2024–25 UEFA Nations League

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2024–25 UEFA Nations League

Tournament details
Dates	League phase: 5 September – 19 November 2024 League A quarter-finals and League A/B and B/C play-offs: 20–23 March 2025 Nations League Finals: 4–8 June 2025 League C/D play-offs: 26–31 March 2026
Teams	54
Tournament statistics
Matches played	156
Goals scored	403 (2.58 per match)
Attendance	3,293,825 (21,114 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Viktor Gyökeres (9 goals)
← 2022–23 2026–27 →

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League is the fourth season of the UEFA Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The competition will be held from 5 September to 19 November 2024 (league phase), March 2025 (League A quarter-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs) and June 2025 (Nations League Finals).

Spain are the defending champions, having won the 2023 finals.

Format

The UEFA national teams will be divided into four leagues, with Leagues A, B, and C featuring 16 teams each, divided into four groups of four teams. League D will feature 7 teams divided into two groups, with one containing four teams and the other containing three. The teams are allocated to leagues based on the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League overall ranking. Each team will play six matches within their group, except for one group in League D which will play four, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in the FIFA International Match Calendar.

On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee confirmed a modified format for the Nations League following the league phase. In the top division, League A, the group winners and runners-up will advance to a new quarter-final round, played home and away over two legs in March 2025. The winners will qualify for the Nations League Finals, retaining its previous format, which is played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off, and final. The semi-final pairings, along with the administrative home teams for the third place play-off and final, are determined using a draw. The host country will be selected among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the Nations League champions.

Teams will also compete for promotion and relegation to a higher or lower league. The group winners in Leagues B, C, and D are promoted, while the last-placed teams of each group in Leagues A and B are relegated. As League C has four groups while League D has only two, the two worst-ranked League C teams will automatically be relegated (a change from the previous editions, which featured relegation play-outs between the fourth-placed teams of League C). As part of the format change, promotion/relegation play-offs will also be introduced, with the third-placed teams of League A facing the runners-up of League B, the third-placed teams of League B facing the runners-up of League C, and the two best-ranked fourth-placed teams of League C facing the runners-up of League D. The matches will again be played home-and-away over two legs in March 2025, with the winners going to the higher league and the losers entering the lower league.

In all two-legged ties, the higher-seeded team hosts the second leg. The team that scores more goals on aggregate is the winner. If the aggregate score is level, extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score remains level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner.

Tiebreakers for group ranking

NOTE: The following information is based on the current regulations of the UEFA Nations League. All information is subject to future confirmation by UEFA.

If two or more teams in the same group are equal on points on completion of the league phase, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 11 apply;
5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
8. Higher number of wins in all group matches;
9. Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
10. Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).
11. Position in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list.

Criteria for league ranking

Individual league rankings are established according to the following criteria:

1. Position in the group;
2. Higher number of points;
3. Superior goal difference;
4. Higher number of goals scored;
5. Higher number of goals scored away from home;
6. Higher number of wins;
7. Higher number of wins away from home;
8. Lower disciplinary points total (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).
9. Position in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list.

To rank teams in League D, which is composed of different-sized groups, the results against the fourth-placed team in Group D1 are not taken into account to compare teams placed first, second, and third in their respective groups.

The ranking of the top 4 teams in League A is determined by their finish in the Nations League Finals:

1. The winner is ranked 1st;
2. The runner-up is ranked 2nd;
3. The third-placed team is ranked 3rd;
4. The fourth-placed team is ranked 4th.

Criteria for overall ranking

The overall UEFA Nations League rankings are established as follows:

1. The 16 League A teams are ranked 1st to 16th according to their league rankings.
2. The 16 League B teams are ranked 17th to 32nd according to their league rankings.
3. The 16 League C teams are ranked 33rd to 48th according to their league rankings.
4. The 7 League D teams are ranked 49th to 55th according to their league rankings.

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League will be partially linked with European qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The twelve qualifying group runners-up and the four best-ranked Nations League group winners who are not qualifying group winners or runners-up will be drawn into four play-off paths of single-leg semi-finals and single-leg finals to determine the last four UEFA teams to qualify for the World Cup.

Schedule

Below is the schedule of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League.

