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2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

Tournament details
Dates	2 June – 27 September 2022
Teams	16
Promoted	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Israel  Scotland  Serbia
Relegated	Armenia  Romania  Russia  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	112 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	758,681 (18,064 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erling Haaland Aleksandar Mitrović (6 goals each)
← 2020–21 2024–25 →

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B was the second 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 B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked from 17–32 in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League access list, split into four groups of four. Each team played 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 were promoted to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group were relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C.^[2]

The following were the team changes in League B from the 2020–21 season:

Incoming Relegated from Nations League A Promoted from Nations League C  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Iceland  Sweden  Ukraine  Albania  Armenia  Montenegro  Slovenia

Outgoing Promoted to Nations League A Relegated to Nations League C  Austria  Czech Republic  Hungary  Wales  Bulgaria  Northern Ireland  Slovakia  Turkey

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking.^[3] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021,^[4] and were based on the access list ranking.^[2]

Pot 1 Team Rank  Ukraine 17  Sweden 18  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19  Iceland 20

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

Pot 3 Team Rank  Israel 25  Romania 26  Serbia 27  Republic of Ireland 28

Pot 4 Team Rank  Slovenia 29  Montenegro 30  Albania 31  Armenia 32

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.^[5][6] Each group contained one team from each pot. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, Armenia, Israel and Iceland could not all be in the same group.

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.^[7][8] The fixture list for Group 1 was amended due to the postponement of Path A of UEFA qualifying for the World Cup.^[9]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), 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	Scotland (P)	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Promotion to League A		—	3–0	2–1	2–0
2	Ukraine	6	3	2	1	10	4	+6	11			0–0	—	1–1	3–0
3	Republic of Ireland	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7			3–0	0–1	—	3–2
4	Armenia (R)	6	1	0	5	4	17	−13	3	Relegation to League C		1–4	0–5	1–0	—

Armenia	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Spertsyan 74'	Report

Attendance: 10,600^[10]

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Scotland	2–0	Armenia
Ralston 28' McKenna 40'	Report

Attendance: 38,627^[11]

Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Tsyhankov 49'

Attendance: 40,111^[12]

Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Ukraine	3–0	Armenia
Malinovskyi 61' Karavayev 77' Mykolenko 84'	Report

Attendance: 12,503^[14]

Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Republic of Ireland	3–0	Scotland
Browne 20' Parrott 28' Obafemi 51'	Report

Attendance: 46,927^[15]

Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Armenia	1–4	Scotland
Bichakhchyan 6'	Report	Armstrong 14', 45+1' McGinn 50' Adams 54'

Attendance: 13,500^[16]

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Ukraine	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Dovbyk 47'	Report	Collins 31'

Attendance: 10,641^[17]

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Scotland	3–0	Ukraine
McGinn 70' Dykes 80', 87'	Report

Attendance: 42,846^[18]

Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Armenia	0–5	Ukraine
	Report	Tymchyk 22' Zubkov 57' Dovbyk 69', 84' Ihnatenko 81'

Attendance: 7,200^[19]

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Scotland	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Hendry 50' Christie 82' (pen.)	Report	Egan 18'

Attendance: 48,853^[20]

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Republic of Ireland	3–2	Armenia
Egan 18' Obafemi 52' Brady 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Dashyan 71' Spertsyan 73'

Attendance: 41,719^[21]

Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

Ukraine	0–0	Scotland
	Report

Attendance: 13,534^[22]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Israel (P)	4	2	2	0	8	6	+2	8	Promotion to League A		—	2–2	2–1	Canc.
2	Iceland	4	0	4	0	6	6	0	4			2–2	—	1–1	Canc.
3	Albania	4	0	2	2	4	6	−2	2			1–2	1–1	—	Canc.
4	Russia[a] (R, D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Banned from tournament		Canc.	Canc.	Canc.	—

Albania	Cancelled	Russia
	Report

Israel	2–2	Iceland
Abada 25' Weissman 84'	Report	Helgason 42' Sigurðsson 53'

Attendance: 13,150^[24]

