The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group D 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 D consisted of four teams: Azerbaijan, France, Iceland and Ukraine. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from September to November 2025.
The group winners, France, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Ukraine, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
Standings[]
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 16 | Qualification to 2026 FIFA World Cup |
 Ukraine
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | Advance to play-offs |
 Iceland
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 7 | |
 Azerbaijan
|
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 |
Matches[]
The fixture list will be confirmed by UEFA following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| 5 September 2025 20:45 (18:45 UTC+0) |
Iceland
|
5–0 | Azerbaijan
|
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pálsson  45+2'Jóhannesson 47', 56'Guðmundsson 66'Hlynsson 73'
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| 5 September 2025 20:45 |
Ukraine
|
0–2 | France
|
Tarczyński Arena Wrocław, Wrocław (Poland) Attendance: 38,973 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Olise 10' Mbappé 82'
|
| 9 September 2025 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4) |
Azerbaijan
|
1–1 | Ukraine
|
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makhmudov 72' (pen.)
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Sudakov 51'
|
| 9 September 2025 20:45 |
France
|
2–1 | Iceland
|
Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 40,150 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbappé 45' (pen.) Barcola 62'
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Guðjohnsen 21'
|
| 10 October 2025 20:45 (18:45 UTC+0) |
Iceland
|
3–5 | Ukraine
|
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 9,111 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellertsson 34' Guðmundsson 59', 75'
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Malinovskyi 14', 45+5' Hutsulyak 45'Kalyuzhnyi 85'Ocheretko 88'
|
| 10 October 2025 20:45 |
France
|
3–0 | Azerbaijan
|
Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 40,150 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbappé 45+2' Rabiot 69'Thauvin 84'
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| 13 October 2025 20:45 (18:45 UTC+0) |
Iceland
|
2–2 | France
|
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 9,151 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pálsson 39' Hlynsson 70'
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Nkunku 63' Mateta 68'
|
| 13 October 2025 20:45 |
Ukraine
|
2–1 | Azerbaijan
|
Cracovia Stadium, Kraków (Poland) Attendance: 6,995 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutsulyak 30' Malinovskyi 64'
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Mykolenko 45+3' (o.g.)
|
| 13 November 2025 18:00 (21:00 UTC+4) |
Azerbaijan
|
0–2 | Iceland
|
Neftçi Arena, Baku Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Guðmundsson 20' Ingason 39'
|
| 13 November 2025 20:45 |
France
|
4–0 | Ukraine
|
Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 41,055 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbappé 55' (pen.), 83' Olise 76'Ekitiké 88'
|
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| 16 November 2025 18:00 (21:00 UTC+4) |
Azerbaijan
|
1–3 | France
|
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 29,700 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadaşov 4'
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Mateta 17' Akliouche 30'Magomedaliyev 45' (o.g.)
|
| 16 November 2025 18:00 |
Ukraine
|
2–0 | Iceland
|
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw (Poland) Attendance: 20,004 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zubkov 83' Hutsulyak 90+3'
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Goalscorers[]
There were 42 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
Albert Guðmundsson
3 goals
- Oleksiy Hutsulyak
- Ruslan Malinovskyi
2 goals
1 goal
- Renat Dadaşov
- Emin Mahmudov
- Maghnes Akliouche
- Bradley Barcola
- Hugo Ekitike
- Christopher Nkunku
- Adrien Rabiot
- Florian Thauvin
- Mikael Egill Ellertsson
- Andri Guðjohnsen
- Kristian Hlynsson
- Sverrir Ingi Ingason
- Ivan Kalyuzhnyi
- Oleh Ocheretko
- Heorhiy Sudakov
- Oleksandr Zubkov
1 own goal
- Cəlal Hüseynov (against Iceland)
- Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev (against France)
- Vitaliy Mykolenko (against Azerbaijan)
Discipline[]
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
- Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
- Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
|---|---|---|---|
| France |
Aurélien Tchouaméni |  vs Iceland (9 September 2025) |
vs Azerbaijan (10 October 2025) vs Iceland (13 October 2025) |
| Iceland |
Aron Gunnarsson |  vs Kosovo in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (23 March 2025) |
vs Azerbaijan (5 September 2025) |
| Andri Guðjohnsen | vs France (9 September 2025) vs Ukraine (10 October 2025) |
vs France (13 October 2025) |
External links[]
- Official website
- Qualifiers – UEFA, FIFA.com
- European Qualifiers, UEFA.com
| 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| AFC |
| First round · Second round · Third round · Fourth round · Fifth round (play-off) |
| CAF |
|
First round: (Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Group E · Group F · Group G · Group H · Group I) · Second round (play-offs) |
| CONCACAF |
| First round · Second round · Third round |
| CONMEBOL |
| Round Robin |
| OFC |
| First round · Second round · Third round |
| UEFA |
|
First round: (Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Group E · Group F · Group G · Group H · Group I · Group J · Group K · Group L) · Second round (play-offs) |
| Play-offs |
| Inter-confederation play-offs |