2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League C
Tournament details
Dates22 September – 5 December 2023
Teams19
Promoted Azerbaijan
 Israel
 Kosovo
 Malta
 Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored154 (2.85 per match)
Attendance40,264 (746 per match)
Top scorer(s)Israel Sharon Beck
(9 goals)

The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League C was the third and lowest division of the 2023–24 edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The results will be used to determine the leagues for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition.

Format

League C consisted of the bottom 19 UEFA members ranked 33rd to 51st among competition entrants in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking. Teams were split into four groups of four (Groups 1 to 4) and one group of three (Group 5). Each team played four (three-team group) or six (four-team groups) matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in September, October and November to December 2023.[1] The competition also acted as the first phase of the preliminary competition for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, which will use an identical league structure. The group winners were promoted to League B, taking effect in UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying. In addition, the three best-ranked League C runners-up advanced to the promotion play-offs against the three best-ranked third-placed teams in League B. The winners of these home-and-away ties will enter League B for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers will enter League C.[2]

Seeding

Teams were allocated to League C according to their UEFA women's national team coefficient after the conclusion of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying group stage on 6 September 2022. Teams were split into three pots of five teams (Pots 1 to 4) and one pot of four teams (Pot 5), ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient.[3]

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland in May 2023, 13:00 CEST.[4] Groups 1 to 4 contained one team from each pot, while Group 5 contained one team from Pots 1 to 3. The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, with drawn teams assigned to the first available group in ascending order from C1 to C5. Due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot be drawn in the same group. Due to winter venue restrictions, a group can contain a maximum of two of Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Latvia and Lithuania. Due to excessive travel restrictions, only one of Andorra, the Faroe Islands and Malta can be drawn with Kazakhstan.[5]

Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
 Malta 16,021 34
 Israel 15,543 35
 Azerbaijan 14,876 36
 Turkey 14,865 37
 North Macedonia 14,483 38
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Kosovo 14,226 39
 Montenegro 12,668 40
 Luxembourg 12,051 41
 Estonia 9,750 42
 Moldova 9,654 43
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Lithuania 9,649 44
 Kazakhstan 8,662 45
 Latvia 8,543 46
 Bulgaria 8,200 47
 Cyprus 8,032 48
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Faroe Islands 7,020 49
 Georgia 6,977 50
 Armenia 6,500 51
 Andorra 1,958 52

Groups

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 Malta Latvia Andorra Moldova
1  Malta 6 5 1 0 13 1 +12 16 Promotion to League B — 2–1 5–0 2–0
2  Latvia 6 3 1 2 17 6 +11 10 Qualification for promotion play-offs 0–1 — 4–0 5–0
3  Andorra 6 1 1 4 2 17 −15 4 0–3 0–4 — 0–0
4  Moldova 6 0 3 3 4 12 −8 3 0–0 3–3 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Latvia 0–1 Malta
Report
  • Bugeja 83'
Attendance: 311[6]
Referee: Jana Van Laere (Belgium)
Moldova 1–2 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 200[7]
Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria)
Andorra 0–4 Latvia
Report
Attendance: 813[8]
Referee: Nanna Løf Andersen (Denmark)
Malta 2–0 Moldova
 Report
Attendance: 674[9]
Referee: Michaela Pachtova (Czech Republic)
Latvia 5–0 Moldova
 Report
Attendance: 137[10]
Referee: Eirini Pingiou (Greece)
Malta 5–0 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 682[11]
Moldova 3–3 Latvia
 Report
Attendance: 300[12]
Referee: Frederikke Lydia Søkjær (Denmark)
Andorra 0–3 Malta
Report
Attendance: 603[13]
Referee: Sofik Torosyan (Armenia)
Latvia 4–0 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 69
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)
Moldova 0–0 Malta
Report
Attendance: 353
Referee: Louise Thompson (Northern Ireland)
Andorra 0–0 Moldova
Report
Attendance: 156
Referee: Ioanna Allayiotou (Cyprus)
Malta 2–1 Latvia
 Report
Attendance: 1,008
Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Turkey Lithuania Luxembourg Georgia (country)
1  Turkey 6 6 0 0 16 0 +16 18 Promotion to League B — 2–0 1–0 2–0
2  Lithuania 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–4 — 0–2 0–0
3  Luxembourg 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–4 1–1 — 1–1
4  Georgia 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 0–3 4–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Lithuania +1, Luxembourg 0, Georgia −1
Lithuania 0–2 Luxembourg
Report
Attendance: 470[14]
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
Georgia 0–3 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 800[15]
Referee: Audrey Gerbel (France)
Turkey 2–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 6,700[16]
Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo)
Luxembourg 1–1 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 546[17]
Referee: Eirini Pingiou (Greece)
Lithuania 0–0 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 83[18]
Referee: Zoe Stavrou (Cyprus)
Luxembourg 0–4 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 686[19]
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)
Georgia 0–3 Lithuania
Report
Attendance: 793[20]
Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania)
Turkey 1–0 Luxembourg
 Report
Çorum Şehir Stadium, Çorum
Attendance: 12,130[21]
Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)
Georgia 4–2 Luxembourg
 Report
Attendance: 375
Referee: Lisa Benn (England)
Lithuania 0–4 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)
Luxembourg 1–1 Lithuania
 Report
  • Giržutaitė 86'
Attendance: 283
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)
Turkey 2–0 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 4,837
Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva (Latvia)

