2013–14 UEFA Youth League

The 2013–14 UEFA Youth League was the first 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 2013–14 UEFA Champions League.^[1][2][3]

2013–14 UEFA Youth League

The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the semi-finals and final.
Tournament details
Dates	17 September 2013 – 14 April 2014
Teams	32 (from 18 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	110
Goals scored	378 (3.44 per match)
Attendance	110,944 (1,009 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Munir (Barcelona) 11 goals
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The final was played on 14 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between Benfica and Barcelona. Barcelona won 3–0 and became the first team to lift the Lennart Johansson Trophy, named after UEFA's honorary president.^[4]

Players had to be born on or after 1 January 1995.^[3]

Teams

The youth teams of the 32 clubs which participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the competition.

Association	Teams
England	Manchester United Manchester City Chelsea Arsenal
Spain	Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad
Germany	Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 04
Italy	Juventus Napoli Milan
Portugal	Porto Benfica
France	Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
Russia	CSKA Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg
Netherlands	Ajax
Ukraine	Shakhtar Donetsk
Greece	Olympiacos
Turkey	Galatasaray
Belgium	Anderlecht
Denmark	Copenhagen
Switzerland	Basel
Austria	Austria Wien
Scotland	Celtic
Czech Republic	Viktoria Plzeň
Romania	Steaua București

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[4]

Phase	Round	Draw date	Match date(s)
Group stage	Matchday 1	29 August 2013 (Monaco)	17–18 September 2013
	Matchday 2		1–2 October 2013
	Matchday 3		22–23 October 2013
	Matchday 4		5–6 November 2013
	Matchday 5		26–27 November 2013
	Matchday 6		10–11 December 2013
Knockout phase	Round of 16	16 December 2013 (Nyon)	18–19 & 25–26 February 2014
	Quarter-finals		11–12 & 18–19 March 2014
	Semi-finals		11 April 2014
	Final		14 April 2014

Group stage

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Youth League group stage

Austria

Anderlecht

Plzeň

Copenhagen

Chelsea

Arsenal

Man. United

Man. City

Atlético

Real Madrid

Barcelona

Real Sociedad

Marseille

PSG

Bayern

Leverkusen

Dortmund

Schalke

Olympiacos

Napoli

Juventus

Milan

Ajax

Benfica

Porto

Steaua

CSKA

Zenit

Celtic

Basel

Galatasaray

Shakhtar

Location of teams of the 2013–14 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 determined by the draw for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held in Monaco on 29 August 2013.^[5] In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2013, with the matches played on the same matchday as the corresponding Champions League matches (though not necessarily on the same day, and some matches were played on Mondays and Thursdays). The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSO	SHK	LEV	MUN
1	Real Sociedad	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–2	0–1	0–2
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9			0–0	—	2–2	2–1
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	1	3	11	14	−3	7			1–5	1–2	—	3–1
4	Manchester United	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7			0–1	1–1	4–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	CPH	JUV	GAL
1	Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	6–2	4–1
2	Copenhagen	6	2	4	0	11	9	+2	10			3–2	—	2–2	2–2
3	Juventus	6	2	2	2	14	13	+1	8			0–2	2–2	—	3–1
4	Galatasaray	6	0	2	4	5	16	−11	2			1–1	0–1	0–5	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEN	PAR	AND	OLY
1	Benfica	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–0	0–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	1	4	1	5	7	−2	7			1–4	—	1–1	1–1
3	Anderlecht	6	1	2	3	8	13	−5	5			3–6	0–1	—	4–2
4	Olympiacos	6	0	4	2	3	6	−3	4			0–1	0–0	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CSKA	MCI	BAY	PLZ
1	CSKA Moscow	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	1–2	5–0
2	Manchester City	6	3	2	1	15	4	+11	11			1–2	—	6–0	3–0
3	Bayern Munich	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10			0–2	0–0	—	4–0
4	Viktoria Plzeň	6	0	0	6	2	22	−20	0			0–2	1–4	1–4	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	SCH	STE	BSL
1	Chelsea	6	6	0	0	18	1	+17	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	5–0	4–0
2	Schalke 04	6	3	1	2	14	5	+9	10			0–2	—	3–0	5–1
3	Steaua București	6	1	2	3	5	15	−10	5			0–4	1–1	—	1–1
4	Basel	6	0	1	5	4	20	−16	1			1–2	0–5	1–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	NAP	DOR	MAR
1	Arsenal	6	2	3	1	12	7	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–1	0–0	1–1
2	Napoli	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9			2–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8			2–2	2–1	—	5–2
4	Marseille	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7			1–4	2–1	4–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATM	AWI	POR	ZEN
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	17	14	+3	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	3–2	4–2
2	Austria Wien	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11			3–3	—	3–0	2–1
3	Porto	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8			3–1	0–0	—	2–2
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	0	1	5	9	17	−8	1			3–4	0–3	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	MIL	CEL	AJX
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	20	5	+15	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–0	4–1
2	Milan	6	3	2	1	13	11	+2	11			2–6	—	3–1	3–0[a]
3	Celtic	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4			1–2	1–1	—	4–1
4	Ajax	6	1	0	5	6	19	−13	3			0–4	2–3	2–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Milan after the match was cancelled due to Ajax's refusal to play over the pitch conditions.^[6][7]

