2025–26 UEFA Youth League

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The 2025–26 UEFA Youth League is the twelfth season of Europe’s most important club competition for under-19 teams .

Mode

The season is the second after the reform of its format. The teams are split into two paths in the autumn, the UEFA Champions League path and the Domestic champions path.50 teams (the national champions of the UEFA associations or the runners-up when the domestic champion is qualified over Champions League path) play in the domestic champions path.

In the Champions League path, each participant plays three other teams at home and three away. The top 22 clubs then qualify for the Round of 32.[1]

The domestic champions path is played in three rounds in a knockout system. The clubs play each other twice, once at home and once away. The clubs from the highest-ranked associations enter the competition in the second round. At the end of the third round, ten clubs qualify for the round of 32.[2]

A knockout phase follows. All matches are decided in a single game. Clubs finishing in places 1 to 6 of the Champions League path face those finishing in places 17 to 22. Clubs finishing in places 7 to 16 also qualify for the round of 32 and compete against the ten clubs that qualified via the Champions Path. [3] An open draw then takes place to determine the teams for the round of 16 and the following rounds.

The Round of 32 match between 1. FC Köln and Inter Milan was watched by 50,000 spectators . [4]


The competition started on 16 September 2025.The final was on 20 April 2026. [5]

Participants

Champions-League path
Domestic champions path
  • In bold letters: Because the national champion was qualified via the Champions League path, the runner-up moved up.

Champions League path

Round 1

Team 1 Team 2
Benfica Lissabon Qarabağ Ağdam 7-1
Athletic Club Bilbao FC Arsenal 3-1
Juventus Turin Borussia Dortmund 2-3
Tottenham Hotspur FC Villarreal 5-3
PSV Eindhoven Union Saint-Gilloise 6-2
Real Madrid Olympique Marseille 3-2
Olympiakos Piräus Paphos FC 4-0
Slavia Prag FK Bodø/Glimt 5-0
Paris SG Atalanta Bergamo 5-1
Ajax Amsterdam Inter Mailand 1-1
FC Bayern München FC Chelsea 2-3
FC Liverpool Atlético Madrid 0-0
FC Kopenhagen Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-2
Eintracht Frankfurt Galatasaray Istanbul 4-0
Sporting Lissabon FK Qairat Almaty 3-2
Club Brugge AS Monaco 1-0
Manchester City SSC Neapel 2-0
Newcastle United FC Barcelona 2-3

Round 2

Team 1 Team 2
FK Qairat Almaty Real Madrid 1-4
FK Bodø/Glimt Tottenham Hotspur 0-6
Paphos FC FC Bayern München 0-3
Atalanta Bergamo Club Brugge 0-2
Galatasaray Istanbul FC Liverpool 0-2
Olympique Marseille Ajax Amsterdam 3-5
Inter Mailand Slavia Prag 2-2
FC Chelsea Benfica Lissabon 5-2
Atlético Madrid Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1
FC Villarreal Juventus Turin 1-0
Qarabağ Ağdam FC Kopenhagen 0-5
FC Arsenal Olympiakos Piräus 1-2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen PSV Eindhoven 3-2
SSC Neapel Sporting Lissabon 1-1
Union Saint-Gilloise Newcastle United 2-0
AS Monaco Manchester City 3-5
Borussia Dortmund Athletic Club Bilbao 0-4
FC Barcelona Paris SG 2-1

Round 3

Team 1 Team 2
FK Qairat Almaty Paphos FC 1-3
FC Barcelona Olympiakos Piräus 3-0
FC Villarreal Manchester City 2-1
FC Arsenal Atlético Madrid 3-4
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Paris SG 2-2
PSV Eindhoven SSC Neapel 0-0
Union Saint-Gilloise Inter Mailand 1-2
Newcastle United Benfica Lissabon 1-5
FC Kopenhagen Borussia Dortmund 0-2
Galatasaray Istanbul FK Bodø/Glimt 3-2
Athletic Club Bilbao Qarabağ Ağdam 3-0
FC Chelsea Ajax Amsterdam 6-3
Atalanta Bergamo Slavia Prag 2-0
Eintracht Frankfurt FC Liverpool 4-5
AS Monaco Tottenham Hotspur 2-4
Sporting Lissabon Olympique Marseille 2-1
Real Madrid Juventus Turin 1-0
FC Bayern München Club Brugge 0-3

Round 4

Team 1 Team 2
FK Bodø/Glimt AS Monaco 0-7
Olympiakos Piräus PSV Eindhoven 2-2
SSC Neapel Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0
Slavia Prag FC Arsenal 5-1
Paris SG FC Bayern München 3-0
Tottenham Hotspur FC Kopenhagen 2-3
Juventus Turin Sporting Lissabon 2-2
FC Liverpool Real Madrid 0-4
Atlético Madrid Union Saint-Gilloise 5-0
Benfica Lissabon Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5-0
Qarabağ Ağdam FC Chelsea 0-5
Paphos FC FC Villarreal 0-2
Ajax Amsterdam Galatasaray Istanbul 7-2
Olympique Marseille Atalanta Bergamo 0-0
Club Brugge FC Barcelona 2-0
Manchester City Borussia Dortmund 0-3
Inter Mailand FK Qairat Almaty 3-0
Newcastle United Athletic Club Bilbao 2-3

