2021–22 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

The 2021–22 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path began on 28 September and ended on 8 December 2021. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide eight of the 24 places in the knockout phase (play-offs and the round of 16 onwards) of the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Times listed here by CEST/CET.[note 1]

Draw

The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2021 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path.[2] Should there was a vacancy (associations with no youth domestic competition, as well as youth domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path), it was first filled by the title holders should they have not yet qualified, and then by the youth domestic champions of the next association in the UEFA ranking.

Akademia e Futbollit, Angers, Deportivo La Coruña, Daugavpils, Empoli, Hajduk Split, 1. FC Köln, Miercurea Ciuc, Pogoń Szczecin, St Patrick's Athletic, Trabzonspor, Žalgiris and Zvijezda 09 will make their tournament debuts. Lithuania will be represented for the first time.[3]

For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw for both the first round and second round was held on 31 August 2021, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.

  • In the first round, the 32 teams were split into four groups. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
  • In the second round, the sixteen winners of the first round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were split into two groups: Group A contained the winners from Groups 1 and 2, while Group B contained the winners from Groups 3 and 4. Teams in the same group were drawn against each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Key to colours
Second round winners advance to the play-offs
Group 1
Team
Deportivo La Coruña
Sparta Prague
PAOK
Hajduk Split
Pogoń Szczecin
Žilina
MTK Budapest
Shkëndija
Group 2
Team
1. FC Köln
Genk
APOEL
Maccabi Haifa
Kairat
Minsk
Žalgiris
Daugavpils
Group 3
Team
Empoli
AZ
Trabzonspor
Gabala
Septemvri Sofia
Domžale
Akademia e Futbollit
Zvijezda 09
Group 4
Team
Angers
Midtjylland
Rangers
Red Star Belgrade
Hammarby IF
Rosenborg
Miercurea Ciuc
St Patrick's Athletic

Format

In the Domestic Champions Path, each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, as the away goals rule has been scrapped early this season, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out with no extra time played.[1]

The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.

First round

Summary

The first legs were played on 28, 29 and 30 September and the second legs were played on 19 and 20 October 2021.[5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pogoń Szczecin 3–4 Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 0–4
MTK Budapest 6–4 Sparta Prague 3–1 3–3
PAOK 1–7 Žilina 1–5 0–2
Shkëndija 1–5 Hajduk Split 0–2 1–3
Daugavpils 0–6 Minsk 0–4 0–2
APOEL 1–2 Kairat 1–1 0–1
Žalgiris 0–5 Maccabi Haifa 0–3 0–2
1. FC Köln 3–7 Genk 2–4 1–3
Septemvri Sofia 4–1 Akademia e Futbollit 3–0 1–1
Zvijezda 09 0–3 Trabzonspor 0–1 0–2
Domžale 2–3 Empoli 1–2 1–1
Gabala 0–11 AZ 0–4 0–7
Miercurea Ciuc 0–5 Angers 0–2 0–3
Rangers 5–1 Hammarby IF 3–0 2–1
Rosenborg 3–14 Midtjylland 2–4 1–10
St Patrick's Athletic 1–4 Red Star Belgrade 1–2 0–2

Matches
Pogoń Szczecin 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña
  • Fornalczyk 39'
  • Bąk 45+3'
  • Grzelka 90+2'
 Report
Attendance: 3,015[6]
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)
Deportivo La Coruña 4–0 Pogoń Szczecin
  • Białczyk 11' (o.g.)
  • Guerra 28'
  • Nájera 36'
  • Baldomar 90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 8,522[7]
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

Deportivo La Coruña won 4–3 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest 3–1 Sparta Prague
 Report Šilhart 20'
Attendance: 535[8]
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Sparta Prague 3–3 MTK Budapest
  • Sejk 25' (pen.)
  • Kaštánek 50'
  • Vydra 80'
 Report
  • Vancsa 45', 76'
  • Georgievski 89'
Attendance: 385[9]
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

MTK Budapest won 6–4 on aggregate.

