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2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B was the second 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 B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked from 17–32 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 A, and the fourth-placed team of each group were relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C.[2]

Teams

Team changes

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

Seeding

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking.[3] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021,[4] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[5][6] Each group contained one team from each pot. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, Armenia, Israel and Iceland could not all be in the same group.

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[7][8] The fixture list for Group 1 was amended due to the postponement of Path A of UEFA qualifying for the World Cup.[9]

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

Group 1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 10,600[10]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 38,627[11]
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 40,111[12]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź (Poland)[note 1]
Attendance: 12,503[14]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 46,927[15]
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 13,500[16]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź (Poland)[note 1]
Attendance: 10,641[17]
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 42,846[18]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 7,200[19]
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 48,853[20]
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 41,719[21]
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego, Kraków (Poland)[note 1]
Attendance: 13,534[22]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Group 2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia were suspended and automatically relegated to League C due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[23]
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa
Attendance: 13,150[24]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 4,033[25]
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Attendance: 18,100[26]
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
VTB Arena, Moscow
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,778[27]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
VTB Arena, Moscow
Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 29,200[28]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Attendance: 8,800[29]
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

Group 3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Montenegro 6, Romania 0.
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,181[30]
Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,998[31]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 17,009[32]
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
Attendance: 4,500[33]
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 6,555[34]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Stadionul Rapid-Giulești, Bucharest
Attendance: 11,503[35]
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
Attendance: 8,150[36]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Stadionul Rapid-Giulești, Bucharest
Attendance: 11,657[37]
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
Attendance: 12,050[38]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,130[39]
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 2,522[40]
Referee: François Letexier (France)
Stadionul Rapid-Giulești, Bucharest
Attendance: 12,693[41]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Group 4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 9,726[42]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,123[43]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,925[44]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 42,320[45]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 18,134[46]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 24,123[47]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 24,273[48]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 13,782[49]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 14,824[50]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 14,122[51]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 24,364[52]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 22,895[53]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][54][55]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs

The four best teams in League B according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage were set to compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.[56] As the Path A play-offs had a vacant spot, the next-best ranked unqualified team in League B, Iceland, qualified for the play-offs as well.

Key

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[13]
  2. ^ The Bosnia and Herzegovina v Romania match, originally scheduled to kick-off at 20:45, was delayed to 21:05 due to adverse weather conditions.

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