2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Troy Parrott, top goal scorer (2024)
Troy Parrott, top goal scorer (2024)

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.

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal Republic of Ireland Hungary Armenia
1  Portugal 6 4 1 1 20 7 +13 13 Qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 2–2 9–1
2  Republic of Ireland 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Advanced to play-offs 2–0 — 2–2 1–0
3  Hungary 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8 2–3 2–3 — 2–0
4  Armenia 6 1 0 5 3 19 −16 3 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 0–5 Portugal
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
  • Félix 10', 62'
  • Ronaldo 21', 46'
  • Cancelo 32'
Attendance: 14,403[5]
Republic of Ireland 2–2 Hungary
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 51,137[6]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Armenia 2–1 Republic of Ireland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 13,144[7]
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Hungary 2–3 Portugal
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 61,473[8]
Hungary 2–0 Armenia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 57,285[9]
Portugal 1–0 Republic of Ireland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 48,821[10]
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Armenia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 42,292[11]
Portugal 2–2 Hungary
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 47,854[12]
Armenia 0–1 Hungary
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Varga 33'
Attendance: 14,247[13]
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Portugal
Parrott 17', 45' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 50,717[14]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Hungary 2–3 Republic of Ireland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 59,411[15]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Portugal 9–1 Armenia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 46,702[16]

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]

  • 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)
 Hungary Roland Sallai Red card vs Republic of Ireland (6 September 2025) vs Portugal (9 September 2025)
vs Armenia (11 October 2025)
Barnabás Varga Yellow card vs Republic of Ireland (6 September 2025)
Yellow card vs Portugal (9 September 2025)		 vs Armenia (11 October 2025)
 Republic of Ireland Josh Cullen Yellow card vs Hungary (6 September 2025)
Yellow card vs Portugal (11 October 2025)		 vs Armenia (14 October 2025)
Ryan Manning Yellow card vs Portugal (11 October 2025)
Yellow card vs Armenia (14 October 2025)		 vs Portugal (13 November 2025)
Jayson Molumby Yellow card vs Portugal (11 October 2025)
Yellow card vs Armenia (14 October 2025)		 vs Portugal (13 November 2025)
 Armenia Tigran Barseghyan Red card 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]
 Portugal Bruno Fernandes Yellow card vs Republic of Ireland (11 October 2025)
Yellow card vs Hungary (14 October 2025)		 vs Republic of Ireland (13 November 2025)
Cristiano Ronaldo Red card 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.
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