2025–26 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path
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The 2025–26 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path began on 17 September and ended on 10 December 2025. A total of 50 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 10 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Youth League.[1]
Times are CET or CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Format
In the Domestic Champions Path, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, as the away goals rule had been scrapped, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out with no extra time played.[1][2]
The ten third round winners advanced to the knockout phase, where they were joined by the 22 best-ranked teams from the UEFA Champions League Path.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[1]
- 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.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Champions Path |
First round | 1 September 2025 | 17 September 2025 | 1 October 2025 |
| Second round | 22 October 2025 | 5 November 2025 | ||
| Third round | 26 November 2025 | 10 December 2025 |
Teams
The Domestic Champions Path included 50 youth domestic champions (or runners-up, if the champions qualified for the UEFA Champions League Path) and consisted of the following rounds:
- First round (20 teams): 20 teams from the 20 lower-ranked member associations according to their 2025 UEFA country coefficients.
- Second round (40 teams): 30 teams from the top 30 member associations according to UEFA country coefficients, and 10 winners of the first round.
- Third round (20 teams): 20 winners of the second round.
Below are the participating teams of the Domestic Champions Path, grouped by their starting rounds.[3]
| Key to colours |
|---|
| Winners of third round advanced to knockout phase |
First round
Draw
The draw for the first round was held on 1 September 2025. [4]
Summary
The first legs were played on 17, 18 and 26 September, and the second legs on 30 September and 1 October 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the second round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ordabasy  | 1–3 |  Dinamo Minsk | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Zrinjski Mostar  | 1–4 |  Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Shelbourne  | 12–1 |  Rabotnichki | 5–0 | 7–1 |
Larne  | 3–3 (4–5 p) |  Racing Union | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Haverfordwest  | 3–5 |  Budućnost Podgorica | 2–3 | 1–2 |
FK Be1  | 1–5 |  HJK Helsinki | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Narva Trans  | 2–4 |  Víkingur | 1–0 | 1–4 |
FK Jelgava  | 2–3 |  Akureyri | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Inter Club d'Escaldes  | 0–15 |  Skënderbeu | 0–10 | 0–5 |
Naxxar Lions  | 1–6 |  Lincoln Red Imps | 0–2 | 1–4 |
Matches
| Ordabasy | 1–1 | Dinamo Minsk |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[5] |
|
Dinamo Minsk won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Zrinjski Mostar | 1–1 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[8] |
|
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | Zrinjski Mostar |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[9] |
Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Shelbourne | 5–0 | Rabotnichki |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[10] |
| Rabotnichki | 1–7 | Shelbourne |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[11] |
|
Shelbourne won 12–1 on aggregate.
| Larne | 2–0 | Racing Union |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[12] |
3–3 on aggregate; Racing Union won 5–4 on penalties.
| Haverfordwest | 2–3 | Budućnost Podgorica |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[14] |
|
| Budućnost Podgorica | 2–1 | Haverfordwest |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[15] |
|
Budućnost Podgorica won 5–3 on aggregate.
| FK Be1 | 1–1 | HJK Helsinki |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[16] |
|
HJK Helsinki won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Narva Trans | 1–0 | Víkingur |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[18] |
| Víkingur | 4–1 | Narva Trans |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[19] |
|
Víkingur won 4–2 on aggregate.
| FK Jelgava | 2–2 | Akureyri |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[20] |
|
| Akureyri | 1–0 | FK Jelgava |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[21] |
Akureyri won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Inter Club d'Escaldes | 0–10 | Skënderbeu |
|---|---|---|
| Report[22] |
|
Skënderbeu won 15–0 on aggregate.
| Naxxar Lions | 0–2 | Lincoln Red Imps |
|---|---|---|
| Report[24] |
|
Lincoln Red Imps won 6–1 on aggregate.
Second round
The draw for the second round was held on 1 September 2025. [4]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Summary
The first legs were played on 21, 22 & 23 October and 1 November, and the second legs on 4 & 5 November 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 |  Ludogorets Razgrad | 0–1 | 2–0 |
AEK Larnaca  | 3–6 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–4 | 0–2 |
Bravo  | 1–8 |  Porto | 0–4 | 1–4 |
Basel  | 3–4 |  Real Betis | 3–2 | 0–2 |
Austria Wien  | 2–4 |  Maccabi Haifa | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Nantes  | 7–1 |  Sabah | 5–0 | 2–1 |
Baník Ostrava  | 1–4 |  Red Star Belgrade | 0–0 | 1–4 |
Žilina  | 2–2 (2–0 p) | Shelbourne | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Racing Union | 1–5 |  1. FC Köln | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Midtjylland  | 8–1 | Budućnost Podgorica | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| HJK Helsinki | 3–2 |  Trabzonspor | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Víkingur | 1–11 |  Genk | 0–8 | 1–3 |
| Akureyri | 0–4 |  PAOK | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Legia Warsaw  | 6–4 |  Fiorentina | 4–1 | 2–3 |
Lokomotiva Zagreb  | 4–6 |  FCSB | 2–3 | 2–3 |
Brann  | 1–1 (1–3 p) |  Puskás Akadémia | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Dynamo Kyiv  | 3–1 |  Brommapojkarna | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Hibernian  | 4–1 |  2 Korriku | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Skënderbeu | 1–7 |  Aston Villa | 1–1 | 0–6 |
AZ  | 9–0 | Lincoln Red Imps | 4–0 | 5–0 |
Matches
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–1 | Ludogorets Razgrad |
|---|---|---|
| Report[26] |
|
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 0–2 | Dinamo Minsk |
|---|---|---|
| Report[27] |
|
Dinamo Minsk won 2–1 on aggregate.
