Today our national team will play its next match in the qualifying round of D-2026. Sport24.az reports that the team, headed by Aykhan Abbasov, will face Iceland in the 5th round.
The meeting between the teams in Reykjavik in September ended with a 5:0 victory for the home team.
It should be noted that France is currently the leader in Group D with 10 points. Ukraine is 2nd with 7 points, and Iceland is 3rd with 4 points. The Azerbaijani national team with 1 point is in 4th - last place.
It should be noted that our national team will host France on November 16 at the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium. The game will start at 21:00.
World Cup-2026, qualifying round
Group D, Round V
November 13
21:00. Azerbaijan - Iceland
Referees: Nikola Dabanović, Vladan Todorović, Srđan Jovanović, Miloš Bošković (Montenegro)
VAR: Momčilo Marković (Serbia)
AVAR: Aleksandar Živković (Serbia)
Baku. 8th km settlement stadium.
Azerbaijan: Aydin Bayramov, Elvin Badalov, Bahlul Mustafazade, Anton Krivotsyuk, Abbas Huseynov, Emin Mahmudov, Abdulla Khaybulayev, Rufat Abbasov, Toral Bayramov, Khayal Aliyev, Nariman Akhundzade
Iceland: Elias Olafsson, Mikael Ellertsson, Daniel Gretarsson, Sverrir Ingason, Viktor Palsson, Johan Gudjohnsen, Isak Johannesson, Arnar Haraldsson, Kristian Hlynsson, Andri Gudjohnsen, Albert Gudmundsson