2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League
Tournament details
DatesLeague A:
7 September – 17 October 2023
Leagues B and C:
7 September – 21 November 2023
League A quarter-finals:
16–21 November 2023
Nations League Finals:
21–24 March 2024
Teams41
Tournament statistics
Matches played89
Goals scored307 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)Collectivity of Saint Martin Axel Raga
(8 goals)

The 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League is the third 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 group stage is being held in September, October and November 2023, and the Nations League Finals are scheduled for 21 to 24 March 2024 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The competition will see a format change, with League A now featuring sixteen teams in two groups of a Swiss system, followed by a quarter-final round. The Nations League also serves as qualification for CONCACAF teams to the 2024 Copa América in the United States.

The United States are the two-time defending champions.

Format

On 28 February 2023, CONCACAF announced a format change for the 2023–24 season of the CONCACAF Nations League. As a result, no teams were relegated from the 2022–23 season.[1][2]

The size of League A was increased from twelve to sixteen teams, and now features a quarter-final round. The twelve lowest-ranked teams in the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023 entered the group stage, now using a modified group 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 four teams advanced to the quarter-finals, and were joined by the four top-ranked teams in the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023. The teams advancing from the group stage were drawn into ties against the top-ranked teams, which were played on a two-legged home-and-away basis. The four quarter-finals winners advanced to the Nations League Finals, which retains its previous format of a semi-final round, third place play-off and final match to determine the champions.

League A will also determine the six CONCACAF teams which will qualify as guests for the 2024 Copa América in the United States. The quarter-finals winners qualified directly to the tournament, while the losers advanced to a qualifying play-off, featuring two single-leg matches.

League B remains unchanged, featuring sixteen teams divided into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches in a double round-robin home-and-away format (three at home and three away). Following the format change, League C was reduced from thirteen to nine teams and from four to three groups. Teams were divided into three groups of three teams, with each team playing four matches in a double round-robin home-and-away format (two at home and two away).[1]

Promotion and relegation resumed for the 2023–24 season, with the fifth and sixth placed teams in League A and the fourth-placed teams in League B being 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.[1]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.4):[3]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams still tied based on the above criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  4. Number of away goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if the tie was only between two teams);
  5. 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;
  6. Drawing of lots.

Entrants

All of CONCACAF's 41 member associations entered in the competition. Teams were divided into leagues based on their results of the 2022–23 season, while the pots were determined by the CONCACAF Ranking of March 2023.[4] The four top-ranked teams in League A received a bye to the quarter-finals. The group stage draw was held on 16 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States.[1][5][6] The pots were confirmed on 2 May 2023, with League A split into six pots of two teams, League B split into four pots of four teams and League C split into three pots of three teams.[7]

Nicaragua originally qualified for promotion to League A as winners of League B Group C, but were disqualified due to fielding an ineligible player. As a result, they were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago on 12 June 2023. Nicaragua replaced Trinidad and Tobago in League B.[8]

Key
Rise Promoted in previous season
League A
Pot Team Prv Pts Rank
QF  Mexico Same position 1,939 1
 United States Same position 1,919 2
 Costa Rica Same position 1,796 3
 Canada Same position 1,743 4
1  Panama Same position 1,695 5
 Haiti Rise 1,482 6
2  Jamaica Same position 1,479 7
 Guatemala Rise 1,405 8
3  Honduras Same position 1,403 9
 El Salvador Same position 1,330 10
4  Martinique Same position 1,246 12
 Cuba Rise 1,176 13
5  Curaçao Same position 1,171 14
 Suriname Same position 1,079 16
6  Trinidad and Tobago Rise 1,254 11
 Grenada Same position 791 25
League B
Pot Team Prv Pts Rank
1  Nicaragua Same position 1,067 17
 French Guiana Same position 1,086 15
 Guyana Same position 994 18
 Guadeloupe Same position 966 19
2  Antigua and Barbuda Same position 949 20
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Rise 923 21
 Dominican Republic Same position 913 22
 Bermuda Same position 863 23
3  Saint Lucia Rise 795 24
 Puerto Rico Rise 790 26
 Montserrat Same position 780 27
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Same position 726 28
4  Belize Same position 715 29
 Barbados Same position 681 30
 Bahamas Same position 530 34
 Sint Maarten Rise 413 37
League C
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Bonaire 627 31
 Dominica 572 32
 Aruba 564 33
2  Turks and Caicos Islands 461 35
 Cayman Islands 435 36
 Saint Martin 377 38
3  Anguilla 224 39
 U.S. Virgin Islands 193 40
 British Virgin Islands 163 41

