2024–25 UEFA Nations League B

2024–25 UEFA Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates6 September – 19 November 2024
Teams16
Promoted Czech Republic
 England
 Greece
 Norway
 Turkey
 Wales
Relegated Albania
 Finland
 Iceland
 Kazakhstan
 Montenegro
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored128 (2.67 per match)
Attendance1,179,554 (24,574 per match)
Top scorer(s) Erling Haaland
(7 goals)
2026–27 →

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B was 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 consisted 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 played 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 were promoted to the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group were relegated to the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League C. In addition, the second-placed and third-placed teams of each group advanced to the promotion/relegation play-offs, played home-and-away over two legs. The League B second-placed teams participated in promotion play-offs against the third-placed teams from League A, while the League B third-placed teams participated 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 hosted the second leg, with the winners of each tie participating in the higher league for the next Nations League season, while the losers entered the lower league.[2]

Teams

Team changes

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

Incoming
Relegated from
Nations League A 		Promoted from
Nations League C
Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League A 		Relegated to
Nations League C 		Banned from
Nations League
 Russia

Seeding

In the 2024–25 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2022–23 Nations League overall ranking.[3] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 2 December 2023,[4] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Austria 17
 Czech Republic 18
 England 19
 Wales 20
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Finland 21
 Ukraine 22
 Iceland 23
 Norway 24
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Slovenia 25
 Republic of Ireland 26
 Albania 27
 Montenegro 28
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Georgia 29
 Greece 30
 Turkey 31
 Kazakhstan 32

The draw for the league phase took place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France, on 8 February 2024, 18:00 CET.[5][6] 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.[7][8][9]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] 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  Czech Republic (P) 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11 Promotion to League A — 3–2 2–1 2–0
2  Ukraine 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 Qualification for promotion play-offs 1–1 — 1–0 1–2
3  Georgia (O) 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7[a] Qualification for relegation play-offs 4–1 1–1 — 0–1
4  Albania (R) 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7[a] Relegation to League C 0–0 1–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference: Georgia +1, Albania –2.
Georgia 4–1 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 20,401[10]
Ukraine 1–2 Albania
 Report
Stadion Letná, Prague (Czech Republic)[note 2]
Attendance: 15,500[12]
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)
Albania 0–1 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 20,400[13]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Czech Republic 3–2 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 18,722[14]
Czech Republic 2–0 Albania
 Report
Attendance: 17,823[15]
Ukraine 1–0 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 21,700[16]
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
Georgia 0–1 Albania
Report
Attendance: 19,981[17]
Ukraine 1–1 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 14,734[18]
Georgia 1–1 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 19,120[19]
Albania 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 20,800[20]
Albania 1–2 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 20,547[21]
Czech Republic 2–1 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 12,221[22]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1  England (P) 6 5 0 1 16 3 +13 15[a] Promotion to League A — 1–2 5–0 2–0
2  Greece (O, P) 6 5 0 1 11 4 +7 15[a] Qualification for promotion play-offs 0–3 — 2–0 3–0
3  Republic of Ireland (O) 6 2 0 4 3 12 −9 6 Qualification for relegation play-offs 0–2 0–2 — 1–0
4  Finland (R) 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0 Relegation to League C 1–3 0–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head to head points. Head-to-head goal difference: England +2, Greece −2.
Republic of Ireland 0–2 England
Report
Attendance: 55,359[23]
Greece 3–0 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 17,293[24]
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
England 2–0 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 70,221[25]
Referee: Morten Krøgh (Denmark)
Republic of Ireland 0–2 Greece
Report
Attendance: 37,274[26]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
England 1–2 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 79,012[27]
Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)
Finland 1–2 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 16,105[28]
Finland 1–3 England
 Report
Attendance: 32,411[29]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Greece 2–0 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 30,253[30]
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)
Greece 0–3 England
Report
Attendance: 60,664[31]
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 39,163[32]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
England 5–0 Republic of Ireland
Kane 53' (pen.)
Gordon 56'
Gallagher 58'
Bowen 76'
Harwood-Bellis 79'		 Report
Attendance: 79,969[33]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Finland 0–2 Greece
Report
Attendance: 17,661[34]

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1  Norway (P) 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 13 Promotion to League A — 2–1 3–0 5–0
2  Austria 6 3 2 1 14 5 +9 11 Qualification for promotion play-offs 5–1 — 1–1 4–0
3  Slovenia (O) 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8 Qualification for relegation play-offs 1–4 1–1 — 3–0
4  Kazakhstan (R) 6 0 1 5 0 15 −15 1 Relegation to League C 0–0 0–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Kazakhstan 0–0 Norway
Report
Attendance: 23,173[35]
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
Slovenia 1–1 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 14,834[36]
Norway 2–1 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 23,171[37]
Slovenia 3–0 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 9,814[38]
Austria 4–0 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 14,500[39]
Norway 3–0 Slovenia
 Report
Attendance: 23,341[40]
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
Kazakhstan 0–1 Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 19,783[41]
Austria 5–1 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 16,500[42]
Kazakhstan 0–2 Austria
Report
Attendance: 9,753[43]
Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)
Slovenia 1–4 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 15,308[44]
Austria 1–1 Slovenia
 Report
Attendance: 46,000[45]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Norway 5–0 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 23,458[46]
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1  Wales (P) 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12 Promotion to League A — 0–0 4–1 1–0
2  Turkey (O, P) 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Qualification for promotion play-offs 0–0 — 3–1 1–0
3  Iceland (R) 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7 Qualification for relegation play-offs 2–2 2–4 — 2–0
4  Montenegro (R) 6 1 0 5 4 9 −5 3 Relegation to League C 1–2 3–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Iceland 2–0 Montenegro
 Report
Attendance: 4,683[47]
Wales 0–0 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 28,625[48]
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Montenegro 1–2 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 3,569[49]
Turkey 3–1 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 16,167[50]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Iceland 2–2 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 6,141[51]
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Turkey 1–0 Montenegro
 Report
Attendance: 28,829[52]
Referee: Daniele Chiffi (Italy)
Iceland 2–4 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 5,260[53]
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Wales 1–0 Montenegro
 Report
Attendance: 27,326[54]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Montenegro 0–2 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 2,354[55]
Turkey 0–0 Wales
Report
Attendance: 28,812[56]
Montenegro 3–1 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 2,579[57]
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
Wales 4–1 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 28,240[58]
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Goalscorers

There were 128 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

Following the league phase, the 16 League B teams were ordered 17th to 32nd in an interim overall ranking for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][59]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing fourth in the 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 B2  England 6 5 0 1 16 3 +13 15
18 B3  Norway 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 13
19 B4  Wales 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12
20 B1  Czech Republic 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11
21 B2  Greece 6 5 0 1 11 4 +7 15
22 B3  Austria 6 3 2 1 14 5 +9 11
23 B4  Turkey 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
24 B1  Ukraine 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
25 B3  Slovenia 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8
26 B1  Georgia 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7
27 B4  Iceland 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7
28 B2  Republic of Ireland 6 2 0 4 3 12 −9 6
29 B1  Albania 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7
30 B4  Montenegro 6 1 0 5 4 9 −5 3
31 B3  Kazakhstan 6 0 1 5 0 15 −15 1
32 B2  Finland 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

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

Notes

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for matchdays 1–4 (September and October 2024), CET (UTC+1) for matchdays 5–6 (November 2024).
  2. ^ a b c Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[11]

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