2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F is one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States. [1] Group F consists of four teams: Armenia, Hungary, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from September to November 2025.

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The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Portugal (official).svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Armenia.svg
1Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal (T)4310114+710Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup 2–2 1–0 16 Nov
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 412187+15Advance to play-offs 2–3 16 Nov 2–0
3Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 41124514 13 Nov 2–2 1–0
4Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (Y)41032973 0–5 13 Nov 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2025. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(T) Assured of at least a play-off berth; may still qualify directly; (Y) Cannot qualify directly but may be able to qualify for a play-off berth

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 13 December 2024 following the draw. [2] [3] [4] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg0–5Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg2–2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,137 [6]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg2–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–3Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Puskás Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 61,473 [8]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–0Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Puskás Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 57,285 [9]
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svg1–0Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–0Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 42,292 [11]
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svg2–2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svgvFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgvFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svgvFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svgvFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Goalscorers

There have been 25 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match (as of 14 October 2025).

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [13]

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Roland Sallai Yellow card.svg Red card.svg vs Republic of Ireland (6 September 2025)vs Portugal (9 September 2025)
vs Armenia (11 October 2025)
Barnabás Varga Yellow card.svg vs Republic of Ireland (6 September 2025)
Yellow card.svg vs Portugal (9 September 2025)
vs Armenia (11 October 2025)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Josh Cullen Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (6 September 2025)
Yellow card.svg vs Portugal (11 October 2025)
vs Armenia (14 October 2025)

Notes

  1. CEST (UTC+2) for matches until 26 October 2025 (matchdays 1–4), and CET (UTC+1) for matches thereafter (matchdays 5–6).

References

  1. "Draw Procedures for the UEFA Preliminary Draw for the FIFA World Cup 26" (PDF). FIFA. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. "European Qualifiers for 2026 World Cup: All the fixtures and results". UEFA. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. "European Qualifiers 2024–26 (FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition) – Group stage fixtures by matchday" (PDF). UEFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. "European Qualifiers 2024–26 (FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition) – Group stage fixtures by group" (PDF). UEFA. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  5. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Armenia v Portugal" (PDF). UEFA. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Republic of Ireland v Hungary" (PDF). UEFA. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  7. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Armenia v Republic of Ireland" (PDF). UEFA. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  8. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Hungary v Portugal" (PDF). UEFA. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  9. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Hungary v Armenia" (PDF). UEFA. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  10. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Portugal v Republic of Ireland" (PDF). UEFA. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  11. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Republic of Ireland v Armenia" (PDF). UEFA. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  12. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Portugal v Hungary" (PDF). UEFA. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  13. "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.