2015–16 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

The 2015–16 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path were played from 29 September to 6 December 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Times up to 24 October 2015 (first round) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (second round) times were CET (UTC+1).

Draw

The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2014 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path.[2] Associations without a youth domestic champion as well as domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path were replaced by the next association in the UEFA ranking.[3][4]

The 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 1 September 2015, 13:45 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5][6] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into four groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.[7]

  • In the first round, teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
  • In the second round, the winners from Group 1 were drawn against the winners from Group 2, and the winners from Group 3 were drawn against the winners from Group 4, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Key to colours
Second round winners advanced to the play-offs
Group 1
Team
Spain Villarreal
Italy Torino
Switzerland Servette
Cyprus APOEL
Serbia Rad
Hungary Puskás Akadémia
Slovenia Domžale
Slovakia Senica
Group 2
Team
England Middlesbrough
France Reims
Belgium Anderlecht
Scotland Celtic
Sweden Elfsborg
Norway Brann
Finland HJK
Iceland Stjarnan
Group 3
Team
Germany Schalke 04
Netherlands Ajax
Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Czech Republic Příbram
Denmark Midtjylland
Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
Group 4
Team
Russia Spartak Moscow
Turkey Beşiktaş
Romania Viitorul Constanța
Poland Legia Warsaw
Belarus Minsk
Bulgaria Litex Lovech
Azerbaijan Ravan Baku
Kazakhstan Aktobe

Format

In the Domestic Champions Path, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

The eight second round winners advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.

First round

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 September, and the second legs were played on 7, 14, 20 and 21 October 2015.[2]

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Villarreal Spain 4–4 (a) Switzerland Servette 2–3 2–1
APOEL Cyprus 4–9 Hungary Puskás Akadémia 3–3 1–6
Senica Slovakia 1–2 Italy Torino 0–0 1–2
Rad Serbia 1–1 (3–2 p) Slovenia Domžale 0–1 1–0
Reims France 5–6 England Middlesbrough 5–3 0–3
Elfsborg Sweden 2–1 Iceland Stjarnan 2–0 0–1
Brann Norway 1–6 Belgium Anderlecht 1–1 0–5
HJK Finland 1–6 Scotland Celtic 0–5 1–1
Schalke 04 Germany 2–5 Netherlands Ajax 2–3 0–2
Příbram Czech Republic 4–1 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 2–0 2–1
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 5–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 4–0 1–2
Midtjylland Denmark 5–2[A] Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi 3–1 2–1
Aktobe Kazakhstan 0–6 Turkey Beşiktaş 0–2 0–4
Spartak Moscow Russia 4–0 Azerbaijan Ravan Baku 4–0 0–0
Minsk Belarus 3–7 Romania Viitorul Constanța 2–2 1–5
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 2–5 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–2 1–3
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Villarreal Spain2–3Switzerland Servette
Moreno 48'
Vega 90+2'		 Report Guillemenot 44', 51'
Caslei 49'
Attendance: 460
Referee: Fabio Verssimo (Portugal)
Servette Switzerland1–2Spain Villarreal
Correia 90' Report Poveda 56'
Guerra 85'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

4–4 on aggregate; Servette won on away goals.

APOEL Cyprus3–3Hungary Puskás Akadémia
Christodoulou 27'
C. Charalambous 52'
D. Charalambous 58' (pen.)		 Report Óvári 6', 45'
Szabó 70'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)
Puskás Akadémia Hungary6–1Cyprus APOEL
Damásdi 20', 89'
Péter 37', 73'
Szabó 53' (pen.)
Óvári 78' (pen.)		 Report Christodoulou 15'
Attendance: 950

Puskás Akadémia won 9–4 on aggregate.

Senica Slovakia0–0Italy Torino
Report
Attendance: 1,589
Torino Italy2–1Slovakia Senica
Edera 40', 90+2' Report Kosorin 38'
Attendance: 6,820
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

Torino won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rad Serbia0–1Slovenia Domžale
Report Petrić 38'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Domžale Slovenia0–1Serbia Rad
Report Lutovac 52'
Penalties
Žužek soccer ball with red X
Repas soccer ball with check mark
Bizilj soccer ball with check mark
Sredojevič soccer ball with red X
Kene soccer ball with red X		 2–3 soccer ball with check mark Bainović
soccer ball with red X Mi. Stojanović
soccer ball with check mark Lutovac
soccer ball with red X L. Petrović
soccer ball with check mark Pavić
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Andreas Pappas (Greece)

1–1 on aggregate; Rad won 3–2 on penalties.

