2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I is one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States.^[1] Group I consists of five teams: Estonia, Israel, Italy, Moldova and Norway. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Italy were involved in the Nations League A quarter-finals in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025.

The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	12	Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup		—	11 Oct	3–0	13 Nov	9 Sep
2	Israel	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6	Advance to play-offs		2–4	—	8 Sep	2–1	16 Nov
3	Italy	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3			16 Nov	14 Oct	—	5 Sep	2–0
4	Estonia	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	3			0–1	1–3	11 Oct	—	14 Oct
5	Moldova	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0			0–5	5 Sep	13 Nov	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2025. 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).

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Moldova	0–5	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Ryerson 5' Haaland 23' Aasgaard 38' Sørloth 43' Dønnum 69'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 9,342^[5]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22)

20:45

Israel	2–1	Estonia
Hein 23' (o.g.) Dasa 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Paskotši 10'

Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen (Hungary)^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 270^[7]

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

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25 March 2025 (2025-03-25)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Moldova	2–3	Estonia
Nicolaescu 67' Caimacov 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Peetson 19' Sappinen 30' Käit 70'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 6,112^[8]

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

25 March 2025 (2025-03-25)

20:45

Israel	2–4	Norway
Abu Fani 55' Turgeman 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Møller Wolfe 39' Sørloth 59' Ajer 65' Haaland 83'

Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen (Hungary)^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 1,200^[9]

Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

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6 June 2025 (2025-06-06)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Estonia	1–3	Israel
Käit 31'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Biton 39', 49' Abu Fani 89' (pen.)

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 5,967^[10]

Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

6 June 2025 (2025-06-06)

20:45

Norway	3–0	Italy
Sørloth 14' Nusa 34' Haaland 42'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,796^[11]

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

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9 June 2025 (2025-06-09)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Estonia	0–1	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Haaland 62'

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 11,577^[12]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

9 June 2025 (2025-06-09)

20:45

Italy	2–0	Moldova
Raspadori 40' Cambiaso 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia

Attendance: 18,771^[13]

Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

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5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Moldova	v	Israel
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)

20:45

Italy	v	Estonia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

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8 September 2025 (2025-09-08)

20:45

Israel	v	Italy
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen (Hungary)^{[note 2]}

9 September 2025 (2025-09-09)^{[note 3]}

20:45

Norway	v	Moldova
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

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11 October 2025 (2025-10-11)

18:00

Norway	v	Israel
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Estonia	v	Italy
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

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14 October 2025 (2025-10-14)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Estonia	v	Moldova
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

14 October 2025 (2025-10-14)

20:45

Italy	v	Israel
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadio Friuli, Udine

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13 November 2025 (2025-11-13)

18:00

Norway	v	Estonia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

13 November 2025 (2025-11-13)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Moldova	v	Italy
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

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16 November 2025 (2025-11-16)

20:45

Israel	v	Moldova
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

^{[note 2]}

16 November 2025 (2025-11-16)

20:45

Italy	v	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

San Siro, Milan

Goalscorers

There have been 29 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.62 goals per match (as of 9 June 2025).

4 goals

• Erling Haaland

3 goals

• Alexander Sørloth

2 goals

• Mattias Käit
• Mohammad Abu Fani
• Dan Biton

1 goal

• Maksim Paskotši
• Rasmus Peetson
• Rauno Sappinen
• Eli Dasa
• Dor Turgeman
• Andrea Cambiaso
• Giacomo Raspadori
• Mihail Caimacov
• Ion Nicolaescu
• Thelo Aasgaard
• Kristoffer Ajer
• Aron Dønnum
• David Møller Wolfe
• Antonio Nusa
• Julian Ryerson

1 own goal

• Karl Hein (against Israel)

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[15]

• 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)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Team	Player	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Estonia	Kevor Palumets	vs Moldova (25 March 2025)	vs Israel (6 June 2025)
	Rasmus Peetson	vs Israel (22 March 2025) vs Moldova (25 March 2025)	vs Israel (6 June 2025)
	Markus Soomets	vs Israel (22 March 2025)	vs Moldova (25 March 2025)
Moldova	Maxim Cojocaru	vs Estonia (25 March 2025)	vs Italy (9 June 2025)
	Ion Nicolaescu	vs Estonia (25 March 2025) vs Italy (9 June 2025)	vs Israel (5 September 2025)
	Vadim Rață	vs Norway (22 March 2025) vs Estonia (25 March 2025)	vs Italy (9 June 2025)

Notes

1. CET (UTC+1) for matches until 29 March and from 26 October (matchday 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 30 March to 25 October 2025 (matchday 3–8).
2. Due to the Gaza war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[6]
3. The Norway v Moldova match, originally scheduled for 8 September 2025, 20:45,^[3] was later moved to the following day due to the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election.^[14]