2024–25 UEFA Nations League

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 ⊟ All statistics correct as of 19 November 2024.

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League is the fourth installment of the UEFA Nations League tournament, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The competition will be held from September to November 2024 (league phase), March 2025 (League A quarter-finals and both League A/B and B/C play-offs), June 2025 (Nations League Finals), and March 2026 (League C/D play-offs).

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

Format

The UEFA national teams were divided into four leagues, with Leagues A, B, and C featuring 16 teams each, divided into four groups of four teams, while League D features 6 teams divided into two groups of three. The teams were allocated to leagues based on the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League overall ranking.^[1] Each team will play six matches within their group, except for teams in League D which will play four, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2024.^[2]

On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee confirmed an altered format for the Nations League following the league phase.^[3]^[4] 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. In each tie, group winners will face a runner-up from a different group, with the group winner hosting the second leg. The four quarter-final 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 are determined by means of a draw. The host country for the Nations League Finals will be selected from among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the Nations League champions.

Teams also compete for promotion and relegation to a higher or lower league. The group winners in Leagues B, C, and D are directly promoted, while the last-placed teams of each group in Leagues A and B are directly relegated. As League C has four groups while League D has only two, the two lowest-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 be played home-and-away over two legs in March 2025 (League A/B and B/C) and March 2026 (League C/D), with the winners going to the higher league and the losers entering the lower league.^[5]

In all two-legged ties, the higher-ranked teams host 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.^[6]

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

The 2024–25 Nations League will be partially linked with European qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the format confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.^[7] The twelve group winners of FIFA World Cup qualification after the first round (group stage) will qualify directly for the World Cup. Then, the second round (play-offs) will be contested by the twelve group runners-up, along with the four best Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking, that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group. The play-offs will be split into four play-off paths, played in two single-match knockout rounds (semi-finals and finals, with the home teams to be drawn), from which an additional four teams will also qualify.^[8]

Tiebreakers

Tiebreakers for group ranking

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:^[6]

Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
Higher goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
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.^[a] If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 11 apply;
Higher goal difference in all group matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
Higher number of wins in all group matches;
Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
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).
Higher position in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list.

Notes

^ When two or more teams are tied in points, criteria 1 to 3 are applied. After these criteria are applied, they may define the position of some of the teams involved, but not all of them. For example, if there is a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria may only break the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams still tied. In this case, the tiebreaking procedure is resumed, from the beginning, for those teams that are still tied.

Criteria for league ranking

Individual league rankings are established according to the following criteria:^[6]

Position in the group;
Higher number of points;
Higher goal difference;
Higher number of goals scored;
Higher number of goals scored away from home;
Higher number of wins;
Higher number of wins away from home;
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).
Higher position in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list.

Criteria for interim overall ranking

Following the completion of the league phase, the interim overall UEFA Nations League rankings are established as follows:^[6]

The 16 League A teams are ranked 1st to 16th according to their league rankings.
The 16 League B teams are ranked 17th to 32nd according to their league rankings.
The 16 League C teams are ranked 33rd to 48th according to their league rankings.
The 6 League D teams are ranked 49th to 54th according to their league rankings.

Criteria for final overall ranking

Following the completion of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs, the final overall UEFA Nations League rankings are established. Within each of the groups listed below, teams are ordered based on their interim overall ranking.^[6]

The four Nations League Finals participants are ranked as follows:
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.
The four League A quarter-final losers are ranked 5th to 8th.
The four teams directly promoted to League A, and the four winners of the League A/B play-offs, are ranked 9th to 16th.
The four teams directly relegated to League B, and the four losers of the League A/B play-offs, are ranked 17th to 24th.
The four teams directly promoted to League B, and the four winners of the League B/C play-offs, are ranked 25th to 32nd.
The four teams directly relegated to League C, and the four losers of the League B/C play-offs, are ranked 33rd to 40th.
The four League C third-placed teams remain ranked 41st to 44th.
The two teams directly promoted to League C, and the two winners of the League C/D play-offs, are ranked 45th to 48th.
The two teams directly relegated to League D, and the two losers of the League C/D play-offs, will be ranked 49th to 52nd.
The two League D third-placed teams remain ranked 53rd and 54th.

