2026/27 UEFA Nations League: Complete Fixture Guide, Dates & European Kick-Off Times

2026/27 UEFA Nations League fixture guide cover - league phase, 24 September to 17 November 2026

UEFA Nations League 2026/27 · Fixture guide

2026/27 UEFA Nations LeagueComplete fixture guide: every group, every matchday, and the kick-off times in European time

The fifth edition runs for eight weeks across two windows in the autumn: 156 matches, 54 nations, opening in Amsterdam on 24 September and closing on 17 November.

League phase · 24 September – 17 November 2026 · Leagues A, B, C and D · Finals 9–13 June 2027

156League phase matches
54Nations
4Leagues
6Matchdays

The 2026/27 UEFA Nations League was drawn in Brussels on 12 February 2026, and it is built around a single long autumn block: four matchdays inside thirteen days, from 24 September to 6 October, followed by two more in November. The whole league phase is finished in eight weeks.

That shape is the story of this edition. The fifth Nations League has the same four-league structure as the last one, the same promotion and relegation mechanism, and the same route to a four-team final tournament in June. What has changed is the calendar around it. UEFA identifies the opening window as the special feature of the fifth edition: the league phase starts with a prolonged international block in which teams generally play four Nations League matches in close succession.

For supporters the practical effect is simple: there is no shortage of fixtures to plan around. For the teams it means a group can be effectively decided before the November window even starts — and can still be turned over inside it.

The 2026/27 dates at a glance

StageDatesMatches
Matchday 124–26 September26 matches
Matchday 227–29 September26 matches
Matchday 31–3 October26 matches
Matchday 44–6 October26 matches
Matchday 512–14 November26 matches
Matchday 615–17 November26 matches
League A quarter-finals25–30 March 20278 (two legs)
Promotion / relegation play-offs25–30 March 2027Two-legged ties
Finals9–13 June 2027Four teams
League C/D play-offs23–28 March 2028Two-legged ties
Worth knowing: the league phase ends on 17 November 2026, but the League C/D play-offs are not played until March 2028. That is because they sit inside the next international calendar rather than this season’s, so a small group of League C and League D nations will not know their final placement for another eighteen months.

How the fifth edition works

Leagues A, B and C each contain sixteen teams in four groups of four. Every team plays its three group opponents home and away, which makes six matches per team and 48 per league. League D is smaller: two groups of three, four matches per team, twelve in total.

From League A, the four group winners and the four runners-up go into home-and-away quarter-finals in March 2027, and the four winners of those ties reach the finals. The bottom team in each League A group is relegated, as is the bottom team in each League B group. The group winners in Leagues B, C and D go up automatically, and the remaining places are settled through two-legged promotion/relegation play-offs. UEFA also states that this edition is expected to be linked to qualification for UEFA EURO 2028 in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, giving some nations a second route into the EURO 2028 play-offs.

League A fixtures

All four League A groups, with every match listed by matchday and the published kick-off time in Central European time. League A supplies the tournament’s quarter-finalists in March.

Group A1Belgium · France · Italy · Türkiye
BelgiumFranceItalyTürkiye
MatchdayDateFixtureKO (CET)
1Fri 25 SepItaly vs Belgium20:45
1Fri 25 SepTürkiye vs France20:45
2Mon 28 SepBelgium vs France20:45
2Mon 28 SepTürkiye vs Italy20:45
3Fri 2 OctBelgium vs Türkiye20:45
3Fri 2 OctFrance vs Italy20:45
4Mon 5 OctFrance vs Belgium20:45
4Mon 5 OctItaly vs Türkiye20:45
5Thu 12 NovTürkiye vs Belgium18:00
5Thu 12 NovItaly vs France20:45
6Sun 15 NovBelgium vs Italy20:45
6Sun 15 NovFrance vs Türkiye20:45
Group A2Germany · Greece · Netherlands · Serbia
GermanyGreeceNetherlandsSerbia
MatchdayDateFixtureKO (CET)
1Thu 24 SepNetherlands vs Germany20:45
1Thu 24 SepSerbia vs Greece20:45
2Sun 27 SepSerbia vs Netherlands18:00
2Sun 27 SepGermany vs Greece20:45
3Thu 1 OctGermany vs Serbia20:45
3Thu 1 OctGreece vs Netherlands20:45
4Sun 4 OctGreece vs Germany20:45
4Sun 4 OctNetherlands vs Serbia20:45
5Fri 13 NovNetherlands vs Greece20:45
5Fri 13 NovSerbia vs Germany20:45
6Mon 16 NovGermany vs Netherlands20:45
6Mon 16 NovGreece vs Serbia20:45

Inside Group A2

Group A2 is the tightest of the four on paper: Germany and the Netherlands, plus Serbia and Greece. The two neighbours meet on the opening night in Amsterdam and again on 16 November in Germany, on the final matchday, which means the group can still be live when they play each other for the second time. The full history of that rivalry is here.

