2018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Tournament details
Dates	6 September – 20 November 2018
Teams	16
Promoted	Armenia   Azerbaijan   Belarus   Georgia   Kazakhstan   Kosovo   Luxembourg   Macedonia   Moldova
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	121 (2.52 per match)
Attendance	435,442 (9,072 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yura Movsisyan Stanislaw Drahun (5 goals each)
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The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D was the fourth and lowest division of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. ^[1]

Format

League D consisted of the lowest 16 UEFA members ranked from 40–55, who were split into four groups of four. The top two teams of each group, as well as the best ranked third-place team, were promoted to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C. ^[2]

In addition, League D was allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from League D which had not already qualified for the European Championship finals competed in the play-offs for each division, which were played in October and November 2020. The play-off berths were first allocated to the group winners, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the division, etc. If there were fewer than four teams in League D which had not already qualified for the European Championship finals, and League D had no group winner available, the best team in the overall ranking would be selected. The play-offs consisted of two "one-off" semi-finals (best-ranked team vs. fourth best-ranked team and second best-ranked team vs. third best-ranked team, played at home of higher-ranked teams) and one "one-off" final between the two semi-final winners (venue drawn in advance between semi-final 1 and 2). ^{[3] [4]}

Seeding

Teams were allocated to League D according to their UEFA national team coefficients after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group stage on 11 October 2017. Teams were split into four pots of four teams, ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient. ^{[5] [6]} The seeding pots for the draw were announced on 7 December 2017. ^[7]

Pot 1 Team Coeff Rank   Azerbaijan 17,761 40   Macedonia 17,071 41   Belarus 16,868 42   Georgia 16,523 43

Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank   Armenia 15,846 44   Latvia 15,821 45   Faroe Islands 15,490 46   Luxembourg 14,231 47

Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank   Kazakhstan 13,431 48   Moldova 13,130 49   Liechtenstein 10,950 50   Malta 10,870 51

Pot 4 Team Coeff Rank   Andorra 10,240 52   Kosovo 9,950 53   San Marino 8,190 54   Gibraltar 7,550 55

The group draw took place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 January 2018, 12:00 CET. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan could not be drawn into the same group (due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict). Due to excessive travel restrictions, any group could only contain a maximum of one of the following pairs: Andorra and Kazakhstan, Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and Azerbaijan. ^[12]

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 24 January 2018 following the draw. ^{[13] [14]}

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

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion [a]
1	Georgia (P)	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16	Promotion to League C		—	2–1	1–0	3–0
2	Kazakhstan (P)	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6			0–2	—	1–1	4–0
3	Latvia	6	0	4	2	2	6	−4	4 [b]			0–3	1–1	—	0–0
4	Andorra	6	0	4	2	2	9	−7	4 [b]			1–1	1–1	0–0	—

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)

16:00 (20:00  UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	0–2	Georgia
	Report	Chakvetadze 69' Malyi 74' ( o.g.)

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 28,736 ^[15]

Referee: Halil Umut Meler ( Turkey)

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)

20:45 (21:45  UTC+3)

Latvia	0–0	Andorra
	Report

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 4,803 ^[15]

Referee: Keith Kennedy ( Northern Ireland)

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)

18:00 (20:00  UTC+4)

Georgia	1–0	Latvia
Okriashvili 77' ( pen.)	Report

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Attendance: 45,716 ^[15]

Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou ( Greece)

10 September 2018 (2018-09-10)

20:45

Andorra	1–1	Kazakhstan
Aláez 86'	Report	Logvinenko 68'

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 1,235 ^[15]

Referee: Vilhjálmur Þórarinsson ( Iceland)

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

18:00 (20:00  UTC+4)

Georgia	3–0	Andorra
Qazaishvili 33', 84' Kankava 90+5'	Report

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Attendance: 32,212 ^[15]

Referee: Leontios Trattou ( Cyprus)

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

18:00 (19:00  UTC+3)

Latvia	1–1	Kazakhstan
Karašausks 40'	Report	Zaynutdinov 16'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 4,878 ^[15]

Referee: Harald Lechner ( Austria)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

