2024–25 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League knockout phase began on 11 February 2025 with the round of 32 and concluded with the final on 28 April 2025 at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2024–25 UEFA Youth League. 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.[1]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

The following 32 teams qualified for the knockout phase.

Qualified teams
UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path

Schedule

Knockout phase schedule[2]
Phase Round Draw date Match dates
Knockout phase Round of 32 20 December 2024 11–12 February 2025
Round of 16 14 February 2025 4–5 March 2025
Quarter-finals 1–2 April 2025
Semi-finals 25 April 2025 Colovray Stadium, Nyon
Final 28 April 2025 Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Bracket

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Red Bull Salzburg (p)1 (4)
Celtic1 (2) Red Bull Salzburg2
Rapid Wien1 Atlético Madrid1
Atlético Madrid2 Red Bull Salzburg1
Lokomotiva Zagreb1 (3) Olympiacos0
Sturm Graz (p)1 (5) Sturm Graz1 (4)
Olympiacos1 Olympiacos1 (5) 25 April – Nyon
Girona0 Red Bull Salzburg1
Trabzonspor1 Trabzonspor2
Juventus0 Trabzonspor0 (5)
Dynamo Kyiv3 (6) Atalanta0 (3)
Atalanta (p)3 (7) Trabzonspor1
Real Betis0 Inter Milan0
Bayern Munich1 Bayern Munich1 (4)
Inter Milan3 Inter Milan1 (5) 28 April – Nyon
Lille1 Trabzonspor1
Real Madrid2 Barcelona4
Borussia Dortmund0 Real Madrid0
AZ (p)2 (4) AZ2
Benfica2 (3) AZ1
TSG Hoffenheim5 Manchester City0
Shakhtar Donetsk1 TSG Hoffenheim1
Midtjylland2 (4) Manchester City2 25 April – Nyon
Manchester City (p)2 (5) AZ0
Sporting CP4 Barcelona1
Monaco0 Sporting CP2
VfB Stuttgart (p)2 (5) VfB Stuttgart3
Liverpool2 (3) VfB Stuttgart1
Puskás Akadémia1 Barcelona2
Aston Villa2 Aston Villa1
Barcelona (p)2 (5) Barcelona3
Dinamo Zagreb2 (3)

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 20 December 2025.[3]

Seeding

In the draw, the top 6 teams from the UEFA Champions League Path were seeded and paired against the teams finished in 17th to 22nd place, while the 10 Domestic Champions Path winners were seeded and paired against teams ranked 7th to 16th. The seeded teams will play the matches at home. In the draw, teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. To create the ties, teams finishing 1st to 16th in the UEFA Champions League Path were automatically allocated to the tie corresponding to their position in the final standings, with their unseeded (pairings 1 to 6) or seeded (pairings 7 to 16) opponents then drawn.[4]

Draw pots
Pairings 1 to 6 Pairings 7 to 16
Seeded Unseeded (Bowl 1) Seeded (Bowl 2) Unseeded

Summary

The matches were played on 11 and 12 February 2025.

Round of 32
Home teamScoreAway team
Inter Milan 3–1 Lille
Sporting CP 4–0 Monaco
Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 (4–2 p) Celtic
Barcelona 2–2 (5–3 p) Dinamo Zagreb
VfB Stuttgart 2–2 (5–3 p) Liverpool
Real Madrid 2–0 Borussia Dortmund
Dynamo Kyiv 3–3 (6–7 p) Atalanta
Rapid Wien 1–2 Atlético Madrid
AZ 2–2 (4–3 p) Benfica
Trabzonspor 1–0 Juventus
Midtjylland 2–2 (4–5 p) Manchester City
Olympiacos 1–0 Girona
Real Betis 0–1 Bayern Munich
TSG Hoffenheim 5–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Puskás Akadémia 1–2 Aston Villa
Lokomotiva Zagreb 1–1 (3–5 p) Sturm Graz