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Azerbaijan Montenegro Cyprus Faroe Islands
1  Azerbaijan 6 5 1 0 9 2 +7 16 Promotion to League B — 3–0 1–1 1–0
2  Montenegro 6 4 0 2 14 4 +10 12 Qualification for promotion play-offs 0–1 — 2–0 9–0
3  Cyprus 6 2 1 3 3 6 −3 7 0–1 0–2 — 1–0
4  Faroe Islands 6 0 0 6 1 15 −14 0 1–2 0–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Azerbaijan 1–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 165[22]
Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova)
Faroe Islands 0–1 Montenegro
Report
Attendance: 963[23]
Referee: Briet Bragadottir (Iceland)
Cyprus 1–0 Faroe Islands
 Report
Attendance: 220[24]
Referee: Maika Vanderstichel (France)
Montenegro 0–1 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 250[25]
Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)
Faroe Islands 1–2 Azerbaijan
  • Christiansen 83'
 Report
Attendance: 430[26]
Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva (Latvia)
Cyprus 0–2 Montenegro
Report
Attendance: 200[27]
Referee: Kateryna Usova (Ukraine)
Azerbaijan 3–0 Montenegro
 Report
Attendance: 145[28]
Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk (Ukraine)
Faroe Islands 0–1 Cyprus
Report
Attendance: 530[29]
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)
Montenegro 9–0 Faroe Islands
 Report
Attendance: 75
Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria)
Cyprus 0–1 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 283
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)
Azerbaijan 1–0 Faroe Islands
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)
Montenegro 2–0 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 90
Referee: Teresa Oliveira (Portugal)

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Israel Estonia Kazakhstan Armenia
1  Israel 6 5 1 0 21 2 +19 16 Promotion to League B — 4–1 0–0 6–1
2  Estonia 6 3 1 2 11 11 0 10 0–5 — 0–0 5–1
3  Kazakhstan 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 0–2 0–1 — 4–1
4  Armenia 6 0 0 6 5 25 −20 0 0–4 1–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Estonia 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Attendance: 334[30]
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)
Armenia 1–2 Kazakhstan
  • Asatryan 54'
 Report
Attendance: 350[31]
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)
Estonia 0–5 Israel
Report
Attendance: 337[32]
Referee: Lisa Benn (England)
Armenia 1–4 Estonia
 Report
Attendance: 120[33]
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
Estonia 5–1 Armenia
 Report
Attendance: 342[34]
Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova)
Kazakhstan 0–2 Israel
Report
Globall Football Park, Telki (Hungary)[note 3]
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Israel 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Globall Football Park, Telki (Hungary)[note 3]
Attendance: 20[35]
Referee: Cansu Tryak (Turkey)
Armenia 0–4 Israel
Report
Attendance: 150[36]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Kazakhstan 0–1 Estonia
Report
Attendance: 386[37]
Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)
Israel 6–1 Armenia
 Report
Attendance: 110[38]
Referee: Irena Velevačkoska (North Macedonia)
Israel 4–1 Estonia
 Report
Globall Football Park, Telki (Hungary)[note 7]
Attendance: 3
Referee: Maïka Vanderstichel (France)
Kazakhstan 4–1 Armenia
 Report
Attendance: 237
Referee: Jurgita Mačikunytė (Lithuania)

