2022–23 UEFA Nations League C

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C is the third 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.

2022–23 UEFA Nations League C
Tournament details
DatesLeague phase:
2 June – 27 September 2022
Relegation play-outs:
21–26 March 2024
Teams16
Promoted Georgia
 Greece
 Kazakhstan
 Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored127 (2.65 per match)
Attendance496,478 (10,343 per match)
Top scorer(s)Georgia (country) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Kosovo Vedat Muriqi
(5 goals each)

Format

League C consists of 16 UEFA members ranked from 33–48 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 B, and the fourth-placed team of each group advanced to the relegation play-outs.[2]

As League C has four groups while League D has only two, the two League C teams that are to be relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D will be determined by play-outs in March 2024. Based on the Nations League overall ranking, the best-ranked team will face the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team will face the third-ranked team. Two ties will be played over two legs, with the higher-ranked team hosting the second leg. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs will remain in League C, while the loser will be relegated to League D. If the aggregate score is level, extra time will be played (the away goals rule is not applied). If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner.[2]

Teams

Team changes

The following are the team changes of League C from the 2020–21 season:

Incoming
Relegated from
Nations League B		 Promoted from
Nations League D
Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League B		 Relegated to
Nations League D

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]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Turkey 33
 Slovakia 34
 Bulgaria 35
 Northern Ireland 36
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Greece 37
 Belarus 38
 Luxembourg 39
 North Macedonia 40
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Lithuania 41
 Georgia 42
 Azerbaijan 43
 Kosovo 44
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Kazakhstan[lower-alpha 1] 45
 Cyprus[lower-alpha 1] 46
 Gibraltar 47
 Faroe Islands 48
  1. 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 the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[5][6] Each group contained one team from each pot. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, any group could contain a maximum of one of the following pairs: Northern Ireland and Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and Azerbaijan.

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[7][8]

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

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Turkey Luxembourg Faroe Islands Lithuania
1  Turkey (P) 6 4 1 1 18 5 +13 13 Promotion to League B — 3–3 4–0 2–0
2  Luxembourg 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 0–2 — 2–2 1–0
3  Faroe Islands 6 2 2 2 7 10 −3 8 2–1 0–1 — 2–1
4  Lithuania (Q) 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1 Qualification for relegation play-outs 0–6 0–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Lithuania 0–2 Luxembourg
Report
  • Sinani 44', 78'
Attendance: 3,009[9]
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
Turkey 4–0 Faroe Islands
 Report
Attendance: 9,515[10]
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Faroe Islands 0–1 Luxembourg
Report
Attendance: 2,313[11]
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
Lithuania 0–6 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 2,843[12]
Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
Faroe Islands 2–1 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 2,278[13]
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
Luxembourg 0–2 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 9,374[14]
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Luxembourg 2–2 Faroe Islands
 Report
Attendance: 5,325[15]
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Turkey 2–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 14,694[16]
Lithuania 1–1 Faroe Islands
 Report
Attendance: 2,376[17]
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (Iceland)
Turkey 3–3 Luxembourg
 Report
Attendance: 12,708[18]
Faroe Islands 2–1 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 2,056[19]
Luxembourg 1–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 5,340[20]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Greece Kosovo Northern Ireland Cyprus
1  Greece (P) 6 5 0 1 10 2 +8 15 Promotion to League B — 2–0 3–1 3–0
2  Kosovo 6 3 0 3 11 8 +3 9 0–1 — 3–2 5–1
3  Northern Ireland 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 2–1 — 2–2
4  Cyprus (Q) 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for relegation play-outs 1–0 0–2 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Cyprus 0–2 Kosovo
Report
Attendance: 1,550[21]
Northern Ireland 0–1 Greece
Report
Attendance: 16,977[22]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Cyprus 0–0 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 1,663[23]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Kosovo 0–1 Greece
Report
Attendance: 12,300[24]
Greece 3–0 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 12,418[25]
Kosovo 3–2 Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 11,700[26]
Northern Ireland 2–2 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 16,454[27]
Greece 2–0 Kosovo
 Report
Attendance: 15,367[28]
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
Northern Ireland 2–1 Kosovo
 Report
Attendance: 17,148[29]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Cyprus 1–0 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 4,548[30]
Greece 3–1 Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 5,871[31]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Kosovo 5–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 10,400[32]

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Slovakia Belarus
1  Kazakhstan (P) 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 13 Promotion to League B — 2–0 2–1 2–1
2  Azerbaijan 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 3–0 — 0–1 2–0
3  Slovakia 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 0–1 1–2 — 1–1
4  Belarus (Q) 6 0 3 3 3 7 −4 3 Qualification for relegation play-outs 1–1 0–0 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Kazakhstan 2–0 Azerbaijan
 Report
Attendance: 19,823[33]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Belarus 0–1 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 0[35][note 1]
Belarus 0–0 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 0[36][note 1]
Slovakia 0–1 Kazakhstan
Report
Attendance: 4,146[37]
Azerbaijan 0–1 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 2,967[38]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Belarus 1–1 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 0[39][note 1]
Kazakhstan 2–1 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 28,745[40]
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)
Azerbaijan 2–0 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 2,330[41]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Kazakhstan 2–1 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 29,637[42]
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Slovakia 1–2 Azerbaijan
 Report
Attendance: 2,875[43]
Azerbaijan 3–0 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 2,950[44]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Slovakia 1–1 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 524[45]

