The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League was the eleventh season of the

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, a European youth club

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competition organised by

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. The title holders were

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, who defeated

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3–0 in the previous edition's final. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Red Bull Salzburg.

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claimed a record-breaking third title by defeating

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4–1 in the final.

Teams

A total of 88 teams from 52 of the 55

member associations entered the tournament. They were split into two sections. * UEFA Champions League Path: The youth teams of the 36 clubs which qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path. If there had been a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it would have been filled by a team defined by UEFA. * Domestic Champions Path: The youth domestic champions of all UEFA associations (with the exception of Liechtenstein and San Marino, who do not have a youth domestic competition, and Russia, who was suspended from UEFA competitions) entered the Domestic Champions Path. Clubs from the top 28 associations according to their 2024 UEFA country coefficients qualified for the second round, with the remaining 24 teams starting from the first round. If the youth domestic champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League path, their spot was filled by the youth domestic runners-ups; if the runners-ups also qualify for the UEFA Champions League path, the vacancy was not filled (a change from previous editions where only the winners were taken into consideration).

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, Academia Rebeja,

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, Brera Strumica, Brest,

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, Bylis,

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, HB,

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, IMT, Lincoln Red Imps, Progrès Niederkorn,

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, Tallinna Kalev,

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and

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made their tournament debuts. ;Notes

Distribution

The information here reflects the suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list were made: *The champions of associations 25 (Hungary) and 26 (Romania) entered the second round instead of the first round (Domestic Champions Path). As the Youth League title holders (

) qualified for the second round (Domestic Champions Path) via their domestic league, the following changes to the default access list were made: *The champions of associations 27 (Bulgaria) and 28 (Slovakia) entered the second round instead of the first round (Domestic Champions Path). As San Marino did not enter a team, the following changes to the default access list were made: *The champions of associations 29 (Azerbaijan) entered the second round instead of the first round (Domestic Champions Path).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

UEFA Champions League Path

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 the

2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase began on 17 September 2024 and ended on 29 January 2025. A total of 36 teams competed in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, knockout pha ...

. The top 22 teams advanced to knockout phase.

Table

Results

Domestic Champions Path

For the Domestic Champions Path, the 52 teams were drawn into three rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties, with the 28 clubs from the top ranked associations starting directly from the second round. The draw for all three rounds were held on 3 September 2024. The ten third round winners advanced to the round of 32.

First round

Second round

Third round

Knockout phase

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 were played in a single-leg knockout format. For the round of 32, the top six teams from the UEFA Champions League Path were paired against the teams finished in 17th to 22nd place, and the Domestic Champions Path winners were paired against teams ranked 7th to 16th.

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:UEFA Youth League 2024-25 2024–25 Youth League Youth League

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