# 2014–15 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

The 2014–15 UEFA Youth League knockout phase began on 27 January with the round of 16 and concluded with the final on 13 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League.
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA.

## Qualified teams

| Group | Winners (seeded in round of 16 draw) | Runners-up (unseeded in round of 16 draw) |
| A | Atlético Madrid | Olympiacos |
| B | Real Madrid | Liverpool |
| C | Benfica | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| D | Anderlecht | Arsenal |
| E | Manchester City | Roma |
| F | Ajax | Barcelona |
| G | Chelsea | Schalke 04 |
| H | Shakhtar Donetsk | Porto |

## Format

Each tie in the knockout phase was played as a single match. If the score was level at the end of normal time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (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).

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows.
| Round | Draw date | Match date(s) |
| Round of 16 | 15 December 2014 | 17–18 & 24–25 February 2015 |
| Quarter-finals | 15 December 2014 | 10–11 & 17–18 March 2015 |
| Semi-finals | 15 December 2014 | 10 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon |
| Final | 15 December 2014 | 13 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon |

## 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
### Summary

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 |

### Matches
## Quarter-finals
### Summary

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 |

### Matches
## Semi-finals
### Summary

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 |

### Matches
## Final

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