2023/24 UEFA Youth League
Final today, who will be crowned champions for the first time, Olympiacos or Milan?
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Olympiacos a few minutes from winning it.
Final result:
Olympiacos 3-0 Milan
With a goalless first half, it looked like it could be another penalty shoot-out to decide the winner just like both semi-finals. But three goals in six minutes, including an overhead kick for the third goal, gave Olympiacos the decisive victory. Now can they complete a UYL-UECL double?
Olympiacos 3-0 Milan
With a goalless first half, it looked like it could be another penalty shoot-out to decide the winner just like both semi-finals. But three goals in six minutes, including an overhead kick for the third goal, gave Olympiacos the decisive victory. Now can they complete a UYL-UECL double?
The miraculous run of Olympiacos ends with a triumphant final and the 1st ever European trophy of the club (and Greek football) at any level!
It is amazing what these young players achieved, Olympiacos is the opposite of clubs like Salzburg and the Dutch who invest a lot in their academies and regulary promote players to the senior team - and they did it by taking down 3 Italian, 2 French and a German team!
A historic feat at youth level, here's to hoping some of these players will be able to have a senior career for Olympiacos.
It is amazing what these young players achieved, Olympiacos is the opposite of clubs like Salzburg and the Dutch who invest a lot in their academies and regulary promote players to the senior team - and they did it by taking down 3 Italian, 2 French and a German team!
A historic feat at youth level, here's to hoping some of these players will be able to have a senior career for Olympiacos.
Second Greek team to win a UEFA title, after Euro 2004.
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Congratulations Olympiakos! 
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Olympiacos won the tenth edition of the UEFA Youth League, defeating AC Milan 3-0 in Nyon thanks to a burst of three goals in seven minutes just past the hour.
The victory was the first by a Greek club in any UEFA competition, and followed a run that had began with a domestic champions path first-round defeat of Leece and also encompassed the elimination of Inter as well as Bayern München. In the semi-finals, Olympiacos edged out a Nantes team who had won four penalty shoot-outs in their run but were denied in their fifth.
Finals matches
Final: Monday 22 April (Colovray Sports Centre, Nyon)
Olympiacos 3-0 AC Milan
Semi-finals: Friday 19 April (Colovray Sports Centre, Nyon)
Olympiacos 0-0 Nantes (3-1 pens)
Porto 2-2 Milan (3-4 pens)
Top scorers
7 Amin Chiakha (Copenhagen)
7 Rodrigo Mora (Porto)
6 Anhá Candé (Porto)
6 Christos Mouzakitis (Olympiacos)
5 Yannick Eduardo (Leipzig)
5 Charalampos Kostoulas (Olympiacos)
5 Diego Sia (AC Milan)
5 Vladimír Vaľko (Žilina)
5 Yoël van den Ban (AZ Alkmaar)
Records and key stats
Olympiacos were only the second Greek team to win a UEFA competition after the senior national men's side at UEFA EURO 2004.
Olympiacos were only the second Greek club to reach a UEFA final after Panathinaikos in the 1970/71 European Cup, and the first to win one.
Neither Greece nor Italy had ever had a team in the final before. Olympiacos were the first Greek team to reach even the quarter-finals.
Olympiacos are the third winners to have come through the domestic champions path after AZ Alkmaar last season and Salzburg in 2016/17.
This was second time in a row two teams from the domestic champions path made the semi-finals (Olympiacos and Nantes). Last season finalists Salzburg and Hajduk Split both came through that route; the only previous three to get to the last four were Anderlecht (2015/16 semi-finals), Salzburg (2016/17 winners) and Chelsea (2018/19 runners-up).
Nantes won an unprecedented four shoot-outs in their run to the semis.
Nantes also set competition record crowds for both the quarter-finals (19,301) and domestic champions path (12,450 vs HJK) as well as attracting 13,377 for their play-off defeat of Sevilla, part of an aggregate tally of 46,928, a new Youth League best. Union Berlin's crowd of 20,744 against Real Madrid was a group stage record and the second best overall in the competition's history.
Real Madrid kept up their record of reaching at least the round of 16 in all ten editions. Atlético maintained theirs of always making at least the play-offs.
AZ's title defence ended on penalties in the round of 16 against Porto but the 1-1 draw ensured the Dutch side equalled Chelsea's record of 17 straight UEFA Youth League matches unbeaten over 90 minutes.
