2019–20 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

The 2019–20 UEFA Youth League knockout phase (knockout round play-offs and round of 16 onwards) began on 11 February 2020 with the play-off round and ended with the final on 25 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League.^[1][2] A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase (knockout round play-offs and round of 16 onwards).^[3]

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

UEFA Champions League Path

Group	Winners (enter round of 16)	Runners-up (enter play-offs as away team)
A	Real Madrid	Club Brugge
B	Bayern Munich	Red Star Belgrade
C	Atalanta	Dinamo Zagreb
D	Juventus	Atlético Madrid
E	Liverpool	Red Bull Salzburg
F	Inter Milan	Borussia Dortmund
G	Benfica	Lyon
H	Ajax	Lille

Domestic Champions Path

Second round winners (enter play-offs as home team)
Sheriff Tiraspol
Zaragoza
Midtjylland
Derby County
Porto
Dynamo Kyiv
Rangers
Rennes

Format

The knockout phase (knockout round play-offs and round of 16 onwards), played as a single-elimination tournament, involved 24 teams: sixteen teams which qualified from the UEFA Champions League Path (eight group winners and eight group runners-up), and eight teams which qualified from the Domestic Champions Path (eight second round winners):^[3]

• The eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path entered the round of 16.
• The eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path and the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path entered the knockout round play-offs. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16.

Each tie was played over a single match. If the score was level after full-time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).^[3]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).^[1][4]

Following the round of 16, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[5][6] The final tournament consisting of the semi-finals and final, originally scheduled to be played on 17 and 20 April 2020 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, were officially postponed on 18 March 2020.^[7] A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season,^[8] with the final decision made at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 17 June 2020.^[9][10]

Knockout phase schedule

Round	Draw	Match dates
Knockout round play-offs	16 December 2019	11–12 February 2020
Round of 16	14 February 2020	3–4 March 2020 10 March 2020[a] 16 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[b]
Quarter-finals		18–19 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[c]
Semi-finals		22 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[d]
Final		25 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[e]

1. One round of 16 match postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
2. Two round of 16 matches postponed and relocated due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
3. Quarter-finals originally scheduled for 17–18 March 2020, but postponed and relocated due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
4. Semi-finals originally scheduled for 17 April 2020, but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
5. Final originally scheduled for 20 April 2020, but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

Bracket

The draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 14 February 2020, 13:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[11] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 16, there were no seedings, and the sixteen teams (eight UEFA Champions League Path group winners and eight play-off winners) were drawn into eight ties. Teams from the same UEFA Champions League Path group could not be drawn against each other, but teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. The draw also decided the home team for each round of 16 match.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same UEFA Champions League Path group or the same association could be drawn against each other (the identity of the quarter-final winners and onwards was not known at the time of the draws). The draws also decided the home team for each quarter-final, and which quarter-final and semi-final winners were designated as the "home" team for each semi-final and final (for administrative purposes as they were played at a neutral venue).

	Knockout round play-offs				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					Bayern Munich	2 (5)
					Dinamo Zagreb (p)	2 (6)
	Dynamo Kyiv	0 (3)
									18 August – Nyon
	Dinamo Zagreb (p)	0 (4)
									Dinamo Zagreb	1
									Benfica	3
					Benfica	4
					Liverpool	1
													22 August – Nyon
													Benfica	3
													Ajax	0
	Sheriff Tiraspol	0 (2)
	Red Star Belgrade (p)	0 (4)
					Red Star Belgrade	0
	0
					Midtjylland	3
	Midtjylland (p)	1 (7)
									18 August – Nyon
	Lille	1 (6)
									Midtjylland	1
									Ajax	3
					Ajax (p)	0 (6)
					Atlético Madrid	0 (5)
	Rangers	0
																	25 August – Nyon
	Atlético Madrid	4
																	Benfica	2
																	Real Madrid	3
	Porto	1 (6)
	Red Bull Salzburg (p)	1 (7)
					Red Bull Salzburg	4
	0
					Derby County	1
	Derby County	3
									19 August – Nyon
	Borussia Dortmund	1
									Red Bull Salzburg	4
									Lyon	3
					Atalanta	3 (3)
					Lyon (p)	3 (5)
	Zaragoza	1
													22 August – Nyon
	Lyon	3
													Red Bull Salzburg	1
													Real Madrid	2
					Inter Milan	1
					Rennes	0
	Rennes (p)	1 (5)
									19 August – Nyon
	Club Brugge	1 (3)
									Inter Milan	0
									Real Madrid	3
					Juventus	1
					Real Madrid	3

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 16 December 2019, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[12] The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

Summary

The matches were played on 11 and 12 February 2020. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Derby County	3–1	Borussia Dortmund
Porto	1–1 (6–7 p)	Red Bull Salzburg
Zaragoza	1–3	Lyon
Dynamo Kyiv	0–0 (3–4 p)	Dinamo Zagreb
Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0 (2–4 p)	Red Star Belgrade
Rangers	0–4	Atlético Madrid
Midtjylland	1–1 (7–6 p)	Lille
Rennes	1–1 (5–3 p)	Club Brugge

