Nations League: League C fixtures, how it works, what to look out for
Monday 23 May 2022
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Turkey, Northern Ireland, Greece, Slovakia and North Macedonia are among the 16 teams in League C of the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League. See the schedule, dates and kick-off times.
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What to look out for on Matchday 1
League C kicks off on Thursday 2 June with perhaps the biggest opening-day fixture on Matchday 1 seeing Northern Ireland take on 2004 European champions Greece. Elsewhere that day, a North Macedonia side that stunned Italy in the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-offs travel to Bulgaria.
Focus switches to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan on Friday 3 June, before Turkey welcome the Faroe Islands to Istanbul on Saturday 4 June – only the second fixture between the sides, some 31 years after the first.
League C Matchday 1 fixtures
*20:45 CEST unless otherwise stated
Thursday 2 June
C2 Cyprus vs Kosovo
C2 Northern Ireland vs Greece
C4 Georgia vs Gibraltar (18:00)
C4 Bulgaria vs North Macedonia
Friday 3 June
C3 Kazakhstan vs Azerbaijan (16:00)
C3 Slovakia vs Belarus
Saturday 4 June
C1 Lithuania vs Luxembourg (18:00)
C1 Turkey vs Faroe Islands
How League C of the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League works
League C contains 16 teams, drawn into four groups of four. Teams play all their group opponents home and away in June and September 2022, with the group winners promoted to League B for the 2024/25 edition.
Teams finishing fourth will enter the play-outs in March 2024, with the two teams defeated in those ties moving to League D.
League C groups
C1: Turkey, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Faroe Islands
C2: Northern Ireland, Greece, Kosovo, Cyprus
C3: Slovakia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
C4: Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Georgia, Gibraltar
League C fixtures
*20:45 CEST unless otherwise stated
MATCHDAY 2
Sunday 5 June
C2 Cyprus vs Northern Ireland (18:00)
C2 Kosovo vs Greece
C4 Gibraltar vs North Macedonia (18:00)
C4 Bulgaria vs Georgia
Monday 6 June
C3 Belarus vs Azerbaijan
C3 Slovakia vs Kazakhstan
Tuesday 7 June
C1 Faroe Islands vs Luxembourg
C1 Lithuania vs Turkey
MATCHDAY 3
Thursday 9 June
C2 Greece vs Cyprus
C2 Kosovo vs Northern Ireland
C4 Gibraltar vs Bulgaria
C4 North Macedonia vs Georgia
Friday 10 June
C3 Azerbaijan vs Slovakia (18:00)
C3 Belarus vs Kazakhstan
Saturday 11 June
C1 Faroe Islands vs Lithuania (18:00)
C1 Luxembourg vs Turkey
MATCHDAY 4
Sunday 12 June
C2 Northern Ireland vs Cyprus (15:00)
C2 Greece vs Kosovo
C4 Georgia vs Bulgaria (18:00)
C4 North Macedonia vs Gibraltar (18:00)
Monday 13 June
C3 Kazakhstan vs Slovakia (16:00)
C3 Azerbaijan vs Belarus (18:00)
Tuesday 14 June
C1 Luxembourg vs Faroe Islands
C1 Turkey vs Lithuania
MATCHDAY 5
Thursday 22 September
C1 Lithuania vs Faroe Islands
C1 Turkey vs Luxembourg
C3 Kazakhstan vs Belarus (16:00)
C3 Slovakia vs Azerbaijan
Friday 23 September
C4 Georgia vs North Macedonia (18:00)
C4 Bulgaria vs Gibraltar
Saturday 24 September
C2 Northern Ireland vs Kosovo (18:00)
C2 Cyprus vs Greece
MATCHDAY 6
Sunday 25 September
C1 Faroe Islands vs Turkey
C1 Luxembourg vs Lithuania
C3 Azerbaijan vs Kazakhstan (18:00)
C3 Belarus vs Slovakia (18:00)
Monday 26 September
C4 Gibraltar vs Georgia
C4 North Macedonia vs Bulgaria
Tuesday 27 September
C2 Greece vs Northern Ireland
C2 Kosovo vs Cyprus