2022–23 UEFA Nations League D

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League D was the fourth and lowest 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.

2022–23 UEFA Nations League D
Tournament details
Dates2 June – 26 September 2022
Teams7
Promoted Estonia
 Latvia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored44 (2.44 per match)
Attendance55,229 (3,068 per match)
Top scorer(s)Latvia Vladislavs Gutkovskis
(5 goals)

Format

League D consisted of the lowest seven ranked UEFA members from 49 to 55 in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League access list, split into two groups (one group of four teams and one group of three teams). Each team played four or 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 both groups were promoted to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C.[2]

Teams

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League D from the 2020–21 season:

Incoming
Relegated from
Nations League C
Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League C

Seeding

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
 Estonia[lower-alpha 1] 49
 Moldova[lower-alpha 1] 50
 Liechtenstein 51
 Malta 52
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Latvia 53
 San Marino 54
 Andorra 55
  1. The identity of the play-out losers was not known at the time of the draw.

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[5][6] Group D1 contained two teams from Pot 1 and two teams from Pot 2, while Group D2 contained two teams from Pot 1 and one team from Pot 2. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, any group could contain a maximum of one of the following pairs: Andorra and Kazakhstan, Malta and Kazakhstan.

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[7][8]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Latvia Moldova Andorra Liechtenstein
1  Latvia (P) 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to League C — 1–2 3–0 1–0
2  Moldova 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13[lower-alpha 1] 2–4 — 2–1 2–0
3  Andorra 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8 1–1 0–0 — 2–1
4  Liechtenstein 6 0 0 6 1 11 −10 0 0–2 0–2 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Latvia +1, Moldova −1.
Latvia 3–0 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 5,863[9]
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Liechtenstein 0–2 Moldova
Report
Attendance: 903[10]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Latvia 1–0 Liechtenstein
 Report
Attendance: 5,966[11]
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Andorra 0–0 Moldova
Report
Attendance: 756[12]
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
Moldova 2–4 Latvia
 Report
Attendance: 4,842[13]
Andorra 2–1 Liechtenstein
 Report
Attendance: 932[14]
Referee: Nejc Kajtazović (Slovenia)
Moldova 2–1 Andorra
 Report
Attendance: 4,275[15]
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)
Liechtenstein 0–2 Latvia
Report
Attendance: 885[16]
Latvia 1–2 Moldova
 Report
Attendance: 6,711[17]
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Liechtenstein 0–2 Andorra
Report
Attendance: 914[18]
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)
Andorra 1–1 Latvia
 Report
Attendance: 1,102[19]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Moldova 2–0 Liechtenstein
 Report
Attendance: 5,774[20]

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Estonia Malta San Marino
1  Estonia (P) 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12 Promotion to League C — 2–1 2–0
2  Malta 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 6 1–2 — 1–0
3  San Marino 4 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0 0–4 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Estonia 2–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 3,533[21]
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)
San Marino 0–2 Malta
Report
Attendance: 558[22]
Malta 1–2 Estonia
 Report
Attendance: 3,422[23]
Malta 1–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 2,646[24]
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Estonia 2–1 Malta
 Report
Attendance: 5,539[25]
San Marino 0–4 Estonia
Report
Attendance: 608[26]

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.44 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

The seven League D teams were ranked 49th to 55th overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][27]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 49th to 50th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 51st to 52nd according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 53rd to 54th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The team finishing fourth in Group D1 was ranked 55th.
Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
49 D2  Estonia 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12
50 D1  Latvia 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4 7
51 D1  Moldova 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
52 D2  Malta 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 6
53 D1  Andorra 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2
54 D2  San Marino 4 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0
55 D1  Liechtenstein 6 0 0 6 1 11 −10 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs
Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs

Unlike the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs, the now-downsized League D will not have its own play-off path. Instead, if any of Leagues A, B, or C have fewer than four teams that did not qualify directly for Euro 2024, the best-ranked group winner of League D will advance to the play-offs (unless that team already qualified for Euro 2024). The remaining spots will be allocated based on the Nations League overall ranking, subject to the restriction that group winners from Leagues A, B, and C cannot face teams from a higher league. Therefore, additional teams from League D can only advance to the play-offs if enough teams from League C qualify directly for Euro 2024.[28]

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