16:00 (20:00  UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	4–0	Andorra
Seydakhmet 21' Turysbek 39' Gómes 61' ( o.g.) Murtazayev 74'	Report

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 19,854 ^[15]

Referee: Serhiy Boyko ( Ukraine)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

20:45 (21:45  UTC+3)

Latvia	0–3	Georgia
	Report	Kankava 8' Gvilia 29' Chakvetadze 61'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 3,185 ^[15]

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu ( Czech Republic)

15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)

16:00 (21:00  UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	1–1	Latvia
Suyumbayev 37'	Report	Rakels 49'

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 21,463 ^[15]

Referee: Jens Maae ( Denmark)

15 November 2018 (2018-11-15) ^{[note 2]}

20:45

Andorra	1–1	Georgia
C. Martínez 63'	Report	Chakvetadze 9'

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 1,311 ^[15]

Referee: Radu Petrescu ( Romania)

19 November 2018 (2018-11-19)

18:00

Andorra	0–0	Latvia
	Report

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 1,021 ^[15]

Referee: Halil Umut Meler ( Turkey)

19 November 2018 (2018-11-19)

18:00 (21:00  UTC+4)

Georgia	2–1	Kazakhstan
Merebashvili 59' Chakvetadze 84'	Report	Omirtayev 90'

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Attendance: 52,220 ^[15]

Referee: Tiago Martins ( Portugal)

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion [a]
1	Belarus (P)	6	4	2	0	10	0	+10	14	Promotion to League C		—	1–0	0–0	5–0
2	Luxembourg (P)	6	3	1	2	11	4	+7	10			0–2	—	4–0	3–0
3	Moldova (P)	6	2	3	1	4	5	−1	9			0–0	1–1	—	2–0
4	San Marino	6	0	0	6	0	16	−16	0			0–2	0–3	0–1	—

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

18:00 (19:00  UTC+3)

Belarus	5–0	San Marino
Stasevich 4' Drahun 26', 87' Saroka 67' ( pen.) Kavalyow 90+1'	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 13,634 ^[17]

Referee: Sandro Schärer ( Switzerland)

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

20:45

Luxembourg	4–0	Moldova
Malget 34' O. Thill 60' Sinani 75' Martins 83'	Report

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 2,956 ^[17]

Referee: Rob Harvey ( Republic of Ireland)

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)

20:45

San Marino	0–3	Luxembourg
	Report	Chanot 9' Joachim 45+1' Sinani 52'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 794 ^[17]

Referee: Filip Glova ( Slovakia)

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)

20:45 (21:45  UTC+3)

Moldova	0–0	Belarus
	Report

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 4,942 ^[17]

Referee: Mario Zebec ( Croatia)

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)

20:45 (21:45  UTC+3)

Belarus	1–0	Luxembourg
Saroka 43'	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 14,122 ^[17]

Referee: Ali Palabıyık ( Turkey)

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)

20:45 (21:45  UTC+3)

Moldova	2–0	San Marino
Gînsari 31', 67'	Report

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 5,242 ^[17]

Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones ( Wales)

15 October 2018 (2018-10-15)

20:45 (21:45  UTC+3)

Belarus	0–0	Moldova
	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 10,870 ^[17]

Referee: Kevin Clancy ( Scotland)

15 October 2018 (2018-10-15)

20:45

Luxembourg	3–0	San Marino
Turpel 4' Sinani 65' V. Thill 73'	Report

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 2,876 ^[17]

Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs ( Latvia)

15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)

20:45

San Marino	0–1	Moldova
	Report	Damașcan 78'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 747 ^[17]

Referee: Georgios Kominis ( Greece)

15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)

20:45

Luxembourg	0–2	Belarus
	Report	Drahun 37', 54'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 4,533 ^[17]

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük ( Netherlands)

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)

18:00 (19:00  UTC+2)

Moldova	1–1	Luxembourg
Gînsari 58' ( pen.)	Report	Bensi 70'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 4,642 ^[17]

Referee: Adrien Jaccottet ( Switzerland)

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)

18:00

San Marino	0–2	Belarus
	Report	Drahun 8' Saroka 52'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 736 ^[17]

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili ( Georgia)

