2018–19 UEFA Nations League C

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2018–19 UEFA Nations League C
Tournament details
Dates6 September – 20 November 2018
Teams15
Promoted Bulgaria
 Finland
 Hungary
 Israel
 Norway
 Romania
 Scotland
 Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored92 (2.19 per match)
Attendance338,393 (8,057 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović (6 goals)

The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C was the third division of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[1]

Format[]

League C consisted of 15 UEFA members ranked from 25 to 39, which were split into four groups (one group of three and three groups of four). The top two teams of each group were promoted to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B, and the bottom four ranked teams were initially relegated to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D (the bottom teams of Group 2, 3, and 4, along with the lowest ranked third-placed team of League C).[2] However, following UEFA announcement of format changes for the next edition's groups in September 2019, none of the 2018–19 League C teams were relegated to League D.[3]

In addition, League C was allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places.[4][5] The play-off berths were first allocated to each Nations League group winner, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the league, etc. As Finland already qualified for the European Championship finals through regular qualifiers, the seven best ranked teams from League C competed in the play-offs, played in October and November 2020.

Seeding[]

Teams were allocated to League C according to their UEFA national team coefficients after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group stage on 11 October 2017. Teams were split into four pots (three pots of four teams and one pot of the three lowest teams), ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient.[6][7] The group with three teams contained teams only from pots 1, 2, and 3. The seeding pots for the draw were announced on 7 December 2017.[8]

Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
 Hungary 26,486 25
 Romania 26,057 26
 Scotland 25,662 27
 Slovenia 25,148 28
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Greece 24,931 29
 Serbia 24,847 30
 Albania 24,430 31
 Norway 24,208 32
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Montenegro 23,912 33
 Israel 22,792 34
 Bulgaria 22,091 35
 Finland 20,501 36
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Cyprus 19,491 37
 Estonia 19,441 38
 Lithuania 18,101 39

The group draw took place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 January 2018, 12:00 CET.[9][10][11][12] Due to winter venue restrictions, a group could only contain a maximum of two of the following teams: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania.[13]

Groups[]

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 24 January 2018 following the draw.[14][15]

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[a] Scotland Israel Albania
1  Scotland (P) 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9 Promotion to League B 3–2 2–0
2  Israel (P) 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 2–1 2–0
3  Albania 4 1 0 3 1 8 −7 3 0–4 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated, and the second-placed teams in each group were also promoted.
Albania 1–0 Israel
  • Xhaka 55'
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
Attendance: 4,126[16]

Scotland 2–0 Albania
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 17,455[16]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Israel 2–1 Scotland
Report
  • Mulgrew 25' (pen.)
Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa
Attendance: 10,234[16]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Israel 2–0 Albania
Report
Attendance: 14,950[16]
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

Albania 0–4 Scotland
Report
  • Fraser 14'
  • Fletcher 45+2' (pen.)
  • Forrest 55', 67'
Attendance: 8,632[16]
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Scotland 3–2 Israel
  • Forrest 34', 43', 64'
Report
  • Kayal 9'
  • Zahavi 75'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 21,281[16]
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion[a] Finland Hungary Greece Estonia
1  Finland (P) 6 4 0 2 5 3 +2 12 Promotion to League B 1–0 2–0 1–0
2  Hungary (P) 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 2–0 2–1 2–0
3  Greece 6 3 0 3 4 5 −1 9 1–0 1–0 0–1
4  Estonia 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4 0–1 3–3 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated, and the second-placed teams in each group were also promoted.
Finland 1–0 Hungary
  • Pukki 7'
Report
Attendance: 10,220[17]
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
Estonia 0–1 Greece
Report
  • Fortounis 14'
Attendance: 5,567[17]
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Hungary 2–1 Greece
Report
  • Manolas 18'
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 120[17][note 2]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Finland 1–0 Estonia
  • Pukki 12'
Report
Attendance: 4,632[17]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Greece 1–0 Hungary
  • Mitroglou 65'
Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 9,040[17]
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Estonia 0–1 Finland
Report
  • Pukki 90+1'
Attendance: 8,087[17]
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Estonia 3–3 Hungary
Report
Attendance: 3,043[17]
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Finland 2–0 Greece
Report
Attendance: 10,107[17]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Hungary 2–0 Estonia
Report
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,775[17]
Referee: (Albania)
Greece 1–0 Finland
  • Granlund 25' (o.g.)
Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 6,376[17]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Hungary 2–0 Finland
Report
Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 9,200[17]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Greece 0–1 Estonia
Report
  • Lambropoulos 44' (o.g.)
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 5,179[17]
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

