UEFA Youth League: UEFA Champions League path draw
Thursday, August 26, 2021
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The groups in the UEFA Champions League path were set by the senior draw.
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The UEFA Champions League draw in Isanbul also set the groups for that path of the UEFA Youth League, featuring the same teams with similar fixture lists.
• The eight group winners will progress straight to the round of 16.
• The eight runners-up will go into the play-offs against the winners from the domestic champions path, who will emerge after two knockout rounds featuring 32 initial entrants.
Group A: Manchester City (ENG), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Leipzig (GER), Club Brugge (BEL)
Group B: Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Liverpool (ENG), Porto (POR), AC Milan (ITA)
Group C: Sporting CP (POR), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Ajax (NED), Beşiktaş (TUR)
Group D: Inter (ITA), Real Madrid (ESP, holders), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
Group E: Bayern München (GER), Barcelona (ESP), Benfica (POR), Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Group F: Villarreal (ESP), Manchester United (ENG), Atalanta (ITA), Young Boys (SUI)
Group G: LOSC Lille (FRA), Sevilla (ESP), Salzburg (AUT), Wolfsburg (GER)
Group H: Chelsea (ENG), Juventus (ITA), Zenit (RUS), Malmö (SWE)
• Along with Real Madrid, who won their first title in 2019/20, are joint-record two-time champions Barcelona and Chelsea, plus both other past holders Salzburg and Porto.
• Ajax, Atlético, Barcelona, Bayern München, Benfica, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris, Porto and Real Madrid maintain their perfect record of having entered all eight editions of this competition, which began in 2013/14.
Group matches
Matchday 1: 14/15 September
Matchday 2: 28/29 September
Matchday 3: 19/20 October
Matchday 4: 2/3 November
Matchday 5: 23/24 November
Matchday 6: 7/8 December
Knockout dates
Play-off draw: 14 December, Nyon
Play-offs: 8/9 February
Knockout draw (round of 16 onwards): 14 February, Nyon
Round of 16: 1/2 March
Quarter-finals: 15/16 March
Semi-finals: 22 April, Nyon
Final: 25 April, Nyon