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2022–23 UEFA Nations League C

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C was the third division of the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.

Format

League C consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked from 33–48 in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League access list, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format in June (quadruple matchdays) and September 2022 (double matchdays).[1] The winners of each group were promoted to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B, and the two worst-ranked fourth-placed teams of each group advanced to the relegation play-outs.[2][3]

As League C had four groups while League D had only two, the League C team that was to be relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D was determined by play-outs in March 2024.

Originally, all four of the fourth-placed teams would have participated in the play-outs. Based on the Nations League overall ranking, the best-ranked team would have faced the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team would have faced the third-ranked team. The two losing teams would have been relegated to League D, while the winners would have remained in League C.[2]

However, due to the ongoing suspension of Russia from all UEFA competitions and to ensure that League C would still consist of 16 teams,[4] the league allocation for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League was changed so that only one team would be relegated to League D. Based on the Nations League overall ranking, the two lowest-ranked teams participated in the play-outs, while the other two fourth-placed teams remained in League C.[3][5]

The play-out tie was played over two legs, with the higher-ranked team hosting the second leg. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs remained in League C while the loser was relegated to League D. If the aggregate score is level, extra time was played without applying the away goals rule. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.[2]

Teams

Team changes

The following were the team changes in League C from the 2020–21 season:

Seeding

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking.[6] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021,[7] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]

  1. ^ a b The identity of the play-out winners was not known at the time of the draw.

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[8][9] Each group contained one team from each pot. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, each group could contain a maximum of one of the following pairs: Northern Ireland and the winner of the Moldova v Kazakhstan play-out tie, Gibraltar and Azerbaijan.

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[10][11]

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

Group 1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,009[12]
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 9,515[13]
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 2,313[14]
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,843[15]
Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 2,278[16]
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Attendance: 9,374[17]
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Attendance: 5,325[18]
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir
Attendance: 14,694[19]
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,376[20]
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (Iceland)
Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,708[21]
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 2,056[22]
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Attendance: 5,340[23]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Group 2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca
Attendance: 1,550[24]
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 16,977[25]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca
Attendance: 1,663[26]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina
Attendance: 12,300[27]
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: 12,418[28]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina
Attendance: 11,700[29]
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 16,454[30]
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: 15,367[31]
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 17,148[32]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca
Attendance: 4,548[33]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 5,871[34]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina
Attendance: 10,400[35]
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Group 3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 19,823[36]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad (Serbia)[note 1]
Attendance: 0[38][note 1]
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad (Serbia)[note 1]
Attendance: 0[39][note 1]
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 4,146[40]
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 2,967[41]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad (Serbia)[note 1]
Attendance: 0[42][note 1]
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 28,745[43]
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)
Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 2,330[44]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 29,637[45]
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 2,875[46]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 2,950[47]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
TSC Arena, Bačka Topola (Serbia)[note 2]
Attendance: 524[48]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Group 4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 43,412[49]
Referee: Morten Krøgh (Denmark)
Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 8,275[50]
Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)
Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar
Attendance: 703[51]
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 3,600[52]
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)
Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar
Attendance: 1,427[53]
Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 10,775[54]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 54,200[55]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 4,750[56]
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 54,200[57]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 1,540[58]
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar
Attendance: 1,199[59]
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 20,173[60]
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-outs

The two worst-ranked fourth-placed teams of League C participated in the relegation play-outs to determine the team which would be relegated to League D. The relegation play-outs were scheduled on the same dates as the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs. If at least one of the teams due to participate in the relegation play-outs had also qualified for the Euro qualifying play-offs, the relegation play-outs would have been cancelled, and the worst-ranked team in League C in the Nations League overall ranking would have been automatically relegated.[2] However, this scenario did not occur, and the relegation play-outs progressed as scheduled.

The play-out tie was as follows, with the higher-ranked team hosting the second leg:[2][3]

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Summary

Matches

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (Portugal)[note 3]
Attendance: 207[62]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,102[63]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Lithuania won 2–0 on aggregate and remained in League C, while Gibraltar were relegated to League D.

Goalscorers

There were 129 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

The 16 League C teams were ranked 33rd to 48th overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][64]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs

The four best teams in League C according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage competed in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.[65]

Key

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.[37]
  2. ^ Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were not allowed to enter Slovakia by local authorities. As a result, the match was played at a neutral venue.
  3. ^ Gibraltar played their home match at Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal, due to the redevelopment of their regular stadium, Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar.[61]

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