Group A3Croatia · Czechia · England · Spain
CroatiaCzechiaEnglandSpain
MatchdayDateFixtureKO (CET)
1Sat 26 SepCzechia vs Croatia20:45
1Sat 26 SepEngland vs Spain20:45
2Tue 29 SepCzechia vs England20:45
2Tue 29 SepSpain vs Croatia20:45
3Sat 3 OctCroatia vs England18:00
3Sat 3 OctSpain vs Czechia20:45
4Tue 6 OctCroatia vs Spain20:45
4Tue 6 OctEngland vs Czechia20:45
5Thu 12 NovCzechia vs Spain20:45
5Thu 12 NovEngland vs Croatia20:45
6Sun 15 NovCroatia vs Czechia20:45
6Sun 15 NovSpain vs England20:45
Group A4Denmark · Norway · Portugal · Wales
DenmarkNorwayPortugalWales
MatchdayDateFixtureKO (CET)
1Thu 24 SepNorway vs Denmark20:45
1Thu 24 SepPortugal vs Wales20:45
2Sun 27 SepDenmark vs Wales18:00
2Sun 27 SepNorway vs Portugal20:45
3Thu 1 OctDenmark vs Portugal20:45
3Thu 1 OctWales vs Norway20:45
4Sun 4 OctPortugal vs Norway20:45
4Sun 4 OctWales vs Denmark20:45
5Sat 14 NovNorway vs Wales18:00
5Sat 14 NovPortugal vs Denmark20:45
6Tue 17 NovDenmark vs Norway20:45
6Tue 17 NovWales vs Portugal20:45

League B fixtures

Sixteen teams, four groups, six matchdays. Scotland, Switzerland, Slovenia and North Macedonia make up B1; Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia and Northern Ireland are in B2; Israel, Austria, the Republic of Ireland and Kosovo are in B3; Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Sweden are in B4.

DateGrpFixtureKO (CET)
Matchday 1 · 24–26 September
Thu 24 SepB3Austria vs Israel20:45
Thu 24 SepB3Kosovo vs Republic of Ireland20:45
Fri 25 SepB2Georgia vs Northern Ireland18:00
Fri 25 SepB2Hungary vs Ukraine20:45
Fri 25 SepB4Poland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina20:45
Fri 25 SepB4Sweden vs Romania20:45
Sat 26 SepB1Slovenia vs Scotland15:00
Sat 26 SepB1North Macedonia vs Switzerland20:45
Matchday 2 · 27–29 September
Sun 27 SepB3Austria vs Kosovo18:00
Sun 27 SepB3Israel vs Republic of Ireland20:45
Mon 28 SepB2Georgia vs Ukraine18:00
Mon 28 SepB2Northern Ireland vs Hungary20:45
Mon 28 SepB4Romania vs Bosnia and Herzegovina20:45
Mon 28 SepB4Sweden vs Poland20:45
Tue 29 SepB1Scotland vs Switzerland20:45
Tue 29 SepB1Slovenia vs North Macedonia20:45
Matchday 3 · 1–3 October
Thu 1 OctB3Israel vs Kosovo20:45
Thu 1 OctB3Republic of Ireland vs Austria20:45
Fri 2 OctB2Hungary vs Georgia20:45
Fri 2 OctB2Ukraine vs Northern Ireland20:45
Fri 2 OctB4Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Sweden20:45
Fri 2 OctB4Poland vs Romania20:45
Sat 3 OctB1North Macedonia vs Scotland20:45
Sat 3 OctB1Switzerland vs Slovenia20:45
Matchday 4 · 4–6 October
Sun 4 OctB3Kosovo vs Austria18:00
Sun 4 OctB3Republic of Ireland vs Israel20:45
Mon 5 OctB2Northern Ireland vs Georgia20:45
Mon 5 OctB2Ukraine vs Hungary20:45
Mon 5 OctB4Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Poland20:45
Mon 5 OctB4Romania vs Sweden20:45
Tue 6 OctB1Scotland vs Slovenia20:45
Tue 6 OctB1Switzerland vs North Macedonia20:45
Matchday 5 · 12–14 November
Fri 13 NovB1Scotland vs North Macedonia20:45
Fri 13 NovB1Slovenia vs Switzerland20:45
Sat 14 NovB3Kosovo vs Israel15:00
Sat 14 NovB2Georgia vs Hungary18:00
Sat 14 NovB2Northern Ireland vs Ukraine20:45
Sat 14 NovB3Austria vs Republic of Ireland20:45
Sat 14 NovB4Romania vs Poland20:45
Sat 14 NovB4Sweden vs Bosnia and Herzegovina20:45
Matchday 6 · 15–17 November
Mon 16 NovB1North Macedonia vs Slovenia20:45
Mon 16 NovB1Switzerland vs Scotland20:45
Tue 17 NovB2Hungary vs Northern Ireland20:45
Tue 17 NovB2Ukraine vs Georgia20:45
Tue 17 NovB3Israel vs Austria20:45
Tue 17 NovB3Republic of Ireland vs Kosovo20:45
Tue 17 NovB4Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Romania20:45
Tue 17 NovB4Poland vs Sweden20:45