Reims France5–3England Middlesbrough
Oudin 3' (pen.), 58'
Jung 13'
Marques 60'
Sylla 62'		 Report Curry 58'
Cooke 69', 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,749[8]
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
Middlesbrough England3–0France Reims
Cooke 75'
Mondal 79'
Chapman 90+5' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 1,973
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

Middlesbrough won 6–5 on aggregate.

Elfsborg Sweden2–0Iceland Stjarnan
Kabashi 14', 62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 1,252
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Stjarnan Iceland1–0Sweden Elfsborg
Rosberg 2' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 512
Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

Elfsborg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Brann Norway1–1Belgium Anderlecht
Brazy 90+2' Report Petit 51'
Attendance: 593
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
Anderlecht Belgium5–0Norway Brann
Lukebakio 31'
Vancamp 40', 82'
Azevedo-Janelas 59'
Bourard 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 2,712

Anderlecht won 6–1 on aggregate.

HJK Finland0–5Scotland Celtic
Report Hendry 32'
Nesbitt 35', 53', 66'
Miller 37'
Attendance: 832
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)
Celtic Scotland1–1Finland HJK
Nesbitt 61' Report Ulmanen 86'
Attendance: 438
Referee: Mervyn Smyth (Northern Ireland)

Celtic won 6–1 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 Germany2–3Netherlands Ajax
Reese 45+1'
Bakboord 65' (o.g.)		 Report Nouri 7'
De Ligt 34'
Černý 54'
Attendance: 720
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
Ajax Netherlands2–0Germany Schalke 04
Dolberg 40', 62' Report
Attendance: 1,650

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

Příbram Czech Republic2–0Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
Chaluš 11'
Januška 81'		 Report
Attendance: 588
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova1–2Czech Republic Příbram
Damașcan 48' (pen.) Report Januška 27' (pen.), 82'
Attendance: 504

Příbram won 4–1 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg Austria4–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
Oberlin 19'
Raischl 26'
Hödl 67'
Grabovac 75'		 Report
Attendance: 882
Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina2–1Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Mujagić 7'
Hajdarević 27'		 Report Hödl 82'
Attendance: 967

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Midtjylland Denmark3–1Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi
Sterring 23'
Gemmer 41'
Nissen 84'		 Report Gemmer 50' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,048
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Saburtalo Tbilisi Georgia (country)1–2Denmark Midtjylland
Kharaishvili 62' Report Nissen 39'
Anderson 53'
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

Midtjylland won 5–2 on aggregate.

Aktobe Kazakhstan0–2Turkey Beşiktaş
Report Aksoy 43'
Taşkaya 73'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Beşiktaş Turkey4–0Kazakhstan Aktobe
Durmuş 36'
Taşkaya 62'
Küçükköylü 63'
Başaran 85'		 Report
Attendance: 55
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Beşiktaş won 6–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow Russia4–0Azerbaijan Ravan Baku
Panteleyev 53', 79'
Melkadze 61'
Bakaev 81'		 Report
Attendance: 161
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)
Ravan Baku Azerbaijan0–0Russia Spartak Moscow
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.

Minsk Belarus2–2Romania Viitorul Constanța
Bessmertny 6'
Bakhar 18'		 Report Marin 25' (pen.)
Ciobanu 67'
Attendance: 700
Viitorul Constanța Romania5–1Belarus Minsk
Marin 54' (pen.), 86'
Grecu 61'
Coman 62'
Ene 69'		 Report Gromyko 29'
Attendance: 924
Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)

Viitorul Constanța won 7–3 on aggregate.

