2024–25 UEFA Youth League league phase

The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (league phase) began on 17 September and will end on 11 December 2024. A total of 36 teams will compete in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League Path to decide 22 of the 36 places in the knockout phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Youth League.^[1]

Format

Each team will play six matches, three at home and three away, against six different opponents, with all 36 teams ranked in a single league table. The top 22 ranked teams will qualify for the round of 32 of the knockout stage, where they will be joined by ten winners of the Domestic Champions Path. Teams ranked from 23rd to 36th are eliminated from the competition.

Tiebreakers

Teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:^[2]

Goal difference;
Goals scored;
Away goals scored;
Wins;
Away wins;
Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents;
Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents;
Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents;
Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
Drawing of lots.

During the league phase, criteria 1 to 5 will be used to rank teams who have equal number of points. Should any teams be equal on points and tied on the first five criteria, they will be considered equal in position and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6 to 10 will only be used to break ties upon completion of all matches.^[3]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Milan	4	4	0	0	15	5	+10	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Red Bull Salzburg	4	3	1	0	13	7	+6	10
3	Sporting CP	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10
4	VfB Stuttgart	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	9
5	Barcelona	4	3	0	1	12	8	+4	9
6	Atalanta	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4	9
7	Shakhtar Donetsk	4	3	0	1	8	8	0	9
8	Girona	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8
9	Benfica	4	2	2	0	9	6	+3	8
10	Borussia Dortmund	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	7
11	Juventus	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7
12	Sturm Graz	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	7
13	Liverpool	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
14	Bayer Leverkusen	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7^[a]
15	Bayern Munich	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7^[a]
16	Aston Villa	4	2	0	2	10	6	+4	6
17	Manchester City	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6
18	Lille	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
19	Celtic	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	6
20	Real Madrid	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
21	Atlético Madrid	4	1	2	1	9	7	+2	5
22	Monaco	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
23	Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4
24	Dinamo Zagreb	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
25	Young Boys	4	1	0	3	8	11	−3	3
26	Club Brugge	4	0	3	1	5	9	−4	3
27	RB Leipzig	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	3
28	Arsenal	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
29	PSV Eindhoven	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2
30	Milan	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2
31	Brest	4	0	2	2	4	11	−7	2
32	Slovan Bratislava	4	0	2	2	4	12	−8	2
33	Bologna	4	0	1	3	5	9	−4	1
34	Feyenoord	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1
35	Red Star Belgrade	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	1
36	Sparta Prague	4	0	1	3	3	10	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: UEFA^[3]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Away goals scored: Bayer Leverkusen 4; Bayern Munich 2.

Results summary

Matchday 1
Home team	Score	Away team
Young Boys	2–1	Aston Villa
Juventus	1–0	PSV Eindhoven
Milan	0–0	Liverpool
Bayern Munich	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Real Madrid	1–0	VfB Stuttgart
Sporting CP	2–2	Lille
Sparta Prague	2–3	Red Bull Salzburg
Bologna	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk
Celtic	4–0	Slovan Bratislava
Club Brugge	1–1	Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City	2–4	Inter Milan
Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	Girona
Feyenoord	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen
Red Star Belgrade	1–2	Benfica
Monaco	4–3	Barcelona
Atalanta	4–1	Arsenal
Atlético Madrid	4–0	RB Leipzig
Brest	1–4	Sturm Graz

Matchday 2
Home team	Score	Away team
Red Bull Salzburg	5–1	Brest
VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Sparta Prague
Arsenal	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain
Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Milan
Borussia Dortmund	4–0	Celtic
Barcelona	4–2	Young Boys
Inter Milan	4–0	Red Star Belgrade
PSV Eindhoven	0–2	Sporting CP
Slovan Bratislava	0–4	Manchester City
Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	Atalanta
Girona	2–0	Feyenoord
Aston Villa	0–1	Bayern Munich
Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Monaco
Liverpool	2–1	Bologna
Lille	2–1	Real Madrid
RB Leipzig	0–3	Juventus
Sturm Graz	1–1	Club Brugge
Benfica	2–2	Atlético Madrid

