| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | League A/B and B/C play-offs: 20–23 March 2025 League C/D play-offs: 26–31 March 2026 |
| Teams | 20 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 46 (2.88 per match) |
| Attendance | 424,534 (26,533 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Georges Mikautadze(4 goals) |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 23 March 2025. | |
The2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs are matches decidingpromotion and relegation for some teams in the2024–25 season of theUEFA Nations League, the fourth season of the internationalfootball competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations ofUEFA. The play-offs, newly added for this season, determine which of the 20 participating teams will be promoted, relegated or remain in their respective leagues for the2026–27 season. The play-offs complement the automatic promotion and relegation already decided during the league phase of the competition.
On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee confirmed an altered format for the 2024–25 Nations League, including the addition of the promotion/relegation play-offs.[1][2] In addition to the automatic promotion and relegation decided by the league phase, the promotion/relegation play-offs will determine the final composition of the leagues for the2026–27 UEFA Nations League.[3] The matches will be played home-and-away overtwo legs. If the team from the higher league is the winner, both teams will remain in their respective leagues, whereas if the team from the lower league wins, they will be promoted to the higher league, with the losers relegated to the lower league.[4]
The match-ups in the promotion/relegation play-offs are as follows:[5]
The teams from the higher leagues were seeded, and will play the second leg at home. In the two-legged ties, the team that scores more goals on aggregate is the winner. If the aggregate score is level,extra time is played (theaway goals rule is not applied). If the score remains level after extra time, apenalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner.[6]
The following teams qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs.[7]
| Group | Runners-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|
| B1 |  Ukraine | Georgia |
| B2 |  Greece |  Republic of Ireland |
| B3 |  Austria |  Slovenia |
| B4 |  Turkey |  Iceland |
| Group | Runners-up | Fourth place (best two qualify) |
|---|---|---|
| C1 |  Slovakia | — |
| C2 |  Kosovo | — |
| C3 |  Bulgaria |  Luxembourg |
| C4 |  Armenia |  Latvia |
The draw for the promotion/relegation play-offs was held on 22 November 2024, 12:00CET, at the UEFA headquarters inNyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the League Aquarter-finals andsemi-finals.[5][8][9] In the draw, the teams from the higher leagues were seeded and drawn to host the second leg, while the teams from the lower leagues were unseeded and drawn to host the first leg. First, all teams from the unseeded pot were drawn into pairings in order (from pairing 1–4 for A/B and B/C, and pairing 1–2 for C/D), after which teams from the seeded pot were randomly drawn into the pairings (in numerical order) as their opponents.[10]
No conditions on prohibited clashes applied in the draw.[note 1][8]
The League A/B and B/C play-off matches were scheduled for 20 and 23 March 2025. To ensure enough teams were available for the March 2025 window ofWorld Cup qualifying, the League C/D play-off matches are scheduled for 26 and 31 March 2026.[11] Had any team participating in the League C/D play-offs qualified for theWorld Cup qualifying play-offs, then the League C/D play-offs would have been cancelled with the teams remaining in their respective leagues.[6][12]
The kick-off times were confirmed by UEFA following the draw on 22 November 2024.[11][13]
Times areCET/CEST,[note 2] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
The League A/B play-offs featured the four third-placed teams ofLeague A against the four second-placed teams ofLeague B.
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| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 6–1 |  Hungary | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Ukraine | 3–4 |  Belgium | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Austria | 1–3 |  Serbia | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Greece | 3–1 |  Scotland | 0–1 | 3–0 |
Turkey won 6–1 on aggregate and were promoted toLeague A, while Hungary were relegated toLeague B.
Belgium won 4–3 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.
| Austria | 1–1 | Serbia |
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| Serbia | 2–0 | Austria |
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Serbia won 3–1 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.
Greece won 3–1 on aggregate and were promoted toLeague A, while Scotland were relegated toLeague B.
The League B/C play-offs featured the four third-placed teams ofLeague B against the four second-placed teams ofLeague C.
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| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Kosovo | 5–2 | Iceland | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Bulgaria | 2–4 | Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Armenia | 1–9 | Georgia | 0–3 | 1–6 |
| Slovakia | 0–1 | Slovenia | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Kosovo won 5–2 on aggregate and were promoted toLeague B, while Iceland were relegated toLeague C.
Republic of Ireland won 4–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.
| Armenia | 0–3 | Georgia |
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| Georgia | 6–1 | Armenia |
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Georgia won 9–1 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.
| Slovenia | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Slovakia |
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Slovenia won 1–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.
The League C/D play-offs will feature thetwo best-ranked fourth-placed teams ofLeague C against the two second-placed teams ofLeague D.
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| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Gibraltar  | 1 | Latvia | 26 Mar | 31 Mar |
Malta  | 2 | Luxembourg | 26 Mar | 31 Mar |
There have been 46 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match (as of 23 March 2025).
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Edgar SevikyanMichael GregoritschMaxim De CuyperValentin AntovMarin PetkovGiorgi ChakvetadzeOtar KiteishviliGiorgi KochorashviliKhvicha KvaratskheliaKonstantinos KaretsasGiannis KonstanteliasChristos TzolisAndrás SchäferLumbardh DellovaElvis RexhbeçajFinn AzazMatt DohertyEvan FergusonAdam IdahScott McTominayNemanja MaksimovićLazar SamardžićDušan VlahovićAdam Gnezda ČerinKerem AktürkoğluAbdülkerim BardakcıHakan ÇalhanoğluArda Gülerİrfan KahveciOrkun KökçüOleksiy HutsulyakVladyslav VanatIllya Zabarnyi1 own goal
Varazdat Haroyan (against Georgia)