2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Last updated

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F 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. [1] Group F consisted of four teams: Armenia, Hungary, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from September to November 2025.

Contents

The group winners, Portugal, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, the Republic of Ireland, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Portugal (official).svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Armenia.svg
1Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 6411207+1313Qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 2–2 9–1
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 631297+210Advanced to play-offs 2–0 — 2–2 1–0
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 62221110+18 2–3 2–3 — 2–0
4Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 6105319−163 0–5 2–1 0–1 —
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 14,403 [5]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
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)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 13,144 [7]
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
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)
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 48,821 [10]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
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)
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,854 [12]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg0–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) 		Varga Soccerball shade.svg33'
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 14,247 [13]
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg2–0Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Parrott Soccerball shade.svg17', 45' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 50,717 [14]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–3Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Puskás Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 59,411 [15]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svg9–1Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 46,702 [16]
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Goalscorers

There were 43 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [17]

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches: [18]

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Roland Sallai 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)
Ryan Manning Yellow card.svg vs Portugal (11 October 2025)
Yellow card.svg vs Armenia (14 October 2025)		vs Portugal (13 November 2025)
Jayson Molumby Yellow card.svg vs Portugal (11 October 2025)
Yellow card.svg vs Armenia (14 October 2025)		vs Portugal (13 November 2025)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Tigran Barseghyan Red card.svg vs Republic of Ireland (14 October 2025)vs Hungary (13 November 2025)
vs Portugal (16 November 2025)
Last match of suspension to be served outside tournament [19]
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal Bruno Fernandes Yellow card.svg vs Republic of Ireland (11 October 2025)
Yellow card.svg vs Hungary (14 October 2025)		vs Republic of Ireland (13 November 2025)
Cristiano Ronaldo Red card.svg vs Republic of Ireland (13 November 2025)vs Armenia (16 November 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. ↑ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Armenia v Hungary" (PDF). UEFA. 13 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Republic of Ireland v Portugal" (PDF). UEFA. 13 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Hungary v Republic of Ireland" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  16. ↑ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Portugal v Armenia" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "FIFA World Cup 2026: Booking List before European Qualifiers Matchday 10" (PDF). UEFA. 17 November 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  19. ↑ "Disciplinary overview: FIFA World Cup 26 Qualifiers" (PDF). FIFA. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.