# 2014–15 UEFA Youth League

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.
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.

## Teams

The youth teams of the 32 clubs which participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the competition.
| Association | Teams |
| Spain | Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Barcelona Athletic Bilbao |
| England | Manchester City Liverpool Chelsea Arsenal |
| Germany | Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen |
| Italy | Juventus Roma |
| Portugal | Benfica Sporting CP Porto |
| France | Paris Saint-Germain Monaco |
| Ukraine | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Russia | CSKA Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| Netherlands | Ajax |
| Turkey | Galatasaray |
| Belgium | Anderlecht |
| Greece | Olympiacos |
| Switzerland | Basel |
| Cyprus | APOEL |
| Belarus | BATE Borisov |
| Sweden | Malmö FF |
| Bulgaria | Ludogorets Razgrad |
| Slovenia | Maribor |

### Notes

* $^{TH}$ Title holders

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows. 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 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 28 August 2014 (Monaco) | 30 September–2 October 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 28 August 2014 (Monaco) | 21–23 October 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 28 August 2014 (Monaco) | 4–6 November 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 28 August 2014 (Monaco) | 25–27 November 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 28 August 2014 (Monaco) | 9–11 December 2014 |
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 15 December 2014 (Nyon) | 17–18 & 24–25 February 2015 |
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 15 December 2014 (Nyon) | 10–11 & 17–18 March 2015 |
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 15 December 2014 (Nyon) | 10 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon |
| Knockout phase | Final | 15 December 2014 (Nyon) | 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.

## Group stage

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.
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

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

### Group B

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

### Group C

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

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AND | ARS | GAL | DOR |
| 1 | Anderlecht | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | — |
* ↑ 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.

### Group E

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

### Group F

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

### Group G

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

### Group H

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

## 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). 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 15 December 2014, 14:00 CET, at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. 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. 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 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Anderlecht | Anderlecht | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | 0 | Anderlecht | Anderlecht | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Porto | Porto | 0 | | | | | | |
| Real Madrid | Real Madrid | 1 (1) | Porto | Porto | 0 | | | | | | |
| Real Madrid | Real Madrid | 1 (1) | | | | 10 April – Nyon | 10 April – Nyon | 10 April – Nyon | | | |
| Porto (p) | Porto (p) | 1 (3) | | | | 10 April – Nyon | 10 April – Nyon | 10 April – Nyon | | | |
| Porto (p) | Porto (p) | 1 (3) | | | | Anderlecht | Anderlecht | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | | | |
| Benfica | Benfica | 2 | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | | | |
| Liverpool | Liverpool | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool | Liverpool | 1 | Benfica | Benfica | 1 (4) | | | | | | |
| | | | Shakhtar Donetsk (p) | Shakhtar Donetsk (p) | 1 (5) | | | | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk (p) | Shakhtar Donetsk (p) | 1 (5) | Shakhtar Donetsk (p) | Shakhtar Donetsk (p) | 1 (5) | | | | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk (p) | Shakhtar Donetsk (p) | 1 (5) | | | | | | | 13 April – Nyon | 13 April – Nyon | 13 April – Nyon |
| Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 1 (4) | | | | | | | 13 April – Nyon | 13 April – Nyon | 13 April – Nyon |
| Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 1 (4) | | | | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | Chelsea | Chelsea | 3 |
| Ajax | Ajax | 0 (5) | | | | | | | Chelsea | Chelsea | 3 |
| Roma (p) | Roma (p) | 0 (6) | | | | | | | | | |
| Roma (p) | Roma (p) | 0 (6) | Roma | Roma | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Manchester City | Manchester City | 1 | | | | | | |
| Manchester City (p) | Manchester City (p) | 1 (3) | Manchester City | Manchester City | 1 | | | | | | |
| Manchester City (p) | Manchester City (p) | 1 (3) | | | | 10 April – Nyon | 10 April – Nyon | 10 April – Nyon | | | |
| Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | 1 (1) | | | | 10 April – Nyon | 10 April – Nyon | 10 April – Nyon | | | |
| Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | 1 (1) | | | | Roma | Roma | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Chelsea | 4 | |
| Chelsea | Chelsea | 3 | | | | Chelsea | 4 | |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | Chelsea | Chelsea | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | Atlético Madrid | Atlético Madrid | 0 | | | | | |
| Atlético Madrid | Atlético Madrid | 1 | Atlético Madrid | Atlético Madrid | 0 | | | | | |
| Arsenal | Arsenal | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

The round of 16 matches were played on 27 January, 17, 23, 24 and 25 February 2015.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | Arsenal |
| Real Madrid | 1–1 (1–3 p) | Porto |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Olympiacos |
| Anderlecht | 1–0 | Barcelona |
| Benfica | 2–1 | Liverpool |
| Manchester City | 1–1 (3–1 p) | Schalke 04 |
| Ajax | 0–0 (5–6 p) | Roma |
| Chelsea | 3–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |

### Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 10, 17 and 18 March 2015.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Chelsea | 2–0 | Atlético Madrid |
| Benfica | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Roma | 2–1 | Manchester City |
| Anderlecht | 5–0 | Porto |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 10 April 2015 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Anderlecht | 1–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Roma | 0–4 | Chelsea |

### Final

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

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
| 1 | Dominic Solanke | Chelsea | 12 | 765 |
| 2 | Aaron Leya Iseka | Anderlecht | 9 | 650 |
| 3 | Borja Mayoral | Real Madrid | 7 | 552 |
| 4 | Zakaria El Azzouzi | Ajax | 6 | 188 |
| 4 | Jerome Sinclair | Liverpool | 6 | 604 |
| 4 | Jack Byrne | Manchester City | 6 | 653 |
| 7 | Nikos Vergos | Olympiacos | 5 | 408 |
| 7 | Leonardo Acevedo | Porto | 5 | 418 |
| 7 | Marc Brašnić | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | 450 |
| 7 | Daniel Crowley | Arsenal | 5 | 630 |
| 7 | Charlie Colkett | Chelsea | 5 | 889 |
Source: UEFA.com

### Top assists

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