Schedule

Below is the schedule of the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League.[1][9] The fixture dates for the group matches were confirmed on 6 July 2023.[10]

Round Dates
League A League B and C
Matchday 1 7–9 September 2023
Matchday 2 10–12 September 2023
Matchday 3 12–14 October 2023
Matchday 4 15–17 October 2023
Quarter-finals, 1st leg Matchday 5 16–18 November 2023
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg Matchday 6 19–21 November 2023
Semi-finals — 21 March 2024
Third place play-off — 24 March 2024
Final —

League A

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Panama Trinidad and Tobago Martinique Guatemala Curaçao El Salvador
1  Panama 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7 10 Advance to quarter-finals — — 3–0 3–0 — —
2  Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 0 1 10 9 +1 9 — — — 3–2 1–0 —
3  Martinique 4 2 1 1 2 3 −1 7 — — — — 1–0 1–0
4  Guatemala 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 1–1 — — — — 2–0
5  Curaçao (R) 4 1 0 3 6 7 −1 3 Relegation to League B 1–2 5–3 — — — —
6  El Salvador (R) 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1 — 2–3 0–0 — — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Jamaica Honduras Suriname Cuba Haiti Grenada
1  Jamaica 4 3 1 0 10 5 +5 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–0 — — 2–2 —
2  Honduras 4 2 1 1 8 1 +7 7 — — — 4–0 — 4–0
3  Suriname 4 1 2 1 6 3 +3 5 — — — — 1–1 4–0
4  Cuba 4 1 2 1 1 4 −3 5 — 0–0 1–0 — — —
5  Haiti (R) 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1 3 Relegation to League B 2–3 — — 0–0 — —
6  Grenada (R) 4 0 1 3 2 13 −11 1 1–4 — 1–1 — — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals pairings were determined based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 18 October 2023 for the four pre-seeded teams and the group stage results for the winners and runners-up of each group.[3] The four pre-seeded teams that received a direct bye to the quarter-finals (Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States) had the chance to decide the order of legs.[11] The winners advanced to the Nations League Finals and qualified for the 2024 Copa América, while the losers advanced to the Copa América qualifying play-offs.

Seeded teams
Rank Team Pts[12]
1  Mexico 1,967
2  United States 1,909
3  Canada 1,729
4  Costa Rica 1,676
Group stage winners and runners-up
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Panama 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7 10
2  Jamaica 4 3 1 0 10 5 +5 10
3  Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 0 1 10 9 +1 9
4  Honduras 4 2 1 1 8 1 +7 7
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

The match-ups were as follows:

  • Quarter-final 1 (QF1): Fourth-ranked seeded team vs. Best-ranked group winner
  • Quarter-final 2 (QF2): Third-ranked seeded team vs. Next best-ranked group winner
  • Quarter-final 3 (QF3): Second-ranked seeded team vs. Best-ranked group runner-up
  • Quarter-final 4 (QF4): First-ranked seeded team vs. Next best-ranked group runner-up

The first legs were played from 16 to 18 November, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 November 2023.[11]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Costa Rica  1–6  Panama 0–3 1–3
Jamaica  4–4 (a)  Canada 1–2 3–2
United States  4–2  Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 1–2
Honduras  2–2 (2–4 p)  Mexico 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)

Nations League Finals

Seeding

The four teams were ranked based on their results in the two quarter-finals legs to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed will play the fourth seed and the second seed will play the third seed.[13]

Seed QF Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 1  Panama 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
2 3  United States 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 2  Jamaica 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
4 4  Mexico 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 March – Arlington
 
