| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | League phase: 5 September – 19 November 2024 Quarter-finals: 20–23 March 2025 Nations League Finals: 4–8 June 2025 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  France |
| Fourth place |  Germany |
| Relegated |  Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Israel Poland Scotland Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Goals scored | 190 (3.17 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,234,254 (37,238 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Cristiano Ronaldo (8 goals) |
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The2024–25 UEFA Nations League A was the top division of the2024–25 edition of theUEFA Nations League, the fourth season of the internationalfootball competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations ofUEFA. League A began with the league phase in September 2024, and culminated with theNations League Finals in June 2025 to determine the champions of the competition.
For the first time, a quarter-final round was contested in League A by the group winners and runners-up, with the winners advancing to the Nations League Finals.
Spain were the defending champions, having won the2023 finals.
Portugal won thefinal against Spain, 5–3 onpenalties following a 2–2 draw afterextra time, for their second UEFA Nations League title.
League A consisted of the 16 top-ranked UEFA members in the2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-awayround-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2024.[1]
On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee approved a modified format for the Nations League after the league phase, with the following changes being implemented in League A:[2][3]
The last-placed teams of each group continued to be relegated directly to League B, while the third-placed teams competed against the runners-up of League B to determine their permanence in League A for thenext season or their relegation to2026–27 UEFA Nations League B. The relegation play-offs were played home-and-away overtwo legs in March 2025, with the League A third-placed teams hosting the second leg.
The quarter-finals were also played home and away over two legs. In each tie, group winners faced a runner-up from a different group, with the group winner hosting the second leg. The four quarter-final winners advanced to the Finals.
The Nations League Finals retained its previous format, which was played in a knockout format in June 2025, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off, and final. The semi-final pairings were determined using an open draw. The host country was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee, preferably hosted by one of the participating teams, with the winners of the final crowned as the champions of the UEFA Nations League.
In all two-legged ties, the team that scored more goals on aggregate was the winner. If the aggregate score was level,extra time was played without theaway goals rule. If the score remained level after extra time, apenalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.[4]
The 16 League A teams included the top 12 teams from the2022–23 League A overall ranking and four promoted teams from the2022–23 League B.
The following were the team changes in League A from the2022–23 season:[5]
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Bosnia and Herzegovina returned to League A, after a one-season absence, by securing first place in their2022–23 League B group with a 1–0 victory overMontenegro on 23 September 2022.[6][7]Israel,Scotland andSerbia reached the top flight of the UEFA Nations League for the first time, all three following similar paths, starting inLeague C in theinaugural edition and spending two seasons in League B before their promotion to League A.[8][9]
In the 2024–25 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the2022–23 Nations League overall ranking, considering promotion and relegation between the leagues and the results of the2023 UEFA Nations League Finals.[10] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 2 December 2023,[11] and were based on the access list ranking.[4]
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The draw for the league phase took place at theMaison de la Mutualité inParis, France, on 8 February 2024, 18:00CET.[12][13] Each group contained one team from each pot.
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 9 February 2024, the day following the draw.[14][15][16]
Times areCET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |  | | | |
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| 1 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 14 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Croatia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Scotland(R) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | |
| 4 | Poland(R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | Relegation toLeague B | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | — |
| Scotland | 2–3 | Poland |
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| Poland | 1–2 | Scotland |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |  |  | | |
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| 1 | France | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13[a] | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13[a] | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Belgium(O) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4[b] | Qualification forrelegation play-offs | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | |
| 4 | Israel(R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4[b] | Relegation toLeague B | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |
| Belgium | 3–1 | Israel |
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| France | 2–0 | Belgium |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |  | | | |
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| 1 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 14 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | 5–2 | ||
| 3 | Hungary(R) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 6 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina(R) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 2 | Relegation toLeague B | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | Germany |
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| Hungary | 1–1 | Netherlands |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–2 | Hungary |
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| Germany | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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| Germany | 7–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |  |  | | |
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| 1 | Spain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 16 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | Denmark | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Serbia(O) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Switzerland(R) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 2 | Relegation toLeague B | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
| Switzerland | 1–4 | Spain |
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| Switzerland | 1–1 | Serbia |
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| Spain | 3–2 | Switzerland |
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| Italy | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Germany | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Portugal | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Portugal(a.e.t.) | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Portugal(p) | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 5 (4) | ||||||||||||
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| Spain(p) | 2 | 3 | 5 (5) | ||||||||||||
| Spain | 5 | Third place play-off | |||||||||||||
| France | 4 | 8 June –Stuttgart | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 2 | 0 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| France(p) | 0 | 2 | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||
| France | 2 | ||||||||||||||
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 22 November 2024, 12:00CET, at the UEFA headquarters inNyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for thesemi-finals andpromotion/relegation play-offs.[66][67] In the draw, teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.[68] First, the group runners-up were drawn into a quarter-final pairing (1 to 4), after which group winners were drawn and allocated to the first available quarter-final (in numerical order).[69]
The group winners were seeded in the draw, while the runners-up were unseeded.[70] TheNations League interim overall ranking of November 2024 is shown below in brackets.
