2023–24 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

The 2023–24 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path began on 3 October 2023 and ended on 3 December 2023. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide eight of the 24 places in the knockout phase (play-offs and the round of 16 onwards) of the 2023–24 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Youth League

Times listed here by CEST/CET.[2]

Draw

The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2023 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path.[3] If there was a vacancy (associations with no youth domestic competition, as well as youth domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path), it was first filled by the title holders if they have not yet qualified, and then by the youth domestic champions of the next association in the UEFA ranking.

For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw for both the first round and second round was held on 5 September 2023, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.

  • In the first round, the 32 teams were split into four groups. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
  • In the second round, the 16 winners of the first round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were split into two groups: Group A contained the winners from Groups 1 and 2, while Group B contained the winners from Groups 3 and 4. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Key to colours
Second round winners advanced to the play-offs
Group 1
Team
Nantes
Rukh Lviv
Sparta Prague
Pafos
Maccabi Haifa
Lech Poznań
Žilina
Sarajevo
Group 2
Team
Famalicão
AZ
Hamilton Academical
Molde
Midtjylland
Malmö FF
Klaipėda
HJK
Group 3
Team
Lecce
Partizan
Olympiacos
Ludogorets Razgrad
Universitatea Craiova
Turan
Dinamo Minsk
Sheriff Tiraspol
Group 4
Team
Mainz 05
Gent
Basel
Dinamo Zagreb
İstanbul Başakşehir
Gabala
Puskás Akadémia
Maribor

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, as the away goals rule had been scrapped, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out with no extra time played.[5]

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

Summary

The first legs were played on 3 and 4 October and the second legs were played on 8, 24, and 25 October 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lech Poznań 1–1 (2–4 p) Nantes 1–1 0–0
Pafos 0–6 Žilina 0–1 0–5
Rukh Lviv 4–2 Sarajevo 1–1 3–1
Sparta Prague 4–1 Maccabi Haifa 1–1 3–0 (awd.)[note 1]
AZ 14–0 Klaipėda 12–0 2–0
Malmö FF 3–5 HJK 1–4 2–1
Molde 5–4 Hamilton Academical 3–0 2–4
Famalicão 2–2 (6–7 p) Midtjylland 2–2 0–0
Turan 0–6 Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 0–5
Universitatea Craiova 0–5 Partizan 0–1 0–4
Olympiacos 6–2 Lecce 3–1 3–1
Dinamo Minsk 2–1 Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 2–0
Maribor 1–3 Mainz 05 0–2 1–1
Gent 0–3 Basel 0–1 0–2
Dinamo Zagreb 5–2 İstanbul Başakşehir 2–1 3–1
Gabala 2–1 Puskás Akadémia 1–1 1–0
Notes
  1. Due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Haifa withdrew from the competition.[6]

Matches
Lech Poznań 1–1 Nantes
Pacławski 35' Report Toure 68'
Stadion Amiki Wronki, Wronki
Attendance: 300[7]
Referee: Erkan Özdamar (Turkey)
Nantes 0–0 Lech Poznań
Report
Penalties
 4–2
  • Olejnik
  • Gurgul
  • Tomaszewski
  • Juszczyk
Attendance: 1,800[8]
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)

1–1 on aggregate. Nantes won 4–2 on penalties.

Pafos 0–1 Žilina
Report Klaučo 2'
Attendance: 350[9]
Referee: Jan Petřík (Czech Republic)
Žilina 5–0 Pafos
  • Vaľko 45' (pen.), 88'
  • Atanasijević 52'
  • Šimun 74'
  • Kóša 81'
 Report
Attendance: 1,642[10]
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Žilina won 6–0 on aggregate.

Rukh Lviv 1–1 Sarajevo
Kitela 66' (pen.) Report Nurković 23'
Attendance: 270[12]
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
Sarajevo 1–3 Rukh Lviv
Bezdrob 4' Report
Attendance: 1,500[13]
Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

Rukh Lviv won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 1–1 Maccabi Haifa
Lilling 90+6' Report Dahan 42'
Attendance: 500[14]
Referee: Martin Dohál (Slovakia)
Maccabi Haifa Cancelled
0–3 Awarded[note 2]		 Sparta Prague
Report

Maccabi Haifa withdrew. Sparta Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.

