2015–16 UEFA Youth League group stage

The 2015–16 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) was played from 15 September to 9 December 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Draw edit

The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path.[2]

The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 27 August 2015, 17:45 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[3][4]

Key to colours
Group winners advanced to the round of 16
Group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Pot 1
Team
  Barcelona
  Chelsea
  Bayern Munich
  Juventus
  Benfica
  Paris Saint-Germain
  Zenit Saint Petersburg
  PSV Eindhoven
Pot 2
Team
  Real Madrid
  Atlético Madrid
  Porto
  Arsenal
  Manchester United
  Valencia
  Bayer Leverkusen
  Manchester City
Pot 3
Team
  Shakhtar Donetsk
  Sevilla
  Lyon
  Dynamo Kyiv
  Olympiacos
  CSKA Moscow
  Galatasaray
  Roma
Pot 4
Team
  BATE Borisov
  Borussia Mönchengladbach
  VfL Wolfsburg
  Dinamo Zagreb
  Maccabi Tel Aviv
  Gent
  Malmö FF
  Astana

Format edit

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.

Tiebreakers edit

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 14.03):[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 applied;
  6. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. higher number of wins in all group matches;
  10. higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  11. lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. drawing of lots.

Groups edit

The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2015.[2] Times up to 24 October 2015 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10 13 Advance to round of 16
2   Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 16 7 +9 12 Advance to play-offs
3   Malmö FF 6 1 2 3 7 14 −7 5
4   Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 1 4 13 25 −12 4
Source: UEFA
Paris Saint-Germain  0–0  Malmö FF
Report
Real Madrid  4–0  Shakhtar Donetsk
Hakimi   28'
Cedrés   32'
Febas   59'
Salto   83'
Report
Attendance: 473
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk  1–4  Paris Saint-Germain
Zubkov   73' Report Augustin   6', 81'
Doucouré   44'
Pereira de Sa   53' (pen.)
Attendance: 830
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Malmö FF  1–0  Real Madrid
Redzic   88' Report
Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

Paris Saint-Germain  4–1  Real Madrid
Eboa Eboa   40'
Nkunku   51', 83'
Pereira de Sa   90+3'
Report Febas   57'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Malmö FF  5–5  Shakhtar Donetsk
Bergqvist   16'
Stojanovic-Fredin   27'
M. Andersson   46'
Hadzikadunic   59'
Boryachuk   80' (o.g.)
Report Topalov   13'
Zubkov   53'
Arabidze   61'
Boryachuk   62'
Pikhalyonok   87'
Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

Shakhtar Donetsk  3–1  Malmö FF
Buhay   40'
Pikhalyonok   65' (pen.)
Avahimyan   84'
Report Redzic   17'
Real Madrid  2–0  Paris Saint-Germain
Lazo   22'
Mayoral   57'
Report
Attendance: 392
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Shakhtar Donetsk  2–6  Real Madrid
Zubkov   23'
Boryachuk   73'
Report Cedrés   9', 79', 81'
Lazo   26'
Mayoral   59', 86'
Attendance: 812
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Malmö FF  0–3  Paris Saint-Germain
Report Meïté   12'
Pereira de Sa   19'
Edouard   90+5'
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

Paris Saint-Germain  5–2  Shakhtar Donetsk
Augustin   10'
Ikoné   58'
Meïté   64'
Edouard   76', 82'
Report Pikhalyonok   37'
Topalov   78'
Real Madrid  3–0  Malmö FF
Rivero   12', 59' (pen.)
Manu   77'
Report
Attendance: 686
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 Advance to round of 16
2   CSKA Moscow 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8[a] Advance to play-offs
3   Manchester United 6 2 2 2 6 10 −4 8[a]
4   VfL Wolfsburg 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (CSKA Moscow: 4 pts; Manchester United: 1 pt).
PSV Eindhoven  0–3  Manchester United
Report Gribbin   28'
Rashford   47' (pen.), 67'
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
VfL Wolfsburg  2–4  CSKA Moscow
Putaro   11', 19' Report Solovyov   54'
Zhamaletdinov   66'
Chalov   67'
Makarov   80'
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

