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. 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. Players had to be born on or after 1 January 1995. == Teams == The youth teams of the 32 clubs which participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the competition. == Round and draw dates == The schedule of the competition was as follows. == Group stage == 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. 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 === === Group B === === Group C === === Group D === === Group E === === Group F === === Group G === === Group H === == 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). 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 === The draw for the knockout phase was held on 16 December 2013. === Round of 16 === The round of 16 matches were played on 18, 25 and 26 February 2014. === Quarter-finals === The quarter-final matches were played on 11, 16 and 18 March 2014. === Semi-finals === The semi-finals were played on 11 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland. === Final === The final was played on 14 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland. == Statistics == == References == == External links == 2013–14 UEFA Youth League Final tournament: Nyon 2014