Knockout phase

Main article: 2013–14 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).^[3] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:^[8]

• 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 16 December 2013.^[9][10][11]

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	CSKA Moscow		1
	Paris Saint-Germain		2
						Paris Saint-Germain		0
						Real Madrid		1
	Real Madrid		2
											11 April – Nyon
	Napoli		1
											Real Madrid		0
											Benfica		4
	Atlético Madrid		0
	Manchester City		1
						Manchester City		1
						Benfica		2
	Benfica		4
																14 April – Nyon
	Austria Wien		1
																Benfica		0
																Barcelona		3
	Chelsea		4
	Milan		1
						Chelsea		1
						Schalke 04		3
	Real Sociedad		1
											11 April – Nyon
	Schalke 04		2
											Schalke 04		0
											Barcelona		1
	Barcelona		4
	Copenhagen		1
						Barcelona		4
						Arsenal		2
	Arsenal		3
	Shakhtar Donetsk		1

Round of 16

The round of 16 matches were played on 18, 25 and 26 February 2014.

Home team	Score	Away team
Barcelona	4–1	Copenhagen
Chelsea	4–1	Milan
Real Sociedad	1–2	Schalke 04
Arsenal	3–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
CSKA Moscow	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain
Benfica	4–1	Austria Wien
Real Madrid	2–1	Napoli
Atlético Madrid	0–1	Manchester City

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final matches were played on 11, 16 and 18 March 2014.

Home team	Score	Away team
Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Real Madrid
Chelsea	1–3	Schalke 04
Barcelona	4–2	Arsenal
Manchester City	1–2	Benfica

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 11 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][12]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	0–4	Benfica
Schalke 04	0–1	Barcelona

Final

The final was played on 14 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][12]

14 April 2014 (2014-04-14)

16:30

Benfica	0–3	Barcelona
	Report	Tarín 9' Munir 33', 88'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played 1 Munir Barcelona 11 704 2 Devante Cole Manchester City 6 578 John Swift Chelsea 6 630 Rochinha Benfica 6 732 5 Florian Pick Schalke 04 5 503 Gennaro Tutino Napoli 5 520 Juanjo Narváez Real Madrid 5 523 Marcos Lopes Manchester City 5 530 James Wilson Manchester United 5 540 Svyatoslav Georgievskiy CSKA Moscow 5 553 Alex Kiwomya Chelsea 5 695 Lewis Baker Chelsea 5 720 Source:[13]

Top assists Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played 1 Munir Barcelona 5 704 Rochinha Benfica 5 732 3 Lionel Enguene Barcelona 4 826 Source:[14]