The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path began on 17 September and ended on 11 December 2024. A total of 52 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 10 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Youth League.
Times are CET or CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Format In the Domestic Champions Path, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, as the away goals rule was scrapped, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out with no extra time played.
The ten third round winners advanced to the knockout phase, where they were joined by the 22 best-ranked teams from the UEFA Champions League Path.
Teams The Domestic Champions Path included 52 youth domestic champions (or runners-up, if the champions qualified for the UEFA Champions League Path) and consisted of the following rounds: First round (24 teams): 24 teams from the 24 lower-ranked member associations according to their 2024 UEFA country coefficients. Second round (40 teams): 28 teams from the top 28 member associations according to UEFA country coefficients, and 12 winners of the first round. Third round (20 teams): 20 winners of the second round.
Below were the participating teams of the Domestic Champions Path, grouped by their starting rounds. Key to coloursWinners of third round advanced to knockout phase
+Second roundTeam Olympiacos Manchester United Real Betis TSG Hoffenheim Sassuolo Auxerre AZ Braga Genk Aberdeen Rapid Wien IMT Trabzonspor Basel Dynamo Kyiv Zbrojovka Brno Strømsgodset Midtjylland Lokomotiva Zagreb Maccabi Petah Tikva Pafos IFK Göteborg Legia Warsaw Puskás Akadémia Farul Constanța CSKA Sofia Trenčín Sabah+First roundTeam Kairat Maribor Academia Rebeja 2 Korriku Daugavpils UCD Honka Žalgiris Pyunik Dinamo Minsk Sarajevo Progrès Niederkorn HB Cliftonville Valletta Dinamo Tbilisi Tallinna Kalev Stjarnan Bylis The New Saints Lincoln Red Imps AP Brera Strumica FC Santa Coloma Budućnost Podgorica
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First round Draw The draw for the first round was held on 3 September 2024. There was no seeding. The 24 teams were split into three groups of eight teams. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Group 1Group 2Group 3
Summary
The first legs were played on 17 and 18 September, and the second legs on 22 September, 1 and 2 October 2024.
The winners of the ties advanced to the second round.
Matches
Progrès Niederkorn won 5–1 on aggregate.
UCD won 5–3 on aggregate.
2 Korriku won 4–2 on aggregate.
Maribor won 8–0 on aggregate.
Žalgiris won 7–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Valletta won 3–0 on penalties.
2–2 on aggregate; Daugavpils won 4–2 on penalties.
Tallinna Kalev won 11–0 on aggregate.
Sarajevo won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 6–3 on aggregate.
Kairat won 6–2 on aggregate.
Budućnost Podgorica won 6–4 on aggregate.
Second round Draw The draw for the second round was held on 3 September 2024, right after the first round draw. There was no seeding. The 40 teams were split into four groups of ten teams. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4
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Summary
The first legs were played on 22, 23 October and 5 November, and the second legs on 27 October, 5, 6 and 9 November 2024.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third round.
Matches
TSG Hoffenheim won 7–1 on aggregate.
Puskás Akadémia won 8–1 on aggregate.
AZ won 8–2 on aggregate.
2 Korriku won 5–2 on aggregate.
Midtjylland won 9–0 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 11–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–2 on aggregate.
Genk won 6–2 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 6–0 on aggregate.
Auxerre won 7–0 on aggregate.
Sassuolo won 9–0 on aggregate.
Farul Constanța won 2–1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 7–1 on aggregate.
Basel won 8–1 on aggregate.
Sarajevo won 6–0 on aggregate.
Trabzonspor won 8–3 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 11–1 on aggregate.
Trenčín won 6–3 on aggregate.
Lokomotiva Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.
Third round Draw The draw for the third round was held on 3 September 2024, right after the first and second round draw. There was no seeding. The 20 teams were split into two groups of ten teams. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Group 1Group 2
Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 26 and 27 November, and the second legs on 10, 11 and 17 December 2024.
The winners of the ties advanced to the knockout phase.
Matches
Dynamo Kyiv won 9–1 on aggregate.
AZ won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Puskás Akadémia won 6–5 on penalties.
TSG Hoffenheim won 3–1 on aggregate.
Midtjylland won 9–0 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 4–2 on aggregate.
Lokomotiva Zagreb won 6–1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 5–1 on aggregate.
Trabzonspor won 8–3 on aggregate.
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References
External links
UEFA Youth League Matches: 2024–25, UEFA.com