2024–25 UEFA Youth League

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The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League will be the eleventh season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.

The title holders are Olympiacos, who defeated Milan 3–0 in the previous edition's final.

A total of 88 teams from 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations will enter the tournament. They are split into two sections.

• UEFA Champions League Path: The youth teams of the 36 clubs which qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league stage will enter the UEFA Champions League Path. If there had been a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it would have been filled by a team defined by UEFA.
• Domestic Champions Path: The youth domestic champions of all UEFA associations (with the exception of Liechtenstein and San Marino, who don't have a youth domestic competition, and Russia, who is suspended from UEFA competitions) will enter the Domestic Champions Path. Clubs from the top 28 associations according to their 2024 UEFA country coefficients will qualify for the second round, with the remaining 24 teams starting from the first round. If the youth domestic champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League path, their spot is filled by the youth domestic runners-ups; if the runners-ups also qualify for the UEFA Champions League path, the vacancy is not filled (a change from previous editions where only the winners were taken into consideration).^[1]

Aberdeen, Academia Rebeja, Aston Villa, Auxerre, Bologna, Brera Strumica, Brest, Budućnost Podgorica, Bylis, Cliftonville, CSKA Sofia, FC 2 Korriku, FC Santa Coloma, Girona, HB, IFK Göteborg, IMT, Lincoln Red Imps, Progrès Niederkorn, Rapid Wien, Real Betis, Sabah, Sassuolo, Strømsgodset, Sturm Graz, Stuttgart, Tallinna Kalev, The New Saints, Valletta and Zbrojovka Brno will make their tournament debuts.^[2]

Qualified teams for 2024–25 UEFA Youth League^[2]

Rank	Association	Teams
		UEFA Champions League Path	Domestic Champions Path
1	England	Manchester City Arsenal Liverpool Aston Villa	Manchester United (2023–24 U18 Premier League)
2	Spain	Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid[YC] Girona	Real Betis[RU] (2023–24 División de Honor Juvenil U-19)
3	Germany	Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen VfB Stuttgart	TSG Hoffenheim (2023–24 A-Junioren-Bundesliga)
4	Italy	Inter Milan Milan Juventus Atalanta Bologna	Sassuolo (2023–24 Campionato Primavera 1)
5	France	Paris Saint-Germain[YC] Monaco Brest Lille[PO]	Auxerre[RU] (2023–24 Championnat National U19)
6	Netherlands	Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven	AZ (2023–24 Eredivisie U18)
7	Portugal	Benfica Sporting CP	Braga (2023–24 Campeonato Nacional Juniores S19)
8	Belgium	Club Brugge	Genk (2023–24 Belgian U18 League)
9	Scotland	Celtic	Aberdeen (2023–24 Scottish U18 League)
10	Austria	Red Bull Salzburg[YC][PO] Sturm Graz	Rapid Wien[RU] (2023–25 Jugendliga U18)
11	Serbia	Red Star Belgrade[PO]	IMT (2023–24 Serbian U19 League)
12	Turkey		Trabzonspor (2023–24 U19 Elit)
13	Switzerland	Young Boys[PO]	Basel (2023–24 Swiss U18 League)
14	Ukraine	Shakhtar Donetsk[PO]	Dynamo Kyiv (2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League Under-19)
15	Czech Republic	Sparta Prague[YC][PO]	Zbrojovka Brno[RU] (2023–24 Czech U19 League)
16	Norway		Strømsgodset (2023 Norwegian U19 Cup)
17	Denmark		Midtjylland (2023–24 U19 Ligaen)
19	Croatia	Dinamo Zagreb[YC][PO]	Lokomotiva Zagreb[RU] (2023–24 1. HNL Juniori U19)
20	Greece		Olympiacos[TH] (2023–24 Superleague K19)
21	Israel		Maccabi Petah Tikva (2023–24 Israeli U19 Noar Premier League)
22	Cyprus		Pafos (2023–24 Cypriot U19 League)
23	Sweden		IFK Göteborg (2023 P17 Allsvenskan)
24	Poland		Legia Warsaw (2023–24 Polish U18 Central Junior League)
25	Hungary		Puskás Akadémia (2023–24 Hungarian U19 League)
26	Romania		Farul Constanța (2023–24 Liga de Tineret)
27	Bulgaria		CSKA Sofia (2023–24 U18 BFU Cup)
28	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava[PO]	Trenčín (2023–24 Slovak U19 League)
29	Azerbaijan		Sabah (2023–24 Azerbaijani U19 League)
30	Kazakhstan		Kairat (2023 Kazakhstan U18 League)
31	Slovenia		Maribor (2023–24 Slovenian U19 League)
32	Moldova		Academia Rebeja (2023–24 Moldovan Youth League)
33	Kosovo		2 Korriku
35	Latvia		Daugavpils
36	Republic of Ireland		UCD
37	Finland		Honka (2023 U17 B-Junior League)
38	Lithuania		Žalgiris (2023 Lithuanian Elite Youth League U19 Division)
39	Armenia		Pyunik
40	Belarus		Dinamo Minsk (2023 Belarusian U18 League)
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Sarajevo (2023–24 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 Junior League)
42	Luxembourg		Progrès Niederkorn
43	Faroe Islands		HB
44	Northern Ireland		Cliftonville
45	Malta		Valletta
46	Georgia		Dinamo Tbilisi
47	Estonia		Tallinna Kalev
48	Iceland		Stjarnan
49	Albania		Bylis
50	Wales		The New Saints
51	Gibraltar		Lincoln Red Imps
52	North Macedonia		AP Brera Strumica
53	Andorra		FC Santa Coloma
54	Montenegro		Budućnost Podgorica

