The 2022–23 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path began on 12 September and ended on 2 November 2022. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide eight of the 24 places in the knockout phase (play-offs and the round of 16 onwards) of the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League.

Times listed here by CEST/CET.

Draw The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path. If there was a vacancy (associations with no youth domestic competition, as well as youth domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path), it was first filled by the title holders if they have not yet qualified, and then by the youth domestic champions of the next association in the UEFA ranking.

For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw for both the first round and second round was held on 31 August 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.

In the first round, the 32 teams were split into four groups. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw. In the second round, the 16 winners of the first round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were split into two groups: Group A contained the winners from Groups 1 and 2, while Group B contained the winners from Groups 3 and 4. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.

Key to coloursSecond round winners advance to the play-offs

+Group 1Team Nantes Genk Omonia Red Star Belgrade Slavia Prague Young Boys Domžale Pyunik+Group 2Team AZ Hibernian Molde AIK Racing Union Shamrock Rovers Pobeda Coleraine+Group 3Team Rukh Lviv Hajduk Split Gabala MTK Budapest Zagłębie Lubin Trenčín Žalgiris Jelgava+Group 4Team Galatasaray Panathinaikos Ashdod Slavia Sofia Astana Borac Banja Luka Apolonia

Format In the Domestic Champions Path, each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, as the away goals rule has been scrapped early this season, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out with no extra time played.

The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.

First round Summary

The first legs were played on 12–28 September and the second legs were played on 4–12 October 2022.

Matches

Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.

Young Boys won 5–2 on aggregate.

Genk won 5–4 on aggregate.

Nantes won 5–0 on aggregate.

AZ won 6–1 on aggregate.

AIK won 8–2 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; Hibernian won 5–4 on penalties.

Coleraine won 5–4 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest won 4–0 on aggregate.

Trenčín won 5–2 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split won 5–1 on aggregate.

Rukh Lviv won 1–0 on aggregate.

Ashdod won 5–0 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos won 10–2 on aggregate.

Apolonia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second round Summary The first legs were played on 25–26 October and the second legs were played on 1–2 November 2022.

Matches

3–3 on aggregate; AZ won 4–3 on penalties.

Hibernian won 3–1 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Young Boys won 9–8 on penalties.

Genk won 10–1 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos won 6–3 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split won 6–1 on aggregate.

Rukh Lviv won 6–2 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

References

External links

UEFA Youth League Matches: 2022–23, UEFA.com