2015–16 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

The 2015–16 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path were played from 29 September to 6 December 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Times up to 24 October 2015 (first round) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (second round) times were CET (UTC+1).

Draw

The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2014 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path.[2] Associations without a youth domestic champion as well as domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path were replaced by the next association in the UEFA ranking.[3][4]

The 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 1 September 2015, 13:45 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5][6] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into four groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.[7]

  • In the first round, teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
  • In the second round, the winners from Group 1 were drawn against the winners from Group 2, and the winners from Group 3 were drawn against the winners from Group 4, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Key to colours
Second round winners advanced to the play-offs
Group 1
Team
Villarreal
Torino
Servette
APOEL
Rad
Puskás Akadémia
Domžale
Senica
Group 2
Team
Middlesbrough
Stade de Reims
Anderlecht
Celtic
Elfsborg
Brann
HJK
Stjarnan
Group 3
Team
Schalke 04
Ajax
Red Bull Salzburg
Příbram
Midtjylland
Zimbru Chișinău
Saburtalo Tbilisi
Željezničar
Group 4
Team
Spartak Moscow
Beşiktaş
Viitorul Constanța
Legia Warsaw
Minsk
Litex Lovech
Ravan Baku
Aktobe

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, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

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

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 September, and the second legs were played on 7, 14, 20 and 21 October 2015.[2]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Villarreal 4–4 (a) Servette 2–3 2–1
APOEL 4–9 Puskás Akadémia 3–3 1–6
Senica 1–2 Torino 0–0 1–2
Rad 1–1 (3–2 p) Domžale 0–1 1–0
Stade de Reims 5–6 Middlesbrough 5–3 0–3
Elfsborg 2–1 Stjarnan 2–0 0–1
Brann 1–6 Anderlecht 1–1 0–5
HJK 1–6 Celtic 0–5 1–1
Schalke 04 2–5 Ajax 2–3 0–2
Příbram 4–1 Zimbru Chișinău 2–0 2–1
Red Bull Salzburg 5–2 Željezničar 4–0 1–2
Midtjylland 5–2[A] Saburtalo Tbilisi 3–1 2–1
Aktobe 0–6 Beşiktaş 0–2 0–4
Spartak Moscow 4–0 Ravan Baku 4–0 0–0
Minsk 3–7 Viitorul Constanța 2–2 1–5
Litex Lovech 2–5 Legia Warsaw 1–2 1–3
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Villarreal 2–3 Servette
Moreno 48'
Vega 90+2'		 Report Guillemenot 44', 51'
Caslei 49'
Referee: Fabio Verssimo (Portugal)
Servette 1–2 Villarreal
Correia 90' Report Poveda 56'
Guerra 85'
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

4–4 on aggregate. Servette won on away goals.

APOEL 3–3 Puskás Akadémia
Christodoulou 27'
C. Charalambous 52'
D. Charalambous 58' (pen.)		 Report Óvári 6', 45'
Szabó 70'
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)
Puskás Akadémia 6–1 APOEL
Damásdi 20', 89'
Péter 37', 73'
Szabó 53' (pen.)
Óvári 78' (pen.)		 Report Christodoulou 15'

Puskás Akadémia won 9–4 on aggregate.

Senica 0–0 Torino
Report
Torino 2–1 Senica
Edera 40', 90+2' Report Kosorin 38'
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

Torino won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rad 0–1 Domžale
Report Petrić 38'
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Domžale 0–1 Rad
Report Lutovac 52'
Penalties
Žužek
Repas
Bizilj
Sredojevič
Kene 		2–3 Bainović
Mi. Stojanović
Lutovac
L. Petrović
Pavić
Referee: Andreas Pappas (Greece)

1–1 on aggregate. Rad won 3–2 on penalties.

Stade de Reims 5–3 Middlesbrough
Oudin 3' (pen.), 58'
Jung 13'
Marques 60'
Sylla 62'		 Report Curry 58'
Cooke 69', 76' (pen.)
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
Middlesbrough 3–0 Stade de Reims
Cooke 75'
Mondal 79'
Chapman 90+5' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

Middlesbrough won 6–5 on aggregate.

Elfsborg 2–0 Stjarnan
Kabashi 14', 62' (pen.) Report
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Stjarnan 1–0 Elfsborg
Rosberg 2' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

Elfsborg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Brann 1–1 Anderlecht
Brazy 90+2' Report Petit 51'
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
Anderlecht 5–0 Brann
Lukebakio 31'
Vancamp 40', 82'
Azevedo-Janelas 59'
Bourard 90+2'		 Report

Anderlecht won 6–1 on aggregate.

HJK 0–5 Celtic
Report Hendry 32'
Nesbitt 35', 53', 66'
Miller 37'
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)
Celtic 1–1 HJK
Nesbitt 61' Report Ulmanen 86'
Referee: Mervyn Smyth (Northern Ireland)

Celtic won 6–1 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 2–3 Ajax
Reese 45+1'
Bakboord 65' (o.g.)		 Report Nouri 7'
De Ligt 34'
Černý 54'
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
Ajax 2–0 Schalke 04
Dolberg 40', 62' Report

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

Příbram 2–0 Zimbru Chișinău
Chaluš 11'
Januška 81'		 Report
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
Zimbru Chișinău 1–2 Příbram
Damașcan 48' (pen.) Report Januška 27' (pen.), 82'

Příbram won 4–1 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Željezničar
Oberlin 19'
Raischl 26'
Hödl 67'
Grabovac 75'		 Report
Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)
Željezničar 2–1 Red Bull Salzburg
Mujagić 7'
Hajdarević 27'		 Report Hödl 82'

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Midtjylland 3–1 Saburtalo Tbilisi
Sterring 23'
Gemmer 41'
Nissen 84'		 Report Gemmer 50' (o.g.)
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–2 Midtjylland
Kharaishvili 62' Report Nissen 39'
Anderson 53'
Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

Midtjylland won 5–2 on aggregate.

