2025–26 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

The 2025–26 UEFA Youth League knockout phase will begin on 3 February 2026 with the round of 32 and conclud with the final on 20 April 2026 at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2025–26 UEFA Youth League. The top 22 teams from the UEFA Champions League Path as well as 10 winners of the Domestic Champions Path qualified for the knockout phase.[1]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[1]

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Youth League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Knockout phase Round of 32 12 December 2025 3–4 February 2026
Round of 16 6 February 2026 24–25 February 2026
Quarter-finals — 17–18 March 2026
Semi-finals 17 April 2026 Colovray Stadium, Nyon
Final 20 April 2026 Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Qualified teams

The following 32 teams qualified for the knockout phase.

Qualified teams
UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path

Bracket

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
17 April – Nyon
20 April – Nyon
17 April – Nyon

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 12 December 2025.[2]

Seeding

In the draw, the top 6 teams from the UEFA Champions League Path were seeded and paired against the teams finished in 17th to 22nd place, while the 10 Domestic Champions Path winners were seeded and paired against teams ranked 7th to 16th. The seeded teams will play the matches at home. In the draw, teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. To create the ties, teams finishing 1st to 16th in the UEFA Champions League Path were automatically allocated to the tie corresponding to their position in the final standings, with their unseeded (pairings 1 to 6) or seeded (pairings 7 to 16) opponents then drawn.[3][4]

Draw pots
Pairings 1 to 6 Pairings 7 to 16
Seeded Unseeded (Bowl 1) Seeded (Bowl 2) Unseeded

Summary

The matches will be played on 3 and 4 February 2026.

Round of 32
Home teamScoreAway team
Chelsea 3 Feb PSV Eindhoven
Benfica 4 Feb Slavia Prague
Club Brugge 3 Feb Monaco
Real Madrid 3 Feb Marseille
Villarreal 4 Feb Bayer Leverkusen
Athletic Bilbao 3 Feb Eintracht Frankfurt
Dynamo Kyiv 3–4 Feb Atlético Madrid
Maccabi Haifa 4 Feb Barcelona
Real Betis 4 Feb Tottenham Hotspur
HJK 4 Feb Manchester City
AZ 3 Feb Borussia Dortmund
Puskás Akadémia 4 Feb Sporting CP
Paris Saint-Germain 4 Feb Dinamo Minsk
1. FC Köln 4 Feb Inter Milan
Legia Warsaw 4 Feb Ajax
Žilina 3 Feb Liverpool

Matches

Chelsea v PSV Eindhoven
Report[5]
Benfica v Slavia Prague
Report[6]
Club Brugge v Monaco
Report[7]
The NEST, Roeselare
Real Madrid v Marseille
Report[8]
Villarreal v Bayer Leverkusen
Report[9]
Mini Estadi de la Ciudad Deportiva del Villarreal, Villarreal
Athletic Bilbao v Eintracht Frankfurt
Report[10]
LEZAMA CAMPO 2, Lezama
Dynamo Kyiv v Atlético Madrid
Maccabi Haifa v Barcelona
Report[13]
Gyirmóti Stadion, Győr, Hungary[note 3]
Real Betis v Tottenham Hotspur
Report[14]
HJK v Manchester City
Report[15]
Helsinki Football Stadium, Helsinki
AZ v Borussia Dortmund
Report[16]
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
Puskás Akadémia v Sporting CP
Report[17]
Paris Saint-Germain v Dinamo Minsk
Report[18]
PSG Campus, Poissy
1. FC Köln v Inter Milan
Report[19]
Franz-Kremer-Stadion, Cologne
Legia Warsaw v Ajax
Report[20]
The Marshall Józef Piłsudski's Municipal Stadium of Legia Warsaw, Warsaw
Žilina v Liverpool
Report[21]
Štadión MŠK Žilina, Žilina

Round of 16

Summary

Round of 16
Home teamScoreAway team
24–25 Feb
24–25 Feb
24–25 Feb
24–25 Feb
24–25 Feb
24–25 Feb
24–25 Feb
24–25 Feb

Matches

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v
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v
v
v

Quarter-finals

Summary

Quarter-finals
Home teamScoreAway team
17–18 Mar
17–18 Mar
17–18 Mar
17–18 Mar

Matches

v
v
v
v

Semi-finals

Summary

Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
17 Apr
17 Apr

Matches

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Final

The final will be played on 20 April 2026 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.

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Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 28 March 2026 (round of 32 and round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[11]
  3. ^ Due to the Gaza war, Israeli teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "2025/26 UEFA Youth League dates, format". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 April 2025.
  2. ^ "UEFA Youth League round of 32 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League: 2025/26". UEFA. 27 June 2025. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. ^ "UEFA Youth League: Draw ceremony, Round of 32" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Chelsea vs PSV Eindhoven". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Benfica vs Slavia Prague". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Club Brugge vs Monaco". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Real Madrid vs Marseille". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Villarreal vs Bayer Leverkusen". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Athletic Bilbao vs Eintracht Frankfurt". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  12. ^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Maccabi Haifa vs Barcelona". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Real Betis vs Tottenham Hotspur". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  15. ^ "HJK vs Manchester City". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  16. ^ "AZ vs Borussia Dortmund". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Puskás Akadémia vs Sporting CP". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  18. ^ "Paris Saint-Germain vs Dinamo Minsk". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  19. ^ "1. FC Köln vs Inter Milan". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  20. ^ "Legia Warsaw vs Ajax". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  21. ^ "Žilina vs Liverpool". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
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