Round 5

Team 1 Team 2
FK Bodø/Glimt Juventus Turin 2-6
Galatasaray Istanbul Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1
Ajax Amsterdam Benfica Lissabon 0-4
Slavia Prag Athletic Club Bilbao 3-3
FC Chelsea FC Barcelona 1-1
SSC Neapel Qarabağ Ağdam 2-0
Olympique Marseille Newcastle United 2-0
Manchester City Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6-0
Borussia Dortmund FC Villarreal 1-2
Paphos FC AS Monaco 0-3
FC Kopenhagen FK Qairat Almaty 2-2
FC Arsenal FC Bayern München 4-2
Sporting Lissabon Club Brugge 2-1
Paris SG Tottenham Hotspur 5-2
FC Liverpool PSV Eindhoven 1-0
Olympiakos Piräus Real Madrid 0-2
Atlético Madrid Inter Mailand 4-1
Eintracht Frankfurt Atalanta Bergamo 3-2

Round 6

Team 1 Team 2
FK Qairat Almaty Olympiakos Piräus 2-0
FC Bayern München Sporting Lissabon 3-3
Atalanta Bergamo FC Chelsea 1-3
Tottenham Hotspur Slavia Prag 9-1
PSV Eindhoven Atlético Madrid 3-1
Union Saint-Gilloise Olympique Marseille 1-4
AS Monaco Galatasaray Istanbul 5-0
Inter Mailand FC Liverpool 5-0
FC Barcelona Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3
Qarabağ Ağdam Ajax Amsterdam 0-8
Benfica Lissabon SSC Neapel 3-0
FC Villarreal FC Kopenhagen 2-0
Athletic Club Bilbao Paris SG 1-1
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Newcastle United 2-1
Club Brugge FC Arsenal 2-1
Juventus Turin Paphos FC 2-2
Borussia Dortmund FK Bodø/Glimt 4-0
Real Madrid Manchester City 0-4

Table

Qualified for the knockout stage

Pl. Name M W D L P
1. England FC Chelsea 6 5 1 0 16
2. Portugal Benfica Lissabon 6 5 0 1 15
3. BelgiumClub Brugge 6 5 0 1 15
4. Spain Real Madrid 6 5 0 1 15
5. Spain FC Villarreal 6 5 0 1 15
6. Spain Athletic Club Bilbao 6 4 2 0 34
7. Spain Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 13
8. Spain FC Barcelona 6 4 1 1 13
9. England Tottenham Hotspur 6 4 0 2 12
10. England Manchester City 6 4 0 2 12
11. Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 0 2 12
12. Portugal Sporting Lissabon 6 3 3 0 12
13. France Paris SG 6 3 2 1 11
14. Italy Inter Mailand 6 3 2 1 11
15. Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam 6 3 1 2 10
16. England FC Liverpool 6 3 1 2 10
17. Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 10
18. France AS Monaco 6 3 0 3 9
19. Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 2 2 8
20. Czech Republic Slavia Prag 6 2 2 2 8
21. Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2 1 3 7
22. France Olympique Marseille 6 2 1 3 7

Eliminated

Pl. Name M W D L P
23. Denmark FC Kopenhagen 6 2 1 3 7
24. GreeceOlympiakos Piräus 6 2 1 3 7
25. ItalySSC Neapel 6 1 3 2 6
26. Italy Juventus Turin 6 1 2 3 5
27. Germany FC Bayern München 6 1 1 4 4
28. KazakhstanFK Qairat Almaty 6 1 1 4 4
29. Italy Atalanta Bergamo 6 1 1 4 4
30. Cyprus Paphos FC 6 1 1 4 4
31. Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 6 1 1 4 4
32. TurkeyGalatasaray Istanbul 6 1 1 4 4
33. England FC Arsenal 6 1 0 5 3
34. England Newcastle United 6 0 0 6 0
35. Norway FK Bodø/Glimt 6 0 0 6 0
36. Azerbaijan Qarabağ Ağdam 6 0 0 6 0

Domestic champions path

Round 1

Team 1 Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
Ordabassy Schymkent FK Dinamo Minsk 1-1 0-2 1-3
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar FC Dinamo Tiflis 1-1 0-3 1-4
Shelbourne FC Rabotnički Skopje 5-0 7-1 12-2
Larne FC RFC Union Luxemburg 2-0 1-3 3-3
(4-5 pen.)
Haverfordwest County AFC FK Budućnost Podgorica 2-3 1-2 3-5
FK Be1 HJK Helsinki 1-1 0-4 1-5
FK Jelgava KA Akureyri 2-2 0-1 2-3
Inter Club d’Escaldes KF Skënderbeu Korça 0-10 0-5 0-15
Naxxar Lions Lincoln Red Imps FC 0-2 1-4 1-6