Roll of honour
Finals
2024: Olympiacos 3-0 AC Milan (beaten semi-finalists: Nantes & Porto)
2023: AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Hajduk Split (beaten semi-finalists: AC Milan & Sporting CP)
2022: Benfica 6-0 Salzburg (beaten semi-finalists: Atlético & Juventus)
2021: No competition
2020: Real Madrid 3-2 Benfica (beaten semi-finalists: Salzburg & Ajax)
2019: Porto 3-1 Chelsea (beaten semi-finalists: Barcelona & Hoffenheim)
2018: Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea (beaten semi-finalists: Manchester City & Porto)
2017: Salzburg 2-1 Benfica (beaten semi-finalists: Barcelona & Real Madrid)
2016: Chelsea 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain (beaten semi-finalists: Anderlecht & Real Madrid)
2015: Chelsea 3-2 Shakhtar Donetsk (beaten semi-finalists: Anderlecht & Roma)
2014: Barcelona 3-0 Benfica (beaten semi-finalists: Real Madrid & Schalke)
All finals played in Nyon except 2023 in Geneva
Top scorer by season
2023/24: Amin Chiakha (Copenhagen), Rodrigo Mora (Porto) 7
2022/23: Bilal Mazhar (Panathinaikos), Mexx Meerdink (AZ Alkmaar) 9
2021/22: Mads Hansen (Midtjylland), Aral Simsir (Midtjylland) 7
2020/21: season cancelled
2019/20: Roberto Piccoli (Atalanta), Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) 8
2018/19: Charlie Brown (Chelsea) 12
2017/18: Ivan Ignatev (Krasnodar) 10
2016/17: Jordi Mboula (Barcelona), Kaj Sierhuis (Ajax) 8
2015/16: Roberto Nuñez (Atlético) 9
2014/15: Dominic Solanke (Chelsea) 12
2013/14: Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona) 11
Most titles
By club
2 Barcelona
2 Chelsea
1 AZ Alkmaar
1 Benfica
1 Olympiacos
1 Porto
1 Real Madrid
1 Salzburg
By country
3 Spain
2 England
2 Portugal
1 Austria
1 Greece
1 Netherlands
Most final appearances
By club
4 Benfica
4 Chelsea
2 Barcelona
2 Salzburg
1 AC Milan
1 AZ Alkmaar
1 Hajduk Split
1 Olympiacos
1 Paris Saint-Germain
1 Porto
1 Real Madrid
1 Shakhtar Donetsk
By country
5 Portugal
4 England
3 Spain
2 Austria
1 Croatia
1 France
1 Greece
1 Italy
1 Netherlands
1 Ukraine
Most semi-final appearances
By club
4 Barcelona
4 Benfica
4 Chelsea
4 Real Madrid
3 Porto
3 Salzburg
2 AC Milan
2 Anderlecht
1 Ajax
1 Atlético
1 AZ Alkmaar
1 Hajduk Split
1 Hoffenheim
1 Juventus
1 Manchester City
1 Nantes
1 Olympiacos
1 Paris Saint-Germain
1 Roma
1 Schalke
1 Shakhtar Donetsk
1 Sporting CP
By country
9 Spain
8 Portugal
5 England
3 Austria
4 Italy
2 Belgium
2 France
2 Germany
2 Netherlands
1 Croatia
1 Greece
1 Ukraine
https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/ne ... -a-glance/
Olympiacos won the tenth edition of the UEFA Youth League, defeating AC Milan 3-0 in Nyon thanks to a burst of three goals in seven minutes just past the hour.
The victory was the first by a Greek club in any UEFA competition, and followed a run that had began with a domestic champions path first-round defeat of Leece and also encompassed the elimination of Inter as well as Bayern München. In the semi-finals, Olympiacos edged out a Nantes team who had won four penalty shoot-outs in their run but were denied in their fifth.
Finals matches
Final: Monday 22 April (Colovray Sports Centre, Nyon)
Olympiacos 3-0 AC Milan
Semi-finals: Friday 19 April (Colovray Sports Centre, Nyon)
Olympiacos 0-0 Nantes (3-1 pens)
Porto 2-2 Milan (3-4 pens)
Top scorers
7 Amin Chiakha (Copenhagen)
7 Rodrigo Mora (Porto)
6 Anhá Candé (Porto)
6 Christos Mouzakitis (Olympiacos)
5 Yannick Eduardo (Leipzig)
5 Charalampos Kostoulas (Olympiacos)
5 Diego Sia (AC Milan)
5 Vladimír Vaľko (Žilina)
5 Yoël van den Ban (AZ Alkmaar)
Records and key stats
Olympiacos were only the second Greek team to win a UEFA competition after the senior national men's side at UEFA EURO 2004.
Olympiacos were only the second Greek club to reach a UEFA final after Panathinaikos in the 1970/71 European Cup, and the first to win one.
