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2023–24 UEFA Youth League

The 2023–24 UEFA Youth League was the tenth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.

2023–24 UEFA Youth League
The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the semi-finals and final
Tournament details
Dates19 September 2023 – 22 April 2024
Teams64 (from 35 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsGreece Olympiacos (1st title)
Runners-upItaly Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played166
Goals scored486 (2.93 per match)
Attendance258,941 (1,560 per match)
Top scorer(s)Amin Chiakha (Copenhagen)
Rodrigo Mora (Porto)
7 goals each

The title holders were AZ, who defeated Hajduk Split 5–0 in the previous edition's final, but they were eliminated in the round of 16. Olympiacos beat Milan 3–0 in the final held at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to secure their first title in the competition and become the first Greek team to ever win a UEFA club competition.

Teams edit

A total of 64 teams from 35 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered the tournament. They were split into two sections, each with 32 teams.

  • UEFA Champions League Path: The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path. If there was a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it was filled by a team defined by UEFA.
  • Domestic Champions Path: The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2023 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path. If there was a vacancy (associations with no youth domestic competition, as well as youth domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path), it was first filled by the title holders should they have not yet qualified, and then by the youth domestic champions of the next association in the UEFA ranking.

Antwerp, Dinamo Minsk, Famalicão, İstanbul Başakşehir, Klaipėdos, Lazio, Lecce, Lens, Mainz, Newcastle, Pafos, Partizan, Sarajevo, Union Berlin, and Universitatea Craiova made their tournament debuts.[1]

Qualified teams for 2023–24 UEFA Youth League[1]
Rank Association Teams
UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path
1   England
2   Spain
3   Italy
Lecce (2022–23 Campionato Primavera 1)
4   Germany
Mainz 05 (2022–23 A-Junioren-Bundesliga)
5   France
Nantes (2022–23 Championnat National U19)
6   Portugal
Famalicão (2022–23 Campeonato Nacional Juniores S19)
7   Netherlands
AZ[TH][V-RUS]
8   Austria Red Bull Salzburg[YC] (2022–23 Jugendliga U18)[3]
9   Scotland Celtic Hamilton Academical (2022–23 Scottish U18 League)
11   Serbia Red Star Belgrade Partizan (2022–23 Serbian U19 League)
12   Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Rukh Lviv (2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League Under-19)
13   Belgium Antwerp[PO] Gent (2022–23 Belgian U18 League)
14   Switzerland Young Boys[PO] Basel (2022–23 Swiss U18 League)
15   Greece Olympiacos (2022–23 Superleague K19)
16   Czech Republic Sparta Prague (2022–23 Czech U19 League)
17   Norway Molde (2022 Norwegian U19 Cup)
18   Denmark Copenhagen[PO] Midtjylland (2022–23 U19 Ligaen)
19   Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (2022–23 1. HNL Juniori U19)
20   Turkey Galatasaray[PO] İstanbul Başakşehir (2022–23 U19 Elit)
21   Cyprus Pafos (2022–23 Cypriot U19 League)
22   Israel Maccabi Haifa (2022–23 Israeli U19 Noar Premier League)
23   Sweden Malmö FF (2022 P17 Allsvenskan)
24   Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (2022–23 U18 BFU Cup)
25   Romania Universitatea Craiova (2022–23 Liga de Tineret)
26   Azerbaijan Gabala (2022–23 Azerbaijani U19 League)
27   Hungary Puskás Akadémia (2022–23 Hungarian U19 League)
28   Poland Lech Poznań (2022–23 Polish U18 Central Junior League)
29   Kazakhstan Turan (2022 Kazakhstani U17 League)
30   Slovakia Žilina (2022–23 Slovak U19 League)
31   Slovenia Maribor (2022–23 Slovenian U19 League)
32   Belarus Dinamo Minsk (2022 Belarusian U18 League)
33   Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[V-YC] (2022–23 Divizia Națională U19)
34   Lithuania Klaipėdos[V-YC] (2022 Lithuanian Elite Youth League U19 Division)
35   Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo[V-YC] (2022–23 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 Junior League)
36   Finland HJK[V-PO] (2022 U17 B-Junior League)
Associations without any participating teams
(no teams qualified for UEFA Champions League group stage, and either with no youth domestic competition or not ranked high enough for a vacancy)
Rank Association
10   Russia[Note RUS]
37   Luxembourg
38   Latvia
39   Kosovo
40   Republic of Ireland
41   Armenia
42   Northern Ireland
Rank Association
43   Albania
44   Faroe Islands
45   Estonia
46   Malta
47   Georgia
48   North Macedonia
49   Liechtenstein
Rank Association
50   Wales
51   Gibraltar
52   Iceland
53   Montenegro
54   Andorra
55   San Marino
Notes
  1. TH Title holders.
  2. YC Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path which were also youth domestic champions.
  3. PO Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path after their senior team qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs.
  4. V-RUS Team playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancy of Russia (excluded from UEFA competitions).
  5. V-YC Teams playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancies of teams which qualified for the Champions League group stage automatically.
  6. V-PO Teams playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancies of teams which qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs.
  7. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[5]

