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2013–14 UEFA Youth League group stage

football tournament group stage

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ130478491 ↗
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The 2013–14 UEFA Youth League group stage was played from 17 September to 11 December 2013. A total of 32 teams competed to decide the sixteen teams that would advance to the knockout phase of the 2013–14 UEFA Youth League.

Draw

The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2013–14 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 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 29 August 2013 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

Format

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.

Tiebreakers

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:

higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;

superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;

higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;

higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;

If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;

superior goal difference from all group matches played;

higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;

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);

drawing of lots.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, UEFA, Youth and League is the immediate research focus.
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