Schedule

Below is the schedule of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League.^[6]

To allow for enough teams to participate in the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification group stage in March 2025, the League C/D promotion/relegation play-offs will be played in March 2026. If any of the teams due to participate in these ties advance to the World Cup play-offs in March 2026, the League C/D promotion/relegation play-offs will be cancelled, and all teams will remain in their respective leagues for the following edition.^[6]

Stage	Round	Dates
League phase	Matchday 1	5–7 September 2024
	Matchday 2	8–10 September 2024
	Matchday 3	10–12 October 2024
	Matchday 4	13–15 October 2024
	Matchday 5	14–16 November 2024
	Matchday 6	17–19 November 2024
League A quarter-finals and League A/B and B/C play-offs	First leg	20 March 2025
	Second leg	23 March 2025
Finals	Semi-finals	4–5 June 2025
	Third place play-off	8 June 2025
	Final	8 June 2025
League C/D play-offs	First leg	26 March 2026
League C/D play-offs	Second leg	31 March 2026

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 9 February 2024, the day following the draw.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Seeding

54 of UEFA's 55 national teams entered the competition. Russia, slated to participate in League C, were suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[13] The teams which finished bottom of their group in Leagues A and B, as well as the losers from the relegation play-outs of League C, from the 2022–23 season moved down a league, while the group winners of Leagues B, C and D moved up. The remaining teams stayed in their respective leagues.^[14]

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.^[15] 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.^[16] However, such an expansion was not possible after CONMEBOL submitted a request to FIFA to maintain the round-robin qualification format for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.^[17] 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.^[3]

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League overall ranking,^[18] with slight modifications: teams that were relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below those who were promoted, and rankings shifted with the removal of Russia.^[6] The seeding pots for the league phase were based on the access list ranking. The seeding pots, draw procedure, and fixture list procedures were confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on 2 December 2023.^[19]

Key
	Promoted after previous season
	Relegated after previous season
*	Participated in relegation play-outs

League A
Pot	Team	Rank
1	Spain (title holders)	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	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^[a]	*	46
	Estonia		47
	Latvia		48

League D
Pot	Team	Prv	Rank
1	Gibraltar^[a]	*	49
1	Moldova		50
2	Malta		51
	Andorra		52
	San Marino		53
	Liechtenstein		54

Suspended from entering competition
Team
Russia

^ ^a ^b The identity of the winners and losers of the League C relegation play-outs (involving Gibraltar and Lithuania) was unknown at the time of the draw.

The draw for the league phase took place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France, on 8 February 2024, 18:00 CET.^[20]^[21]^[22] The draw, originally planned to take place in Madrid, was relocated due to the Luis Rubiales scandal.^[23]^[24]

For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict) could not be drawn into the same group. Due to excessive travel restrictions, only one of England, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland or Wales could be drawn with Kazakhstan. No winter venue restrictions were necessary for countries with a risk of severe winter weather, and several other potential political and excessive travel restrictions were not required because the teams concerned were either in different leagues or the same draw pot.^[1]

League A

Group A1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portugal	6	4	2	0	13	5	8	14	Advance to quarter-finals	—	2–1	2–1	5–1
2	Croatia	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Advance to quarter-finals	1–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Scotland	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs	0–0	1–0	—	2–3
4	Poland (R)	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4	Relegation to League B	1–3	3–3	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

Group A2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	6	4	1	1	12	6	6	13^[a]	Advance to quarter-finals	—	1–3	2–0	0–0
2	Italy	6	4	1	1	13	8	5	13^[a]	Advance to quarter-finals	1–3	—	2–2	4–1
3	Belgium	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4^[b]	Qualification for relegation play-offs	1–2	0–1	—	3–1
4	Israel (R)	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4^[b]	Relegation to League B	1–4	1–2	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head to head results. Overall goal difference: France 6, Italy 5.
^ ^a ^b Tied on head to head points. Head to head goal difference: Belgium 1, Israel –1.