CSKA Moscow  0–0  PSV Eindhoven
Report
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Manchester United  1–1  VfL Wolfsburg
Rashford   22' (pen.) Report Donkor   61'
Attendance: 510[5]
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

CSKA Moscow  4–0  Manchester United
Zhamaletdinov   14' (pen.), 55' (pen.)
Makarov   45'
Gordyushenko   88'
Report
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
VfL Wolfsburg  4–1  PSV Eindhoven
Ziegele   8'
Putaro   41' (pen.)
Vojic   75'
Condé   90+1'
Report Lundqvist   13'
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

Manchester United  0–0  CSKA Moscow
Report
Attendance: 545[6]
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
PSV Eindhoven  2–1  VfL Wolfsburg
Lammers   63'
Konings   90+3'
Report Putaro   90'
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

CSKA Moscow  1–2  VfL Wolfsburg
Kuchaev   55' Report Donkor   3'
Putaro   39'
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Manchester United  0–5  PSV Eindhoven
Report Guðmundsson   13'
Lundqvist   21'
Abels   37'
Lammers   66'
Konings   83'
Attendance: 444[7]
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

VfL Wolfsburg  0–2  Manchester United
Report Tuanzebe   43'
Kehinde   56'
PSV Eindhoven  2–1  CSKA Moscow
Lundqvist   18'
Guðmundsson   33'
Report Zhamaletdinov   25'
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Benfica 6 5 1 0 29 3 +26 16 Advance to round of 16
2   Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 25 5 +20 13 Advance to play-offs
3   Galatasaray 6 2 0 4 8 20 −12 6
4   Astana 6 0 0 6 1 35 −34 0
Source: UEFA
Galatasaray  1–3  Atlético Madrid
Davas   41' Report Roberto   75', 78'
Ferni   80'
Benfica  8–0  Astana
Gonçalves   10', 26', 55'
Gomes   21', 34'
Rodrigues   36'
H. Pereira   42', 78'
Report
Attendance: 580
Referee: Padraig Sutton (Republic of Ireland)

Astana  0–3  Galatasaray
Report Çalışkan   11'
Yeşilyurt   77'
Davas   80'
Atlético Madrid  1–2  Benfica
Moreno   77' Report Carvalho   35'
Gonçalves   89'

Atlético Madrid  7–1  Astana
Roberto   15', 30'
Moreno   24', 36' (pen.)
Hernandez   27'
Bare   57'
Salomón   75'
Report Kuanyshbay   22'
Galatasaray  1–11  Benfica
İşsever   17' (pen.) Report Gonçalves   24', 34', 58'
Gomes   27', 63', 65'
Sanches   33'
Carvalho   72', 90+1' (pen.)
H. Pereira   76'
Ferro   78'

Astana  0–9  Atlético Madrid
Report Heras   6'
Roberto   28', 57', 57', 84'
Mohedano   45'
Hernandez   52'
Almagro   59'
Carlos Isaac   79'
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)
Benfica  2–0  Galatasaray
Sarkic   24'
Carvalho   60'
Report
Attendance: 475
Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

Astana  0–5  Benfica
Report Gomes   28', 72' (pen.)
Assylkhanuly   73' (o.g.)
Araújo   90', 90+3'
Attendance: 17,000[8]
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
Atlético Madrid  4–0  Galatasaray
Moya   32', 50'
Ferni   48'
Roberto   90+1'
Report

Galatasaray  3–0  Astana
İşsever   36', 42'
Çalışkan   37'
Report
Benfica  1–1  Atlético Madrid
Hernandez   61' (o.g.) Report Ferni   63'
Attendance: 1,436
Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Manchester City 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11[a] Advance to round of 16
2   Sevilla 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11[a] Advance to play-offs
3   Juventus 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6
4   Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 1 2 3 10 13 −3 5
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Manchester City: 4 pts; Sevilla: 1 pt).
Sevilla  4–2  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Colmenero   13'
Falcón   20'
Romero   83', 90+4'
Report Holtby   43'
Simakala   58'
Manchester City  4–1  Juventus
Nemane   22'
Roberts   52'
Patching   87'
Nmecha   90+5'
Report Favilli   9'
Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Borussia Mönchengladbach  1–2  Manchester City
Simakala   1' Report Patching   62'
Nemane   70'
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Juventus  0–1  Sevilla
Report Shved   24'

