 TheColovray Stadium inNyon will host the semi-finals and final | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 16 September 2025 – 20 April 2026 |
| Teams | 86 (from 50 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 204 |
| Goals scored | 793 (3.89 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Emre Ünüvar (Ajax) 9 goals |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 4 February 2026. | |
The2025–26 UEFA Youth League is the twelfth season of theUEFA Youth League, a European youth clubfootball competition organised byUEFA.[1]
The title holders areBarcelona, who defeatedTrabzonspor 4–1 in theprevious edition's final.
A total of 86 teams from 50 of the 55UEFA member associations entered the tournament. They were split into two sections.[2]
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| Path | Round | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round |
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| UEFA Champions League Path (36 teams) | League phase (36 teams) |
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| Domestic Champions Path (50 teams) | First round (20 teams) |
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| Second round (40 teams) |
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| Third round (20 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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As theYouth League title holders (Barcelona) qualified for Champions League Path via their senior side, the following changes to the default access list were made:
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[1]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| UEFA Champions League Path | Matchday 1 | 28 August 2025 | 16–18 September 2025 | |
| Matchday 2 | 30 September – 1 October 2025 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 21–22 October 2025 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 4–5 November 2025 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 25–26 November 2025 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 9–10 December 2025 | |||
| Domestic Champions Path | First round | 1 September 2025 | 17 September 2025 | 1 October 2025 |
| Second round | 22 October 2025 | 5 November 2025 | ||
| Third round | 26 November 2025 | 10 December 2025 | ||
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 12 December 2025 | 3–4 February 2026 | |
| Round of 16 | 6 February 2026 | 24–25 February 2026 | ||
| Quarter-finals | N/a | 17–18 March 2026 | ||
| Semi-finals | 17 April 2026Colovray Stadium,Nyon | |||
| Final | 20 April 2026Colovray Stadium,Nyon | |||
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 36 teams played six matches (three home and three away) following the same schedule as the first six matchdays of the2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase. The top 22 teams advanced to the knockout phase.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 16 | Advance toknockout phase (Pairing 1 to 6 seeded) |
| 2 |  Benfica | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 15 | |
| 3 |  Club Brugge | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 15 | |
| 4 |  Real Madrid | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | |
| 5 | Villarreal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 15 | |
| 6 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 14 | |
| 7 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 13 | Advance toknockout phase (Pairing 7 to 16 unseeded) |
| 8 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 13 | |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 12 | |
| 10 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 12 | |
| 11 |  Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | |
| 12 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 | |
| 13 |  Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 11 | |
| 14 |  Inter Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | |
| 15 |  Ajax | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 10 | |
| 16 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 10 | |
| 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 10 | Advance toknockout phase (Pairing 1 to 6 unseeded) |
| 18 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 9 | |
| 19 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | |
| 20 |  Slavia Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 8 | |
| 21 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 7 | |
| 22 | Marseille | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 7 | |
| 23 |  Copenhagen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |
| 24 |  Olympiacos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | |
| 25 | Napoli | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | |
| 26 | Juventus | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 5 | |
| 27 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 4 | |
| 28 |  Kairat | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 4 | |
| 29 | Atalanta | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | |
| 30 |  Pafos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 4 | |
| 31 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 4 | |
| 32 |  Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 4 | |
| 33 | Arsenal | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 3 | |
| 34 | Newcastle United | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 | |
| 35 |  Bodø/Glimt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 | |
| 36 |  Qarabağ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 30 | −29 | 0 |
For the Domestic Champions Path, the 50 teams were drawn into three rounds oftwo-legged home-and-away ties, with the 30 clubs from the top ranked associations starting directly from the second round. The draw for all three rounds were held on 1 September 2025.
The ten third round winners advanced to the round of 32.
