The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D was the fourth and lowest division of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[1]
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| Dates | 6 September – 20 November 2018 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Promoted |  Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Kosovo Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova |
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| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 121 (2.52 per match) |
| Attendance | 435,442 (9,072 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Yura Movsisyan Stanislaw Drahun (5 goals each) |
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Format
editLeague D consisted of the lowest 16 UEFA members ranked from 40–55, who were split into four groups of four. The top two teams of each group, as well as the best ranked third-place team, were promoted to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C.[2]
In addition, League D was allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from League D which had not already qualified for the European Championship finals competed in the play-offs for each division, which were played in October and November 2020. The play-off berths were first allocated to the group winners, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the division, etc. If there were fewer than four teams in League D which had not already qualified for the European Championship finals, and League D had no group winner available, the best team in the overall ranking would be selected. The play-offs consisted of two "one-off" semi-finals (best-ranked team vs. fourth best-ranked team and second best-ranked team vs. third best-ranked team, played at home of higher-ranked teams) and one "one-off" final between the two semi-final winners (venue drawn in advance between semi-final 1 and 2).[3][4]
Seeding
editTeams were allocated to League D according to their UEFA national team coefficients after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group stage on 11 October 2017. Teams were split into four pots of four teams, ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient.[5][6] The seeding pots for the draw were announced on 7 December 2017.[7]
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The group draw took place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 January 2018, 12:00 CET.[8][9][10][11] For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan could not be drawn into the same group (due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict). Due to excessive travel restrictions, any group could only contain a maximum of one of the following pairs: Andorra and Kazakhstan, Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and Azerbaijan.[12]
Groups
editThe fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 24 January 2018 following the draw.[13][14]
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group 1
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion[a] |
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| 1 | Georgia (P)
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 16 | Promotion to League C | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Kazakhstan (P)
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Latvia
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6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4[b] | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Andorra
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6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 4[b] | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
- ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, the second-placed teams in each group and the best third-placed team among all groups were also promoted.
- ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
| Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Georgia |
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| Georgia | 1–0 | Latvia |
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| Andorra | 1–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| Georgia | 3–0 | Andorra |
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| Latvia | 1–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| Kazakhstan | 4–0 | Andorra |
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| Kazakhstan | 1–1 | Latvia |
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| Andorra | 1–1 | Georgia |
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| Georgia | 2–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Group 2
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion[a] |
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| 1 | Belarus (P)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 14 | Promotion to League C | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Luxembourg (P)
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 10 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Moldova (P)
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 9 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | San Marino
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
- ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, the second-placed teams in each group and the best third-placed team among all groups were also promoted.
| Belarus | 5–0 | San Marino |
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| Luxembourg | 4–0 | Moldova |
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| Belarus | 1–0 | Luxembourg |
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| Moldova | 2–0 | San Marino |
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| San Marino | 0–1 | Moldova |
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| Luxembourg | 0–2 | Belarus |
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| Moldova | 1–1 | Luxembourg |
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| San Marino | 0–2 | Belarus |
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Group 3
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion[a] |
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| 1 | Kosovo (P)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 14 | Promotion to League C | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Azerbaijan (P)
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Faroe Islands
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Malta
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
- ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, the second-placed teams in each group and the best third-placed team among all groups were also promoted.
| Azerbaijan | 0–0 | Kosovo |
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| Faroe Islands | 3–1 | Malta |
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| Malta | 1–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Malta |
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| Faroe Islands | 1–1 | Kosovo |
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| Kosovo | 4–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Malta | 1–1 | Faroe Islands |
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Group 4
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| 1 | Macedonia (P)
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | Promotion to League C | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Armenia (P)
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 10 | 4–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Gibraltar
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 6 | 0–2 | 2–6 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Liechtenstein
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — |
- ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, the second-placed teams in each group and the best third-placed team among all groups were also promoted.
| Armenia | 2–1 | Liechtenstein |
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| Gibraltar | 0–2 | Macedonia |
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| Armenia | 0–1 | Gibraltar |
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| Macedonia | 4–1 | Liechtenstein |
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| Armenia | 4–0 | Macedonia |
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| Gibraltar | 2–1 | Liechtenstein |
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| Gibraltar | 2–6 | Armenia |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–2 | Macedonia |
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| Macedonia | 4–0 | Gibraltar |
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| Liechtenstein | 2–2 | Armenia |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
edit| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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| 1 | D2 | Moldova (P)
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 9 | Promotion to League C |
| 2 | D4 | Gibraltar
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 6 | |
| 3 | D3 | Faroe Islands
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | |
| 4 | D1 | Latvia
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6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) UEFA national team coefficient.
