UEFA Announce 2020/21 Nations League Fixtures

The European governing body for football, UEFA have confirmed fixtures and kick-off times for the group stage matches the Nations League.

It's understood that the tournament is scheduled to kick off in September, October and November.

The first matchday kicks off on September 3 with Germany's game against Spain the highlight of the day before Netherlands and Poland face off on September 4.

Iceland then host England on September 5 with reigning champions Portugal also in action at home against Croatia.

There will be six matchdays in total with the finals then set to be played at a yet to be confirmed date next year.

If you recall that Portugal were the winners of the maden edition after they defeated Netherlands in the tournament's inaugural final last year with Guedes scoring the sole goal in a narrow 1-0 win.

The 2020/21 UEFA Nations League group stage will be played on revised dates in September, October and November 2020," a statement from UEFA read.

"The new schedule was announced following a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee on Wednesday 17 June to discuss the new European football calendar in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.

"The national team football windows of October and November 2020 will now feature triple-headers instead of double-headers, thus allowing the postponed UEFA EURO 2020 play-offs to be rescheduled for 8 October and 12 November.

"The group stage matches of the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League will be played on the following dates: 3/4/5 and 6/7/8 September; 10/11 and 13/14 October; 14/15 and 17/18 November 2020.

"Friendly matches will be played on 7/8 October and 11/12 November."

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MATCHDAY 1 FIXTURES

Thursday 3 September

A4 Germany vs Spain (20:45)

A4 Ukraine vs Switzerland (20:45)

B3 Russia vs Serbia (20:45)

B3 Turkey vs Hungary (20:45)

B4 Bulgaria vs Republic of Ireland (20:45)

B4 Finland vs Wales (20:45)

C3 Moldova vs Kosovo (20:45)

C3 Slovenia vs Greece (20:45)

D1 Faroe Islands vs Malta (20:45)

D1 Latvia vs Andorra (20:45)

Friday 4 September

A1 Italy vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (20:45)

A1 Netherlands vs Poland (20:45)

B1 Norway vs Austria (20:45)

B1 Romania vs Northern Ireland (20:45)

B2 Scotland vs Israel (20:45)

B2 Slovakia vs Czech Republic (20:45)

C4 Belarus vs Albania (20:45)

C4 Lithuania vs Kazakhstan (20:45)