Juventus  2–1  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Clemenza   38', 90' Report Eckert   48'
Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)
Manchester City  1–1  Sevilla
Ambrose   31' Report Martín   80'
Attendance: 1,808
Referee: Rob Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Borussia Mönchengladbach  3–2  Juventus
Ndenge   4' (pen.), 35'
Holtby   51'
Report Cassata   90'
Kastanos   90+2'
Referee: Barış Şimşek (Turkey)
Sevilla  0–2  Manchester City
Report Ambrose   20', 90'

Juventus  2–1  Manchester City
Kastanos   27', 60' Report Ambrose   90+2'
Borussia Mönchengladbach  2–2  Sevilla
Eckert   55'
Ndenge   89'
Report Curro   26'
Amo   50'
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)

Manchester City  1–1  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Brahim   45+2' Report Ndenge   20' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,007
Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)
Sevilla  1–0  Juventus
Curro   57' Report

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Barcelona 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Advance to round of 16
2   Roma 6 2 3 1 12 6 +6 9 Advance to play-offs
3   Bayer Leverkusen 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8
4   BATE Borisov 6 0 2 4 1 10 −9 2
Source: UEFA
Bayer Leverkusen  1–0  BATE Borisov
Henrichs   72' Report
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Roma  0–0  Barcelona
Report

BATE Borisov  0–0  Roma
Report
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
Barcelona  1–1  Bayer Leverkusen
Montes   72' Report Gemein   89'
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

BATE Borisov  0–3  Barcelona
Report Chendri   21'
Pérez   71'
Aleñá   75'
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
Bayer Leverkusen  2–1  Roma
Frey   38'
Džalto   90+3'
Report Ponce   55'

Roma  5–1  Bayer Leverkusen
D'Urso   6', 84'
Sadiq   27', 34', 57'
Report Džalto   83'
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Barcelona  2–0  BATE Borisov
Aleñá   20', 52' Report
Referee: Padraig Sutton (Republic of Ireland)

Barcelona  3–3  Roma
Tur   21'
Aleñá   23', 40'
Report Ponce   45+3', 86'
Marchizza   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,075[9]
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)
BATE Borisov  1–1  Bayer Leverkusen
Antilevsky   45' Report Cigaņiks   57' (pen.)
Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

Bayer Leverkusen  0–1  Barcelona
Report Blanco   89'
Roma  3–0  BATE Borisov
Soleri   23', 78'
Sadiq   75'
Report

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Dinamo Zagreb 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10[a] Advance to round of 16
2   Arsenal 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10[a] Advance to play-offs
3   Olympiacos 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10[a]
4   Bayern Munich 6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 4
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ranked by head-to-head record (Dinamo Zagreb: 7 pts; Arsenal: 6 pts; Olympiacos: 4 pts).
Olympiacos  1–0  Bayern Munich
Saliakas   82' (pen.) Report
Referee: Adrian Azzopardi (Malta)
Dinamo Zagreb  0–2  Arsenal
Report Willock   43'
Sheaf   66' (pen.)

Bayern Munich  1–2  Dinamo Zagreb
Strein   84' Report Božić   5' (pen.)
Brekalo   18'
Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)
Arsenal  3–2  Olympiacos
Pleguezuelo   14', 63'
Sheaf   49' (pen.)
Report Manthatis   7'
Androutsos   51'
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Arsenal  2–0  Bayern Munich
Iwobi   74', 78' Report
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
Dinamo Zagreb  2–2  Olympiacos
Čabraja   84'
Olmo   90+3'
Report Saliakas   25' (pen.)
Chantzaras   73'
Referee: Nikolai Yordanov (Bulgaria)

Bayern Munich  1–1  Arsenal
Benko   10' Report Bennacer   38'
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Ukraine)
Olympiacos  1–3  Dinamo Zagreb
Megaritis   56' Report Božić   2'
Gojak   11', 85'
Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)

