# 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C

The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C was the third division of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.

## Format

League C consisted of 15 UEFA members ranked from 25 to 39, which were split into four groups (one group of three and three groups of four). The top two teams of each group were promoted to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B, and the bottom four ranked teams were initially relegated to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D (the bottom teams of Group 2, 3, and 4, along with the lowest ranked third-placed team of League C). However, following UEFA announcement of format changes for the next edition's groups in September 2019, none of the 2018–19 League C teams were relegated to League D.
In addition, League C was allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. The play-off berths were first allocated to each Nations League group winner, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best-ranked team of the league, etc. As Finland already qualified for the European Championship finals through regular qualifiers and 11 teams in League A did the same, the seven best-ranked teams from League C competed in the play-offs, played in October and November 2020.

### Seeding

Teams were allocated to League C according to their UEFA national team coefficients after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group stage on 11 October 2017. Teams were split into four pots (three pots of four teams and one pot of the three lowest teams), ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient. The group with three teams contained teams only from pots 1, 2, and 3. The seeding pots for the draw were announced on 7 December 2017.
Pot 1 :
| Pot 1 Team Coeff Rank  Hungary 26,486 25  Romania 26,057 26  Scotland 25,662 27  Slovenia 25,148 28 | Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank  Greece 24,931 29  Serbia 24,847 30  Albania 24,430 31  Norway 24,208 32 | Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank  Montenegro 23,912 33  Israel 22,792 34  Bulgaria 22,091 35  Finland 20,501 36 | Pot 4 Team Coeff Rank  Cyprus 19,491 37  Estonia 19,441 38  Lithuania 18,101 39 |
The group draw took place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 January 2018, 12:00 CET. Due to winter venue restrictions, a group could only contain a maximum of two of the following teams: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania.

## Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 24 January 2018 following the draw.
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | | | |
| 1 | Scotland (P) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | Promotion to League B | — | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Israel (P) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Promotion to League B | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Albania | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated, and the second-placed teams in each group were also promoted.

### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | | | | |
| 1 | Finland (P) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 12 | Promotion to League B | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Hungary (P) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Promotion to League B | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Greece | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 9 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Estonia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated, and the second-placed teams in each group were also promoted.

### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | | | | |
| 1 | Norway (P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 | Promotion to League B | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Bulgaria (P) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | Promotion to League B | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Slovenia | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
* ↑ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated, and the second-placed teams in each group were also promoted.

### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | | | | |
| 1 | Serbia (P) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | Promotion to League B | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Romania (P) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Promotion to League B | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Montenegro | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | — |
* ↑ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated, and the second-placed teams in each group were also promoted.

## Goalscorers

There were 92 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.
6 goals
* Aleksandar Mitrović
5 goals
* James Forrest
4 goals
* Ádám Szalai
3 goals
* Teemu Pukki
* Stefan Mugoša
2 goals
* Bozhidar Kraev
* Stefan Johansen
* Ola Kamara
* Nicolae Stanciu
* George Țucudean
* Adem Ljajić
* Miha Zajc
1 goal
* Taulant Xhaka
* Kiril Despodov
* Nikolay Dimitrov
* Galin Ivanov
* Todor Nedelev
* Radoslav Vasilev
* Grigoris Kastanos
* Fotios Papoulis
* Pieros Sotiriou
* Panagiotis Zachariou
* Henri Anier
* Siim Luts
* Glen Kamara
* Pyry Soiri
* Kostas Fortounis
* Kostas Manolas
* Kostas Mitroglou
* László Kleinheisler
* Ádám Nagy
* Dominik Nagy
* Willi Orbán
* Roland Sallai
* Tomer Hemed
* Beram Kayal
* Dor Peretz
* Dia Saba
* Eran Zahavi
* Rolandas Baravykas
* Deimantas Petravičius
* Artūras Žulpa
* Marko Janković
* Boris Kopitović
* Stefan Savić
* Darko Zorić
* Mohamed Elyounoussi
* Bjørn Maars Johnsen
* Ole Selnæs
* Alexandru Chipciu
* Claudiu Keșerü
* Alexandru Maxim
* George Pușcaș
* Steven Fletcher
* Ryan Fraser
* Charlie Mulgrew
* Steven Naismith
* Aleksandar Prijović
* Dušan Tadić
* Robert Berić
* Nejc Skubic
* Benjamin Verbič
1 own goal
* Berat Djimsiti (against Scotland)
* Albin Granlund (against Greece)
* Vassilis Lambropoulos (against Estonia)
* Máté Pátkai (against Estonia)
* Artūras Žulpa (against Serbia)
* Kieran Tierney (against Israel)
* Petar Stojanović (against Cyprus)

## Overall ranking

The 15 League C teams were ranked 25th to 39th overall in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:
* The teams finishing first in the groups will be ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase, not considering results against the fourth-placed teams.
* The teams finishing second in the groups will be ranked 29th to 32nd according to the results of the league phase, not considering results against the fourth-placed teams.
* The teams finishing third in the groups will be ranked 33rd to 36th according to the results of the league phase, not considering results against the fourth-placed teams.
* The teams finishing fourth in the groups will be ranked 37th to 39th according to the results of the league phase, considering all results.
| Rnk | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 25 | C1 | Scotland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 |
| 26 | C3 | Norway | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
| 27 | C4 | Serbia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 |
| 28 | C2 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | C3 | Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 |
| 30 | C1 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| 31 | C2 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 32 | C4 | Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| 33 | C2 | Greece | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
| 34 | C1 | Albania | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 |
| 35 | C4 | Montenegro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 36 | C3 | Cyprus | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| 37 | C2 | Estonia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 |
| 38 | C3 | Slovenia | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
| 39 | C4 | Lithuania | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |

## Prize money

The prize money to be distributed was announced in March 2018. Each team in League C received a solidarity fee of €750,000. In addition, the four group winners received double this amount with a €750,000 bonus fee. This meant that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League C was €1.5 million.

## Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs

The seven best teams in League C according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage competed in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.
Key
* $^{GW}$ Nations League group winner
* $^H$ UEFA Euro 2020 host at the time of the draw
* Team advanced to play-offs
* Team qualified directly to final tournament