The 2019–20 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) began on 17 September and concluded on 11 December 2019.[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League Path to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase (play-offs and the round of 16 onwards) of the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League .[2]
Draw The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2019–20 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.
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 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage , which was held on 29 August 2019, 18:00 CEST , at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[3]
Format In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format . The group winners advanced to the round of 16 , while the eight runners-up advanced to the play-offs , where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path .
Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.03):[2]
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Away goals scored in all group matches; Wins in all group matches; Away wins in all group matches; Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); Drawing of lots. Groups The matchdays are 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2019.
Times are CET /CEST ,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group A
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers Notes:
^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Paris Saint-Germain 6, Galatasaray 0. 18 September 2019 (2019-09-18 )
15:00
Attendance: 385
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (
Austria )
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18 )
16:00
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01 )
14:00
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01 )
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
16:00
Attendance: 450
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (
Poland )
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06 )
15:00
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06 )
16:00
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26 )
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26 )
16:00
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11 )
14:00
Attendance: 900
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (
Sweden )
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11 )
15:00
Attendance: 360
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (
Iceland )
Group B
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18 )
Olympiacos FC Training Centre, Piraeus Attendance: 200
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18 )
16:00
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01 )
Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre, London Attendance: 243
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01 )
16:00
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre, London Attendance: 263
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (
Wales )
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
Olympiacos FC Training Centre, Piraeus Attendance: 1,200
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06 )
14:00
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06 )
16:00
Attendance: 650
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (
Austria )
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26 )
Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre, London Attendance: 253
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (
Denmark )
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26 )
16:00
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11 )
Olympiacos FC Training Centre, Piraeus Attendance: 30
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (
Poland )
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11 )
16:00
Group C
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18 )
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18 )
15:00
Attendance: 567
Referee: Aristotélis Diamandópoulos (
Greece )
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01 )
13:00
Centro Sportivo Bortolotti, Bergamo Attendance: 0
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01 )
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
Attendance: 405
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (
Georgia )
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06 )
14:00
Centro Sportivo Bortolotti, Bergamo Attendance: 416
Referee: Timotheos Christofi (
Cyprus )
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06 )
14:00
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26 )
13:00
Centro Sportivo Bortolotti, Bergamo Attendance: 483
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26 )
Attendance: 535
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (
Belgium )
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11 )
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11 )
13:00
Attendance: 450
Referee: Georgios Kominis (
Greece )
Group D
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers Notes:
^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Lokomotiv Moscow 1. 18 September 2019 (2019-09-18 )
14:00
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18 )
14:00
Attendance: 430
Referee: Ívar Orri Kristjánsson (
Iceland )
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01 )
Attendance: 508
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (
Latvia )
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01 )
14:00
Juventus Training Center, Vinovo Attendance: 295
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
14:00
Juventus Training Center, Vinovo Attendance: 276
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
14:00
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06 )
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06 )
14:00
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26 )
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26 )
14:00
Juventus 2–1 Atlético Madrid Report Salido 25'
Juventus Training Center, Vinovo Attendance: 293
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11 )
14:00
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11 )
16:00
Attendance: 165
Referee: Loukas Sotiriou (
Cyprus )
Group E
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17 )
14:00
Attendance: 557
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (
Malta )
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17 )
15:00
Attendance: 748
Referee: Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen (
Finland )
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02 )
13:00
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02 )
Attendance: 347
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (
Wales )
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
14:00
Attendance: 1,943
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (
Sweden )
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
15:00
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05 )
14:00
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05 )
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27 )
14:00
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27 )
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10 )
13:00
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10 )
14:00
Group F
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers Notes:
^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Inter Milan +2, Borussia Dortmund −2. 17 September 2019 (2019-09-17 )
14:00
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17 )
16:00
Dortmund Brackel Training Ground, Dortmund Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt (
Denmark )
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02 )
14:00
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02 )
16:00
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
14:00
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
16:00
Attendance: 550
Referee: Danilo Grujić (
Serbia )
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05 )
14:00
Attendance: 767
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (
Belgium )
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05 )
14:00
Dortmund Brackel Training Ground, Dortmund Attendance: 485
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (
Sweden )
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27 )
13:00
Attendance: 650
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (
Malta )
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27 )
14:00
Attendance: 1,528
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (
Latvia )
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10 )
16:00
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10 )
16:00
Dortmund Brackel Training Ground, Dortmund Attendance: 1,119
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (
Iceland )
Group G
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers Notes:
^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: RB Leipzig 4, Zenit Saint Petersburg 1. 17 September 2019 (2019-09-17 )
15:00
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17 )
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02 )
Attendance: 339
Referee: Alexander Harkam (
Austria )
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02 )
15:00
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
14:00
Attendance: 471
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (
Greece )
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
Attendance: 937
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (
Malta )
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05 )
Attendance: 266
Referee: Vasili Kazartsev (
Russia )
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05 )
16:00
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27 )
Attendance: 258
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (
Armenia )
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27 )
15:00
Attendance: 611
Referee: Bojan Pandžić (
Sweden )
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10 )
15:00
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10 )
Attendance: 589
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (
Malta )
Group H
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17 )
14:00
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17 )
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02 )
14:00
Valencia 3–5 Ajax Report
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02 )
14:00
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
14:00
Lille 1–0 Valencia Report
Attendance: 487
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (
Iceland )
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
14:00
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05 )
14:00
Valencia 1–2 Lille Report Ouattara 74' , 86'
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05 )
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27 )
14:00
Attendance: 610
Referee: Sergei Lapochkin (
Russia )
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10 )
14:00
Ajax 1–1 Valencia Report Contell 50'
Attendance: 850
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (
Georgia )
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10 )
Notes ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 26 October 2019 (matchdays 1–3), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (matchdays 4–6). References ^ "UEFA Youth League: season guide". UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2019. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2019/20" (PDF) . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations. ^ "UEFA Champions League path groups". UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations. 29 August 2019. External links Official website UEFA Youth League Matches: 2019–20, UEFA.com Editions Group stage Champions Path Knockout phase
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