In the UEFA Youth League season-2023/2024, Donetsk's 'Shakhtar' and Lviv's 'Rukh', both U-19 teams, will participate. Shakhtar will compete in the group stage of the Champions Path, while Rukh will play in the Champions Path countries.

According to today's draw results, 'Rukh', who won the previous round of the Ukrainian championship, will face 'Sarajevo' (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Youth League. If successful at this stage, Lvivians will play against the winner of the match between 'Famalicao' (Portugal) and 'Midtjylland' (Denmark) in the second round.

UEFA Youth League. Champions Path countries

Round 1

'Rukh' (Ukraine) — 'Sarajevo' (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The matches will take place on October 4th and 25th.

Round 2

'Rukh' (Ukraine)/«Sarajevo» (Bosnia and Herzegovina) — 'Famalicao' (Portugal)/'Midtjylland' (Denmark)

The matches will take place on November 8th and 29th.

Recall, the juniors of Shakhtar will play in the group stage as reserves of their club that has qualified directly for the Champions League group stage. Donetskians learned about their opponents' names on August 31st when the UEFA Champions League draw took place in Monaco.

UEFA Youth League. Champions Path

Group N: 'Barcelona' (Spain), 'Porto' (Portugal), 'Shakhtar' (Ukraine), 'Antwerp' (Belgium).

The Champions Path consists of 32 youth teams whose clubs have qualified for the Champions League group stage. The Country Champions Path includes winners of national youth championships from 32 top associations by UEFA ranking, who do not qualify directly to the Champions Path.

Format

The Champions Path will feature 32 youth teams whose clubs have qualified for the Champions League group stage. The Country Champions Path includes winners of national youth championships from 32 top associations by UEFA ranking, who do not qualify directly to the Champions Path.

Group compositions in the Champions Path mirror those in the main Champions League competition. Teams finishing first advance directly to the round of 16, while second-placed teams enter knockout matches.

Participants in the Country Champions Path will play two rounds of qualifying matches. Eight winners from the second round will proceed to knockout matches.

In the knockout stage, teams will play one-off elimination matches. The eight winners from the Country Champions Path will host the eight clubs finishing second in their Champions Path groups.

The eight winners of these knockout matches advance to the round of 16 where they join the eight group winners from the Champions Path. Semi-finals and final will be held in one city.

Draw and match dates

Champions Path: Group stage

Round 1: September 19/20.

Round 2: October 3/4.

Round 3: October 24/25.

Round 4: November 7/8.

Round 5: November 28/29.

Round 6: December 12/13.

Country Champions Path

Round 1

First matches: October 4.

Second leg matches: October 25.

Round 2

First matches: November 8.

Second leg matches: November 29.

Knockout stage

Draw for knockout round: December 19 (Nyon).

Knockout matches: February 6/7.

Draw for knockout stage (from Round of 16): February 9 (Nyon).

Round of 16: February 27/28.

Quarter-finals: March 12/13.

Semi-finals: April 19.

Final: April 22.