2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group K

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group K 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 K consisted of five teams: Albania, Andorra, England, Latvia and Serbia. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Serbia were involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025.

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Albania Serbia Latvia Andorra
1  England 8 8 0 0 22 0 +22 24 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0
2  Albania 8 4 2 2 7 5 +2 14 Advance to play-offs 0–2 — 0–0 1–0 3–0
3  Serbia 8 4 1 3 9 10 −1 13 0–5 0–1 — 2–1 3–0
4  Latvia 8 1 2 5 5 15 −10 5 0–5 1–1 0–1 — 2–2
5  Andorra 8 0 1 7 3 16 −13 1 0–1 0–1 1–3 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).

Andorra 0–1 Latvia
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  • Šits 58'
Attendance: 957[5]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
England 2–0 Albania
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Attendance: 82,378[6]
Albania 3–0 Andorra
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Attendance: 17,183[7]
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
England 3–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 79,572[8]
Andorra 0–1 England
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Attendance: 8,872[9]
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)
Albania 0–0 Serbia
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Attendance: 20,427[10]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Latvia 1–1 Albania
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Attendance: 6,083[11]
Serbia 3–0 Andorra
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Attendance: 7,576[12]
Latvia 0–1 Serbia
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Attendance: 6,238[13]
England 2–0 Andorra
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Attendance: 39,202[14]
Albania 1–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 16,568[15]
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Serbia 0–5 England
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Attendance: 39,789[16]
Latvia 2–2 Andorra
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Attendance: 5,027[17]
Serbia 0–1 Albania
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Attendance: 4,320[18]
Andorra 1–3 Serbia
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Attendance: 987[19]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Latvia 0–5 England
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Attendance: 10,404[20]
Andorra 0–1 Albania
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Attendance: 2,225[21]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
England 2–0 Serbia
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Attendance: 74,289[22]
Albania 0–2 England
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Attendance: 21,459[23]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Serbia 2–1 Latvia
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Attendance: 3,894[24]

Goalscorers

There were 46 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

Discipline

A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[25]

  • 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:[26]

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Albania Berat Djimsiti Yellow card vs England (21 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Serbia (7 June 2025)		 vs Latvia (10 June 2025)
 Andorra Pau Babot Yellow card vs Albania (24 March 2025)
Yellow card vs England (6 September 2025)		 vs Latvia (11 October 2025)
Joel Guillén Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Latvia (11 October 2025) vs Serbia (14 October 2025)
Christian García Yellow card vs Latvia (11 October 2025)
Yellow card vs Serbia (14 October 2025)		 vs Albania (13 November 2025)
Éric Vales Yellow card vs Serbia (10 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Serbia (14 October 2025)		 vs Albania (13 November 2025)
Igor Labaien (assistant manager) Red card vs Serbia (14 October 2025) vs Albania (13 November 2025)
 Latvia Dario Šits Yellow card vs Andorra (21 March 2025)
Yellow card vs England (24 March 2025)		 vs Albania (10 June 2025)
Antonijs Černomordijs Yellow card vs Andorra (21 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Albania (10 June 2025)		 vs Serbia (6 September 2025)
Yellow card vs Albania (9 September 2025)
Yellow card vs England (14 October 2025)		 vs Serbia (16 November 2025)
Andrejs Cigaņiks Yellow card vs Albania (10 June 2025)
Yellow card vs England (14 October 2025)		 vs Serbia (16 November 2025)
 Serbia Nikola Milenković Red card vs England (9 September 2025) vs Albania (11 October 2025)
Saša Lukić Yellow card vs Latvia (6 September 2025)
Yellow card vs England (9 September 2025)		 vs Albania (11 October 2025)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 29 March and from 26 October (matchday 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 30 March to 25 October 2025 (matchday 3–8).
  2. ^ The Andorra v England match was played at a neutral venue because there were no stadiums in Andorra that met the UEFA requirements due to the match opponent.

References

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