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2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Tournament details
Dates	3 September – 18 November 2020
Teams	16
Promoted	Austria  Czech Republic  Hungary  Wales
Relegated	Northern Ireland  Slovakia  Turkey  Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	104 (2.21 per match)
Attendance	28,883 (615 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erling Haaland (6 goals)
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The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B was the second 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]

Following a format change from the first season, League B was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.^[2] The league consisted of UEFA members ranked from 17 to 32 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 A, and the fourth-placed team of each group was relegated to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C.^[4]

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

Incoming Promoted from Nations League C Group winners:  Finland  Norway  Scotland  Serbia Following format change:  Bulgaria  Hungary  Israel  Romania

Outgoing Promoted to Nations League A  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Denmark  Sweden  Ukraine

The following team changes were initially set to occur in League B, but did not after no teams were relegated due to the format change by UEFA:

Incoming Initially relegated from Nations League A  Croatia  Germany  Iceland  Poland

Outgoing Initially relegated to Nations League C  Northern Ireland  Republic of Ireland  Slovakia  Turkey

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.^[5][6] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed 4 December 2019,^[7] and were based on the access list ranking.^[4][8]

Pot 1 Team Rank  Russia 17  Austria 18  Wales 19  Czech Republic 20

Pot 2 Team Rank  Scotland 21  Norway 22  Serbia 23  Finland 24

Pot 3 Team Rank  Slovakia 25  Turkey 26  Republic of Ireland 27  Northern Ireland 28

Pot 4 Team Rank  Bulgaria 29  Israel 30  Hungary 31  Romania 32

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.^{[9][10][11][12]} Each group contained one team from each pot.

The original fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 3 March 2020 following the draw.^[13] 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.^[14][15] Following the change, a revised schedule for the October and November 2020 fixtures was released by UEFA on 26 June 2020.^[16][17]

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria (P)	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13	Promotion to League A		—	1–1	2–3	2–1
2	Norway	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10			1–2	—	4–0	1–0
3	Romania	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8			0–1	3–0[a]	—	1–1
4	Northern Ireland (R)	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2	Relegation to League C		0–1	1–5	1–1	—

Norway	1–2	Austria
Haaland 66'	Report	Gregoritsch 35' Sabitzer 54' (pen.)

Attendance: 0^{[18][note 2]}

Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Romania	1–1	Northern Ireland
Pușcaș 25'	Report	Whyte 86'

Attendance: 0^{[21][note 2]}

Referee: François Letexier (France)

Austria	2–3	Romania
Baumgartner 17' Onisiwo 81'	Report	Alibec 3' Grigore 51' Maxim 70'

Attendance: 0^{[22][note 2]}

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Northern Ireland	1–5	Norway
McNair 6'	Report	Elyounoussi 2' Haaland 7', 58' Sørloth 19', 47'

Attendance: 0^{[23][note 2]}

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Norway	4–0	Romania
Haaland 13', 64', 74' Sørloth 39'	Report

Attendance: 200^[24]

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Northern Ireland	0–1	Austria
	Report	Gregoritsch 42'

Attendance: 600^[25]

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

Norway	1–0	Northern Ireland
Dallas 68' (o.g.)	Report

Attendance: 200^[26]

Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Romania	0–1	Austria
	Report	Schöpf 76'

Attendance: 0^{[27][note 3]}

Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Austria	2–1	Northern Ireland
Schaub 81' Grbić 87'	Report	Magennis 75'

Attendance: 0^{[28][note 3]}

Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Romania	3–0 Awarded[note 4]	Norway
	Report

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Austria	1–1	Norway
Grbić 90+4'	Report	Zahid 61'

Attendance: 0^{[30][note 3]}

Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Northern Ireland	1–1	Romania
Boyce 56'	Report	Bicfalvi 81'

Attendance: 1,060^[31]

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Czech Republic (P)	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Promotion to League A		—	1–2	1–0	2–0
2	Scotland	6	3	1	2	5	4	+1	10			1–0	—	1–1	1–0
3	Israel	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			1–2	1–0	—	1–1
4	Slovakia (R)	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4	Relegation to League C		1–3	1–0	2–3	—

Scotland	1–1	Israel
Christie 45' (pen.)	Report	Zahavi 73'

Attendance: 295^[32]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Slovakia	1–3	Czech Republic
Schranz 88'	Report	Coufal 48' Dočkal 53' (pen.) Krmenčík 86'

Attendance: 0^{[33][note 2]}

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Czech Republic	1–2	Scotland
Pešek 12'	Report	Dykes 27' Christie 52' (pen.)

