2015–16 UEFA Youth League group stage

The 2015–16 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) was played from 15 September to 9 December 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Draw

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The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path.[2]

The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 27 August 2015, 17:45 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[3][4]

Key to colours
Group winners advanced to the round of 16
Group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Pot 1
Team
Barcelona
Chelsea
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Benfica
Paris Saint-Germain
Zenit Saint Petersburg
PSV Eindhoven
Pot 2
Team
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Porto
Arsenal
Manchester United
Valencia
Bayer Leverkusen
Manchester City
Pot 3
Team
Shakhtar Donetsk
Sevilla
Lyon
Dynamo Kyiv
Olympiacos
CSKA Moscow
Galatasaray
Roma
Pot 4
Team
BATE Borisov
Borussia Mönchengladbach
VfL Wolfsburg
Dinamo Zagreb
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Gent
Malmö FF
Astana

Format

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In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.

Tiebreakers

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The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 14.03):[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 applied;
  6. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. higher number of wins in all group matches;
  10. higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  11. lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. drawing of lots.

Groups

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The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2015.[2] Times up to 24 October 2015 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).

Group A

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Paris Saint-Germain6411166+1013Advance to round of 16
2 Real Madrid6402167+912Advance to play-offs
3 Malmö FF6123714−75
4 Shakhtar Donetsk61141325−124
Source: UEFA
Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 Malmö FF
Report
Real Madrid 4–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Hakimi 28'
Cedrés 32'
Febas 59'
Salto 83'
Report
Attendance: 473
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk 1–4 Paris Saint-Germain
Zubkov 73'ReportAugustin 6', 81'
Doucouré 44'
Pereira de Sa 53' (pen.)
Attendance: 830
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Malmö FF 1–0 Real Madrid
Redzic 88'Report
Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

Paris Saint-Germain 4–1 Real Madrid
Eboa Eboa 40'
Nkunku 51', 83'
Pereira de Sa 90+3'
ReportFebas 57'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Malmö FF 5–5 Shakhtar Donetsk
Bergqvist 16'
Stojanovic-Fredin 27'
M. Andersson 46'
Hadzikadunic 59'
Boryachuk 80' (o.g.)
ReportTopalov 13'
Zubkov 53'
Arabidze 61'
Boryachuk 62'
Pikhalyonok 87'
Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 Malmö FF
Buhay 40'
Pikhalyonok 65' (pen.)
Avahimyan 84'
ReportRedzic 17'
Real Madrid 2–0 Paris Saint-Germain
Lazo 22'
Mayoral 57'
Report
Attendance: 392
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Shakhtar Donetsk 2–6 Real Madrid
Zubkov 23'
Boryachuk 73'
ReportCedrés 9', 79', 81'
Lazo 26'
Mayoral 59', 86'
Attendance: 812
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Malmö FF 0–3 Paris Saint-Germain
ReportMeïté 12'
Pereira de Sa 19'
Edouard 90+5'
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

Real Madrid 3–0 Malmö FF
Rivero 12', 59' (pen.)
Manu 77'
Report
Attendance: 686
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Group B

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 PSV Eindhoven6312109+110Advance to round of 16
2 CSKA Moscow6222106+48[a]Advance to play-offs
3 Manchester United6222610−48[a]
4 VfL Wolfsburg62131011−17
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (CSKA Moscow: 4 pts; Manchester United: 1 pt).
PSV Eindhoven 0–3 Manchester United
ReportGribbin 28'
Rashford 47' (pen.), 67'
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
VfL Wolfsburg 2–4 CSKA Moscow
Putaro 11', 19'ReportSolovyov 54'
Zhamaletdinov 66'
Chalov 67'
Makarov 80'
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

CSKA Moscow 0–0 PSV Eindhoven
Report
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Manchester United 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Rashford 22' (pen.)ReportDonkor 61'
Attendance: 510[5]
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

CSKA Moscow 4–0 Manchester United
Zhamaletdinov 14' (pen.), 55' (pen.)
Makarov 45'
Gordyushenko 88'
Report
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 PSV Eindhoven
Ziegele 8'
Putaro 41' (pen.)
Vojic 75'
Condé 90+1'
ReportLundqvist 13'
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

Manchester United 0–0 CSKA Moscow
Report
Attendance: 545[6]
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
PSV Eindhoven 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Lammers 63'
Konings 90+3'
ReportPutaro 90'
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

CSKA Moscow 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Kuchaev 55'ReportDonkor 3'
Putaro 39'
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Manchester United 0–5 PSV Eindhoven
ReportGuðmundsson 13'
Lundqvist 21'
Abels 37'
Lammers 66'
Konings 83'
Attendance: 444[7]
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

PSV Eindhoven 2–1 CSKA Moscow
Lundqvist 18'
Guðmundsson 33'
ReportZhamaletdinov 25'
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)

