2014–15 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

The 2014–15 UEFA Youth League knockout phase began on 27 January with the round of 16 and concluded with the final on 13 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA.

Qualified teams

Group Winners
(seeded in round of 16 draw) 		Runners-up
(unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A Atlético Madrid Olympiacos
B Real Madrid Liverpool
C Benfica Zenit Saint Petersburg
D Anderlecht Arsenal
E Manchester City Roma
F Ajax Barcelona
G Chelsea Schalke 04
H Shakhtar Donetsk Porto

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase was played as a single match. If the score was level at the end of normal time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).[1]

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the match. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. The draw also decided the home team for each quarter-final, and the "home" team for administrative purposes for each semi-final and final (which were played on neutral ground).

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.[2][3]

Round Draw date Match date(s)
Round of 16 15 December 2014 17–18 & 24–25 February 2015
Quarter-finals 10–11 & 17–18 March 2015
Semi-finals 10 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon
Final 13 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Bracket

The draw for the knockout phase was held on 15 December 2014, 14:00 CET, at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2][4][5] On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[6] Therefore, Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk and Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16. The winners of the ties involving these two clubs could also not be drawn against each other in the quarter-finals.

Round of 16

Summary

The round of 16 matches were played on 27 January, 17, 23, 24 and 25 February 2015.

Home teamScoreAway team
Atlético Madrid 1–0 Arsenal
Real Madrid 1–1 (1–3 p) Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 (5–4 p) Olympiacos
Anderlecht 1–0 Barcelona
Benfica 2–1 Liverpool
Manchester City 1–1 (3–1 p) Schalke 04
Ajax 0–0 (5–6 p) Roma
Chelsea 3–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg

Matches

Atlético Madrid 1–0 Arsenal
  • Diedhiou 1'
 Report
Attendance: 902
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)
Real Madrid 1–1 Porto
 Report
Penalties
 1–3
Attendance: 660
Anderlecht 1–0 Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 12,871[7]
Benfica 2–1 Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 1,230
Manchester City 1–1 Schalke 04
 Report
Penalties
 3–1
Attendance: 1,545
Ajax 0–0 Roma
Report
Penalties
 5–6
Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Chelsea 3–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 387

Quarter-finals

Summary

The quarter-finals were played on 10, 17 and 18 March 2015.

Home teamScoreAway team
Chelsea 2–0 Atlético Madrid
Benfica 1–1 (4–5 p) Shakhtar Donetsk
Roma 2–1 Manchester City
Anderlecht 5–0 Porto

Matches

Chelsea 2–0 Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 628[8]
Roma 2–1 Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 4,200[10]
Anderlecht 5–0 Porto
 Report
Attendance: 13,162[7]
Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)

Semi-finals

Summary

The semi-finals were played on 10 April 2015 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Anderlecht 1–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Roma 0–4 Chelsea

Matches

Anderlecht 1–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 3,000[11]
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
Roma 0–4 Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 4,000[12]

Final

The final was played on 13 April 2015 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.

Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 Chelsea
 Report
Attendance: 4,000[13]

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 28 March 2015 (up to quarter-finals), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (semi-finals and final).

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA. 1 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "2014–15 UEFA Youth League – Draws". UEFA. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Competition format". UEFA. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014.
  4. ^ "Media accreditation for club knockout draws". UEFA. 8 December 2014.
  5. ^ "UEFA Youth League knockout stage draw". UEFA. 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.org. 17 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "All-time UEFA Youth League records". UEFA.
  8. ^ "Chelsea VS Atlético Madrid" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  9. ^ "Benfica Vs Shakhtar Donetsk" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  10. ^ "A.S. Roma vs Manchester City" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  11. ^ "R.S.C. Anderlecht VS Shakhtar Donetsk" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  12. ^ "A.S. Roma vs Chelsea" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  13. ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk vs Chelsea" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
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