Stage	Round	FIFA window
League phase	Matchday 1	2–10 September 2024
	Matchday 2
	Matchday 3	7–15 October 2024
	Matchday 4
	Matchday 5	11–19 November 2024
	Matchday 6
League A quarter-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs	First leg	17–25 March 2025
	Second leg
Finals	Semi-finals	2–10 June 2025
	Third place play-off
	Final

Teams

Map showing the leagues each national team will participate in.

  League A

  League B

  League C

  League D

  To be determined

  Team banned from competition

All 54 UEFA national teams were able to submit an entry for the competition, except Russia due to their country's invasion of Ukraine. The teams which finished bottom of their group in Leagues A and B, as well as the losers from the League C relegation play-outs, from the 2022–23 season will move down a league, while the group winners of Leagues B, C and D will move up. The remaining teams will stay in their respective leagues.

In an interview with the Polish website meczyki.pl, UEFA vice-president Zbigniew Boniek said that all ten teams from CONMEBOL, South America's football federation, could join the UEFA Nations League from the 2024–25 edition of the competition. The plans, which would act as a response to FIFA's biennial World Cup plans, were intended as part of enhanced cooperation between the two organisations following the signing of a memorandum of understanding and the opening of a joint office in London. However, such an expansion was made unlikely after CONMEBOL submitted a request to FIFA to maintain the round-robin qualification format for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee confirmed the format for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League, with no South American teams to be added.

Teams below are ordered within their league by the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League overall ranking. UEFA confirmed allocation of teams to each league, and the seeding pots, on 2 December 2023.

Key

	Promoted in previous season
	Relegated in previous season

League A Pot Team Prv Rank 1 Spain 1 Croatia 2 Italy 3 Netherlands 4 2 Denmark 5 Portugal 6 Belgium 7 Hungary 8 3 Switzerland 9 Germany 10 Poland 11 France 12 4 Israel 13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 Serbia 15 Scotland 16	League B Pot Team Prv Rank 1 Austria 17 Czech Republic 18 England 19 Wales 20 2 Finland 21 Ukraine 22 Iceland 23 Norway 24 3 Slovenia 25 Republic of Ireland 26 Albania 27 Montenegro 28 4 Georgia 29 Greece 30 Turkey 31 Kazakhstan 32
League C Pot Team Prv Rank 1 Romania 33 Sweden 34 Armenia 35 Luxembourg 36 2 Azerbaijan 37 Kosovo 38 Bulgaria 39 Faroe Islands 40 3 North Macedonia 41 Slovakia 42 Northern Ireland 43 Cyprus 44 4 Belarus 45 Lithuania 46 Estonia 47 Latvia 48	League D Pot Team Prv Rank 1 Gibraltar 49 Moldova 50 2 Malta 51 Andorra 52 San Marino 53 Liechtenstein 54 Banned from entering competition Team Russia

Draw

The draw for the league phase will take place in Paris, France, on 8 February 2024, along with UEFA Congress. The seeding has yet to be announced. The congress and draw were originally planned to take place in Madrid, but were relocated due to the Luis Rubiales scandal.

League A

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A

Group A1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Portugal	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8	14	Advance to quarter-finals
Croatia	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
Scotland	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs
Poland	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4	Relegation to League B

Group A2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
France	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Advance to quarter-finals
Italy	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13
Belgium	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs
Israel	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4	Relegation to League B

Group A3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Germany	6	4	2	0	18	4	+14	14	Advance to quarter-finals
Netherlands	6	2	3	1	13	7	+6	9
Hungary	6	1	3	2	4	11	−7	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0	2	4	4	17	−13	2	Relegation to League B

Group A4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Spain	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	16	Advance to quarter-finals
Denmark	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8
Serbia	6	1	3	2	3	6	−3	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs
Switzerland	6	0	2	4	6	14	−8	2	Relegation to League B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Italy

4–5 June – TBD

Germany

Winner quarter-final 4

Winner quarter-final 3

Denmark

8 June – TBD

Portugal

Winner semi-final A

Winner semi-final B

Netherlands

4–5 June – TBD

Spain

Winner quarter-final 1

Third place play-off

Winner quarter-final 2

8 June – TBD

Croatia

Loser semi-final A

France

Loser semi-final B

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the semi-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs. In the draw, teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other. First, the group runners-up were drawn into a quarter-final pairing (1 to 4), after which group winners were drawn and allocated to the first available quarter-final (in numerical order).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands	1	Spain	20 Mar	23 Mar
Croatia	2	France	20 Mar	23 Mar
Denmark	3	Portugal	20 Mar	23 Mar
Italy	4	Germany	20 Mar	23 Mar

Nations League Finals

Main article: 2025 UEFA Nations League Finals

The host of the Nations League Finals will preferably be selected from the four qualified teams. The semi-finals pairings were determined by means of an open draw on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the League A quarter-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs. For scheduling purposes, the host team will be allocated to semi-final 1 as the administrative home team.