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Goalscorers
editThere were 121 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.52 goals per match.
5 goals
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Jordi Aláez- Cristian Martínez
Sargis Adamyan- Tigran Barseghyan
- Gevorg Ghazaryan
- Artur Kartashyan
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Araz Abdullayev- Tamkin Khalilzade
- Mahir Madatov
Yury Kavalyow- Ihar Stasevich
Jóan Símun Edmundsson- Hallur Hansson
Valerian Gvilia- Giorgi Merebashvili
- Tornike Okriashvili
George Cabrera- Tjay De Barr
- Adam Priestley
Yuriy Logvinenko- Roman Murtazayev
- Oralkhan Omirtayev
- Yerkebulan Seydakhmet
- Gafurzhan Suyumbayev
- Bauyrzhan Turysbek
- Baktiyar Zaynutdinov
Atdhe Nuhiu- Amir Rrahmani
Artūrs Karašausks- Deniss Rakels
Marcel Büchel- Nicolas Hasler
- Sandro Wieser
- Sandro Wolfinger
- Seyhan Yildiz
Stefano Bensi- Maxime Chanot
- Aurélien Joachim
- Kevin Malget
- Christopher Martins
- Olivier Thill
- Vincent Thill
- David Turpel
Ivan Trichkovski
Juan Carlos Corbalan- Michael Mifsud
- Rowen Muscat
Vitalie Damașcan
1 own goal
- Josep Gómes (against Kazakhstan)
- Serhiy Malyi (against Georgia)
Overall ranking
editThe 16 League D teams were ranked 40th to 55th overall in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][20]
- The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 40th to 43rd according to the results of the league phase.
- The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 44th to 47th according to the results of the league phase.
- The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 48th to 51st according to the results of the league phase.
- The teams finishing fourth in the groups were ranked 52nd to 55th according to the results of the league phase.
| Rnk | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 40 | D1 | Georgia
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 16 |
| 41 | D4 | Macedonia
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 |
| 42 | D3 | Kosovo
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 14 |
| 43 | D2 | Belarus
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 14 |
| 44 | D2 | Luxembourg
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 10 |
| 45 | D4 | Armenia
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 10 |
| 46 | D3 | Azerbaijan
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 |
| 47 | D1 | Kazakhstan
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
| 48 | D2 | Moldova
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 9 |
| 49 | D4 | Gibraltar
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 6 |
| 50 | D3 | Faroe Islands
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 |
| 51 | D1 | Latvia
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6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 |
| 52 | D4 | Liechtenstein
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 |
| 53 | D1 | Andorra
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6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 4 |
| 54 | D3 | Malta
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 |
| 55 | D2 | San Marino
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
Prize money
editThe prize money to be distributed was announced in March 2018.[21] Each team in League D received a solidarity fee of €500,000. In addition, the four group winners received double this amount with a €500,000 bonus fee. This meant that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League D was €1 million.
Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs
editThe four best teams in League D according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage competed in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. If there had been fewer than four teams in League D that had not qualified, the remaining slots would have been allocated to teams from another league, according to the overall ranking.
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| 40 GW | Georgia
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| 41 GW | North Macedonia
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| 42 GW | Kosovo
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| 43 GW | Belarus
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| 44 | Luxembourg
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| 45 | Armenia
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| 46 | Azerbaijan[H]
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| 47 | Kazakhstan
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| 48 | Moldova
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| 49 | Gibraltar
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| 50 | Faroe Islands
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| 51 | Latvia
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| 52 | Liechtenstein
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| 53 | Andorra
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| 54 | Malta
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| 55 | San Marino
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Key
- GW Nations League group winner
- H UEFA Euro 2020 host at the time of the draw
- Team advanced to play-offs
- Team qualified directly to final tournament
Notes
editReferences
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- ^ "UEFA Nations League format and schedule confirmed". UEFA. 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Confirmed: How the UEFA Nations League will line up". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "National Team Coefficients Overview" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "UEFA Nations League draw seedings confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "UEFA Nations League format confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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- ^ Mamulashvili, Merab (8 February 2018). "საქართველოს მოთხოვნით, უეფა-მ ერთა ლიგის კალენდარი შეცვალა" [At the request of Georgia, UEFA has rescheduled the Nations League]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian). First Channel. Archived from the original on 2 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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- ^ "UEFA Nations League solidarity and bonus fees". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.