League C fixtures

League C is where the early kick-off times cluster: most of its matches start at 18:00 Central European time, with a handful earlier still in Kazakhstan and the Faroe Islands.

DateGrpFixtureKO (CET)
Matchday 1 · 24–26 September
Fri 25 SepC2Armenia vs Latvia18:00
Fri 25 SepC2Montenegro vs Cyprus20:45
Sat 26 SepC1San Marino vs Finland18:00
Sat 26 SepC3Faroe Islands vs Kazakhstan18:00
Sat 26 SepC4Bulgaria vs Luxembourg18:00
Sat 26 SepC4Iceland vs Estonia18:00
Sat 26 SepC1Albania vs Belarus20:45
Sat 26 SepC3Slovakia vs Moldova20:45
Matchday 2 · 27–29 September
Mon 28 SepC2Armenia vs Montenegro18:00
Mon 28 SepC2Latvia vs Cyprus18:00
Tue 29 SepC1Finland vs Belarus18:00
Tue 29 SepC3Moldova vs Faroe Islands18:00
Tue 29 SepC1San Marino vs Albania20:45
Tue 29 SepC3Slovakia vs Kazakhstan20:45
Tue 29 SepC4Bulgaria vs Estonia20:45
Tue 29 SepC4Luxembourg vs Iceland20:45
Matchday 3 · 1–3 October
Fri 2 OctC3Kazakhstan vs Moldova16:00
Fri 2 OctC2Cyprus vs Armenia18:00
Fri 2 OctC2Latvia vs Montenegro18:00
Fri 2 OctC3Faroe Islands vs Slovakia20:45
Sat 3 OctC1Finland vs Albania15:00
Sat 3 OctC1Belarus vs San Marino18:00
Sat 3 OctC4Estonia vs Luxembourg18:00
Sat 3 OctC4Iceland vs Bulgaria18:00
Matchday 4 · 4–6 October
Mon 5 OctC2Cyprus vs Latvia18:00
Mon 5 OctC2Montenegro vs Armenia20:45
Tue 6 OctC3Kazakhstan vs Faroe Islands16:00
Tue 6 OctC1Albania vs San Marino20:45
Tue 6 OctC1Belarus vs Finland20:45
Tue 6 OctC3Moldova vs Slovakia20:45
Tue 6 OctC4Estonia vs Iceland20:45
Tue 6 OctC4Luxembourg vs Bulgaria20:45
Matchday 5 · 12–14 November
Thu 12 NovC2Armenia vs Cyprus18:00
Thu 12 NovC1Albania vs Finland20:45
Thu 12 NovC1San Marino vs Belarus20:45
Thu 12 NovC2Montenegro vs Latvia20:45
Fri 13 NovC3Moldova vs Kazakhstan18:00
Fri 13 NovC3Slovakia vs Faroe Islands20:45
Fri 13 NovC4Bulgaria vs Iceland20:45
Fri 13 NovC4Luxembourg vs Estonia20:45
Matchday 6 · 15–17 November
Sun 15 NovC2Cyprus vs Montenegro15:00
Sun 15 NovC2Latvia vs Armenia15:00
Sun 15 NovC1Belarus vs Albania18:00
Sun 15 NovC1Finland vs San Marino18:00
Mon 16 NovC3Faroe Islands vs Moldova16:00
Mon 16 NovC3Kazakhstan vs Slovakia16:00
Mon 16 NovC4Estonia vs Bulgaria18:00
Mon 16 NovC4Iceland vs Luxembourg18:00

