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2022–23 UEFA Youth League

The 2022–23 UEFA Youth League was the ninth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.

The title holders were Benfica, who defeated Salzburg 6–0 in the previous season's final. Benfica were eliminated in the group stage, while AZ won their first European title by beating Hajduk Split 5–0 in the final. They became the first Dutch club since Feyenoord in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup to win a European title.

The season saw a sensational campaign by Croatian side Hajduk Split, which managed to knock out sides like Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan to qualify for the final, which took place in Stade de Genève due to the interest by the fans.

Teams

A total of 64 teams from 39 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered the tournament. They were split into two sections, each with 32 teams.

Apolonia, Ashdod, Borac Banja Luka, Coleraine, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hibernian, Jelgava, Nantes, Omonia, Pobeda, Pyunik, Racing Union, Rukh Lviv, Shamrock Rovers, Trenčín and Zagłębie Lubin made their tournament debuts. Armenia and Northern Ireland were represented for the first time.[1]

Notes
  1. TH Title holders.
  2. YC Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path which were also youth domestic champions.
  3. PO Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League Path after their senior team qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs.
  4. V-RUS Team playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancy of Russia (excluded from UEFA competitions).
  5. V-BLR Team playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancy of Belarus.
  6. V-YC Teams playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancies of teams which qualified for the Champions League group stage automatically.
  7. V-PO Teams playing in the Domestic Champions Path through the vacancies of teams which qualified for the Champions League group stage via play-offs.
  8. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[8]
  9. ^
    Ukraine (UKR): The 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League and the 2021–22 Ukrainian U19 League were abandoned due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The top teams of the two leagues at the time of the abandonment (Shakhtar Donetsk and Rukh Lviv respectively) were selected to play in the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League by the Ukrainian Association of Football.
  10. ^
    Kazakhstan (KAZ): The 2021 Kazakhstan Youth Cup were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. The top teams of the two leagues at the time of the abandonment. Astana, were selected to play in the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League by the Kazakhstan Football Federation.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[9]

UEFA Champions League Path

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 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 25 August 2022, 18:00 CEST (19:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.[10]

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 would be joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Domestic Champions Path

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 31 August 2022.

The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they will join by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage).

First round

The first legs were played on 12–28 September and the second legs were played on 4–12 October 2022.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second round

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Knockout phase

Bracket

Play-offs

The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

The draw was conducted on 8 November 2022 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.[9] The play-offs were played over one leg on 7 and 8 February 2023.[12]

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 13 February 2023 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.[13] The round of 16 was played over one leg on 28 February and 1 March 2023.[9]

Quarter-finals

The draw was conducted on 13 February 2023 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.[13] The quarter-finals were played over one leg on 14 and 15 March 2023.[9]

Semi-finals

The draw was conducted on 13 February 2023 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.[13] The semi-finals were played over one leg on 21 April 2023.[9] All four teams were qualified to the semi-finals for the first time ever, ensuring a fourth different champions in a row.[14]

Final

The final was played on 24 April 2023 at Stade de Genève, Geneva.[9]

Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 9,390[15]
Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

Top goalscorers

References

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  4. ^ "La festa dell'Inter per la vittoria del Campionato Primavera 1 TIMVISION". legaseriea.it. Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 31 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ^ "2:1 bei Hertha BSC: BVB macht neunten Meistertitel perfekt". dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Rekorderfolg für unsere U18". FC Liefering.
  7. ^ "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". BBC.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  8. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA.com (Press release). Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "2022/23 UEFA Youth League dates, format | UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  10. ^ "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Draws | UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  12. ^ "2022/23 UEFA Youth League play-off ties". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b c "UEFA Youth League knockout draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Meet the UEFA Youth League semi-finalists: Sporting CP vs AZ Alkmaar, Hajduk Split vs AC Milan". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  15. ^ "AZ Alkmaar vs. Hajduk Split" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Player Goals Stats". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

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