AZ 12–0 Klaipėda
 Report
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
Attendance: 400[16]
Referee: Mervan Bejtullahu (Kosovo)
Klaipėda 0–2 AZ
Report
  • Bouziane 13'
  • Smits 73'
Attendance: 582[17]
Referee: Andreas Argyrou (Cyprus)

AZ won 14–0 on aggregate.

Malmö FF 1–4 HJK
Daly Tempelaar 90+5' Report
Attendance: 742[18]
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
HJK 1–2 Malmö FF
Ezeh 71' Report Ghita 18', 24'
Attendance: 362[19]
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)

HJK won 5–3 on aggregate.

Molde 3–0 Hamilton Academical
 Report
Attendance: 221[20]
Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)
Hamilton Academical 4–2 Molde
  • Black 40' (pen.), 44', 64' (pen.)
  • Meechan 50'
 Report
Attendance: 695[21]
Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)

Molde won 5–4 on aggregate.

Famalicão 2–2 Midtjylland
  • Pablo 32'
  • D. Oliveira 34'
 Report
  • Hansen 72'
  • Lindekilde 82'
Attendance: 2,490[22]
Referee: Jan Machálek (Czech Republic)
Midtjylland 0–0 Famalicão
Report
Penalties
  • Voldby
  • Tornvig
  • Kristjánsson
  • Bjerge
  • Melin
  • Johannesen
  • Andersen
  • Jørgensen
7–6
  • H. Oliveira
  • Yukutomo
  • Ribeiro
  • R. Almeida
  • D. Oliveira
  • H. Silva
  • M. Almeida
  • Costa
Attendance: 718[23]
Referee: Roman Jitari (Moldova)

2–2 on aggregate. Midtjylland won 7–6 on penalties.

Turan 0–1 Sheriff Tiraspol
Report Pleşca 76'
Namys Stadium, Şymkent
Attendance: 178[24]
Referee: Jérémy Muller (Luxembourg)
Sheriff Tiraspol 5–0 Turan
  • Covalschi 22'
  • Dijinari 69'
  • Greşciuc 73'
  • Sandeţchi 75'
  • Hagiu 90+3' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 586[25]
Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg (Denmark)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–0 on aggregate.

Universitatea Craiova 0–1 Partizan
Report Jovanović 15'
Attendance: 3,800[26]
Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)
Partizan 4–0 Universitatea Craiova
  • Mirčetić 8'
  • Ugrešić 52'
  • Petrović 62'
  • Janković 76'
 Report
Attendance: 650[27]
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)

Partizan won 5–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos 3–1 Lecce
 Report Paşcalău 61'
Olympiacos FC Training Centre, Piraeus
Attendance: 858[28]
Referee: Bulat Sariyev (Kazakhstan)
Lecce 1–3 Olympiacos
Helm 60' Report
Attendance: 2,198[29]
Referee: Miloš Savović (Montenegro)

Olympiacos won 6–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Minsk 0–1 Ludogorets Razgrad
Report Todorov 90'
Eagles Nest Stadium, Razgrad, Bulgaria[note 3]
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antoine Chiaramonti (Andorra)
Ludogorets Razgrad 0–2 Dinamo Minsk
Report
  • Melnichenko 12'
  • Budzko 67' (pen.)
Eagles Nest Stadium, Razgrad
Attendance: 247[31]
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)

Dinamo Minsk won 2–1 on aggregate.

Maribor 0–2 Mainz 05
Report
Attendance: 2,465[32]
Mainz 05 1–1 Maribor
Kalemba 48' Report Dukarić 28'
Attendance: 3,000[33]
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

Mainz 05 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Gent 0–1 Basel
Report Onyegbule 2'
PGB Stadion, Ghent
Attendance: 700[34]
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)
Basel 2–0 Gent
 Report
Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob, Basel
Attendance: 1,200[35]
Referee: Erkan Özdamar (Turkey)

Basel won 3–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 İstanbul Başakşehir
  • Graonić 54'
  • Čaić 82'
 Report Güreler 74'
Stadion Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 247[36]
Referee: Jovan Kachevski (North Macedonia)
İstanbul Başakşehir 1–3 Dinamo Zagreb
Halidi 66' Report
  • Košćević 32', 50'
  • Miljak 89'
Esenler Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 280[37]
Referee: Martin Dohál (Slovakia)

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.

