2016 UEFA Youth League Final

The 2016 UEFA Youth League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League, the 3rd season of the youth club football tournament. It was played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland on 18 April 2016, between French side Paris Saint-Germain and English side Chelsea. Chelsea would end up winning 2–1.[1]

2016 UEFA Youth League Final
Event2015–16 UEFA Youth League
Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea
1 2
Date18 April 2016 (2016-04-18)
VenueColovray Stadium, Nyon
RefereeDaniel Siebert (Germany)

Teams
Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Paris Saint-Germain 0 (debut)
Chelsea 1 (2015)

Venue

The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the final.

Road to the final
Further information: 2015–16 UEFA Youth League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Paris Saint-Germain Round Chelsea
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Malmö FF 0–0 (H) Matchday 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 (H)
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 (A) Matchday 2 Porto 3-3 (A)
Real Madrid 4-1 (H) Matchday 3 Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 (A)
Real Madrid 0-2 (A) Matchday 4 Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 (H)
Malmö FF 3–0 (A) Matchday 5 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–0 (A)
Shakhtar Donetsk 5–2 (H) Matchday 6 Porto 0-0 (H)
Group A winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 13
2 Real Madrid 6 12
3 Malmö FF 6 5
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group G winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Chelsea 6 14
2 Dynamo Kyiv 6 10
3 Porto 6 8
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1
Source: UEFA
Opponent Result Knockout phase Opponent Result
Middlesbrough 1-0 (H) Round of 16 Valencia 1–1 (5-3 p) (H)
Roma 3-1 (H) Quarter-finals Ajax 1–0 (H)
Real Madrid 3-1 (A) Semi-finals Anderlecht 3-0 (H)

Match

Details
Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 Chelsea
  • Méïté 58'
 Report
Paris Saint-Germain
Chelsea
GK1 Rémy Descamps
RB2 Alec Georgen
CB4 Félix Eboa Eboa 23'
CB5 Mamadou Doucouré (c)
LB3 Fodé Ballo-Touré
DM6 Yohan Demoncy
CM22 Antoine Bernède 85'
CM8 Christopher Nkunku
RW9 Odsonne Édouard 62'
CF20 Jean-Kévin Augustin 71'
LW11 Yakou Méïté 81'
Substitutes:
GK16 Léonard Aggoune
DF23 Dan-Axel Zagadou
MF18 Alexis Giacomini 85'
MF19 Abdoulaye Konaté
MF13 Bryan Labissiere
FW10 Jonathan Ikoné 62'
FW12 Wilfried Kanga 71'
Manager:
François Rodrigues
GK1 Bradley Collins
RB2 Dujon Sterling
CB3 Fikayo Tomori
CB4 Jake Clarke-Salter 73'
LB5 Ola Aina 64'
RM7 Jacob Maddox
CM6 Charlie Colkett (c)
CM8 Mukhtar Ali 90+3'
LM11 Kyle Scott 40' 59'
AM10 Kasey Palmer 86'
CF9 Tammy Abraham
Substitutes:
GK13 Nathan Baxter
DF12 Jay Dasilva
MF15 Trevoh Chalobah
MF17 Ruben Sammut
MF18 Charlie Wakefield 86'
MF16 Isaac Christie-Davies
MF14 Mason Mount 59'
Manager:
Adi Viveash

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Jan Seidel (Germany)
Fourth official:
Christian Dingert (Germany)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used

Statistics

See also

References
  1. "Chelsea double up with second Youth League win". UEFA.
  2. "Paris-Chelsea | Stats". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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