2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

The 2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path began on 2 October and ended on 28 November 2018.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase (play-offs and the round of 16 onwards) of the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League.^[2]

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Draw

The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2017 UEFA country coefficients enter the Domestic Champions Path.^[3] If there is a vacancy (associations with no youth domestic competition, as well as youth domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path), it is 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.^[4] 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 4 September 2018, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[5][6] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.

• In the first round, the 32 teams were split into four groups. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
• In the second round, the 16 winners of the first round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were split into two groups: Group A contained the winners from Groups 1 and 2, while Group B contained the winners from Groups 3 and 4. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.

Key to colours
Second round winners advance to the play-offs

Group 1 Team Montpellier Dynamo Kyiv Altınordu Basel Hamilton Academical Septemvri Sofia Žilina HJK

Group 2 Team Chelsea Anderlecht Admira Wacker Mödling Midtjylland Elfsborg Molde KR Bohemians

Group 3 Team Hertha BSC Sigma Olomouc PAOK Lech Poznań AEL Limassol Gabala Maribor Sheriff Tiraspol

Group 4 Team Anzhi Makhachkala Dinamo Zagreb Viitorul Constanța Minsk Maccabi Tel Aviv Astana Illés Akadémia Vllaznia

Format

In both rounds, if the aggregate score is tied 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). 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 (group stage).^[2]

First round

The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 October 2018, and the second legs on 23 and 24 October 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Altınordu	3–2	HJK	1–1	2–1
Žilina	1–7	Montpellier	1–5	0–2
Basel	4–4 (2–3 p)	Hamilton Academical	2–2	2–2
Dynamo Kyiv	6–1	Septemvri Sofia	1–0	5–1
KR	1–3[A]	Elfsborg	1–2	0–1
Anderlecht	1–1 (a)	Admira Wacker Mödling	0–0	1–1
Midtjylland	4–2	Bohemians	2–1	2–1
Chelsea	14–1	Molde	10–1	4–0
AEL Limassol	1–4	PAOK	1–2	0–2
Sigma Olomouc	7–3	Maribor	4–1	3–2
Gabala	4–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	3–1
Hertha BSC	5–2	Lech Poznań	2–0	3–2
Astana	7–1	Vllaznia	3–1	4–0
Anzhi Makhachkala	3–5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	0–3
Viitorul Constanța	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	0–2
Minsk	4–3	Illés Akadémia	1–0	3–3

Notes

1. ^
   Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Altınordu	1–1	HJK
Görmez 56' (pen.)	Report	Jäntti 86'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

18:00 (19:00 TRT)

Doğanlar Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 0

Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)

HJK	1–2	Altınordu
Banza 81'	Report	Yurttadur 67', 88'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki

Attendance: 450

Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Altınordu won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Žilina	1–5	Montpellier
Bernát 63'	Report	Ammour 14', 53' Vercruysse 42' Adouyev 44' Vargas 81'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

19:00

Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina

Attendance: 1,609

Referee: Admir Šehović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Montpellier	2–0	Žilina
Ammour 55' Scordato 90+4'	Report

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

15:00

Complexe Bernard-Gasset, Montpellier

Attendance: 553

Referee: Christophe Pires (Luxembourg)

Montpellier won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Basel	2–2	Hamilton Academical
Vonmoos 13' Marchand 50'	Report	Douglas 7', 76'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

16:00

Leichtathletik Stadion St. Jakob, Basel

Attendance: 332^[7]

Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Hamilton Academical	2–2	Basel
Winter 19' Slaven 90+5'	Report	Tushi 35' Gaudiano 85'
Penalties
Slaven Smith McCann Joseph Mimnaugh	3–2	Lokaj Tushi Isufi Bislimi Kaufmann

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

20:00 (19:00 BST)

New Douglas Park, Hamilton

Attendance: 2,460^[8]

Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

4–4 on aggregate. Hamilton won 3–2 on penalties.

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Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Septemvri Sofia
Voloshyn 40'	Report

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

16:00 (17:00 EEST)

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 724

Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)

Septemvri Sofia	1–5	Dynamo Kyiv
Kostadinov 6'	Report	Buletsa 26' Voloshyn 38', 51' Tsitaishvili 49' (pen.) Popov 88'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

16:00 (17:00 EEST)

Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–1 on aggregate.

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KR	1–2	Elfsborg
Kristinsson 44'	Report	Stålheden 39' Sigurðsson 70' (o.g.)

