Similar to the senior competition, the Youth League has been restructured with a 36-team league phase.
Under the new format, Pep Guardiola’s side will play eight teams with the order, dates and kick-off times to be confirmed on Saturday, August 31.
The EDS will play the first of the six games and in Thursday’s draw, City will face:
Inter (H)
Paris Saint-Germain (A)
Club Brugge (H)
Juventus (A)
Feyenoord (H)
Sporting CP (A)
Sparta Prague (H)
Slovan Bratislava (A)
How does the UEFA Youth League work?
The league stage will mirror the Champions League ‘league stage’ but limited to the first six matchdays, with the same matches played in both competitions - three at home and three away.
The six opponents, dates, kick-off times and order of our eight matches will not be released until Saturday 31 August.
Keep across the official Man City App throughout the day for the updates as soon as they happen but until then, we can’t confirm when and where our Matchdays will take place.
The schedule is as follows:
Matchday 1: 17–19 September 2024
Matchday 2: 1/2 October 2024
Matchday 3: 22/23 October 2024
Matchday 4: 5/6 November 2024
Matchday 5: 26/27 November 2024
Matchday 6: 10/11 December 2024
At the end of these initial phases a single knockout phase will be played with one-leg ties starting with the round of 32.
Clubs ranked on to six in the Champions League path will qualify for the round of 32 and play against the clubs ranked 17 to 22. The clubs ranked 7 to 16 will face the 10 clubs that qualify via the Domestic Champions path in the round of 32.
The clubs ranked 23 and lower in the Champions League path are eliminated from the competition, as well as those losing the knockout rounds of the Domestic Champions path.
The tournament will conclude with a final four played at a neutral venue.
For the round of 16, the quarter-finals and semi-finals, the pairings will be determined by means of a draw.