Gabala 1–1 Puskás Akadémia
Shahniyarov 8' Report Umathum 36' (pen.)
Attendance: 110[38]
Referee: Sayat Karabayev (Kazakhstan)
Puskás Akadémia 0–1 Gabala
Report Bakhishov 56'
Attendance: 320[39]
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

Gabala won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Summary

The first legs were played on 7, 8, and 29 November and the second legs were played on 22, 28, 29 November, and 3 December 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rukh Lviv 1–4 Midtjylland 0–4 1–0
Nantes 1–1 (4–3 p) HJK 1–0 0–1
Molde 3–6 AZ 3–4 0–2
Sparta Prague 6–6 (2–4 p) Žilina 2–2 4–4
Basel 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 0–0
Gabala 0–7 Olympiacos 0–3 0–4
Mainz 05 3–2 Dinamo Minsk 1–1 2–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 4–5 Partizan 2–0 2–5

Matches
Rukh Lviv 0–4 Midtjylland
Report
  • Krüger-Johnsen 17'
  • Iheanacho 57', 71' (pen.)
  • Kristjánsson 87'
Attendance: 100[40]
Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)
Midtjylland 0–1 Rukh Lviv
Report Kholod 90+2'
Attendance: 387[41]
Referee: Tomáš Klíma (Czech Republic)

Midtjylland won 4–1 on aggregate.

Nantes 1–0 HJK
Zézé 18' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 12,450[42]
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)
HJK 1–0 Nantes
Ezeh 74' Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 1,413[43]
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)

1–1 on aggregate. Nantes won 4–3 on penalties.

Molde 3–4 AZ
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)
AZ 2–0 Molde
  • Dijkstra 13'
  • Smit 77'
 Report
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
Attendance: 421[44]
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Ukraine)

AZ won 6–3 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 2–2 Žilina
  • Říha 36'
  • Lilling 82' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 350[45]
Referee: Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen (Faroe Islands)
Žilina 4–4 Sparta Prague
  • Vaľko 12', 59'
  • Sauer 77'
  • Beňadik 90+3'
 Report
  • Stárek 32'
  • Říha 70'
  • Hranoš 71'
  • Rus 78'
Penalties
  • Vaľko
  • Hranica
  • Šamaj
  • Sauer
4–2
Attendance: 4,052[46]
Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg (Denmark)

6–6 on aggregate. Žilina won 4–2 on penalties.

Basel 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob, Basel
Attendance: 2,400[47]
Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus)
Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 Basel
Report
Attendance: 528[48]
Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

Basel won 2–0 on aggregate.

Gabala 0–3 Olympiacos
Report
Attendance: 280[49]
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Olympiacos 4–0 Gabala
 Report
Olympiacos FC Training Centre, Piraeus
Attendance: 1,580[50]
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)

Olympiacos won 7–0 on aggregate.

Mainz 05 1–1 Dinamo Minsk
Gleiber 50' Report Melnichenko 13'
Attendance: 2,250[51]
Referee: Jan Machálek (Czech Republic)
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 Mainz 05
Budko 43' Report
  • Kljajić 33'
  • Gleiber 90+4'
Attendance: 30[52]
Referee: Jérémy Muller (Luxembourg)

Mainz 05 won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 Partizan
  • Boţan 8'
  • Dijinari 15'
 Report
Attendance: 486[53]
Partizan 5–2 Sheriff Tiraspol
  • Jovanović 24', 34'
  • Trifunović 25', 73'
  • Mirčetić 65'
 Report Dijinari 80', 90+3'
Attendance: 325[54]
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)

Partizan won 5–4 on aggregate.

Notes
  1. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[11]
  2. Due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Haifa withdrew from the competition.[15]
  3. Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.[30]

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