2024–25 UEFA Youth League league phase
The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (league phase) began on 17 September and will end on 11 December 2024. A total of 36 teams will compete in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League Path to decide 22 of the 36 places in the knockout phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Youth League.[1]
Format
[edit]Each team will play six matches, three at home and three away, against six different opponents, with all 36 teams ranked in a single league table. The top 22 ranked teams will qualify for the round of 32 of the knockout stage, where they will be joined by ten winners of the Domestic Champions Path. Teams ranked from 23rd to 36th are eliminated from the competition.
Tiebreakers
[edit]Teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:[2]
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Away goals scored;
- Wins;
- Away wins;
- Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents;
- Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents;
- Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents;
- Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
During the league phase, criteria 1 to 5 will be used to rank teams who have equal number of points. Should any teams be equal on points and tied on the first five criteria, they will be considered equal in position and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6 to 10 will only be used to break ties upon completion of all matches.[3]
Table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Inter Milan (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | |
3 | Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | |
4 | VfB Stuttgart | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | |
5 | Barcelona | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | |
6 | Atalanta | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | |
7 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |
8 | Girona | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | |
9 | Benfica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | |
10 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | |
11 | Juventus | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
12 | Sturm Graz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | |
13 | Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7[a] | |
15 | Bayern Munich | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7[a] | |
16 | Aston Villa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | |
17 | Manchester City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
18 | Lille | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
19 | Celtic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
20 | Real Madrid | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
21 | Atlético Madrid | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 | |
22 | Monaco | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
23 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | |
24 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
25 | Young Boys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | |
26 | Club Brugge | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
27 | RB Leipzig | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | |
28 | Arsenal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
29 | PSV Eindhoven | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
30 | Milan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
31 | Brest | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | |
32 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 | |
33 | Bologna | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 | |
34 | Feyenoord | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | |
35 | Red Star Belgrade | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
36 | Sparta Prague | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round
Notes:
Results summary
[edit]Matches
[edit]The schedule is identical to the first six matchdays of the UEFA Champions League league phase, the fixture list for which was announced on 31 August 2024.[4]
In principle, the matches will be played on the same day as the corresponding matches in the Champions League, unless the clubs and UEFA agree otherwise.[5] The matches will be played on 17–19 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November and 10–11 December 2024.[1]
Times are CET or CEST,[note 1] (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Matchday 1
[edit]Juventus | 1–0 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Benia 56' | Report |
Sporting CP | 2–2 | Lille |
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| Report |
Young Boys | 2–1 | Aston Villa |
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Report | Wilson 21' |
Real Madrid | 1–0 | VfB Stuttgart |
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Yañez 32' | Report |
Bayern Munich | 2–1 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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Report | Rimac 90+2' |
Bologna | 3–4 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Report |
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Sparta Prague | 2–3 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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Report |
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Club Brugge | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
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Granados 43' | Report | Wätjen 90' |
Manchester City | 2–4 | Inter Milan |
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Alfa-Ruprecht 2', 48' | Report |
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Red Star Belgrade | 1–2 | Benfica |
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Maksimović 57' | Report | Varela 13', 51' |
Feyenoord | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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Ouarghi 79' | Report |
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Brest | 1–4 | Sturm Graz |
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Kanté 60' | Report |
Atlético Madrid | 4–0 | RB Leipzig |
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Report |
Matchday 2
[edit]Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | Milan |
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| Report | Bonomi 71' |
PSV Eindhoven | 0–2 | Sporting CP |
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Report |
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Red Bull Salzburg | 5–1 | Brest |
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Report | Geraux 80' (pen.) |
Slovan Bratislava | 0–4 | Manchester City |
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Report |
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Arsenal | 1–0 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Annous 19' | Report |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–3 | Atalanta |
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Report |
Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | Monaco |
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Horvat 63' | Report |
Aston Villa | 0–1 | Bayern Munich |
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Report | Kusi-Asare 64' |
Girona | 2–0 | Feyenoord |
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Report |
Lille | 2–1 | Real Madrid |
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Report | Yañez 57' |
RB Leipzig | 0–3 | Juventus |
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Report |
Sturm Graz | 1–1 | Club Brugge |
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Grgic 29' | Report | Furo 77' |
Matchday 3
[edit]Monaco | 1–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Tincres 11' | Report | Sremčević 8' |
Arsenal | 0–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Report | Halonskyi 14' |
Milan | 1–1 | Club Brugge |
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Ossola 90+5' | Report | Furo 41' |
Aston Villa | 3–1 | Bologna |
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Report | Ebone 41' |
Paris Saint-Germain | 3–3 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Report |
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Juventus | 2–3 | VfB Stuttgart |
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Vacca 14', 85' | Report |
Sturm Graz | 1–3 | Sporting CP |
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Ilic 34' | Report |
Brest | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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Kanté 44' | Report | Alajbegović 24' |
Young Boys | 2–3 | Inter Milan |
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Report |
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Manchester City | 3–0 | Sparta Prague |
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Oboavwoduo 10', 37', 82' | Report |
RB Leipzig | 3–1 | Liverpool |
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Report | Morrison 67' |
Barcelona | 3–1 | Bayern Munich |
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Report | Chávez 58' |
Atlético Madrid | 1–1 | Lille |
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Janneh 51' (pen.) | Report | Akale 37' |
Matchday 4
[edit]PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | Girona |
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Bahaty 26' | Report | Van Duiven 59' (o.g.) |
Bologna | 0–0 |
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