The2024–25 UEFA Nations League C was the third 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 C consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked from 33–48 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] The winners of each group were promoted to the2026–27 UEFA Nations League B, and thetwo worst-ranked fourth-placed teams were relegated to the2026–27 UEFA Nations League D. In addition, the second-placed teams of each group and thetwo best-ranked fourth-placed teams advanced to thepromotion/relegation play-offs, played home-and-away overtwo legs. The League C second-placed teams participated in promotion play-offs against the third-placed teams fromLeague B in March 2025, while the two best-ranked League C fourth-placed teams will participate in relegation play-offs against the second-placed teams fromLeague D in March 2026. 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]
On 2 May 2022,Russia were suspended and automatically relegated fromLeague B due to their country'sinvasion of Ukraine.[3] Russia were due to participate in League C for the 2024–25 season, but they were instead banned from the Nations League because the suspension was still active at the time of UEFA's entry deadline. Therefore, only one team (Gibraltar) was relegated to League D and two teams (Estonia andLatvia) were promoted from League D, so that the 2024–25 League C season would still have 16 teams.[4]
In the 2024–25 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the2022–23 Nations League overall ranking.[5] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 2 December 2023,[4] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]
^The identity of the play-out winners was not known at the time of the draw.
The draw for the league phase took place at theMaison de la Mutualité inParis, France, on 8 February 2024, 18:00CET.[6][7] Each group contained one team from each pot. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to theNagorno-Karabakh conflict) could not be drawn in the same group.
Source:UEFA Rules for classification:Tiebreakers (O) Play-off winners;(P) Promoted;(R) Relegated Notes:
^The Romania v Kosovo match was suspended at 0–0 during second-half stoppage time, after the Kosovo team left the pitch, with the match abandoned thereafter.[23] The match was subsequently awarded as a 3–0 win for Romania.[24]
Following the league phase, the 16 League C teams were ordered 33rd to 48th in an interim overall ranking for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][62]
The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 33rd to 36th according to the results of the league phase.
The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 37th to 40th according to the results of the league phase.
The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 41st to 44th according to the results of the league phase.
The teams finishing fourth in the groups were ranked 45th to 48th according to the results of the league phase.
Afinal 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]
^abThe goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.
^CEST (UTC+2) for matchdays 1–4 (September and October 2024),CET (UTC+1) for matchdays 5–6 (November 2024).
^The Romania v Kosovo match was suspended at 0–0 during second-half stoppage time, after Romanian supporters allegedly began chanting pro-Serbian and anti-Kosovo slogans. The Kosovo team left the pitch, with the match abandoned thereafter.[23] On 20 November 2024, UEFA announced that Kosovo was deemed to have forfeited the match, which was therefore awarded as a 3–0 win for Romania.[24] TheFootball Federation of Kosovo subsequently appealed the decision to theCourt of Arbitration for Sport,[34] which was dismissed by CAS on 5 May 2025.[35]
Kosovo
North Macedonia
Northern Ireland
Romania
Sweden
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
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