EURO play-off facts and figures

UEFA European Championship play-off records

Team facts
• Bosnia and Herzegovina    
This is their second consecutive appearance in the EURO play-offs; they lost to Portugal 6-2 on aggregate in the UEFA EURO 2012 play-offs having drawn the first leg 0-0.

• Denmark      
The 1992 European champions are the only former winners in the play-offs. They qualified through the play-offs once before, defeating Israel to qualify for UEFA EURO 2000.

• Hungary    
This is the first appearance in the play-offs for Hungary. They are aiming to qualify for the first time since 1972.

• Norway    
Norway's last appearance in the play-offs was in the UEFA EURO 2004 preliminaries, when they lost both home and away to Spain. Their only appearance at the finals came in 2000.

• Republic of Ireland    
This is their fourth appearance in the play-offs, which is more than any other nation. They are aiming to qualify through the play-offs for the second EURO in a row.

• Slovenia
Slovenia are making their third appearance in the play-offs. They qualified for the 2000 finals by beating Ukraine but lost out to Croatia four years later.

• Sweden
Sweden are making their first appearance in the play-offs. They have not failed to qualify for a European Championship since 1996.

• Ukraine    
Ukraine competed in the play-offs for UEFA EURO 2000; they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Slovenia despite scoring the first goal in both legs.

Play-off facts
• The Netherlands and Croatia have won both their play-off ties. Scotland are the only team to have competed twice and lost both times.

• Only one team has ever lost the first leg and advanced, the Netherlands lost 1-0 in Scotland in the UEFA EURO 2004 play-offs but won the return 6-0.

• The best performances of any teams qualifying via the play-offs came in 2004 and 2012 when the Netherlands and Portugal reached the semi-finals of the respective tournaments. No team has ever won the final tournament after qualifying through the play-offs.

• Slovenia (2000) and Latvia (2004) earned their UEFA EURO final tournament debuts via the play-offs. Slovenia beat fellow 2016 play-off contenders Ukraine in 2000.

• Ruud van Nistelrooy is the only player to score a play-off hat-trick, in the Netherlands' 6-0 second-leg win against Scotland in 2004.

• Robbie Keane and Jon Dahl Tomasson are the only other players with a career tally of three play-off goals.

• Milenko Ačimovič (Slovenia), Mladen Dabanovič (Slovenia), Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland), Barry Ferguson (Scotland), Amir Karič (Slovenia), Miran Pavlin (Slovenia), Stipe Pletikosa (Croatia), Darijo Srna (Croatia) and Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia) have all played in a record four play-off matches.

• Ukraine (2000), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012), Estonia (2012) and Montenegro (2012) all missed out on debut final tournaments in play-offs.

• Only three teams have won both legs of a play-off tie: Denmark (v Israel, 2000), Spain (v Norway, 2004), Czech Republic (v Montenegro, 2012).

• Most appearances – three: Republic of Ireland (1996, 2000, 2012) and Turkey (2004, 2008, 2012)

• Biggest aggregate win: Denmark 8-0 Israel (2000)

• Biggest first-leg win: Israel 0-5 Denmark (2000)

• Biggest home win first leg: Czech Republic 2-0 Montenegro (2012)

• Biggest home win second leg: Netherlands 6-0 Scotland (2004)

• Biggest away win first leg: Israel 0-5 Denmark (2000)

• Biggest away win second leg: Norway 0-3 Spain (2004)

• Fastest goal – two minutes: Ivica Olić (Turkey vs Croatia, 2012); Jon Dahl Tomasson (Israel v Denmark, 2000)

• In 13 two-legged ties, the team playing home in the first leg has qualified six times (46%) with the team playing away in the first leg qualifying seven times (54%).