2021–22 UEFA Youth League
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The 2021–22 UEFA Youth League was the eighth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 14 September 2021 – 25 April 2022 |
Teams | 64 (from 39 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Benfica (1st title) |
Runners-up | Red Bull Salzburg |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 167 |
Goals scored | 571 (3.42 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mads Hansen (Midtjylland) Aral Simsir (Midtjylland) Roko Šimić (Red Bull Salzburg) (7 goals each) |
Real Madrid, having won the title in 2019–20, were the title holders, since the 2020–21 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the title was not awarded. They were eliminated by city rivals Atlético Madrid in the round of 16.
Portuguese side Benfica won their first title, beating Red Bull Salzburg 6–0 in the final. This was a replay of the 2017 final, won by Salzburg by 2–1. It was also Benfica's first title in European football since the 1961–62 European Cup. In August, Benfica played the inaugural Under-20 Intercontinental Cup, beating the CONMEBOL champions, Peñarol, 1–0.
A total of 64 teams from at least 32 of the 55 UEFA member associations may enter the tournament. They are split into two sections, each with 32 teams.
Akademia e Futbollit, Angers, Deportivo La Coruña, Daugavpils, Empoli, Hajduk Split, 1. FC Köln, Miercurea Ciuc, Pogoń Szczecin, St Patrick's Athletic, Trabzonspor, Žalgiris and Zvijezda 09 will make their tournament debuts. Lithuania will be represented for the first time.[2]
Rank | Association | Teams | |
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UEFA Champions League Path | Domestic Champions Path | ||
1 | England |
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2 | Spain | Deportivo La Coruña (2020–21 División de Honor Juvenil U-19)[4] | |
3 | Germany | 1. FC Köln (2019–20 U19 A-Junioren-Bundesliga)[Note GER] | |
4 | Italy | Empoli (2020–21 Campionato Primavera 1)[5] | |
5 | France | Angers (2019–20 Championnat National U19)[Note FRA] | |
6 | Portugal |
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7 | Russia | Zenit Saint Petersburg[YC] (2020–21 Russian Youth Football League U17)[6] | |
8 | Belgium | Club Brugge | Genk (2019–20 Belgian U18 League)[Note BEL] |
9 | Ukraine | ||
10 | Netherlands | Ajax | AZ (2019–20 Eredivisie U19)[Note NED] |
11 | Turkey | Beşiktaş | Trabzonspor (2020–21 U19 Elit)[8] |
12 | Austria | Red Bull Salzburg[PO][YC] (2020–21 Jugendliga U18)[9] | |
13 | Denmark | Midtjylland (2020–21 U19 Ligaen) | |
14 | Scotland | Rangers (2020–21 Scottish U18 League) | |
15 | Czech Republic | Sparta Prague (2020–21 Czech U19 League) | |
16 | Cyprus | APOEL (2020–21 Cypriot U19 League) | |
17 | Switzerland | Young Boys[PO][YC] (2020–21 Swiss U18 League) | |
18 | Greece | PAOK (2020–21 Superleague K19) | |
19 | Serbia | Red Star Belgrade (2020–21 Serbian U19 League) | |
20 | Croatia | Hajduk Split (2020–21 1. HNL Juniori U19) | |
21 | Sweden | Malmö[PO] | Hammarby IF (2020 P17 Allsvenskan) |
22 | Norway | Rosenborg (2020 Norwegian U19 Cup) | |
23 | Israel | Maccabi Haifa (2020–21 Israeli U19 Noar Premier League) | |
24 | Kazakhstan | Kairat (2020 Kazakhstani U17 League) | |
25 | Belarus | Minsk (2020 Belarusian U18 League) | |
26 | Azerbaijan | Gabala (2020–21 Azerbaijani U19 League) | |
27 | Bulgaria | Septemvri Sofia (2020–21 U18 BFU Cup) | |
28 | Romania | Miercurea Ciuc (2020–21 Liga Elitelor U19) | |
29 | Poland | Pogoń Szczecin (2020–21 Polish U18 Central Junior League) | |
30 | Slovakia | Žilina (2020–21 Slovak U19 League) | |
32 | Slovenia | Domžale (2020–21 Slovenian U19 League) | |
33 | Hungary | MTK Budapest[V-LIE] (2020–21 Hungarian U19 League) | |
35 | Lithuania | Žalgiris[V-YC] (2020 Lithuanian Elite Youth League U19 Division) | |
37 | Latvia | Daugavpils[V-YC] (2020 Latvian U18 League) | |
38 | Albania | Akademia e Futbollit[V-PO] (2020–21 Albanian U19 League) | |
39 | North Macedonia | Shkëndija[V-PO] (2020–21 Macedonian U19 League) | |
40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zvijezda 09[V-PO] (2020–21 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 Junior League) | |
41 | Moldova | Sheriff Tiraspol[PO][YC] (2020–21 Divizia Națională U19) | |
42 | Republic of Ireland | St Patrick's Athletic[V-PO] (2020 League of Ireland U19 Division)[10] |
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The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[2]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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UEFA Champions League Path Group stage |
Matchday 1 | 26 August 2021 (Istanbul) |
14–15 September 2021 | |
Matchday 2 | 28–29 September 2021 | |||
Matchday 3 | 19–20 October 2021 | |||
Matchday 4 | 2–3 November 2021 | |||
Matchday 5 | 23–24 November 2021 | |||
Matchday 6 | 7–8 December 2021 | |||
Domestic Champions Path | First round | 31 August 2021 | 29 September 2021 | 20 October 2021 |
