2014–15 UEFA Youth League group stage

The 2014–15 UEFA Youth League group stage was played from 16 September to 11 December 2014. A total of 32 teams competed to decide the 16 teams that would advance to the knockout phase of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League.^[1]

The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the competition.

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 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 28 August 2014, 17:45 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.^[2][3][4]

Key to colours
Group winners advanced to the round of 16

Pot 1 Team Real Madrid Barcelona Bayern Munich Chelsea Benfica Atlético Madrid Arsenal Porto

Pot 2 Team Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund Juventus Paris Saint-Germain Shakhtar Donetsk Basel Zenit Saint Petersburg Manchester City

Pot 3 Team Bayer Leverkusen Olympiacos CSKA Moscow Ajax Liverpool Sporting CP Galatasaray Athletic Bilbao

Pot 4 Team Anderlecht Roma APOEL BATE Borisov Ludogorets Razgrad Maribor Monaco Malmö FF

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16.

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings:^[1]

1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 applied;
6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
8. lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received during the group stage (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. drawing of lots.

The matchdays were 16–18 September, 30 September–2 October, 21–23 October, 4–6 November, 25–27 November and 9–11 December 2014, with the matches played on the same matchday as the corresponding Champions League matches, but not necessarily on the same day. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16. Times up to 25 October 2014 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATM	OLY	JUV	MAL
1	Atlético Madrid	6	5	0	1	11	5	+6	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	1–0	3–1
2	Olympiacos	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13			1–2	—	1–1	2–0
3	Juventus	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5			0–3	0–3	—	2–0
4	Malmö FF	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1			1–2	1–3	2–2	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	LIV	BSL	LUD
1	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	19	7	+12	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–1	2–0	6–0
2	Liverpool	6	4	0	2	16	9	+7	12			3–2	—	3–0	4–0
3	Basel	6	4	0	2	17	9	+8	12			3–2	3–2	—	6–0
4	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	0	6	0	27	−27	0			0–3	0–3	0–5	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEN	ZEN	LEV	MON
1	Benfica	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	4–1	3–0
2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10			5–1	—	0–3	0–3
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	0	4	12	14	−2	6			2–3	1–4	—	4–0
4	Monaco	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6			0–1	1–3	3–1	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AND	ARS	GAL	DOR
1	Anderlecht	6	4	1	1	15	8	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–3	3–0[a]	5–0
2	Arsenal	6	4	0	2	15	8	+7	12			1–2	—	5–1	1–0
3	Galatasaray	6	2	0	4	10	18	−8	6			3–0	1–3	—	3–2
4	Borussia Dortmund	6	1	1	4	8	14	−6	4			1–1	0–2	5–2	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	ROM	BAY	CSKA
1	Manchester City	6	6	0	0	22	4	+18	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	6–0	4–2
2	Roma	6	3	0	3	9	10	−1	9			0–4	—	1–0	3–1
3	Bayern Munich	6	2	0	4	8	18	−10	6			1–4	3–2	—	3–2
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	0	5	8	15	−7	3			0–2	0–2	3–1	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AJX	BAR	PAR	APO
1	Ajax	6	4	2	0	19	7	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	6–1	4–1
2	Barcelona	6	2	3	1	10	7	+3	9			2–2	—	0–0	3–0
3	Paris Saint-Germain	6	2	2	2	15	14	+1	8			3–6	2–2	—	6–0
4	APOEL	6	0	1	5	3	19	−16	1			0–0	2–3	0–3	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	SCH	SPO	MRB
1	Chelsea	6	5	0	1	24	3	+21	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–1	6–0	2–0
2	Schalke 04	6	5	0	1	19	7	+12	15			2–0	—	3–0	5–0
3	Sporting CP	6	2	0	4	8	20	−12	6			0–5	2–3	—	3–2
4	Maribor	6	0	0	6	4	25	−21	0			0–7	1–5	1–3	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SHK	POR	ATH	BATE
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	2	0	15	3	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	6–0	1–0
2	Porto	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9			1–1	—	2–0	2–0
3	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	0	3	9	12	−3	9			0–2	3–1	—	4–0
4	BATE Borisov	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1			1–4	0–0	1–2	—

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• 2014–15 UEFA Youth League