2018 UEFA Youth League Final

The 2018 UEFA Youth League Final was the final match of the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League, the 5th season of the tournament. It was played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland on 23 April 2018, between English side Chelsea and Spanish side Barcelona.[1]

2018 UEFA Youth League Final
Event2017–18 UEFA Youth League
Chelsea Barcelona
0 3
Date23 April 2018 (2018-04-23)
VenueColovray Stadium, Nyon
RefereeAndreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Attendance7,200

Teams
Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Chelsea 2 (2015, 2016)
Barcelona 1 (2014)

Venue

The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the final.

Road to the final
Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Chelsea Round Barcelona
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Qarabag 5–0 (H) Matchday 1 Juventus 1–0 (H)
Atlético Madrid 3–1 (A) Matchday 2 Sporting CP 1–0 (A)
Roma 0–2 (H) Matchday 3 Olympiacos 5–0 (H)
Roma 2–1 (A) Matchday 4 Olympiacos 3–0 (A)
Qarabag 3–1 (A) Matchday 5 Juventus 1–0 (A)
Atlético Madrid 4–2 (H) Matchday 6 Sporting CP 1–1 (H)
Group C winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Chelsea 6 15
2 Atlético Madrid 6 9
3 Roma 6 9
4 Qarabağ 6 3
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group D winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Barcelona 6 16
2 Sporting CP 6 9
3 Olympiacos 6 5
4 Juventus 6 3
Source: UEFA
Opponent Result Knockout phase Opponent Result
Feyenoord 5–2 (H) Round of 16 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 (A)
Real Madrid 4–2 (A) Quarter-finals Atlético Madrid 2–0 (H)
Porto 2–2 (5-4pens.) (H) Semi-finals Manchester City 5–4 (A)

Match

Details
Chelsea 0–3 Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 7,200
Chelsea
Barcelona
GK1 Jamie Cumming
RB2 Reece James  42'
CB5 Josh Grant (c)
CB4 Marc Guehi  58'
CB3 Dujon Sterling  29'
LB11 Juan Familia-Castillo
DM6 Jacob Maddox  73'
DM8 Luke McCormick
RM10 Callum Hudson-Odoi
LM7 Harvey St Clair
CF9 Daishawn Redan  67'
Substitutes:
GK13 Marcin Bulka
DF14 Joseph Colley
DF18 Tariq Lamptey  73'
MF12 Conor Gallagher
MF15 George McEachran
MF17 Tariq Uwakwe
FW16 Charlie Brown  67'
Manager:
Joe Edwards
GK1 Iñaki Peña  82'
RB22 Mateu Morey  90+1'
CB3 Óscar Mingueza (c)  35'
CB4 Chumi
LB19 Juan Miranda  87'
CM6 Jandro Orellana  60'  74'
AM10 Álex Collado
AM14 Riqui Puig  90+3'
RF11 Carles Pérez
CF9 Alejandro Marqués  80'
LF9 Abel Ruiz  82'
Substitutes:
GK13 Lazar Carevic
DF12 Arnau Comas
DF2 Guillem Jaime  90+3'
DF7 Dani Morer  74'
DF15 Roman Tugarinov
DF5 Martí Vilà  80'
FW20 Nils Mortimer
Manager:
Francisco Javier García Pimienta

Assistant referees:
Mehmet Culum (Sweden)
Stefan Hallberg (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

See also

References
  1. https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/news/0253-0d0481a0b889-09d8cefdb243-1000--uefa-youth-league-all-you-need-to-know-about-nyon-2018/?referrer=%2Fuefayouthleague%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D2472863&rss=2472863%20UEFA%20Youth%20League%3A%20all%20you%20need%20to%20know%20about%20Nyon%202018
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