2024-25 UEFA Nations League (Sxm)

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League will be the fourth season of the UEFA Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of all the member associations of UEFA. The competition will be held from September to November 2024 (league phase), March 2025 (League A quarter-finals, and 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 will be divided into four leagues, with Leagues A, B, and C featuring 16 teams each, divided into four groups of four teams, while League D will feature 6 teams divided into two groups of 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 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.
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. 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, along with the administrative home teams for the third place play-off and final, are determined by means of 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 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 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 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.
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.
=== 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. The twelve group winners 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 best four 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.
== Schedule ==
Stage 	Round 	Dates
League phase 	Matchday 1 	5–7 September 2024
League phase 	Matchday 2 	8–10 September 2024
League phase 	Matchday 3 	10–12 October 2024
League phase 	Matchday 4 	13–15 October 2024
League phase 	Matchday 5 	14–16 November 2024
League phase 	Matchday 6 	17–19 November 2024
League A quarter-finals and
League A/B and B/C play-offs	First leg 	20 March 2025
League A quarter-finals and
League A/B and B/C play-offs	Second leg 	23 March 2025
Finals 	Semi-finals 	4–5 June 2025
Finals 	Third place play-off	8 June 2025
Finals 	Final 	8 June 2025
League C/D play-offs	First leg 	26 March 2026
League C/D play-offs	Second leg 	31 March 2026
== Seeding ==
League A	League A 	League A	League A		League B	League B 	League B	League B		League C	League C 	League C	League C		League D	League D 	League D	League D
Pot 	Team 	Prv 	Rank 		Pot 	Team 	Prv 	Rank 		Pot 	Team 	Prv 	Rank 		Pot 	Team 	Prv 	Rank
1 	Switzerland 	 	1 		1 	Czech Republic 	Rel 	13 		1 	Romania 	Rel 	29 		1 	Lithuania 	Rel 	47
1 	Poland 	 	2 		1 	Denmark 	Rel 	14 		1 	Montenegro 	Rel 	30 		1 	Liechtenstein	Rel 	48
1 	England 	 	3 		1 	Germany 	Rel 	15 		1 	Slovenia 	Rel 	31 		1 	Moldova 	 	51
1 	Italy 	 	4 		1 	Scotland 	Rel 	16 		1 	Russia 	Rel 	32 		2 	Malta 	 	52
2 	Serbia 	 	5 		2 	Turkey 	 	21 		2 	Georgia 	 	37 		2 	Latvia 	 	53
2 	Spain 	 	6 		2 	Norway 	 	22 		2 	Albania 	 	38 		2 	Andorra 	 	54
2 	Hungary 	 	7 		2 	Slovakia 	 	23 		2 	Gibraltar 	 	39 		2 	San Marino 	 	55
2 	Netherlands 	 	8 		2 	Republic of Ireland	 	24 		2 	Azerbaijan 	 	40 		 	 	 	
3 	Belgium 	 	9 		3 	Wales 	 	25 		3 	Kosovo 	 	41 		 	 	 	
3 	Portugal 	 	10 		3 	Bulgaria 	 	26 		3 	Iceland 	 	42 		 	 	 	
3 	France 	 	11 		3 	Austria 	 	27 		3 	Luxembourg 	 	43 		 	 	 	
3 	Croatia 	 	12 		3 	Israel 	 	28 		3 	Northern Ireland	 	44 		 	 	 	
4 	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Pro 	17 		4 	Greece 	Pro 	33 		4 	Cyprus 	 	45 		 	 	 	
4 	Ukraine 	Pro 	18 		4 	Armenia 	Pro 	34 		4 	Belarus 	 	46 		 	 	 	
4 	Sweden 	Pro 	19 		4 	North Macedonia 	Pro 	35 		4 	Faroe Islands 	Pro 	49 		 	 	 	
4 	Finland 	Pro 	20 		4 	Kazakhstan 	Pro 	36 		4 	Estonia 	Pro 	50 		 	 	 	
=== Draw ===
