2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group K
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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 |  |
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| 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 | — |
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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| England | 2–0 | Albania |
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| Andorra | 0–1 | England |
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| Latvia | 1–1 | Albania |
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| Serbia | 3–0 | Andorra |
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| Latvia | 2–2 | Andorra |
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| Serbia | 0–1 | Albania |
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| Andorra | 1–3 | Serbia |
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| Albania | 0–2 | England |
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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
Antonijs Černomordijs (against Albania)- Maksims Toņiševs (against England)
2 own goals
Christian García (against England and Serbia)
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) |
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| 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) |
| Joel Guillén |  vs Latvia (11 October 2025) | vs Serbia (14 October 2025) | |
| Christian García | vs Latvia (11 October 2025) vs Serbia (14 October 2025) | vs Albania (13 November 2025) | |
| Éric Vales | vs Serbia (10 June 2025) vs Serbia (14 October 2025) | vs Albania (13 November 2025) | |
| Igor Labaien (assistant manager) |  vs Serbia (14 October 2025) | vs Albania (13 November 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) | |
| vs Albania (9 September 2025) vs England (14 October 2025) | vs Serbia (16 November 2025) | ||
| Andrejs Cigaņiks | vs Albania (10 June 2025) vs England (14 October 2025) | vs Serbia (16 November 2025) | |
| Serbia | Nikola Milenković | vs England (9 September 2025) | vs Albania (11 October 2025) |
| Saša Lukić | vs Latvia (6 September 2025) vs England (9 September 2025) | vs Albania (11 October 2025) |
Notes
- 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.