The first legs were played on 17, 18 and 26 September, and the second legs on 30 September and 1 October 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the second round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ordabasy | 1–3 |  Dinamo Minsk | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Zrinjski Mostar  | 1–4 |  Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Shelbourne  | 12–1 |  Rabotnichki | 5–0 | 7–1 |
Larne  | 3–3 (4–5p) |  Racing Union | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Haverfordwest  | 3–5 |  Budućnost Podgorica | 2–3 | 1–2 |
FK Be1  | 1–5 |  HJK Helsinki | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Narva Trans  | 2–4 |  Víkingur | 1–0 | 1–4 |
FK Jelgava  | 2–3 |  Akureyri | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Inter Club d'Escaldes  | 0–15 |  Skënderbeu | 0–10 | 0–5 |
Naxxar Lions  | 1–6 |  Lincoln Red Imps | 0–2 | 1–4 |
The first legs were played on 21, 22 & 23 October and 1 November, and the second legs on 4 & 5 November 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 |  Ludogorets Razgrad | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| AEK Larnaca | 3–6 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–4 | 0–2 |
Bravo  | 1–8 | Porto | 0–4 | 1–4 |
Basel  | 3–4 | Real Betis | 3–2 | 0–2 |
Austria Wien  | 2–4 |  Maccabi Haifa | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Nantes | 7–1 | Sabah | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Baník Ostrava | 1–4 |  Red Star Belgrade | 0–0 | 1–4 |
Žilina  | 2–2 (2–0p) | Shelbourne | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Racing Union | 1–5 | 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Midtjylland | 8–1 | Budućnost Podgorica | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| HJK Helsinki | 3–2 | Trabzonspor | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Víkingur | 1–11 | Genk | 0–8 | 1–3 |
| Akureyri | 0–4 | PAOK | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Legia Warsaw  | 6–4 | Fiorentina | 4–1 | 2–3 |
Lokomotiva Zagreb  | 4–6 |  FCSB | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Brann | 1–1 (1–3p) |  Puskás Akadémia | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Dynamo Kyiv  | 3–1 |  Brommapojkarna | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Hibernian  | 4–1 |  2 Korriku | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Skënderbeu | 1–7 | Aston Villa | 1–1 | 0–6 |
| AZ | 9–0 | Lincoln Red Imps | 4–0 | 5–0 |
The first legs were played on 25 & 26 November–5 December, and the second legs on 9 & 10 December 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the knockout phase.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Dinamo Minsk | 2–2 (4–2p) | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Porto | 0–9 | Real Betis | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 4–2 | Nantes | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 3–3 (6–7p) | Žilina | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| 1. FC Köln | 5–2 | Midtjylland | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| HJK Helsinki | 3–2 | Genk | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Legia Warsaw | 4–2 | PAOK | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| FCSB | 4–4 (2–4p) | Puskás Akadémia | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | Hibernian | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Aston Villa | 3–4 | AZ | 2–2 | 1–2 |
The top 22 teams from the UEFA Champions League Path as well as 10 winners of the Domestic Champions Path qualified for the knockout phase, which will be played in a single-leg knockout format. For the round of 32, the top six teams from the UEFA Champions League Path will be paired against the teams finished in 17th to 22nd place, and the Domestic Champions Path winners will be paired against teams ranked 7th to 16th.[1]
The matches were played on 3 and 4 February 2026.
The draw was conducted on 6 February 2026 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.[6]The round of 16 will be played over one leg on 24 and 25 February 2026.
The draw was conducted on 6 February 2026 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon after the round of 16 draw.[6] The quarter-finals will be played over one leg on 17 and 18 March 2026.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
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| Winner R16-1 | 17–18 Mar | Winner R16-3 |
| Winner R16-7 | 17–18 Mar | Winner R16-5 |
| Winner R16-4 | 17–18 Mar | Winner R16-2 |
| Winner R16-8 | 17–18 Mar | Winner R16-6 |
The draw was conducted on 6 February 2026 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon after the round of 16 draw.[6] The semi-finals will be played over one leg on 17 April 2026.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Winner QF1 | 17 Apr | Winner QF2 |
| Winner QF3 | 17 Apr | Winner QF4 |
The final will be played on 20 April 2026 atColovray Stadium,Nyon.
Winner SF2 | v | Winner SF2 |
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