Round and draw dates edit

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[6]

  • For the UEFA Champions League Path group stage, in principle the teams played their matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of the matchdays as scheduled for UEFA Champions League, and on the same day as the corresponding senior teams; however, matches could also be played on other dates, including Mondays and Thursdays.
  • For the Domestic Champions Path first and second rounds, in principle matches were played on Wednesdays (first round on matchdays 2 and 3, second round on matchdays 4 and 5, as scheduled for UEFA Champions League); however, matches could also be played on other dates, including Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Schedule for 2023–24 UEFA Youth League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
UEFA Champions League Path
Group stage 		Matchday 1 31 August 2023 19–20 September 2023
Matchday 2 3–4 October 2023
Matchday 3 24–25 October 2023
Matchday 4 7–8 November 2023
Matchday 5 28–29 November 2023
Matchday 6 12–13 December 2023
Domestic Champions Path First round 5 September 2023 4 October 2023 25 October 2023
Second round 8 November 2023 29 November 2023
Knockout phase Play-offs 19 December 2023 6–7 February 2024
Round of 16 9 February 2024 27–28 February 2024
Quarter-finals 12–13 March 2024
Semi-finals 19 April 2024 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon
Final 22 April 2024 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon

UEFA Champions League Path edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Youth League group stage

For the UEFA Champions League Path, 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 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 31 August 2023.[7]

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

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CPH BAY GAL MUN
1   Copenhagen 6 4 1 1 18 7 +11 13 Advance to round of 16 — 3–2 6–0 2–2
2   Bayern Munich 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 12 Advance to play-offs 2–1 — 2–1 2–0
3   Galatasaray 6 2 0 4 5 17 −12 6 1–5 2–1 — 1–0
4   Manchester United 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 0–1 0–2 3–0 —
Source: UEFA


Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEN SEV PSV ARS
1   Lens 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13 Advance to round of 16 — 1–1 2–1 1–0
2   Sevilla 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 Advance to play-offs 0–1 — 1–0 2–1
3   PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 2–0 1–1 — 1–3
4   Arsenal 6 1 1 4 6 9 −3 4 0–2 1–1 1–2 —
Source: UEFA


Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA BRA NAP UNB
1   Real Madrid 6 4 2 0 14 1 +13 14 Advance to round of 16 — 0–0 6–0 2–1
2   Braga 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 Advance to play-offs 0–0 — 1–0 1–0
3   Napoli 6 1 1 4 4 17 −13 4 0–4 2–2 — 1–0
4   Union Berlin 6 1 0 5 6 11 −5 3 0–2 1–4 4–1 —
Source: UEFA


Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAL INT BEN RSO
1   Red Bull Salzburg 6 4 2 0 16 8 +8 14 Advance to round of 16 — 1–1 4–2 5–2
2   Inter Milan 6 1 4 1 9 9 0 7 Advance to play-offs 2–3 — 1–1 1–0
3   Benfica 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 1–1 1–1 — 2–1
4   Real Sociedad 6 1 1 4 8 14 −6 4 0–2 3–3 2–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group E edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEY ATM LAZ CEL
1   Feyenoord 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13 Advance to round of 16 — 0–1 2–2 3–0
2   Atlético Madrid 6 4 0 2 10 3 +7 12 Advance to play-offs 1–2 — 0–1 4–0
3   Lazio 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 1–3 0–2 — 0–2
4   Celtic 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 4 2–3 0–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group F edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL DOR NEW PAR
1   Milan 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12 Advance to round of 16 — 4–1 4–0 3–2
2   Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 Advance to play-offs 1–2 — 2–2 2–0
3   Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7 3–1 1–2 — 0–1
4   Paris Saint-Germain 6 2 0 4 5 8 −3 6 1–0 0–1 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group G edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI RBL CZV YB
1   Manchester City 6 4 2 0 17 6 +11 14 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 5–2 3–0
2   RB Leipzig 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 Advance to play-offs 1–1 — 2–1 0–0
3   Red Star Belgrade 6 1 1 4 8 13 −5 4[a] 2–2 0–1 — 2–1
4   Young Boys 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4[a] 0–4 1–3 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to head record.

Group H edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR BAR SHK ANT
1   Porto 6 5 0 1 17 5 +12 15[a] Advance to round of 16 — 0–2 2–0 3–1
2   Barcelona 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15[a] Advance to play-offs 0–4 — 2–0 2–1
3   Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 0 4 6 13 −7 6 1–4 0–3 — 3–1
4   Antwerp 6 0 0 6 5 17 −12 0 1–4 0–3 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Porto 3, Barcelona 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Porto +2, Barcelona –2.

Domestic Champions Path edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw for both the first round and second round was held on 5 September 2023.

The eight second round winners advanced to the play-offs, where they would join by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage).

First round edit

The first legs were played on 3 and 4 October and the second legs were played on 8, 24, and 25 October 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lech Poznań   1–1 (2–4 p)   Nantes 1–1 0–0
Pafos   0–6   Žilina 0–1 0–5
Rukh Lviv   4–2   Sarajevo 1–1 3–1
Sparta Prague   4–1   Maccabi Haifa 1–1 3–0 (awd.)[note 1]
AZ   14–0   Klaipėda 12–0 2–0
Malmö FF   3–5   HJK 1–4 2–1
Molde   5–4   Hamilton Academical 3–0 2–4
Famalicão   2–2 (6–7 p)   Midtjylland 2–2 0–0
Turan   0–6   Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 0–5
Universitatea Craiova   0–5   Partizan 0–1 0–4
Olympiacos   6–2   Lecce 3–1 3–1
Dinamo Minsk   2–1   Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 2–0
Maribor   1–3   Mainz 05 0–2 1–1
Gent   0–3   Basel 0–1 0–2
Dinamo Zagreb   5–2   İstanbul Başakşehir 2–1 3–1
Gabala   2–1   Puskás Akadémia 1–1 1–0
Notes
  1. ^ Due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Haifa withdrew from the competition.[8]

Second round edit

The first legs were played on 7, 8, and 29 November and the second legs were played on 22, 28, 29 November, and 3 December 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rukh Lviv   1–4   Midtjylland 0–4 1–0
Nantes   1–1 (4–3 p)   HJK 1–0 0–1
Molde   3–6   AZ 3–4 0–2
Sparta Prague   6–6 (2–4 p)   Žilina 2–2 4–4
Basel   2–0   Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 0–0
Gabala   0–7   Olympiacos 0–3 0–4
Mainz 05   3–2   Dinamo Minsk 1–1 2–1
Sheriff Tiraspol   4–5   Partizan 2–0 2–5

