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. 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 Matches 29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
18:00
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (
Austria )
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
20:00
Deportivo La Coruña 4–0 Pogoń Szczecin Białczyk 11' (o.g. ) Guerra 28' Nájera 36' Baldomar 90+1' Report
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (
Belgium )
Deportivo La Coruña won 4–3 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
18:00
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
14:00
Sparta Prague 3–3 MTK Budapest Report
MTK Budapest won 6–4 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
16:30
Žilina 2–0 PAOK Report
Referee: Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (
Belarus )
Žilina won 7–1 on aggregate.
30 September 2021 (2021-09-30 )
14:00
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
17:00
Hajduk Split 3–1 Shkëndija Report Hamza 29'
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (
Austria )
Hajduk Split won 5–1 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
Minsk 2–0 Daugavpils Šaraņins 21' (o.g. ) Ivashyn 89' Report
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (
Armenia )
Minsk won 6–0 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
Kairat 1–0 APOEL Omatay 4' Report
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (
Moldova )
Kairat won 2–1 on aggregate.
28 September 2021 (2021-09-28 )
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 Žalgiris Colley 38' Elmichly 87' Report
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (
Greece )
Maccabi Haifa won 5–0 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
18:00
19 October 2021 (2021-10-19 )
18:00
Genk 3–1 1. FC Köln Report Schwirten 8'
Referee: Robert Ian Jenkins (
Wales )
Genk won 7–3 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
Septemvri Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
15:00
Trabzonspor won 3–0 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
19:00
Referee: Miloš Milanović (
Serbia )
Empoli won 3–2 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (
Ukraine )
19 October 2021 (2021-10-19 )
17:00
AZ 7–0 Gabala Report
AZ won 11–0 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
18:00
Angers 3–0 Miercurea Ciuc Lgharbi 56' Nadje 61' , 83' Report
Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (
Cyprus )
Angers won 5–0 on aggregate.
28 September 2021 (2021-09-28 )
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (
Greece )
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
19:00
Hammarby IF 1–2 Rangers Axelsson 80' Report
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (
Norway )
Rangers won 5–1 on aggregate.
30 September 2021 (2021-09-30 )
18:00
Referee: Thomas Gary Owen (
Wales )
Midtjylland won 14–3 on aggregate.
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29 )
Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (
Iceland )
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20 )
17:30
Red Star Belgrade 2–0 St Patrick's Athletic Report
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
Second round Summary Notes
^ Order of legs reversed after original draw. Matches 3 November 2021 (2021-11-03 )
16:00
24 November 2021 (2021-11-24 )
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (
Latvia )
Hajduk Split won 4–1 on aggregate.
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03 )
16:00
23 November 2021 (2021-11-23 )
18:00
Genk 1–0 MTK Budapest Geusens 83' Report
Genk won 3–1 on aggregate.
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03 )
20:00
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (
Iceland )
Deportivo La Coruña won 5–4 on aggregate.
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03 )
16:30
3–3 on aggregate. Žilina won 3–0 on penalties.
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03 )
16:30
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (
Greece )
23 November 2021 (2021-11-23 )
19:00
Empoli 5–0 Red Star Belgrade Report
Empoli won 6–1 on aggregate.
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02 )
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (
Malta )
23 November 2021 (2021-11-23 )
14:00
Midtjylland 5–0 Trabzonspor Report
Midtjylland won 10–2 on aggregate.
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03 )
18:00
1–1 on aggregate. AZ won 5–4 on penalties.
24 November 2021 (2021-11-24 )
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (
Belgium )
7 December 2021 (2021-12-07 )
Rangers 3–0 Septemvri Sofia Report
Rangers won 7–2 on aggregate.
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