2017–18 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path

The 2017–18 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path was played from 27 September to 22 November 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League.[1]

Times up to 28 October 2017 (first round) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (second round) times were CET (UTC+1).

Draw

The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path.[2] If 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.[3]

For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 29 August 2017, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4][5] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.[6]

  • 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 16 winners of the first round 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
Internazionale
Dynamo Kyiv
Dinamo București
Lokomotiva Zagreb
Ludogorets Razgrad
Zimbru Chișinău
Željezničar
Vllaznia Shkodër
Group 2
Team
Ajax
Legia Warsaw
Hammarby
Molde
Esbjerg
Breiðablik
KäPa
UCD
Group 3
Team
Bordeaux
Sparta Prague
Red Bull Salzburg
Nitra
Honvéd
Shkëndija
F91 Dudelange
Sutjeska Nikšić
Group 4
Team
Krasnodar
Bursaspor
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Maccabi Haifa
Brodarac
Kairat
Saburtalo Tbilisi
Liepāja

Format

In both rounds, if the aggregate score was tied after full-time of the second leg, the away goals rule was used to decide the winner. If still tied, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played). The eight second round winners advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.[1]

First round

The first legs were played on 26 and 27 September, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 October 2017.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Internazionale 5–2 Dynamo Kyiv2–23–0
Zimbru Chișinău 7–3 Vllaznia Shkodër3–14–2
Ludogorets Razgrad 3–4 Željezničar1–12–3
Dinamo București 2–4 Lokomotiva Zagreb0–22–2
KäPa 2–4[A] Esbjerg1–21–2
Breiðablik 1–3[A] Legia Warsaw1–30–0
UCD 3–3 (4–5 p) Molde2–11–2
Hammarby 0–6 Ajax0–40–2
Bordeaux 0–5 Red Bull Salzburg0–10–4
Nitra 2–1 Shkëndija1–01–1
F91 Dudelange 1–7 Sparta Prague0–41–3
Sutjeska Nikšić 2–3 Honvéd2–20–1
Brodarac 2–1 Maccabi Haifa1–11–0
Kairat 2–11 Krasnodar2–20–9
Liepāja 2–4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk2–10–3
Bursaspor 1–2 Saburtalo Tbilisi0–11–1
Notes
Internazionale 2–2 Dynamo Kyiv
Report
Referee: Nenad Djokić (Serbia)
Dynamo Kyiv 0–3 Internazionale
Report

Internazionale won 5–2 on aggregate.


Zimbru Chișinău 3–1 Vllaznia Shkodër
Report
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Vllaznia Shkodër 2–4 Zimbru Chișinău
Report
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

Zimbru Chișinău won 7–3 on aggregate.


Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 Željezničar
  • Beširević 88' (o.g.)
Report
PFC Ludogorets 1945 Training Centre, Razgrad
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
Željezničar 3–2 Ludogorets Razgrad
Report
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Željezničar won 4–3 on aggregate.


Dinamo București 0–2 Lokomotiva Zagreb
Report
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2–2 Dinamo București
Report
  • Vasile 37' (pen.)
  • Cretu 87'
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Lokomotiva Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.


KäPa 1–2 Esbjerg
  • Kiuru 28'
Report
Esbjerg 2–1 KäPa
Report
  • Kiuru 48'
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)

Esbjerg won 4–2 on aggregate.


Breiðablik 1–3 Legia Warsaw
  • Ingimarsson 30'
Report
  • Neuman 56'
  • Wełniak 66', 79'
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
Legia Warsaw 0–0 Breiðablik
Report
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.


UCD 2–1 Molde
  • Lovic 44'
  • McDonald 45'
Report
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)
Molde 2–1 UCD
Report
  • Ryan 51'
Penalties
5–4
  • Lovic
  • Dignam
  • Ryan
  • Manley
  • Farrugia
  • Boore
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

3–3 on aggregate. Molde won 5–4 on penalties.


Hammarby 0–4 Ajax
Report
Ajax 2–0 Hammarby
Report
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

Ajax won 6–0 on aggregate.


