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Italy's soccer chief told to quit after latest World Cup failure

2026 World Cup: Which 48 teams qualified for the tournament?

Italy have themselves to blame for third straight World Cup miss

Italy's soccer chief told to quit after latest World Cup failure

2026 World Cup: Which 48 teams qualified for the tournament?

Italy have themselves to blame for third straight World Cup miss

Game Information

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA Standings

WCQ - UEFA News

2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

SwedenSwedenSWE

0-2-4, 2 PTS

SloveniaSloveniaSVN

0-4-2, 4 PTS

Gustav Lundgren - 87'

Timi Elsnik - 64'

1
Widell Zetterström
8
Svensson
3
Lindelöf
15
Starfelt
20
Krafth
13
Sema
19
Svanberg
22
Zeneli
11
Lundgren
17
Lidberg
14
Bardghji

No.Name
1Jacob Widell Zetterström
3Victor Lindelöf 2Gustaf Lagerbielke
15Carl Starfelt
8Daniel Svensson
20Emil Krafth 5Gabriel Gudmundsson
19Mattias Svanberg 6Herman Johansson
22Besfort Zeneli
13Ken Sema 10Emil Forsberg
11Gustav Lundgren
17Isac Lidberg
14Roony Bardghji 21Alexander Bernhardsson

Substitutes
23Kristoffer Nordfeldt
9Alexander Isak
18Yasin Ayari
16Jesper Karlström
4Isak Hien
7Benjamin Nygren
12Noel Törnqvist

1
Vekic
13
Janza
3
Balkovec
6
Bijol
21
Drkusic
2
Karnicnik
15
Sturm
10
Elsnik
22
Cerin
11
Seslar
9
Sporar

No.Name
1Igor Vekic
6Jaka Bijol
3Jure Balkovec
21Vanja Drkusic
13Erik Janza
2Zan Karnicnik
10Timi Elsnik 4Dejan Petrovic
22Adam Gnezda Cerin
15Danijel Sturm 17Jan Mlakar
11Svit Seslar 19Tomi Horvat
9Andraz Sporar 5Jon Gorenc Stankovic

Substitutes
20Tamar Svetlin
7Benjamin Verbic
18Zan Vipotnik
14David Zec
12Zan-Luk Leban
23David Brekalo
8Sandi Lovric
16Martin Turk

Friends Arena

2:45 PM, November 18, 2025

Stockholm, Sweden

Attendance: 25,724

Referees:
Maurizio Mariani

Italy's sports minister has called on the country's soccer federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina to resign after the four-time world champions failed to qualify for a third successive World Cup on Tuesday.

The race to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is complete. Here's how it all went down across the globe.

We don't need think pieces or inquests into Italy's failure to qualify for a third straight World Cup; in the end, it came down to bad decisions and bad performances, like it always does.

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