2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
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 [2026 FIFA 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup qualification – UEFA second round|second round (play-offs)]. In addition, Northern Ireland advanced to the play-offs via their Nations League ranking.
Matches
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 13 December 2024 following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA.----
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Discipline
A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:- Receiving a red card
- Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches
| Team | Player | Offence | Suspended for match |
| Antonio Rüdiger | vs Slovakia vs Northern Ireland | vs Luxembourg | |
| Karim Adeyemi | vs Slovakia vs Northern Ireland | vs Luxembourg | |
| Seid Korać | vs Northern Ireland | vs Slovakia | |
| Danel Sinani | vs Northern Ireland vs Slovakia | vs Germany | |
| Dirk Carlson | vs Germany | vs Slovakia | |
| Florian Bohnert | vs Northern Ireland vs Germany | vs Northern Ireland | |
| Jeff Strasser | vs Germany vs Germany | vs Northern Ireland | |
| Conor Bradley | vs Germany vs Slovakia | vs Germany | |
| Ethan Galbraith | vs Germany vs Germany | vs Slovakia | |
| Daniel Ballard | vs Slovakia | vs Luxembourg | |
| George Saville | vs Germany vs Slovakia | vs Luxembourg | |
| Ondrej Duda | vs Luxembourg vs Luxembourg | vs Northern Ireland |