2021–22 UEFA Youth League

The 2021–22 UEFA Youth League was the eighth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.

2021–22 UEFA Youth League
The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the semi-finals and final.
Tournament details
Dates14 September 2021 – 25 April 2022
Teams64 (from 39 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Benfica (1st title)
Runners-upAustria Red Bull Salzburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played167
Goals scored571 (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.

As 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 the match 1–0.

Teams

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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.

  • UEFA Champions League Path: The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path. If there was a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it was filled by a team defined by UEFA.
  • Domestic Champions Path: The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2021 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path.[1] If there was a vacancy (associations with no youth domestic competition, as well as youth domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path), it was 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.

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]

Qualified teams for 2021–22 UEFA Youth League[2]
Rank Association Teams
UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path
1   England
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
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 FF[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]
Associations without any participating teams
(no teams qualify for UEFA Champions League group stage, and either with no youth domestic competition or not ranked high enough for a vacancy)
Rank Association
31   Liechtenstein
34   Luxembourg
36   Armenia
43   Finland
44   Georgia
45   Malta
Rank Association
46   Iceland
47   Wales
48   Northern Ireland
49   Gibraltar
50   Montenegro
Rank Association
51   Estonia
52   Kosovo
53   Faroe Islands
54   Andorra
55   San Marino
Notes
  Potential: Youth domestic champions which may potentially enter the Domestic Champions Path only if there is a vacancy.
  1. YC Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path which were also youth domestic champions.
  2. PO Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path after their senior team qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs.
  3. V-LIE Team playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancy of Liechtenstein (no youth domestic competition).
  4. V-YC Teams playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancies of teams which qualified for the Champions League group stage automatically.
  5. V-PO Teams playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancies of teams which qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs.
  6. ^
    Belgium (BEL): The 2020–21 Belgian U18 League was abandoned and 2020–21 Belgium Youth Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. Genk, which were originally selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League (which was later cancelled) by the Royal Belgian Football Association in the Domestic Champions Path, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League in the Domestic Champions Path.
  7. ^
    France (FRA): The 2020–21 Championnat National U19 was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[11] Angers, which were originally selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League (which was later cancelled) by the French Football Federation in the Domestic Champions Path, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League in the Domestic Champions Path.[12]
  8. ^
    Germany (GER): The 2020–21 U19 A-Junioren-Bundesliga was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[13] 1. FC Köln, which were originally selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League (which was later cancelled) by the German Football Association in the Domestic Champions Path, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League in the Domestic Champions Path.[14]
  9. ^
    Netherlands (NED): The 2020–21 Eredivisie U19 was abandoned and the 2020–21 KNVB Youth Cup was not completed by the UEFA registration deadline due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. AZ, which were originally selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League (which was later cancelled) by the Royal Dutch Football Association in the Domestic Champions Path, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League in the Domestic Champions Path.
  10. ^
    Portugal (POR): The 2020–21 Campeonato Nacional Juniores S19 was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. Benfica, which were originally selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League (which was later cancelled) by the Portuguese Football Federation in the Domestic Champions Path, would have been selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League in the Domestic Champions Path, but since their senior team qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs, they qualified for the UEFA Champions League Path, so no team was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League in the Domestic Champions Path.

Round and draw dates

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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]

  • For the UEFA Champions League Path group stage, in principle the teams play their matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of the matchdays as scheduled for UEFA Champions League, and on the same day as the corresponding senior teams; however, matches could also be played on other dates, including Mondays and Thursdays.
  • For the Domestic Champions Path first and second rounds, in principle matches are 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.
Schedule for 2021–22 UEFA Youth League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
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

UEFA Champions League Path

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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.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR BRU MCI RBL
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
Source: UEFA

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV ATM POR MIL
1   Liverpool 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 Round of 16 2–0 4–0 1–0
2   Atlético Madrid 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10[a] Play-offs 2–0 1–2 3–0
3   Porto 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10[a] 1–1 1–2 3–1
4   Milan 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2 1–1 1–1 0–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: Atlético Madrid 3 pts (0 GD, 3 GF), Porto 3 pts (0 GD, 3 GF). Goal difference in all group matches: Atlético Madrid +3, Porto –1.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPO DOR AJX BES
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[a] Play-offs 0–0 0–1 6–2
3   Ajax 6 3 1 2 9 10 −1 10[a] 2–3 1–5 3–1
4   Beşiktaş 6 1 0 5 8 17 −9 3 1–3 2–3 0–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Borussia Dortmund 3, Ajax 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +3, Ajax –3.

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA INT SHK SHE
1   Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13[a] Round of 16 2–1 1–0 4–1
2   Inter Milan 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13[a] 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
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Real Madrid 4, Inter Milan 1.