Group C

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Benfica6510293+2616Advance to round of 16
2 Atlético Madrid6411255+2013Advance to play-offs
3 Galatasaray6204820−126
4 Astana6006135−340
Source: UEFA
Galatasaray 1–3 Atlético Madrid
Davas 41'ReportRoberto 75', 78'
Ferni 80'
Benfica 8–0 Astana
Gonçalves 10', 26', 55'
Gomes 21', 34'
Rodrigues 36'
H. Pereira 42', 78'
Report
Attendance: 580
Referee: Padraig Sutton (Republic of Ireland)

Atlético Madrid 1–2 Benfica
Moreno 77'ReportCarvalho 35'
Gonçalves 89'

Atlético Madrid 7–1 Astana
Roberto 15', 30'
Moreno 24', 36' (pen.)
Hernandez 27'
Bare 57'
Salomón 75'
ReportKuanyshbay 22'
Galatasaray 1–11 Benfica
İşsever 17' (pen.)ReportGonçalves 24', 34', 58'
Gomes 27', 63', 65'
Sanches 33'
Carvalho 72', 90+1' (pen.)
H. Pereira 76'
Ferro 78'

Astana 0–9 Atlético Madrid
ReportHeras 6'
Roberto 28', 57', 57', 84'
Mohedano 45'
Hernandez 52'
Almagro 59'
Carlos Isaac 79'
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)
Benfica 2–0 Galatasaray
Sarkic 24'
Carvalho 60'
Report
Attendance: 475
Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

Astana 0–5 Benfica
ReportGomes 28', 72' (pen.)
Assylkhanuly 73' (o.g.)
Araújo 90', 90+3'
Attendance: 17,000[8]
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
Atlético Madrid 4–0 Galatasaray
Moya 32', 50'
Ferni 48'
Roberto 90+1'
Report

Galatasaray 3–0 Astana
İşsever 36', 42'
Çalışkan 37'
Report
Benfica 1–1 Atlético Madrid
Hernandez 61' (o.g.)ReportFerni 63'
Attendance: 1,436
Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Group D

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Manchester City6321116+511[a]Advance to round of 16
2 Sevilla632197+211[a]Advance to play-offs
3 Juventus6204711−46
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach61231013−35
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Manchester City: 4 pts; Sevilla: 1 pt).
Sevilla 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Colmenero 13'
Falcón 20'
Romero 83', 90+4'
ReportHoltby 43'
Simakala 58'
Manchester City 4–1 Juventus
Nemane 22'
Roberts 52'
Patching 87'
Nmecha 90+5'
ReportFavilli 9'
Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 Manchester City
Simakala 1'ReportPatching 62'
Nemane 70'
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Juventus 0–1 Sevilla
ReportShved 24'

Juventus 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Clemenza 38', 90'ReportEckert 48'
Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)
Manchester City 1–1 Sevilla
Ambrose 31'ReportMartín 80'
Attendance: 1,808
Referee: Rob Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 Juventus
Ndenge 4' (pen.), 35'
Holtby 51'
ReportCassata 90'
Kastanos 90+2'
Referee: Barış Şimşek (Turkey)
Sevilla 0–2 Manchester City
ReportAmbrose 20', 90'

Juventus 2–1 Manchester City
Kastanos 27', 60'ReportAmbrose 90+2'
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Sevilla
Eckert 55'
Ndenge 89'
ReportCurro 26'
Amo 50'
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)

Manchester City 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Brahim 45+2'ReportNdenge 20' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,007
Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)
Sevilla 1–0 Juventus
Curro 57'Report

Group E

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Barcelona6330104+612Advance to round of 16
2 Roma6231126+69Advance to play-offs
3 Bayer Leverkusen622269−38
4 BATE Borisov6024110−92
Source: UEFA
Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 BATE Borisov
Henrichs 72'Report
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Roma 0–0 Barcelona
Report

BATE Borisov 0–0 Roma
Report
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
Barcelona 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen
Montes 72'ReportGemein 89'
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

BATE Borisov 0–3 Barcelona
ReportChendri 21'
Pérez 71'
Aleñá 75'
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Roma
Frey 38'
Džalto 90+3'
ReportPonce 55'

Roma 5–1 Bayer Leverkusen
D'Urso 6', 84'
Sadiq 27', 34', 57'
ReportDžalto 83'
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Barcelona 2–0 BATE Borisov
Aleñá 20', 52'Report
Referee: Padraig Sutton (Republic of Ireland)

Barcelona 3–3 Roma
Tur 21'
Aleñá 23', 40'
ReportPonce 45+3', 86'
Marchizza 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,075[9]
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)
BATE Borisov 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen
Antilevsky 45'ReportCigaņiks 57' (pen.)
Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Barcelona
ReportBlanco 89'
Roma 3–0 BATE Borisov
Soleri 23', 78'
Sadiq 75'
Report

Group F

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Dinamo Zagreb631298+110[a]Advance to round of 16
2 Arsenal631297+210[a]Advance to play-offs
3 Olympiacos631298+110[a]
4 Bayern Munich611437−44
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ranked by head-to-head record (Dinamo Zagreb: 7 pts; Arsenal: 6 pts; Olympiacos: 4 pts).
Olympiacos 1–0 Bayern Munich
Saliakas 82' (pen.)Report
Referee: Adrian Azzopardi (Malta)
Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 Arsenal
ReportWillock 43'
Sheaf 66' (pen.)