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Iceland	1–1	Albania
Þorsteinsson 49'	Report	Seferi 30'

Attendance: 4,033^[25]

Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Israel	Cancelled	Russia
	Report

Albania	1–2	Israel
Broja 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Solomon 57', 73'

Attendance: 18,100^[26]

Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Russia	Cancelled	Iceland
	Report

Iceland	2–2	Israel
Þorsteinsson 9' Helgason 60'	Report	Grétarsson 35' (o.g.) Peretz 65'

Attendance: 2,778^[27]

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Russia	Cancelled	Albania
	Report

Iceland	Cancelled	Russia
	Report

Israel	2–1	Albania
Weissman 46' Baribo 90+2'	Report	Uzuni 88'

Attendance: 29,200^[28]

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Albania	1–1	Iceland
Lenjani 35'	Report	Anderson 90+7'

Attendance: 8,800^[29]

Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

Russia	Cancelled	Israel
	Report

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (P)	6	3	2	1	8	8	0	11	Promotion to League A		—	3–2	1–0	1–0
2	Finland	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8			1–1	—	2–0	1–1
3	Montenegro	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7[a]			1–1	0–2	—	2–0
4	Romania (R)	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7[a]	Relegation to League C		4–1	1–0	0–3	—

Finland	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pukki 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Prevljak 90+3'

Attendance: 20,181^[30]

Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)

Montenegro	2–0	Romania
Mugoša 66' Vukčević 87'	Report

Attendance: 3,998^[31]

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Finland	2–0	Montenegro
Pohjanpalo 31', 38'	Report

Attendance: 17,009^[32]

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Romania
Prevljak 68'	Report

Attendance: 4,500^[33]

Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

Montenegro	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marušić 77'	Report	Menalo 62'

Attendance: 6,555^[34]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Romania	1–0	Finland
Bancu 30'	Report

Attendance: 11,503^[35]

Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2	Finland
Pjanić 5' (pen.) Džeko 29', 58'	Report	Pukki 10' Källman 18'

Attendance: 8,150^[36]

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Romania	0–3	Montenegro
	Report	Mugoša 42', 56', 63'

Attendance: 11,657^[37]

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Montenegro
Demirović 45+1'	Report

Attendance: 12,050^[38]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Finland	1–1	Romania
Pukki 12'	Report	Tănase 52'

Attendance: 20,130^[39]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Montenegro	0–2	Finland
	Report	Antman 47' Källman 53'

Attendance: 2,522^[40]

Referee: François Letexier (France)

Romania	4–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Man 38' Pușcaș 73', 86' Rațiu 79'	Report	Džeko 77'

Attendance: 12,693^[41]

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Serbia (P)	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Promotion to League A		—	0–1	4–1	4–1
2	Norway	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10			0–2	—	0–0	3–2
3	Slovenia	6	1	3	2	6	10	−4	6			2–2	2–1	—	0–2
4	Sweden (R)	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4	Relegation to League C		0–1	1–2	1–1	—

Serbia	0–1	Norway
	Report	Haaland 26'

Attendance: 9,726^[42]

Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Slovenia	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Forsberg 39' (pen.) Kulusevski 88'

Attendance: 5,123^[43]

Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Serbia	4–1	Slovenia
A. Mitrović 24' S. Milinković-Savić 56' Jović 85' Radonjić 90+2'	Report	Stojanović 30'

Attendance: 10,925^[44]

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Sweden	1–2	Norway
Elanga 90+2'	Report	Haaland 20' (pen.), 69'

Attendance: 42,320^[45]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Norway	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

Attendance: 18,134^[46]

Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Sweden	0–1	Serbia
	Report	Jović 45+3'

Attendance: 24,123^[47]

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Norway	3–2	Sweden
Haaland 10', 54' (pen.) Sørloth 77'	Report	Forsberg 62' Gyökeres 90+5'

Attendance: 24,273^[48]

Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Slovenia	2–2	Serbia
Gnezda Čerin 48' Šeško 53'	Report	Živković 8' A. Mitrović 35'

Attendance: 13,782^[49]

Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Slovenia	2–1	Norway
Šporar 69' Šeško 81'	Report	Haaland 47'

Attendance: 14,824^[50]

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Serbia	4–1	Sweden
A. Mitrović 18', 45+1', 48' Lukić 70'	Report	Claesson 15'

Attendance: 14,122^[51]

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Norway	0–2	Serbia
	Report	Vlahović 42' A. Mitrović 54'

Attendance: 24,364^[52]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Sweden	1–1	Slovenia
Forsberg 42'	Report	Šeško 28'

Attendance: 22,895^[53]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

There were 112 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

6 goals

Aleksandar Mitrović

4 goals

3 goals

Teemu Pukki

Benjamin Šeško

Emil Forsberg

Artem Dovbyk

2 goals

Smail Prevljak

Benjamin Källman

Joel Pohjanpalo

Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson

Þórir Jóhann Helgason

Manor Solomon

Shon Weissman

John Egan

Michael Obafemi

George Pușcaș

Stuart Armstrong

Lyndon Dykes

John McGinn

Luka Jović

1 goal

Ermir Lenjani

Taulant Seferi

Myrto Uzuni

Vahan Bichakhchyan

Artak Dashyan

Ermedin Demirović

Luka Menalo

Miralem Pjanić

Oliver Antman

Mikael Anderson

Arnór Sigurðsson

Liel Abada

Tai Baribo

Dor Peretz

Adam Marušić

Marko Vukčević

Alexander Sørloth

Robbie Brady

Alan Browne

Nathan Collins

Troy Parrott

Nicușor Bancu

Dennis Man

Andrei Rațiu

Florin Tănase

Ché Adams

Ryan Christie

Jack Hendry

Scott McKenna

Anthony Ralston

Saša Lukić

Sergej Milinković-Savić

Nemanja Radonjić

Dušan Vlahović

Andrija Živković

Adam Gnezda Čerin

Andraž Šporar

Petar Stojanović

Viktor Claesson

Anthony Elanga

Viktor Gyökeres

Dejan Kulusevski

Danylo Ihnatenko

Oleksandr Karavayev

Ruslan Malinovskyi

Vitaliy Mykolenko

Viktor Tsyhankov

Oleksandr Tymchyk

Oleksandr Zubkov

1 own goal

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:^[2][54][55]

• 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 Groups 1, 3, and 4 were ranked 29th to 31st according to the results of the league phase.
• Russia, disqualifed from the competition and automatically ranked fourth in their group, was ranked 32nd. Because the members of group 2 played two fewer matches as a result, teams finishing first, second, and third in groups 1, 3, and 4 had their match results vs. the fourth place team in their groups discarded for the ranking.

Rnk	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	B2	Israel	4	2	2	0	8	6	+2	8
18	B3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8
19	B4	Serbia	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7
20	B1	Scotland	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
21	B3	Finland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7
22	B1	Ukraine	4	1	2	1	2	4	−2	5
23	B2	Iceland	4	0	4	0	6	6	0	4
24	B4	Norway	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	4
25	B4	Slovenia	4	1	2	1	5	7	−2	5
26	B1	Republic of Ireland	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	4
27	B2	Albania	4	0	2	2	4	6	−2	2
28	B3	Montenegro	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	1
29	B3	Romania	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7
30	B4	Sweden	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4
31	B1	Armenia	6	1	0	5	4	17	−13	3
32	B2	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The four best teams in League B according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage were set to compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.^[56] As the Path A play-offs had a vacant spot, the next-best ranked un-qualified team in League B, Iceland, qualified for the play-offs as well.

League B

Rank	Team
17 GW	Israel
18 GW	Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 GW	Serbia
20 GW	Scotland
21	Finland
22	Ukraine
23	Iceland
24	Norway
25	Slovenia
26	Republic of Ireland
27	Albania
28	Montenegro
29	Romania
30	Sweden
31	Armenia
32	Russia ‡

Key

• ^GW Group winner from Nations League B
•   Team qualified directly to final tournament
•   Team in bold advanced to play-offs
•  ‡  Banned from qualifying competition