[1] Group I consisted of five teams: Portugal, Denmark, Serbia, Armenia, and Albania,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
France were also partnered with the five-team Group I, which enabled the 2016 tournament hosts to play centralized friendlies against these countries on their 'spare' dates.
[5][6][7][8] The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice.
[28] The ban was temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport until the final appeal.
[29] On 23 March 2015, the CAS ruled that his ban should be reduced to four games, with two suspended during a six-month probationary period, meaning he missed Portugal's matches against Serbia (29 March 2015) and Armenia (13 June 2015).