2021–22 UEFA Youth League

2021–22 UEFA Youth League
	275px The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the semi-finals and final.
Tournament details
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)
	← 2019–20; ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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

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.

Teams

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
Rank	Association	UEFA Champions League Path	Domestic Champions Path
1	England	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Manchester City^[YC] (2020–21 U18 Premier League)^[3] Manchester United Liverpool Chelsea
2	Spain	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Atlético Madrid Real Madrid^[TH] Barcelona Sevilla Villarreal	Deportivo La Coruña (2020–21 División de Honor Juvenil U-19)^[4]
3	Germany	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Bayern Munich RB Leipzig Borussia Dortmund VfL Wolfsburg	1. FC Köln (2019–20 U19 A-Junioren-Bundesliga)^{[Note GER]}
4	Italy	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Inter Milan Milan Atalanta Juventus	Empoli (2020–21 Campionato Primavera 1)^[5]
5	France	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Lille Paris Saint-Germain	Angers (2019–20 Championnat National U19)^{[Note FRA]}
6	Portugal	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Sporting CP Porto Benfica^[PO]^[YC] (2019–20 Campeonato Nacional Juniores S19)^{[Note POR]}
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	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk^[PO]^[YC] (2020–21 Ukrainian U19 League)^[7]
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	[[\|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.

^TH Title holders.
^YC Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path which were also youth domestic champions.
^PO Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path after their senior team qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs.
^V-LIE Team playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancy of Liechtenstein (no youth domestic competition).
^V-YC Teams playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancies of teams which qualified for the Champions League group stage automatically.
^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.
^ 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.
^ 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]
^ 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]
^ 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.
^ 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

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
Domestic Champions Path	Second round	31 August 2021	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

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.

Domestic Champions Path

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

2021–22 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

Second round

2021–22 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

Knockout phase

Bracket

2021–22 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

Play-offs

2021–22 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

Round of 16

2021–22 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

Quarter-finals

2021–22 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

Semi-finals

2021–22 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

Final

2021–22 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Mads Hansen	Midtjylland	7
	Aral Şimşir	Midtjylland
	Roko Šimić	Red Bull Salzburg
4	Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	Borussia Dortmund	6
4	Filip Čuić	Hajduk Split	6
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

U-20 Intercontinental 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.

Notes

References

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External links

Official website
UEFA Youth League matches 2021–22, UEFA.com

[cnote_TH] TH Title holders.

[cnote_YC] YC Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path which were also youth domestic champions.

[cnote_PO] PO Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path after their senior team qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs.

[cnote_V-LIE] V-LIE Team playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancy of Liechtenstein (no youth domestic competition).

[cnote_V-YC] V-YC Teams playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancies of teams which qualified for the Champions League group stage automatically.

[cnote_V-PO] 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.

[cnote_Note_BEL] 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.

[cnote_Note_FRA] 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]

[cnote_Note_GER] 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]

[cnote_Note_NED] 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.

[cnote_Note_POR] 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.

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Contents

Teams

Round and draw dates

UEFA Champions League Path

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Domestic Champions Path

First round

Second round

Knockout phase

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Play-offs

Round of 16

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Top goalscorers

U-20 Intercontinental Cup

Notes

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