Litex Lovech Bulgaria1–2Poland Legia Warsaw
Yordanov 52' Report Ryczkowski 9'
Karbowy 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 250
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Legia Warsaw Poland3–1Bulgaria Litex Lovech
Karbowy 45+2' (pen.)
Najemski 53'
Bartczak 57'		 Report Despodov 63' (pen.)
Attendance: 620
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

Legia Warsaw won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

The first legs were played on 4, 5 November and 2 December, and the second legs were played on 24, 25 November and 6 December 2015.[2]

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Puskás Akadémia Hungary 1–3 Scotland Celtic 1–0 0–3
Rad Serbia 0–1 Sweden Elfsborg 0–1 0–0
Servette Switzerland 3–4[A] Belgium Anderlecht 1–2 2–2
Middlesbrough England 6–3 Italy Torino 3–0 3–3
Spartak Moscow Russia 1–5 Netherlands Ajax 0–3 1–2
Beşiktaş Turkey 2–5 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 1–5
Midtjylland Denmark 5–1 Poland Legia Warsaw 2–0 3–1
Příbram Czech Republic 2–0 Romania Viitorul Constanța 2–0 0–0
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Puskás Akadémia Hungary1–0Scotland Celtic
Damásdi 90' Report
Attendance: 1,230
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Celtic Scotland3−0Hungary Puskás Akadémia
Archibald 29'
Miller 38', 84'		 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rad Serbia0–1Sweden Elfsborg
Report Iglicar Berntsson 62'
Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyy (Ukraine)
Elfsborg Sweden0–0Serbia Rad
Report
Attendance: 463
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Servette Switzerland1–2Belgium Anderlecht
Caslei 53' Report De Medina 49'
Lukebakio 56'
Attendance: 850
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Anderlecht Belgium2–2Switzerland Servette
Bourard 44'
Vancamp 58'		 Report Guillemenot 31', 34'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)

Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.

Middlesbrough England3–0Italy Torino
Mondal 77'
Coulson 84'
Chapman 87'		 Report
Attendance: 2,238[11]
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Torino Italy3–3England Middlesbrough
Candellone 60'
Edera 63'
Mantovani 68'		 Report Chapman 67'
Pattison 87'
Mondal 90+3'
Attendance: 3,744
Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)

Middlesbrough won 6–3 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow Russia0–3Netherlands Ajax
Report El Azzouzi 44' (pen.)
Dolberg 49'
Walian 70'
Attendance: 503
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
Ajax Netherlands2–1Russia Spartak Moscow
Nouri 26'
Sierhuis 53'		 Report Lomovitskiy 67'
Attendance: 558
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş Turkey1–0Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Başaran 69' Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Red Bull Salzburg Austria5–1Turkey Beşiktaş
Oberlin 13', 74', 77'
Upamecano 59'
Schlager 66'		 Report Afkan 36'
Attendance: 825
Referee: Sandor Szabo (Hungary)

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Midtjylland Denmark2–0Poland Legia Warsaw
Olsen 63'
Rutikanga 90+3' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 750
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Legia Warsaw Poland1–3Denmark Midtjylland
Nawotka 73' (pen.) Report Rutikanga 12', 62' (pen.)
Thychosen 66'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

Midtjylland won 5–1 on aggregate.

Příbram Czech Republic2–0Romania Viitorul Constanța
Šrain 33'
Hlavatý 72'		 Report
Attendance: 787
Viitorul Constanța Romania0–0Czech Republic Příbram
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Příbram won 2–0 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ a b Anderlecht's home match against Servette was originally scheduled for 24 November 2015, 19:30, at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, but was postponed due to the security threats around Brussels in the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks.[9] It was rescheduled for 6 December 2015, 14:00, at the Van Roy Stadium, Denderleeuw, after Servette's home match was played on 2 December 2015, thus reversing the order of the legs.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "UEFA Youth League entrants confirmed". UEFA.com. 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Country coefficients 2013/14". UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2014". Bert Kassies.
  5. ^ "Draws — Domestic champions path". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Youth League: Domestic Champions path draw". UEFA.com. 1 September 2015.
  7. ^ "UEFA Youth League domestic path draw details". UEFA.com. 1 September 2015.
  8. ^ @Boro (30 September 2015). "Attendance tonight 3,749. Those in the Stade Auguste Delaune II have witnessed great entertainment" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "UEFA Youth League-duel Anderlecht-Servette Genève afgelast". nieuwsblad.be. 21 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Anderlecht - Servette op 6 december". anderlecht-online.be. 25 November 2015.
  11. ^ @Boro (5 November 2015). "Tonight's attendance: 2238. Thankyou for your attendance tonight" (Tweet) – via Twitter.