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2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B
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The 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B was the second division of the 2023–24 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.[1] It was held from 7 September to 21 November 2023.[2][3]
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Format
Unlike Leagues A and C, League B maintained the same format as in previous editions. League B consisted of sixteen teams which were split into four groups of four teams. The teams competed in a home-and-away, round-robin format over the course of the group phase, with matches being played in the official FIFA match windows in September, October and November 2023. The first-placed team of each group was promoted to the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A and the fourth-placed team of each group was relegated to the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C.[1]
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A total of sixteen national teams contested the League B, including twelve sides from the 2022–23 season and four promoted from the 2022–23 League C. As a result of the expansion to 16 teams in the League A, there were no teams relegated to the League C from the previous season, so the fourth placed team of each group from the 2022-23 season remained in the League B for this edition.
Team changes
The following were the team changes of League B from the 2022–23 season:
Nicaragua had originally qualified for promotion to League A as League B Group C winners, but they were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. As a result, on 12 June 2023, they were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago in League A, and they were forced to stay in League B, replacing Trinidad and Tobago.[4]
Teams promoted from League C
Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia returned to the League B after a one-season absence. Puerto Rico and Sint Maarten reached the second division of the CONCACAF Nations League for the first time after spending the first two seasons in League C.
Seeding
The pots were confirmed on 2 May 2023, with the sixteen League B teams being split into four pots of four teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2023.[5]
Draw
The groups draw was held on 16 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States,[1][6] where the sixteen involved teams were drawn into four groups of four. The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A and then selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and placling them into Groups B, C and D in sequential order. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.
The draw resulted in the following groups:[7]
- Note
- † Trinidad and Tobago was later replaced by Nicaragua, which was relegated from the League A.[4]
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The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 July 2023.[2][3] All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) for September and October matches and EST (UTC−5) for November matches, as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[8][9][10]
Group A
Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca, Willemstad (Curaçao)
Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
Stade Municipal de Sainte-Anne, Sainte-Anne
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley (Anguilla)
Attendance: 122[11]
Referee: Josué Ugalde (Costa Rica)
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
Stade Municipal de Sainte-Anne, Sainte-Anne
Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)
Group B
Referee: Patrick Senecharles (Haiti)
Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Attendance: 350[26]
Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Referee: Ignacio Fuentes (Guatemala)
Group C
Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France (Martinique)[note 9]
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
Referee: Hakeem Harvey (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France (Martinique)[note 11]
Attendance: 51[35]
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)
Attendance: 818[36]
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France (Martinique)[note 12]
Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Group D
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts
Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Referee: Shekiel Jokil (Suriname)
Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau (Bahamas)[note 14]
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)[note 15]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)[note 16]
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts
Referee: Benjamin Whitty (Cayman Islands)
Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Sergio Rozenhout (Suriname)
Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)
Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
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Goalscorers
There were 177 goals scored in 47 matches, for an average of 3.77 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Wood Julmis
Kane Crichlow
Taïryk Arconte
Matthias Phaëton
Deon Moore
Jacob Montes
Juan Luis Pérez
Joel Burgos
Wilfredo Rivera
Dominic Poleon
Oalex Anderson
2 goals
TJ Bramble
Raheem Deterville
Javorn Stevens
Riki Alba
Heinz Mörschel
Edarlyn Reyes
Loïc Baal
Jules Haabo
Thomas Némouthé
Luther Archimède
Jérôme Roussillon
Nathan Moriah-Welsh
Brandon Barzey
Lyle Taylor
Óscar Acevedo
Luis Coronel
Jaime Moreno
Darren Ríos
Ridel Stanislas
Cornelius Stewart
Jahvin Sutherland
Chovanie Amatkarijo
Gerwin Lake
1 goal
Quinton Griffith
Josh Parker
Dion Pereira
Nahum Johnson
Marcel Joseph
Christopher Rahming
Nathan Wells
Elijah Downey
Tajio James
Rashad Jules
Angelo Cappello
Nana Mensah
Jordy Polanco
Eldon Reneau
Eugene Martínez
Jai Bean
Remy Coddington
Djair Parfitt-Williams
Lejaun Simmons
Ne-Jai Tucker
Arnold Abelinti
Albert Ajaiso
Franz Gaubert
Joel Sarrucco
Kilian Bevis
Osaze De Rosario
Stephen Duke-McKenna
Leo Lovell
Donervon Daniels
Josiah Dyer
Dominic Richmond
Kaleem Strawbridge
Junior Arteaga
Harold Medina
Matías Moldskred Belli
Nextaly Rodríguez
Ariagner Smith
Leandro Antonetti
Rodolfo Sulia
Caniggia Elva
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild
Jevick Mac Farlane
Gregson President
Terell Thomas
Kyle Edwards
Nazir McBurnette
Marlon Simmons
Diel Spring
Oryan Velox
Imar Kort
Ilounga Pata
1 own goal
Roneba Cordice (against Guyana)
Shane Codrington (against Montserrat)
Ramón Griffith (against Dominican Republic)
Deshawon Nembhard (against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Jeriel Dorsett (against Dominican Republic)
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Notes
- Belize played their home match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the Stade Pierre-Aliker in Fort-de-France (Martinique) following a joint decision of both the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) and the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) to play on a neutral venue due to both federations expressed having "flight issues” in getting to their destination for their next matches on 12 September.[29][30]
- The French Guiana v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines match, originally scheduled at Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama, Remire-Montjoly was re-scheduled to be played at the Stade Pierre-Aliker in Fort-de-France (Martinique) due to the French Guiana's home stadium field did not meet CONCACAF requirements.[33][34]
- French Guiana played their home match against Bermuda at the Stade Pierre-Aliker in Fort-de-France (Martinique) due to the field of their regular home stadium Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama, Remire-Montjoly did not meet CONCACAF requirements.[37]
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines played their home match against Belize at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium in St. George's (Grenada) because their regular home stadium Arnos Vale Stadium was undergoing rehabilitation in preparation for hosting matches in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[38][39]
- Puerto Rico played their home match against Antigua and Barbuda at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau (Bahamas) due to their home stadiums (Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón and Mayagüez Athletics Stadium in Mayagüez) were undergoing renovation.[40]
- Referee Benjamín Pineda from Costa Rica, who was originally assigned to the Guyana v Puerto Rico match,[46] was replaced by the fourth official Sergio Rozenhout from Suriname.
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