Semi-finals

4–5 June 2025 (2025-06) 20:45	Italy or Germany	Semi-final A	Denmark or Portugal
		Report

4–5 June 2025 (2025-06) 20:45	Netherlands or Spain	Semi-final B	Croatia or France
		Report

Third-place play-off

8 June 2025 (2025-06-08) 15:00	Loser semi-final A	Match 3	Loser semi-final B

Final

Main article: 2025 UEFA Nations League Final

8 June 2025 (2025-06-08) 20:45	Winner semi-final A	Match 4	Winner semi-final B

League B

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B

Group B1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Czech Republic	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11	Promotion to League A
Ukraine	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Georgia	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs
Albania	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7	Relegation to League C

Group B2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England (P)	6	5	0	1	16	3	+13	15	Promotion to League A
Greece	6	5	0	1	11	4	+7	15	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Republic Ireland	6	2	0	4	3	12	−9	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs
Finland (R)	6	0	0	6	2	13	−11	0	Relegation to League C

Group B3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Norway (P)	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Promotion to League A
Austria	6	3	2	1	14	5	+9	11	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Slovenia	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8	Qualification for relegation play-offs
Kazakhstan (R)	6	0	1	5	0	15	−15	1	Relegation to League C

Group B4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Turkey	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12	Promotion to League A
Wales	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Iceland	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs
Montenegro (R)	6	1	0	5	4	9	−5	3	Relegation to League C

League C

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C

Group C1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Sweden	6	5	1	0	19	4	+15	16	Promotion to League B
Slovakia	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Estonia	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4
Azerbaijan	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	Relegation to League D or qualification for relegation play-offs

Group C2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Romania	6	6	0	0	18	3	+15	18	Promotion to League B
Kosovo	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Cyprus	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6
Lithuania	6	0	0	6	4	11	−7	0	Relegation to League D or qualification for relegation play-offs

Group C3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Northern Ireland	6	3	2	1	11	3	+8	11	Promotion to League B
Bulgaria	6	2	3	1	3	6	−3	9	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Belarus	6	1	4	1	3	4	−1	7
Luxembourg	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3	Relegation to League D or qualification for relegation play-offs

Group C4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
North Macedonia	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Promotion to League B
Armenia	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Faroe Islands	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6
Latvia	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	Relegation to League D or qualification for relegation play-offs

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	C4	Latvia	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs
2	C3	Luxembourg	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3
3	C1	Azerbaijan (R)	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	Relegation to League D
4	C2	Lithuania (R)	6	0	0	6	4	11	−7	0

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

League D

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D

Group D1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Gibraltar	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Promotion to League C
San Marino	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Liechtenstein	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Group D2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Moldova	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	Promotion to League C
Malta	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6	Qualification for promotion play-offs
Andorra	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion-relegation play-offs

The draw for the promotion/relegation play-offs was held on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the League A quarter-finals and semi-finals. The League A/B and B/C play-off matches are scheduled for 20 and 23 March 2025. To ensure enough teams are available for the March 2025 window of World Cup qualifying, the League C/D play-off matches are scheduled for 26 and 31 March 2026. However, if any team participating in the League C/D play-offs qualifies for the World Cup qualifying play-offs, then the League C/D play-offs will be cancelled, and the teams will remain in their respective leagues.

League A vs League B

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	1	Hungary	20 Mar	23 Mar
Ukraine	2	Belgium	20 Mar	23 Mar
Austria	3	Serbia	20 Mar	23 Mar
Greece	4	Scotland	20 Mar	23 Mar

League B vs League C

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kosovo	1	Iceland	20 Mar	23 Mar
Bulgaria	2	Republic of Ireland	20 Mar	23 Mar
Armenia	3	Georgia	20 Mar	23 Mar
Slovakia	4	Slovenia	20 Mar	23 Mar

League C vs League D

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gibraltar	1	Latvia	26 Mar '26	31 Mar '26
Malta	2	Luxembourg	26 Mar '26	31 Mar '26

Overall ranking

Starting from the 2024–25 season, the overall rankings are split into interim and final versions. While the interim overall rankings will be based on league rankings, explicitly ordering teams from higher leagues over those from lower ones, the final overall rankings will take into account the results of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs, updating the interim overall rankings accordingly.