Second round | 3 November 2021 | 24 November 2021 | ||
Knockout phase | Play-offs | 14 December 2021 | 8–9 February 2022 | |
Round of 16 | 14 February 2022 | 1–2 March 2022 | ||
Quarter-finals | 15–16 March 2022 | |||
Semi-finals | 22 April 2022 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon | |||
Final | 25 April 2022 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 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 26 August 2021, 18:00 CEST (19:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.[15]
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners advance to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advance to the play-offs, where they will join by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSG | BRU | MCI | LPZ | |
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1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 14 | Round of 16 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 11 | Play-offs | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
3 | Manchester City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | 1–3 | 3–5 | — | 5–1 | ||
4 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPO | DOR | AJX | BES | |
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1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Round of 16 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
2 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | Play-offs | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 6–2 | |
3 | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 2–3 | 1–5 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | INT | SHK | SHE | |
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1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | Round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | Inter Milan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | Play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 6–0 | ||
4 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–5 | — |
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 31 August 2021.
The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they will join by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage).
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Pogoń Szczecin | 3–4 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3–0 | 0–4 |
MTK Budapest | 6–4 | Sparta Prague | 3–1 | 3–3 |
PAOK | 1–7 | Žilina | 1–5 | 0–2 |
Shkëndija | 1–5 | Hajduk Split | 0–2 | 1–3 |
Daugavpils | 0–6 | Minsk | 0–4 | 0–2 |
APOEL | 1–2 | Kairat | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Žalgiris | 0–5 | Maccabi Haifa | 0–3 | 0–2 |
1. FC Köln | 3–7 | Genk | 2–4 | 1–3 |
Septemvri Sofia | 4–1 | Akademia e Futbollit | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Zvijezda 09 | 0–3 | Trabzonspor | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Domžale | 2–3 | Empoli | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Gabala | 0–11 | AZ | 0–4 | 0–7 |
Miercurea Ciuc | 0–5 | Angers | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Rangers | 5–1 | Hammarby IF | 3–0 | 2–1 |
Rosenborg | 3–14 | Midtjylland | 2–4 | 1–10 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 1–4 | Red Star Belgrade | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Hajduk Split | 4–1 | Minsk | 3–0 | 1–1 |
MTK Budapest | 1–3 | Genk | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Deportivo La Coruña | 5–4 | Maccabi Haifa | 5–1 | 0–3 |
Žilina | 3–3 (3–0 p) | Kairat | 3–2 | 0–1 |
Red Star Belgrade | 1–6 | Empoli | 1–1 | 0–5 |
Trabzonspor | 2–10 | Midtjylland | 2–5 | 0–5 |
Angers | 1–1 (4–5 p) | AZ | 0–1 | 1–0 |
Septemvri Sofia | 2–7[upper-alpha 1] | Rangers | 2–4 | 0–3 |
Notes
Play-offs | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
8 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Empoli | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Borussia Dortmund | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Manchester United | 2 (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Borussia Dortmund (p) | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
16 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Borussia Dortmund | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
9 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Atlético Madrid | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Hajduk Split | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||||||
2 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Atlético Madrid (p) | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
Real Madrid | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Atlético Madrid | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
22 April – Nyon | ||||||||||||||||||
Atlético Madrid | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
8 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Rangers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Sevilla | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Sevilla | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
