The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A was one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Group A consisted of four teams: Germany, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland and Slovakia. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from September to November 2025.
The group winners, Germany, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Slovakia, advanced to the second round (play-offs). In addition, Northern Ireland advanced to the play-offs via their Nations League ranking.
Standings
Matches The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 13 December 2024 following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Goalscorers
Discipline A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences) Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (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) Antonio Rüdiger vs Slovakia (4 September 2025) vs Northern Ireland (7 September 2025) vs Luxembourg (10 October 2025) Karim Adeyemi vs Slovakia (4 September 2025) vs Northern Ireland (13 October 2025) vs Luxembourg (14 November 2025) Seid Korać vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2025) vs Slovakia (7 September 2025) Danel Sinani vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2025) vs Slovakia (7 September 2025) vs Germany (10 October 2025) Dirk Carlson vs Germany (10 October 2025) vs Slovakia (13 October 2025) Florian Bohnert vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2025) vs Germany (14 November 2025) vs Northern Ireland (17 November 2025) Jeff Strasser vs Germany (10 October 2025) vs Germany (14 November 2025) vs Northern Ireland (17 November 2025) Conor Bradley vs Germany (7 September 2025) vs Slovakia (10 October 2025) vs Germany (13 October 2025) Ethan Galbraith vs Germany (7 September 2025) vs Germany (13 October 2025) vs Slovakia (14 November 2025) Daniel Ballard vs Slovakia (14 November 2025) vs Luxembourg (17 November 2025) George Saville vs Germany (7 September 2025) vs Slovakia (14 November 2025) vs Luxembourg (17 November 2025) Ondrej Duda vs Luxembourg (7 September 2025) vs Luxembourg (13 October 2025) vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2025)
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References
External links
Qualifiers – UEFA, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com