England will do battle with Republic of Eire after being drawn collectively for the 2024-25 Nations League event… as Scotland are handed nightmare attract League A

England and the Republic of Eire will meet competitively for the primary time since 1991 within the subsequent version of the Nations League.

The English and the Republic are additionally up in opposition to Euro 2004 winners Greece and Finland in Group B2, however their showpiece assembly will see the 2 neighbours meet for simply their seventh competive assembly within the sport’s historical past. 

They averted a protracted journey to Kazakhstan underneath UEFA’s extreme journey restriction guidelines, with the previous Soviet republic positioned in Group B3 as an alternative.

The final aggressive encounter between England and the Republic was a Euro 92 qualifier at Wembley, the place a Niall Quinn purpose cancelled out Lee Dixon’s opener. 

A pleasant match in 1995 at Lansdowne Street needed to be deserted as a result of crowd bother, and the groups’ most up-to-date assembly was a November 2020 pleasant.

Wales might be up in opposition to Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey in Group B4, while the league is rounded out by B3, which sees Austria face Norway, Slovenia, and Kazkhstan, and B1 – Czech Republic, Ukraine, Albania and Georgia. 

Steve Clarke’s Scotland are up in opposition to Croatia, Portugal and Poland in Group A1, with Group A2 being contested by Italy, Belgium, France, and Israel. 

Group A3 will see Bosnia-Herzegovina go toe-to-toe with Netherlands, Hungary, and Germany, with the highest flight’s ultimate group made up of Spain, Denmark, Switzerland and Serbia.  

Michael O’Neill’s Northern Eire have been drawn in Group C3, the place they may tackle Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Belarus. 

Different League C sides Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, and Estonia will play in C1, Romania, Kosovo, Cyprus, and the winner of the play-off sport between Lithuania and Gibraltar will play in C2, and C4 is made up of Armenia, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia and Latvia. 

There are solely two teams within the backside League D – the primary that includes the loser of the Lithuania-Gibraltar play-off, San Marino, and Liechtenstein, and the second made-up of Moldova, Malta, and Andorra.  

The league section might be performed between September and October earlier than League 1 / 4-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs happen in March 2025.

Single-leg semis and a ultimate might be performed in June 2025.

Each England and Wales discover themselves in League B after Gareth Southgate’s males suffered relegation from their UEFA Nations League group in 2023, with Scotland the very best ranked house nation in League A for the primary time. 

Each European staff will function within the 2024-25 Nations League with the exemption of Russia as they have been suspended.