PAOK 1–5 Žilina
Varela 6' Report
Attendance: 260[10]
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Žilina 2–0 PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 1,016[11]
Referee: Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (Belarus)

Žilina won 7–1 on aggregate.

Shkëndija 0–2 Hajduk Split
Report Čuić 29', 56'
Attendance: 100[12]
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)
Hajduk Split 3–1 Shkëndija
 Report Hamza 29'
Attendance: 500[13]
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria)

Hajduk Split won 5–1 on aggregate.

Daugavpils 0–4 Minsk
Report
Attendance: 29[14]
Referee: Ondrej Pechanec (Czech Republic)
Minsk 2–0 Daugavpils
  • Šaraņins 21' (o.g.)
  • Ivashyn 89'
 Report
Attendance: 87[15]
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Minsk won 6–0 on aggregate.

APOEL 1–1 Kairat
Satsias 13' Report Omatay 5'
Attendance: 383[16]
Referee: Dejan Jakimovksi (Macedonia)
Kairat 1–0 APOEL
Omatay 4' Report
Attendance: 3,525[17]
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Kairat won 2–1 on aggregate.

Žalgiris 0–3 Maccabi Haifa
Report
  • Kay Laish 5'
  • Zaga 62'
  • Razon 86'
Attendance: 832[18]
Referee: Luis Teixeira (Portugal)
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 Žalgiris
  • Colley 38'
  • Elmichly 87'
 Report
Attendance: 870[19]
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Greece)

Maccabi Haifa won 5–0 on aggregate.

1. FC Köln 2–4 Genk
  • Schmid 5'
  • Schwirten 47'
 Report
Franz-Kremer-Stadion, Cologne
Attendance: 3,200[20]
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Genk 3–1 1. FC Köln
 Report Schwirten 8'
Attendance: 1,350[21]
Referee: Robert Ian Jenkins (Wales)

Genk won 7–3 on aggregate.

Septemvri Sofia 3–0 Akademia e Futbollit
  • Stoichkov 44'
  • Avramov 45+1'
  • Aleksandrov 80'
 Report
Attendance: 430[22]
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Akademia e Futbollit 1–1 Septemvri Sofia
Halilaj 45+2' Report Stoychev 90+1'
Attendance: 200[23]
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (Macedonia)

Septemvri Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Zvijezda 09 0–1 Trabzonspor
Report Tuğ 45'
Attendance: 690[24]
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
Trabzonspor 2–0 Zvijezda 09
  • Sağlam 54'
  • Cebeci 70' (pen.)
 Report
Yavuz Selim Stadium, Trabzon
Attendance: 213[25]
Referee: Georgi Davidov (Bulgaria)

Trabzonspor won 3–0 on aggregate.

Domžale 1–2 Empoli
Černe 28' Report
Attendance: 800[26]
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Empoli 1–1 Domžale
Asllani 45+2' (pen.) Report Perc 18'
Attendance: 568[27]
Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

Empoli won 3–2 on aggregate.

Gabala 0–4 AZ
Report
  • Koster 15', 59'
  • Schouten 54'
  • Daal 78'
Attendance: 150[28]
Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine)
AZ 7–0 Gabala
  • Koster 4', 36'
  • De Jong 17'
  • Van Brederode 43'
  • Van Aken 60'
  • Kerssens 63'
  • Meerdink 72'
 Report
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
Attendance: 350[29]
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

AZ won 11–0 on aggregate.

Miercurea Ciuc 0–2 Angers
Report
  • Boma 17'
  • Gergely 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 755[30]
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
Angers 3–0 Miercurea Ciuc
  • Lgharbi 56'
  • Nadje 61', 83'
 Report
Attendance: 2,686[31]
Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (Cyprus)

Angers won 5–0 on aggregate.

Rangers 3–0 Hammarby IF
  • Ure 11'
  • McCausland 65', 81'
 Report
Attendance: 599[32]
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Greece)
Hammarby IF 1–2 Rangers
Axelsson 80' Report
  • Ure 66'
  • McCausland 90+6'
Attendance: 0[33]
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

Rangers won 5–1 on aggregate.