16 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
8 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Žilina | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Inter Milan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Žilina | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
Red Bull Salzburg (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
25 April – Nyon | ||||||||||||||||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
8 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Benfica | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
AZ (p) | 3 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
2 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Villarreal | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
AZ | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
Juventus (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
15 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Juventus | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
9 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Genk | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Chelsea | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Liverpool (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
Genk | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
22 April – Nyon | ||||||||||||||||||
Juventus | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
9 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Benfica (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
Deportivo La Coruña | 2 (2) | |||||||||||||||||
7 April | ||||||||||||||||||
Dynamo Kyiv (p) | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Sporting CP | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
13 April | ||||||||||||||||||
Sporting CP | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
9 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Benfica | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Midtjylland | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 March | ||||||||||||||||||
Club Brugge | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Midtjylland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Benfica | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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 draw was conducted on 14 December 2021 12:00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The play-offs were played over one leg on 8 and 9 February 2022.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Empoli | 3–5 | Borussia Dortmund |
Genk | 5–1 | Chelsea |
AZ | 3–3 (4–3 p) | Villarreal |
Žilina | 3–1 | Inter Milan |
Hajduk Split | 0–0 (2–3 p) | Atlético Madrid |
Midtjylland | 3–2 | Club Brugge |
Deportivo La Coruña | 2–2 (2–3 p) | Dynamo Kyiv |
Rangers | 0–1 | Sevilla |
The draw was conducted on 14 February 2022 12:00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The round of 16 should have been played over one leg on 1 and 2 March 2022.[16] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Liverpool | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Genk |
Real Madrid | 2–3 | Atlético Madrid |
AZ | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Juventus |
Dynamo Kyiv | 1–2 | Sporting CP |
Manchester United | 2–2 (1–3 p) | Borussia Dortmund |
Žilina | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Red Bull Salzburg |
Paris Saint-Germain | 2–0 | Sevilla |
Midtjylland | 2–3 | Benfica |
The draw was conducted on 14 February 2022 12:00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The quarter-finals were played over one leg from 15 March to 13 April 2022.[16]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Juventus | 2–0 | Liverpool |
Paris Saint-Germain | 1–3 | Red Bull Salzburg |
Sporting CP | 0–4 | Benfica |
Borussia Dortmund | 0–1 | Atlético Madrid |
The draw was conducted on 14 February 2022 12:00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The semi-finals were played over one leg on 22 April 2022 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[16]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Juventus | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Benfica |
Atlético Madrid | 0–5 | Red Bull Salzburg |
The draw was conducted on 14 February 2022 12:00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The final was played on 25 April 2022 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[16]
This was a replay of the 2017 UEFA Youth League Final, which Salzburg won 2–1. Benfica won 6–0 to win their first Youth League title, and their first title in European football since the 1961–62 European Cup.
The UEFA champions, Benfica, played against the CONMEBOL champion, Peñarol, for the new U-20 Intercontinental Cup, a youth team equivalent to the former Intercontinental Cup, which featured the senior club champions of Europe and South America. Benfica won 1–0.
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