2025–26 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

The 2025–26 UEFA Youth League knockout phase began on 3 February 2026 with the round of 32 and will conclude with the final on 20 April 2026 at Stade de la Tuilière in Lausanne, 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][2]

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 Match dates
Knockout phase Round of 32 12 December 2025 3–4 February 2026
Round of 16 6 February 2026 24–25 February 2026
Quarter-finals N/a 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 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Inter Milan 5
Real Betis3
Inter Milan 2
Benfica3
Benfica 6
17 April – Nyon
AZ2
Benfica
Club Brugge
Atlético Madrid (p) 1 (5)
Maccabi Haifa1 (3)
Atlético Madrid 0
Club Brugge4
Žilina 0
20 April – Nyon
Club Brugge1
Real Madrid 1
Chelsea0
Real Madrid 2
Sporting CP1
Eintracht Frankfurt 0
17 April – Nyon
Sporting CP1
Real Madrid
Paris Saint-Germain
Villarreal 2
Legia Warsaw1
Villarreal 0
Paris Saint-Germain1
Paris Saint-Germain 6
HJK1

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 12 December 2025.[3]

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.[4][5]

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

Summary

The matches were played on 3 and 4 February 2026.

Round of 32
Home teamScoreAway team
Chelsea 1–1 (7–6 p) PSV Eindhoven
Benfica 3–2 Slavia Prague
Club Brugge 3–2 Monaco
Real Madrid 5–2 Marseille
Villarreal 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen
Athletic Bilbao 2–2 (3–4 p) Eintracht Frankfurt
Dynamo Kyiv 2–6 Atlético Madrid
Maccabi Haifa 2–2 (3–1 p) Barcelona
Real Betis 5–1 Tottenham Hotspur
HJK 3–3 (5–4 p) Manchester City
AZ 4–0 Borussia Dortmund
Puskás Akadémia 1–2 Sporting CP
Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Dinamo Minsk
1. FC Köln 1–3 Inter Milan
Legia Warsaw 2–1 Ajax
Žilina 2–1 Liverpool

Matches

Chelsea 1–1 PSV Eindhoven
  • Kavuma-McQueen 36'
 Report[6]
Penalties
 7–6
  • Bouhamdi
  • Van Nistelrooij
  • Holseter-Karlsen
  • Bahaty
  • Bouhoudane
  • Khaderi
  • Jonkers
  • Van der Plas
Attendance: 205
Referee: Edgars Maļcevs (Latvia)
Benfica 3–2 Slavia Prague
 Report[7]
  • Suleiman 13', 55'
Attendance: 372
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cyprus)
Club Brugge 3–2 Monaco
  • Jensen 41', 70'
  • Goemaere 50' (pen.)
 Report[8]
  • Dodo 8'
  • Nibombe 31'
Attendance: 643
Referee: Joakim Östling (Sweden)
Real Madrid 5–2 Marseille
 Report[9]
Attendance: 639
Referee: Sam Barrott (England)
Villarreal 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen
 Report[10]
  • Owen 11'
  • Massek 18'
Attendance: 1,712
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)
Athletic Bilbao 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Oyana 5'
  • Oyharcabal 45+1'
 Report[11]
  • Eisele 39'
  • Džanović 81'
Penalties
  • Pérez
  • Urzaiz
  • Quintero
  • Liceaga
  • Gift
3–4
  • Iličević
  • Džanović
  • Oteng-Mensah
  • Souza
  • Dills
Attendance: 1,868
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–6 Atlético Madrid
  • Redushko 52', 90'
 Report[13]
  • Esteban 17'
  • Gil 33'
  • Gross 55'
  • Vinatea 69', 74'
  • Muñoz 79'
Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Barcelona
  • Lusky 70'
  • Karagola 81'
 Report[15]
Penalties
  • Darzi
  • Sztejfman
  • Lusky
  • Roach
3–1
Attendance: 130
Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)
Real Betis 5–1 Tottenham Hotspur
  • Morante 22'
  • Marina 26', 45', 59'
  • N'Agoran 32'
 Report[16]
Attendance: 852
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal (Netherlands)
HJK 3–3 Manchester City
  • Palmula 12'
  • Nylund 39'
  • Mero 66'
 Report[17]
Penalties
  • Mero
  • Traore
  • De Nascimento
  • Nylund
  • Zaitra
5–4
Attendance: 9,121
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
AZ 4–0 Borussia Dortmund
 Report[18]
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Bastien Dechepy (France)
Puskás Akadémia 1–2 Sporting CP
  • Budai 66'
 Report[19]
Attendance: 650
Referee: Lukasz Kuzma (Poland)
Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Dinamo Minsk
  • Cordier 18'
  • Mounguengue 28', 64'
  • Ayari 60' (pen.)
 Report[20]
Attendance: 880
Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)
1. FC Köln 1–3 Inter Milan
 Report[22]
  • Bovio 49'
  • Zarate 90+7'
  • Kukulis 90+9'
Attendance: 50,000[21]
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)
Legia Warsaw 2–1 Ajax
  • Pchełka 43'
  • Ruszkiewicz 53'
 Report[23]
  • Teuwsen 73'
Attendance: 1,226
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro (Italy)
Žilina 2–1 Liverpool
 Report[24]
Attendance: 10,572
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)