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN DKV BAR BAY
1   Benfica 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15 Round of 16 1–0 4–0 4–0
2   Dynamo Kyiv 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13 Play-offs 4–0 4–1 2–1
3   Barcelona 6 1 1 4 4 14 −10 4 0–3 0–0 2–0
4   Bayern Munich 6 1 0 5 4 15 −11 3 0–2 0–4 3–2
Source: UEFA

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN VIL ATA YB
1   Manchester United 6 5 0 1 12 9 +3 15 Round of 16 1–4 4–2 2–1
2   Villarreal 6 3 2 1 15 9 +6 11 Play-offs 1–2 2–0 3–3
3   Atalanta 6 2 1 3 11 12 −1 7 1–2 2–2 3–0
4   Young Boys 6 0 1 5 7 15 −8 1 0–1 1–3 2–3
Source: UEFA

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAL SEV LIL WOL
1   Red Bull Salzburg 6 4 0 2 10 5 +5 12 Round of 16 2–0 3–1 3–0
2   Sevilla 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 11 Play-offs 2–0 0–0 2–0
3   Lille 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–0 0–3 2–0
4   VfL Wolfsburg 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 1–2 1–1 0–3
Source: UEFA

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV CHE ZEN MAL
1   Juventus 6 5 1 0 18 7 +11 16 Round of 16 3–1 4–2 4–1
2   Chelsea 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10 Play-offs 1–3 3–1 4–2
3   Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7 0–2 1–1 3–2
4   Malmö FF 6 0 1 5 8 21 −13 1 2–2 0–5 1–3
Source: UEFA

Domestic Champions Path

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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).

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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[A]   Rangers 2–4 0–3

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Knockout phase

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The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the play-offs, 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.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the UEFA Champions League Path group winners were drawn against the play-off winners, with the first team drawn in each tie hosting the match. Teams from the same UEFA Champions League Path group could not be drawn against each other, but teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same UEFA Champions League Path group or the same association could be drawn against each other (the identity of the quarter-final winners and onwards was not known at the time of the draws). The draws also decided the home team for each quarter-final, and which quarter-final and semi-final winners were designated as the "home" team for each semi-final and final (for administrative purposes as they were played at a neutral venue).

Bracket

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Play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
8 February
  Empoli3
1 March
  Borussia Dortmund5
  Manchester United2 (1)
  Borussia Dortmund (p)2 (3)
16 March
  Borussia Dortmund0
9 February
  Atlético Madrid1
  Hajduk Split0 (2)
2 March
  Atlético Madrid (p)0 (3)
  Real Madrid2
  Atlético Madrid3
22 April – Nyon
  Atlético Madrid0
8 February
  Red Bull Salzburg5
  Rangers0
1 March
  Sevilla1
  Paris Saint-Germain2
  Sevilla0
16 March
  Paris Saint-Germain1
8 February
  Red Bull Salzburg3
  Žilina3
2 March
  Inter Milan1
  Žilina1 (3)
  Red Bull Salzburg (p)1 (4)
25 April – Nyon
  Red Bull Salzburg0
8 February
  Benfica6
  AZ (p)3 (4)
2 March
  Villarreal3 (3)
  AZ0 (4)
  Juventus (p)0 (5)
15 March
  Juventus2
9 February
  Liverpool0
  Genk5
2 March
  Chelsea1
  Liverpool (p)1 (4)
  Genk1 (3)
22 April – Nyon
  Juventus2 (3)
9 February
  Benfica (p)2 (4)
  Deportivo La Coruña2 (2)
7 April
  Dynamo Kyiv (p)2 (3)
  Dynamo Kyiv1
  Sporting CP2
13 April
  Sporting CP0
9 February
  Benfica4
  Midtjylland3
2 March
  Club Brugge2
  Midtjylland2
  Benfica3

Play-offs

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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
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

Round of 16

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The draw was conducted on 14 February 2022 12:00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The round of 16 was played over one leg on 1 March, 2 March and 7 April 2022.[16]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
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

Quarter-finals

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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
Juventus   2–0   Liverpool
Paris Saint-Germain   1–3   Red Bull Salzburg
Sporting CP   0–4   Benfica
Borussia Dortmund   0–1   Atlético Madrid

Semi-finals

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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
Juventus   2–2 (3–4 p)   Benfica
Atlético Madrid   0–5   Red Bull Salzburg

Final

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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.

Red Bull Salzburg  0–6  Benfica
Report
Attendance: 4,000[17]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Mads Hansen   Midtjylland 7
  Aral Şimşir   Midtjylland
  Roko Šimić   Red Bull Salzburg
4   Jamie Bynoe-Gittens   Borussia Dortmund 6
  Filip Čuić   Hajduk Split
6   Samba Diallo   Dynamo Kyiv 5
  Bradley Fink   Borussia Dortmund
  Oscar Fraulo   Midtjylland
  Djeidi Gassama   Paris Saint-Germain
  Timotej Jambor   Žilina
  James McAtee   Manchester City
  Cisse Sandra   Club Brugge
  Luís Semedo   Benfica
  Zalán Vancsa   MTK Budapest

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