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The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (league phase) will begin 17 September and 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.

Table

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

First match(es) will be played: 17 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Results summary

Matchday 1
Home team	Score	Away team
Young Boys	17 Sep	Aston Villa
Juventus	17 Sep	PSV Eindhoven
Milan	17 Sep	Liverpool
Bayern Munich	17 Sep	Dinamo Zagreb
Real Madrid	17 Sep	VfB Stuttgart
Sporting CP	17 Sep	Lille
Sparta Prague	18 Sep	Red Bull Salzburg
Bologna	18 Sep	Shakhtar Donetsk
Celtic	18 Sep	Slovan Bratislava
Club Brugge	18 Sep	Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City	18 Sep	Inter Milan
Paris Saint-Germain	18 Sep	Girona
Feyenoord	19 Sep	Bayer Leverkusen
Red Star Belgrade	19 Sep	Benfica
Monaco	19 Sep	Barcelona
Atalanta	19 Sep	Arsenal
Atlético Madrid	19 Sep	RB Leipzig
Brest	19 Sep	Sturm Graz

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

Matchday 3
Home team	Score	Away team
Milan	22 Oct	Club Brugge
Monaco	22 Oct	Red Star Belgrade
Arsenal	22 Oct	Shakhtar Donetsk
Aston Villa	22 Oct	Bologna
Girona	22 Oct	Slovan Bratislava
Juventus	22 Oct	VfB Stuttgart
Paris Saint-Germain	22 Oct	PSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid	22 Oct	Borussia Dortmund
Sturm Graz	22 Oct	Sporting CP
Atalanta	23 Oct	Celtic
Brest	23 Oct	Bayer Leverkusen
Atlético Madrid	23 Oct	Lille
Young Boys	23 Oct	Inter Milan
Barcelona	23 Oct	Bayern Munich
Red Bull Salzburg	23 Oct	Dinamo Zagreb
Manchester City	23 Oct	Sparta Prague
RB Leipzig	23 Oct	Liverpool
Benfica	23 Oct	Feyenoord

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

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.^[4] 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	v	PSV Eindhoven
	Report

Juventus Training Center, Turin

Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

17 September 2024

14:00 (13:00 UTC+1)

Sporting CP	v	Lille
	Report

Stadium Aurélio Pereira, Alcochete

Referee: Danilo Nikolić (Serbia)

17 September 2024

14:00

Young Boys	v	Aston Villa
	Report

Sportpark Wyler, Bern

Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

17 September 2024

14:30

Milan	v	Liverpool
	Report

Centro Sportivo Vismara, Milan

Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden)

17 September 2024

16:00

Bayern Munich	v	Dinamo Zagreb
	Report

FC Bayern Campus, Munich

Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Ukraine)

17 September 2024

Real Madrid	v	VfB Stuttgart

18 September 2024

12:00

Bologna	v	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Report

Crespellano Training Center, Valsamoggia

Referee: Peiman Simani (Finland)

18 September 2024

13:00

Sparta Prague	v	Red Bull Salzburg
	Report

Stadion Lokomotiva Praha, Prague

18 September 2024

15:00

Paris Saint-Germain	v	Girona
	Report

PSG Campus, Poissy

Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)

18 September 2024

15:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

Celtic	v	Slovan Bratislava
	Report

Lesser Hampden, Glasgow

18 September 2024

15:30

Club Brugge	v	Borussia Dortmund
	Report

The NEST, Roeselare

Referee: Heini Ziskason Viðoy (Faroe Islands)

18 September 2024

16:00 (15:00 UTC+1)

Manchester City	v	Inter Milan
	Report

Academy Stadium, Manchester

Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)

19 September 2024