2015–16 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

The 2015–16 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path were played from 29 September to 6 December 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Times up to 24 October 2015 (first round) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (second round) times were CET (UTC+1).

Draw

The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2014 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path.[2] Associations without a youth domestic champion as well as domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path were replaced by the next association in the UEFA ranking.[3][4]

The 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 1 September 2015, 13:45 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5][6] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into four groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.[7]

  • In the first round, teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
  • In the second round, the winners from Group 1 were drawn against the winners from Group 2, and the winners from Group 3 were drawn against the winners from Group 4, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Key to colours
Second round winners advanced to the play-offs
Group 1
Team
Villarreal
Torino
Servette
APOEL
Rad
Puskás Akadémia
Domžale
Senica
Group 2
Team
Middlesbrough
Stade de Reims
Anderlecht
Celtic
Elfsborg
Brann
HJK
Stjarnan
Group 3
Team
Schalke 04
Ajax
Red Bull Salzburg
Příbram
Midtjylland
Zimbru Chișinău
Saburtalo Tbilisi
Željezničar
Group 4
Team
Spartak Moscow
Beşiktaş
Viitorul Constanța
Legia Warsaw
Minsk
Litex Lovech
Ravan Baku
Aktobe

Format

In the Domestic Champions Path, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

The eight second round winners advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.

First round

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 September, and the second legs were played on 7, 14, 20 and 21 October 2015.[2]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Villarreal 4–4 (a) Servette 2–3 2–1
APOEL 4–9 Puskás Akadémia 3–3 1–6
Senica 1–2 Torino 0–0 1–2
Rad 1–1 (3–2 p) Domžale 0–1 1–0
Stade de Reims 5–6 Middlesbrough 5–3 0–3
Elfsborg 2–1 Stjarnan 2–0 0–1
Brann 1–6 Anderlecht 1–1 0–5
HJK 1–6 Celtic 0–5 1–1
Schalke 04 2–5 Ajax 2–3 0–2
Příbram 4–1 Zimbru Chișinău 2–0 2–1
Red Bull Salzburg 5–2 Željezničar 4–0 1–2
Midtjylland 5–2[A] Saburtalo Tbilisi 3–1 2–1
Aktobe 0–6 Beşiktaş 0–2 0–4
Spartak Moscow 4–0 Ravan Baku 4–0 0–0
Minsk 3–7 Viitorul Constanța 2–2 1–5
Litex Lovech 2–5 Legia Warsaw 1–2 1–3
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Villarreal 2–3 Servette
Moreno  48'
Vega  90+2'		 Report Guillemenot  44', 51'
Caslei  49'
Referee: Fabio Verssimo (Portugal)
Servette 1–2 Villarreal
Correia  90' Report Poveda  56'
Guerra  85'
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

4–4 on aggregate. Servette won on away goals.

APOEL 3–3 Puskás Akadémia
Christodoulou  27'
C. Charalambous  52'
D. Charalambous  58' (pen.)		 Report Óvári  6', 45'
Szabó  70'
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)
Puskás Akadémia 6–1 APOEL
Damásdi  20', 89'
Péter  37', 73'
Szabó  53' (pen.)
Óvári  78' (pen.)		 Report Christodoulou  15'

Puskás Akadémia won 9–4 on aggregate.

Senica 0–0 Torino
Report
Torino 2–1 Senica
Edera  40', 90+2' Report Kosorin  38'
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

Torino won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rad 0–1 Domžale
Report Petrić  38'
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Domžale 0–1 Rad
Report Lutovac  52'
Penalties
Žužek
Repas
Bizilj
Sredojevič
Kene 		2–3 Bainović
Mi. Stojanović
Lutovac
L. Petrović
Pavić
Referee: Andreas Pappas (Greece)

1–1 on aggregate. Rad won 3–2 on penalties.

Stade de Reims 5–3 Middlesbrough
Oudin  3' (pen.), 58'
Jung  13'
Marques  60'
Sylla  62'		 Report Curry  58'
Cooke  69', 76' (pen.)
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
Middlesbrough 3–0 Stade de Reims
Cooke  75'
Mondal  79'
Chapman  90+5' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

Middlesbrough won 6–5 on aggregate.

Elfsborg 2–0 Stjarnan
Kabashi  14', 62' (pen.) Report
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Stjarnan 1–0 Elfsborg
Rosberg  2' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

Elfsborg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Brann 1–1 Anderlecht
Brazy  90+2' Report Petit  51'
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
Anderlecht 5–0 Brann
Lukebakio  31'
Vancamp  40', 82'
Azevedo-Janelas  59'
Bourard  90+2'		 Report
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Anderlecht won 6–1 on aggregate.

HJK 0–5 Celtic
Report Hendry  32'
Nesbitt  35', 53', 66'
Miller  37'
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)
Celtic 1–1 HJK
Nesbitt  61' Report Ulmanen  86'
Referee: Mervyn Smyth (Northern Ireland)

Celtic won 6–1 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 2–3 Ajax
Reese  45+1'
Bakboord  65' (o.g.)		 Report Nouri  7'
De Ligt  34'
Černý  54'
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
Ajax 2–0 Schalke 04
Dolberg  40', 62' Report

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

Příbram 2–0 Zimbru Chișinău
Chaluš  11'
Januška  81'		 Report
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
Zimbru Chișinău 1–2 Příbram
Damașcan  48' (pen.) Report Januška  27' (pen.), 82'
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Příbram won 4–1 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Željezničar
Oberlin  19'
Raischl  26'
Hödl  67'
Grabovac  75'		 Report
Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)
Željezničar 2–1 Red Bull Salzburg
Mujagić  7'
Hajdarević  27'		 Report Hödl  82'
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Midtjylland 3–1 Saburtalo Tbilisi
Sterring  23'
Gemmer  41'
Nissen  84'		 Report Gemmer  50' (o.g.)
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–2 Midtjylland
Kharaishvili  62' Report Nissen  39'
Anderson  53'
Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

Midtjylland won 5–2 on aggregate.

