IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - EUROPE QUALIFIERS WC 2026
Picture : Denzel Dumfries became the highest scoring defender of Oranje (10 goals), surpassing Virgil van Dijk (9).
Statistics on WC 2026 qualifiers in Europe (6-10 June)
Norway vs Italy 0-3
*Italy have conceded 3+ goals in the first half of a World Cup qualifying match for the first time in their history.
*Italy have lost two World Cup qualifiers matches in a row (after 0-1 vs North Macedonia on 24 March 2022) for the first time in their history.
*Italy have failed to score in 3 consecutive World Cup qualifiers (also 0-0 vs Northern Ireland on 15 November 2021) for the first time ever.
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs San Marino 1-0
*San Marino have conceded only 1 goal in an away World Cup qualifier for just the 3rd time in their history, after:
1-1 vs Lithuania in 2001,
0-1 vs Poland in 1993.
Andorra vs England 0-1
*England have won 5 consecutive matches without conceding for the first time since May 1982.
Finland vs Netherlands 0-2
*Denzel Dumfries became the highest scoring defender of Oranje (10 goals), surpassing Virgil van Dijk (9).
Belgium vs Wales 4-3
*Wales overturned a 3-goal deficit and ended up losing with a goal from De Bruyne in the 88th minute.
In the World Cup qualifying matches, this has only happened once before. On 10 June 2012, the Solomon Islands overturned a 3-0 deficit against New Zealand, but ended up losing 3-4, thanks to a goal from Shane Smeltz in the 90th minute.
Netherlands vs Malta 8-0
*Memphis Depay, with his brace, equalled the Netherlands goal-scoring record of Robin van Persie and became the 2nd player with 50 goals in the Oranje’s history. They both have 102 caps.
Serbia vs Andorra 3-0
*Aleksandar Mitrović has scored his 4th hat-trick in his 100th game for Serbia.