Group A3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	6	4	2	0	18	4	14	14	Advance to quarter-finals	—	1–0	5–0	7–0
2	Netherlands	6	2	3	1	13	7	6	9	Advance to quarter-finals	2–2	—	4–0	5–2
3	Hungary	6	1	3	2	4	11	−7	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs	1–1	1–1	—	0–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (R)	6	0	2	4	4	17	−13	2	Relegation to League B	1–2	1–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

Group A4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	5	1	0	13	4	9	16	Advance to quarter-finals	—	1–0	3–0	3–2
2	Denmark	6	2	2	2	7	5	2	8	Advance to quarter-finals	1–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Serbia	6	1	3	2	3	6	−3	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs	0–0	0–0	—	2–0
4	Switzerland (R)	6	0	2	4	6	14	−8	2	Relegation to League B	1–4	2–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

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.^[25] In the draw, teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.^[26] The first legs will be played on 20 March, and the second legs will be played on 23 March 2025.

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

The host of the Nations League Finals will preferably be selected from the four qualified teams. The semi-finals pairings will be 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.^[25] For scheduling purposes, the host team will be allocated to semi-final 1 as the administrative home team.^[26]

Times are CEST (UTC 2), as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Semi-finals

4–5 June 2025

20:45

Winner quarter-final 4	Semi-final A	Winner quarter-final 3

4–5 June 2025

20:45

Winner quarter-final 1	Semi-final B	Winner quarter-final 2

Third-place play-off

8 June 2025

15:00

Loser semi-final A	Match 3	Loser semi-final A

Final

8 June 2025

20:45

Winner semi-final A	Match 4	Winner semi-final B

Top goalscorers

There have been 141 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match (as of 19 November 2024).

League A top goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	5
2	Randal Kolo Muani	3
	Deniz Undav
	Florian Wirtz
	Dominik Szoboszlai
	Davide Frattesi
	Denzel Dumfries
	Zeki Amdouni
9	23 players	2

League B

Group B1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic (P)	6	3	2	1	9	8	1	11	Promotion to League A	—	3–2	2–1	2–0
2	Ukraine	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Qualification for promotion play-offs	1–1	—	1–0	1–2
3	Georgia	6	2	1	3	7	6	1	7^[a]	Qualification for relegation play-offs	4–1	1–1	—	0–1
4	Albania (R)	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7^[a]	Relegation to League C	0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference: Georgia 1, Albania –2.

Group B2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	England (P)	6	5	1	16	3	13	15^[a]	Promotion to League A	—	1–2	5–0	2–0
2	Greece	6	5	1	11	4	7	15^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs	0–3	—	2–0	3–0
3	Republic of Ireland	6	2	4	3	12	−9	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs	0–2	0–2	—	1–0
4	Finland (R)	6	0	6	2	13	−11	0	Relegation to League C	1–3	0–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head to head points. Head-to-head goal difference: England 2, Greece −2.

Group B3

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

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wales (P)	6	3	3	0	9	4	5	12	Promotion to League A	—	0–0	4–1	1–0
2	Turkey	6	3	2	1	9	6	3	11	Qualification for promotion play-offs	0–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Iceland	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs	2–2	2–4	—	2–0
4	Montenegro (R)	6	1	0	5	4	9	−5	3	Relegation to League C	1–2	3–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

There were 128 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

League B top goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals
1	Erling Haaland	7
2	Benjamin Šeško	5
3	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	4
3	Harry Wilson	4
5	Pavel Šulc	3
	Harry Kane
	Georges Mikautadze
	Fotis Ioannidis
	Orri Óskarsson
	Nikola Krstović
	Antonio Nusa
	Alexander Sørloth