Matches

Inter Milan 3–1 Lille
  • Spinaccè 32', 35'
  • Mosconi 58'
 Report
Attendance: 281[5]
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cyprus)
Sporting CP 4–0 Monaco
  • Silva 8'
  • Gonçalves 29', 83'
  • Mendonça 46'
 Report
Stadium Aurélio Pereira, Alcochete
Attendance: 408[6]
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 Celtic
  • Moser 57'
 Report
  • Ure 69'
Penalties
  • Hussauf
  • Camara
  • Moser
  • Aguilar
4–2
Red Bull Akademie, Salzburg
Attendance: 450[7]
Referee: Oliver Reitala (Finland)
Barcelona 2–2 Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
  • Vlahović
  • Baković
  • Zebić
  • Šutalo
Attendance: 618[8]
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)
VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Liverpool
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 4,150[9]
Referee: Bulat Sariyev (Kazakhstan)
Real Madrid 2–0 Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 845[10]
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)
Dynamo Kyiv 3–3 Atalanta
 Report
  • Bonsignori 12'
  • Damiano 63'
  • Fiogbé 70'
Penalties
 6–7
  • Simonetto
  • Camara
  • Tavanti
  • Damiano
  • Fiogbé
  • Steffanoni
  • Arrigoni
  • Gobbo
  • Idele
Attendance: 135[12]
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)
Rapid Wien 1–2 Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 3,343[13]
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)
Trabzonspor 1–0 Juventus
  • Turan 61'
 Report
Attendance: 10,575[14]
Referee: Joakim Östling (Sweden)
AZ 2–2 Benfica
  • Bouziane 46'
  • Smits 52'
 Report
Penalties
 4–3
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
Attendance: 1,125[15]
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)
Midtjylland 2–2 Manchester City
  • Emefile 41'
  • J. Heskey 79' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Samuel 51'
  • Warhurst 81'
Penalties
  • Bjerge
  • Overgaard
  • Pimpong
  • Lodberg
  • Johannesen
4–5
Attendance: 1,412[16]
Referee: Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira (Portugal)
Olympiacos 1–0 Girona
  • Pnevmonidis 70'
 Report
Olympiacos FC Training Centre, Piraeus
Attendance: 1,255[17]
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)
Real Betis 0–1 Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 1,300[18]
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
TSG Hoffenheim 5–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
  • Dağdeviren 5'
  • Onos 44' (pen.)
  • Micheler 55' (pen.)
  • Wähling 82', 90+4' (pen.)
 Report
  • Smetana 74'
Attendance: 1,556[19]
Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)
Puskás Akadémia 1–2 Aston Villa
  • Mondovics 80'
 Report
Attendance: 581[20]
Referee: Zorbay Küçük (Turkey)
Lokomotiva Zagreb 1–1 Sturm Graz
  • Đurković 72'
 Report
  • Osayantin 35'
Penalties
  • Reić
  • Katić
  • Đurković
  • Canjuga
3–5
  • Mustafic
  • Schopp
  • Hödl
  • Osayantin
  • Wolf
Sport Centre Rudes, Zagreb
Attendance: 350[21]
Referee: Lukasz Kuzma (Poland)

Round of 16

Summary

The draw was conducted on 14 February 2025 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The round of 16 was played over one leg on 4 and 5 March 2025.

Round of 16
Home teamScoreAway team
Trabzonspor 0–0 (5–3 p) Atalanta
Sturm Graz 1–1 (4–5 p) Olympiacos
Bayern Munich 1–1 (4–5 p) Inter Milan
Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Atlético Madrid
Real Madrid 0–2 AZ
Sporting CP 2–3 VfB Stuttgart
TSG Hoffenheim 1–2 Manchester City
Aston Villa 1–3 Barcelona

Matches

Trabzonspor 0–0 Atalanta
Report
Penalties
  • Malkoçoğlu
  • Çakıroğlu
  • Terzi
  • Karahan
  • Tibukoğlu
5–3
  • Simonetto
  • Bono
  • Cakolli
  • Comi
Attendance: 13,102[22]
Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)
Sturm Graz 1–1 Olympiacos
  • Koita 90+3'
 Report
  • Papakanellos 61'
Penalties
 4–5
  • Prekates
  • Dama
  • Toufakis
  • Filis
  • Liatsikouras
Attendance: 5,531[23]
Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara (Finland)
Bayern Munich 1–1 Inter Milan
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 1,643[24]
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Atlético Madrid
 Report
  • Hueso 66'
Red Bull Akademie, Salzburg
Attendance: 320[25]
Referee: Jakob Sundberg (Denmark)
Real Madrid 0–2 AZ
Report
  • Bouziane 29'
  • Smits 87'
Attendance: 849[26]
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Sporting CP 2–3 VfB Stuttgart
  • Gonçalves 2'
  • Nel 90+6'
 Report
  • Boakye 34'
  • Korkut 43'
  • Lüers 76'
Stadium Aurélio Pereira, Alcochete
Attendance: 655[27]
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
TSG Hoffenheim 1–2 Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 3,365[28]
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)
Aston Villa 1–3 Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 1,013[29]
Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)

Quarter-finals

Summary

The draw was conducted on 14 February 2025 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The quarter-finals were played over one leg on 1 and 2 April 2025.

Quarter-finals
Home teamScoreAway team
AZ 1–0 Manchester City
VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Barcelona
Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 Olympiacos
Trabzonspor 1–0 Inter Milan

Matches

AZ 1–0 Manchester City
  • van der Klaauw 90+4'
 Report
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
Attendance: 2,000[30]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Barcelona
  • Tsigkas 29'
 Report
  • Pradas 40'
  • Virgil 53'
Attendance: 9,500[31]
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)
Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 Olympiacos
Aguilar 11' Report
Red Bull Akademie, Salzburg
Attendance: 425[32]
Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)
Trabzonspor 1–0 Inter Milan
Terzi 77' Report
Attendance: 40,368[33]
Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

Summary

The draw was conducted on 14 February 2025 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The semi-finals will be played over one leg on 25 April 2025.

Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
AZ 0–1 Barcelona
Red Bull Salzburg 1–2 Trabzonspor

Matches

AZ 0–1 Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 1,899
Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara (Finland)
Red Bull Salzburg 1–2 Trabzonspor
 Report
  • Turan 73'
  • Başkan 89'
Attendance: 2,485
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)

Final

The final was played on 28 April 2025 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.

Trabzonspor 1–4 Barcelona
Tibukoğlu 88' Report
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 30 March 2025 (up to round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[11]

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