2024–25 UEFA Youth League league phase

The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (league phase) began on 17 September and ended on 11 December 2024. A total of 36 teams competed 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 played 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 qualified for the round of 32 of the knockout stage, where they were joined by ten winners of the Domestic Champions Path. Teams ranked from 23rd to 36th were eliminated from the competition.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria were 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 were 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 were considered equal in position and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6 to 10 would 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	6	6	0	0	19	7	+12	18	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sporting CP	6	5	1	0	13	3	+10	16
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	5	1	0	17	9	+8	16
4	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	17	10	+7	15
5	VfB Stuttgart	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13
6	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	10	5	+5	12
7	Atalanta	6	4	0	2	14	12	+2	12
8	Atlético Madrid	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11
9	Benfica	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11
10	Juventus	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
11	Manchester City	6	3	1	2	16	8	+8	10
12	Girona	6	2	4	0	9	5	+4	10
13	Bayern Munich	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10
14	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10
15	Aston Villa	6	3	0	3	14	11	+3	9
16	Sturm Graz	6	2	3	1	10	8	+2	9
17	Celtic	6	3	0	3	10	10	0	9
18	Borussia Dortmund	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8
19	Liverpool	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8
20	Lille	6	1	5	0	8	7	+1	8
21	Dinamo Zagreb	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
22	Monaco	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8
23	Paris Saint-Germain	6	2	1	3	14	13	+1	7
24	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
25	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	3	2	8	9	−1	6
26	Arsenal	6	2	0	4	5	12	−7	6
27	Milan	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5^[a]
28	Red Star Belgrade	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5^[a]
29	Feyenoord	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4
30	Young Boys	6	1	0	5	11	17	−6	3
31	Club Brugge	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3
32	RB Leipzig	6	1	0	5	10	18	−8	3
33	Bologna	6	0	2	4	7	14	−7	2
34	Brest	6	0	2	4	5	16	−11	2
35	Slovan Bratislava	6	0	2	4	6	20	−14	2
36	Sparta Prague	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1

Source: UEFA^[3]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

1 2 Away goals scored: Milan 5; Red Star Belgrade 4.

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	1–2	Atlético Madrid
Slovan Bratislava	2–3	Milan
Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg
Young Boys	2–4	Atalanta
Barcelona	2–0	Brest
Bayern Munich	2–5	Paris Saint-Germain
Inter Milan	3–2	RB Leipzig
Manchester City	6–1	Feyenoord
Sporting CP	3–0	Arsenal
Red Star Belgrade	1–1	VfB Stuttgart
Sturm Graz	0–0	Girona
Monaco	1–0	Benfica
Aston Villa	0–2	Juventus
Bologna	2–2	Lille
Celtic	1–0	Club Brugge
Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool	0–1	Real Madrid
PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 6
Home team	Score	Away team
Girona	2–2	Liverpool
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Celtic
Atalanta	0–4	Real Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Inter Milan
Club Brugge	0–1	Sporting CP
Red Bull Salzburg	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk	0–2	Bayern Munich
RB Leipzig	3–4	Aston Villa
Brest	1–3	PSV Eindhoven
Atlético Madrid	5–0	Slovan Bratislava
Lille	1–1	Sturm Graz
Milan	1–3	Red Star Belgrade
Arsenal	2–0	Monaco
Borussia Dortmund	2–3	Barcelona
Feyenoord	3–0	Sparta Prague
Juventus	1–1	Manchester City
Benfica	3–0	Bologna
VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Young Boys

Matches

The schedule was 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 were played on the same day as the corresponding matches in the Champions League, unless the clubs and UEFA agree otherwise.^[5] The matches were 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