Associations without any participating teams
(no teams qualified for UEFA Champions League group stage, and either with no youth domestic competition)

Rank Association 18  Russia[Note RUS] 34  Liechtenstein 55  San Marino

Notes

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[1]

For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 36 teams will play six matches (three home and three away) following the same schedule as the first six matchdays of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase. The top 22 teams will advance to knockout phase.^[1]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Milan (A)	5	5	0	0	18	7	+11	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sporting CP (A)	5	4	1	0	12	3	+9	13
3	Red Bull Salzburg (A)	5	4	1	0	14	7	+7	13
4	Atalanta (A)	5	4	0	1	14	8	+6	12[a]
5	Barcelona (A)	5	4	0	1	14	8	+6	12[a]
6	VfB Stuttgart	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
7	Juventus	5	3	1	1	8	3	+5	10
8	Shakhtar Donetsk	5	3	1	1	9	9	0	10
9	Manchester City	5	3	0	2	15	7	+8	9
10	Girona	5	2	3	0	7	3	+4	9
11	Celtic	5	3	0	2	9	8	+1	9
12	Borussia Dortmund	5	2	2	1	9	5	+4	8
13	Atlético Madrid	5	2	2	1	11	8	+3	8
14	Benfica	4	2	2	0	9	6	+3	8
15	Sturm Graz	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2	8
16	Paris Saint-Germain	5	2	1	2	12	10	+2	7
17	Liverpool	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
18	Bayer Leverkusen	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	7
19	Bayern Munich	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	7
20	Aston Villa	5	2	0	3	10	8	+2	6
21	Lille	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
22	Real Madrid	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
23	Monaco	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
24	Dinamo Zagreb	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5
25	Milan	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5
26	PSV Eindhoven	5	0	3	2	5	8	−3	3
27	Young Boys	5	1	0	4	10	15	−5	3
28	Club Brugge	5	0	3	2	5	10	−5	3
29	RB Leipzig	5	1	0	4	7	14	−7	3
30	Arsenal	5	1	0	4	3	12	−9	3
31	Red Star Belgrade (E)	5	0	2	3	4	10	−6	2
32	Slovan Bratislava (E)	5	0	2	3	6	15	−9	2
33	Brest (E)	5	0	2	3	4	13	−9	2
34	Bologna	4	0	1	3	5	9	−4	1
35	Sparta Prague (E)	5	0	1	4	4	12	−8	1
36	Feyenoord (E)	5	0	1	4	4	14	−10	1

Matchday 1

Home team	Score	Away team
Young Boys	2–1	Aston Villa
Juventus	1–0	PSV Eindhoven
Milan	0–0	Liverpool
Bayern Munich	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Real Madrid	1–0	VfB Stuttgart
Sporting CP	2–2	Lille
Sparta Prague	2–3	Red Bull Salzburg
Bologna	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk
Celtic	4–0	Slovan Bratislava
Club Brugge	1–1	Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City	2–4	Inter Milan
Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	Girona
Feyenoord	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen
Red Star Belgrade	1–2	Benfica
Monaco	4–3	Barcelona
Atalanta	4–1	Arsenal
Atlético Madrid	4–0	RB Leipzig
Brest	1–4	Sturm Graz

