2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
Tournament details
Dates	League phase:; 3 September – 17 November 2020; Relegation play-outs:; 24–29 March 2022
Teams	16
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The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C is the third division of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.

Format[]

Following a format change from the first season, League C was expanded from 15 to 16 teams. The league will consist of UEFA members ranked from 33–48 in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking, to be split into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2020. The winners of each group will be promoted to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B, and the fourth-placed team of each group will advance to the relegation play-outs.

As League C has four groups while League D has only two, the two League C teams that are to be relegated will be determined by play-outs in March 2022. Based on the Nations League overall ranking, the best-ranked team will face the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team will face the third-ranked team. Two ties will be played over two legs, with the higher-ranked team will host the second leg. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs will remain in League C, while the loser will be relegated to League D. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, with extra time played if away goals are also equal. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, with a penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if no goals are scored during extra time.

Teams[]

Team changes[]

The following are the team changes of League C from the 2018–19 season:

Incoming
Promoted from Nations League D
Group winners: Belarus Georgia Kosovo North Macedonia	Following format change: Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Luxembourg Moldova

Outgoing
Promoted to Nations League B
Group winners: Finland Norway Scotland Serbia	Following format change: Bulgaria Hungary Israel Romania

The following team changes were initially set to occur in League C, but did not after no teams were relegated due to the format change by UEFA:

Incoming
Initially relegated from Nations League B
Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Slovakia Turkey

Outgoing
Initially relegated to Nations League D
Cyprus Estonia Lithuania Slovenia

Seeding[]

In the 2020–21 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2018–19 Nations League overall ranking, with a slight modification: teams that were originally relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below teams promoted prior to the format change. The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed 4 December 2019, and were based on the access list ranking.

Pot 1
Team	Rank
Greece	33
Albania	34
Montenegro	35
Georgia	36

Pot 2
Team	Rank
North Macedonia	37
Kosovo	38
Belarus	39
Cyprus	40

Pot 3
Team	Rank
Estonia	41
Slovenia	42
Lithuania	43
Luxembourg	44

Pot 4
Team	Rank
Armenia	45
Azerbaijan	46
Kazakhstan	47
Moldova	48

The draw for the league phase took place at the Beurs van Berlage Conference Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 3 March 2020, 18:00 CET. Each group contains one team from each pot.

Groups[]

The original fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 3 March 2020 following the draw. On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee adjusted the league phase schedule for October and November 2020 to allow for the completion of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs. Following the change, a revised schedule for the October and November 2020 fixtures was released by UEFA on 26 June 2020.

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Luxembourg	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Promotion to League B
Montenegro	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9
Azerbaijan	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	4
Cyprus	4	0	1	3	0	5	−5	1	Advance to relegation play-outs

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)	Azerbaijan	1–2	Luxembourg	Olympic Stadium, Baku Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)
	Sheydayev 43'	Report	Krivotsyuk 48' (o.g.) Rodrigues 72' (pen.)

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Cyprus	0–2	Montenegro	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
		Report	Jovetić 60', 73'

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Cyprus	0–1	Azerbaijan	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
		Report	Medvedev 29'

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 20:45	Luxembourg	0–1	Montenegro	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
		Report	Bećiraj 90+3' (pen.)

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 15:00	Luxembourg	2–0	Cyprus	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)
	Sinani 12', 26'	Report

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 15:00	Montenegro	2–0	Azerbaijan	City Stadium, Podgorica Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)
	Jovetić 9' Ivanović 71'	Report

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 18:00	Azerbaijan	0–0	Cyprus	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan (Albania) Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
		Report

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 20:45	Montenegro	1–2	Luxembourg	City Stadium, Podgorica Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
	Ivanović 34'	Report	Muratović 42' Sinani 86'	City Stadium, Podgorica Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)	Azerbaijan	v	Montenegro	Olympic Stadium, Baku
		Report		Olympic Stadium, Baku

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)	Cyprus	v	Luxembourg	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
		Report		GSP Stadium, Nicosia

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 20:45	Luxembourg	v	Azerbaijan	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City
		Report		Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 20:45	Montenegro	v	Cyprus	City Stadium, Podgorica
		Report		City Stadium, Podgorica

Group 2[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
North Macedonia	4	1	3	0	7	6	+1	6	Promotion to League B
Georgia	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
Armenia	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5
Estonia	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2	Advance to relegation play-outs

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 15:00	North Macedonia	2–1	Armenia	Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 0 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
	Alioski 5' (pen.) Nestorovski 38' (pen.)	Report	Barseghyan 90+4' (pen.)

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Estonia	0–1	Georgia	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 0 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
		Report	Kacharava 32'

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)	Armenia	2–0	Estonia	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 0 Referee: David Coote (England)
	Karapetian 43' Wbeymar 65'	Report

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)	Georgia	1–1	North Macedonia	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)
	Okriashvili 13' (pen.)	Report	Ristovski 33'

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 18:00	Armenia	2–2	Georgia	City Stadium, Tychy (Poland) Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
	Bayramyan 6' Mkhitaryan 89' (pen.)	Report	Kacharava 46' Okriashvili 74'	City Stadium, Tychy (Poland) Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Estonia	3–3	North Macedonia	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
	Sappinen 33', 61' Liivak 76' (pen.)	Report	Kuusk 3' (o.g.) Pandev 80' Zajkov 88'

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Estonia	1–1	Armenia	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)
	Sappinen 14'	Report	K. Hovhannisyan 8'	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 20:45	North Macedonia	1–1	Georgia	Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
	Alioski 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Kvaratskhelia 74'

