Tournament details | |
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Dates | 13 September 2016 – 24 April 2017 |
Teams | 64 (from 40 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Red Bull Salzburg (1st title) |
Runners-up | Benfica |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 167 |
Goals scored | 550 (3.29 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Jordi Mboula Kaj Sierhuis (8 goals each) |
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The 2016–17 UEFA Youth League was the fourth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.
Chelsea were the title holders after winning the previous two editions. However, since the UEFA Youth League title holders were not given an automatic qualifying place, and both the Chelsea senior team failed to qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and the Chelsea academy team failed to win the 2015–16 Professional U18 Development League 1, they did not qualify for this tournament to defend their title.[1]
Red Bull Salzburg won their first title after defeating Benfica 2–1 in the final. This was the first occasion that the winner (or a finalist) had come through the Domestic Champions Path of the competition and as of 2022 the only season not to won by a side whom previously have won a European trophy.
A total of 64 teams from 40 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered the tournament, with Macedonia, Republic of Ireland and Montenegro entering for the first time.[2] They were split into two sections:[3]
Rank | Association | Teams | |
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UEFA Champions League Path | Domestic Champions Path | ||
1 | Spain | Málaga (2015–16 División de Honor Juvenil U19)[6] | |
2 | England | ||
3 | Germany | ||
4 | Italy | Roma (2015–16 Campionato Primavera U19)[9] | |
5 | Portugal |
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6 | France |
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7 | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (2015 U17 RFS Cup)[12] | |
8 | Ukraine | Dynamo Kyiv[†] (2015–16 Ukrainian U19 League)[13] | |
9 | Netherlands | PSV Eindhoven | Ajax (2015–16 U19 Eredivisie)[14] |
10 | Belgium | Club Brugge | Anderlecht (2015–16 Belgian U17 League)[15] |
11 | Switzerland | Basel | Zürich (2015–16 Swiss U18 League)[16] |
12 | Turkey | Beşiktaş | Altınordu (2016 U19 Süper Kupa)[17] |
13 | Greece | PAOK (2015–16 Superleague K17)[18] | |
14 | Czech Republic | Sparta Prague (2015–16 Czech U19 League)[19] | |
15 | Romania | Viitorul Constanța (2015–16 Romanian U19 League)[20] | |
16 | Austria | Red Bull Salzburg (2015–16 U18 Jugendliga)[21] | |
17 | Croatia | Dinamo Zagreb[†] (2015–16 1. HNL Juniori U19)[22] | |
18 | Cyprus | APOEL (2015–16 Cypriot U17 League)[23] | |
19 | Poland | Legia Warsaw[†] (2015–16 Central Junior League U19)[24] | |
20 | Israel | Maccabi Haifa (2015–16 Israeli U19 Premier League)[25] | |
21 | Belarus | Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2015–16 Belarusian U19 League)[26] | |
22 | Denmark | Copenhagen | Midtjylland (2015–16 U19 Ligaen)[27] |
23 | Scotland | Celtic[†] (2015–16 Scottish U17 League)[28] | |
24 | Sweden | AIK (2015 Swedish U17 League)[29] | |
25 | Bulgaria | Ludogorets Razgrad | Levski Sofia (2016 U18 BFU Cup)[Note BUL] |
26 | Norway | Rosenborg (2015 Norwegian U19 Cup)[30] | |
27 | Serbia | Čukarički (2015–16 Serbian U19 League)[31] | |
28 | Slovenia | Domžale (2015–16 Slovenian U19 League)[32] | |
29 | Azerbaijan | Gabala (2015–16 Azerbaijani U19 League)[33] | |
30 | Slovakia | Nitra (2015–16 Slovak U19 League)[34] | |
31 | Hungary | Puskás Akadémia (2015–16 Hungarian U19 League)[35] | |
32 | Kazakhstan | Kairat (2015 Kazakhstani U18 League)[36] | |
33 | Moldova | Sheriff Tiraspol (2015–16 Divizia Națională U18)[37] | |
34 | Georgia | Dinamo Tbilisi (2015–16 Georgian U18 League)[38] | |
35 | Finland | HJK (2015 U17 B-Junior League)[39] | |
36 | Iceland | Breiðablik (2015 Icelandic U19 League)[40] | |
37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zrinjski Mostar (2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 Junior League)[41] | |
39 | Macedonia | Vardar (2015–16 Macedonian U19 League)[42] | |
40 | Republic of Ireland | Cork City (2015 League of Ireland U19 Division)[43][44][45] | |
41 | Montenegro | Mladost Podgorica (2015–16 Montenegrin U19 League)[46] | |
Associations which did not enter a team (no teams qualified for UEFA Champions League group stage, and association either not ranked high enough or no youth domestic competition) | |||
38 | Liechtenstein | No youth domestic competition | |
42 | Albania | ||
43 | Luxembourg | ||
44 | Northern Ireland | ||
45 | Lithuania | ||
46 | Latvia | ||
47 | Malta | ||
48 | Estonia | ||
49 | Faroe Islands | ||
50 | Wales | ||
51 | Armenia | ||
52 | Andorra | ||
53 | San Marino | ||
54 | Gibraltar | ||
55 | Kosovo |
Players had to be born on or after 1 January 1998, with a maximum of three players per team born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1997 are allowed.