League D fixtures

The smallest league in the competition: six nations in two groups of three, four matches each. Gibraltar, Malta and Andorra are in D1; Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein in D2.

DateGrpFixtureKO (CET)
Matchday 1 · 24–26 September
Thu 24 SepD1Andorra vs Malta18:00
Thu 24 SepD2Liechtenstein vs Lithuania20:45
Matchday 2 · 27–29 September
Sun 27 SepD2Lithuania vs Azerbaijan15:00
Sun 27 SepD1Gibraltar vs Andorra18:00
Matchday 3 · 1–3 October
Thu 1 OctD2Azerbaijan vs Liechtenstein18:00
Thu 1 OctD1Malta vs Gibraltar20:45
Matchday 4 · 4–6 October
Sun 4 OctD2Azerbaijan vs Lithuania15:00
Sun 4 OctD1Malta vs Andorra18:00
Matchday 5 · 12–14 November
Fri 13 NovD1Andorra vs Gibraltar20:45
Fri 13 NovD2Liechtenstein vs Azerbaijan20:45
Matchday 6 · 15–17 November
Mon 16 NovD2Lithuania vs Liechtenstein18:00
Mon 16 NovD1Gibraltar vs Malta20:45

The rivalries this edition renews

Several of Europe’s longest-running international fixtures are drawn together in the same group for 2026/27, and because every group is played home and away, each of them happens twice inside eight weeks.

PairingGrpFirst meetingReturn
Netherlands vs GermanyA2Thu 24 Sep · 20:45Mon 16 Nov · 20:45
England vs SpainA3Sat 26 Sep · 20:45Sun 15 Nov · 20:45
Italy vs FranceA1Fri 2 Oct · 20:45Thu 12 Nov · 20:45
France vs BelgiumA1Mon 28 Sep · 20:45Mon 5 Oct · 20:45
Croatia vs EnglandA3Sat 3 Oct · 18:00Thu 12 Nov · 20:45
Portugal vs DenmarkA4Thu 1 Oct · 20:45Sat 14 Nov · 20:45
Spain vs CroatiaA3Tue 29 Sep · 20:45Tue 6 Oct · 20:45
Norway vs DenmarkA4Thu 24 Sep · 20:45Tue 17 Nov · 20:45

Eight of the pairings above sit inside League A. Germany and the Netherlands renew theirs on the opening night; England and Spain renew the Euro 2024 final three days later; Italy and France meet again in Group A1 for a second consecutive edition of the competition; and Croatia and England are together again, having also been drawn into the same group at the 2026 World Cup.

Worth knowing: Croatia’s home fixture against England on 3 October 2026 will be played behind closed doors, following a UEFA sanction handed down after crowd behaviour in a March 2025 match against France.

Kick-off times in European time

UEFA publishes the league-phase fixture list with kick-off times in Central European time, and the standard slot is 20:45. Of the 156 matches in the league phase, 109 are scheduled for that slot. The remaining 47 start earlier:

  • 15:00 — 7 matches (Leagues B/C/D)
  • 16:00 — 4 matches (Leagues C)
  • 18:00 — 36 matches (Leagues A/B/C/D) — including Serbia vs Netherlands, Denmark vs Wales, Croatia vs England, Türkiye vs Belgium, Norway vs Wales

In other words, if a match is listed at 20:45 Central European time, it kicks off at the same clock time in Amsterdam, Berlin, Madrid, Milan and Paris. Most of continental Europe is on one clock in the autumn; the exceptions are the countries further east and further west.

Summer time and winter time

There is one detail worth getting right, because it catches people out every November. Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) applies until Sunday 25 October 2026. From that point the continent moves to Central European Time (CET, UTC+1).

