The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group D 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 D consisted of four teams: Azerbaijan, France, Iceland and Ukraine. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from September to November 2025.
The group winners, France, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Ukraine, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
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) Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev vs Ukraine (9 September 2025) vs Ukraine (13 October 2025) vs Iceland (13 November 2025)Rustam Akhmedzade vs France (10 October 2025) vs Iceland (13 November 2025) vs France (16 November 2025) Aurélien Tchouaméni vs Iceland (9 September 2025) vs Azerbaijan (10 October 2025)vs Iceland (13 October 2025)Manu Koné vs Iceland (9 September 2025) vs Ukraine (13 November 2025) vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2025) Aron Gunnarsson vs Kosovo in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (23 March 2025) vs Azerbaijan (5 September 2025)Andri Guðjohnsen vs France (9 September 2025) vs Ukraine (10 October 2025) vs France (13 October 2025)
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References
External links
Qualifiers – UEFA, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com