All of the UEFA Nations are split into four Nations Leagues; A, B, C and D. Scotland begin the 2026/27 Nations League cycle as one of the top seeds in League B, as the nation ranked 17th in Europe. Scotland have been drawn in group B1 alongside Switzerland, Slovenia and North Macedonia, and will play all three nations home and away in September, October and November. Tickets for those home fixtures are on sale now. The UEFA Nations League has a new format for this edition of the tournament, which will see the end of League D, and upon conclusion will have 3 Leagues of 18 teams. Group winners in Leagues B and C will be directly promoted to the League above, while all teams in League D will move in to League C. The two worst placed teams in League A will be directly relegated to League B.

In addition to this, there is a play-off between League A and League B, featuring the two lowest-ranked 3rd-placed teams and two remaining 4th-placed teams of League A, who will face off against the 4 League B.

While no sides will be relegated directly from League B in this edition of the tournament, they will be joined by winners of League C upon conclusion. League B's 4th Ranked-teams will face the runners up of League C's 4 groups in a play-off to either remain in League B, or be promoted into it.

All play-offs are scheduled for late March 2027.

For teams that do not qualify from their group, results from their UEFA Nations League campaign is expected to provide teams with a second chance to enter the play-offs for the final tournament. Finally, results hold significance for EURO 2028 qualification. Seeding pots for EURO 2028 qualification groups will be set relative exclusively to finishing positions in the UEFA Nations League. As such, a stronger performance ensures a higher seeding pot at the draw in Belfast in December, with Scotland needing to finish in position one or two during this campaign to guarantee a place in Pot 2 for the draw. The Nations League will give Sébastien Pocognoli the opportunity to challenge his new Scotland in competitive games against nations of a similar standing to us. Things to look out for: After 7 years, Steve Clarke departed the Scotland National Team after the World Cup, which saw Sébastien Pocognoli step in to the role, his first in senior international management. A league winner with USG in Belgium before departing for AS Monaco in France, Pocognoli is only the second non-Scottish manager of the national team in our history. Sébastien Pocognoli named his Scotland squad last week with no fewer than seven uncapped players. This was in addition to returns for Josh Doig and Kieron Bowie of Sassuolo and Lennon Miller of Udinese, all of whom are 24 or younger. Pocognoli explained; "We want to be ambitious in this Nations League. We have to use this Nations League to try things, to experiment things but the most important is to be ambitious."