The 11th UEFA Youth League draw will take place in a new format from September 17 to April 28. We present the calendar for Donetsk's Shakhtar U-19 and Kyiv's Dynamo U-19 teams in the tournament.

Donetsk's Shakhtar U-19 will start their UEFA Youth League campaign on September 18 at the main stage. The path of the miners' team in the tournament, as before, will correspond to the match schedule of the first team in the Champions League, with one exception: youth squads will play only six matches and will not participate in the last two rounds in January.

18.09. Bolonia U-19 — Shakhtar U-19. 13:00

02.10.  Shakhtar U-19 — Atalanta U-19. 15:00

22.10. Arsenal U-19 — Shakhtar U-19. 15:00

06.11. Shakhtar U-19 — Young Boys U-19. 13:00

27.11. PSV Eindhoven U-19 — Shakhtar U-19. 15:00

10.12. Shakhtar U-19 — Bayern Munich U-19. 13:00

It is worth noting that Shakhtar U-19 will host their main stage UEFA Youth League opponents in Gelsenkirchen at the Parkstadion.

Kyiv's Dynamo, with a high club ranking, begins its tournament run from the second round of the Champions Path. 

At this stage of competition, the opponents of Igor Kostyuk's wards will be the winner of Gibraltar's Lincoln Red Imps and Slovenia's Maribor. In case of success in the third round, the white-and-blues will face the better team among Bilis (Albania) — 2 Koreku (Kosovo) and USC (Ireland) — Stjarnan (Iceland). 

The second round games are scheduled for October 23 and November 6, the third round is planned for November 27 and December 11.

UEFA Youth League-2024/2025. Format

Qualification

The tournament will be adapted to the new format of UEFA's main club competitions — 36 youth teams representing clubs from the Champions League path (UEFA-2024/2025) will participate. The national champions' paths are being reformed so that winners of all UEFA member associations' youth championships will be included in the tournament (currently only 32 top associations take part).

If a club qualifies for the tournament from both the Champions League path and the national champions' path, it is automatically sent to the Champions League path. The vacated spot in the national champions' path will be filled by the second-place finisher of the corresponding competition.

The winner of the UEFA Youth League automatically qualifies for the national champions' path if they did not qualify through the Champions League path.

Initial stages

The league stage will mirror the same stage of the Champions League but will be limited to the first six matchdays (three home and three away matches).

The national champions' path tournament will consist of three rounds in a knockout format with two-legged ties (home and away). Clubs from associations with the highest ranking will start the tournament from the second round.

Knockout stage

After completing the mentioned rounds starting from the 1/16 finals, a knockout phase will be held. The winner of each tie will be determined by one match result. Clubs ranked 1—6 (Champions League path) in the 1/16 finals will play against clubs ranked 17—22. Clubs ranked 7—16 in the 1/16 finals will face teams that qualified through the national champions' path.

Clubs ranked 23 and below in the Champions League path, as well as those who lose their two-legged ties in the national champions' path, will leave the tournament. The final stage of the tournament involving four teams (semifinals and finals) will be played on neutral ground.

The 1/8-finals, 1/4-finals, and 1/2-finals pairs will be determined by a draw.

Dates of draws and matches

Champions League path: league stage

Round 1: September 17—19.

Round 2: October 1/2.

Round 3: October 22/23.

Round 4: November 5/6.

Round 5: November 26/27.

Round 6: December 10/11.

National champions' path

Round 1

First leg matches: September 18.

Second leg matches: October 2.

Round 2

First leg matches: October 23.

Second leg matches: November 6.

Round 3

First leg matches: November 27.

Second leg matches: December 11.

Knockout stage

Drawing of the 1/16 finals: December 20.