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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. 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 did not begin their qualifying campaign until 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 Matches The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 13 December 2024 following the draw. Times are CET/ CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers Discipline A player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification (UEFA)
The European section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification competition will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States, for national teams that are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). A total of 16 slots in the final tournament are available for UEFA teams. Format A revised qualification format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 25 January 2023. As the number of final tournament slots for UEFA has increased from 13 to 16, the qualification format was modified from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), previous cycle. The qualifying group stage will feature twelve groups of four or five teams. The winner of each group will qualify for the World Cup, while the second-placed teams will advance to the play-offs, along with the four best-ranked group winners from the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League that finished outside the top two of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelo Aasgaard
Thelonious "Thelo" Gerard Aasgaard (born 2 May 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Luton Town. Born in England, he represents the Norway national team. Early life and youth career Aasgaard was born in Liverpool in 2002. Both of his parents have musical backgrounds; his father Jonathan is a professional cellist, and his mother Georgina is a music and health practitioner. Aasgaard joined the youth academy of Wigan Athletic at the age of 14, having previously been a part of the youth set-up at Liverpool, and signed scholarship forms with the club in 2018. His progress in the academy ranks was interrupted by injuries during the following two seasons, but he impressed enough for his scholarship deal to be extended for a third year in 2020. Club career Wigan Athletic As a result of Wigan being put into administration in the 2019–20 season, and the team's subsequent relegation from the Championship, Aasgaard was promoted to the club's first-team sq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Dabanović
Nikola Dabanović ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Никола Дабановић; born 18 December 1981) is a Montenegrin football referee who officiates in the Montenegrin First League. He has been a FIFA referee since 2009, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee. Refereeing career In 2006, Dabanović began officiating in the Montenegrin First League. In 2009, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first senior international match on 10 August 2011 between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece. Dabanović was selected as an official for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Malta and the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia. Personal life Dabanović was born in Podgorica, Montenegro. He works as an account manager An account manager (AM) is a person who works for a company and is responsible for the management of sales and relationships with particular customers. An account manager maintains the company's existing relationships with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaza War
The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating back to the 20th century, it follows the wars of Gaza War (2008–2009), 2008–2009, 2012 Gaza War, 2012, 2014 Gaza War, 2014, and 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, 2021. The war has resulted in the deaths of more than one thousand Israelis and tens of thousands of Palestinians, along with widespread destruction and a Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present), humanitarian crisis in Gaza. A growing number of human rights organizations and experts—such as lawyers and academics genocide studies, studying genocide and international law—say that Gaza genocide, a genocide is occurring in Gaza, though this is debated. Meanwhile, the surrounding region has seen Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), heightened instability and fighting. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debrecen
Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and it is one of the Hungarian people's most important cultural centres.Antal Papp: Magyarország (Hungary), Panoráma, Budapest, 1982, , p. 860, pp. 463-477 Debrecen was also the List of historical capitals of Hungary, capital city of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, revolution in 1848–1849. During the revolution, the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty was declared in the Reformed Great Church of Debrecen, Reformed Great Church. The city also served as the capital of Hungary by the end of World War II in 1944–1945. It is home to the University of Debrecen. Etymology There are at least three narratives of the origin of the city's name. The city is first documented in 1235, as ''De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagyerdei Stadion
Nagyerdei Stadion is an all-seater asymmetric football stadium in Debrecen, Hungary and home to Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club (the seats behind the goals are 'Vario' or 'Rail' seats to facilitate safe standing at domestic matches). With space for 20,340 spectators, Nagyerdei stadion has the third largest capacity of any Hungarian football stadium, preceded by Puskás Aréna and Groupama Aréna and the second largest Nemzeti Bajnokság I stadium after Groupama Aréna. The stadium primarily hosts Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club's home matches. It was opened on 1 May 2014 and the first official match was played between Debrecen and Újpest in the 2013–14 season which ended with a 3–1 victory for the host team. The ground also holds conference and banqueting suites and a club shop selling Debrecen merchandise. History First era (1934–2013) On 5 June 1934, the stadium was opened, although only couple of days later was the first official match played on 24 June 1934. Bocska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Paskotši
