The starting lineups of the Azerbaijani and French national teams that will face each other today in the 2026 World Cup qualifying match have been announced.

Axar.az reports that the teams will take to the field with the following "11".

Azerbaijan: Shahruddin Mahammadaliyev, Rahman Dashdamirov, Bahlul Mustafazade, Anton Krivotsyuk, Emin Mahmudov (k), Renat Dadashov, Khayal Aliyev, Elvin Badalov, Jeyhun Nuriyev, Abdulla Khaybulayev, Gismet Aliyev.

France: Luca Chevalier, Malo Guestaud, Kefrren Thuram, Christopher Nkunku, Hugo Ekitike, Manes Akliush, Ibrahima Konate (k), Warren Zaire-Emery, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Lucas Hernandez, Theo Hernandez

It should be noted that the match to be held today at the Tofig Bahramov Republic Stadium will start at 21:00.

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The Azerbaijan-France match in the 2026 World Cup qualifying round has started.

The match at the Tofig Bahramov Republic Stadium started at 21:00.

The match is refereed by Latvian Andris Treymanis.

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In the 4th minute, our team opened the score: 1 - 0

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The match ended in a draw: 1 - 1

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Manes Akliush scored for France - 1:2.

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Kevin Thuram scored the third goal for France in the 45th minute, 1:3.

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Our national team lost to France with a score of 1 - 3.

It should be noted that the French team, which is the leader in the group with 16 points, secured a place in the final stage of the 2026 World Cup in the previous round. Ukraine, which increased its number of points to 10, advanced to the playoffs. Iceland, which has 7 points, finished the qualifying stage in third place. The Azerbaijani national team managed to become fourth with 1 point.