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[3]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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UEFA Champions League Path Group stage |
Matchday 1 | 25 August 2016 (Monaco) |
13–14 September 2016 | |
Matchday 2 | 27–28 September 2016 | |||
Matchday 3 | 18–19 October 2016 | |||
Matchday 4 | 1–2 November 2016 | |||
Matchday 5 | 22–23 November 2016 | |||
Matchday 6 | 6–7 December 2016 | |||
Domestic Champions Path | First round | 30 August 2016 | 28 September 2016 | 19 October 2016 |
Second round | 2 November 2016 | 23 November 2016 | ||
Knockout phase | Play-offs | 12 December 2016 | 7–8 February 2017 | |
Round of 16 | 10 February 2017 | 21–22 February 2017 | ||
Quarter-finals | 7–8 March 2017 | |||
Semi-finals | 21 April 2017 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon | |||
Final | 24 April 2017 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon |
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 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 25 August 2016, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[48][49]
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advance to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path. The matchdays are 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2016.
Tiebreakers |
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The teams are 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 on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 14.03):[3]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | BSL | ARS | LUD | |
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1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | Basel | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Advance to play-offs | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
3 | Arsenal | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | ||
4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 1 | 1–8 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DKV | BEN | NAP | BES | |
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1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Benfica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | Advance to play-offs | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
3 | Napoli | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–2 | ||
4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | MCI | BMG | CEL | |
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1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
2 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | Advance to play-offs | 0–2 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 | |
3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | ||
4 | Celtic | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSV | ATM | BAY | RST | |
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1 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
2 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Advance to play-offs | 2–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
3 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | ||
4 | Rostov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CSKA | MON | LEV | TOT | |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
2 | Monaco | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 12 | Advance to play-offs | 0–5 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | DOR | SPO | LEG | |
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1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
2 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | Advance to play-offs | 2–5 | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | |
3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | ||
4 | Legia Warsaw | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | CPH | BRU | LEI | |
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1 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
2 | Copenhagen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | Advance to play-offs | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | Leicester City | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEV | JUV | LYO | DZG | |
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1 | Sevilla | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
2 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Advance to play-offs | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
3 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 7 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — |
For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 30 August 2016, 13:45 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[50][51] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into four groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.[52]
The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path. If the aggregate scores are level after full-time of the second leg, the away goals rule is used to decide the winner. If still tied, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[3]
The first legs were played on 21, 27, 28, 29 September and 5 October, and the second legs were played on 19 October 2016.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nitra | 2–8 | Málaga | 2–3 | 0–5 |
Puskás Akadémia | 1–1 (a) | PAOK | 1–1 | 0–0 |
APOEL | 1–9 | Roma | 0–3 | 1–6 |
Domžale | 2–5 | Čukarički | 1–1 | 1–4 |
Breiðablik | 0–7 | Ajax | 0–3 | 0–4 |
HJK | 0–1 | Cork City | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Anderlecht | 1–3 | Midtjylland | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Rosenborg | 3–1 | AIK | 0–0 | 3–1 |
Viitorul Constanța | 5–1 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 4–1 | 1–0 |
