{"id":570399,"date":"2025-11-14T18:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570399\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:43:26","slug":"lineups-in-world-cup-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570399\/","title":{"rendered":"Lineups in World Cup qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany lead Slovakia on goal difference at the top of 2026 World Cup qualifying Group A before Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s side visit a Luxembourg team yet to earn a point in their penultimate match in the section.<\/p>\n<p>With Slovakia simultaneously hosting Northern Ireland, who are three points behind them, Die Mannschaft will hope to have automatic qualification for the finals in their hands when they host the Falcons in their final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football\/internationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">international<\/a> of 2025 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Kimmich scored twice in between goals by David Raum and Serge Gnabry when Germany beat Luxembourg 4-0 at home on October 10 as part of their current three-match winning run.<\/p>\n<p>101GreatGoals.com has the full teams and starting line-ups from Luxembourg vs Germany in 2026 World Cup qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/register.101greatgoals.com\/register\/project_offer\/31b6541f-a47e-4a6b-8617-e818d8214369\/offer\/fc88023d-050c-11f0-bab8-005056818be4\" class=\"cas-brand-logo\" style=\"--cas-logo-bg-color: #007C58;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"bet365 \/ \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 United Kingdom (British English)\" class=\"cas:w-full cas:h-full cas:object-contain\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/brand-bet365.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Recommended offer<\/p>\n<p>                                Bet \u00a310 Get \u00a330 in Free Bets<\/p>\n<p>                        #AD 18+ Min deposit requirement. 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Laurent Jans (Beveren), Seid Korac (Venezia), Marvin Martins (Winterthur), Vahid Selimovic (Hermannstadt), Eric Veiga (Flamurtari)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders: <\/strong>Leandro Barreiro, Tomas Cruz (both Benfica), Aiman Dardari (Augsburg), Christopher Martins (Spartak Moscou), Mirza Mustafic (Bali United), Mathias Olesen (Greuther Furth), Olivier Thill (IMT Belgrade), Sebastien Thill (Stal Rzeszow)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards: <\/strong>Kenan Avdusinovic (Progres Niederkorn), Alessio Curci (Neftchi), Adulai Djabi Embalo (Virtus Entella), Edvin Muratovic (Odra Opole), Danel Sinani (St Pauli)<\/p>\n<p>Germany squad vs Luxembourg, Slovakia<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a1068438-0cfa-4f39-9cda-66009f0d48ca\"><strong>Goalkeepers: <\/strong>Noah Atubolu (Freiburg), Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Finn Dahmen (Augsburg), Alexander Nuebel (Stuttgart)<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-d336b458-7f9a-40b1-a84d-a3574b3b1ff1\"><strong>Defenders: <\/strong>Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck (both Dortmund), Ridle Baku (Leipzig), Nathaniel Brown (Frankfurt), David Raum (Leipzig), Jonathan Tah (Bayern Munich), Malick Thiaw (Newcastle)<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-ffe5daae-6150-429d-91d2-354fa9880675\"><strong>Midfielders: <\/strong>Nadiem Amiri (Mainz), Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich, Aleksandar Pavlovic (all Bayern), Felix Nmecha (Dortmund)<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-8848ae1a-c598-4ba6-9bae-b0a084c519a1\"><strong>Forwards: <\/strong>Karim Adeyemi (Dortmund), Jonathan Burkardt (Frankfurt), Said El Mala (Koln), Serge Gnabry (Bayern), Jamie Leweling (Stuttgart), Leroy Sane (Galatasaray), Kevin Schade (Brentford), Florian Wirtz (Liverpool), Nick Woltemade (Newcastle)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Germany celebrate a Florian Wirtz goal\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3CJJEPH-2-1024x731.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 4:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0zVOEmI7LfQ&amp;pp=ygUUU2xvdmFraWEgMi0wIEdlcm1hbnk%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Slovakia 2-0 Germany<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 7:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YbNTywk3pVk&amp;pp=ygUcR2VybWFueSAzLTEgTm9ydGhlcm4gSXJlbGFuZA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Germany 3-1 Northern Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 10:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9JT1ztBIR7k&amp;pp=ygUWR2VybWFueSA0LTAgTHV4ZW1ib3VyZw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Germany 4-0 Luxembourg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 13: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zPMsv69b5E4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Northern Ireland 0-1 Germany<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 14:<\/strong> Luxembourg vs Germany (19:45 GMT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 17:<\/strong> Germany vs Slovakia (19:45 GMT)<\/p>\n<p>Germany World Cup 2026 qualifying path<\/p>\n<p>The top team from each of the 12 European Qualifier groups proceeds automatically to the finals, which will be expanded to 48 teams.<\/p>\n<p>The 12 runners-up in each group will join four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefanationsleague\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nations League<\/a> teams in the play-offs, which will be drawn from pots based on teams\u2019 records during the campaign. The games will comprise single-leg semi-finals and finals.<\/p>\n<p>The draw for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/articles\/match-schedule-fixtures-results-teams-stadiums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">World Cup finals<\/a> will take place in December 2025. The tournament runs from June 11 until July 19 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany lead Slovakia on goal difference at the top of 2026 World Cup qualifying Group A before Julian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-570399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115549529862215247","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}