Group 3[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion[a] Norway Bulgaria Cyprus Slovenia
1  Norway (P) 6 4 1 1 7 2 +5 13 Promotion to League B 1–0 2–0 1–0
2  Bulgaria (P) 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 1–0 2–1 1–1
3  Cyprus 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5 0–2 1–1 2–1
4  Slovenia 6 0 3 3 5 8 −3 3 1–1 1–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated, and the second-placed teams in each group were also promoted.
Slovenia 1–2 Bulgaria
  • Zajc 40'
Report
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,100[19]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Norway 2–0 Cyprus
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 6,172[19]

Bulgaria 1–0 Norway
Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 7,100[19]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
Cyprus 2–1 Slovenia
Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 1,115[19]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Norway 1–0 Slovenia
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 14,712[19]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Bulgaria 2–1 Cyprus
Report
  • Kastanos 41'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 6,700[19]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Norway 1–0 Bulgaria
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 9,523[19]
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
Slovenia 1–1 Cyprus
  • Skubic 83'
Report
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,318[19]
Referee: (Denmark)

Cyprus 1–1 Bulgaria
Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 3,844[19]
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
Slovenia 1–1 Norway
Report
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,254[19]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Bulgaria 1–1 Slovenia
Report
  • Zajc 75'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 3,092[19]
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
Cyprus 0–2 Norway
Report
  • Kamara 36', 48'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 1,513[19]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Group 4[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion[a] Serbia Romania Montenegro Lithuania
1  Serbia (P) 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14 Promotion to League B 2–2 2–1 4–1
2  Romania (P) 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 0–0 0–0 3–0
3  Montenegro 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7 0–2 0–1 2–0
4  Lithuania 6 0 0 6 3 16 −13 0 0–1 1–2 1–4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated, and the second-placed teams in each group were also promoted.
Lithuania 0–1 Serbia
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,378[20]
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
Romania 0–0 Montenegro
Report

Serbia 2–2 Romania
Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,496[20]
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Montenegro 2–0 Lithuania
Report
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 5,239[20]
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Lithuania 1–2 Romania
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,279[20]
Referee: François Letexier (France)
Montenegro 0–2 Serbia
Report
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 9,394[20]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Romania 0–0 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 48,513[20]
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Lithuania 1–4 Montenegro
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 1,515[20]
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Serbia 2–1 Montenegro
Report
Attendance: 15,416[20]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Romania 3–0 Lithuania
Report

Serbia 4–1 Lithuania
Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,088[20]
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
Montenegro 0–1 Romania
Report
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,574[20]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Goalscorers[]

There were 92 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

  • Scotland James Forrest

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking[]

The 15 League C teams were ranked 25th to 39th overall in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][23]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups will be ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed teams.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups will be ranked 29th to 32nd according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed teams.
  • The teams finishing third in the groups will be ranked 33rd to 36th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed teams.
  • The teams finishing fourth in the groups will be ranked 37th to 39th according to the results of the league phase, taking into account all results.
Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
25 C1  Scotland 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9
26 C3  Norway 4 3 0 1 5 1 +4 9
27 C4  Serbia 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
28 C2  Finland 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 6
29 C3  Bulgaria 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
30 C1  Israel 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
31 C2  Hungary 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
32 C4  Romania 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 6
33 C2  Greece 4 2 0 2 3 4 −1 6
34 C1  Albania 4 1 0 3 1 8 −7 3
35 C4  Montenegro 4 0 1 3 1 5 −4 1
36 C3  Cyprus 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1
37 C2  Estonia 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4
38 C3  Slovenia 6 0 3 3 5 8 −3 3
39 C4  Lithuania 6 0 0 6 3 16 −13 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Prize money[]

The prize money to be distributed was announced in March 2018.[24] Each team in League C received a solidarity fee of €750,000. In addition, the four group winners received double this amount with a €750,000 bonus fee. This meant that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League C was €1.5 million.

Qualifying play-offs[]

The seven best teams in League C according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage competed in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.

League C
Rank Team
25 GW  Scotland[H]
26 GW  Norway
27 GW  Serbia
28 GW  Finland
29  Bulgaria
30  Israel
31  Hungary[H]
32  Romania[H]
33  Greece
34  Albania
35  Montenegro
36  Cyprus
37  Estonia
38  Slovenia
39  Lithuania

Key

  1. GW Nations League group winner
  2. H UEFA Euro 2020 host at the time of the draw
  3.   Team advanced to play-offs
  4.   Team qualified directly to final tournament

Notes[]

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for matchdays 1–4 (September and October 2018), CET (UTC+1) for matchdays 5–6 (November 2018).
  2. ^ The Hungary v Greece match was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Hungary for racist behaviour in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home match against Romania.[18]
  3. ^ The Romania v Montenegro match was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Romania for racist behaviour in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home match against Greece.[21]
  4. ^ The Romania v Lithuania match was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Romania for racist behaviour in their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League home match against Serbia.[22]

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