Round 2

Team 1 Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
FK Dinamo Minsk Ludogorez Rasgrad 0-1 2-0 2-1
AEK Larnaka FC Dinamo Tiflis 3-4 0-2 3-6
NK Bravo FC Porto 0-4 1-4 1-8
FC Basel Betis Sevilla 3-2 0-2 3-4
FK Austria Wien Maccabi Haifa 1-1 1-3 2-4
FC Nantes Sabah FK 5-0 2-1 7-1
Baník Ostrava Roter Stern Belgrad 0-0 1-4 1-4
MŠK Žilina Shelbourne FC 2-2 0-0 2-2
(2-0 pen.)
RFC Union Luxemburg 1.FC Köln 0-3 1-2 1-5
FC Midtjylland FK Budućnost Podgorica 3-0 5-1 8-1
HJK Helsinki Trabzonspor 2-2 1-0 3-2
Víkingur Gøta KRC Genk 0-8 1-3 1-11
KA Akureyri PAOK Thessaloniki 0-2 0-2 0-4
Legia Warschau AC Florenz 4-1 2-3 6-4
Lokomotiva Zagreb FCSB Bukarest 2-3 2-3 4-6
Brann Bergen Puskás Akadémia 1-1 0-0 1-1
(1-3 pen.)
Dynamo Kiew IF Brommapojkarna 1-0 2-1 3-2
(2-0 pen.)
Hibernian Edinburgh KF 2 Korriku 4-0 0-1 4-1
KF Skënderbeu Korça Aston Villa 1-1 0-6 1-7
AZ Alkmaar Lincoln Red Imps FC 4-0 5-0 9-0

Round 3

Team 1 Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
FK Dinamo Minsk FC Dinamo Tiflis 0-2 2-0 2-2
(4-2 pen.)
FC Porto Betis Sevilla 0-4 0-5 0-9
Maccabi Haifa FC Nantes 1-0 3-2 4-2
Roter Stern Belgrad MŠK Žilina 3-1 0-2 3-3
(6-7 pen.)
1.FC Köln FC Midtjylland 1-1 4-1 5-2
HJK Helsinki KRC Genk 1-0 2-2 3-2
PAOK Thessaloniki Legia Warschau 1-2 1-2 2-4
FCSB Bukarest Puskás Akadémia 1-2 3-2 4-4
(2-4 pen.)
Dynamo Kiew Hibernian Edinburgh 1-0 1-1 2-1
Aston Villa AZ Alkmaar 2-2 1-2 3-4

Knock out stage

Round of 32

Team 1 Team 2
AZ Alkmaar Borussia Dortmund 4-0
Club Brugge AS Monaco 3-2
Real Madrid Olympique Marseille 5-2
MŠK Žilina FC Liverpool 2-1
FC Chelsea PSV Eindhoven 1-1
(7-6 pen.)
Athletic Club Bilbao Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2
(3-4 pen.)
Dynamo Kyiv Atlético Madrid 2-6
Legia Warszawa Ajax Amsterdam 2-1
Paris SG Dinamo Minsk 4-0
Benfica Lisbon Slavia Prag 3-2
Villarreal Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2
Maccabi Haifa FC Barcelona 2-2
(3-1 pen.)
HJK Helsinki Manchester City 3-3
(5-4 pen.)
Puskás Akadémia Sporting Lisbon 1-2
Betis Sevilla Tottenham Hotspur 5-1
1. FC Köln Inter Milan 1-3

Round of 16

Team 1 Team 2
Inter Milan Betis Sevilla 5-3
Eintracht Frankfurt Sporting Lisbon 1-2
Paris SG HJK Helsinki 6-1
Benfica Lisbon AZ Alkmaar 6-2
Real Madrid FC Chelsea 1-0
MŠK Žilina Club Brugge 0-1
Atlético Madrid Maccabi Haifa 1-1
(5-3 pen.)
Villarreal Legia Warszawa 2-1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Team 2
Atlético Madrid Club Brugge 0-4
Villarreal Paris SG 0-1
Real Madrid Sporting Lisbon 2-1
Inter Milan Benfica Lisbon 2-3

Semifinals

Team 1 Team 2
Benfica Lisbon Club Brugge 1-3
Real Madrid Paris SG 1-1
(5-4 pen.)

Final

Team 1 Team 2
Club Brugge Real Madrid 1-1
(2-4 pen.)

Top scorers

[6]

Name Team Goals Matches
Rodrigo Marina Betis Sevilla 10 6
Francisco Silva Benfica Lisbon 9 10
Emre Unuvar Ajax Amsterdam 9 6
Bendegúz Kovács AZ Alkmaar 9 6
Gonçalo Moreira Benfica Lisbon 9 8

References

  1. ↑ UEFA.com
  2. ↑ UEFA.com
  3. ↑ UEFA.com
  4. ↑ Kicker.de
  5. ↑ UEFA.com
  6. ↑ UEFA.com
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