England have discovered their opponents in the 2024/2025 UEFA Nations League, after being relegated to League Two after failing to win a single match in the last edition of the competition.
England will face Finland, the Republic of Ireland and Greece in their 2024/25 Nations League campaign.
The Three Lions team was relegated from the first league in the last edition of the European Championship. Coach Gareth Southgate's team failed to win any match, and finished last in the group that included Italy, Hungary and Germany.
Italy topped the group and qualified for the finals alongside Spain, the Netherlands and Croatia. La Roja would end up winning the competition after defeating Croatia on penalties in the final.
The league stage will start on September 5, with the next round taking place a few days later. The third and fourth rounds will be held during the October international break, before the conclusion of the league stage in November.
The quarter-final matches are scheduled to be held in March 2025, before the semi-final and final matches will be held in June of that year. Scotland will face Croatia, Portugal and Poland in A1, while Wales will face off in B4 where they will face Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey.
Finally, Northern Ireland was drawn in Group C alongside Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Belarus. The full draw for the 2024/2025 Nations League was as follows:
League A
A1: Croatia, Portugal, Poland, Scotland
A2: Italy, Belgium, France, Israel
A3: Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A4: Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Serbia
League B
B1: Czechia, Ukraine, Albania, Georgia
B2: England, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Greece
B3: Austria, Norway, Slovenia, Kazakhstan
B4: Wales, Iceland, Montenegro, Türkiye
League C
A1: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Estonia
C2: Romania, Kosovo, Cyprus, Lithuania/Gibraltar*
C3: Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, Belarus
C4: Armenia, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Latvia
alliance
D1: Lithuania/Gibraltar*, San Marino, Liechtenstein
D2: Moldova, Malta, Andorra
* Gibraltar and Lithuania will play a relegation play-off to see who finishes in Leagues C and D in March 2024.
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