Matchday 2

Home team	Score	Away team
Red Bull Salzburg	5–1	Brest
VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Sparta Prague
Arsenal	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain
Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Milan
Borussia Dortmund	4–0	Celtic
Barcelona	4–2	Young Boys
Inter Milan	4–0	Red Star Belgrade
PSV Eindhoven	0–2	Sporting CP
Slovan Bratislava	0–4	Manchester City
Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	Atalanta
Girona	2–0	Feyenoord
Aston Villa	0–1	Bayern Munich
Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Monaco
Liverpool	2–1	Bologna
Lille	2–1	Real Madrid
RB Leipzig	0–3	Juventus
Sturm Graz	1–1	Club Brugge
Benfica	2–2	Atlético Madrid

Matchday 3

Home team	Score	Away team
Milan	1–1	Club Brugge
Monaco	1–1	Red Star Belgrade
Arsenal	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Aston Villa	3–1	Bologna
Girona	2–2	Slovan Bratislava
Juventus	2–3	VfB Stuttgart
Paris Saint-Germain	3–3	PSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid	1–2	Borussia Dortmund
Sturm Graz	1–3	Sporting CP
Atalanta	2–1	Celtic
Brest	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Atlético Madrid	1–1	Lille
Young Boys	2–3	Inter Milan
Barcelona	3–1	Bayern Munich
Red Bull Salzburg	3–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Manchester City	3–0	Sparta Prague
RB Leipzig	3–1	Liverpool
Benfica	2–0	Feyenoord

Matchday 4

Home team	Score	Away team
PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Girona
Slovan Bratislava	2–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Bologna	0–0	Monaco
Borussia Dortmund	2–3	Sturm Graz
Celtic	3–2	RB Leipzig
Liverpool	4–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Lille	0–0	Juventus
Real Madrid	2–1	Milan
Sporting CP	2–0	Manchester City
Club Brugge	2–6	Aston Villa
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	Young Boys
Sparta Prague	1–1	Brest
Bayern Munich	3–3	Benfica
Inter Milan	4–1	Arsenal
Feyenoord	2–2	Red Bull Salzburg
Red Star Belgrade	1–2	Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Atlético Madrid
VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Atalanta

Matchday 5

Home team	Score	Away team
Sparta Prague	1–2	Atlético Madrid
Slovan Bratislava	2–3	Milan
Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg
Young Boys	2–4	Atalanta
Barcelona	2–0	Brest
Bayern Munich	2–5	Paris Saint-Germain
Inter Milan	3–2	RB Leipzig
Manchester City	6–1	Feyenoord
Sporting CP	3–0	Arsenal
Red Star Belgrade	1–1	VfB Stuttgart
Sturm Graz	0–0	Girona
Monaco	27 Nov	Benfica
Aston Villa	0–2	Juventus
Bologna	27 Nov	Lille
Celtic	1–0	Club Brugge
Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool	27 Nov	Real Madrid
PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 6

Home team	Score	Away team
Girona	10 Dec	Liverpool
Dinamo Zagreb	10 Dec	Celtic
Atalanta	10 Dec	Real Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen	10 Dec	Inter Milan
Club Brugge	10 Dec	Sporting CP
Red Bull Salzburg	10 Dec	Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk	10 Dec	Bayern Munich
RB Leipzig	10 Dec	Aston Villa
Brest	10 Dec	PSV Eindhoven
Atlético Madrid	11 Dec	Slovan Bratislava
Lille	11 Dec	Sturm Graz
Milan	11 Dec	Red Star Belgrade
Arsenal	11 Dec	Monaco
Borussia Dortmund	11 Dec	Barcelona
Feyenoord	11 Dec	Sparta Prague
Juventus	11 Dec	Manchester City
Benfica	11 Dec	Bologna
VfB Stuttgart	11 Dec	Young Boys

For the Domestic Champions Path, the 52 teams will be drawn into three rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties, with the 28 clubs from the top ranked associations starting directly from the second round. The draw for all three rounds will be held on 3 September 2024.

