2020 UEFA Youth League Final

The 2020 UEFA Youth League Final was the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League, the 7th season of the tournament. It was originally going to be played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland on 20 April 2020, but on 18 March 2020, it was officially postponed, and was rescheduled to 25 August 2020. The match was played between Portuguese side Benfica and Spanish side Real Madrid.

2020 UEFA Youth League Final
Event2019–20 UEFA Youth League
Benfica Real Madrid
2 3
Date25 August 2020 (2020-08-25)
VenueColovray Stadium, Nyon
RefereeChris Kavanagh (England)
Attendance0

Teams
Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Benfica 2 (2014, 2017)
Real Madrid 0 (debut)

Venue

The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the final.

Road to the final
Further information: 2019–20 UEFA Youth League

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

Benfica Round Real Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
RB Leipzig 2–1 (H) Matchday 1 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 (A)
Zenit Saint Petersburg 7–1 (A) Matchday 2 Club Brugge 3–0 (H)
Lyon 0–2 (H) Matchday 3 Galatasaray 1–0 (A)
Lyon 3–2 (A) Matchday 4 Galatasaray 2–4 (H)
RB Leipzig 3–0 (A) Matchday 5 Paris Saint-Germain 6–3 (H)
Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–0 (H) Matchday 6 Club Brugge 2–2 (A)
Group G winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Benfica 6 15
2 Lyon 6 12
3 RB Leipzig 6 4
4 Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 4
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group A winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Real Madrid 6 13
2 Club Brugge 6 10
3 Paris Saint-Germain 6 6
4 Galatasaray 6 6
Source: UEFA
Opponent Result Knockout phase Opponent Result
Liverpool 4–1 (H) Round of 16 Juventus 3–1 (N)
Dinamo Zagreb 4–2 (N) Quarter-finals Inter Milan 3–0 (N)
Ajax 3–0 (N) Semi-finals Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 (N)

Match

Details
Benfica 2–3 Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Benfica
Real Madrid
GK1 Leo Kokubo  75'
RB2 Filipe Cruz  46'
CB4 Morato
CB3 Tomás Araújo
LB5 João Ferreira
CM10 Tiago Dantas (c)
DM6 Henrique Jocú  46'
CM8 Henrique Araújo
RF11 Tiago Araújo  90+1'
CF9 Gonçalo Ramos
LF7 Úmaro Embaló  62'  63'
Substitutes:
GK12 Samuel Soares
DF14 Adrian Bajrami
DF13 Fábio Baptista
MF15 Rafael Brito  88'  46'
MF17 Ronaldo Camará  46'
MF16 Martim Neto  90+1'
FW18 Luís Lopes  63'
Manager:
Luís Castro[2]
GK25 Luis López
RB2 Sergio Santos
CB4 Pablo Ramón  22'
CB5 Victor Chust (c)
LB3 Miguel Gutiérrez  66'
DM6 Antonio Blanco  45+3'
RM8 Carlos Dotor  73'
CM22 Sergio Arribas  76'
CM23 Iván Morante  73'
LM7 Marvin Park  65'
CF26 Pablo Rodríguez  30'
Substitutes:
GK1 Toni Fuidias
DF12 Álvaro Carrillo  90+1'  66'
MF14 Xavi Sintes  65'
MF20 Óscar Aranda  73'
MF27 Peter González  73'
MF11 Jordi Martín  30'
FW18 Isra Salazar
Manager:
Raúl

Assistant referees:
Daniel Cook (England)
Sian Massey-Ellis (England)
Fourth official:
David Coote (England)

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 five may be used, with an extra substitute allowed in extra time

Notes
  1. The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Luís Castro: «Fomos uma equipa à Benfica». maisfutebol.iol.pt. 25 August 2020
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