2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

The 2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase began on 6 February 2018 and concluded on 23 April 2018 with the final at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase.^[1]

Times up to 24 March 2018 (knockout round play-offs, round of 16 and quarter-finals) are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times (semi-finals and final) are CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the knockout phase (knockout round play-offs and round of 16 onwards) is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

Round	Draw	Match dates
Knockout round play-offs	11 December 2017	6–7 February 2018
Round of 16	9 February 2018	20–21 February 2018
Quarter-finals		13–14 March 2018
Semi-finals		20 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[2]
Final		23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[2]

Format

The knockout phase (knockout round play-offs and round of 16 onwards), played as a single-elimination tournament, involved 24 teams: 16 teams which qualified from the UEFA Champions League Path (eight group winners and eight group runners-up), and eight teams which qualified from the Domestic Champions Path (eight second round winners):^[1]

• The eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path entered the round of 16.
• The eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path and the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path entered the knockout round play-offs. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16.

Each tie was played over a single match. If the score was tied after full time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).^[1]

Qualified teams

UEFA Champions League Path

Group	Winners (enter round of 16)	Runners-up (enter play-offs as away team)
A	Basel	Manchester United
B	Bayern Munich	Paris Saint-Germain
C	Chelsea	Atlético Madrid
D	Barcelona	Sporting CP
E	Liverpool	Spartak Moscow
F	Manchester City	Feyenoord
G	Porto	Monaco
H	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid

Domestic Champions Path

Second round winners (enter play-offs as home team)
Molde
Željezničar
Internazionale
Ajax
Brodarac
Nitra
Krasnodar
Red Bull Salzburg

Bracket

The draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 9 February 2018, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[3][4] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 16, there were no seedings, and the 16 teams (eight UEFA Champions League Path group winners and eight play-off winners) were drawn into eight ties. Teams from the same UEFA Champions League Path group could not be drawn against each other, but teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. The draw also decided the home team for each round of 16 match.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same UEFA Champions League Path group or the same association could be drawn against each other (the identity of all teams were not known at the time of the draw). The draws 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 at a neutral venue).

	Knockout round play-offs					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Bayern Munich		2
	Krasnodar		0 (0)			Real Madrid		3
											Real Madrid		2
	Real Madrid (p)		0 (3)
											Chelsea		4
						Chelsea		5
																20 April – Nyon
	Nitra		2			Feyenoord		2
																Chelsea (p)		2 (5)
	Feyenoord		3
																Porto		2 (4)
						Tottenham Hotspur (p)		1 (3)
	Molde		2 (2)			Monaco		1 (1)
											Tottenham Hotspur		0
	Monaco (p)		2 (4)
											Porto		2
						Porto		3
																					23 April – Nyon
	Red Bull Salzburg		5			Red Bull Salzburg		1
																					Chelsea		0
	Sporting CP		2
																					Barcelona		3
						Manchester City (p)		1 (3)
	Internazionale (p)		3 (3)			Internazionale		1 (2)
											Manchester City (p)		1 (3)
	Spartak Moscow		3 (1)
											Liverpool		1 (2)
						Liverpool		2
																20 April – Nyon
	Brodarac		0			Manchester United		0
																Manchester City		4
	Manchester United		2
																Barcelona		5
						Paris Saint-Germain		0
	Ajax		0 (2)			Barcelona		1
											Barcelona		2
	Paris Saint-Germain (p)		0 (4)
											Atlético Madrid		0
						Atlético Madrid		1
	Željezničar		1			Basel		0
	Atlético Madrid		3

Knockout round play-offs

The Krasnodar Stadium during Krasnodar v Real Madrid.

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 11 December 2017, 14:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[5][6] The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path.

Summary

The matches were played on 6 and 7 February 2018.

Home team	Score	Away team
Molde	2–2 (2–4 p)	Monaco
Internazionale	3–3 (3–1 p)	Spartak Moscow
Ajax	0–0 (2–4 p)	Paris Saint-Germain
Red Bull Salzburg	5–2	Sporting CP
Brodarac	0–2	Manchester United
Nitra	2–3	Feyenoord
Željezničar	1–3	Atlético Madrid
Krasnodar	0–0 (0–3 p)	Real Madrid

Matches

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

18:00

Molde	2–2	Monaco
Gussiås 45+1' T. Svendsen 56'	Report	Byttingsvik 12' (o.g.) Zerkane 50'
Penalties
Østigård Markovic Dahl Mordal	2–4	Alioui Serrano Antonucci Sylla

Aker Stadion, Molde

Attendance: 615^[7]

Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

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6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)

16:00

Internazionale	3–3	Spartak Moscow
Emmers 12' Odgaard 83' Petrunin 86' (o.g.)	Report	Bakayev 29' Proshlyakov 37' Rudenko 88' (pen.)
Penalties
Colidio Pinamonti Emmers Rover	3–1	Mironov Mazurov Lopatin Petrunin

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 4,500^[8]

Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)

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6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)

18:00

Ajax	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report
Penalties
Sierhuis De Wit Jensen Danilo	2–4	N'Soki Güçlü Toufiqui Dina Ebimbe

Sportpark De Toekomst, Ouder-Amstel

Attendance: 1,850^[9]

Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

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7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

18:00

Red Bull Salzburg	5–2	Sporting CP
L. Meisl 14' Sturm 24' Gölles 57' Gorzel 63' Szoboszlai 89'	Report	Leão 18' Baldé 71'

Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim

Attendance: 1,329^[10]

Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)

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7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

18:30

Brodarac	0–2	Manchester United
	Report	Boonen 19' Ivančević 29' (o.g.)

Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 3,000^[11]

Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

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6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)

16:00

Nitra	2–3	Feyenoord
Fábry 32', 43'	Report	Kökçü 20', 71' Burger 90'

Štadión FC ViOn, Zlaté Moravce

Attendance: 2,020^[12]

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

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7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

16:00

Željezničar	1–3	Atlético Madrid
Šehić 9'	Report	Garcés 27', 32' Agüero 68'

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

Attendance: 7,500^[13]

Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)

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7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

17:00

Krasnodar	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report
Penalties
Ignatyev Suleymanov Grigoryan	0–3	Martín Baeza Gómez

Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar

Attendance: 32,510

Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Round of 16

Summary

The round of 16 matches were played on 20 and 21 February 2018.

Home team	Score	Away team
Bayern Munich	2–3	Real Madrid
Manchester City	1–1 (3–2 p)	Internazionale
Atlético Madrid	1–0	Basel
Porto	3–1	Red Bull Salzburg
Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Barcelona
Liverpool	2–0	Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (3–1 p)	Monaco
Chelsea	5–2	Feyenoord

Matches

21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

18:00

Bayern Munich	2–3	Real Madrid
Köhn 21' Fein 54'	Report	Baeza 6' López 38' Alberto 74'

FC Bayern Campus, Munich

Attendance: 0

Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

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20 February 2018 (2018-02-20)

18:00

Manchester City	1–1	Internazionale
L. Nmecha 27' (pen.)	Report	Emmers 12'
Penalties
F. Nmecha Francis Smith Foden L. Nmecha Díaz Touaizi	3–2	Colidio Pinamonti Emmers Rover Zaniolo Lombardoni Bettella

Academy Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 466

Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

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21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

16:00

Atlético Madrid	1–0	Basel
Salido 83'	Report

Estadio Cerro del Espino, Majadahonda

Attendance: 431

Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

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21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

14:00

Porto	3–1	Red Bull Salzburg
Bessa 22' Leite 75' Fidelis 89'	Report	Koïta 68'

CTFD PortoGaia, Vila Nova de Gaia

Attendance: 305

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

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20 February 2018 (2018-02-20)

16:00

Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Barcelona
	Report	Pérez 64'

Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Attendance: 998

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

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21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

16:00

Liverpool	2–0	Manchester United
Woodburn 11' Camacho 78'	Report

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Attendance: 830

Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

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21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

13:45

Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Monaco
Bennetts 50'	Report	Alioui 45'
Penalties
Shashoua Sterling Maghoma Skipp	3–1	Alioui Bongiovanni Antonucci Sylla

Broadhall Way, Stevenage

Attendance: 272

Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

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21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

20:00

Chelsea	5–2	Feyenoord
Ampadu 6' Redan 10' Reith 27' (o.g.) Geertruida 55' (o.g.) St Clair 77'	Report	El Bouchataoui 15' Lewis 82'

Recreation Ground, Aldershot

Attendance: 491

Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Quarter-finals

Summary

The quarter-finals were played on 13 and 14 March 2018.

Home team	Score	Away team
Real Madrid	2–4	Chelsea
Manchester City	1–1 (3–2 p)	Liverpool
Barcelona	2–0	Atlético Madrid
Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Porto

Matches

14 March 2018 (2018-03-14)

16:00

Real Madrid	2–4	Chelsea
Óscar 6' Isma 59'	Report	McCormick 14' Redan 19', 45+2' St Clair 90+5'

Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano, Madrid

Attendance: 1,000^[14]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

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14 March 2018 (2018-03-14)

14:00

Manchester City	1–1	Liverpool
L. Nmecha 40'	Report	Jones 34'
Penalties
F. Nmecha Francis Doyle L. Nmecha	3–2	Lewis Adekanye Jones Masterson Kane

Academy Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 784^[15]

Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

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13 March 2018 (2018-03-13)

18:00

Barcelona	2–0	Atlético Madrid
Marqués 25' Collado 42'	Report

Mini Estadi, Barcelona

Attendance: 1,758^[16]

Referee: Bobby Madley (England)

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13 March 2018 (2018-03-13)

16:00

Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Porto
	Report	Skipp 30' (o.g.) Irala 40'

Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre, London

Attendance: 173^[17]

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Semi-finals

Summary

The semi-finals were played on 20 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.^[2][18]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Manchester City	4–5	Barcelona
Chelsea	2–2 (5–4 p)	Porto

Matches

20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)

17:00

Manchester City	4–5	Barcelona
Latibeaudiere 19' L. Nmecha 24', 85' Matondo 70'	Report	Pérez 10', 42' Collado 23' Puig 31' Marqués 44'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 4,000^[19]

Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

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20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)

13:00

Chelsea	2–2	Porto
Redan 29' Grant 86'	Report	Queirós 40' Mário 80'
Penalties
St Clair Brown McCormick Hudson-Odoi James Chalobah Familio-Castillo	5–4	Estrela Leite Lamba Maleck Pires Queirós Bessa

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 4,000^[20]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Final

The final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.^[2][18]

23 April 2018 (2018-04-23)

17:00

Chelsea	0–3	Barcelona
	Report	Marqués 33', 52' Ruiz 90+2'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)