Bordeaux 0–1 Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Complexe Robert Monseau, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
Referee: Luis Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)
Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Bordeaux
Report
Attendance: 1,160[7]
Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–0 on aggregate.


Nitra 1–0 Shkëndija
  • Koša 49'
Report
Shkëndija 1–1 Nitra
  • Rasimi 25'
Report
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Nitra won 2–1 on aggregate.


F91 Dudelange 0–4 Sparta Prague
Report
Referee: Luis Teixeira (Portugal)
Sparta Prague 3–1 F91 Dudelange
  • Maksić 57'
  • Fišl 82'
  • Flak 85'
Report
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Sparta Prague won 7–1 on aggregate.


Sutjeska Nikšić 2–2 Honvéd
  • Bećirović 68'
  • Marušić 72'
Report
Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)
Honvéd 1–0 Sutjeska Nikšić
Report
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)

Honvéd won 3–2 on aggregate.


Brodarac 1–1 Maccabi Haifa
Report
  • Dahan 13'
Sports Center of FA of Serbia, Stara Pazova
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Maccabi Haifa 0–1 Brodarac
Report
  • Babović 20'
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Brodarac won 2–1 on aggregate.


Kairat 2–2 Krasnodar
Report
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Krasnodar 9–0 Kairat
Report
Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

Krasnodar won 11–2 on aggregate.


Liepāja 2–1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
  • Fogelis 37'
  • Smetanovs 74'
Report
Attendance: 672
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–0 Liepāja
  • Tsevan 30'
  • Kutsepalov 73'
  • Bal 87'
Report

Shakhtyor Soligorsk won 4–2 on aggregate.


Bursaspor 0–1 Saburtalo Tbilisi
Report
  • Kapanadze 26'
Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)
Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–1 Bursaspor
  • Tabatadze 85'
Report
David Petriashvili Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Saburtalo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

The first legs were played on 29, 31 October and 1 November, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 November 2017.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Zimbru Chișinău 0–2 Molde0–00–2
Lokomotiva Zagreb 1–1 (a) Željezničar1–10–0
Internazionale 10–1 Esbjerg4–16–0
Legia Warsaw 3–4 Ajax1–42–0
Brodarac 3–3 (a) Saburtalo Tbilisi1–12–2
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–3 Nitra2–00–3
Krasnodar 9–1 Honvéd8–01–1
Sparta Prague 2–6 Red Bull Salzburg2–40–2
Zimbru Chișinău 0–0 Molde
Report
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Molde 2–0 Zimbru Chișinău
Report
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

Molde won 2−0 on aggregate.


Lokomotiva Zagreb 1–1 Željezničar
  • Vranjković 73'
Report
  • Beširević 42'
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
Željezničar 0−0 Lokomotiva Zagreb
Report
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

1–1 on aggregate. Željezničar won on away goals.


Internazionale 4–1 Esbjerg
Report
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Esbjerg 0−6 Internazionale
Report

Internazionale won 10−1 on aggregate.


Legia Warsaw 1–4 Ajax
Report
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Ajax 0−2 Legia Warsaw
Report
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Ajax won 4–3 on aggregate.


Brodarac 1–1 Saburtalo Tbilisi
Report
  • Nikolashvili 83'
Sports Center of FA of Serbia, Stara Pazova
Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2−2 Brodarac
Report
Referee: Omar Pashayev (Azerbaijan)

3–3 on aggregate. Brodarac won on away goals.


Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 Nitra
Report
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
Nitra 3−0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
  • Fábry 37'
  • Dojčinovič 50', 64'
Report

Nitra won 3−2 on aggregate.


Krasnodar 8–0 Honvéd
Report
Honvéd 1−1 Krasnodar
  • Balint 51'
Report
Referee: Luis Teixeira (Portugal)

Krasnodar won 9−1 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague 2–4 Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Referee: Bojan Nikolić (Serbia)
Red Bull Salzburg 2−0 Sparta Prague
Report

Red Bull Salzburg won 6–2 on aggregate.

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