The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A is the top 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. League A will culminate with the Nations League Finals in June 2023 to determine the champions of the competition.
League A consists of the 16 top ranked UEFA members in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League access list, split into four groups of four. Each team will play 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 will advance to the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals, and the fourth-placed team of each group will be relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B.[2]
The Nations League Finals will take place in June 2023 and be played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off and final. The semi-final pairings will be determined by means of an open draw. The host country will be selected among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the champions of the UEFA Nations League.
The four group winners will be drawn into groups of five teams for UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying (in order to accommodate for the Nations League Finals).
Teams[]
Team changes[]
The following are the team changes of League A from the 2020–21 season:[3]
In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking.[4] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021,[5] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]
The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[6][7] Each group contained one team from each pot.
Groups[]
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[8][9]
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
The host of the Nations League Finals will be selected from the four qualified teams. The semi-finals pairings will be determined by means of an open draw. For scheduling purposes, the host team is allocated to semi-final 1 as the administrative home team.