2017–18 UEFA Youth League#Group A
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Youth League
| year = 2017–18
| image = 2017-2018 Amical Oyonnax vs Stade Français - 33.jpg
| size = 275
| caption = The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the semi-finals and final.
| dates = {{nowrap|12 September 2017 – 23 April 2018}}
| num_teams = 64
| associations = 43| champion_other = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona
| count = 2
| second_other = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea
| matches = 167
| goals = 566
| top_scorer = Ivan Ignatyev (Krasnodar)
10 goals
| prevseason = 2016–17
| nextseason = 2018–19
}}
The 2017–18 UEFA Youth League was the fifth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.
Barcelona won their second Youth League title following a win over Chelsea in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/finals/|title=UEFA Youth League: all you need to know about Nyon 2018|publisher=UEFA|date=23 April 2018}}
Red Bull Salzburg were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16. Starting from this season, the UEFA Youth League title holders were given an automatic berth in the Domestic Champions path if there was a vacancy.
Teams
A total of 64 teams from 43 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered the tournament, with Albania, Latvia and Luxembourg entering for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/news/0253-0d047b15264e-c1750562730d-1000--2017-18-uefa-youth-league-season-guide/|title=UEFA Youth League entrants confirmed|publisher=UEFA|date=24 August 2017}} They were split into two sections:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/47/26/10/2472610_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA Youth League 2017/18|publisher=UEFA|date=4 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411210307/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/47/26/10/2472610_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2018}}
- The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/023c-0e97a153f30e-d204d77e9d65-1000--champions-league-group-stage-draw-pots-confirmed/|title=Champions League group stage draw pots confirmed|publisher=UEFA|date=24 August 2017}} If there was a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it was filled by a team defined by UEFA.
- The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2016/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928205956/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2016/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 28, 2014|title=Country coefficients 2015/16|publisher=UEFA}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2016.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2016|publisher=Bert Kassies}} 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.
;Notes
{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}
{{Cnote2|TH|TH Youth League title holders.}}
{{Cnote2|†|n=0|† Teams which were also youth domestic champions, with their vacancies in the Domestic Champions Path filled by the youth domestic champions of the next association in the UEFA ranking.}}
{{Cnote2 End}}
Squads
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999, with a maximum of three players per team born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 1998 allowed.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/0235-0e95f6704e81-f4486a4197c8-1000--2017-european-football-diary/|title=2017 European football diary|publisher=UEFA|date=1 January 2017}}
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| Phase
!Round !Draw date !First leg !Second leg |
|---|
| rowspan=6|UEFA Champions League Path Group stage |Matchday 1 |rowspan=6|24 August 2017 |colspan=2|12–13 September 2017 |
| Matchday 2
|colspan=2|26–27 September 2017 |
| Matchday 3
|colspan=2|17–18 October 2017 |
| Matchday 4
|colspan=2|31 October – 1 November 2017 |
| Matchday 5
|colspan=2|21–22 November 2017 |
| Matchday 6
|colspan=2|5–6 December 2017 |
| rowspan=2|Domestic Champions Path
|First round |rowspan=2|29 August 2017 |27 September 2017 |18 October 2017 |
| Second round
|1 November 2017 |22 November 2017 |
| rowspan=5|Knockout phase
|Knockout round play-offs |11 December 2017 |colspan=2|6–7 February 2018 |
| Round of 16
|rowspan=4|9 February 2018 |colspan=2|20–21 February 2018 |
| Quarter-finals
|colspan=2|13–14 March 2018 |
| Semi-finals
|colspan=2|20 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2018/finals/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922071022/http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2018/finals/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2017|title=Final tournament: Nyon 2018|publisher=UEFA}} |
| Final
|colspan=2|23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon |
;Notes
- For the UEFA Champions League Path group stage, in principle the teams play their matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of the matchdays as scheduled for UEFA Champions League, and on the same day as the corresponding senior teams; however, matches may also be played on other dates, including Mondays and Thursdays.
