Youth League Champions League path group stage: All the fixtures and results

The 2023/24 UEFA Youth League Champions League path group stage is under way, running in parallel with the senior competition until 13 December.

Among winners on the opening week of action were 2022/23 semi-finalists AC Milan and former champions Real Madrid, Barcelona and Porto. Adrian Niño, who made history by scoring in all six of Atlético's group games last season, struck twice in their 2-0 win at Lazio, whose fellow debutants Braga and Lens both began their bids with victories. Benfica and Salzburg, who have met in two past finals, drew 1-1. Matchday 2 runs from Tuesday.

As always, the group winners progress straight to the round of 16 while the runners-up will go into the play-offs to be drawn away against the eight winners from the domestic champions path, competing for the remaining spots in the knockout phase. The competition concludes with a one-venue, four-team knockout tournament in April.

All KO times CET, may be subject to change

Results

Matchday 1

Wednesday 20 September

Group A
Galatasaray 1-5 Copenhagen, Bayern 2-0 Manchester United

Group B
Sevilla 0-1 Lens, Arsenal 1-2 PSV Eindhoven

Group C
Real Madrid 2-1 Union Berlin, Braga 1-0 Napoli

Group D
Real Sociedad 3-3 Inter, Benfica 1-1 Salzburg 

Tuesday 19 September

Group E
Lazio 0-2 Atlético, Feyenoord 3-0 Celtic 

Group F
AC Milan 4-0 Newcastle United, Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Borussia Dortmund

Group G
Young Boys 1-3 Leipzig, Manchester City 5-2 Crvena zvezda 

Group H
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-4 Porto, Barcelona 2-1 Antwerp

Fixtures to come

Matchday 2

Tuesday 3 October

Group A
Manchester United vs Galatasaray (15:00), Copenhagen vs Bayern (16:00)

Group B
Lens vs Arsenal (14:00), PSV Eindhoven vs Sevilla (16:00)

Group C
Union Berlin vs Braga (13:00), Napoli vs Real Madrid (14:00)

Group D
Inter vs Benfica (12:00), Salzburg vs Real Sociedad (14:00)

Wednesday 4 October

Group E
Atlético vs Feyenoord (14:00), Celtic vs Lazio (15:00)

Group F
Borussia Dortmund vs AC Milan (14:00), Newcastle United vs Paris Saint-Germain (15:00)

Group G
Leipzig vs Manchester City (14:00), Crvena zvezda vs Young Boys (16:00)

Group H
Antwerp vs Shakhtar Donetsk (12:00), Porto vs Barcelona (16:00)

Matchday 3

Tuesday 24 October

Group A
Galatasaray vs Bayern (11:00), Manchester United vs Copenhagen (15:00)

Group B
Sevilla vs Arsenal (14:00), Lens vs PSV Eindhoven (14:00)

Group C
Braga vs Real Madrid (15:00), Union Berlin vs Napoli (15:00)

Group D
Inter vs Salzburg (14:00), Benfica vs Real Sociedad (16:00)

Wednesday 25 October

Group E
Feyenoord vs Lazio (14:00), Celtic vs Atlético (15:00)

Group F
Paris Saint-Germain vs AC Milan (14:00), Newcastle United vs Borussia Dortmund (16:00)

Group G
 Young Boys vs Manchester City (14:30), Leipzig vs Crvena zvezda (15:30)

Group H
Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk (14:00), Antwerp vs Porto (14:00)

Matchday 4

Tuesday 7 November

Group E
Lazio vs Feyenoord (14:00), Atlético vs Celtic (16:00)

Group F
Borussia Dortmund vs Newcastle United (14:00), AC Milan vs Paris Saint-Germain (14:00)

Group G
Manchester City vs Young Boys (16:00), Crvena zvezda vs Leipzig (16:00)

Group H
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Barcelona (12:00), Porto vs Antwerp (15:30)

Wednesday 8 November

Group A
Bayern vs Galatasaray (16:00), Copenhagen vs Manchester United (16:00)

Group B
Arsenal vs Sevilla (14:00), PSV Eindhoven vs Lens (14:00)

Group C
Napoli vs Union Berlin (11:00), Real Madrid vs Braga (16:00)

Group D
Real Sociedad vs Benfica (12:00), Salzburg vs Inter (14:30)

Matchday 5

Tuesday 28 November

Group E
Lazio vs Celtic (14:00), Feyenoord vs Atlético (15:00)

Group F
Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United (14:00), AC Milan vs Borussia Dortmund (14:30)

Group G
Young Boys vs Crvena zvezda (14:30), Manchester City vs Leipzig (16:00)

Group H
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Antwerp (12:00), Barcelona vs Porto (16:00)

Wednesday 29 November

Group A
Galatasaray vs Manchester United (10:00), Bayern vs Copenhagen (16:00)

Group B
Arsenal vs Lens (14:00), Sevilla vs PSV Eindhoven (14:00)

Group C
Braga vs Union Berlin (15:00), Real Madrid vs Napoli (16:00)

Group D
Real Sociedad vs Salzburg (12:00), Benfica vs Inter (16:00)

Matchday 6

Tuesday 12 December

Group A
Manchester United vs Bayern (15:00), Copenhagen vs Galatasaray (16:00)

Group B
Lens vs Sevilla (13:00), PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal (14:00)

Group C
Napoli vs Braga (14:00), Union Berlin vs Real Madrid (15:00)

Group D
Inter vs Real Sociedad (12:00), Salzburg vs Benfica (14:30)

Wednesday 13 December

Group E
Celtic vs Feyenoord (14:00), Atlético vs Lazio (16:00)

Group F
Newcastle United vs AC Milan (15:00), Borussia Dortmund vs Paris Saint-Germain (16:00)

Group G
Leipzig vs Young Boys (12:00), Crvena zvezda vs Manchester City (14:00)

Group H
Antwerp vs Barcelona (14:00), Porto vs Shakhtar Donetsk (15:30)

Team guide

• Joint-record two-time winners Barcelona, plus fellow former champions Benfica, Porto, Real Madrid and Salzburg are involved (holders AZ Alkmaar are in the domestic champions path).

• Past runners-up Paris and Shakhtar are also in this path. Milan reached the 2022/23 semi-finals, a stage Atlético made the previous season.

• Atlético, Barcelona, Bayern, Benfica, Man City, Paris, Porto and Real Madrid maintain their perfect record of having entered all ten editions of this competition, which began in 2013/14 (the 2020/21 edition was cancelled).

• Teams making their competition debuts in this path are Antwerp, Braga, Lazio, Lens, Newcastle and Union Berlin.

• Galatasaray and Copenhagen met in the inaugural group stage of 2013/14. Copenhagen won 1-0 away and drew 2-2 at home.

• The same season, Madrid beat Napoli 2-1 in the round of 16.

• Benfica and Salzburg have met in two Nyon finals. Salzburg won 2-1 in 2017, Benfica turned the tables 6-0 in 2022.

• Last season Dortmund beat Paris on penalties in the round of 16 after a 1-1 draw.

• In the 2021/22 group stage, Man City beat Leipzig 5-1 at home and 1-0 away.

• Barcelona beat Porto 2-1 in the 2016/17 quarter-finals. Porto and Shakhtar drew 1-1 twice in the 2014/15 group stage.

Knockout calendar

Play-off draw: 19 December, Nyon
Play-offs: 6/7 February
Knockout draw (round of 16 onwards): 9 February, Nyon
Round of 16: 27/28 February
Quarter-finals: 12/13 March
Semi-finals: 19 April (single venue)
Final: 22 April (single venue)