Attendance: 0^{[34][note 2]}

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Israel	1–1	Slovakia
Elmkies 90+1'	Report	Ďuriš 14'

Attendance: 0^{[35][note 2]}

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Israel	1–2	Czech Republic
Zahavi 56'	Report	Abu Hanna 14' (o.g.) Vydra 48'

Attendance: 0^{[36][note 3]}

Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Scotland	1–0	Slovakia
Dykes 54'	Report

Attendance: 93^[37]

Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Scotland	1–0	Czech Republic
Fraser 6'	Report

Attendance: 299^[38]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Slovakia	2–3	Israel
Hamšík 16' Mak 38'	Report	Zahavi 68', 76', 89'

Attendance: 0^{[39][note 3]}

Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Slovakia	1–0	Scotland
Greguš 32'	Report

Attendance: 0^{[40][note 3]}

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Czech Republic	1–0	Israel
Darida 7'	Report

Attendance: 0^{[41][note 3]}

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Czech Republic	2–0	Slovakia
Souček 17' Ondrášek 55'	Report

Attendance: 0^{[42][note 3]}

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Israel	1–0	Scotland
Solomon 44'	Report

Attendance: 0^{[43][note 3]}

Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary (P)	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Promotion to League A		—	2–3	1–1	2–0
2	Russia	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8			0–0	—	3–1	1–1
3	Serbia	6	1	3	2	9	7	+2	6[a]			0–1	5–0	—	0–0
4	Turkey (R)	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6[a]	Relegation to League C		0–1	3–2	2–2	—

Russia	3–1	Serbia
Dzyuba 48' (pen.), 81' Karavayev 69'	Report	A. Mitrović 78'

Attendance: 0^{[44][note 2]}

Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Turkey	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Szoboszlai 80'

Attendance: 0^{[45][note 2]}

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Hungary	2–3	Russia
Sallai 62' Nikolić 70'	Report	Miranchuk 15' Ozdoyev 34' Fernandes 46'

Attendance: 0^{[46][note 2]}

Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Serbia	0–0	Turkey
	Report

Attendance: 0^{[47][note 2]}

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Russia	1–1	Turkey
Miranchuk 28'	Report	Karaman 62'

Attendance: 5,019^[48]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Serbia	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Könyves 20'

Attendance: 0^{[49][note 3]}

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Russia	0–0	Hungary
	Report

Attendance: 4,821^[50]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Turkey	2–2	Serbia
Çalhanoğlu 57' Tufan 76'	Report	Milinković-Savić 22' A. Mitrović 49' (pen.)

Attendance: 519^[51]

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Turkey	3–2	Russia
Karaman 26' Ünder 32' Tosun 52' (pen.)	Report	Cheryshev 11' Kuzyayev 57'

Attendance: 812^[52]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Hungary	1–1	Serbia
Kalmár 39'	Report	Radonjić 17'

Attendance: 0^{[53][note 3]}

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Hungary	2–0	Turkey
Sigér 57' Varga 90+5'	Report

Attendance: 0^{[54][note 3]}

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Serbia	5–0	Russia
Radonjić 10' Jović 25', 45+1' Vlahović 41' Mladenović 64'	Report

Attendance: 0^{[55][note 3]}

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wales (P)	6	5	1	0	7	1	+6	16	Promotion to League A		—	3–1	1–0	1–0
2	Finland	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12			0–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Republic of Ireland	6	0	3	3	1	4	−3	3			0–0	0–1	—	0–0
4	Bulgaria (R)	6	0	2	4	2	7	−5	2	Relegation to League C		0–1	1–2	1–1	—

