How many matches has Gianni Infantino attended at the 2026 World Cup?
Gianni Infantino is having a summer to remember, jetting back and forth across North America, attending as many World Cup matches as possible.
From Miami to Mexico City, Atalanta to Vancouver and everywhere else in between, he’s visited each of the 16 stadiums at this summer’s tournament on his personal odyssey at least once.
With the competition taking its first break today since its opening fixture four weeks ago, now seems like a good moment to count up his World Cup appearances.
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Infantino has flown more than 43,000 miles so far this summer
Overall, Gianni has been spotted at a total of 37 of the 96 matches that have taken part so far, or 38.5 per cent.
On board his private executive jet, he has been cruising from place to place, taking in as much of the tournament as he can, even attending multiple games on the same day in some cases.
For instance, on June 23 he was spotted at England’s goalless draw with Ghana in Boston before jetting up to Canada for Panama vs Croatia later in the same day. He has done this on several occasions as well.
His travel is taking place on a Gulfstream G650ER jet, which has been provided to him by Qatar Airways, one of the competition’s official sponsors, according to UOL, who have tracked Gianni’s movements this summer.
Some reports claim he prefers to sleep on board the aircraft, rather than in a hotel.
The jet has also been adapted to include an office, so Gianni can spend as much time working, sleeping and travelling in the same place.
According to the BBC, Infantino’s carbon footprint over the first two weeks of the competition was equivalent to 78 people on average for a whole year.
The trips are meticulously planned for Gianni, with FIFA confirming that they pay all of his travel expenses on his North American summer tour.
He has been to an average of 1.37 matches per day since the tournament started.
With no more multiple match days remaining, it’s entirely possible that we see Infantino at all of the remaining eight matches which would take his tournament total up to an incredible 45 – 43.27% of the 104 games.
Every match attended by Gianni Infantino so far this summer
- 11 Jun – Mexico vs South Africa Group A Mexico City
- 11 Jun – South Korea vs Czechia Group A Guadalajara
- 12 Jun – United States vs Paraguay Group D Los Angeles
- 13 Jun – Qatar vs Switzerland Group B San Francisco
- 13 Jun – Australia vs Turkey Group D Vancouver
- 15 Jun – Belgium vs Egypt Group G Seattle
- 15 Jun – Iran vs New Zealand Group G Los Angeles
- 16 Jun – Argentina vs Algeria Group J Kansas City
- 17 Jun – Portugal vs DR Congo Group K Houston
- 18 Jun – Uzbekistan vs Colombia Group K Mexico City
- 18 Jun – Canada vs Qatar Group B Vancouver
- 19 Jun – Scotland vs Morocco Group C Boston
- 19 Jun – Brazil vs Haiti Group C Philadelphia
- 20 Jun – Netherlands vs Sweden Group F Houston
- 20 Jun – Tunisia vs Japan Group F Monterrey
- 21 Jun – Spain vs Saudi Arabia Group H Atlanta
- 21 Jun – Uruguay vs Cape Verde Group H Miami
- 22 Jun – France vs Iraq Group I Philadelphia
- 22 Jun – Norway vs Senegal Group I New York
- 23 Jun – England vs Ghana Group L Boston
- 23 Jun – Panama vs Croatia Group L Toronto
- 24 Jun – Scotland vs Brazil Group C Miami
- 25 Jun – Curaçao vs Ivory Coast Group E Philadelphia
- 26 Jun – Egypt vs Iran Group G Seattle
- 27 Jun – Colombia vs Portugal Group K Miami
- 28 Jun – South Africa vs Canada Round of 32 Los Angeles
- 29 Jun – Brazil vs Japan Round of 32 Houston
- 29 Jun – Netherlands vs Morocco Round of 32 Monterrey
- 30 Jun – Ivory Coast vs Norway Round of 32 Dallas
- 30 Jun – Mexico vs Ecuador Round of 32 Mexico City
- 1 Jul – England vs DR Congo Round of 32 Atlanta
- 1 Jul – United States vs Bosnia & Herzegovina Round of 32 San Francisco
- 4 Jul Canada vs Morocco Round of 16 Vancouver
- 4 Jul – Paraguay vs France Round of 16 Dallas
- 5 Jul – Brazil vs Norway Round of 16 Houston
- 6 Jul – Mexico vs England Round of 16 Los Angeles
- 7 Jul Argentina vs Egypt Round of 16 Atlanta