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion [a]
1	Kosovo (P)	6	4	2	0	15	2	+13	14	Promotion to League C		—	4–0	2–0	3–1
2	Azerbaijan (P)	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9			0–0	—	2–0	1–1
3	Faroe Islands	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5			1–1	0–3	—	3–1
4	Malta	6	0	3	3	5	14	−9	3			0–5	1–1	1–1	—

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)

18:00 (20:00  UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	0–0	Kosovo
	Report

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 19,500 ^[18]

Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen ( Norway)

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)

20:45 (19:45  UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	3–1	Malta
Edmundsson 31' Joensen 38' Hansson 52'	Report	Mifsud 42'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 3,234 ^[18]

Referee: Ville Nevalainen ( Finland)

10 September 2018 (2018-09-10)

20:45

Kosovo	2–0	Faroe Islands
Zeneli 50' Nuhiu 55'	Report

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 12,677 ^[18]

Referee: Bart Vertenten ( Belgium)

10 September 2018 (2018-09-10)

20:45

Malta	1–1	Azerbaijan
Agius 10' ( pen.)	Report	Khalilzade 26'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,500 ^[18]

Referee: Nikola Dabanović ( Montenegro)

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)

20:45 (19:45  UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	0–3	Azerbaijan
	Report	Almeida 28', 86' ( pen.) Nazarov 67'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 2,820 ^[18]

Referee: Aleksei Eskov ( Russia)

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)

20:45

Kosovo	3–1	Malta
Kololli 30', 81' Muriqi 68'	Report	Agius 51'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 12,420 ^[18]

Referee: Tamás Bognár ( Hungary)

14 October 2018 (2018-10-14)

18:00 (20:00  UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	1–1	Malta
Abdullayev 53'	Report	Muscat 37'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 16,200 ^[18]

Referee: Ivan Bebek ( Croatia)

14 October 2018 (2018-10-14)

18:00 (17:00  UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	1–1	Kosovo
Joensen 50'	Report	Rashica 9'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 2,300 ^[18]

Referee: Miroslav Zelinka ( Czech Republic)

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

18:00 (21:00  UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	2–0	Faroe Islands
Nazarov 18' Madatov 28'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 12,653 ^[18]

Referee: Demetrios Masias ( Cyprus)

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

18:00

Malta	0–5	Kosovo
	Report	Muriqi 15' Kololli 70' Avdijaj 78', 80' Rashica 86'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,115 ^[18]

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski ( Poland)

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)

20:45

Kosovo	4–0	Azerbaijan
Zeneli 2', 50', 76' Rrahmani 61'	Report

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 12,532 ^[18]

Referee: Benoît Millot ( France)

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)

20:45

Malta	1–1	Faroe Islands
Corbalan 4'	Report	Joensen 3'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,152 ^[18]

Referee: Vitali Meshkov ( Russia)

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion [a]
1	Macedonia (P)	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15	Promotion to League C		—	2–0	4–0	4–1
2	Armenia (P)	6	3	1	2	14	8	+6	10			4–0	—	0–1	2–1
3	Gibraltar	6	2	0	4	5	15	−10	6			0–2	2–6	—	2–1
4	Liechtenstein	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4			0–2	2–2	2–0	—

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)

18:00 (20:00  UTC+4)

Armenia	2–1	Liechtenstein
Pizzelli 30' Barseghyan 76'	Report	S. Wolfinger 33'

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 5,132 ^[19]

Referee: Enea Jorgji ( Albania)

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)

20:45

Gibraltar	0–2	Macedonia
	Report	Trichkovski 19' Alioski 35'

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Attendance: 1,850 ^[19]

Referee: Jens Maae ( Denmark)

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)

18:00

Macedonia	2–0	Armenia
Alioski 14' ( pen.) Pandev 59'	Report

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 4,730 ^[19]

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber ( Austria)

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)

20:45

Liechtenstein	2–0	Gibraltar
Salanović 32' Wieser 72'	Report

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 1,110 ^[19]

Referee: Alan Mario Sant ( Malta)

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

18:00 (20:00  UTC+4)

Armenia	0–1	Gibraltar
	Report	J. Chipolina 50' ( pen.)

