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. 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[]
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England
|
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 24 | Qualification to 2026 FIFA World Cup |
 Albania
|
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 14 | Advance to play-offs |
 Serbia
|
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 13 | |
 Latvia
|
8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 5 | |
 Andorra
|
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 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).
| 21 March 2025 20:45 |
Andorra
|
0–1 | Latvia
|
Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 957 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Šits  58'
|
| 21 March 2025 20:45 (19:45 UTC+0) |
England
|
2–0 | Albania
|
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 82,378 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis-Skelly 20' Kane 77'
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
| 24 March 2025 20:45 |
Albania
|
3–0 | Andorra
|
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana Attendance: 17,183 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manaj 9', 19' Uzuni 90+2'
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
| 24 March 2025 20:45 (19:45 UTC+0) |
England
|
3–0 | Latvia
|
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 79,572 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James 38' Kane 68'Eze 76'
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
| 7 June 2025 18:00 |
Andorra
|
0–1 | England
|
RCDE Stadium, Barcelona (Spain) Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Kane 50'
|
| 7 June 2025 20:45 |
Albania
|
0–0 |  Serbia
|
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana Attendance: 20,427 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
| 10 June 2025 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Latvia
|
1–1 | Albania
|
Skonto Stadium, Riga Attendance: 6,083 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Černomordijs 45+4'
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Černomordijs 29' (o.g.)
|
| 10 June 2025 20:45 |
Serbia
|
3–0 | Andorra
|
Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac Attendance: 7,576 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Mitrović 12', 24', 53' (pen.)
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
| 6 September 2025 15:00 (16:00 UTC+3) |
Latvia
|
0–1 | Serbia
|
Daugava Stadium, Riga Attendance: 6,238 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Vlahović 12'
|
| 6 September 2025 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1) |
England
|
2–0 | Andorra
|
Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 39,202 Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara (Finland) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| García 25' (o.g.) Rice 67'
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
| 9 September 2025 20:45 |
Albania
|
1–0 | Latvia
|
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana Attendance: 16,568 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asllani 25' (pen.)
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
| 9 September 2025 20:45 |
Serbia
|
0–5 | England
|
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 39,789 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Kane 33' Madueke 35'Konsa 52'Guéhi 75'Rashford 90' (pen.)
|
| 11 October 2025 15:00 (16:00 UTC+3) |
Latvia
|
2–2 | Andorra
|
Daugava Stadium, Riga Attendance: 5,027 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zelenkovs 41' Gutkovskis 55' (pen.)
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
San Nicolás 33' Olivera 78'
|
| 11 October 2025 20:45 |
Serbia
|
0–1 | Albania
|
Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac Attendance: 4,320 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Manaj 45+1'
|
| 14 October 2025 20:45 |
Andorra
|
1–3 | Serbia
|
Estadi de la FAF, Encamp Attendance: 987 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| López 17'
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
García 19' (o.g.) Vlahović 54'Mitrović 77' (pen.)
|
| 14 October 2025 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Latvia
|
0–5 | England
|
Daugava Stadium, Riga Attendance: 10,404 Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Gordon 26' Kane 44', 45+4' (pen.)Toņiševs 58' (o.g.)Eze 86'
|
| 13 November 2025 20:45 |
Andorra
|
0–1 | Albania
|
Estadi de la FAF, Encamp Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Asllani 67'
|
| 13 November 2025 20:45 (19:45 UTC+0) |
England
|
2–0 | Serbia
|
Wembley Stadium, London Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saka 28' Eze 90'
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
| 16 November 2025 18:00 |
Albania
|
0–2 | England
|
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana Attendance: 21,459 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Kane 74', 82'
|
| 16 November 2025 18:00 |
Serbia
|
2–1 | Latvia
|
Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac Attendance: 3,894 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katai 49' Stanković 60'
|
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Gutkovskis 12'
|
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
Kristjan Asllani- Vladislavs Gutkovskis
- Dušan Vlahović
1 goal
- Myrto Uzuni
- Guillaume López
- Ian Olivera
- Moisés San Nicolás
- Anthony Gordon
- Marc Guéhi
- Reece James
- Ezri Konsa
- Myles Lewis-Skelly
- Noni Madueke
- Marcus Rashford
- Declan Rice
- Bukayo Saka
- Antonijs Černomordijs
- Dario Šits
- Dmitrijs Zelenkovs
- Aleksandar Katai
- Aleksandar Stanković
1 own goal
- Antonijs Černomordijs (against Albania)
- Maksims Toņiševs (against England)
2 own goals
- Christian García (against England and Serbia)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania |
Berat Djimsiti |  vs England (21 March 2025) vs Serbia (7 June 2025) |
vs Latvia (10 June 2025) |
| Andorra |
Pau Babot | vs Albania (24 March 2025) vs England (6 September 2025) |
vs Latvia (11 October 2025) |
| Latvia |
Dario Šits | vs Andorra (21 March 2025) vs England (24 March 2025) |
vs Albania (10 June 2025) |
| Antonijs Černomordijs | vs Andorra (21 March 2025) vs Albania (10 June 2025) |
vs Serbia (6 September 2025) | |
| Serbia |
Nikola Milenković |  vs England (9 September 2025) |
vs Albania (11 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 |