2024–25 UEFA Nations League B
International football competition
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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.
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| Dates | 6 September – 19 November 2024 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Promoted |  Czech Republic England Greece Norway Turkey Wales |
| Relegated |  Albania Finland Iceland Kazakhstan Montenegro |
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| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 128 (2.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,179,554 (24,574 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Erling Haaland (7 goals) |
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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:
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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]
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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
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| 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 | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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- Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference: Georgia +1, Albania –2.
| Georgia | 4–1 | Czech Republic |
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| Czech Republic | 2–0 | Albania |
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| Georgia | 1–1 | Ukraine |
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| Czech Republic | 2–1 | Georgia |
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Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | |
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| 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 | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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- Tied on head to head points. Head-to-head goal difference: England +2, Greece −2.
| England | 1–2 | Greece |
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| Finland | 1–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | Finland |
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| England | 5–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | |
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| 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 | — |
| Kazakhstan | 0–0 | Norway |
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| Slovenia | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
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| Austria | 4–0 | Kazakhstan |
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| Kazakhstan | 0–1 | Slovenia |
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| Austria | 5–1 | Norway |
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| Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Austria |
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| Austria | 1–1 | Slovenia |
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Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | |
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| 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 | — |
| Iceland | 2–0 | Montenegro |
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| Turkey | 3–1 | Iceland |
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| Turkey | 1–0 | Montenegro |
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| Iceland | 2–4 | Turkey |
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| Wales | 1–0 | Montenegro |
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| Montenegro | 0–2 | Iceland |
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| Montenegro | 3–1 | Turkey |
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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
Jasir Asani- Kristjan Asllani
- Nedim Bajrami
- Ardian Ismajli
Konrad Laimer- Stefan Posch
- Romano Schmid
- Matthias Seidl
Lukáš Červ- Adam Hložek
- Lukáš Kalvach
- Tomáš Souček
Trent Alexander-Arnold- Jude Bellingham
- Jarrod Bowen
- Conor Gallagher
- Anthony Gordon
- Taylor Harwood-Bellis
- Curtis Jones
- Ollie Watkins
Arttu Hoskonen- Joel Pohjanpalo
Giorgi Chakvetadze- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Petros Mantalos
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson- Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson
- Victor Pálsson
- Logi Tómasson
Driton Camaj
Felix Horn Myhre- Jens Petter Hauge
Robbie Brady- Evan Ferguson
- Liam Scales
Adam Gnezda Čerin- Jan Mlakar
Hakan Çalhanoğlu- Arda Güler
- Kenan Yıldız
Artem Dovbyk- Yukhym Konoplya
- Mykhailo Mudryk
- Heorhiy Sudakov
- Vladyslav Vanat
- Roman Yaremchuk
- Oleksandr Zinchenko
Kieffer Moore
1 own goal
- Benjamin Källman (against Greece)
- Solomon Kvirkvelia (against Ukraine)
- Odysseas Vlachodimos (against England)
- Danny Ward (against Iceland)
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][60]
- 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 |
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| 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 |
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
- Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[12]