Interim overall ranking

Following the conclusion of the league phase in November 2024, an interim overall ranking is established based on the results of each league.

League A	League B
Rnk Team Pld Pts 1 Spain 6 16 2 Germany 6 14 3 Portugal 6 14 4 France 6 13 5 Italy 6 13 6 Netherlands 6 9 7 Denmark 6 8 8 Croatia 6 8 9 Scotland 6 7 10 Serbia 6 6 11 Hungary 6 6 12 Belgium 6 4 13 Poland 6 4 14 Israel 6 4 15 Switzerland 6 2 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 2 Source: UEFA	Rnk Team Pld Pts 17 England 6 15 18 Norway 6 13 19 Wales 6 12 20 Czech Republic 6 11 21 Greece 6 15 22 Austria 6 11 23 Turkey 6 11 24 Ukraine 6 8 25 Slovenia 6 8 26 Georgia 6 7 27 Iceland 6 7 28 Republic of Ireland 6 6 29 Albania 6 7 30 Montenegro 6 3 31 Kazakhstan 6 1 32 Finland 6 0 Source: UEFA
League C	League D
Rnk Team Pld Pts 33 Romania 6 18 34 Sweden 6 16 35 North Macedonia 6 16 36 Northern Ireland 6 11 37 Slovakia 6 13 38 Kosovo 6 12 39 Bulgaria 6 9 40 Armenia 6 7 41 Belarus 6 7 42 Faroe Islands 6 6 43 Cyprus 6 6 44 Estonia 6 4 45 Latvia 6 4 46 Luxembourg 6 3 47 Azerbaijan 6 1 48 Lithuania 6 0 Source: UEFA	Rnk Team Pld Pts 49 Moldova 4 9 50 San Marino 4 7 51 Malta 4 7 52 Gibraltar 4 6 53 Liechtenstein 4 2 54 Andorra 4 1 Source: UEFA

Final overall ranking

The final overall ranking, established at the conclusion of the competition, adjusts the interim overall ranking by taking into account the results of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs. Teams that are promoted at the end of the 2024–25 season are ranked above those who are relegated, with the final rankings reflecting the composition of leagues for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League.

Key

	Promoted after the season
	Relegated after the season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

2026–27 League A participants	2026–27 League B participants
Rnk Team P/R 1 Nations League Finals winner    2 Nations League Finals runner-up    3 Nations League Finals 3rd place    4 Nations League Finals 4th place    5 Best quarter-final loser    6 2nd best quarter-final loser    7 3rd best quarter-final loser    8 Worst quarter-final loser    9–16 League A/B play-off winner * 9–16 League A/B play-off winner * 9–16 League A/B play-off winner * 9–16 League A/B play-off winner * 9–13 England 10–14 Norway 11–15 Wales 12–16 Czech Republic Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2024. Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria	Rnk Team P/R 17–21 Poland 18–22 Israel 19–23 Switzerland 20–24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17–24 League A/B play-off loser * 17–24 League A/B play-off loser * 17–24 League A/B play-off loser * 17–24 League A/B play-off loser * 25–32 League B/C play-off winner * 25–32 League B/C play-off winner * 25–32 League B/C play-off winner * 25–32 League B/C play-off winner * 25–29 Romania 26–30 Sweden 27–31 North Macedonia 28–32 Northern Ireland Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2024. Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
2026–27 League C participants	2026–27 League D participants
Rnk Team P/R 33–37 Albania 34–38 Montenegro 35–39 Kazakhstan 36–40 Finland 33–40 League B/C play-off loser * 33–40 League B/C play-off loser * 33–40 League B/C play-off loser * 33–40 League B/C play-off loser * 41 Belarus    42 Faroe Islands    43 Cyprus    44 Estonia    45–48 League C/D play-off winner * 45–48 League C/D play-off winner * 45–47 Moldova 46–48 San Marino Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2024. Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria	Rnk Team P/R 49–51 Azerbaijan 50–52 Lithuania 49–52 League C/D play-off loser * 49–52 League C/D play-off loser * 53 Liechtenstein    54 Andorra    Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2024. Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

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