 
 United States
 
24 March – Arlington
 
 Jamaica
 
Winner Match 1
 
21 March – Arlington
 
Winner Match 2
 
 Panama
 
 
 Mexico
 
Third place play-off
 
 
24 March – Arlington
 
 
Loser Match 1
 
 
Loser Match 2

Semi-finals

United States Match 1 Jamaica
Report
Panama Match 2 Mexico
Report

Third place play-off

Loser Match 1Match 3Loser Match 2

Final

Winner Match 1Match 4Winner Match 2

League B

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Guadeloupe Saint Lucia Sint Maarten Saint Kitts and Nevis
1  Guadeloupe (P) 6 5 0 1 16 3 +13 15 Promotion to League A — 2–0 4–0 5–0
2  Saint Lucia 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 2–1 — 1–2 2–0
3  Sint Maarten 6 2 0 4 6 15 −9 6 0–2 1–5 — 2–3
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis (R) 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4 Relegation to League C 1–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Nicaragua Dominican Republic Montserrat Barbados
1  Nicaragua (P) 6 5 1 0 17 1 +16 16 Promotion to League A — 0–0 3–0 5–1
2  Dominican Republic 6 3 1 2 14 6 +8 10 0–2 — 3–0 5–2
3  Montserrat 6 3 0 3 9 14 −5 9 0–3 2–1 — 4–2
4  Barbados (R) 6 0 0 6 7 26 −19 0 Relegation to League C 0–4 0–5 2–3 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation French Guiana Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bermuda Belize
1  French Guiana (P) 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 Promotion to League A — 3–2 3–0 0–2
2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 3 0 3 13 14 −1 9 1–4 — 4–3 3–0
3  Bermuda 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8 0–0 3–1 — 1–1
4  Belize (R) 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 Relegation to League C 1–0 1–2 0–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Guyana Puerto Rico Antigua and Barbuda The Bahamas
1  Guyana (P) 5 5 0 0 20 5 +15 15 Promotion to League A — 3–1 6–0 3–2
2  Puerto Rico (X, Y) 6 4 0 2 22 10 +12 12 1–3 — 5–0 6–1
3  Antigua and Barbuda (Y) 6 1 1 4 9 22 −13 4 1–5 2–3 — 2–2
4  Bahamas (Y) 5 0 1 4 7 21 −14 1 Relegation to League C TBD 1–6 1–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (X) Safe from relegation; (Y) Cannot be promoted

League C

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Collectivity of Saint Martin Bonaire Anguilla
1  Saint Martin (P) 4 4 0 0 20 1 +19 12 Promotion to League B — 2–1 8–0
2  Bonaire (P) 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 0–4 — 2–0
3  Anguilla 4 0 0 4 0 19 −19 0 0–6 0–3 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Aruba Cayman Islands United States Virgin Islands
1  Aruba (P) 4 4 0 0 14 4 +10 12 Promotion to League B — 5–1 3–1
2  Cayman Islands 4 1 1 2 6 10 −4 4 1–2 — 2–1
3  U.S. Virgin Islands 4 0 1 3 5 11 −6 1 1–4 2–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Dominica British Virgin Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
1  Dominica (P) 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Promotion to League B — 1–1 2–0
2  British Virgin Islands 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 5 1–2 — 3–1
3  Turks and Caicos Islands 4 0 1 3 3 10 −7 1 0–3 2–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 A  Bonaire (P) 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 Promotion to League B
2 C  British Virgin Islands 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 5
3 B  Cayman Islands 4 1 1 2 6 10 −4 4
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

Top goalscorers

League A
Rank Player Goals
1 Jamaica Shamar Nicholson 5
2 Curaçao Rangelo Janga 3
Honduras Anthony Lozano
Jamaica Bobby Decordova-Reid
Jamaica Demarai Gray
Panama José Fajardo
Trinidad and Tobago Reon Moore
League B
Rank Player Goals
1 Guyana Omari Glasgow 7
2 Dominican Republic Dorny Romero 6
Puerto Rico Gerald Díaz
Puerto Rico Ricardo Rivera
5 Guadeloupe Ange-Freddy Plumain 5
6 Barbados Thierry Gale 4
Guyana Kelsey Benjamin
Saint Kitts and Nevis Tiquanny Williams
League C
Rank Player Goals
1 Collectivity of Saint Martin Axel Raga 8
2 Aruba Rovien Ostiana 5
Collectivity of Saint Martin Stanley Segarel
4 British Virgin Islands Luka Chalwell 3
Turks and Caicos Islands Billy Forbes

Source: CONCACAF.[14]

References

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  8. ↑ "Concacaf Disciplinary Committee decision regarding Nicaragua and the Eligibility of Players" (Press release). CONCACAF. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Men's International Match Calendar 2023–2030" (PDF). FIFA. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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  11. 1 2 "Concacaf confirms 23/24 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal pairings". Miami: CONCACAF. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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  13. ↑ "Concacaf confirms Concacaf Nations League Semifinals and Play-In pairings and schedule". CONCACAF. 22 November 2023.
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