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
 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
  • Vasvári  5'
  • Vancsa  25', 46'
 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
  • Antunović  31'
  • Čuić  40'
  • Brkljača  80'
 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
Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)
Minsk 1–1 Hajduk Split
Knyazev  45' Report Čuić  72'
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

Hajduk Split won 4–1 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest 1–2 Genk
Vancsa  45+1' Report
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)
Genk 1–0 MTK Budapest
Geusens  83' Report
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'
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)
Maccabi Haifa 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña
  • Kay Laish  49'
  • Elmichly  60'
  • Razon  82'
 Report
Referee: Loukas Sotiriou (Cyprus)

Deportivo La Coruña won 5–4 on aggregate.

Žilina 3–2 Kairat
  • Jambor  34', 64'
  • Šnajder  36'
 Report
  • Aremeyaw  42' (o.g.)
  • Trufanov  79'
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)
Kairat 1–0 Žilina
Toleukhanov  32' Report
Penalties
Kobeyev
Shirobokov
Azatov 		0–3 Oravec
Javorček
Belko
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.)
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)
Empoli 5–0 Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Empoli won 6–1 on aggregate.

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

Midtjylland won 10–2 on aggregate.

Angers 0–1 AZ
Report Schouten  69'
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
AZ 0–1 Angers
Report Martins  32'
Penalties
5–4
AZ Training Centre, Wijdewormer
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'
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
Rangers 3–0 Septemvri Sofia
  • Lowry  55'
  • Weston  65'
  • McKinnon  88'
 Report
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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