| Group | Winners (seeded in Pot 1) | Runners-up (unseeded in Pot 2) |
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| A1 | Portugal (3) | Croatia (8) |
| A2 | France (4) | Italy (5) |
| A3 | Germany (2) | Netherlands (6) |
| A4 | Spain (1) | Denmark (7) |
The first legs were played on 20 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 2025.[14]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Netherlands | 5–5 (4–5p) | Spain | 2–2 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Croatia | 2–2 (4–5p) | France | 2–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Denmark | 3–5 | Portugal | 1–0 | 2–5 (a.e.t.) |
| Italy | 4–5 | Germany | 1–2 | 3–3 |
Times areCET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[71]
| Spain | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
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5–5 on aggregate; Spain won 5–4 on penalties.
2–2 on aggregate; France won 5–4 on penalties.
Portugal won 5–3 on aggregate.
Germany won 5–4 on aggregate.
UEFA appointed the winner of the quarter-final tie betweenItaly andGermany, which Germany ultimately won, as the host for the final tournament.[80][81] The semi-finals pairings were determined by means of an open draw on 22 November 2024, 12:00CET, at the UEFA headquarters inNyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for theLeague A quarter-finals andpromotion/relegation play-offs.[66][67] For scheduling purposes, the host team was allocated to semi-final 1 as the administrative home team.[68]
Times areCEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.
There were 190 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
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Kevin De BruyneErmedin DemirovićEdin DžekoChristian EriksenGustav IsaksenBradley BarcolaOusmane DembéléKylian MbappéMichael OliseAdrien RabiotKai HavertzJoshua KimmichMohammad Abu FaniAndrea CambiasoGiovanni Di LorenzoGiacomo RaspadoriMateo ReteguiSandro TonaliXavi SimonsWout WeghorstSebastian SzymańskiNicola ZalewskiPiotr ZielińskiBruno FernandesFrancisco TrincãoJohn McGinnScott McTominayMikel MerinoFabián RuizNico WilliamsMartín Zubimendi1 goal
Maxim De CuyperLoïs OpendaYouri TielemansLeandro TrossardMartin BaturinaAnte BudimirJoško GvardiolAndrej KramarićIgor MatanovićLuka ModrićIvan PerišićBorna SosaPetar SučićPatrick DorguAlbert GrønbækPierre-Emile HøjbjergRasmus HøjlundRasmus KristensenYussuf PoulsenEduardo CamavingaRayan CherkiMattéo GuendouziChristopher NkunkuNiclas FüllkrugLeon GoretzkaJamie LewelingFelix NmechaAleksandar PavlovićLeroy SanéRoland SallaiOmri GandelmanYarden ShuaFederico DimarcoBrian BrobbeyMemphis DepayTeun KoopmeinersIan MaatsenJoshua ZirkzeeRobert LewandowskiDominik MarczukKamil PiątkowskiFrancisco ConceiçãoDiogo DalotJoão FélixRafael LeãoNuno MendesPedro NetoGonçalo RamosBernardo SilvaRyan ChristieBilly GilmourAndrew RobertsonAleksandar MitrovićAleksa TerzićÁlex BaenaBryan GilJoseluAymeric LaporteÁlvaro MorataPedriAyoze PérezYeremy PinoFerran TorresBryan ZaragozaRemo FreulerJoël MonteiroAndi Zeqiri1 own goal
Timothy Castagne (against Israel)Joachim Andersen (against Portugal)Guglielmo Vicario (against France)Jan Bednarek (against Portugal)Diogo Dalot (against Croatia)Daniel Vivian (against France)Nico Elvedi (against Serbia)Following the league phase, the 16 League A teams were ordered 1st to 16th in an interim overall ranking for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[4][87]
| Rnk | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | A4 | Spain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 16 |
| 2 | A3 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 14 |
| 3 | A1 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 14 |
| 4 | A2 | France | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 |
| 5 | A2 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13 |
| 6 | A3 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 |
| 7 | A4 | Denmark | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
| 8 | A1 | Croatia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | A1 | Scotland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 |
| 10 | A4 | Serbia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 |
| 11 | A3 | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 6 |
| 12 | A2 | Belgium | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 |
| 13 | A1 | Poland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 |
| 14 | A2 | Israel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 |
| 15 | A4 | Switzerland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 2 |
| 16 | A3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 2 |
Afinal overall ranking was also compiled, though this was only used to rank teams within their new leagues for the following edition of the competition.[4]
Aufgrund des Hagelschauers verschiebt sich der Anstoß um zehn Minuten. "Aufgrund schlechter Wetterbedingungen verzögert sich das Spiel. Der Anpfiff ist jetzt 21.10 Uhr", teilten die Organisatoren mit.[The kick-off has been postponed by ten minutes due to the hailstorm. "The match has been delayed due to bad weather conditions. The kick-off time is now 21:10," the organisers announced.]