Matchday 3
Home team	Score	Away team
Milan	1–1	Club Brugge
Monaco	1–1	Red Star Belgrade
Arsenal	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Aston Villa	3–1	Bologna
Girona	2–2	Slovan Bratislava
Juventus	2–3	VfB Stuttgart
Paris Saint-Germain	3–3	PSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid	1–2	Borussia Dortmund
Sturm Graz	1–3	Sporting CP
Atalanta	2–1	Celtic
Brest	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Atlético Madrid	1–1	Lille
Young Boys	2–3	Inter Milan
Barcelona	3–1	Bayern Munich
Red Bull Salzburg	3–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Manchester City	3–0	Sparta Prague
RB Leipzig	3–1	Liverpool
Benfica	2–0	Feyenoord

Matchday 4
Home team	Score	Away team
PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Girona
Slovan Bratislava	2–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Bologna	0–0	Monaco
Borussia Dortmund	2–3	Sturm Graz
Celtic	3–2	RB Leipzig
Liverpool	4–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Lille	0–0	Juventus
Real Madrid	2–1	Milan
Sporting CP	2–0	Manchester City
Club Brugge	2–6	Aston Villa
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	Young Boys
Sparta Prague	1–1	Brest
Bayern Munich	3–3	Benfica
Inter Milan	4–1	Arsenal
Feyenoord	2–2	Red Bull Salzburg
Red Star Belgrade	1–2	Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Atlético Madrid
VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Atalanta

Matchday 5
Home team	Score	Away team
Sparta Prague	26 Nov	Atlético Madrid
Slovan Bratislava	26 Nov	Milan
Bayer Leverkusen	26 Nov	Red Bull Salzburg
Young Boys	26 Nov	Atalanta
Barcelona	26 Nov	Brest
Bayern Munich	26 Nov	Paris Saint-Germain
Inter Milan	26 Nov	RB Leipzig
Manchester City	26 Nov	Feyenoord
Sporting CP	26 Nov	Arsenal
Red Star Belgrade	27 Nov	VfB Stuttgart
Sturm Graz	27 Nov	Girona
Monaco	27 Nov	Benfica
Aston Villa	27 Nov	Juventus
Bologna	27 Nov	Lille
Celtic	27 Nov	Club Brugge
Dinamo Zagreb	27 Nov	Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool	27 Nov	Real Madrid
PSV Eindhoven	27 Nov	Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 6
Home team	Score	Away team
Girona	10 Dec	Liverpool
Dinamo Zagreb	10 Dec	Celtic
Atalanta	10 Dec	Real Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen	10 Dec	Inter Milan
Club Brugge	10 Dec	Sporting CP
Red Bull Salzburg	10 Dec	Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk	10 Dec	Bayern Munich
RB Leipzig	10 Dec	Aston Villa
Brest	10 Dec	PSV Eindhoven
Atlético Madrid	11 Dec	Slovan Bratislava
Lille	11 Dec	Sturm Graz
Milan	11 Dec	Red Star Belgrade
Arsenal	11 Dec	Monaco
Borussia Dortmund	11 Dec	Barcelona
Feyenoord	11 Dec	Sparta Prague
Juventus	11 Dec	Manchester City
Benfica	11 Dec	Bologna
VfB Stuttgart	11 Dec	Young Boys

Matches

The schedule is identical to the first six matchdays of the UEFA Champions League league phase, the fixture list for which was announced on 31 August 2024.^[4]

In principle, the matches will be played on the same day as the corresponding matches in the Champions League, unless the clubs and UEFA agree otherwise.^[5] The matches will be played on 17–19 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November and 10–11 December 2024.^[1]

Times are CET or CEST,^{[note 1]} (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Matchday 1

17 September 2024

14:00

Juventus	1–0	PSV Eindhoven
Benia 56'	Report

Juventus Training Center, Turin

Attendance: 350^[6]

Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

17 September 2024

14:00 (13:00 UTC+1)

Sporting CP	2–2	Lille
Mendonça 23' Felicíssimo 90+7'	Report	Cossier 11' Ayodele 62'

Stadium Aurélio Pereira, Alcochete

Attendance: 419^[7]

Referee: Danilo Nikolić (Serbia)

17 September 2024