The 2014–15 UEFA Youth League was the second 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 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.
The final was played on 13 April 2015 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between Shakhtar Donetsk and Chelsea. Chelsea won 3–2 and secured their first title in the competition. Barcelona were the title holders, but were eliminated by Anderlecht in the round of 16.
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1996.
Teams The youth teams of the 32 clubs which participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the competition.
AssociationTeamsShakhtar DonetskAjaxGalatasarayAnderlechtOlympiacosBaselAPOELBATE BorisovMalmö FFLudogorets RazgradMaribor Notes
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows. However, matches in the round of 16 and quarter-finals could be played outside of the scheduled dates.
PhaseRoundDraw dateMatch date(s)Group stageMatchday 128 August 2014(Monaco)16–18 September 2014Matchday 230 September–2 October 2014Matchday 321–23 October 2014Matchday 44–6 November 2014Matchday 525–27 November 2014Matchday 69–11 December 2014Knockout phaseRound of 1615 December 2014(Nyon)17–18 & 24–25 February 2015Quarter-finals10–11 & 17–18 March 2015Semi-finals10 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, NyonFinal13 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon
On 23 September 2014, UEFA announced a change to the schedule of the semi-finals and finals, which were originally due to take place on 24 and 27 April respectively.
Group stage
The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the group compositions being the same as in the draw for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 28 August 2014, 17:45 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 16–18 September, 30 September–2 October, 21–23 October, 4–6 November, 25–27 November, and 9–11 December 2014, with the matches played on the same matchday as the corresponding Champions League matches, but not necessarily on the same day. 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 was played).
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Dominic Solanke Chelsea127652 Aaron Leya Iseka Anderlecht96503 Borja Mayoral Real Madrid75524 Zakaria El Azzouzi Ajax6188 Jerome Sinclair Liverpool6604 Jack Byrne Manchester City66537 Nikos Vergos Olympiacos5408 Leonardo Acevedo Porto5418 Marc Brašnić Bayer Leverkusen5450 Daniel Crowley Arsenal5630 Charlie Colkett Chelsea5889
Top assists RankPlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played1 Andy Kawaya Anderlecht65202 Arxhend Cani Basel5502 Yakou Meïté Paris Saint-Germain5540 João Carvalho Benfica5654 Izzy Brown Chelsea5744 Andreas Christensen Chelsea59007 Renato Sanches Benfica4438 Thierry Ambrose Manchester City4703 Dominic Solanke Chelsea4765 Denys Arendaruk Shakhtar Donetsk4815 Charlie Colkett Chelsea4889 Oleksandr Zubkov Shakhtar Donetsk4897
References
External links
Final tournament: Nyon 2015 Final tournament official programme