Bayern Munich 1–2 Dinamo Zagreb
Strein 84'ReportBožić 5' (pen.)
Brekalo 18'
Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)
Arsenal 3–2 Olympiacos
Pleguezuelo 14', 63'
Sheaf 49' (pen.)
ReportManthatis 7'
Androutsos 51'
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Arsenal 2–0 Bayern Munich
Iwobi 74', 78'Report
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
Dinamo Zagreb 2–2 Olympiacos
Čabraja 84'
Olmo 90+3'
ReportSaliakas 25' (pen.)
Chantzaras 73'
Referee: Nikolai Yordanov (Bulgaria)

Bayern Munich 1–1 Arsenal
Benko 10'ReportBennacer 38'
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Ukraine)
Olympiacos 1–3 Dinamo Zagreb
Megaritis 56'ReportBožić 2'
Gojak 11', 85'
Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)

Bayern Munich 0–1 Olympiacos
ReportManthatis 50'
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Arsenal 1–2 Dinamo Zagreb
Mavididi 78'ReportBrekalo 54'
Gojak 69'
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 Bayern Munich
ReportStefandl 74'
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Olympiacos 2–0 Arsenal
Manthatis 11'
Chantzaras 37'
Report

Group G

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Chelsea6420154+1114Advance to round of 16
2 Dynamo Kyiv631277010Advance to play-offs
3 Porto622287+18
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv6015214−121
Source: UEFA
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 Porto
Taranukha 43'
Smyrnyi 80'
ReportJorge 3'
Attendance: 3,000[10]
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Chelsea 3–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Palmer 20', 47'
Abraham 78'
Report
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Kanichowsky 24'ReportMykhaylychenko 21'
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Porto 3–3 Chelsea
Cardoso 35' (pen.)
Djim 52'
Macedo 71'
ReportPalmer 9'
Quintero 17'
Scott 26'

Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Chelsea
ReportAbraham 13', 72'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)
Porto 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Vaturi 6' (o.g.)
Cardoso 85' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)

Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Porto
Altman 44'ReportMorais 17'
Rui Pedro 40'
Referee: Vlado Glodjović (Serbia)
Chelsea 3–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Muheim 25'
Abraham 57', 90+4'
ReportSchebetun 46'
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–4 Chelsea
ReportAbraham 16' (pen.), 86'
Wakefield 19'
Scott 39'
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
Porto 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
ReportSchebetun 69'
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Kaliuzhnyi 20'
Tsygankov 72'
Report
Chelsea 0–0 Porto
Report
Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)

Group H

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Lyon6411164+1213[a]Advance to round of 16
2 Valencia6411133+1013[a]Advance to play-offs
3 Zenit Saint Petersburg6204511−66
4 Gent6105218−163
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Lyon: 4 pts; Valencia: 1 pt).
Gent 0–3 Lyon
ReportDel Castillo 10', 63'
Ankoué 72'
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Valencia 2–0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Soler 29'
Mir 75'
Report

Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–1 Gent
ReportCallebaut 50'
Lyon 1–0 Valencia
Martelat 63'Report

Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–1 Lyon
Kubyshkin 36'
Andreyev 44'
Nazimov 63'
ReportRoselli 86'
Valencia 5–1 Gent
T. Martínez 10'
Mir 42', 88'
Soler 64'
Gómez 82'
ReportWalen 67'

Gent 0–4 Valencia
ReportI. Martínez 17'
Mir 34', 69'
Gómez 88'
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)
Lyon 6–0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Martins 1'
Perrin 25', 74'
Del Castillo 34' (pen.)
Cognat 38'
Martelat 72'
Report
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–1 Valencia
ReportShalimov 73' (o.g.)
Lyon 4–0 Gent
Martins 18', 59'
Perrin 20', 58'
Report
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

Gent 0–2 Zenit Saint Petersburg
ReportPonikarov 62'
Ivanov 65'
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "UEFA Youth League entrants confirmed". UEFA.com. 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Draws — Group stage". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "UEFA Youth League groups set". UEFA.com. 27 August 2015.
  5. ^ @lsvstadium (September 30, 2015). "#UYL FULL TIME" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @lsvstadium (November 3, 2015). "FULL TIME: #manutd 0 #cska 0" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @lsvstadium (November 25, 2015). "FULL TIME: @ManUtd 0 @psveindhoven 5" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "All-time UEFA Youth League records". UEFA.
  9. ^ @FCBmasia (November 24, 2015). "Avui som 1.075 espectadors al Mini, gràcies per venir!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Тест на перспективу. Юношеская лига УЕФА (U-19). 1 тур" (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс в Украине. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
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