The UEFA Nations League Winners from the debut to the latest season are on the public’s mind. It’s because the fourth season of the tournament has begun. The 2024-2025 UEFA Nations League is a long-lasting tournament, which began on 5 September 2024. Currently, the League A has completed their quarter-finals and are preparing for the semis. The tournament kicked off with the participation of 54 teams.
The tournament divided the teams into four leagues, and each league has four groups with four teams. The groups follow a round-robin format, from which the top two teams advance to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals will consist of eight teams from the league.
In the quarter-finals, the paired teams will play two games, and the total score of both games decides the winner. Naturally, only four teams out of these will move forward into the semi-final games.
List of UEFA Nations League Winners (2018–2025) – Year-by-Year Breakdown
Since the 2024-2025 UEFA Nations League will conclude in March 2026, the list will not include these winners because there are none. A brief result of the final match is provided under the respective season of the tournament.
The UEFA Nations League began in 2018 and has completed three seasons until now. The tournament is currently in its fourth edition. Germany is the final host for the ongoing competition. The final match is held between the top two teams based on their rankings at the end of the competition.
2018–19 UEFA Nations League Winner
The debut season of the UEFA Nations League consisted of 55 participating teams. After several qualifying rounds of all the leagues, Portugal and the Netherlands were the top two teams.
Both teams played the final match in Portugal, at the Estádio do Dragão venue in Porto. Portugal won the match with a score of 1-0, which was scored by Gonçalo Guedes.
The top goal scorer of the tournament was the Serbian striker, Aleksandar Mitrović, with six goals. The player of the tournament for the 2018-2019 UEFA Nations League was Bernardo Silva, Portugal’s midfielder.
2020–21 UEFA Nations League Winner
The finals of the UEFA Nations League second season were held at San Siro, Milan, Italy. France and Spain played the final match, where the teams were equal in the first half. Spian took the lead in the second half, but Benzema was quick to score the equaliser in the next two minutes.
The second goal was scored by Mbappé in the 80th minute, which gave France the lead to win the 2020-2021 UEFA Nations League. The player of the tournament was given to the Centre Defensive Midfielder of Spain, Sergio Busquets.
This edition had three top goal scorers from Germany, Norway and Spain with six goals each. The players were Romelu Lukaku, Erling Haaland, and Ferran Torres, respectively.
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2022–23 UEFA Nations League Winner
In the previous season of the UEFA Nations League, Spain reached the finals once again. This time, they were up against Croatia and played the match at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Both teams were on equal terms even after 90 minutes. The match went into thirty minutes of extra time, but the score was still 0-0. Due to this, the match went to penalties. In the end, Spain won 5-4 against Croatia.
There were two top goal scorers in the third edition, which included Erling Haaland from the second season and Aleksandar Mitrović from the debut season, each with six goals. Spain’s defensive midfielder, Rodri, was awarded the player of the tournament.
Here is the table sorted in descending order by season:
| Season | Winner | Match | Player of the Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | TBD | TBD vs. TBD | TBD |
| 2022–23 | Spain | Spain 0–0 Croatia (5–4 pens) | Rodri |
| 2020–21 | France | France 2–1 Spain | Sergio Busquets |
| 2018–19 | Portugal | Portugal 1–0 Netherlands | Bernardo Silva |
