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2014–15 UEFA Youth League

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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
ChampionsEngland Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-upUkraine 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

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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

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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

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Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Youth League group stage
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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

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AND ARS GAL DOR
1 Belgium Anderlecht 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase — 4–3 3–0[a] 5–0
2 England Arsenal 6 4 0 2 15 8 +7 12 1–2 — 5–1 1–0
3 Turkey Galatasaray 6 2 0 4 10 18 −8 6 3–0 1–3 — 3–2
4 Germany 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

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

Group F

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

Group G

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

Group H

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

Knockout phase

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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

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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

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

Home teamScoreAway team
Atlético Madrid Spain1–0England Arsenal
Real Madrid Spain1–1 (1–3 p)Portugal Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–1 (5–4 p)Greece Olympiacos
Anderlecht Belgium1–0Spain Barcelona
Benfica Portugal2–1England Liverpool
Manchester City England1–1 (3–1 p)Germany Schalke 04
Ajax Netherlands0–0 (5–6 p)Italy Roma
Chelsea England3–1Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg

Quarter-finals

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

Home teamScoreAway team
Chelsea England2–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Benfica Portugal1–1 (4–5 p)Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Roma Italy2–1England Manchester City
Anderlecht Belgium5–0Portugal Porto

Semi-finals

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

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Anderlecht Belgium1–3Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Roma Italy0–4England Chelsea

Final

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

Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–3England Chelsea
Christensen 37' (o.g.)
Kovalenko 90+2'		 Report Brown 7', 55'
Solanke 47'
Attendance: 4,000[11]

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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

Source: UEFA.com[12]

Top assists

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

Source: UEFA.com[13]

References

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