The 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League was the fourth season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The competition began with the group stage in September 2024, and concluded with the Nations League Finals in March 2025. The Nations League also served as qualification for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The three-time defending champions United States were eliminated by Panama in the semi-finals. Mexico won their first title after defeating Panama in the final.
Format The CONCACAF Nations League continued to be played in the format introduced for the 2023–24 season.
League A featured sixteen teams. The four best-ranked teams according to the CONCACAF Ranking Index received a bye to the quarter-finals. The remaining twelve teams entered the group stage using a Swiss-system tournament format. The teams were divided into two groups of six teams, with each team playing four matches against group opponents (two at home and two away). The top two teams from both groups advanced to the quarter-finals and were joined by the four teams which received a bye. The teams advancing from the group stage were drawn into ties against teams that received a bye, which were played on a two-legged home-and-away basis. The four quarter-final winners advanced to the Nations League Finals, which were played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off, and final match to determine the champions.
League B featured sixteen teams divided into four groups of four. Each team played six matches in a double round-robin format. Unlike previous editions, matches were not played in standard home-and-away format. Instead, for each FIFA Match Window, matches in each group were played at a centralized venue. The third-best-ranked teams in each group hosted all four September matches (matchday 1 and 2), the second-best-ranked teams hosted all four October matches (matchday 3 and 4), and the best-ranked teams hosted all four November matches (matchday 5 and 6). If a team was unable to host matches, CONCACAF reserved the right to select a venue.
League C featured nine teams. Teams were divided into three groups of three teams, with each team playing four matches in a double round-robin format. Similar to League B, matches in each group were played at a centralized venue. The second-highest-ranked teams in each group hosted the September matches (matchday 1, 2 and 3), and the highest-ranked teams hosted the October matches (matchday 4, 5 and 6). League C was not played at the November window.
Promotion and relegation continued for the 2024–25 season, with the fifth and sixth-placed teams in League A and the fourth-placed teams in League B relegated for the next season. The group winners of Leagues B and C were promoted, as were the best second-placed team of League C.
Tiebreakers The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.6):
Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss); Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; If two or more teams were still tied based on the above criteria, their rankings were determined as follows: Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of away goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if the tie was only between two teams); Lowest number of disciplinary points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Yellow card: 1 points; Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points; Direct red card: 4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: 5 points; Drawing of lots.
Entrants All of CONCACAF's 41 member associations entered the competition. Teams were divided into leagues based on their results from the 2023–24 season. Fifth- and sixth-placed teams in League A and the fourth-placed teams in League B from the 2023–24 season moved down a league, while the teams that finished top of each group in Leagues B and C moved up, as did the best second-placed team of League C. The remaining teams stayed in their respective leagues.
+ League A Pot Team Rank 1,907 1 1,849 2 1,737 3 1,710 41 1,677 5 1,621 6 2 1,431 7 1,395 9 3 1,344 10 1,322 11 4 1,158 13 1,119 15 5 1,112 16 1,070 17 6 1,058 18 1,054 19+ League B Pot Team Rank 1 1,409 8 1,230 12 1,134 14 933 20 2 854 21 849 22 815 23 798 24 3 774 26 769 27 768 28 641 30 4 638 31 590 32 522 34 487 35+ League C Pot TeamPrv Rank 1 779 25 737 29 558 33 2 479 36 393 37 324 38 3 207 39 155 40 150 41
Schedule Below was the schedule for the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League. On 6 May 2024, CONCACAF held the draw for the group stage of all three Nations League groups.
Round Date, or corresponding FIFA window League A League B League C Matchday 1 Matchday 1 4–10 September 2024 Matchday 2 Matchday 2 colspan="2" Matchday 3 Matchday 3 Matchday 4 9–15 October 2024 Matchday 4 Matchday 5 colspan="2" Matchday 6 Quarter-finals and play-in, 1st leg Matchday 5 Play-in, 1st leg 14–19 November 2024 Quarter-finals and play-in, 2nd leg Matchday 6 Play-in, 2nd leg Semi-finals 20 March 2025 Third place play-off 23 March 2025 Final
League A
Group A
Group B
Quarter-finals
Nations League Finals
Seeding
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
League B
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Ranking of second-placed teams
League C
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams
Play-in round
Top goalscorers + League ARankPlayerGoals1 Raúl Jiménez52 Osaze De Rosario4 Omari Glasgow4 Jules Haabo3 Isaiah Jones+ League BRankPlayerGoals1 Dorny Romero102 Duckens Nazon93 Frantzdy Pierrot74 Juninho Bacuna5 Heinz Mörschel6 Jearl Margaritha4 Keelan Lebon Diel Spring+ League CRankPlayerGoals1 Niall Reid-Stephen82 Brandon Adderley63 Jordy Polanco4 Tiquanny Williams5 Andre Applewhaite36 Lamar Carpenter2 Sheran Hoyte Omani Leacock Orlando Velasquez
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