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) 15:00	North Macedonia	v	Estonia	Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
		Report		Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) 18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)	Georgia	v	Armenia	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
		Report		Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18) 18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)	Armenia	v	North Macedonia	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
		Report		Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18) 18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)	Georgia	v	Estonia	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
		Report		Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Group 3[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Slovenia	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10	Promotion to League B
Greece	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	8
Kosovo	4	0	2	2	2	4	−2	2
Moldova	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1	Advance to relegation play-outs

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) 20:45	Moldova	1–1	Kosovo	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma (Italy) Attendance: 0 Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)
	Nicolaescu 20'	Report	Kololli 71'

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) 20:45	Slovenia	0–0	Greece	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
		Report

6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) 18:00	Slovenia	1–0	Moldova	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
	Bohar 28'	Report

6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) 20:45	Kosovo	1–2	Greece	Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina Attendance: 0 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	B. Berisha 82'	Report	Limnios 2' Siovas 51'

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Greece	2–0	Moldova	Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
	Bakasetas 45+3' (pen.) Mantalos 50'	Report

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 20:45	Kosovo	0–1	Slovenia	Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina Referee: Andrew Madley (England)
		Report	Vučkić 22'

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Greece	0–0	Kosovo	Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
		Report

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Moldova	0–4	Slovenia	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
		Report	Lovrić 8' Vučkić 37' (pen.), 42', 55' (pen.)	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)	Moldova	v	Greece	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău
		Report		Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) 20:45	Slovenia	v	Kosovo	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
		Report		Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)	Greece	v	Slovenia	Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens
		Report		Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18) 20:45	Kosovo	v	Moldova	TBC (neutral country)
		Report		TBC (neutral country)

Group 4[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Belarus	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Promotion to League B
Lithuania	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	5
Albania	4	1	2	1	2	1	+1	5
Kazakhstan	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4	Advance to relegation play-outs

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Lithuania	0–2	Kazakhstan	LFF Stadium, Vilnius Attendance: 0 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
		Report	Zaynutdinov 4' Kuat 86'

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Belarus	0–2	Albania	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)
		Report	Cikalleshi 23' Bare 78'

7 September 2020 (2020-09-07) 16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)	Kazakhstan	1–2	Belarus	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 0 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
	Aimbetov 62'	Report	Bardachow 53' Lisakovich 86'

7 September 2020 (2020-09-07) 20:45	Albania	0–1	Lithuania	Air Albania Stadium, Tirana Attendance: 0 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
		Report	Kazlauskas 51'

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 15:00 (19:00 UTC+6)	Kazakhstan	0–0	Albania	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)
		Report

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Lithuania	2–2	Belarus	LFF Stadium, Vilnius Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
	Novikovas 7' Laukžemis 75'	Report	Lisakovich 59' (pen.) Sachywka 66'	LFF Stadium, Vilnius Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Lithuania	0–0	Albania	LFF Stadium, Vilnius Referee: Karim Abed (France)
		Report		LFF Stadium, Vilnius Referee: Karim Abed (France)

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Belarus	2–0	Kazakhstan	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)
	Yablonskiy 36' Yuzepchuk 90+3'	Report

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) 18:00	Albania	v	Kazakhstan	Air Albania Stadium, Tirana
		Report		Air Albania Stadium, Tirana

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)	Belarus	v	Lithuania	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
		Report		Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18) 16:00	Albania	v	Belarus	Air Albania Stadium, Tirana
		Report		Air Albania Stadium, Tirana

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18) 16:00 (21:00 UTC+6)	Kazakhstan	v	Lithuania
		Report

Relegation play-outs[]

The fourth-placed teams of League C participated in the relegation play-outs to determine the two teams which would be relegated. The relegation play-outs were scheduled on the same dates as the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-offs. If at least one of the teams due to participate in the relegation play-outs had also qualified for the World Cup qualifying play-offs (none ultimately did), the relegation play-outs would have been cancelled, and the teams in League C ranked 47th and 48th in the Nations League overall ranking would have been automatically relegated.^[1]

The play-out ties were as follows, with the higher-ranked teams hosting the second leg:^[1]

Team ranked first vs. team ranked fourth
Team ranked second vs. team ranked third

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Ranking[]

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Summary[]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Moldova	2–2 (4–5 p)	Kazakhstan	1–2	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Estonia	0–2	Cyprus	0–0	0–2

Matches[]

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)	Moldova	1–2	Kazakhstan	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău Attendance: 5,387^[2] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
	Nicolaescu 45+1'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2033885/	Malyi 63' Posmac 79' (o.g.)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) 16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)	Kazakhstan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Moldova	Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 12,582^[3] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2033886/	Armaș 13'
		Penalties
	*Abiken Beysebekov Dosmagambetov Zaynutdinov Zhaksylykov Zhukov	5–4	* Caimacov Armaș Mandrîcenco Crăciun Nicolaescu Revenco

2–2 on aggregate. Kazakhstan won 5–4 on penalties and remained in League C, while Moldova were relegated to League D.

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)	Estonia	0–0	Cyprus	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 5,366^[4] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2033883/

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Cyprus	2–0	Estonia	AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca Attendance: 2,464^[5] Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
	Tzionis 19' Sotiriou 51'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2033884/

Cyprus won 2–0 on aggregate and remained in League C, while Estonia were relegated to League D.

Overall ranking[]

The 16 League C teams will be ranked 33rd to 48th overall in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:

The teams finishing first in the groups will be ranked 33rd to 36th according to the results of the league phase.
The teams finishing second in the groups will be ranked 37th to 40th according to the results of the league phase.
The teams finishing third in the groups will be ranked 41st to 44th according to the results of the league phase.
The teams finishing fourth in the groups will be ranked 45th to 48th according to the results of the league phase.


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External links[]

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