Group A1 	Group A2 	Group A3	Group A4		Group B1 	Group B2 	Group B3 	Group B4 		Group C1 	Group C2 	Group C3 	Group C4		Group D1 	Group D2
England 	Switzerland	Poland 	Italy 		Scotland 	Czech Republic	Germany 	Denmark 		Montenegro	Romania 	Slovenia 	Russia 		Lithuania 	Moldova
Spain 	Netherlands	Serbia 	Hungary 		Republic of Ireland	Slovakia 	Turkey 	Norway 		Azerbaijan	Georgia 	Gibraltar	Albania 		Malta 	Liechtenstein
Portugal 	Belgium 	Croatia 	France 		Bulgaria 	Israel 	Wales 	Austria 		Luxembourg	Northern Ireland	Kosovo 	Iceland 		Latvia 	Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ukraine 	Sweden 	Finland 		Greece 	Armenia 	Kazakhstan	North Macedonia		Cyprus 	Faroe Islands 	Estonia 	Belarus 		San Marino	
==League A==
===Group A1===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	England 	6 	3	3	0	11	3 	8 	12 	Qualification for quarter-finals
2 	Spain 	6 	2	3	1	6 	5 	1 	9 	Qualification for quarter-finals
3 	Portugal 	6 	1	3	2	6 	5 	1 	6 	Qualification for relegation-playoffs
4 	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6 	1	1	4	4 	14	-10	4 	Relegation to League B
England 	2-0	Spain
Portugal 	4-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Spain 	2-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
England 	1-1	Portugal
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1-3	England
Spain 	1-1	Portugal
Portugal 	0-1	Spain
England 	4-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Portugal 	0-0	England
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1-1	Spain
Spain 	1-1	England
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2-0	Portugal
=== Group A2 ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1 	Switzerland	6 	5	0	1	17	5 	12	15 	Qualification for quarter-finals
2 	Ukraine 	6 	3	1	2	9 	7 	2 	10 	Qualification for quarter-finals
3 	Belgium 	6 	1	2	3	5 	13	-8	5 	Qualification for relegation-playoffs
4 	Netherlands	6 	0	3	3	3 	9 	-6	3 	Relegation to League B
Switzerland	2-0	Netherlands
Belgium 	1-0	Ukraine
Switzerland	3-0	Belgium
Netherlands	0-0	Ukraine
Netherlands	1-1	Belgium
Ukraine 	2-0	Switzerland
Belgium 	1-1	Netherlands
Switzerland	5-1	Ukraine
Ukraine 	2-0	Netherlands
Belgium 	1-4	Switzerland
Netherlands	1-3	Switzerland
Ukraine 	4-1	Belgium
=== Group A3 ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1 	Croatia	6 	5	1	0	11	2 	9 	15 	Qualification for quarter-finals
2 	Poland 	6 	4	0	2	6 	5 	1 	12 	Qualification for quarter-finals
3 	Serbia 	6 	2	0	4	6 	10	-4	6 	Qualification for relegation-playoffs
4 	Sweden 	6 	1	0	5	1 	7 	-6	3 	Relegation to League B
Poland 	3-1	Serbia
Croatia	1-0	Sweden
Serbia 	1-0	Sweden
Poland 	0-2	Croatia
Sweden 	0-2	Poland
Serbia 	0-2	Croatia
Croatia	4-2	Serbia
Poland 	1-0	Sweden
Croatia	0-0	Poland
Sweden 	1-0	Serbia
Serbia 	2-0	Poland
Sweden 	0-2	Croatia
=== Group A4 ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1 	France 	6 	4	0	2	9 	3 	6 	12 	Qualification for quarter-finals
2 	Italy 	6 	2	2	2	7 	6 	1 	8 	Qualification for quarter-finals
3 	Hungary	6 	1	3	2	2 	3 	-1	6 	Qualification for relegation-playoffs
4 	Finland	6 	1	3	2	3 	9 	-6	6 	Relegation to League B
Italy 	1-0	Hungary
France 	3-0	Finland
Italy 	0-1	France
Hungary	0-0	Finland
Finland	1-1	Italy
Hungary	1-0	France
Italy 	4-0	Finland
France 	1-0	Hungary
Finland	0-0	Hungary
France 	3-0	Italy
Hungary	1-1	Italy
Finland	2-1	France
=== Quarter-finals ===
Team 1 	Agg. 	Team 2 	1st leg	2nd leg
Ukraine	5-3 	Poland 	1-0 	4-3
Italy 	0-4 	England 	0-1 	0-3
Poland 	2-4 	Switzerland	0-3 	2-1
Spain 	4-4 (3-5p)	France 	1-1 	3-3 (3-5p)
=== Finals ===
==== Bracket ====