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 11,000 ^[19]

Referee: Fedayi San ( Switzerland)

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

20:45

Macedonia	4–1	Liechtenstein
Trajkovski 10', 30' Pandev 36' Alioski 67'	Report	Yildiz 37'

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 8,100 ^[19]

Referee: Roi Reinshreiber ( Israel)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

18:00 (20:00  UTC+4)

Armenia	4–0	Macedonia
Pizzelli 12' Movsisyan 67' Ghazaryan 81' Mkhitaryan 90+4'	Report

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 8,300 ^[19]

Referee: Martin Strömbergsson ( Sweden)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

20:45

Gibraltar	2–1	Liechtenstein
Cabrera 61' J. Chipolina 66'	Report	Salanović 15'

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Attendance: 2,000 ^[19]

Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou ( Cyprus)

16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)

20:45

Gibraltar	2–6	Armenia
De Barr 10' Priestley 78'	Report	Movsisyan 27', 48', 52', 54' Kartashyan 66' Karapetian 90+4'

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Attendance: 1,955 ^[19]

Referee: Kai Erik Steen ( Norway)

16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)

20:45

Liechtenstein	0–2	Macedonia
	Report	Bardhi 53' Nestorovski 90+1'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 2,116 ^[19]

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu ( Czech Republic)

19 November 2018 (2018-11-19)

20:45

Macedonia	4–0	Gibraltar
Bardhi 27' Nestorovski 67', 80' Trajkovski 90+2'	Report

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 2,152 ^[19]

Referee: Daniyar Sakhi ( Kazakhstan)

19 November 2018 (2018-11-19)

20:45

Liechtenstein	2–2	Armenia
Büchel 44' Hasler 47'	Report	Adamyan 9' Karapetian 85'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 1,166 ^[19]

Referee: Alain Durieux ( Luxembourg)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	D2	Moldova (P)	6	2	3	1	4	5	−1	9	Promotion to League C
2	D4	Gibraltar	6	2	0	4	5	15	−10	6
3	D3	Faroe Islands	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5
4	D1	Latvia	6	0	4	2	2	6	−4	4

Goalscorers

There were 121 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.52 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

The 16 League D teams were ranked 40th to 55th overall in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules: ^{[2] [20]}

• The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 40th to 43rd according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 44th to 47th according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 48th to 51st according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing fourth in the groups were ranked 52nd to 55th according to the results of the league phase.

Rnk	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
40	D1	Georgia	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16
41	D4	Macedonia	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15
42	D3	Kosovo	6	4	2	0	15	2	+13	14
43	D2	Belarus	6	4	2	0	10	0	+10	14
44	D2	Luxembourg	6	3	1	2	11	4	+7	10
45	D4	Armenia	6	3	1	2	14	8	+6	10
46	D3	Azerbaijan	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
47	D1	Kazakhstan	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6
48	D2	Moldova	6	2	3	1	4	5	−1	9
49	D4	Gibraltar	6	2	0	4	5	15	−10	6
50	D3	Faroe Islands	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5
51	D1	Latvia	6	0	4	2	2	6	−4	4
52	D4	Liechtenstein	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4
53	D1	Andorra	6	0	4	2	2	9	−7	4
54	D3	Malta	6	0	3	3	5	14	−9	3
55	D2	San Marino	6	0	0	6	0	16	−16	0

Prize money

The prize money to be distributed was announced in March 2018. ^[21] Each team in League D received a solidarity fee of €500,000. In addition, the four group winners received double this amount with a €500,000 bonus fee. This meant that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League D was €1 million.

Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs

The four best teams in League D according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage competed in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. If there had been fewer than four teams in League D that had not qualified, the remaining slots would have been allocated to teams from another league, according to the overall ranking.

League D

Rank	Team
40 GW	Georgia
41 GW	North Macedonia
42 GW	Kosovo
43 GW	Belarus
44	Luxembourg
45	Armenia
46	Azerbaijan [H]
47	Kazakhstan
48	Moldova
49	Gibraltar
50	Faroe Islands
51	Latvia
52	Liechtenstein
53	Andorra
54	Malta
55	San Marino

Key

Notes

References

External links

• Official website