League C

Group C1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sweden (P)	6	5	1	0	19	4	15	16	Promotion to League B	—	2–1	3–0	6–0
2	Slovakia	6	4	1	1	10	5	5	13	Qualification for promotion play-offs	2–2	—	1–0	2–0
3	Estonia	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4		0–3	0–1	—	3–1
4	Azerbaijan (R)	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	Relegation to League D	1–3	1–3	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group C2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Romania (P)	6	6	0	18	3	15	18	Promotion to League B	—	3–0^[a]	4–1	3–1
2	Kosovo	6	4	2	10	7	3	12	Qualification for promotion play-offs	0–3	—	3–0	1–0
3	Cyprus	6	2	4	4	15	−11	6		0–3	0–4	—	2–1
4	Lithuania (R)	6	0	6	4	11	−7	0	Relegation to League D	1–2	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The Romania v Kosovo match was suspended at 0–0 during second-half stoppage time, after the Kosovo team left the pitch, with the match abandoned thereafter.^[27] The match was subsequently awarded as a 3–0 win for Romania.^[28]

Group C3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Northern Ireland (P)	6	3	2	1	11	3	8	11	Promotion to League B	—	5–0	2–0	2–0
2	Bulgaria	6	2	3	1	3	6	−3	9	Qualification for promotion play-offs	1–0	—	1–1	0–0
3	Belarus	6	1	4	1	3	4	−1	7		0–0	0–0	—	1–1
4	Luxembourg	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3	Qualification for relegation play-offs	2–2	0–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted

Group C4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	North Macedonia (P)	6	5	1	0	10	1	9	16	Promotion to League B	—	2–0	1–0	1–0
2	Armenia	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Qualification for promotion play-offs	0–2	—	0–1	4–1
3	Faroe Islands	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6		1–1	2–2	—	1–1
4	Latvia	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs	0–3	1–2	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	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	Qualification for relegation play-offs
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	Relegation to League D

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

There were 115 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.^{[note 1]}

League C top goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals
1	Viktor Gyökeres	9
2	Răzvan Marin	6
3	Isaac Price	4
	David Strelec
	Alexander Isak
6	Bojan Miovski	3
7	15 players	2

League D

Group D1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	San Marino (P)	4	2	1	1	5	3	2	7	Promotion to League C	—	1–1	1–0
2	Gibraltar	4	1	3	0	4	3	1	6	Qualification for promotion play-offs	1–0	—	2–2
3	Liechtenstein	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2		1–3	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted

Group D2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Moldova (P)	4	3	0	1	5	1	4	9	Promotion to League C	—	2–0	2–0
2	Malta	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	7	Qualification for promotion play-offs	1–0	—	0–0
3	Andorra	4	0	1	3	0	4	−4	1		0–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted

Top goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.58 goals per match.

League D top goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals
1	Liam Walker	2
1	Nicola Nanni	2
3	Ethan Britto	1
	James Scanlon
	Nicolas Hasler
	Ferhat Saglam
	Aron Sele
	Ryan Camenzuli
	Teddy Teuma
	Mihail Caimacov
	Maxim Cojocaru
	Artur Ioniță
	Ion Nicolaescu
	Virgiliu Postolachi
	Alessandro Golinucci
	Lorenzo Lazzari
	Nicko Sensoli

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.^[25]^[26] 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.^[5] However, if any team participating in the League C/D play-offs qualifies for the UEFA play-offs, then the League C/D play-offs will be cancelled, and the teams will remain in their respective leagues.^[6]^[29]

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.^[6]

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.^[6]

League A

League B

Rnk	Team v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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.^[6]

2026–27 League A participants

2026–27 League B participants

Rnk	Team v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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

Notes

^ ^a ^b The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.

References

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External links

Official website

[10] When two or more teams are tied in points, criteria 1 to 3 are applied. After these criteria are applied, they may define the position of some of the teams involved, but not all of them. For example, if there is a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria may only break the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams still tied. In this case, the tiebreaking procedure is resumed, from the beginning, for those teams that are still tied.