Knockout phase edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

Bracket edit

Play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
7 February
  Basel0
28 February
  Bayern Munich2
  Bayern Munich 3
  Feyenoord2
12 March
  Bayern Munich1
7 February
  Olympiacos3
  Olympiacos (p)0 (6)
28 February
  Inter Milan0 (5)
  Olympiacos (p)2 (4)
  Lens2 (2)
19 April – Colovray Stadium
  Olympiacos (p)0 (3)
7 February
  Nantes0 (1)
  Nantes (p)3 (3)
28 February
  Sevilla3 (2)
  Red Bull Salzburg0
  Nantes1
12 March
  Nantes (p)3 (5)
7 February
  Copenhagen3 (4)
  Žilina2
27 February
  Borussia Dortmund1
  Žilina 1 (2)
  Copenhagen (p)1 (4)
22 April – Colovray Stadium
  Olympiacos 3
6 February
  Milan0
  Mainz 05 (p)2 (6)
27 February
  Barcelona2 (5)
  Mainz 052
  Manchester City1
13 March
  Mainz 051
7 February
  Porto4
  AZ1
27 February
  Atlético Madrid0
  AZ1 (3)
  Porto (p)1 (4)
19 April – Colovray Stadium
  Porto 2 (3)
7 February
  Milan (p)2 (4)
  Partizan0
28 February
  Braga2
  Milan (p)2 (4)
  Braga2 (2)
13 March
  Milan (p)1 (4)
6 February
  Real Madrid1 (3)
  Midtjylland1 (2)
28 February
  RB Leipzig (p)1 (4)
  Real Madrid2
  RB Leipzig 0

Play-offs edit

The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

The draw was conducted on 19 December 2023 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.[9] The play-offs were played over one leg on 6 and 7 February 2024.[10]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Basel   0–2   Bayern Munich
Partizan   0–2   Braga
Olympiacos   0–0 (6–5 p)   Inter Milan
Žilina   2–1   Borussia Dortmund
Nantes   3–3 (3–2 p)   Sevilla
Mainz 05   2–2 (6–5 p)   Barcelona
Midtjylland   1–1 (2–4 p)   RB Leipzig
AZ   1–0   Atlético Madrid

Round of 16 edit

The draw was conducted on 9 February 2024 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The round of 16 was played over one leg on 27 and 28 February 2024.[11]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
AZ   1–1 (3–4 p)   Porto
Milan   2–2 (4–2 p)   Braga
Real Madrid   2–0   RB Leipzig
Žilina   1–1 (2–4 p)   Copenhagen
Red Bull Salzburg   0–1   Nantes
Olympiacos   2–2 (4–2 p)   Lens
Bayern Munich   3–2   Feyenoord
Mainz 05   2–1   Manchester City

Quarter-finals edit

The draw was conducted on 9 February 2024 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The quarter-finals were played over one leg on 12 and 13 March 2024.[12]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mainz 05   1–4   FC Porto
Nantes   3–3 (5–4 p)   Copenhagen
Bayern Munich   1–3   Olympiacos
Milan   1–1 (4–3 p)   Real Madrid

Semi-finals edit

The draw was conducted on 9 February 2024 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The semi-finals were played over one leg on 19 April 2024.[13]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olympiacos   0–0 (3–1 p)   Nantes
FC Porto   2–2 (3–4 p)   Milan

Final edit

The final was played on 22 April 2024 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[14]

Olympiacos  3–0  Milan
 Report
Attendance: 2,026
Referee: John Brooks (England)

Top goalscorers edit

Rank[15] Player Team Goals Matches played
1   Amin Chiakha   Copenhagen 7 8
  Rodrigo Mora   Porto 9
3   Christos Mouzakitis   Olympiacos 6 8
  Anhá Candé   Porto 9
5   Yoël van den Ban   AZ 5 6
  Yannick Eduardo   RB Leipzig 7
  Charalampos Kostoulas   Olympiacos 8
  Diego Sia   Milan 10
  Vladimír Vaľko   Žilina 5
10 Twelve players 4 —

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Man City secure fourth successive under-18 Premier League title with dominant win at Sunderland". Manchester Evening News. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Akademie-Ligen: So lief die Saison". laola1.at (in German). Laola1. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Youth League dates, format". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. ^ "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. ^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023. Due to the current situation, Maccabi Haifa Youth team has withdrawn its participation from the domestic champions path of this season's UEFA Youth League. UEFA has taken note and confirmed that AC Sparta Praha Youth team is therefore qualified to the Round 2 of the domestic champions path.
  9. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Youth League dates, format | UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 December 2023.
  10. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Youth League play-off ties". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  11. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Youth League dates, format | UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 December 2023.
  12. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Youth League dates, format | UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 December 2023.
  13. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Youth League dates, format | UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 December 2023.
  14. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Youth League dates, format | UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 December 2023.
  15. ^ "UEFA Youth League – Top Scorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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