Women's European Qualifiers top scorers: Caroline Weir ahead of Tessa Wullaert
Friday, October 9, 2026
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Caroline Weir was the top scorer in the league stage of qualifying with ten goals and added another in the play-offs.
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Scotland's Caroline Weir was the overall top scorer in the league stage of the Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and has extended her advantage in the play-offs, while Spain's Edna Imade led the way in League A.
Overall Women's European Qualifiers top scorers
11 Caroline Weir (Scotland)
8 Tessa Wullaert (Belgium)
6 Hannah Cain (Wales)
6 Rimantė Jonušaitė (Lithuania)
6 Vital Kats (Israel)
6 Ereleta Memeti (Kosovo)
6 Kika Nazareth (Portugal)
5 Lineth Beerensteyn (Netherlands)
5 Edna Imade (Spain)
5 Milena Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
5 Georgia Stanway (England)
5 Riola Xhemaili (Switzerland)
Going into the final matches in Group B4, Scotland led Belgium on overall goal difference in the promotion race but Tessa Wullaert, on seven, was one ahead of Weir in the individual stakes. However Weir hit four goals against Israel, to add to her hat-trick four days earlier against the same opponent and another hat-trick on Matchday 1 in Luxembourg, to end on ten goals as Scotland went up, pipping Belgium.
Wullaert struck against Luxembourg to move to eight goals, capping a group campaign in which she passed the 100-goal international mark. Weir moved further clear with a goal against Czechia in the first leg of Scotland's play-off round 1 tie.
Imade, who made her Spain debut in 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 ahead of her Spain team-mates Clàudia Pina and Vicky López, among others.
Lithuania's Rimantė Jonušaitė was the most prolific scorer in League C, with four of her six goals coming in a 6-1 win in Liechtenstein on Matchday 1. That was the largest single-game haul in these Women's European Qualifiers until Weir tied it on Matchday 5.
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)
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)
Play-offs top scorers
3 Lineth Beerensteyn (Netherlands)
3 Victoria Pelova (Netherlands)
3 Felicia Schröder (Sweden)
3 Talia Sommer (Israel)
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