2024–25 UEFA Youth League league phase
Football tournament group stage
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The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (league phase) began on 17 September and ended on 11 December 2024. A total of 36 teams competed 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
Each team played 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 qualified for the round of 32 of the knockout stage, where they were joined by ten winners of the Domestic Champions Path. Teams ranked from 23rd to 36th were eliminated from the competition.
Tiebreakers
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 upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria were 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 were 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 were considered equal in position and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6 to 10 would only be used to break ties upon completion of all matches.[3]
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Inter Milan |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Sporting CP |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 16 | |
| 3 |  Red Bull Salzburg |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 16 | |
| 4 |  Barcelona |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 15 | |
| 5 |  VfB Stuttgart |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 | |
| 6 | Real Madrid |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 12 | |
| 7 | Atalanta |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 12 | |
| 8 | Atlético Madrid |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Benfica |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 11 | |
| 10 | Juventus |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | |
| 11 |  Manchester City |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 10 | |
| 12 | Girona |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | |
| 13 | Bayern Munich |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 10 | |
| 14 |  Shakhtar Donetsk |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 | |
| 15 | Aston Villa |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 9 | |
| 16 | Sturm Graz |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | |
| 17 |  Celtic |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | |
| 18 | Borussia Dortmund |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 8 | |
| 19 | Liverpool |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
| 20 |  Lille |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | |
| 21 |  Dinamo Zagreb |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 22 | Monaco |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | |
| 23 | Paris Saint-Germain |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 7 | |
| 24 | Bayer Leverkusen |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | |
| 25 |  PSV Eindhoven |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
| 26 | Arsenal |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 6 | |
| 27 | Milan |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5[a] | |
| 28 |  Red Star Belgrade |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5[a] | |
| 29 | Feyenoord |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | |
| 30 |  Young Boys |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 3 | |
| 31 |  Club Brugge |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | |
| 32 | RB Leipzig |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 3 | |
| 33 | Bologna |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 2 | |
| 34 | Brest |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 2 | |
| 35 |  Slovan Bratislava |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 2 | |
| 36 |  Sparta Prague |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 |
- Away goals scored: Milan 5; Red Star Belgrade 4.
Results summary
Matches
The schedule was 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 were played on the same day as the corresponding matches in the Champions League, unless the clubs and UEFA agree otherwise.[5] The matches were 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
| Juventus | 1–0 | PSV Eindhoven |
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| Sporting CP | 2–2 | Lille |
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| Young Boys | 2–1 | Aston Villa |
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| Real Madrid | 1–0 | VfB Stuttgart |
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| Bayern Munich | 2–1 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Bologna | 3–4 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Crespellano Training Center, Valsamoggia
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna[note 2]
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna[note 2]
Attendance: 400[14]
Referee: Peiman Simani (Finland)
| Sparta Prague | 2–3 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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| Paris Saint-Germain | 0–2 | Girona |
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| Celtic | 4–0 | Slovan Bratislava |
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| Club Brugge | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
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| Manchester City | 2–4 | Inter Milan |
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| Red Star Belgrade | 1–2 | Benfica |
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| Feyenoord | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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| Brest | 1–4 | Sturm Graz |
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Matchday 2
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–0 | Sparta Prague |
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| Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | Milan |
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| PSV Eindhoven | 0–2 | Sporting CP |
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| Arsenal | 1–0 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–3 | Atalanta |
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Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany[note 3]
Attendance: 527[36]
Referee: Michele Beltrano (San Marino)
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | Monaco |
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| Aston Villa | 0–1 | Bayern Munich |
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Camp de Futbol Municipal de Vidreres, Vidreres
Attendance: 1,000[39]
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Attendance: 181[40]
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal (Netherlands)
| Lille | 2–1 | Real Madrid |
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| Sturm Graz | 1–1 | Club Brugge |
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Matchday 3
| Monaco | 1–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Arsenal | 0–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Milan | 1–1 | Club Brugge |
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| Aston Villa | 3–1 | Bologna |
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| Paris Saint-Germain | 3–3 | PSV Eindhoven |
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| Juventus | 2–3 | VfB Stuttgart |
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| Real Madrid | 1–2 | Borussia Dortmund |
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| Girona | 2–2 | Slovan Bratislava |
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| Sturm Graz | 1–3 | Sporting CP |
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| Brest | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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| Young Boys | 2–3 | Inter Milan |
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| Red Bull Salzburg | 3–2 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Manchester City | 3–0 | Sparta Prague |
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| RB Leipzig | 3–1 | Liverpool |
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| Atlético Madrid | 1–1 | Lille |
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Attendance: 360[62]
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Matchday 4
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–2 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Sporting CP | 2–0 | Manchester City |
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| PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | Girona |
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| Liverpool | 4–1 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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| Celtic | 3–2 | RB Leipzig |
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| Borussia Dortmund | 2–3 | Sturm Graz |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–2 | Young Boys |
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| Sparta Prague | 1–1 | Brest |
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| Feyenoord | 2–2 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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| Bayern Munich | 3–3 | Benfica |
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| Paris Saint-Germain | 4–2 | Atlético Madrid |
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Matchday 5
| Sparta Prague | 1–2 | Atlético Madrid |
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| Sporting CP | 3–0 | Arsenal |
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| Young Boys | 2–4 | Atalanta |
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| Inter Milan | 3–2 | RB Leipzig |
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| Manchester City | 6–1 | Feyenoord |
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| Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart |
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| PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Celtic | 1–0 | Club Brugge |
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| Aston Villa | 0–2 | Juventus |
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| Sturm Graz | 0–0 | Girona |
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| Liverpool | 0–1 | Real Madrid |
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Matchday 6
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–2 | Bayern Munich |
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| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | Celtic |
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| Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | Inter Milan |
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| Brest | 1–3 | PSV Eindhoven |
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| Club Brugge | 0–1 | Sporting CP |
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| Red Bull Salzburg | 3–2 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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| RB Leipzig | 3–4 | Aston Villa |
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| Lille | 1–1 | Sturm Graz |
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| Juventus | 1–1 | Manchester City |
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| Arsenal | 2–0 | Monaco |
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| Feyenoord | 3–0 | Sparta Prague |
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| VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | Young Boys |
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Notes
- Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[35]