2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E 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 E consisted of four teams: Bulgaria, Georgia, Spain and Turkey. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from September to November 2025.

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Turkey Georgia (country) Bulgaria
1  Spain 6 5 1 0 21 2 +19 16 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 2–2 2–0 4–0
2  Turkey 6 4 1 1 17 12 +5 13 Advance to play-offs 0–6 — 4–1 2–0
3  Georgia 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 0–4 2–3 — 3–0
4  Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 3 19 −16 3 0–3 1–6 2–1 —
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).

Georgia 2–3 Turkey
  • Davitashvili 63'
  • Kvaratskhelia 90+8'
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Attendance: 44,238[5]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Bulgaria 0–3 Spain
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Attendance: 40,582[6]
Georgia 3–0 Bulgaria
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Attendance: 44,077[7]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Turkey 0–6 Spain
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Attendance: 32,059[8]
Bulgaria 1–6 Turkey
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Attendance: 10,059[9]
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)
Spain 2–0 Georgia
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Attendance: 28,661[10]
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
Turkey 4–1 Georgia
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Attendance: 26,633[11]
Spain 4–0 Bulgaria
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Attendance: 24,526[12]
Georgia 0–4 Spain
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Attendance: 44,314[13]
Turkey 2–0 Bulgaria
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Attendance: 42,756[14]
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
Bulgaria 2–1 Georgia
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Attendance: 1,980[15]
Spain 2–2 Turkey
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Attendance: 30,812[16]

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

6 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:[17]

  • 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:[18]

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Turkey Barış Alper Yılmaz Red card vs Georgia (4 September 2025) vs Spain (7 September 2025)
vs Bulgaria (11 October 2025)
İsmail Yüksek Yellow card vs Georgia (4 September 2025)
Yellow card vs Bulgaria (15 November 2025)		 vs Spain (18 November 2025)
 Georgia Willy Sagnol (manager) Red card vs Turkey (4 September 2025) vs Bulgaria (7 September 2025)
Luka Lochoshvili Yellow card vs Turkey (4 September 2025)
Yellow card vs Bulgaria (7 September 2025)		 vs Spain (11 October 2025)
Giorgi Kochorashvili Yellow card vs Turkey (4 September 2025)
Yellow card vs Turkey (14 October 2025)		 vs Spain (15 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 – Georgia v Türkiye" (PDF). UEFA. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Bulgaria v Spain" (PDF). UEFA. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Georgia v Bulgaria" (PDF). UEFA. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Türkiye v Spain" (PDF). UEFA. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Bulgaria v Türkiye" (PDF). UEFA. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Spain v Georgia" (PDF). UEFA. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Türkiye v Georgia" (PDF). UEFA. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Spain v Bulgaria" (PDF). UEFA. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  13. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Georgia v Spain" (PDF). UEFA. 15 November 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  14. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Türkiye v Bulgaria" (PDF). UEFA. 15 November 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Bulgaria v Georgia" (PDF). UEFA. 18 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Spain v Türkiye" (PDF). UEFA. 18 November 2025. Retrieved 18 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.
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