Aliyar Aghayev officiates match within UEFA Nations League

Azerbaijan's FIFA referee Aliyar Aghayev has officiated the match between the national teams of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Netherlands in the 6th round of Group 3 of the UEFA Nations League, Division A.

The match, held at the Bilino Polye stadium in Zenica, ended in a 1-1 draw. The 37-year-old head referee showed only one yellow card during the match, which he issued to the home team’s forward Ermedin Demirovic in the 76th minute.

In this match, Aghayev was assisted by linesmen Zeynal Zeynalov and Akif Amirali. The fourth official was Inqlab Mammadov, while the VAR officials were Tomas Kwiatowski and Pavel Pskit from Poland.

As a result of this match, the Netherlands national team secured second place in the group, advancing to the quarter-finals of the Nations League, while Bosnia and Herzegovina was relegated to League B.

The UEFA Nations League is an international football competition played by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body.

The first tournament began in September 2018. The competition replaces the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar, with European national teams engaging in more frequent competitive matches against other European national teams of comparable level

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League will run from September to November 2024 (league phase), March 2025 (League A quarter-finals, and League A/B and B/C play-offs), June 2025 (Nations League Finals) and March 2026 (League C/D play-offs).