UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League path fixtures and results

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

The new-look league phase is in progress, with 22 places in the round of 32 on offer.

Jonah Kusi-Asare's goal gave Bayern a 1-0 win at Aston Villa that moved the German side on to six points Getty Images

The UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League path league phase is in progress with the fixture list following the first six matchdays of the senior competition.

Under the new format, the top 22 clubs after the six matchdays progress to the round of 32. The clubs ranked 1 to 6 (Champions League path) will play against the clubs ranked 17 to 22. The clubs ranked 7 to 16 will face the ten clubs that qualify via the domestic champions path.

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Bayern München, Atalanta, Juventus and competition debutants Girona picked up second wins on Wednesday of Matchday 2, following in the Tuesday footsteps of former champions Salzburg, plus Inter and Bayer Leverkusen, who defeated AC Milan 3-1 to leave the 2023/24 runners-up on a single point. Seven teams are on four points including Atlético and Benfica, the Spanish club coming back from 2-0 down to hold the 2021/22 winners.

All kick-off times CET, may be subject to change.

League phase results

Latest standings

Matchday 2

Wednesday 2 October
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Atalanta
Girona 2-0 Feyenoord
Aston Villa 0-1 Bayern München
GNK Dinamo 1-0 Monaco
Liverpool 2-1 Bologna
LOSC Lille 2-1 Real Madrid
Leipzig 0-3 Juventus
Sturm Graz 1-1 Club Brugge
Benfica 2-2 Atlético de Madrid

Highlights: Benfica 2-2 Atleti

Tuesday 1 October
Stuttgart 3-0 Sparta Praha
Salzburg 5-1 Brest
Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 AC Milan
PSV Eindhoven 0-2 Sporting CP
Slovan Bratislava 0-4 Manchester City
Inter 4-0 Crvena Zvezda
Arsenal 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain
Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Celtic
Barcelona 4-2 Young Boys

Highlights: Leverkusen 3-1 Milan

Matchday 1

Thursday 19 September
Crvena Zvezda 1-2 Benfica
Feyenoord 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Brest 1-4 Sturm Graz
Atalanta 4-1 Arsenal
Monaco 4-3 Barcelona
Atlético de Madrid 4-0 Leipzig
Bologna 3-4 Shakhtar Donetsk

Highlights: Monaco 4-3 Barcelona

Wednesday 18 September
Sparta Praha 2-3 Salzburg
Paris Saint-Germain 0-2 Girona
Celtic 4-0 Slovan Bratislava
Club Brugge 1-1 Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City 2-4 Inter

Highlights: Man City 2-4 Inter

Tuesday 17 September
Young Boys 2-1 Aston Villa
Juventus 1-0 PSV Eindhoven
Sporting CP 2-2 LOSC Lille
AC Milan 0-0 Liverpool
Bayern München 2-1 GNK Dinamo
Real Madrid 1-0 Stuttgart

Highlights: Juventus 1-0 PSV

League phase fixtures to come

League phase: What happens if teams are level on points?

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the league phase matches then, as per paragraph 16.01 of the competition regulations, the following criteria are applied, in this order, to determine their rankings:

a. Superior goal difference in the league phase
b. Higher number of goals scored in the league phase
c. Higher number of away goals scored in the league phase
d. Higher number of wins in the league phase
e. Higher number of away wins in the league phase
f. Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents
g. Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents
h. Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents
i. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all league phase matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
j. Higher club coefficient

Between Matchday 1 and Matchday 5, teams that are level on points will be separated using the following criteria:

If teams are still equal in all aspects with the application of these criteria, they will be given equal ranking in the table, ordered alphabetically based on their abbreviated name.

Team guide

• Past champions involved in this path are joint-record two-time winners Barcelona plus Benfica, Real Madrid and Salzburg.

• Last season's beaten finalists AC Milan take part along with past runners-up Paris Saint-Germain and Shakhtar Donetsk.

• Atlético, Barcelona, Bayern, Benfica, Manchester City, Paris and Real Madrid maintain their perfect record of having entered all 11 editions of this competition, which began in 2013/14 (the 2020/21 edition was cancelled).

• Real Madrid and Atlético both got through the former group stage in all 11 seasons.

• France and Germany now share the record for having the number of different entrants at 14 due to debuts for Brest (as well as Domestic Champions path contenders Auxerre) and Stuttgart.

• Along with Brest and Stuttgart, also making their competition debuts in this path are Aston Villa, Bologna, Girona and Sturm Graz.

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New format

The UEFA Youth League has a new format for its 11th edition, adapting to the format change of the senior UEFA club competitions, meaning a larger entry than ever before in 2024/25.

As before, the contenders are split into two paths, the UEFA Champions League path and the Domestic Champions path, both of which are played through the rest of the year, before they come together for the knockout phase in 2025. Holders Olympiacos are in the knockout Domestic Champions path.

The UEFA Champions League path includes the 36 youth teams of the clubs that have qualified for the league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League. The league stage will mirror the Champions League league phase but is limited to the first six matchdays, with the same matches played in both competitions (three at home and three away).

The top 22 clubs after the six matchdays progress to the round of 32. The clubs ranked 1 to 6 (Champions League path) will play against the clubs ranked 17 to 22. The clubs ranked 7 to 16 will face the ten clubs that qualify via the domestic champions path.

A further open draw will be held for the round of 16 onwards. The tournament will, as before, conclude with a final four (semi-finals and final) played at the traditional venue of Colovray Sports Centre in Nyon, Switzerland.

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Knockout draw and match dates

Round of 32 draw: 20 December, Nyon
Round of 32: 11/12 February
Knockout draw (round of 16 onwards): 14 February, Nyon
Round of 16: 4/5 March
Quarter-finals: 1/2 April
Semi-finals: 25 April (Colovray Sports Centre, Nyon)
Final: 28 April (Colovray Sports Centre, Nyon)

New format explained

UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League path fixtures and results

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League phase results

Matchday 2

Matchday 1

League phase fixtures to come

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

Team guide

New format

Knockout draw and match dates