Maksim Paskotši (born 19 January 2003) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss Super League club Grasshoppers and the Estonia national team. Club career Paskotši made his senior debut for FC Flora on the 20 June 2020, starting as a central defender in the 4–2 Estonian Cup victory against FC Elva. He joined English club Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee on 21 September 2020. On 19 August 2021, Paskotši made his debut for Tottenham by coming on as a substitute in the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League competition against Paços de Ferreira, which ended in a 1–0 defeat. On 6 September 2023, Paskotši officially joined Swiss side Grasshoppers on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract. In the process, he became the club's first ever Estonian player. On 12 April 2025, he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win away against Yverdon-Sport, his first for the Swiss record champions. International career Paskotši mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Dasa
Elazar "Eli" Dasa (or Eliezer, ; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin. Early life Dasa was born in Netanya, Israel, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family, and is Jewish. He is the second Israeli of Ethiopian-Jewish background to play for the Israel national football team. His younger brother Or Dasa is also an Israeli international footballer who plays for Israeli club Hapoel Ramat Gan, who also played for the Israel U-21 national team. Club career On 31 July 2010, Dasa made his debut in Beitar Jerusalem F.C. during a Toto Cup match against Hapoel Ashkelon. On 12 September 2012, Dasa scored the first goal in his senior career during a league match against Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 9 July 2015, he made his first international match debut in a 2–1 victory over Kazakh team FC Ordabasy in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualification and played 90 minut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hein (footballer)
Karl Jakob Hein (born 13 April 2002) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Arsenal, and the Estonia national team. Club career Nõmme United Hein began his youth career at JK Loo at the age of eight, before moving to the youth team of Nõmme United in 2015. He made five senior appearances for Nõmme United in the Estonian third tier, Esiliiga B, before joining the academy of English club Arsenal in May 2018. Arsenal Hein signed his first professional contract with the club in May 2019. He appeared in the Arsenal squad as an unused substitute for the first time on 29 October 2020, in the Europa League match against Dundalk. After playing for the Arsenal first-team in the 2021–22 pre-season, including his non-competitive debut against Hibernian, Hein signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal on 17 September 2021. On 10 November 2022, Hein made his debut for the Arsenal first-team in the EFL Cup third round against Brighton & Hove A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Association Of Slovenia
The Football Association of Slovenia ( or NZS) is the governing body of football in Slovenia. It organizes the Slovenian PrvaLiga, first division (1. SNL), Slovenian Second League, second division (2. SNL), Slovenian Third League, third division (East and West), Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenian Cup, Slovenian Women's League, and other competitions. It is also responsible for the Slovenia national football team and the Slovenia women's national football team. It was founded as Ljubljana Football Subassociation on 24 April 1920. History The Football Association of Slovenia has its origins in the Ljubljana Football Association founded on 24 April 1920 as a subnational football association under the Football Association of Yugoslavia in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The association assumed its current name in 1948, where the Football Association of Yugoslavia granted them jurisdiction over local referees and coaches. Following the independence of Slovenia from the Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matej Jug
Matej Jug (born 25 September 1980) is a Slovenian international referee. Career Matej Jug became a FIFA referee in 2007. He has refereed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and UEFA Euro 2012 qualification.UEFA The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#A ..."Netherlands 1-0 Moldova" 7 October 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2013. References External links * 1980 births Living people Slovenian football referees UEFA Europa League referees {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc, a tributary of the Dniester. According to the results of the 2014 Moldovan census, 2014 census, the city proper had a population of 532,513, while the population of the Municipality of Chișinău (which includes the city itself and other nearby communities) was 700,000. Chișinău is the most economically prosperous locality in Moldova and its largest transportation hub. Nearly a third of Moldova's population lives in the metro area. Moldova has a Moldovan wine, history of winemaking dating back to at least 3,000 BCE. As the capital city, Chișinău hosts the yearly national wine festival every October. Though the city's buildings were badly damaged during the World War II, Second World War and earthquakes, a rich a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