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Kosovo Bulgaria North Macedonia
1  Kosovo 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 10 Promotion to League B — 5–1 3–1
2  Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 4 7 −3 5 Qualification for promotion play-offs 0–0 — 2–2
3  North Macedonia 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1 0–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
North Macedonia 0–1 Bulgaria
Report
  • Stankova 4'
Attendance: 200[39]
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)
Bulgaria 0–0 Kosovo
Report
Attendance: 223[40]
Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)
North Macedonia 0–2 Kosovo
Report
Attendance: 170[41]
Referee: Michaela Pachtova (Czech Republic)
Kosovo 3–1 North Macedonia
 Report
  • Cokleska 90'
Attendance: 300[42]
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
Kosovo 5–1 Bulgaria
 Report
Attendance: 120
Bulgaria 2–2 North Macedonia
 Report
Attendance: 252
Referee: Victoria Beyer (France)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1  Latvia 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6 Qualification for promotion play-offs
2 C3  Montenegro 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
3 C5  Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 4 7 −3 5
4 C4  Estonia 4 1 1 2 2 9 −7 4
5 C2  Lithuania 4 0 1 3 1 9 −8 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers - not considering results against teams ranked fourth in each group

Overall ranking

The 19 League C teams are ranked 33rd to 51st overall in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League according to the following rules:[2]

  • The teams finishing first in their groups are ranked 33rd to 37th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing second in their groups are ranked 38th to 42nd according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing third in their groups are ranked 43rd to 47th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing fourth in their groups are ranked 48th to 51st according to the results of the league phase.

Due to League C being composed of different sized groups, the results against the fourth-placed teams are not taken into account when comparing teams finishing first, second, and third in their groups.[2]

Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
33 C2  Turkey 4 4 0 0 11 0 +11 12
34 C1  Malta 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 12
35 C4  Israel 4 3 1 0 11 1 +10 10
36 C5  Kosovo 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 10
37 C3  Azerbaijan 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10
38 C1  Latvia 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6
39 C3  Montenegro 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
40 C5  Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 4 7 −3 5
41 C4  Estonia 4 1 1 2 2 9 −7 4
42 C2  Lithuania 4 0 1 3 1 9 −8 1
43 C2  Luxembourg 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
44 C4  Kazakhstan 4 0 2 2 0 3 −3 2
45 C5  North Macedonia 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1
46 C3  Cyprus 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1
47 C1  Andorra 4 0 0 4 0 16 −16 0
48 C2  Georgia 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5
49 C1  Moldova 6 0 3 3 4 12 −8 3
50 C3  Faroe Islands 6 0 0 6 1 15 −14 0
51 C4  Armenia 6 0 0 6 5 25 −20 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Goalscorers

There were 154 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 2.85 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ↑ CEST (UTC+2) for times up to 28 October 2023, CET (UTC+1) for times from 29 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Match originally scheduled for 26 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 Both Kazakhstan-Israel matches were moved to a neutral venue in Hungary.
  4. ↑ Match originally scheduled for 31 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Match originally scheduled for 30 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Match originally scheduled for 21 September 2023.
  7. 1 2 Due to the war in Israel, Israel played their "home" matches outside of Israel.

References

  1. ↑ "2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League: How it works". UEFA. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship including UEFA Nations League and European Qualifiers". UEFA. 7 February 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Women's National Teams Coefficients Overview: Matches considered up to 06/09/2022" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League: League Phase Draw". UEFA. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League: League stage draw on Tuesday". UEFA. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Latvia v Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Moldova v Andorra" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Andorra v Latvia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Malta v Moldova" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Latvia v Moldova" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Malta v Andorra" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Moldova v Latvia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Andorra v Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Lithuania v Luxembourg" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Georgia v Turkey" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "Turkey v Lithuania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Luxembourg v Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Lithuania v Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Luxembourg v Turkey" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Georgia v Lithuania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  21. ↑ "Turkey v Luxembourg" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  22. ↑ "Azerbaijan v Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  23. ↑ "Faroe Islands v Montenegro" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  24. ↑ "Cyprus v Faroe Islands" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  25. ↑ "Montenegro v Azerbaijan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  26. ↑ "Faroe Islands v Azerbaijan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  27. ↑ "Cyprus v Montenegro" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  28. ↑ "Azerbaijan v Montenegro" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  29. ↑ "Faroe Islands v Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  30. ↑ "Estonia v Kazakhstan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  31. ↑ "Armenia v Kazakhstan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  32. ↑ "Estonia v Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  33. ↑ "Armenia v Estonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  34. ↑ "Estonia v Armenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  35. ↑ "Israel v Kazakhstan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  36. ↑ "Armenia v Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  37. ↑ "Kazakhstan v Estonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  38. ↑ "Israel v Armenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  39. ↑ "North Macedonia v Bulgaria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  40. ↑ "Bulgaria v Kosovo" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  41. ↑ "North Macedonia v Kosovo" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  42. ↑ "Kosovo v North Macedonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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