Bayern Munich  0–1  Olympiacos
Report Manthatis   50'
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Arsenal  1–2  Dinamo Zagreb
Mavididi   78' Report Brekalo   54'
Gojak   69'
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

Dinamo Zagreb  0–1  Bayern Munich
Report Stefandl   74'
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Olympiacos  2–0  Arsenal
Manthatis   11'
Chantzaras   37'
Report

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Chelsea 6 4 2 0 15 4 +11 14 Advance to round of 16
2   Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 Advance to play-offs
3   Porto 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8
4   Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1
Source: UEFA
Dynamo Kyiv  2–1  Porto
Taranukha   43'
Smyrnyi   80'
Report Jorge   3'
Attendance: 3,000[10]
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Chelsea  3–0  Maccabi Tel Aviv
Palmer   20', 47'
Abraham   78'
Report
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

Maccabi Tel Aviv  1–1  Dynamo Kyiv
Kanichowsky   24' Report Mykhaylychenko   21'
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Porto  3–3  Chelsea
Cardoso   35' (pen.)
Djim   52'
Macedo   71'
Report Palmer   9'
Quintero   17'
Scott   26'

Dynamo Kyiv  0–2  Chelsea
Report Abraham   13', 72'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)
Porto  2–0  Maccabi Tel Aviv
Vaturi   6' (o.g.)
Cardoso   85' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)

Maccabi Tel Aviv  1–2  Porto
Altman   44' Report Morais   17'
Rui Pedro   40'
Referee: Vlado Glodjović (Serbia)
Chelsea  3–1  Dynamo Kyiv
Muheim   25'
Abraham   57', 90+4'
Report Schebetun   46'
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Maccabi Tel Aviv  0–4  Chelsea
Report Abraham   16' (pen.), 86'
Wakefield   19'
Scott   39'
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
Porto  0–1  Dynamo Kyiv
Report Schebetun   69'
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Dynamo Kyiv  2–0  Maccabi Tel Aviv
Kaliuzhnyi   20'
Tsygankov   72'
Report
Chelsea  0–0  Porto
Report
Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lyon 6 4 1 1 16 4 +12 13[a] Advance to round of 16
2   Valencia 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13[a] Advance to play-offs
3   Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 0 4 5 11 −6 6
4   Gent 6 1 0 5 2 18 −16 3
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Lyon: 4 pts; Valencia: 1 pt).
Gent  0–3  Lyon
Report Del Castillo   10', 63'
Ankoué   72'
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Valencia  2–0  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Soler   29'
Mir   75'
Report

Zenit Saint Petersburg  0–1  Gent
Report Callebaut   50'
Lyon  1–0  Valencia
Martelat   63' Report

Zenit Saint Petersburg  3–1  Lyon
Kubyshkin   36'
Andreyev   44'
Nazimov   63'
Report Roselli   86'
Valencia  5–1  Gent
T. Martínez   10'
Mir   42', 88'
Soler   64'
Gómez   82'
Report Walen   67'

Gent  0–4  Valencia
Report I. Martínez   17'
Mir   34', 69'
Gómez   88'
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)
Lyon  6–0  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Martins   1'
Perrin   25', 74'
Del Castillo   34' (pen.)
Cognat   38'
Martelat   72'
Report
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Zenit Saint Petersburg  0–1  Valencia
Report Shalimov   73' (o.g.)
Lyon  4–0  Gent
Martins   18', 59'
Perrin   20', 58'
Report
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

Valencia  1–1  Lyon
Mir   68' Report Kalulu   76'
Gent  0–2  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report Ponikarov   62'
Ivanov   65'
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "UEFA Youth League entrants confirmed". UEFA.com. 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Draws — Group stage". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "UEFA Youth League groups set". UEFA.com. 27 August 2015.
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  7. ^ @lsvstadium (November 25, 2015). "FULL TIME: @ManUtd 0 @psveindhoven 5" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "All-time UEFA Youth League records". UEFA.
  9. ^ @FCBmasia (November 24, 2015). "Avui som 1.075 espectadors al Mini, gràcies per venir!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Тест на перспективу. Юношеская лига УЕФА (U-19). 1 тур" (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс в Украине. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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