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

17:00 (15:00 WET)

KR-völlur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 280

Referee: Kári Jóannesarson Á Høvdanum (Faroe Islands)

Elfsborg	1–0	KR
Hesselgren 63'	Report

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

18:00

Borås Arena, Borås

Attendance: 442

Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)

Elfsborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht	0–0	Admira Wacker Mödling
	Report

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

18:00

Van Roystadion, Denderleeuw

Attendance: 364

Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)

Admira Wacker Mödling	1–1	Anderlecht
Weber 30'	Report	Dewaele 89'

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)

18:00

Bundesstadion Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)

1–1 on aggregate. Anderlecht won on away goals.

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Midtjylland	2–1	Bohemians
Sørensen 27' Tengstedt 75'	Report	Nolan 77'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

18:30

MCH Arena, Herning

Attendance: 779

Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)

Bohemians	1–2	Midtjylland
Reghba 43' (pen.)	Report	Tengstedt 55' (pen.) Byrne 77' (o.g.)

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

20:00 (19:00 IST)

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 1,563^[9]

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Midtjylland won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Chelsea	10–1	Molde
Brown 14', 43' Moe 23' (o.g.) Gilmour 25', 37', 57' Redan 26', 39', 50' McEachran 65'	Report	Iversen 72'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

14:00 (13:00 BST)

Cobham Training Centre, Cobham

Attendance: 82

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

Molde	0–4	Chelsea
	Report	Anjorin 32' Brown 81', 83', 90+2'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

18:00

Aker Stadion, Molde

Attendance: 241

Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Chelsea won 14–1 on aggregate.

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AEL Limassol	1–2	PAOK
Gerolemou 29'	Report	Andreou 31' (o.g.) Pournaras 51'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Tsirio Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 2,260

Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

PAOK	2–0	AEL Limassol
Gaitanidis 45+1', 50'	Report

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 600

Referee: Sandor Szabo (Hungary)

PAOK won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Sigma Olomouc	4–1	Maribor
Galus 37' Zmrzlý 55' Matoušek 61' Zlatohlávek 62'	Report	Žugelj 42'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

17:00

Andrův stadion, Olomouc

Attendance: 1,950

Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

Maribor	2–3	Sigma Olomouc
Matko 36', 48'	Report	Zlatohlávek 1', 54' Zima 59'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

18:00

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 520

Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Sigma Olomouc won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Gabala	1–1	Sheriff Tiraspol
Sadikhov 57' (pen.)	Report	Ignatov 31'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

16:00 (18:00 AZT)

Gabala City Stadium, Qabala

Attendance: 350

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Sheriff Tiraspol	1–3	Gabala
Nihaev 53' (pen.)	Report	Gurbanov 43', 62' Dijinari 63' (o.g.)

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

14:00 (15:00 EEST)

Sheriff Stadium (small arena), Tiraspol

Attendance: 726

Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus)

Gabala won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Hertha BSC	2–0	Lech Poznań
Werthmüller 31' Ngankam 89' (pen.)	Report

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

19:00

Olympiapark-Amateurstadion, Berlin

Attendance: 798

Referee: Bojan Nikolić (Serbia)

Lech Poznań	2–3	Hertha BSC
Sobol 57' Skrzypczak 76'	Report	Ngankam 16', 38' Albrecht 58'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

16:00

Stadion Miejski, Poznań

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Cătălin Gaman (Romania)

Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Astana	3–1	Vllaznia
Prokopenko 2' (pen.), 10' Zhakypbayev 53'	Report	Qardaku 90'

4 October 2018 (2018-10-04)

09:00 (13:00 ALMT)

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 0

Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia)

Vllaznia	0–4	Astana
	Report	Zhumadilov 37' Sagnayev 61', 78', 89' (pen.)

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

17:00

Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

Astana won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Anzhi Makhachkala	3–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Chilaka 49' (o.g.) Saidov 70' Agalarov 83'	Report	Guerrero 36' Shalata 52'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

16:30 (18:30 SAMT)

Central Stadium, Astrakhan

Attendance: 550

Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Anzhi Makhachkala
Guerrero 7' (pen.), 90+2', 90+4'	Report

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

16:00 (17:00 IDT)

Ramla Municipal Stadium, Ramla

Attendance: 1,040

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Viitorul Constanța	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb
	Report	Ćuže 37'

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02)

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Stadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu

Attendance: 837

Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	Viitorul Constanța
Leca 28' (o.g.) Ćuže 82'	Report

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)

15:00

Stadion Hitrec-Kacian, Zagreb

Attendance: 536

Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Minsk	1–0	Illés Akadémia
Zherdev 44'	Report

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

15:00 (16:00 FET)

Traktor Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 500

Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

Illés Akadémia	3–3	Minsk
Kovalovszki 14' Horváth 16' Tóth-Gábor 32'	Report	Zherdev 22' Prischepa 70' Krapivnitski 90+2'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

