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2022–23 UEFA Youth League

The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the semi-finals and the final.
Tournament details
Dates	6 September 2022 – 24 April 2023
Teams	64 (from 39 associations)

The 2022–23 UEFA Youth League will be the ninth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.

The title holders are Benfica who defeated 6–0 Salzburg in the final.

Teams

A total of 64 teams from at least 32 of the 55 UEFA member associations may enter the tournament. They are split into two sections, each with 32 teams.

• UEFA Champions League Path: The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path. If there was a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it was filled by a team defined by UEFA.
• Domestic Champions Path: The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path. 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.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

• 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 could 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 could also be played on other dates, including Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Schedule for 2022–23 UEFA Youth League

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
UEFA Champions League Path Group stage	Matchday 1	25 August 2022	6–7 September 2022
	Matchday 2		13–14 September 2022
	Matchday 3		4–5 October 2022
	Matchday 4		11–12 October 2022
	Matchday 5		25–26 October 2022
	Matchday 6		1–2 November 2022
Domestic Champions Path	First round	30 August 2022	14 September 2022	5 October 2022
	Second round		26 October 2022	2 November 2022
Knockout phase	Play-offs	8 November 2022	7–8 February 2023
	Round of 16	13 February 2023	28 February 2023 & 1 March
	Quarter-finals		14–15 March 2023
	Semi-finals		21 April 2023 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon
	Final		24 April 2023 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon