Women's European Qualifiers top scorers: Caroline Weir ahead of Tessa Wullaert
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
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Caroline Weir was the top scorer in the league stage of qualifying with ten goals and added another by scoring in Scotland's round 1 play-off.
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Scotland's Caroline Weir is the overall top scorer in the Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, while Spain's Edna Imade led the way in League A in the league stage.
Overall Women's European Qualifiers top scorers
11 Caroline Weir (Scotland)
8 Tessa Wullaert (Belgium)
7 Hannah Cain (Wales)
6 Lineth Beerensteyn (Netherlands)
6 Rimantė Jonušaitė (Lithuania)
6 Vital Kats (Israel)
6 Ereleta Memeti (Kosovo)
6 Kika Nazareth (Portugal)
6 Alessia Russo (England)
6 Georgia Stanway (England)
Weir ended the group stage on ten goals, seven of her goals coming across two fixtures against Israel as well as a hat-trick on Matchday 1 in Luxembourg. She moved further clear by scoring against Czechia in the first leg of Scotland's round 1 play-off tie.
Belgium's Tessa Wullaert has scored eight goals, during a campaign in which she passed the 100-goal international mark.
Hannah Cain moved onto seven goals by scoring against Albania in Wales' round 1 play-off. Seven players are on six goals, including Netherlands' Lineth Beerensteyn, who found the net four times across two legs against Hungary during October's play-offs.
League A top scorers
5 Edna Imade (Spain)
4 Pernille Harder (Denmark)
4 Melvine Malard (France)
4 Clàudia Pina (Spain)
4 Georgia Stanway (England)
4 Vicky López (Spain)
Edna Imade, who made her Spain debut last November, had never scored an international goal before their group campaign, but hit five as the World Cup holders earned automatic qualification ahead of England. That was the highest League A tally, one better than her Spain team-mates Clàudia Pina and Vicky López, among others.
League B top scorers
10 Caroline Weir (Scotland)
8 Tessa Wullaert (Belgium)
6 Hannah Cain (Wales)
6 Vital Kats (Israel)
6 Kika Nazareth (Portugal)
League C top scorers
6 Rimantė Jonušaitė (Lithuania)
5 Ereleta Memeti (Kosovo)
5 Milena Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Hat-tricks or better in Women's European Qualifiers
4 goals
Rimantė Jonušaitė (Liechtenstein 1-6 Lithuania), 03/03/2026, League C
Caroline Weir (Israel 1-5 Scotland), 09/06/2026, League B
3 goals
Caroline Weir (Luxembourg 0-5 Scotland), 03/03/2026, League B
Tessa Wullaert (Belgium 5-0 Israel), 07/03/2026, League B
Vital Kats (Israel 6-0 Luxembourg), 14/04/2026, League B
Diána Csányi (North Macedonia 0-5 Hungary), 14/04/2026, League C
Milena Nikolić (Liechtenstein 0-6 Bosnia and Herzegovina), 18/04/2026, League C
Caroline Weir (Scotland 6-0 Israel), 05/06/2026, League B
Tessa Wullaert (Belgium 6-0 Luxembourg), 05/06/2026, League B
Talia Sommer (Israel 3-7 Switzerland), 09/10/2026, Play-offs round 1
Felicia Schröder (Lithuania 0-5 Sweden), 09/10/2026, Play-offs round 1
Lineth Beerensteyn (Hungary 0-8 Netherlands), 09/10/2026, Play-offs round 1
Victoria Pelova (Hungary 0-8 Netherlands), 09/10/2026, Play-offs round 1
Elisabeth Terland (Norway 6-0 Romania), 13/10/2026, Play-offs round 1