The 2013–14 UEFA Youth League was the first season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. It was contested by the under-19 youth teams of the 32 clubs qualified for the group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League.
The final was played on 14 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between Benfica and Barcelona. Barcelona won 3–0 and became the first team to lift the Lennart Johansson Trophy, named after UEFA's honorary president.
Players had to be born on or after 1 January 1995.
Teams The youth teams of the 32 clubs which participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the competition.
AssociationTeamsAjaxShakhtar DonetskOlympiacosGalatasarayAnderlechtCopenhagenBaselAustria WienCelticViktoria PlzeňSteaua București
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows.
PhaseRoundDraw dateMatch date(s)Group stageMatchday 129 August 2013(Monaco)17–18 September 2013Matchday 21–2 October 2013Matchday 322–23 October 2013Matchday 45–6 November 2013Matchday 526–27 November 2013Matchday 610–11 December 2013Knockout phaseRound of 1616 December 2013(Nyon)18–19 & 25–26 February 2014Quarter-finals11–12 & 18–19 March 2014Semi-finals11 April 2014Final14 April 2014
Group stage
The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the group compositions determined by the draw for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held in Monaco on 29 August 2013. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2013, with the matches played on the same matchday as the corresponding Champions League matches (though not necessarily on the same day, and some matches were played on Mondays and Thursdays). The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over one match. If scores were level after full-time, the match was decided by penalty shoot-out (no extra time).
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Munir Barcelona117042 Devante Cole Manchester City6578 John Swift Chelsea6630 Rochinha Benfica67325 Florian Pick Schalke 045503 Gennaro Tutino Napoli5520 Juanjo Narváez Real Madrid5523 Marcos Lopes Manchester City5530 James Wilson Manchester United5540 Svyatoslav Georgievskiy CSKA Moscow5553 Alex Kiwomya Chelsea5695 Lewis Baker Chelsea5720
Top assists RankPlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played1 Munir Barcelona5704 Rochinha Benfica57323 Lionel Enguene Barcelona4826
References
External links 2013–14 UEFA Youth League Final tournament: Nyon 2014