# 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B

The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B was the second division of the 2023–24 edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The results were used to determine the leagues for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition.

## Format

League B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked 17th to 32nd among competition entrants in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking. Teams were split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in September, October and November to December 2023. The competition also acted as the first phase of the preliminary competition for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, which uses an identical league structure. The group winners were promoted to League A, while the fourth-placed team from each group, as well as the lowest-ranked third-placed team, were relegated to League C, taking effect in UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying. In addition, the group runners-up of League B advanced to the promotion play-offs against the third-placed teams of League A. The winners of these home-and-away ties entered League A for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers entered League B. Meanwhile, the three best-ranked third-placed teams in League B advanced to the relegation play-offs against the three best-ranked League C runners-up. The winners of these home-and-away ties entered League B for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers entered League C.

## Seeding

Teams were allocated to League B according to their UEFA women's national team coefficient after the conclusion of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying group stage on 6 September 2022. Teams were split into four pots of four teams, ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient.
The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland in May 2023, 13:00 CEST. Each group contained one team from each pot. The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, with drawn teams assigned to the first available group in ascending order from B1 to B4. Due to the Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.
Pot 1 :
| Pot 1 Team Coeff Rank  Republic of Ireland 28,877 18  Poland 28,458 19  Czech Republic 27,508 20  Finland 26,757 21 | Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank  Serbia 26,517 22  Slovenia 26,445 23  Northern Ireland 25,711 24  Romania 24,877 25 | Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank  Ukraine 24,359 26  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,091 27  Slovakia 19,213 28  Hungary 18,552 29 | Pot 4 Team Coeff Rank  Greece 17,556 30  Croatia 17,523 31  Belarus 16,890 32  Albania 16,826 33 |

## Groups

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

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Republic of Ireland (P) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 18 | Promotion to League A | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Hungary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 | Qualification for promotion play-offs | 0–4 | — | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Northern Ireland (O) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | Qualification for relegation play-offs | 1–6 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Albania (R) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 1 | Relegation to League C | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Finland (P) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 16 | Promotion to League A | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Croatia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 9 | Qualification for promotion play-offs | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Slovakia (O) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Qualification for relegation play-offs | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Romania (R) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 | Relegation to League C | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Poland (P) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 16 | Promotion to League A | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Serbia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | Qualification for promotion play-offs | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Ukraine (O) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | Qualification for relegation play-offs | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Greece (R) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 | Relegation to League C | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Czech Republic (P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Promotion to League A | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Qualification for promotion play-offs | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Slovenia (R) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 | Relegation to League C | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Belarus (R) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | Relegation to League C | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | B2 | Slovakia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 2 | B1 | Northern Ireland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 3 | B3 | Ukraine | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 4 | B4 | Slovenia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 | Relegation to League C |

## League ranking

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League according to the following rules:
* The teams finishing first in their groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
* The teams finishing second in their groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase.
* The teams finishing third in their groups were ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase.
* The teams finishing fourth in their groups were ranked 29th to 32nd according to the results of the league phase.
| Rnk | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | B1 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 18 |
| 18 | B2 | Finland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 16 |
| 19 | B3 | Poland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 16 |
| 20 | B4 | Czech Republic | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 |
| 21 | B4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 |
| 22 | B3 | Serbia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 |
| 23 | B2 | Croatia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 9 |
| 24 | B1 | Hungary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 |
| 25 | B2 | Slovakia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 |
| 26 | B1 | Northern Ireland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 |
| 27 | B3 | Ukraine | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| 28 | B4 | Slovenia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 |
| 29 | B3 | Greece | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 |
| 30 | B4 | Belarus | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
| 31 | B2 | Romania | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
| 32 | B1 | Albania | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 1 |

## Goalscorers

There were 128 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.
5 goals
* Ewa Pajor
* Kyra Carusa
* Katie McCabe
4 goals
* Linda Sällström
3 goals
* Milena Nikolić
* Kamila Dubcová
* Eveliina Summanen
* Henrietta Csiszár
* Simone Magill
* Jovana Damnjanović
* Patrícia Hmírová
2 goals
* Anastasia Linnik
* Maja Jelčić
* Ivana Rudelić
* Klára Cahynová
* Franny Černá
* Katariina Kosola
* Eleni Markou
* Dóra Zeller
* Danielle Maxwell
* Natalia Padilla
* Caitlin Hayes
* Denise O'Sullivan
* Lucy Quinn
* Miljana Ivanović
* Mária Mikolajová
* Zala Kuštrin
1 goal
* Megi Doçi
* Qendresa Krasniqi
* Viktoryia Valiuk
* Minela Gačanica
* Andrea Gavrić
* Alma Krajnić
* Jelena Dordić
* Ružica Krajinović
* Petra Pezelj
* Michaela Khýrová
* Kateřina Kotrčová
* Aneta Pochmanová
* Andrea Stašková
* Sanni Franssi
* Anni Hartikainen
* Emma Koivisto
* Ria Öling
* Emma Peuhkurinen
* Elli Pikkujämsä
* Jutta Rantala
* Oona Sevenius
* Anastasia Spyridonidou
* Evelin Fenyvesi
* Zsanett Kaján
* Hanna Németh
* Dóra Süle
* Viktória Szabó
* Lilla Turányi
* Kerry Beattie
* Megan Bell
* Caragh Hamilton
* Lauren Wade
* Adriana Achcińska
* Kinga Kozak
* Tanja Pawollek
* Lily Agg
* Heather Payne
* Louise Quinn
* Cristina Carp
* Dina Blagojević
* Jelena Čanković
* Nevena Damjanović
* Milica Mijatović
* Allegra Poljak
* Diana Lemešová
* Tamara Morávková
* Mateja Zver
* Daryna Apanashchenko
* Viktoriya Hiryn
* Yana Kalinina
* Olha Ovdiychuk
* Lyubov Shmatko
1 own goal
* Ksenia Kubichnaya (against Slovenia)
* Maria Kunštek (against Finland)
* Henrietta Csiszár (against Republic of Ireland)
* Anđela Frajtović (against Poland)