UEFA noorteliiga
Fixtures
| Date | R | Kodus vs Võõrsil | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 16:00 | 1 |
Olympiakos U19 vs AC Milan U19
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Results
| Date | R | Kodus vs Võõrsil | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/19 16:00 | 2 |
FC Porto U19 vs AC Milan U19
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5-6 |
| 04/19 12:00 | 2 |
Olympiakos U19 vs Nantes U19
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3-1 |
| 03/13 17:00 | 3 |
Mainz U19 vs FC Porto U19
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1-4 |
| 03/13 15:00 | 3 |
AC Milan U19 vs Real Madrid U19
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5-4 |
| 03/12 17:00 | 3 |
Nantes U19 vs FC København U19
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8-7 |
| 03/12 15:00 | 3 |
Bayern München U19 vs Olympiakos U19
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1-3 |
| 02/28 17:00 | 4 |
[1] Real Madrid U19 vs RB Leipzig U19
[2] 
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2-0 |
| 02/28 15:00 | 4 |
[2] Bayern München U19 vs Feyenoord U19
[1] 
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3-2 |
| 02/28 14:00 | 4 |
FC Salzburg U19 vs Nantes U19
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0-1 |
| 02/28 13:30 | 4 |
[1] AC Milan U19 vs Braga U19
[2] 
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6-4 |
| 02/28 13:00 | 4 |
Olympiakos U19 vs Lens U19
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6-4 |
| 02/27 17:00 | 4 |
Mainz U19 vs Man City U19
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2-1 |
Teams
Benfica U19
PSG U19
FC Porto U19
Juventus U19
Donetski Šahtar U19
Dinamo Zagreb U19
Sporting U19
Kiievi Dinamo U19
Monaco U19
Beşiktaş U19
Malmö FF U19
MŠK Žilina U19
Lille U19
Moskva Lokomotiv U19
Praha Sparta U19
Legia Warszawa U19
Borussia Mönchengladbach U19
Nantes U19
Elfsborg U19
MTK Budapest U19
Tel Avivi Maccabi U19
Altinordu U19
Braga U19
Slavia Praha U19
Puskás Akadémia U19
FC Nitra U19
Montpellier U19
Marseille U19
AIK U19
FK Pribram U19
Rennes U19
Sigma Olomouc U19
Belgradi Partizan U19
AS Trenčín U19
Angers U19
FK Rad Beograd U19
Bratislava Slovan U19
Hammarby U19
Budapest Honvéd U19
FC Ashdod U19
Lech Poznań U19
Stjarnan/KFG U19
FK Senica U19
Köln U19
FC Honka U19
İstanbul Başakşehir U19
St Patrick''s U19
Zagłębie Lubin U19
Korona Kielce U19
Bordeaux U19
Wikipedia - UEFA Youth League
The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the youth teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League group stage, plus the domestic youth champions of the best-ranked national associations.
The semi-finals and final matches have been traditionally played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, although for the 2022–23 edition, they were moved to the Stade de Genève due to increased interest in the tournament from the supporters of the participating clubs. The winners are awarded the Lennart Johansson Trophy, named in honour of the former UEFA president.
The most successful teams are Barcelona and Chelsea, with two titles each. Chelsea won back-to-back titles in 2015 and 2016, while Barcelona won the inaugural season of the competition and clinched their second trophy in 2018. The current champions are Dutch side AZ, who beat Hajduk Split 5–0 in the 2023 final.
History
In May 2010, UEFA organised a match, referred to as the "UEFA Under-18 Challenge", between the under-18 teams of Bayern Munich and Internazionale, three days prior to the UEFA Champions League Final between the respective senior sides. Internazionale won the match 2–0 with two goals from Denis Alibec. The match was part of "UEFA Grassroots Day", and acted as an inspiration for the UEFA Youth League.
The teams in the first tournament, 2013–14 UEFA Youth League, played a group stage with the same composition and calendar as the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage, and was held on a 'trial basis'.
The eight group-winners and eight runners-up from group stage then participated in a knockout phase. Unlike the UEFA Champions League, the knockout phase had single-leg ties, with the semi-finals and final played at neutral venues.
British media commented that the competition was formed to displace the NextGen Series.
In April 2014, Barcelona became the first champion, beating Benfica by 3–0 in the final-four held in Nyon.
After a two-year trial period, the UEFA Youth League became a permanent UEFA competition starting from the 2015–16 season, with the tournament expanded from 32 to 64 teams to allow the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their UEFA country coefficients to also participate. The 32 UEFA Champions League group stage youth teams retain the group stage format, with the group winners advancing to the round of 16 and the runners-up advancing to the play-offs. The 32 youth domestic champions play two rounds of two-legged ties, with the eight winners advancing to the play-offs, where they play a single match at home against the Champions League path runners-up. The round of 16 onwards retain the same format of single-leg ties as before.
From the 2024-25 season onwards, the format of the UEFA Youth League will change to accommodate the changes to be seen in the UEFA Champions League, with some differences:
- The new 36 team group stage for the Champions League path will only mirror the first 6 matchdays of the senior competition, with the top 22 teams making the knockout stage
- The domestic champions path will be expanded to three rounds, with the remaining 10 clubs facing the teams ranked 7th to 16th in the group stage (The top 6 from the Champions League path will face the teams ranked 17th to 22nd)
- The Youth League champions from the previous season qualify for the domestic champions path unless their senior team makes the Champions League group stage, in which case they will participate in the Champions League path