2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

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2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
Tournament details
Dates League phase:
3 September – 18 November 2020
Relegation play-outs:
24–29 March 2022
Teams 16
Tournament statistics
Matches played 52
Goals scored 103 (1.98 per match)
Attendance 34,866 (671 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sokol Cikalleshi
Rauno Sappinen
Stevan Jovetić
Haris Vučkić
(4 goals each)

The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C was the third division of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[1]

Format

Following a format change from the first season, League C was expanded from 15 to 16 teams.[2] The league consisted of UEFA members ranked from 33 to 48 in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2020.[3] The winners of each group were promoted to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B, and the fourth-placed team of each group advanced to the relegation play-outs.[4]

As League C had four groups while League D had only two, the two League C teams that were to be relegated to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League D were determined by play-outs in March 2022. Based on the Nations League overall ranking, the best-ranked team faced the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team faced the third-ranked team. Two ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home (the higher-ranked team hosted the second leg). The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs remained in League C, while the loser was relegated to League D. If the aggregate score was level, extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.[4] The away goals rule was originally to be used, but was abolished by the UEFA Executive Committee on 16 December 2021.[5]

Teams

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League C from the 2018–19 season:

Incoming
Promoted from
Nations League D
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Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League B
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The following team changes were initially set to occur in League C, but did not after no teams were relegated due to the format change by UEFA:

Incoming
Initially relegated from
Nations League B
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Outgoing
Initially relegated to
Nations League D
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Seeding

In the 2020–21 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2018–19 Nations League overall ranking, with a slight modification: teams that were originally relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below teams promoted prior to the format change.[6][7] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed 4 December 2019,[8] and were based on the access list ranking.[4][9]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Greece 33
 Albania 34
 Montenegro 35
 Georgia 36
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Macedonia 37
 Kosovo 38
 Belarus 39
 Cyprus 40
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Estonia 41
 Slovenia 42
 Lithuania 43
 Luxembourg 44
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Armenia 45
 Azerbaijan 46
 Kazakhstan 47
 Moldova 48

The draw for the league phase took place at the Beurs van Berlage Conference Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 3 March 2020, 18:00 CET.[10][11][12][13] Each group contained one team from each pot.

Groups

The original fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 3 March 2020 following the draw.[14] On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee adjusted the league phase schedule for October and November 2020 to allow for the completion of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs.[15][16] Following the change, a revised schedule for the October and November 2020 fixtures was released by UEFA on 26 June 2020.[17][18]

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 C1-1 C1-2 C1-3 C1-4
1 C1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
3 C1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to relegation play-outs TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)
Azerbaijan  1–2  Luxembourg
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029990/

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Cyprus  0–2  Montenegro
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029989/

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Cyprus  0–1  Azerbaijan
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030020/

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10)
15:00
Luxembourg  2–0  Cyprus
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030040/

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)
18:00
Azerbaijan  0–0  Cyprus
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030059/
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan (Albania)[note 4]
Attendance: 0[28][note 3]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)
Cyprus  2–1  Luxembourg
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030084/

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)
20:45
Montenegro  4–0  Cyprus
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030110/

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification C2-1 C2-2 C2-3 C2-4
1 C2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
3 C2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to relegation play-outs TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Estonia  0–1  Georgia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029988/


11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
18:00
Armenia  2–2  Georgia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030023/
City Stadium, Tychy (Poland)[note 6]
Attendance: 0[40][note 3]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Estonia  3–3  Macedonia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030029/

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Estonia  1–1  Armenia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030050/
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,007[42]
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)
Georgia  1–2  Armenia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030085/

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)
Armenia  1–0  Macedonia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030113/

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification C3-1 C3-2 C3-3 C3-4
1 C3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
3 C3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to relegation play-outs TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03)
20:45
Moldova  1–1  Kosovo
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029977/

6 September 2020 (2020-09-06)
18:00
Slovenia  1–0  Moldova
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029997/

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Greece  2–0  Moldova
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030042/