The September and October matchdays therefore run on CEST, and the November matchdays on CET. The published clock time stays the same — 20:45 either way — but the moment in real time shifts by an hour, which is why the local time in some places outside Europe changes between the two windows and in others does not.

Where you are watching20:45 kick-off, Sept & Oct20:45 kick-off, November
London, Dublin, Lisbon19:4519:45
Amsterdam, Berlin, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Zurich20:4520:45
Athens, Bucharest, Helsinki21:4521:45
Istanbul, Moscow21:4522:45
Dubai22:4523:45
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur02:45 (next day)03:45 (next day)
Tokyo, Seoul03:45 (next day)04:45 (next day)
Sydney04:45 (next day)06:45 (next day)
New York, Toronto14:4514:45
Los Angeles, Vancouver11:4511:45
São Paulo15:4516:45

For the matches that do not start at 20:45, apply the same offset as the table above. In practice: an 18:00 Central European kick-off is 17:00 in London, Dublin and Lisbon; a 16:00 kick-off is 15:00 there; a 15:00 kick-off is 14:00.

Times above are the published kick-off times from UEFA’s official 2026/27 Nations League league-phase fixture list. Fixtures and kick-off times can be amended by UEFA after publication, and venue and broadcast details are confirmed closer to each match.

What the league phase decides

By the evening of 17 November 2026, all four League A quarter-final line-ups will be known. The eight teams that finish in the top two of their groups go into the March 2027 quarter-finals, played home and away, and the four winners go to the finals in June 2027, which are still to be given a host.

At the other end, four teams drop out of League A and four out of League B. For the nations in Leagues B and C, the group winners go up automatically — so a good autumn is directly worth a step up in the competition, and, through UEFA’s EURO 2028 route, potentially more than that.

Follow your nation through the autumn

Every nation in the league phase has a shirt. These are the national-team ranges for the countries named in this guide, plus the wider collection for the rest of the competition.

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National-team shirts for the 2026/27 autumn

Frequently asked questions

When does the 2026/27 UEFA Nations League league phase start and finish?

The league phase runs from Thursday 24 September to Tuesday 17 November 2026. Matchdays 1 to 4 are played in a single extended window between 24 September and 6 October, and matchdays 5 and 6 follow between 12 and 17 November.

What time do 2026/27 Nations League matches kick off in European time?

The standard slot is 20:45 Central European time. Of the 156 league-phase matches, 109 kick off at that time; the rest are earlier, at 18:00, 16:00 or 15:00 Central European time. In September and October those times are CEST (UTC+2); in the November window they are CET (UTC+1).

Which teams are in League A for 2026/27?

Group A1: France, Italy, Belgium, Türkiye. Group A2: Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Greece. Group A3: Spain, Croatia, England, Czechia. Group A4: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Wales. England and Wales were promoted from League B after winning their groups in the 2024/25 edition.

Who are the reigning Nations League champions?

Portugal, who beat Spain on penalties in the 2025 final to win the competition for a second time. They open the 2026/27 league phase at home to Wales on 24 September and are drawn in Group A4 with Denmark, Norway and Wales.

When are the 2026/27 Nations League finals?

The finals are scheduled for 9–13 June 2027 and will be contested by four teams. The League A quarter-finals and the promotion/relegation play-offs take place between 25 and 30 March 2027. The host of the finals has not been confirmed.

How many teams play in the 2026/27 Nations League?

Fifty-four UEFA member associations, split into four leagues. Leagues A, B and C each contain four groups of four teams; League D contains two groups of three. Russia were excluded from the competition.

When do Germany play the Netherlands in 2026/27?

They meet in Group A2, home and away: Netherlands vs Germany on Thursday 24 September 2026 at 20:45, and Germany vs Netherlands on Monday 16 November 2026 at 20:45.

When do England play Spain in 2026/27?

They meet twice in Group A3: England vs Spain on Saturday 26 September 2026 at 20:45, and Spain vs England on Sunday 15 November 2026 at 20:45.

2026/27 UEFA Nations League — fixture guide. Groups, dates, fixtures and kick-off times for the fifth edition of the competition, covering all 156 league-phase matches across Leagues A, B, C and D.

Fixtures, dates and kick-off times are taken from UEFA’s official league-phase fixture list. This guide is part of a series on European football rivalries — start with Germany vs Netherlands.

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