| AEK Larnaca | 3–4 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[28] |
|
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0 | AEK Larnaca |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[29] |
Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–3 on aggregate.
Porto won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Basel | 3–2 | Real Betis |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[32] |
|
| Real Betis | 2–0 | Basel |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[33] |
Real Betis won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Austria Wien | 1–1 | Maccabi Haifa |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[34] |
|
Maccabi Haifa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Nantes won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Baník Ostrava | 0–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Report[39] |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Žilina | 2–2 | Shelbourne |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[41] |
|
2–2 on aggregate; Žilina won 2–0 on penalties.
| Racing Union | 0–3 | 1. FC Köln |
|---|---|---|
| Report[43] |
|
1. FC Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Midtjylland | 3–0 | Budućnost Podgorica |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[45] |
Midtjylland won 8–1 on aggregate.
| HJK Helsinki | 2–2 | Trabzonspor |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[47] |
|
HJK Helsinki won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Genk | 3–1 | Víkingur |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[50] |
|
Genk won 11–1 on aggregate.
| PAOK | 2–0 | Akureyri |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[52] |
PAOK won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Legia Warsaw | 4–1 | Fiorentina |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[53] |
|
Legia Warsaw won 6–4 on aggregate.
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2–3 | FCSB |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[55] |
|
FCSB won 6–4 on aggregate.
| Brann | 1–1 | Puskás Akadémia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[57] |
|
1–1 on aggregate; Puskás Akadémia won 3–1 on penalties.
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | Brommapojkarna |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[59] |
| Brommapojkarna | 1–2 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[61] |
|
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Hibernian | 4–0 | 2 Korriku |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[62] |
| 2 Korriku | 1–0 | Hibernian |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[63] |
Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Skënderbeu | 1–1 | Aston Villa |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[64] |
|
Aston Villa won 7–1 on aggregate.
| AZ | 4–0 | Lincoln Red Imps |
|---|---|---|
| Report[66] |
AZ won 9–0 on aggregate.
Third round
Summary
The first legs were played on 25 & 26 November–5 December, and the second legs on 9 & 10 December 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the knockout phase.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Porto | 0–9 | Real Betis | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 4–2 | Nantes | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 3–3 (6–7 p) | Žilina | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| 1. FC Köln | 5–2 | Midtjylland | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| HJK Helsinki | 3–2 | Genk | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Legia Warsaw | 4–2 | PAOK | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| FCSB | 4–4 (2–4 p) | Puskás Akadémia | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | Hibernian | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Aston Villa | 3–4 | AZ | 2–2 | 1–2 |
Matches
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–2 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
|---|---|---|
| Report[68] |
|
2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo Minsk won 4–2 on penalties.
| Porto | 0–4 | Real Betis |
|---|---|---|
| Report[70] |
|
| Real Betis | 5–0 | Porto |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[71] |
Real Betis won 9–0 on aggregate.
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | Nantes |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[72] |
| Nantes | 2–3 | Maccabi Haifa |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[73] |
|
Maccabi Haifa won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 3–1 | Žilina |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[74] |
|
3–3 on aggregate; Žilina won 7–6 on penalties.
| 1. FC Köln | 1–1 | Midtjylland |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[76] |
|
1. FC Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
| HJK Helsinki | 1–0 | Genk |
|---|---|---|
| Report[78] |
HJK Helsinki won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Legia Warsaw | 2–1 | PAOK |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[80] |
|
| PAOK | 1–2 | Legia Warsaw |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[81] |
|
Legia Warsaw won 4–2 on aggregate.
| FCSB | 1–2 | Puskás Akadémia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[82] |
|
4–4 on aggregate; Puskás Akadémia won 4–2 on penalties.
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | Hibernian |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[84] |
| Hibernian | 1–1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[85] |
|
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Aston Villa | 2–2 | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Report[86] |
|
| AZ | 2–1 | Aston Villa |
|---|---|---|
|
Report[87] |
|
AZ won 4–3 on aggregate.
Notes
- Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.[7]
- Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[60]