16:30

Rohonci út, Szombathely

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Minsk won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 November 2018, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 November 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anderlecht	2–3	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	1–2
Midtjylland	4–1	Hamilton Academical	2–0	2–1
Altınordu	2–5	Montpellier	2–4	0–1
Elfsborg	0–9	Chelsea	0–3	0–6
PAOK	3–1	Minsk	2–1	1–0
Gabala	1–4	Hertha BSC	1–3	0–1
Astana	2–4	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	1–3
Sigma Olomouc	3–3 (a)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	2–2

Anderlecht	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv
Dewaele 27' (pen.)	Report	Mashchenko 70'

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)

19:30

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht

Attendance: 421

Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)

Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	Anderlecht
Tsitaishvili 65' Buletsa 83' (pen.)	Report	Colassin 51'

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27)

16:00 (17:00 EET)

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 335

Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Midtjylland	2–0	Hamilton Academical
Tengstedt 14', 28'	Report

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)

18:30

MCH Arena, Herning

Attendance: 712

Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

Hamilton Academical	1–2	Midtjylland
Winter 10'	Report	Tengstedt 66' (pen.) Hansen 90'

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)

20:00 (19:00 GMT)

New Douglas Park, Hamilton

Attendance: 2,498^[10]

Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

Midtjylland won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Altınordu	2–4	Montpellier
Görmez 38' Yurrdatur 57'	Report	Biçer 11' (o.g.) Badu 42', 86' Benchama 88'

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)

16:00 (18:00 TRT)

Doğanlar Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 1,186

Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)

Montpellier	1–0	Altınordu
Biçer 74' (o.g.)	Report

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)

15:00

Complexe Bernard-Gasset, Montpellier

Attendance: 518

Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

Montpellier won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Elfsborg	0–3	Chelsea
	Report	Brown 13', 90+3' Gilmour 86' (pen.)

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)

18:00

Borås Arena, Borås

Attendance: 3,612

Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

Chelsea	6–0	Elfsborg
Brown 15', 41' Redan 21' Familio-Castillo 45' McEachran 48' Uwakwe 57'	Report

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)

14:00 (13:00 GMT)

Cobham Training Centre, Cobham

Attendance: 122

Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

Chelsea won 9–0 on aggregate.

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PAOK	2–1	Minsk
Doumtsis 44' Chatzistravos 46'	Report	Gorbach 11'

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)

16:00 (17:00 EET)

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 450

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Minsk	0–1	PAOK
	Report	Gaitanidis 61'

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)

12:00 (14:00 FET)

FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 300

Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Gabala	1–3	Hertha BSC
Sadikhov 88'	Report	Kiprit 65' Ngankam 71' Werthmüller 85'

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)

14:00 (17:00 AZT)

Gabala City Stadium, Qabala

Attendance: 450

Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

Hertha BSC	1–0	Gabala
Kiprit 24' (pen.)	Report

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)

13:00

Olympiapark-Amateurstadion, Berlin

Attendance: 360

Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

Hertha BSC won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Astana	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Prokopenko 45'	Report	Šipoš 87'

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)

06:00 (11:00 ALMT)

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 116

Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Astana
Šipoš 1' Franjić 42' (pen.) Kapitanović 77'	Report	Mazhit 49'

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27)

13:30

Stadion Hitrec-Kacian, Zagreb

Attendance: 563

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Sigma Olomouc	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Zima 68'	Report	Shalata 87'

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)

16:00

Andrův stadion, Olomouc

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)

Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2	Sigma Olomouc
Strosberg 58' Guerrero 72'	Report	Zifčák 50' Zmrzlý 78'

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)

16:00 (17:00 IST)

Ramla Municipal Stadium, Ramla

Attendance: 1,154

Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

3–3 on aggregate. Sigma Olomouc won on away goals.

Notes

1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 27 October 2018 (first round), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (second round).

References

1. "2018/19 UEFA Youth League season guide". UEFA.com. 23 August 2018.
2. "2018/19 UEFA Youth League regulations" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
3. "Country coefficients 2016/17". UEFA.com.
4. "UEFA Youth League entrants confirmed". UEFA.com. 29 August 2018.
5. "UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions path draw". UEFA.com.
6. "UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions path draw". UEFA.com. 4 September 2018.
7. UEFA Youth League – Basel u19 2-2 Accies u19, Hamilton Academical F.C.
8. u19s – UYL – Accies 2-2 Basel, Hamilton Academical F.C.
9. @DomesticIreland (24 October 2018). "Tonight's attendance at Dalymount Park is 1,563 for the UEFA Youth League game between Bohs U19s V FC Midtjylland U19s" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
10. "UEFA Youth League Report u19s Accies 1-2 Midtjylland". December 2018.

External links

• Official website