The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D is the fourth and lowest division of the 2024–25 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the fourth season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.
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| Dates | 5 September – 19 November 2024 |
| Teams | 6 |
Format
League D consists of the six lowest-ranked UEFA members from 49–54 in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list, split into two groups of three. Each team will play four matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin on double matchdays in September, October, and November 2024.[1] The winners of both groups will be automatically promoted to the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League C. In addition, the second-placed team of both groups will advance to the promotion play-offs against the two best-ranked fourth-placed teams from League C home-and-away over two legs on March 26 and 31 2026, with the League C teams hosting the second leg. The winner of the tie will participate in the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League C, while the losers will enter League D.[2]
As Russia were banned from participation in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League due to their country's invasion of Ukraine,[3] the size of the competition was reduced from 55 to 54 teams. Therefore, as the lowest division, League D was reduced from seven to six teams for the 2024–25 season.[2]
Teams
Team changes
The following are the team changes in League D from the 2022–23 season:
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Seeding
In the 2024–25 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2022–23 Nations League overall ranking.[4] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 2 December 2023,[5] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]
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The draw for the league phase took place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France, on 8 February 2024, 18:00 CET.[6][7] Each group contained one team from pot 1 and two teams from pot 2.
Groups
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 9 February 2024, the day following the draw.[8][9][10]
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] 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 |  |  |  | |
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| 1 | Gibraltar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to League C | — | 10 Oct | 8 Sep | |
| 2 | San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for promotion play-offs | 15 Nov | — | 5 Sep | |
| 3 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 Oct | 18 Nov | — |
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |  |  |  | |
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| 1 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to League C | — | 7 Sep | 10 Oct | |
| 2 | Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for promotion play-offs | 13 Oct | — | 19 Nov | |
| 3 | Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 Nov | 10 Sep | — |
Overall ranking
Following the league phase, the six League D teams will be ordered 49th to 54th in an interim overall ranking for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2]
- The teams finishing first in the groups will be ranked 49th to 50th according to the results of the league phase.
- The teams finishing second in the groups will be ranked 51st to 52nd according to the results of the league phase.
- The teams finishing third in the groups will be ranked 53rd to 54th according to the results of the league phase.
| Rnk | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 49 | Best group winner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Worst group winner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 | Best group runner-up | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 52 | Worst group runner-up | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | Best group 3rd place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Worst group 3rd place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
A final 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]