[Play-outs-22] The identity of the winners and losers of the League C relegation play-outs (involving Gibraltar and Lithuania) was unknown at the time of the draw.

[table_hth_FRA0.47605084743167-28] Tied on head to head results. Overall goal difference: France 6, Italy 5.

[table_hth_BEL0.47605084743167-29] Tied on head to head points. Head to head goal difference: Belgium 1, Israel –1.

[table_hth_GEO0.68092051180122-32] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference: Georgia 1, Albania –2.

[table_hth_ENG0.92938877126639-33] Tied on head to head points. Head-to-head goal difference: England 2, Greece −2.

[table_note_ROU_KOS0.92763408596052-36] The Romania v Kosovo match was suspended at 0–0 during second-half stoppage time, after the Kosovo team left the pitch, with the match abandoned thereafter.^[27] The match was subsequently awarded as a 3–0 win for Romania.^[28]

[tally-1] The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.

[draw_procedure-2] "UEFA Nations League – League phase draw procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[need_to_know-3] "2024/25 UEFA Nations League: All you need to know". UEFA.com. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[new_formats-4] "New formats for UEFA men's national team competitions approved". UEFA. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

[5] "Nations League set to expand with new knockout round from 2024/25". UEFA. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

[format_chart-6] "New formats for UEFA men's national team competitions" (PDF). UEFA. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

[regulations-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Regulations of the UEFA Nations League, 2024/25" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 December 2023. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[8] "Lisbon to host UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2025". UEFA. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

[9] "CONMEBOL kick off journey of "great joy and happiness" to historic FIFA World Cup 2026, says FIFA President". FIFA. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[11] "Fixture list procedure for the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League league phase" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[12] "2024/25 Nations League: All the league phase fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[13] "UEFA Nations League 2024/25 – Fixture List: League Phase (by league)" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[14] "UEFA Nations League 2024/25 – Fixture List: League Phase (by matchday)" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[15] "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA (Press release). 28 February 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[line_up-16] "2022/23 UEFA Nations League: All you need to know". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

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[19] "Países sudamericanos pedirán a la FIFA mantener el formato de las Eliminatorias" [South American countries will ask FIFA to maintain the format of the Qualifiers] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

[20] "Overall ranking of the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

[21] "UEFA EURO 2024 prize money distribution system confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[23] "2024/25 UEFA Nations League: League phase draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[24] "2024/25 UEFA Nations League: League phase draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[25] "Nations League draw: Italy and France to meet in 2024/25 league phase". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[26] "Warsaw to host 2024 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[27] Mukherjee, Soham (26 September 2023). "UEFA moves 2024 annual congress from Madrid to Paris in wake of Luis Rubiales scandal". Goal. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[KO_and_PO_draw_info-30] "2024/25 UEFA Nations League knockout stage and play-off draws". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[KO_and_PO_draw_procedure-31] "UNL 2024/25 – Knock-out stage and play-off draw – Draw procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

[ROU-KOS_BBC-34] "Romania v Kosovo Nations League game abandoned after alleged Serbia chants". BBC Sport. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

[ROU-KOS_UEFA-35] "UEFA Appeals Body decision announced". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

[circular_64/2024-37] "Draw procedure for the UEFA Nations League 2024/25 knockout stage and play-off draw – Fixture list procedure for the European Qualifiers 2024–26" (ZIP). UEFA Circular Letter. No. 64/2024. Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

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v t e 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
AFC	First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round (play-off)
CAF	First round Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I Second round (play-offs)
CONCACAF	First round Second round Third round
CONMEBOL	Round robin
OFC	First round Second round Third round
UEFA	First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12 Second round (play-offs) related: Nations League
Play-offs	Inter-confederation play-offs

v t e 2024–25 in European men's football (UEFA)
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League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Kazakhstan '24 '25 Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus England Estonia '24 '25 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan '24 '25 Kosovo Latvia '24 '25 Lithuania '24 '25 Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '24 '25 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
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