Matches

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11)

14:00 (13:00 GMT)

Derby County	3–1	Borussia Dortmund
Cashin 47' J. Brown 51' Sibley 90+5'	Report	Khadra 62'

Pride Park Stadium, Derby

Attendance: 674

Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

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12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

16:00 (15:00 WET)

Porto	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg
Vieira 39' (pen.)	Report	Affengruber 23'
Penalties
Vieira Sousa Valente Moreira Faustino Pereira Justiniano Pinheiro Meixedo	6–7	Pokorný Prass Sučić Adamu Affengruber Oroz Seiwald Adeyemi Wallison

CTFD PortoGaia, Vila Nova de Gaia

Attendance: 610

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

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12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

18:00

Zaragoza	1–3	Lyon
Hernández 28'	Report	Gouiri 69', 90+4' Thomas 80'

La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 7,150

Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

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12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

16:00 (17:00 EET)

Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Dinamo Zagreb
	Report
Penalties
Nadolskyi Isayenko Tsitaishvili Zabarnyi Voloshyn	3–4	Julardžija Janković Šipoš Gvardiol Karrica

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 5,419

Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

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12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

17:00 (18:00 EET)

Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	Red Star Belgrade
	Report
Penalties
Cesnocov Gliga Macalici Ignatov	2–4	Burmaz Matić Blagojević Mitrović

Sheriff Small Arena, Tiraspol

Attendance: 1,620

Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

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12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

14:00 (13:00 GMT)

Rangers	0–4	Atlético Madrid
	Report	Lama 6' Quintana 48' Soriano 78' Soto 89'

Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 923

Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

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12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

14:00

Midtjylland	1–1	Lille
Madsen 14' (pen.)	Report	Niasse 61' (pen.)
Penalties
Hannola Damtoft Hansen Isaksen Nwadike Anker Dyhr Sørensen	7–6	Niasse Camara Nlandu Ceita Ouattara Ascone Diedhiou Kanda

MCH Arena, Herning

Attendance: 868

Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

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12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

18:00

Rennes	1–1	Club Brugge
Françoise 17'	Report	De Wolf 61' (pen.)
Penalties
Picouleau Abline Tchaouna Doucoure Rutter	5–3	Aelterman De Wolf De Cuyper Ochieng

Stade de la Piverdière Nord 1, Rennes

Attendance: 1,160

Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Round of 16

Summary

Six of the eight round of 16 matches were played on 3, 4 and 10 March 2020, while the remaining two matches could not be played as scheduled due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[5] They were rescheduled to 16 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bayern Munich	2–2 (5–6 p)	Dinamo Zagreb
Ajax	0–0 (6–5 p)	Atlético Madrid
Atalanta	3–3 (3–5 p)	Lyon
Inter Milan	1–0[A]	Rennes
Red Bull Salzburg	4–1	Derby County
Benfica	4–1	Liverpool
Red Star Belgrade	0–3	Midtjylland
Juventus	1–3	Real Madrid

Notes

1. On 9 March 2020, Inter Milan announced that they had suspended all activities of their youth teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, and thus would not play their round of 16 match against Rennes, and the match had originally been cancelled.^[13] UEFA decided not to punish Inter Milan due to the unprecedented situation caused by COVID-19 and following an agreement by both clubs, the match was rescheduled.^[14]

Matches

4 March 2020 (2020-03-04)

14:00

Bayern Munich	2–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Dajaku 36' Gvardiol 88' (o.g.)	Report	Krizmanić 2' Karrica 29'
Penalties
Batista Meier Booth Daniliuc Tillman Dajaku Cuni Günther Rhein	5–6	Godoy Šutalo Franjić Julardžija Krizmanić Gvardiol Janković Hrvoj

FC Bayern Campus, Munich

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

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3 March 2020 (2020-03-03)

15:00

Ajax	0–0	Atlético Madrid
	Report
Penalties
Timber Ünüvar Taylor Kasanwirjo Hansen Douglas Pinas Reiziger	6–5	Quintana Lorenzo Ajenjo Hykjek Medrano Riquelme Jeronimo Soto Cova

Sportpark De Toekomst, Duivendrecht

Attendance: 723

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

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10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)^{[note 2]}

15:00

Atalanta	3–3	Lyon
Piccoli 20', 81' Cambiaghi 30'	Report	Gouiri 33' Duku 47' Cherki 90+4'
Penalties
Guth Brogni Piccoli Amad	3–5	Benaissa Cherki Da Silva Wissa Gouiri

Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, Florence^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 24

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

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16 August 2020 (2020-08-16)^{[note 2]}

15:00

Inter Milan	1–0	Rennes
Casadei 78'	Report

Colovray Stadium, Nyon^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

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4 March 2020 (2020-03-04)

16:00

Red Bull Salzburg	4–1	Derby County
Seiwald 3' Adamu 45+1', 70' Sučić 90+4'	Report	Wilson 17'

Untersberg-Arena, Grödig

Attendance: 861

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

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3 March 2020 (2020-03-03)

16:00 (15:00 WET)