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Georgia (country) Bulgaria North Macedonia Gibraltar
1  Georgia (P) 6 5 1 0 16 3 +13 16 Promotion to League B — 0–0 2–0 4–0
2  Bulgaria 6 2 3 1 10 8 +2 9 2–5 — 1–1 5–1
3  North Macedonia 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7 0–3 0–1 — 4–0
4  Gibraltar (Q) 6 0 1 5 3 18 −15 1 Qualification for relegation play-outs 1–2 1–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Georgia 4–0 Gibraltar
 Report
Attendance: 43,412[46]
Referee: Morten Krøgh (Denmark)
Bulgaria 1–1 North Macedonia
 Report
Attendance: 8,275[47]
Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)
Gibraltar 0–2 North Macedonia
Report
Attendance: 703[48]
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Bulgaria 2–5 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 3,600[49]
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)
Gibraltar 1–1 Bulgaria
 Report
Attendance: 1,427[50]
North Macedonia 0–3 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 10,775[51]
Georgia 0–0 Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 54,200[52]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
North Macedonia 4–0 Gibraltar
 Report
Attendance: 4,750[53]
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Georgia 2–0 North Macedonia
 Report
Attendance: 54,200[54]
Bulgaria 5–1 Gibraltar
 Report
Attendance: 1,540[55]
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Gibraltar 1–2 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 1,199[56]
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
North Macedonia 0–1 Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 20,173[57]
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Relegation play-outs

The fourth-placed teams of League C will participate in the relegation play-outs to determine the two teams which will be relegated. The relegation play-outs are scheduled on the same dates as the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs. If at least one of the teams due to participate in the relegation play-outs also qualifies for the Euro qualifying play-offs, the relegation play-outs will be cancelled, and the teams in League C ranked 47th and 48th in the Nations League overall ranking (Lithuania and Gibraltar) will be automatically relegated.[2]

The play-out ties are as follows, with the higher-ranked teams hosting the second leg:[2]

  • Team ranked first vs. team ranked fourth
  • Team ranked second vs. team ranked third

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Ranking
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 C2  Cyprus 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5
2 C3  Belarus 6 0 3 3 3 7 −4 3
3 C1  Lithuania 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1
4 C4  Gibraltar 6 0 1 5 3 18 −15 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gibraltar   Cyprus 21–23 Mar 24–26 Mar
Lithuania   Belarus 21–23 Mar 24–26 Mar

Matches
Gibraltar v Cyprus
Cyprus v Gibraltar
Lithuania v Belarus
Belarus v Lithuania

Goalscorers

There have been 127 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match (as of 27 September 2022).

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

The 16 League C teams will be ranked 33rd to 48th overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][58]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups will be ranked 33rd to 36th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups will be ranked 37th to 40th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing third in the groups will be ranked 41st to 44th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing fourth in the groups will be ranked 45th to 48th according to the results of the league phase.
Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
33 C4  Georgia 6 5 1 0 16 3 +13 16
34 C2  Greece 6 5 0 1 10 2 +8 15
35 C1  Turkey 6 4 1 1 18 5 +13 13
36 C3  Kazakhstan 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 13
37 C1  Luxembourg 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11
38 C3  Azerbaijan 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
39 C2  Kosovo 6 3 0 3 11 8 +3 9
40 C4  Bulgaria 6 2 3 1 10 8 +2 9
41 C1  Faroe Islands 6 2 2 2 7 10 −3 8
42 C4  North Macedonia 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7
43 C3  Slovakia 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
44 C2  Northern Ireland 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5
45 C2  Cyprus 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5
46 C3  Belarus 6 0 3 3 3 7 −4 3
47 C1  Lithuania 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1
48 C4  Gibraltar 6 0 1 5 3 18 −15 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs
Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs § Path C

The four best teams in League C according to the overall ranking that do not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage will compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.[59]

League C
Rank Team
33 GW  Georgia (A)
34 GW  Greece (X)
35 GW  Turkey (Q)
36 GW  Kazakhstan (X)
37  Luxembourg (X)
38  Azerbaijan (Y)
39  Kosovo
40  Bulgaria (Y)
41  Faroe Islands (Y)
42  North Macedonia (E)
43  Slovakia (Z)
44  Northern Ireland (E)
45  Cyprus (E)
46  Belarus (E)
47  Lithuania (E)
48  Gibraltar (E)

Key

  • GW Group winner from Nations League C
  •   Team qualifying directly based on current results
  •   Team qualifying for play-offs based on current results
  •  (X)  Team is assured at least a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking, but may still qualify directly
  •  (Y)  Team cannot qualify directly, but may still advance to play-offs
  •  (E)  Eliminated

Notes
  1. Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.[34]
  2. Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were not allowed to enter Slovakia by local authorities. As a result, the match was played at a neutral venue.

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