{"id":1444110,"date":"2026-09-24T17:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-2026-27-nations-league-kicks-off-match-schedule-for-september-24-and-the-ukraine-national-team-calendar\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:09:17","slug":"the-2026-27-nations-league-kicks-off-match-schedule-for-september-24-and-the-ukraine-national-team-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-2026-27-nations-league-kicks-off-match-schedule-for-september-24-and-the-ukraine-national-team-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026\/27 Nations League kicks off: match schedule for September 24 and the Ukraine national team calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 2026\/27 UEFA Nations League season kicks off on Thursday, September 24. Eight matches will be played on the opening day, including the Netherlands hosting Germany and Portugal taking on Wales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefanationsleague\/fixtures-results\/#\/d\/2026-09-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UEFA<\/a> reported this.<\/p>\n<p> Serbia and Greece will also face off in League A on September 24, while Norway will host Denmark. In League B, Austria will face Israel, and Kosovo will face Ireland.<\/p>\n<p> League D will feature the Andorra vs. Malta and Liechtenstein vs. Lithuania matches. All matches, except the Andorra vs. Malta match, will kick off at 9:45 PM Kyiv time. The match in Andorra kicks off at 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Matches on September 24:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>League A<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> 21:45 &#8211; Netherlands &#8211; Germany<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 21:45 &#8211; Serbia &#8211; Greece<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 21:45 &#8211; Portugal &#8211; Wales.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 21:45 &#8211; Norway &#8211; Denmark<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> <strong>League B<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> 21:45 &#8211; Austria &#8211; Israel<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 21:45 &#8211; Kosovo &#8211; Ireland<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> <strong>League D<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> 19:00 &#8211; Andorra &#8211; Malta.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 21:45 Liechtenstein Lithuania<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> All Nations League matches in Ukraine will be broadcast on the Megogo platform.<\/p>\n<h3> What has changed in the Nations League format?<\/h3>\n<p> The Ukrainian national team will compete in League B. The group winners in this division will receive direct promotion to League A.<\/p>\n<p> The teams that finish second in their groups will play playoff matches for promotion to the top division. Third-place teams will remain in League B, while the bottom teams in their groups will play off in the playoffs to retain their place in the division.<\/p>\n<p> The changes are related to the upcoming reduction of the Nations League from four divisions to three.<\/p>\n<p> The play-offs are scheduled for March 2027, with the final tournament scheduled for June.<\/p>\n<h3> When will the Ukrainian national team play?<\/h3>\n<p> Ukraine will begin its League B campaign against Hungary on September 25. The team will play a total of six matches in the group stage:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> <strong>September 25<\/strong> &#8211; Hungary &#8211; Ukraine;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>September 28<\/strong> &#8211; Georgia &#8211; Ukraine;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>October 2<\/strong> &#8211; Ukraine &#8211; Northern Ireland;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>October 5<\/strong> &#8211; Ukraine &#8211; Hungary;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>November 14<\/strong> &#8211; Northern Ireland &#8211; Ukraine;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>November 17<\/strong> &#8211; Ukraine &#8211; Georgia.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> The Ukrainian national team will nominally play its home matches in Travi, Slovakia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<aside class=\"mark-post js__votes_block js_single-ask\" data-id=\"1444051\" data-nonce=\"eb66b5f034\"><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026\/27 UEFA Nations League season kicks off on Thursday, September 24. Eight matches will be played on the opening day, including the Netherlands hosting Germany and Portugal taking on Wales. UEFA reported this. Serbia and Greece will also face off in League A on September 24, while Norway will host Denmark. In League B, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1444103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76875,76895,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1444110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news","category-sports","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1444103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}