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FIFA headquarters to host FIFA World Cup 2026™ Play-Off Tournament and European Play-Off draws The final pathways to the game-changing FIFA World Cup 2026™ will be mapped out when the draw for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Play-Off Tournament and the European Play-Off draw take place at the Home of ...

FIFA has confirmed that the European play-off draw for thr World Cup will take place on Thursday 20th November at 1300 CET. The FIFA rankings release will be rescheduled to the day before to accommodate this.
inside.fifa.com/organisation...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇷 The SFA has been fined 10,000 Swiss Francs by FIFA for "failure to comply with and implement existing safety rules and take every safety precaution and invasion or attempted invasion of the field of play" during the Scotland-Greece game last month.

🇩🇰 Denmark released details of their squad earlier today for their final World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Scotland.

Scotland has been drawn in Group B4 of the Women's European Qualifiers for the World Cup in Brazil 2027. Scotland will face Belgium, Israel and Luxembourg in the group phase with matches between March and June 2026 #SWNT

Italian media outlets have indicated the UEFA World Cup play-off draw will take place on Friday 21st November in Zürich at a time TBC. This has yet to be confirmed on FIFA/UEFA websites.

🇬🇷 Greece has confirmed its squad for their final World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Belarus.

Scotland has been placed into Pot 2 of League B for the Women's World Cup 2027 (Brazil) European Qualifers ahead of the draw on Tuesday 4th November at 1300 CET

Pot 1: 🇧🇪🇵🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇭
Pot 2:🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿🇫🇮NIR
Pot 3:🇦🇱🇹🇷🇸🇰🇮🇱
Pot 4:🇱🇺🇲🇹🇲🇪🇱🇻

Group stage takes place between March and June 2026 #SWNT

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇭 Scotland 3-4 Switzerland FT in tonight's friendly at East End Park, Dunfermline #SWNT

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying controversy Saudi Arabia and Qatar's opponents have complained about advantages the two countries had in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup

www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

The head of the Israeli FA will wait until at least until the end of 2025 with the request to UEFA Exco to return to hosting international matches. Currently several football associations including those from Spain, Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Slovenia are refusing to come to Israel [IsraelHayom]

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🇲🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Women's away friendly in Casablanca on Friday 24th October has been announced today by the FRMF to be played at the Stade Père Jégo, contrary to the SFA's announcement earlier this month which indicated Stade Larbi Zaouli. This suggests a possible venue change ahead of Friday's game.

🇦🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Azerbaijan U21 3-3 Scotland U21. Three red cards in an entertaining game at the Dalğa Arena in Baku #SCO21s.

BACTA in BAKU

Scotland 2-1 Belarus. Six points from six this international break and after Denmark's win over Greece, a World Cup play-off secured as a minimum. Two disappointing performances though and much improvement required for the final two games.

Not the most enjoyable 3-1 win at Hampden tonight against the Greeks, but I'll take it. Puts us in a great position to guarantee at least a play-off. Hopefully a much better performance for the Belarus game on Sunday.

🇬🇷 Meanwhile the Hellenic Football Federation received a fine of 5,000 CHF for use of laser pointers in the Belarus qualifier (a problem that plagued the Greece-Scotland game in March) and Greece and Denmark received fines for throwing of objects during last month's 3-0 win by Denmark over Greece.

🇩🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The SFA has received a 5,000 CHF fine from FIFA following "misconduct of players and officials" in Scotland's opening World Cup Qualifier in Denmark last month. Scotland breached Article 14.5 of FIFA's Disciplinary Code after receiving 5 yellow cards during the game.

Israel’s future in Uefa could come to a head before World Cup qualifiers Uefa could decide as early as next week whether to suspend Israel and its club teams from its competitions

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Frauen-Nationalteam: Auswärtsspiel im Oktober gegen Schottland Das Programm des Frauen-Nationalteams im Oktober steht fest. Nach dem Heimspiel in Luzern gegen Kanada (24. Oktober, 19.30 Uhr) trifft das Team von Pia Sundhage vier Tage später auswärts auf Schottlan...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇭Scotland Women will face Switzerland in an international friendly at East End Park, Dunfermline on 28th October with a 1930 kick-off according to an announcement from the Swiss FA today.

www.football.ch/sfv/national...

Meanwhile the RFU has claimed the Scottish Football Association 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 along with 13 other national associations (🇵🇱🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪🇺🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰🇧🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇸)are reportedly against the lifting of the ban on Russian teams with Poland and the Baltic countries most vociferously against [2/2]

A Russian Football Union source reported last week that UEFA will discuss the lifting of the ban on Russian teams at the next UEFA Congress in Brussels on 12th February 2026. Russia report that 7 countries (🇧🇬🇷🇸🇬🇷🇧🇦🇭🇺🇰🇿🇦🇿) are supportive of Russia, although the Azerbaijan FA has denied this claim [1/2].

🇧🇾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 International Matchday 2 of Scotland's World Cup Qualification here in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary as Scotland take on Belarus.

A 0-0 draw in Copenhagen to start the World Cup qualification campaign. Fair result and sets things up nicely for the Belarus game in Zalaegerszeg on Monday.

The dreichest of matchday mornings in Copenhagen ahead of Scotland's opening World Cup 2026 Qualifier against Denmark at Parken tonight. 🇩🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #DENSCO

🇩🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇷 Following Steve Clarke's squad selection this morning, Denmark has confirmed its squad for the forthcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Scotland and Greece.

Kieron Bowie and Grant Hanley have both been named in the Scotland squad ahead of the first two 2026 World Cup Qualifiers next month! 🥬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

McTominay and De Bruyne shine for Napoli in Serie A opener Napoli launched their Serie A season in style with a 2-0 win at Sassuolo on Saturday as Scott McTominay powered in a first-half header before Kevin De Bruyne curled home a free-kick after the break.

McTominay and De Bruyne shine for Napoli in Serie A opener reut.rs/4oRFBwD

🇦🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UEFA has confirmed the venue for Scotland U21s' away qualifier in Azerbaijan on Tuesday 14th October as the Dalga Arena in Baku. @bacta5.bsky.social will be in attendance #SCO21s