Zrinjski Mostar | 0–9 | Zürich | 0–3 | 0–6 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 8–0 | Vardar | 5–0 | 3–0 |
Sparta Prague | 9–0 | Mladost Podgorica | 4–0 | 5–0 |
Gabala | 0–7 | Dynamo Moscow | 0–2 | 0–5 |
Maccabi Haifa | 8–2 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 5–0 | 3–2 |
Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–8 | Kairat | 0–3 | 1–5 |
Altınordu | 6–1 | Levski Sofia | 5–0 | 1–1 |
The first legs were played on 2, 9 and 16 November, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 30 November 2016.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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PAOK | 1–4 | Ajax | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Cork City | 1–4[A] | Roma | 1–3 | 0–1 |
Málaga | 2–4 | Midtjylland | 2–0 | 0–4 |
Rosenborg | 2–1 | Čukarički | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Altınordu | 8–5 | Sparta Prague | 6–2 | 2–3 |
Viitorul Constanța | 5–2 | Zürich | 5–0 | 0–2 |
Maccabi Haifa | 1–1 (a) | Dynamo Moscow | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 9–1 | Kairat | 8–1 | 1–0 |
For the play-offs, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties played over one match. The draw was held on 12 December 2016, 14:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[53][54] 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 eight play-off winners advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path. If the scores are level after full-time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[3] The play-offs were played on 7 and 8 February 2017.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Red Bull Salzburg | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Manchester City |
Midtjylland | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Benfica |
Viitorul Constanța | 4–2 | Copenhagen |
Roma | 1–2 | Monaco |
Rosenborg | 1–0 | Basel |
Altınordu | 0–2 | Atlético Madrid |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
Ajax | 2–0 | Juventus |
For the knockout phase (round of 16 onwards), the 16 teams were drawn into a single-elimination tournament, with all ties played over one match. The draw was held on 10 February 2017, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[55][56] The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
If the scores were level after full-time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[3]
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
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Monaco | 3 | |||||||||||||
8 March | ||||||||||||||
Real Madrid | 4 | |||||||||||||
Real Madrid | 2 | |||||||||||||
21 February | ||||||||||||||
Ajax | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ajax | 3 | |||||||||||||
21 April – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | |||||||||||||
Real Madrid | 2 | |||||||||||||
22 February | ||||||||||||||
Benfica | 4 | |||||||||||||
CSKA Moscow | 2 | |||||||||||||
7 March | ||||||||||||||
Rosenborg | 1 | |||||||||||||
CSKA Moscow | 0 | |||||||||||||
21 February | ||||||||||||||
Benfica | 2 | |||||||||||||
PSV Eindhoven | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
24 April – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
Benfica (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
Benfica | 1 | |||||||||||||
22 February | ||||||||||||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2 | |||||||||||||
Barcelona | 4 | |||||||||||||
7 March | ||||||||||||||
Borussia Dortmund | 1 | |||||||||||||
Barcelona | 2 | |||||||||||||
21 February | ||||||||||||||
Porto | 1 | |||||||||||||
Porto | 3 | |||||||||||||
21 April – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
Viitorul Constanța | 0 | |||||||||||||
Barcelona | 1 | |||||||||||||
21 February | ||||||||||||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2 | |||||||||||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 5 | |||||||||||||
7 March | ||||||||||||||
Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | |||||||||||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2 | |||||||||||||
21 February | ||||||||||||||
Atlético Madrid | 1 | |||||||||||||
Atlético Madrid | 3 | |||||||||||||
Sevilla | 2 | |||||||||||||
The round of 16 matches were played on 21 and 22 February 2017.
The quarter-finals were played on 7 and 8 March 2017.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Real Madrid | 2–1 | Ajax |
CSKA Moscow | 0–2 | Benfica |
Barcelona | 2–1 | Porto |
Red Bull Salzburg | 2–1 | Atlético Madrid |
The semi-finals were played on 21 April 2017 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[57][58]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Real Madrid | 2–4 | Benfica |
Barcelona | 1–2 | Red Bull Salzburg |
The final was played on 24 April 2017 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.[57][58]
Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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1 | Jordi Mboula | Barcelona | 8 | 503 |
Kaj Sierhuis | Ajax | 616 | ||
3 | Rui Pedro | Porto | 7 | 525 |
Hannes Wolf | Red Bull Salzburg | 590 | ||
Mërgim Berisha | Red Bull Salzburg | 630 | ||
6 | Fatih Aktay | Altınordu | 6 | 442 |
Bogdan Lednev | Dynamo Kyiv | 609 | ||
Irvin Cardona | Monaco | 618 | ||
Timur Zhamaletdinov | CSKA Moscow | 720 | ||
João Félix | Benfica | 807 |
Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
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1 | Xaver Schlager | Red Bull Salzburg | 5 | 417 |
Justin Kluivert | Ajax | 540 | ||
Nicklas Røjkjær | Copenhagen | 603 | ||
Sergio Díaz | Real Madrid | 641 | ||
5 | Ba-Muaka Simakala | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | 540 |
Hannes Wolf | Red Bull Salzburg | 590 | ||
Mërgim Berisha | Red Bull Salzburg | 630 | ||
Moussa Sylla | Monaco | 720 |