The UEFA Nations League 2026/27 begins with an unusual international window: the first four matchdays of the league phase will be concentrated between September 24 and October 6, 2026. For viewers in Brazil, League A will have 32 matches in that span, with most games scheduled for 15:45 Brasília time and three matches brought forward to 13:00.
The dates follow the official calendar published by UEFA. The Brazilian times were checked against a schedule that already displays the matches in the Brasília time zone. Since the competition has not started yet, isolated date or time changes may still occur; for that reason, it is worth checking the schedule again close to each match.
League A: who is in each group
Group A1 brings together France, Italy, Belgium and Turkey. Group A2 has Germany, the Netherlands, Serbia and Greece. Group A3 includes Spain, Croatia, England and Czechia. Group A4 is made up of Portugal, Denmark, Norway and Wales.
Each national team faces the other three members of its group home and away. In the so-called FIFA Super Window in September and October, each team will play four of its six league-phase matches, leaving the final two matchdays for November.
Matchday 1: September 24 to 26
Thursday, September 24
At 15:45 Brasília time, the games are Netherlands vs Germany, Serbia vs Greece, Norway vs Denmark and Portugal vs Wales. It is the opening of League A and already puts the Dutch-German rivalry on the field, along with Portugal's debut in Group A4.
Friday, September 25
At 15:45, Italy vs Belgium and Turkey vs France take place, the two Group A1 games. The entire group gets underway on the same day, making it possible to compare all four contenders after the first matchday.
Saturday, September 26
At 15:45, Czechia vs Croatia and England vs Spain are played. The meeting between the English and Spanish teams is one of the highlights of Group A3's opening.
Matchday 2: September 27 to 29
Sunday, September 27
The League A schedule begins at 13:00 with Serbia vs Netherlands and Denmark vs Wales. At 15:45, Germany vs Greece and Norway vs Portugal take the field. It is one of the few days in this sequence when League A will have two different kick-off times in Brazil.
Monday, September 28
At 15:45, Belgium vs France and Turkey vs Italy take place. The second Group A1 matchday keeps all four participants in action at the same time.
Tuesday, September 29
At 15:45, Czechia vs England and Spain vs Croatia are played. With that, every Group A3 team completes two matches before the calendar turns to October.
Matchday 3: October 1 to 3
Thursday, October 1
At 15:45, League A features Germany vs Serbia, Greece vs Netherlands, Denmark vs Portugal and Wales vs Norway. The matchday concentrates Groups A2 and A4 on the same day.
Friday, October 2
At 15:45, Belgium vs Turkey and France vs Italy are played. It is the first matchday of the second block of the window for Group A1.
Saturday, October 3
Croatia vs England starts at 13:00 Brasília time. Later, at 15:45, Spain vs Czechia closes Group A3's participation in the third matchday.
Matchday 4: October 4 to 6
Sunday, October 4
At 15:45, Greece vs Germany, Netherlands vs Serbia, Portugal vs Norway and Wales vs Denmark take place. The sequence means the teams in Groups A2 and A4 play their fourth match in just eleven days.
Monday, October 5
At 15:45, France vs Belgium and Italy vs Turkey are played. These matchups repeat the second-matchday fixtures with the home teams reversed.
Tuesday, October 6
At 15:45, Croatia vs Spain and England vs Czechia take place. They are the final League A games within the concentrated September-October window.
Brasília times: why almost everything falls at 15:45
UEFA concentrates most Nations League games in the European evening slot. In late September and early October, the time difference means the main slot reaches Brazil at 15:45.
When a match is brought forward to the European 18:00 slot, it appears at 13:00 Brasília time. Across the first four League A matchdays, this happens in three games: Serbia vs Netherlands and
Denmark vs Wales on September 27, and Croatia vs England on October 3.
Schedule summary by kick-off time
Looking only at League A, 29 of the 32 games across these four matchdays are scheduled for 15:45 Brasília time. The three exceptions, all at 13:00, are Serbia vs Netherlands and Denmark vs Wales on September 27, plus Croatia vs England on October 3.
This concentration makes the schedule easier to consult, but it also creates overlap: on some days, four League A games will start at the same minute. Anyone who wants to prioritize a specific matchup will need to choose the main game and follow the others through score updates or replays.
Games that draw the most attention in the window
The opening already brings Netherlands vs Germany on September 24. Two days later, England vs Spain puts two national teams with strong recent tradition face to face. On October 1, Denmark vs Portugal moves Group A4, while France vs Italy, on October 2, draws the attention in Group A1.
In the final stretch of the window, Portugal vs Norway takes place on October 4. On October 6, Croatia vs Spain closes Group A3's sequence before the break until November.
What happens after October 6
The league phase does not end in the FIFA Super Window. Matchdays 5 and 6 are scheduled for November 2026, completing the six games for each national team. After the group stage, the best-placed League A teams move on to the knockout stage of the competition in 2027.
For viewers in Brazil, the main point of this window is simple: between September 24 and October 6, League A will have games on almost every day, with kick-off times concentrated at 15:45 and only three matches at 13:00. The schedule above covers all 32 games from the first four matchdays in Brasília time.