Round of 16

Summary

The draw was conducted on 6 February 2026 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.[25]The round of 16 was played over one leg on 24 and 25 February 2026.

Round of 16
Home teamScoreAway team
Inter Milan 5–3 Real Betis
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 Sporting CP
Benfica 6–2 AZ
Real Madrid 1–0 Chelsea
Žilina 0–1 Club Brugge
Paris Saint-Germain 6–1 HJK
Atlético Madrid 1–1 (5–3 p) Maccabi Haifa
Villarreal 2–1 Legia Warsaw

Matches

Inter Milan 5–3 Real Betis
  • Idrissou 2' (pen.), 6', 70'
  • Mancuso 73'
  • Marello 90+4'
 Report[26]
  • Morante 32'
  • Marina 45', 51'
Youth Development Training Center, Milan
Attendance: 668
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 Sporting CP
Report[27]
  • Siljevic 19' (o.g.)
Sportpark Dreieich, Dreieich
Attendance: 1,634
Referee: Sam Barrott (England)
Benfica 6–2 AZ
  • Souza 2', 24', 38'
  • Umeh 20'
  • Moreira 58'
  • Figueiredo 65'
 Report[28]
  • Kovács 27' (pen.), 75'
Attendance: 691
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Real Madrid 1–0 Chelsea
 Report[29]
Attendance: 905
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)
Žilina 0–1 Club Brugge
Report[30]
Attendance: 10,572
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
Paris Saint-Germain 6–1 HJK
  • Ayari 6' (pen.), 16'
  • Mounguengue 37'
  • Jangéal 55'
  • Idder 83'
  • Khafi 87'
 Report[31]
  • Berisha 63'
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Atlético Madrid 1–1 Maccabi Haifa
Rajado 4' Report[32] Faingezicht 70'
Penalties
  • Sánchez
  • Fernández
  • Obama
  • Pérez
  • Rajado
5–3
  • Ratner
  • Sztejfman
  • Alouk
  • Roach
Attendance: 315
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)
Villarreal 2–1 Legia Warsaw
 Report[33] Kováčik 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,265
Referee: Edgars Maļcevs (Latvia)

Quarter-finals

Summary

The draw was conducted on 6 February 2026 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon after the round of 16 draw.[25] The quarter-finals will be played over one leg on 17 and 18 March 2026.

Quarter-finals
Home teamScoreAway team
Inter Milan 2–3 Benfica
Atlético Madrid 0–4 Club Brugge
Real Madrid 2–1 Sporting CP
Villarreal 0–1 Paris Saint-Germain

Matches

Inter Milan 2–3 Benfica
  • Zouin 61'
  • El Mahboubi 88'
 Report[34]
Youth Development Training Center, Milan
Attendance: 703
Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi (Ukraine)
Atlético Madrid 0–4 Club Brugge
Report[35]
  • Musuayi 5', 27'
  • Koren 23'
  • Bisiwu 90+5'
Attendance: 473
Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)
Real Madrid 2–1 Sporting CP
 Report[36]
Attendance: 924
Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)
Villarreal 0–1 Paris Saint-Germain
Report[37]
  • Ly 26'
Attendance: 2,360
Referee: Florian Badstübner (Germany)

Semi-finals

Summary

The draw was conducted on 6 February 2026 at 13:00 CET in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon after the round of 16 draw.[25] The semi-finals will be played over one leg on 17 April 2026.

Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Benfica 17 Apr Club Brugge
Real Madrid 17 Apr Paris Saint-Germain

Matches

Benfica v Club Brugge

Final

The final will be played on 20 April 2026 at Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne.

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

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.[12]
  3. ^ Due to the Gaza war, Israeli teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[14]

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