England and the Republic of Ireland will face one another in the league phase of the 2024/25 Nations League after the draw was made in Paris on Thursday night.
The two nations were drawn together in Group B2, following England’s relegation from League A in September 2022.
They will also face Finland and Greece during the initial stage of the tournament, which begins in September.
Gareth Southgate’s side last faced the Boys in Green in November 2020, when Harry Maguire, Jadon Sancho and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sealed a 3-0 friendly win behind closed doors at Wembley.
Wales are also in League B, having been placed in Group B4 alongside Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey.
It has been a decade since they faced Iceland and 13 years in September since they faced Montenegro. A 1-1 draw with Turkey in November, however, saw Rob Page’s side miss out on automatic qualification for Euro 2024.
Meanwhile, Scotland will play in League A for the first time, having topped Group B1 in 2022/23.
Steve Clarke’s side will face Croatia and Poland, as well as Portugal, who were the inaugural winners of the tournament back in 2019.
In League C, Northern Ireland have been drawn against Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Belarus.
The Green and White army last faced Bulgaria in 2022 World Cup qualifying in Sofia in October 2021, with a Todor Nedelev double cancelling out Conor Washington’s opener. Their last victory over the nation came in 1979.
Nations League 2024/25 draw in full
League A
- Group A1: Croatia, Portugal, Poland, Scotland.
- Group A2: Italy, Belgium, France, Israel.
- Group A3: Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Group A4: Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Serbia.
League B
- Group B1: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Albania, Georgia.
- Group B2: England, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Greece.
- Group B3: Austria, Norway, Slovenia, Kazakhstan.
- Group B4: Wales, Iceland, Montenegro, Turkey.
League C
- Group C1: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Estonia.
- Group C2: Romania, Kosovo, Cyprus, Gibraltar/Lithuania*.
- Group C3: Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, Belarus.
- Group C4: Armenia, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Latvia.
*subject to a play-off to decide final placings
League D
- Group D1: Lithuania/Gibraltar*, San Marino, Liechtenstein.
- Group D2: Moldova, Malta, Andorra.
*subject to a play-off to decide final placings
Nations League 2024/25 schedule
- Matchday 1: September 5-7 2024
- Matchday 2: September 8-10 2024
- Matchday 3: October 10-12 2024
- Matchday 4: October 13-15 2024
- Matchday 5: November 14-16 2024
- Matchday 6: November 17-19 2024
- Knockout round play-off draw: November 2024
- Knockout round play-offs: March 20-25 2025
- League A quarter-finals: March 20-25 2025
- Final tournament: June 4-8 2025
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