hemed 90+6' (pen.)

13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 2,032^[10]

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1	Belgium
Džeko 28'	Report	Nainggolan 51'

13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 12,070^[11]

Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Wales	2–1	Cyprus
Cotterill 13' Robson-Kanu 23'	Report	Laban 36'

13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 21,273^[12]

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

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Belgium	0–0	Wales
	Report

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)

18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 41,535^[13]

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Cyprus	5–0	Andorra
Merkis 9' Efrem 31', 42', 60' Christofi 87' (pen.)	Report

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)

18:00
(19:00 UTC+2)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 6,078^[14]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Israel	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vermouth 36' Damari 45' Zahavi 70'	Report

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 28,300^[15]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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Israel	0–3	Wales
	Report	Ramsey 45+1' Bale 50', 77'

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)

18:00
(20:00 UTC+3)^{[note 2]}

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 30,200^[17]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Andorra	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Džeko 13', 49', 62'

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 2,498^[18]

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Belgium	5–0	Cyprus
Fellaini 21', 66' Benteke 35' Hazard 67' Batshuayi 80'	Report

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 45,213^[19]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

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Israel	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Fellaini 9'

31 March 2015 (2015-03-31)^{[note 3]}

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Attendance: 29,750^[21]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

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Andorra	1–3	Cyprus
Dossa Júnior 2' (o.g.)	Report	Mitidis 13', 45', 53'

12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 1,054^[22]

Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Israel
Višća 42', 75' Džeko 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Ben Haim II 41'

12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 12,100^[23]

Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Wales	1–0	Belgium
Bale 25'	Report

12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 33,280^[24]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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Belgium	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fellaini 23' De Bruyne 44' Hazard 78' (pen.)	Report	Džeko 15'

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 42,975^[25]

Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Cyprus	0–1	Wales
	Report	Bale 82'

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 14,492^[26]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Israel	4–0	Andorra
Zahavi 3' Bitton 22' Hemed 26' (pen.) Dabbur 38'	Report

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 22,650^[27]

Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

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Wales	0–0	Israel
	Report

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)

18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 32,653^[28]

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Andorra
Bičakčić 14' Džeko 30' Lulić 45'	Report

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 6,830^[29]

Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

Cyprus	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Hazard 86'

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 11,866^[30]

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

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Andorra	1–4	Belgium
Lima 51' (pen.)	Report	Nainggolan 19' De Bruyne 42' Hazard 56' (pen.) Depoitre 64'

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 3,032^[31]

Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	Wales
Đurić 71' Ibišević 90'	Report

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 10,250^[32]

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Israel	1–2	Cyprus
Bitton 76'	Report	Dossa Júnior 58' Demetriou 80'

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Attendance: 25,300^[33]

Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

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Belgium	3–1	Israel
Mertens 64' De Bruyne 78' Hazard 84'	Report	Hemed 88'

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 39,773^[34]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Cyprus	2–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Charalambidis 32' Mitidis 41'	Report	Medunjanin 13', 44' Đurić 67'

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 17,687^[35]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Wales	2–0	Andorra
Ramsey 50' Bale 86'	Report

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 33,280^[36]

Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.93 goals per match.

7 goals

• Edin Džeko
• Gareth Bale

5 goals

• Kevin De Bruyne
• Eden Hazard
• Omer Damari

4 goals

• Marouane Fellaini
• Nestoras Mitidis

3 goals

• Ildefons Lima
• Dries Mertens
• Demetris Christofi
• Georgios Efrem
• Tomer Hemed

2 goals

• Radja Nainggolan
• Milan Đurić
• Vedad Ibišević
• Haris Medunjanin
• Edin Višća
• Tal Ben Haim II
• Nir Bitton
• Eran Zahavi
• Aaron Ramsey

1 goal

• Michy Batshuayi
• Christian Benteke
• Nacer Chadli
• Laurent Depoitre
• Divock Origi
• Ermin Bičakčić
• Senad Lulić
• Constantinos Charalambidis
• Jason Demetriou
• Dossa Júnior
• Vincent Laban
• Constantinos Makrides
• Giorgos Merkis
• Moanes Dabour
• Gil Vermouth
• David Cotterill
• Hal Robson-Kanu

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)
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)

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.