The 2023–24 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path began on 3 October 2023 and ended on 3 December 2023. 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 2023–24 UEFA Youth League.

Times listed here by CEST/CET.

Draw The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2023 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 5 September 2023, 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 advanced to the play-offs

+Group 1Team Nantes Rukh Lviv Sparta Prague Pafos Maccabi Haifa Lech Poznań Žilina Sarajevo+Group 2Team Famalicão AZ Hamilton Academical Molde Midtjylland Malmö FF Klaipėda HJK+Group 3Team Lecce Partizan Olympiacos Ludogorets Razgrad Universitatea Craiova Turan Dinamo Minsk Sheriff Tiraspol+Group 4Team Mainz 05 Gent Basel Dinamo Zagreb İstanbul Başakşehir Gabala Puskás Akadémia Maribor

Format In the Domestic Champions Path, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, as the away goals rule had been scrapped, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out with no extra time played.

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

First round Summary

The first legs were played on 3 and 4 October and the second legs were played on 8, 24, and 25 October 2023.

Matches

1–1 on aggregate; Nantes won 4–2 on penalties.

Žilina won 6–0 on aggregate.

Rukh Lviv won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won on walkover as Maccabi Haifa withdrew.

AZ won 14–0 on aggregate.

HJK won 5–3 on aggregate.

Molde won 5–4 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; Midtjylland won 7–6 on penalties.

Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–0 on aggregate.

Partizan won 5–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos won 6–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Minsk won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mainz 05 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Basel won 3–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.

Gabala won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round Summary The first legs were played on 7, 8, and 29 November and the second legs were played on 22, 28, 29 November, and 3 December 2023.

Matches

Midtjylland won 4–1 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate; Nantes won 4–3 on penalties.

AZ won 6–3 on aggregate.

6–6 on aggregate; Žilina won 4–2 on penalties.

Basel won 2–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos won 7–0 on aggregate.

Mainz 05 won 3–2 on aggregate.

Partizan won 5–4 on aggregate.

Notes

References

External links

UEFA Youth League Matches: 2023–24, UEFA.com