Rosenborg 2–4 Midtjylland
  • Holden 23'
  • Brostrøm 90'
 Report
Attendance: 484[34]
Referee: Thomas Gary Owen (Wales)
Midtjylland 10–1 Rosenborg
 Report Vik 34'
Attendance: 521[35]
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

Midtjylland won 14–3 on aggregate.

St Patrick's Athletic 1–2 Red Star Belgrade
McCormack 90+2' Report Lazetić 3', 45+4'
Attendance: 530[36]
Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)
Red Star Belgrade 2–0 St Patrick's Athletic
  • Leković 12'
  • Milosavić 80'
 Report
Attendance: 647[37]
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hajduk Split 4–1 Minsk 3–0 1–1
MTK Budapest 1–3 Genk 1–2 0–1
Deportivo La Coruña 5–4 Maccabi Haifa 5–1 0–3
Žilina 3–3 (3–0 p) Kairat 3–2 0–1
Red Star Belgrade 1–6 Empoli 1–1 0–5
Trabzonspor 2–10 Midtjylland 2–5 0–5
Angers 1–1 (4–5 p) AZ 0–1 1–0
Septemvri Sofia 2–7[upper-alpha 1] Rangers 2–4 0–3
  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches
Hajduk Split 3–0 Minsk
  • Hrgović 31'
  • Čuić 44', 60'
 Report
Attendance: 500[38]
Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)
Minsk 1–1 Hajduk Split
Knyazev 45' Report Čuić 72'
Attendance: 150[39]
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

Hajduk Split won 4–1 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest 1–2 Genk
Vancsa 45+1' Report
Attendance: 851[40]
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)
Genk 1–0 MTK Budapest
Geusens 83' Report
Cegeka Arena, Genk
Attendance: 570[41]
Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

Genk won 3–1 on aggregate.

Deportivo La Coruña 5–1 Maccabi Haifa
  • Nájera 12'
  • Hernández 45' (pen.)
  • Teijo 50'
  • Mella 56'
  • Baldomar 85'
 Report Elmichly 83'
Attendance: 12,189[42]
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)
Maccabi Haifa 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña
  • Kay Laish 49'
  • Elmichly 60'
  • Razon 82'
 Report
Attendance: 610[43]
Referee: Loukas Sotiriou (Cyprus)

Deportivo La Coruña won 5–4 on aggregate.

Žilina 3–2 Kairat
 Report
Attendance: 655[44]
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)
Kairat 1–0 Žilina
Toleukhanov 32' Report
Penalties
  • Kobeyev
  • Shirobokov
  • Azatov
0–3
FC Kairat Academy Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 250[45]
Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus)

3–3 on aggregate. Žilina won 3–0 on penalties.

Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Empoli
Stojanović 42' Report Degli Innocenti 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 655[46]
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)
Empoli 5–0 Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 697[47]
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Empoli won 6–1 on aggregate.

Trabzonspor 2–5 Midtjylland
Uzun 41', 44' Report
Yavuz Selim Stadium, Trabzon
Attendance: 376[48]
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)
Midtjylland 5–0 Trabzonspor
 Report
Attendance: 371[49]
Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)

Midtjylland won 10–2 on aggregate.

Angers 0–1 AZ
Report Schouten 69'
Attendance: 3,000[50]
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
AZ 0–1 Angers
Report Martins 32'
Penalties
 5–4
  • Martins
  • Taïbi
  • Ndeke
  • Camara
  • Lgharbi
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
Attendance: 0[51]
Referee: Robertas Valikonis (Lithuania)

1–1 on aggregate. AZ won 5–4 on penalties.

Septemvri Sofia 2–4 Rangers
  • Aleksandrov 25'
  • Stoychev 30'
 Report
  • Weston 21', 51', 71'
  • McKinnon 44'
Attendance: 420[52]
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
Rangers 3–0 Septemvri Sofia
 Report
Attendance: 360[53]
Referee: Sandi Putros (Denmark)

Rangers won 7–2 on aggregate.

Notes
  1. Times up to 31 October 2021 (first round) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (second round) times are CET (UTC+1).

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