2022/23 UEFA Youth League

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Matchday 1

Group A
Ajax 2-1 Rangers, Napoli 1-2 Liverpool

Group B
Atlético 1-0 Porto, Club Brugge 4-1 Leverkusen

Group C
Barcelona 3-0 Plzeň, Inter 2-2 Bayern

Group D
Frankfurt 1-1 Sporting CP, Tottenham 3-0 Marseille

Group E
Dinamo Zagreb 4-2 Chelsea, Salzburg 1-1 AC Milan

Group F
Leipzig 0-2 Shakhtar, Celtic 0-6 Real Madrid

Group G
Sevilla 1-5 Man City, Dortmund 0-2 Copenhagen

Group H
Paris 5-3 Juventus, Benfica 0-1 Maccabi Haifa

[Laudrup1]

Rangers were unlucky in the game against Ajax. Missed a penalty to equalise the game at 2-1. Hit the woodwork a few times as well.

Ajax looked very capable as you'd expect their youth teams to do but there were encouraging signs from a few of the Rangers youth players who are playing in a competitve league set up for the last two seasons albeit a very low one (not like Barcelona B in Spain division 2 etc)

[Club-Mate]

Rangers were unlucky in the game against Ajax. Missed a penalty to equalise the game at 2-1. Hit the woodwork a few times as well.

Ajax looked very capable as you'd expect their youth teams to do but there were encouraging signs from a few of the Rangers youth players who are playing in a competitve league set up for the last two seasons albeit a very low one (not like Barcelona B in Spain division 2 etc)

team of Ajax is only 17,8 yrs old Rangers squad exactly 1 year more. This could explain the partly superiority of Rangers in this match. One year older in this age category means a lot players should be physically stronger and more mature.
FC Kopenhagen's team is very young as well 17,7 yrs I expect them going far this season like Midtjylland did before. It's a shame that successful smaller countries not even in Youth CL get more spots than only one.

[Dragonite]

The domestic path starts tomorrow:





I expect the following teams to progress:
Crvena Zvezda, Domzale, Genk, Nantes, AZ Alkmaar, AIK, Molde, Pobeda, MTK Budapest, Trencin, Hajduk Split, Rukh Lviv, Ashdod, Panathinaikos, Astana and Galatasaray

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First round

First legs

Monday 12 September
Hajduk Split vs Gabala (17:00)

Wednesday 14 September
Genk vs Slavia Praha (16:00)
MTK Budapest vs Jelgava (16:00)
Rukh Lviv vs Zagłębie Lubin (17:00)
Panathinaikos vs Slavia Sofia (17:00)
Young Boys vs Domžale (18:00)
AZ Alkmaar vs Shamrock Rovers (18:00)
Žalgiris Vilnius vs Trenčín (18:00)
Ashdod vs Borac Banja Luka (18:00)
Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc vs Galatasaray (18:00)
Crvena zvezda vs Omonoia (19:00)
Nantes vs Pyunik (19:00)
AIK vs Racing Union (19:00)
Molde vs Hibernian (19:00)
Coleraine vs Pobeda (20:30)

Thursday 15 September
Astana vs Apolonia (15:00)

Second legs

Tuesday 4 October
Gabala vs Hajduk Split (15:00)
Shamrock Rovers vs AZ Alkmaar (20:45)

Wednesday 5 October
Jelgava vs MTK Budapest (13:00)
Slavia Praha vs Genk (14:00)
Apolonia vs Astana (14:00)
Pobeda vs Coleraine (14:00)
Pyunik vs Nantes (16:00)
Slavia Sofia vs Panathinaikos (16:00)
Galatasaray vs Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc (17:00)
Omonoia vs Crvena zvezda (18:00)
Domžale vs Young Boys (18:00)
Trenčín vs Žalgiris Vilnius (18:00)
Zagłębie Lubin vs Rukh Lviv (18:00)
Racing Union vs AIK (19:00)
Hibernian vs Molde (20:00)

Wednesday 12 October
Borac Banja Luka vs Ashdod (18:30)

All times CET

[EarlofBug]

First round
First legs

Monday 12 September
Hajduk Split vs Gabala (17:00)

Is that a new thing, to have a Youth league match on Monday?

[amenina]

First round
First legs

Monday 12 September
Hajduk Split vs Gabala (17:00)

Is that a new thing, to have a Youth league match on Monday?

Domestic champions path matches have been played before on dates other than Wednesdays. This is allowed by the competition regulations:

https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulation ... res-Online

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If both teams and the UEFA administration agree, matches may also be played on other dates, including the Monday, Tuesday or Thursday of a UEFA Champions League matchweek.

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Matchday 2

Group A
Liverpool 4-0 Ajax, Rangers 3-2 Napoli

Group B
Porto 2-1 Club Brugge, Leverkusen 0-3 Atlético

Group C
Plzeň 0-3 Inter, Bayern 3-3 Barcelona

Group D
Marseille 2-2 Frankfurt, Sporting CP 2-0 Tottenham

Group E
Chelsea 1-1 Salzburg, AC Milan 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Group F
Shakhtar 2-1 Celtic, Real Madrid 1-1 Leipzig

Group G
Man City 3-2 Dortmund, Copenhagen 4-1 Sevilla

Group H
Juventus 1-1 Benfica, Maccabi Haifa 0-5 Paris

[quelhar]

In the champions route, Slavia surprisingly won away against Genk 2-1 despite playing almost an hour in 10 men. Quite a success for czech U19 champions, lets see if they will be able to repeat it in three weeks at home.

[Juliusz]

Meanwhile, Zagłębie Lubin lost 0-1 to Rukh Lviv. It was formally an away leg, but played in Lubin as well as the home leg. Rukh seem to be not so bad after all and Polish youth champion might be eliminated already in the first round again.

[AnelZ]

Ashdod (ISR) 2-0 Borac Banja Luka (BiH)

Expected win for the Israelis but I hoped that Borac would be able to lose with just 1 goal difference. The way it looks now, the chances for Borac are slim to overturn this result in the home match.

[Dragonite]

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Matchday 3

Group A
Liverpool 4-1 Rangers, Ajax 5-1 Napoli

Group B
Porto 3-1 Leverkusen, Club Brugge 1-3 Atlético

Group C
Bayern 1-2 Plzeň, Inter 1-6 Barcelona

Group D
Marseille 0-6 Sporting CP, Frankfurt 1-0 Tottenham

Group E
Salzburg 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb, Chelsea 1-1 AC Milan

Group F
Leipzig 1-2 Celtic, Real Madrid 6-1 Shakhtar

Group G
Man City 1-1 Copenhagen, Sevilla 1-1 Dortmund

Group H
Juventus 3-1 Maccabi Haifa, Benfica 0-1 Paris

[Juliusz]

Yesterday Zagłębie Lubin drew 0-0 at home vs Rukh Lviv and are out (0-1 on aggregate). Even an addition from first team didn't help. So embarrassing.

[Dragonite]

Yesterday Zagłębie Lubin drew 0-0 at home vs Rukh Lviv and are out (0-1 on aggregate). Even an addition from first team didn't help. So embarrassing.

Why is it embarrassing?

You think that Ukrainian football is below Polish football?