Aktobe 0–2 Beşiktaş
Report Aksoy 43'
Taşkaya 73'
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Beşiktaş 4–0 Aktobe
Durmuş 36'
Taşkaya 62'
Küçükköylü 63'
Başaran 85'		 Report
Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadyumu, Istanbul
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Beşiktaş won 6–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow 4–0 Ravan Baku
Panteleyev 53', 79'
Melkadze 61'
Bakaev 81'		 Report
Spartak Academy (Pitch 4), Moscow
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)
Ravan Baku 0–0 Spartak Moscow
Report
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.

Minsk 2–2 Viitorul Constanța
Bessmertny 6'
Bakhar 18'		 Report Marin 25' (pen.)
Ciobanu 67'
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
Viitorul Constanța 5–1 Minsk
Marin 54' (pen.), 86'
Grecu 61'
Coman 62'
Ene 69'		 Report Gromyko 29'
Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)

Viitorul Constanța won 7–3 on aggregate.

Litex Lovech 1–2 Legia Warsaw
Yordanov 52' Report Ryczkowski 9'
Karbowy 84' (pen.)
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Legia Warsaw 3–1 Litex Lovech
Karbowy 45+2' (pen.)
Najemski 53'
Bartczak 57'		 Report Despodov 63' (pen.)
Stadion Miejski, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

Legia Warsaw won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

The first legs were played on 4, 5 November and 2 December, and the second legs were played on 24, 25 November and 6 December 2015.[2]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Puskás Akadémia 1–3 Celtic 1–0 0–3
Rad 0–1 Elfsborg 0–1 0–0
Servette 3–4 Anderlecht 1–2 2–2
Middlesbrough 6–3 Torino 3–0 3–3
Spartak Moscow 1–5 Ajax 0–3 1–2
Beşiktaş 2–5 Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 1–5
Midtjylland 5–1 Legia Warsaw 2–0 3–1
Příbram 2–0 Viitorul Constanța 2–0 0–0
Puskás Akadémia 1–0 Celtic
Damásdi 90' Report
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Celtic 3−0 Puskás Akadémia
Archibald 29'
Miller 38', 84'		 Report
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

Celtic won 3−1 on aggregate.

Rad 0–1 Elfsborg
Report Iglicar Berntsson 62'
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyy (Ukraine)
Elfsborg 0–0 Rad
Report
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Servette 1–2 Anderlecht
Caslei 53' Report de Medina 49'
Lukebakio 56'
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Anderlecht 2–2 Servette
Bourard 44'
Vancamp 58'		 Report Guillemenot 31', 34'
Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)

Anderlecht won 4−3 on aggregate. Anderlecht's home match against Servette was originally scheduled for 24 November 2015, 19:30, at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, but was postponed due to the security threats around Brussels in the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks.[8] It was rescheduled for 6 December 2015, 14:00, at the Van Roy Stadium, Denderleeuw, after Servette's home match (initially the first leg with order of legs reversed after original draw) was played on 2 December 2015.[9]

Middlesbrough 3–0 Torino
Mondal 77'
Coulson 84'
Chapman 87'		 Report
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Torino 3–3 Middlesbrough
Candellone 60'
Edera 63'
Mantovani 68'		 Report Chapman 67'
Pattison 87'
Mondal 90+3'
Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)

Middlesbrough won 6–3 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow 0–3 Ajax
Report El Azzouzi 44' (pen.)
Dolberg 49'
Walian 70'
Spartak Academy (Pitch 4), Moscow
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
Ajax 2–1 Spartak Moscow
Nouri 26'
Sierhuis 53'		 Report Lomovitskiy 67'
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

Ajax won 5−1 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş 1–0 Red Bull Salzburg
Başaran 69' Report
Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadyumu, Istanbul
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Red Bull Salzburg 5–1 Beşiktaş
Oberlin 13', 74', 77'
Upamecano 59'
Schlager 66'		 Report Afkan 36'
Referee: Sandor Szabo (Hungary)

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Midtjylland 2–0 Legia Warsaw
Olsen 63'
Rutikanga 90+3' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Legia Warsaw 1–3 Midtjylland
Nawotka 73' (pen.) Report Rutikanga 12', 62' (pen.)
Thychosen 66'
Stadion Miejski, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

Midtjylland won 5–1 on aggregate.

Příbram 2–0 Viitorul Constanța
Šrain 33'
Hlavatý 72'		 Report
Viitorul Constanța 0–0 Příbram
Report
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Příbram won 2–0 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  2. "UEFA Youth League entrants confirmed". UEFA.com. 27 August 2015.
  3. "Country coefficients 2013/14". UEFA.com.
  4. "UEFA Country Ranking 2014". Bert Kassies.
  5. "Draws — Domestic champions path". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. "Youth League: Domestic Champions path draw". UEFA.com. 1 September 2015.
  7. "UEFA Youth League domestic path draw details". UEFA.com. 1 September 2015.
  8. "UEFA Youth League-duel Anderlecht-Servette Genève afgelast". nieuwsblad.be. 21 November 2015.
  9. "Anderlecht - Servette op 6 december". anderlecht-online.be. 25 November 2015.
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