Bulgaria	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Kraev 56'	Report	Duffy 90+3'

Attendance: 0^{[56][note 2]}

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Finland	0–1	Wales
	Report	Moore 80'

Attendance: 0^{[57][note 2]}

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Wales	1–0	Bulgaria
N. Williams 90+4'	Report

Attendance: 0^{[58][note 2]}

Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Finland
	Report	Jensen 64'

Attendance: 0^{[59][note 2]}

Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Wales
	Report

Attendance: 0^{[60][note 3]}

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Finland	2–0	Bulgaria
Taylor 52' Jensen 67'	Report

Attendance: 6,587^[61]

Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Finland	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Jensen 66'	Report

Attendance: 7,900^[62]

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Bulgaria	0–1	Wales
	Report	J. Williams 85'

Attendance: 478^[63]

Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Bulgaria	1–2	Finland
Iliev 68' (pen.)	Report	Pukki 7' Lod 45+1'

Attendance: 0^{[64][note 3]}

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Wales	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Brooks 67'	Report

Attendance: 0^{[65][note 3]}

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

Attendance: 0^{[66][note 3]}

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Wales	3–1	Finland
Wilson 29' James 46' Moore 84'	Report	Pukki 63'

Attendance: 0^{[67][note 3]}

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

There were 104 goals scored in 47 matches, for an average of 2.21 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

Alexander Sørloth

2 goals

Michael Gregoritsch

Teemu Pukki

Artem Dzyuba

Anton Miranchuk

Ryan Christie

Lyndon Dykes

Luka Jović

Aleksandar Mitrović

Nemanja Radonjić

Kenan Karaman

Kieffer Moore

1 goal

Karim Onisiwo

Marcel Sabitzer

Louis Schaub

Alessandro Schöpf

Dimitar Iliev

Bozhidar Kraev

Vladimír Coufal

Vladimír Darida

Bořek Dočkal

Michael Krmenčík

Zdeněk Ondrášek

Jakub Pešek

Tomáš Souček

Matěj Vydra

Robin Lod

Robert Taylor

Zsolt Kalmár

Norbert Könyves

Nemanja Nikolić

Roland Sallai

Dávid Sigér

Dominik Szoboszlai

Kevin Varga

Ilay Elmkies

Manor Solomon

Liam Boyce

Josh Magennis

Paddy McNair

Gavin Whyte

Mohamed Elyounoussi

Ghayas Zahid

Shane Duffy

Denis Alibec

Eric Bicfalvi

Dragoș Grigore

Alexandru Maxim

George Pușcaș

Denis Cheryshev

Mário Fernandes

Vyacheslav Karavayev

Daler Kuzyayev

Magomed Ozdoyev

Ryan Fraser

Sergej Milinković-Savić

Filip Mladenović

Dušan Vlahović

Michal Ďuriš

Ján Greguš

Marek Hamšík

Róbert Mak

Ivan Schranz

Hakan Çalhanoğlu

Cenk Tosun

Ozan Tufan

Cengiz Ünder

David Brooks

Daniel James

Jonny Williams

Neco Williams

Harry Wilson

1 own goal

Stuart Dallas (against Norway)

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:^[4][68]

• The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing fourth in the groups were ranked 29th to 32nd according to the results of the league phase.

Rnk	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	B4	Wales	6	5	1	0	7	1	+6	16
18	B1	Austria	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13
19	B2	Czech Republic	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
20	B3	Hungary	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11
21	B4	Finland	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12
22	B1	Norway	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10
23	B2	Scotland	6	3	1	2	5	4	+1	10
24	B3	Russia	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8
25	B2	Israel	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
26	B1	Romania	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8
27	B3	Serbia	6	1	3	2	9	7	+2	6
28	B4	Republic of Ireland	6	0	3	3	1	4	−3	3
29	B3	Turkey	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6
30	B2	Slovakia	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
31	B4	Bulgaria	6	0	2	4	2	7	−5	2
32	B1	Northern Ireland	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2