Aktobe 0–2 Beşiktaş
Report Aksoy  43'
Taşkaya  73'
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Beşiktaş 4–0 Aktobe
Durmuş  36'
Taşkaya  62'
Küçükköylü  63'
Başaran  85'		 Report
Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadyumu, Istanbul
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Beşiktaş won 6–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow 4–0 Ravan Baku
Panteleyev  53', 79'
Melkadze  61'
Bakaev  81'		 Report
Spartak Academy (Pitch 4), Moscow
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)
Ravan Baku 0–0 Spartak Moscow
Report
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.

Minsk 2–2 Viitorul Constanța
Bessmertny  6'
Bakhar  18'		 Report Marin  25' (pen.)
Ciobanu  67'
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
Viitorul Constanța 5–1 Minsk
Marin  54' (pen.), 86'
Grecu  61'
Coman  62'
Ene  69'		 Report Gromyko  29'
Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)

Viitorul Constanța won 7–3 on aggregate.

Litex Lovech 1–2 Legia Warsaw
Yordanov  52' Report Ryczkowski  9'
Karbowy  84' (pen.)
Lovech Stadium, Lovech
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Legia Warsaw 3–1 Litex Lovech
Karbowy  45+2' (pen.)
Najemski  53'
Bartczak  57'		 Report Despodov  63' (pen.)
Stadion Miejski, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

Legia Warsaw won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

The first legs were played on 4, 5 November and 2 December, and the second legs were played on 24, 25 November and 6 December 2015.[2]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Puskás Akadémia 1–3 Celtic 1–0 0–3
Rad 0–1 Elfsborg 0–1 0–0
Servette 3–4 Anderlecht 1–2 2–2
Middlesbrough 6–3 Torino 3–0 3–3
Spartak Moscow 1–5 Ajax 0–3 1–2
Beşiktaş 2–5 Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 1–5
Midtjylland 5–1 Legia Warsaw 2–0 3–1
Příbram 2–0 Viitorul Constanța 2–0 0–0
Puskás Akadémia 1–0 Celtic
Damásdi  90' Report
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Celtic 3−0 Puskás Akadémia
Archibald  29'
Miller  38', 84'		 Report
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

Celtic won 3−1 on aggregate.

Rad 0–1 Elfsborg
Report Iglicar Berntsson  62'
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyy (Ukraine)
Elfsborg 0–0 Rad
Report
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Servette 1–2 Anderlecht
Caslei  53' Report de Medina  49'
Lukebakio  56'
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Anderlecht 2–2 Servette
Bourard  44'
Vancamp  58'		 Report Guillemenot  31', 34'
Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)

Anderlecht won 4−3 on aggregate. Anderlecht's home match against Servette was originally scheduled for 24 November 2015, 19:30, at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, but was postponed due to the security threats around Brussels in the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks.[8] It was rescheduled for 6 December 2015, 14:00, at the Van Roy Stadium, Denderleeuw, after Servette's home match (initially the first leg with order of legs reversed after original draw) was played on 2 December 2015.[9]

Middlesbrough 3–0 Torino
Mondal  77'
Coulson  84'
Chapman  87'		 Report
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Torino 3–3 Middlesbrough
Candellone  60'
Edera  63'
Mantovani  68'		 Report Chapman  67'
Pattison  87'
Mondal  90+3'
Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)

Middlesbrough won 6–3 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow 0–3 Ajax
Report El Azzouzi  44' (pen.)
Dolberg  49'
Walian  70'
Spartak Academy (Pitch 4), Moscow
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
Ajax 2–1 Spartak Moscow
Nouri  26'
Sierhuis  53'		 Report Lomovitskiy  67'
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

Ajax won 5−1 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş 1–0 Red Bull Salzburg
Başaran  69' Report
Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadyumu, Istanbul
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Red Bull Salzburg 5–1 Beşiktaş
Oberlin  13', 74', 77'
Upamecano  59'
Schlager  66'		 Report Afkan  36'
Referee: Sandor Szabo (Hungary)

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Midtjylland 2–0 Legia Warsaw
Olsen  63'
Rutikanga  90+3' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Legia Warsaw 1–3 Midtjylland
Nawotka  73' (pen.) Report Rutikanga  12', 62' (pen.)
Thychosen  66'
Stadion Miejski, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

Midtjylland won 5–1 on aggregate.

Příbram 2–0 Viitorul Constanța
Šrain  33'
Hlavatý  72'		 Report
Viitorul Constanța 0–0 Příbram
Report
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Příbram won 2–0 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  2. "UEFA Youth League entrants confirmed". UEFA.com. 27 August 2015.
  3. "Country coefficients 2013/14". UEFA.com.
  4. "UEFA Country Ranking 2014". Bert Kassies.
  5. "Draws — Domestic champions path". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. "Youth League: Domestic Champions path draw". UEFA.com. 1 September 2015.
  7. "UEFA Youth League domestic path draw details". UEFA.com. 1 September 2015.
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