- For the Domestic Champions Path first and second rounds, in principle matches are played on Wednesdays (first round on matchdays 2 and 3, second round on matchdays 4 and 5, as scheduled for UEFA Champions League); however, matches may also be played on other dates, including Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- For the play-offs, round of 16 and quarter-finals, in principle matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of the matchdays as scheduled; however, matches may also be played on other dates, provided they are completed before the following dates:
- Play-offs: 8 February 2018
- Round of 16: 28 February 2018
- Quarter-finals: 16 March 2018
UEFA Champions League Path
{{main|2017–18 UEFA Youth League group stage}}
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/draws/2018/2000921/|title=UEFA Champions League path group stage draw|publisher=UEFA|access-date=24 August 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/news/0253-0d047b158a23-73aca4bd72f3-1000--youth-league-champions-league-path-draw/|title=UEFA Youth League: UEFA Champions League path draw|publisher=UEFA|date=24 August 2017}}
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.
The matchdays were 12–13 September, 26–27 September, 17–18 October, 31 October – 1 November, 21–22 November, and 5–6 December 2017.
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| Tiebreakers |
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Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.03):
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=Group A=
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=Group B=
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=Group C=
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=Group D=
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=Group E=
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=Group F=
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=Group G=
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=Group H=
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Domestic Champions Path
{{main|2017–18 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path}}
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path|Draw}}
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path|Format}}
=First round=
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path|1R}}
=Second round=
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path|2R}}
Knockout phase
{{main|2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase}}
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|R16_draw}}
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|Format}}
=Bracket=
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|Bracket}}
=Knockout round play-offs=
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|PO_draw}}
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|Format}}
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|PO}}
=Round of 16=
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|R16}}
=Quarter-finals=
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|QF}}
=Semi-finals=
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|SF}}
=Final=
{{#lst:2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase|F}}
Statistics
;Notes
- {{small|— denotes the team did not participate in this stage.}}
=Top goalscorers=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| rowspan=2|Rank
!rowspan=2|Player !rowspan=2|Team !colspan=4|Goals | ||
|---|---|---|
| {{Tooltip|GS|Group stage}}
!{{Tooltip|DC|Domestic Champions Path}} !{{Tooltip|KO|Knockout phase}} !Total | ||
| 1
|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Ivan Ignatyev |align=left|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Krasnodar |— | 10 | 0
!10 |
| rowspan=3|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Gómez |align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |7 | — | 0
!rowspan=3|7 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carles Pérez
|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |4 | — | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Rudenko
|align=left|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow |6 | — | 1 |
| rowspan=2|5
|align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Jens Odgaard |align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale |— | 5 | 1
!rowspan=2|6 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Pinamonti
|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale |— | 6 | 0 |
| rowspan=6|7
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nabil Alioui |align=left|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Monaco |4 | — | 1
!rowspan=6|5 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Curtis Jones
|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool |4 | — | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Orkun Kökçü
|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord |3 | — | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Rafael Leão
|align=left|{{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP |4 | — | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke McCormick
|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea |4 | — | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Manuel Wintzheimer
|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich |5 | — | 0 |
{{small|Source: UEFA{{cite web |title=Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2018/statistics/round=2000921/players/kind=goals/index.html#order=3desc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930110900/http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2018/statistics/round=2000921/players/kind=goals/index.html#order=3desc |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2017 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=23 April 2018 }}}}
=Top assists=
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| Rank
!Player !Team !Assists |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1
|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov |align=left|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Krasnodar !rowspan=2|6 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Dominik Szoboszlai
|align=left|{{fbaicon|AUT}} Red Bull Salzburg |
| rowspan=4|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Moussa Diaby |align=left|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain !rowspan=4|5 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Achraf El Bouchataoui
|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord |
| align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} João Filipe
|align=left|{{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Miranda
|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |
{{small|Source: UEFA{{cite web |title=Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Assists |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2018/statistics/round=2000921/players/kind=goals/index.html#order=4desc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930110900/http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2018/statistics/round=2000921/players/kind=goals/index.html#order=4desc |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2017 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=23 April 2018 }}}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/ UEFA Youth League] (official website)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180708105307/https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/history/season=2018/index.html UEFA Youth League history: 2017/18]
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