The ten third round winners will advance to the round of 32.

The first legs were played on 17 and 18 September, and the second legs on 22 September, 1 and 2 October 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the second round.

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HB	1–5	Progrès Niederkorn	1–2	0–3
UCD	5–3	Stjarnan	3–0	2–3
Bylis	2–4	2 Korriku	1–2	1–2
Lincoln Red Imps	0–8	Maribor	0–6	0–2
Žalgiris	7–2	The New Saints	3–2	4–0
Honka	3–3 (0–3 p)	Valletta	1–0	2–3
Daugavpils	2–2 (4–2 p)	Cliftonville	1–0	1–2
Tallinna Kalev	11–0	FC Santa Coloma	7–0	4–0
AP Brera Strumica	2–4	Sarajevo	2–2	0–2
Dinamo Minsk	6–3	Pyunik	4–2	2–1
Kairat	6–2	Academia Rebeja	2–1	4–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	4–6	Budućnost Podgorica	3–2	1–4

The first legs were played on 22, 23 October and 5 November, and the second legs on 27 October, 5, 6 and 9 November 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third round.

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
IFK Göteborg	1–7	TSG Hoffenheim	0–3	1–4
Aberdeen	1–8	Puskás Akadémia	1–5	0–3
Strømsgodset	2–8	AZ	1–4	1–4
2 Korriku	5–2	UCD	2–1	3–1
Progrès Niederkorn	0–9	Midtjylland	0–4	0–5
Žalgiris	2–11	Manchester United	2–5	0–6
Dynamo Kyiv	4–2	Maribor	1–1	3–1
Genk	6–2	CSKA Sofia	3–1	3–1
Legia Warsaw	6–0	Pafos	3–0	3–0
Auxerre	7–0	Valletta	5–0	2–0
Daugavpils	0–9	Sassuolo	0–5	0–4
Farul Constanța	2–1	IMT	2–0	0–1
Olympiacos	7–1	Tallinna Kalev	5–0	2–1
Basel	8–1	Sabah	6–0	2–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–6	Sarajevo	0–3	0–3
Trabzonspor	8–3	Budućnost Podgorica	3–1	5–2
Braga	2–3	Rapid Wien	0–0	2–3
Real Betis	11–1	Kairat	6–1	5–0
Trenčín	6–3	Zbrojovka Brno	3–2	3–1
Lokomotiva Zagreb	2–1	Dinamo Minsk	2–1	0–0

The first legs will be played on 26 and 27 November, and the second legs on 10, 11 and 17 December 2024.

The winners of the ties will advance to the knockout phase.

Third round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv	Match 1	2 Korriku	5–0	11 Dec
AZ	Match 2	Manchester United	2–1	10 Dec
Puskás Akadémia	Match 3	Genk	27 Nov	17 Dec
Auxerre	Match 4	TSG Hoffenheim	27 Nov	11 Dec
Legia Warsaw	Match 5	Midtjylland	0–2	11 Dec
Real Betis	Match 6	Sassuolo	27 Nov	11 Dec
Farul Constanța	Match 7	Lokomotiva Zagreb	0–2	11 Dec
Trenčín	Match 8	Olympiacos	27 Nov	11 Dec
Basel	Match 9	Rapid Wien	1–2	11 Dec
Sarajevo	Match 10	Trabzonspor	27 Nov	11 Dec

The top 22 teams from the UEFA Champions League Path as well as 10 winners of the Domestic Champions Path will qualify for the knockout phase, which will be played in a single-leg knockout format. For the round of 32, the top 6 teams from the UEFA Champions League Path will be paired against the teams finished in 17th to 22nd place, and the Domestic Champions Path winners will compete against teams ranked 7th to 16th.^[1]

As of 6 November 2024

Rank[6]	Player	Team	Goals	Matches played
1	Romualdas Jansonas	Žalgiris	6	4
	Phillip Verhounig	Red Bull Salzburg
3	Rin Ahmeti	2 Korriku	4	4
	Daniel Cummings	Celtic
	Leon Grgic	Sturm Graz
	Andrej Kostić	Budućnost Podgorica
	Mahamadou Sangaré	Paris Saint-Germain
	Gustavo Varela	Benfica
	Poyraz Efe Yıldırım	Trabzonspor		2
10	24 players		3	—

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