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:
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
TeamPlayerOffenceSuspended 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