Malta will be playing once again in a group of three teams in League D of the UEFA Nations League as the draw and fixture list procedure for the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League were approved by the UEFA Executive Committee in Hamburg on Saturday.
The draw to take place at Maison de la Mutualité in Paris on 8 February 2024.
With Russia being suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions, 54 teams will be taking part in the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League with sixteen teams in each of Leagues A, B and C and the remaining six in League D.
This means that unlike the 2022/23 edition where there was a group of four teams and another of three teams in League D, this time there will be two groups of three teams. In the 2022/23 edition, Malta was drawn in a group of three teams along with Estonia and San Marino with Estonia emerging as group winners to secure promotion to League C.
The teams in League D are the loser of the UNL 2022/23 play-out between Lithuania and Gibraltar along with Moldova, Malta, Andorra, San Marino and Liechtenstein.
Lithuania/Gibraltar and Moldova will be seeded in Pot 1 while Pot 2 will include Malta, Andorra, San Marino and Liechtenstein.
Matches will be played as follows:
| Matchday 1 | 5-7 September 2024 |
| Matchday 2 | 8-10 September 2024 |
| Matchday 3 | 10-12 October 2024 |
| Matchday 4 | 13-15 October 2024 |
| Matchday 5 | 14-16 November 2024 |
| Matchday 6 | 17-19 November 2024 |
Since teams in League D will be playing four matches instead of six, they will play two friendly matches on the dates that remain free of competition matches.
The pot allocations in 2024/25 UEFA Nations League will be as follows:
Nations League A
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Spain | Denmark | Switzerland | Israel |
| Croatia | Portugal | Germany | Bosnia-Herzegovinna |
| Italy | Belgium | Poland | Serbia |
| Netherlands | Hungary | France | Scotland |
Nations League B
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Austria | Finland | Slovenia | Georgia |
| Czechia | Ukraine | Ireland | Greece |
| England | Iceland | Albania | Turkiye |
| Wales | Norway | Montenegro | Kazakhstan |
Nations League C
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Romania | Azerbaijan | North Macedonia | Belarus |
| Sweden | Kosovo | Slovakia | Lithuania/Gibraltar |
| Armenia | Bulgaria | Northern Ireland | Estonia |
| Luxembourg | Faroe Islands | Cyprus | Latvia |
Nations League D
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| Lithuania/Gibraltar | Malta |
| Moldova | Andorra |
| San Marino | |
| Liechtenstein |