UEFA EURO 2016 play-off reaction
Sunday, October 18, 2015
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UEFA.com's DrawCentre has all the reaction after the draw was made for November's play-offs. See what the coaches and players thought of their ties.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Sweden and Hungary are the seeds for the UEFA EURO 2016 play-off draw, which will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 11.20CET on Sunday. Denmark, the Republic of Ireland, Norway and Slovenia are their possible opponents.
The eight teams involved in the play-offs were those that finished third in their qualifying groups other than Turkey, who secured a finals place as the nation with the best record against the sides first, second, fourth and fifth in their section.
Seedings
The eight teams in the draw will be divided into two groups of seeded and non-seeded teams, based on the latest UEFA national team coefficient rankings. Each fixture will pit a seeded team against a non-seeded team.
Seeded: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Sweden, Hungary
Unseeded: Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Slovenia
When are the play-off ties?
First legs: 12/13/14 November 2015
Second legs: 15/16/17 November 2015
Guide to the contenders:
SEEDED
Bosnia and Herzegovina (third in Group B)
Top scorer: Edin Džeko (7 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W5 D2 L3 F17 A12 Pts17
EURO best: never qualified
Last EURO: N/A
EURO appearances: 0
Ukraine (third in Group C)
Top scorer: Andriy Yarmolenko (4 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W6 D1 L3 F14 A4 Pts19
EURO best: group stage 2012
Last EURO: 2012 (group stage)
EURO appearances: 1 (2012)
Sweden (third in Group G)
Top scorer: Zlatan Ibrahimović (8 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W5 D3 L2 F15 A9 Pts18
EURO best: semi-finals 1992
Last EURO: 2012 (group stage)
EURO appearances: 5 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Hungary (third in Group F)
Top scorer: Dániel Böde, Krisztián Németh (2 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W4 D4 L2 F11 A9 Pts16
EURO best: third place 1964
Last EURO: 1972 (fourth place)
EURO appearances: 2 (1964, 1972)
UNSEEDED
Denmark (third in Group I)
Top scorer: Nicklas Bendtner (2 goals)
Qualifying record: P8 W3 D3 L2 F8 A5 Pts12
EURO best: winners 1992
Last EURO: 2012 (group stage)
EURO appearances: 8 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
Republic of Ireland (third in Group D)
Top scorer: Robbie Keane (5 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W5 D3 L2 F19 A7 Pts18
EURO best: group stage 1988, 2012
Last EURO: 2012 (group stage)
EURO appearances: 2 (1988, 2012)
Norway (third in Group H)
Top scorer: Alexander Tettey (3 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W6 D1 L3 F13 A10 Pts19
EURO best: group stage 2000
Last EURO: 2000
EURO appearances: 1 (2000)
Slovenia (third in Group E)
Top scorer: Milivoje Novakovič (6 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W5 D1 L4 F18 A11 Pts16
EURO best: group stage 2000
Last EURO: 2000
EURO appearances: 1 (2000)