Benfica	4–1	Liverpool
Ramos 13', 59' Dantas 22' (pen.) N. Tavares 26'	Report	Morton 38'

Benfica Campus, Seixal

Attendance: 701

Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

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4 March 2020 (2020-03-04)

16:00

Red Star Belgrade	0–3	Midtjylland
	Report	Madsen 43' (pen.) Sørensen 66', 74'

Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 2,291

Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

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16 August 2020 (2020-08-16)^{[note 2]}

18:00

Juventus	1–3	Real Madrid
Tongya 3'	Report	Arribas 31' Dotor 32' Latasa 57'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Quarter-finals

Summary

The quarter-finals, originally scheduled to be played on 17 and 18 March 2020, were postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[17][5] They were rescheduled to 18 and 19 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Inter Milan	0–3	Real Madrid
Red Bull Salzburg	4–3	Lyon
Midtjylland	1–3	Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	Benfica

Matches

18 August 2020 (2020-08-18)

15:00

Midtjylland	1–3	Ajax
Reiziger 74' (o.g.)	Report	Rasmussen 38' Hansen 52' Ideho 77'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

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18 August 2020 (2020-08-18)

18:00

Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	Benfica
Karrica 16'	Report	H. Araújo 37' Ramos 53', 59'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

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19 August 2020 (2020-08-19)

15:00

Red Bull Salzburg	4–3	Lyon
Okoh 40' Adamu 45+1', 54', 55'	Report	Soumaré 30' Da Silva 71' Wissa 78'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

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19 August 2020 (2020-08-19)

18:00

Inter Milan	0–3	Real Madrid
	Report	Park 64' Gutiérrez 76' (pen.) Morante 83'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

Semi-finals

Summary

The semi-finals, originally scheduled to be played on 17 April 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon, were postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. They were rescheduled to 22 August 2020.^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Benfica	3–0	Ajax
Red Bull Salzburg	1–2	Real Madrid

Matches

22 August 2020 (2020-08-22)

15:00

Benfica	3–0	Ajax
T. Araújo 42' Embaló 75' Dantas 79' (pen.)	Report

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

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22 August 2020 (2020-08-22)

18:00

Red Bull Salzburg	1–2	Real Madrid
Sučić 50' (pen.)	Report	Latasa 4' Gutiérrez 32'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Final

The final, originally scheduled to be played on 20 April 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon, was postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. It was rescheduled to 25 August 2020.^[4]

25 August 2020 (2020-08-25)

18:00

Benfica	2–3	Real Madrid
Ramos 49', 57'	Report	Rodríguez 26' Jocú 45' (o.g.) Gutiérrez 50'

Colovray Stadium, Nyon

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

Notes

1. CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 28 March 2020 (knockout round play-offs and six round of 16 matches in March 2020), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (all matches in August 2020, including two round of 16 matches, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the following round of 16 matches were postponed:^[15]
   • Atalanta vs Lyon, originally to be played on 3 March 2020, 13:00 CET, at Centro Sportivo Bortolotti, Bergamo, was postponed to be played on 10 March 2020, 15:00 CET, at Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, Florence.
   • Inter Milan vs Rennes, originally to be played on 3 March 2020, 14:00 CET, at Stadio Breda, San Giovanni, was postponed to be played on 11 March 2020, 15:00 CET, at Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, Florence. However, the match was originally cancelled as Inter Milan decided not to play the match.^[13] It is rescheduled to be played on 16 August 2020, 15:00 CEST, at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.^[4]
   • Juventus vs Real Madrid, originally to be played on 4 March 2020, 16:00 CET, at Juventus Training Ground, Vinovo, was postponed to be played on 11 March 2020, 16:00 CET, at Juventus Training Ground, Vinovo. However, the match was again postponed due to the suspension of flights between Italy and Spain.^[16] It is rescheduled to be played on 16 August 2020, 18:00 CEST, at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.^[4]
3. The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[18]

References

1. "UEFA Youth League: season guide". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2019.
2. "UEFA Youth League finals: Nyon". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2019.
3. "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
4. "Youth League finals in August: match schedule". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2020.
5. "All of this week's UEFA matches postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
6. "UEFA postpones EURO 2020 by 12 months". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
7. "Youth League finals postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 March 2020.
8. "Resolution of the European football family on a coordinated response to the impact of the COVID-19 on competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
9. "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for June meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2020.
10. "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
11. "UEFA Youth League knockout draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 February 2020.
12. "UEFA Youth League play-off draw made". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 December 2019.
13. "UEFA Youth League: comunicato ufficiale su Inter-Rennes". Inter Milan. 9 March 2020.
14. "Youth League round of 16: Inter vs Rennes scheduled for August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2020.
15. "Inter-Rennes, Atalanta-Lyon, Juventus-Madrid UEFA Youth League ties postponed". UEFA.com. 2 March 2020.
16. "El partido Juventus-Juvenil A de la Youth League, aplazado". Real Madrid. 11 March 2020.
17. "Youth League matches postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 March 2020.
18. "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

External links

• Official website
• UEFA Youth League Matches: 2019–20, UEFA.com