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Greece  0–0  Kosovo
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030071/

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Moldova  0–4  Slovenia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030076/

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)
Moldova  0–2  Greece
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030091/
Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău
Attendance: 0[57][note 3]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
20:45
Slovenia  2–1  Kosovo
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030089/

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification C4-1 C4-2 C4-3 C4-4
1 C4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
3 C4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to relegation play-outs TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Lithuania  0–2  Kazakhstan
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029985/

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Belarus  0–2  Albania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029986/

7 September 2020 (2020-09-07)
16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)
Kazakhstan  1–2  Belarus
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030006/

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
15:00 (19:00 UTC+6)
Kazakhstan  0–0  Albania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030045/

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Lithuania  2–2  Belarus
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030044/
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 963[66]
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Lithuania  0–0  Albania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030074/
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 696[67]
Referee: Karim Abed (France)

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Belarus  2–0  Kazakhstan
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030075/

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
18:00
Albania  3–1  Kazakhstan
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030083/

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)
Belarus  2–0  Lithuania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030077/
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 1,985[70]
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18)
16:00
Albania  3–2  Belarus
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030106/

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18)
16:00 (21:00 UTC+6)
Kazakhstan  1–2  Lithuania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030107/

Relegation play-outs

The fourth-placed teams of League C participated in the relegation play-outs to determine the two teams which would be relegated. The relegation play-outs were scheduled on the same dates as the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-offs. If at least one of the teams due to participate in the relegation play-outs had also qualified for the World Cup qualifying play-offs (none ultimately did), the relegation play-outs would have been cancelled, and the teams in League C ranked 47th and 48th in the Nations League overall ranking would have been automatically relegated.[4]

The play-out ties were as follows, with the higher-ranked teams hosting the second leg:[4]

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

Times are CET/CEST,[note 9] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Ranking

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Moldova  2–2 (4–5 p)  Kazakhstan 1–2 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Estonia  0–2  Cyprus 0–0 0–2

Matches

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)
Moldova  1–2  Kazakhstan
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2033885/

2–2 on aggregate. Kazakhstan won 5–4 on penalties and remained in League C, while Moldova were relegated to League D.


24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)
Estonia  0–0  Cyprus
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2033883/
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 5,366[75]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Cyprus  2–0  Estonia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2033884/

Cyprus won 2–0 on aggregate and remained in League C, while Estonia were relegated to League D.

Goalscorers

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Overall ranking

The 16 League C teams were ranked 33rd to 48th overall in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[4][77]

  • 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.
Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
33 1st best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 2nd best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 3rd best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 4th best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 1st best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 2nd best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 3rd best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 4th best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 1st best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 2nd best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 3rd best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 4th best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 1st best group 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 2nd best group 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 3rd best group 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 4th best group 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Notes

  1. CEST (UTC+2) for matchdays 1–4 (September and October 2020), CET (UTC+1) for matchdays 5–6 (November 2020).
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[20][21]
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  4. The Azerbaijan v Cyprus match, originally scheduled to be played at Olympic Stadium, Baku, was later moved to the neutral Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[27]
  5. The Azerbaijan v Montenegro match, originally scheduled to be played at Olympic Stadium, Baku, was later moved to the neutral Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, as UEFA announced on 20 October 2020 to temporarily suspend all UEFA matches taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[30][31]
  6. The Armenia v Georgia match, originally scheduled to be played at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, was later moved to the neutral City Stadium, Tychy, due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[27]
  7. The Armenia v North Macedonia match, originally scheduled to be played at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, was later moved to a neutral GSP Stadium, Nicosia, as UEFA announced on 20 October 2020 to temporarily suspend all UEFA matches taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[30]
  8. The match between Moldova and Kosovo was played on neutral venue as there were no diplomatic relations between the two countries.[48]
  9. CET (UTC+1) for the first leg matches (24–25 March 2022), and CEST (UTC+2) for the second leg matches (28–29 March 2022).

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