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2024–25 UEFA Nations League B

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B is the second division of the 2024–25 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the fourth season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 54 of 55 member associations of UEFA.

Format

League B consists of 16 UEFA members ranked from 17–32 in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list, split into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October, and November 2024.[1] The winners of each group will be promoted to the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group will be relegated to the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League C. In addition, the second-placed and third-placed teams of each group will advance to the promotion/relegation play-offs, played home-and-away over two legs. The League B second-placed teams will participate in promotion play-offs against the third-placed teams from League A, while the League B third-placed teams will participate in relegation play-offs against the second-placed teams from League C, both taking place in March 2025. In the play-offs, teams from the higher leagues will host the second leg, with the winners of each tie participating in the higher league for the next Nations League season, while the losers will enter the lower league.[2]

Teams

Team changes

The following are the team changes in League B from the 2022–23 season:

Seeding

In the 2024–25 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2022–23 Nations League overall ranking.[4] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 2 December 2023,[5] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]

The draw for the league phase took place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France, on 8 February 2024, 18:00 CET.[6][7] Each group contained one team from each pot. Due to excessive travel restrictions, only one of England, Iceland, Republic of Ireland or Wales could be drawn with Kazakhstan.

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 9 February 2024, the day following the draw.[8][9][10]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 2] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 20,401[11]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Stadion Letná, Prague (Czech Republic)[note 3]
Attendance: 15,500[13]
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Attendance: 20,400[14]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Fortuna Arena, Prague
Attendance: 18,722[15]
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
Stadion Letná, Prague
Poznań Stadium, Poznań (Poland)[note 3]
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Wrocław Stadium, Wrocław (Poland)[note 3]
Adjarabet Arena, Batumi
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Andrův stadion, Olomouc

Group 2

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 55,359[16]
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 17,293[17]
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 70,221[18]
Referee: Morten Krøgh (Denmark)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 37,274[19]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Wembley Stadium, London
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Wembley Stadium, London
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Group 3

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 23,173[20]
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 14,834[21]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 23,171[22]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,814[23]
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Astana Arena, Astana
Ernst-Happel Stadion, Vienna
Astana Arena, Astana
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Group 4

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference: Turkey +2, Wales +1.
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 4,683[24]
Referee: Willy Delajod (France)
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 28,625[25]
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Gradski Stadion, Nikšić
Attendance: 3,569[26]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir
Attendance: 16,167[27]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri
Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Goalscorers

There have been 40 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match (as of 10 September 2024).

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

Following the league phase, the 16 League B teams will be ordered 17th to 32nd in an interim overall ranking for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2]

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Away goals scored: Wales 2, Norway 0.

A final overall ranking will also be compiled, though this is only used to rank teams within their new leagues for the following edition of the competition.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia were suspended and automatically relegated from League B.[3] Though due to participate in League C for the 2024–25 season, Russia were still suspended at the time of UEFA's entry deadline, and thus were banned from the competition.
  2. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for matchdays 1–4 (September and October 2024), CET (UTC+1) for matchdays 5–6 (November 2024).
  3. ^ a b c Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[12]

References

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  19. ^ "Republic of Ireland vs. Greece" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Kazakhstan vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Slovenia vs. Austria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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  24. ^ "Iceland vs. Montenegro" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Wales vs. Turkey" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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  27. ^ "Turkey vs. Iceland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

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