Spain start off the defence of their double European title against Macedonia in September after the group stage was confirmed today. Vicente Del Bosque's side have been drawn in group C together with the Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, FYR Macedonia and Luxembourg. The nine group champions and nine group runners-up will all qualify for the 24 team finals in France in summer 2016 together with the highest ranked third placed side, with the eight other third placed teams playing off for the four remaining places. This time around qualifying matches will take place on any day of the week under UEFA's new "Week of Football concept". (23.02.14)
Date | Location | |||
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8 Sep 2014 | Spain Ramos (Pen), Alcácer, Busquets, Silva, Pedro |
5-1 | Macedonia Ibraimi (Pen) |
Cuitat de Valencia |
9 Oct 2014 | Slovakia Kucka, Stoch |
2-1 | Spain Alcácer |
Zilina |
12 Oct 2014 | Luxembourg |
0-4 | Spain David Silva, Alcácer, Diego Costa, Bernat |
Luxembourg |
15 Nov 2014 | Spain Isco, Busquets, Pedro |
3-0 | Belarus |
Huelva |
27 Mar 2015 | Spain Morata |
1-0 | Ukraine |
S. Pizjuán, Sevilla |
14 Jun 2015 | Belarus |
0-1 | Spain David Silva |
Borisov |
5 Sep 2015 | Spain Jordi Alba, Iniesta (Pen) |
2-0 | Slovakia |
Oviedo |
8 Sep 2015 | Macedonia |
0-1 | Spain Pacovski (OG) |
Skopje |
9 Oct 2015 | Spain Cazorla (2), Alcácer (2) |
4-0 | Luxembourg |
Logroño |
12 Oct 2015 | Ukraine |
0-1 | Spain Mario Gaspar |
Kiev |