2014–15 UEFA Youth League

2014–15 UEFA Youth League
The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the semi-finals and final.
Tournament details
Dates16 September 2014 – 13 April 2015
Teams32 (from 18 associations)
Final positions
Champions Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-up Shakhtar Donetsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played111
Goals scored397 (3.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dominic Solanke (Chelsea)
12 goals

The 2014–15 UEFA Youth League was the second season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. It was contested by the under-19 youth teams of the 32 clubs qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[1]

The final was played on 13 April 2015 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between Shakhtar Donetsk and Chelsea. Chelsea won 3–2 and secured their first title in the competition. Barcelona were the title holders, but were eliminated by Anderlecht in the round of 16.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1996.[1]

Teams

The youth teams of the 32 clubs which participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the competition.

Association Teams
 Spain
 England
 Germany
 Italy
 Portugal
 France
 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
 Russia
 Netherlands Ajax
 Turkey Galatasaray
 Belgium Anderlecht
 Greece Olympiacos
 Switzerland Basel
 Cyprus APOEL
 Belarus BATE Borisov
 Sweden Malmö FF
 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
 Slovenia Maribor
Notes

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[2][3] However, matches in the round of 16 and quarter-finals could be played outside of the scheduled dates.

Phase Round Draw date Match date(s)
Group stage Matchday 1 28 August 2014
(Monaco) 		16–18 September 2014
Matchday 2 30 September–2 October 2014
Matchday 3 21–23 October 2014
Matchday 4 4–6 November 2014
Matchday 5 25–27 November 2014
Matchday 6 9–11 December 2014
Knockout phase Round of 16 15 December 2014
(Nyon) 		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

On 23 September 2014, UEFA announced a change to the schedule of the semi-finals and finals, which were originally due to take place on 24 and 27 April respectively.[4]

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Youth League group stage
Location of teams of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the group compositions being the same as in the draw for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 28 August 2014, 17:45 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[2][5][6]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 16–18 September, 30 September–2 October, 21–23 October, 4–6 November, 25–27 November, and 9–11 December 2014, with the matches played on the same matchday as the corresponding Champions League matches, but not necessarily on the same day. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATM OLY JUV MAL
1 Atlético Madrid 6 5 0 1 11 5 +6 15 Advance to knockout phase — 0–2 1–0 3–1
2 Olympiacos 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 1–2 — 1–1 2–0
3 Juventus 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 0–3 0–3 — 2–0
4 Malmö FF 6 0 1 5 5 14 −9 1 1–2 1–3 2–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA LIV BSL LUD
1 Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 19 7 +12 12 Advance to knockout phase — 4–1 2–0 6–0
2 Liverpool 6 4 0 2 16 9 +7 12 3–2 — 3–0 4–0
3 Basel 6 4 0 2 17 9 +8 12 3–2 3–2 — 6–0
4 Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 0 6 0 27 −27 0 0–3 0–3 0–5 —
Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN ZEN LEV MON
1 Benfica 6 4 1 1 12 8 +4 13 Advance to knockout phase — 0–0 4–1 3–0
2 Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 5–1 — 0–3 0–3
3 Bayer Leverkusen 6 2 0 4 12 14 −2 6 2–3 1–4 — 4–0
4 Monaco 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6 0–1 1–3 3–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AND ARS GAL DOR
1 Anderlecht 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase — 4–3 3–0[a] 5–0
2 Arsenal 6 4 0 2 15 8 +7 12 1–2 — 5–1 1–0
3 Galatasaray 6 2 0 4 10 18 −8 6 3–0 1–3 — 3–2
4 Borussia Dortmund 6 1 1 4 8 14 −6 4 1–1 0–2 5–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Anderlecht after the match was abandoned in the 90+5th minute (with Anderlecht leading 2–0) due to crowd disturbances by Galatasaray supporters.[7]

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI ROM BAY CSKA
1 Manchester City 6 6 0 0 22 4 +18 18 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 6–0 4–2
2 Roma 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9 0–4 — 1–0 3–1
3 Bayern Munich 6 2 0 4 8 18 −10 6 1–4 3–2 — 3–2
4 CSKA Moscow 6 1 0 5 8 15 −7 3 0–2 0–2 3–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AJX BAR PAR APO
1 Ajax 6 4 2 0 19 7 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 6–1 4–1
2 Barcelona 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9 2–2 — 0–0 3–0
3 Paris Saint-Germain 6 2 2 2 15 14 +1 8 3–6 2–2 — 6–0
4 APOEL 6 0 1 5 3 19 −16 1 0–0 2–3 0–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE SCH SPO MRB
1 Chelsea 6 5 0 1 24 3 +21 15 Advance to knockout phase — 4–1 6–0 2–0
2 Schalke 04 6 5 0 1 19 7 +12 15 2–0 — 3–0 5–0
3 Sporting CP 6 2 0 4 8 20 −12 6 0–5 2–3 — 3–2
4 Maribor 6 0 0 6 4 25 −21 0 0–7 1–5 1–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SHK POR ATH BATE
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 2 0 15 3 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 6–0 1–0
2 Porto 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9 1–1 — 2–0 2–0
3 Athletic Bilbao 6 3 0 3 9 12 −3 9 0–2 3–1 — 4–0
4 BATE Borisov 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 1–4 0–0 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over one match. If scores were level after full-time, the match was decided by penalty shoot-out (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).

Bracket

The draw for the knockout phase was held on 15 December 2014, 14:00 CET, at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2][8][9] 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.[10] 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

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

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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

Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 Chelsea
  • Christensen 37' (o.g.)
  • Kovalenko 90+2'
 Report
Attendance: 4,000[11]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Dominic Solanke Chelsea 12 765
2 Aaron Leya Iseka Anderlecht 9 650
3 Borja Mayoral Real Madrid 7 552
4 Zakaria El Azzouzi Ajax 6 188
Jerome Sinclair Liverpool 6 604
Jack Byrne Manchester City 6 653
7 Nikos Vergos Olympiacos 5 408
Leonardo Acevedo Porto 5 418
Marc Brašnić Bayer Leverkusen 5 450
Daniel Crowley Arsenal 5 630
Charlie Colkett Chelsea 5 889

Source: UEFA.com[12]

Top assists

Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 Andy Kawaya Anderlecht 6 520
2 Arxhend Cani Basel 5 502
Yakou Meïté Paris Saint-Germain 5 540
João Carvalho Benfica 5 654
Izzy Brown Chelsea 5 744
Andreas Christensen Chelsea 5 900
7 Renato Sanches Benfica 4 438
Thierry Ambrose Manchester City 4 703
Dominic Solanke Chelsea 4 765
Denys Arendaruk Shakhtar Donetsk 4 815
Charlie Colkett Chelsea 4 889
Oleksandr Zubkov Shakhtar Donetsk 4 897

Source: UEFA.com[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ "New dates for Youth League conclusion in Nyon". UEFA. 23 September 2014.
  5. ^ "UEFA Champions League group stage draw pots". UEFA. 28 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Contenders learn group stage opponents". UEFA. 28 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Disciplinary updates". UEFA.org. 8 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Media accreditation for club knockout draws". UEFA. 8 December 2014.
  9. ^ "UEFA Youth League knockout stage draw". UEFA. 15 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.org. 17 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk vs Chelsea" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  12. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA. Archived from the original on October 1, 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
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