Neither Greece nor Italy had ever had a team in the final before. Olympiacos were the first Greek team to reach even the quarter-finals.
Olympiacos are the third winners to have come through the domestic champions path after AZ Alkmaar last season and Salzburg in 2016/17.
This was second time in a row two teams from the domestic champions path made the semi-finals (Olympiacos and Nantes). Last season finalists Salzburg and Hajduk Split both came through that route; the only previous three to get to the last four were Anderlecht (2015/16 semi-finals), Salzburg (2016/17 winners) and Chelsea (2018/19 runners-up).
Nantes won an unprecedented four shoot-outs in their run to the semis.
Nantes also set competition record crowds for both the quarter-finals (19,301) and domestic champions path (12,450 vs HJK) as well as attracting 13,377 for their play-off defeat of Sevilla, part of an aggregate tally of 46,928, a new Youth League best. Union Berlin's crowd of 20,744 against Real Madrid was a group stage record and the second best overall in the competition's history.
Real Madrid kept up their record of reaching at least the round of 16 in all ten editions. Atlético maintained theirs of always making at least the play-offs.
AZ's title defence ended on penalties in the round of 16 against Porto but the 1-1 draw ensured the Dutch side equalled Chelsea's record of 17 straight UEFA Youth League matches unbeaten over 90 minutes.
Roll of honour
Finals
2024: Olympiacos 3-0 AC Milan (beaten semi-finalists: Nantes & Porto)
2023: AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Hajduk Split (beaten semi-finalists: AC Milan & Sporting CP)
2022: Benfica 6-0 Salzburg (beaten semi-finalists: Atlético & Juventus)
2021: No competition
2020: Real Madrid 3-2 Benfica (beaten semi-finalists: Salzburg & Ajax)
2019: Porto 3-1 Chelsea (beaten semi-finalists: Barcelona & Hoffenheim)
2018: Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea (beaten semi-finalists: Manchester City & Porto)
2017: Salzburg 2-1 Benfica (beaten semi-finalists: Barcelona & Real Madrid)
2016: Chelsea 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain (beaten semi-finalists: Anderlecht & Real Madrid)
2015: Chelsea 3-2 Shakhtar Donetsk (beaten semi-finalists: Anderlecht & Roma)
2014: Barcelona 3-0 Benfica (beaten semi-finalists: Real Madrid & Schalke)
All finals played in Nyon except 2023 in Geneva
Top scorer by season
2023/24: Amin Chiakha (Copenhagen), Rodrigo Mora (Porto) 7
2022/23: Bilal Mazhar (Panathinaikos), Mexx Meerdink (AZ Alkmaar) 9
2021/22: Mads Hansen (Midtjylland), Aral Simsir (Midtjylland) 7
2020/21: season cancelled
2019/20: Roberto Piccoli (Atalanta), Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) 8
2018/19: Charlie Brown (Chelsea) 12
2017/18: Ivan Ignatev (Krasnodar) 10
2016/17: Jordi Mboula (Barcelona), Kaj Sierhuis (Ajax) 8
2015/16: Roberto Nuñez (Atlético) 9
2014/15: Dominic Solanke (Chelsea) 12
2013/14: Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona) 11
Most titles
By club
2 Barcelona
2 Chelsea
1 AZ Alkmaar
1 Benfica
1 Olympiacos
1 Porto
1 Real Madrid
1 Salzburg
By country
3 Spain
2 England
2 Portugal
1 Austria
1 Greece
1 Netherlands
Most final appearances
By club
4 Benfica
4 Chelsea
2 Barcelona
2 Salzburg
1 AC Milan
1 AZ Alkmaar
1 Hajduk Split
1 Olympiacos
1 Paris Saint-Germain
1 Porto
1 Real Madrid
1 Shakhtar Donetsk
By country
5 Portugal
4 England
3 Spain
2 Austria
1 Croatia
1 France
1 Greece
1 Italy
1 Netherlands
1 Ukraine
Most semi-final appearances
By club
4 Barcelona
4 Benfica
4 Chelsea
4 Real Madrid
3 Porto
3 Salzburg
2 AC Milan
2 Anderlecht
1 Ajax
1 Atlético
1 AZ Alkmaar
1 Hajduk Split
1 Hoffenheim
1 Juventus
1 Manchester City
1 Nantes
1 Olympiacos
1 Paris Saint-Germain
1 Roma
1 Schalke
1 Shakhtar Donetsk
1 Sporting CP
By country
9 Spain
8 Portugal
5 England
3 Austria
4 Italy
2 Belgium
2 France
2 Germany
2 Netherlands
1 Croatia
1 Greece
1 Ukraine