Youth Cup 2nd Round Results

No real surprises last night, as pretty much all the games went to form.

Standard Liege - conquerors of last season's winners Genoa in the 1st Round - lost to previous champions Atletico Madrid 1-0.

1st Round Old Lady muggers River Plate took previous champions Manchester City to Fictional Extra Time, but lost 3-2.

Spartak held Roma over 90 minutes, but conceded three in FET.

Bayer Leverkusen 0 - 3 Flamengo Overage players
FK Partizan 3 - 2 ACF Fiorentina
FC Augsburg 0 - 3 Paris Saint-Germain Overage players
Sunderland 2 - 3 Stoke City
SSC Napoli 0 - 3 Dynamo Moskva Overage sub
Rubin Kazan 3 - 0 Villarreal Overage players
Chelsea 2 - 1 Ajax
Manchester City 3 - 2 River Plate AFET
Atletico Madrid 1 - 0 Standard Liege
Newcastle United 0 - 4 SL Benfica
FC Schalke 04 0 - 3 Levante Overage players
Aston Villa 4 - 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Hellas Verona 1 - 0 Werder Bremen
AS Roma 5 - 2 Spartak Moskva AFET
RSC Anderlecht 3 - 0 Galatasaray Overage players
FC Porto 2 - 0 Lokomotiv Moskva

Youth Cup 2nd Round Draw

1st Round giant killers Standard Liege and River Plate have been 'rewarded' with tough away ties at former winners Atletico Madrid and Manchester City, respectively.

Villarreal, who knocked out Borussia Dortmund, land an easier looking home fixture against Rubin Kazan.

Two former winners Bayer Leverkusen and Flamengo meet in what could be the tie of the round.

Fixtures are one leg only, to be played on Saturday 14 March.

Bayer Leverkusen - Flamengo
FK Partizan - ACF Fiorentina
FC Augsburg - Paris Saint-Germain
Sunderland - Stoke City
SSC Napoli - Dynamo Moskva
Rubin Kazan - Villarreal
Chelsea - Ajax
Manchester City - River Plate
Atletico Madrid - Standard Liege
Newcastle United - SL Benfica
FC Schalke 04 - Levante
Aston Villa - Zenit Saint Petersburg
Hellas Verona - Werder Bremen
AS Roma - Spartak Moskva
RSC Anderlecht - Galatasaray
FC Porto - Lokomotiv Moskva

Youth Cup 1st Round Results

Last season's winners Genoa mugged at home by Liege, Little's River Plate kill off giant (and two time champs) Old Lady, Yellow Submarine sinks Dortmund.

Draw for the 2nd Round (scheduled for 14 March) will be live on Facebook this evening (tbc), and posted here after.

Southampton 0 - 2 Atlético Madrid
Club Brugge KV 0 - 2 FC Schalke 04
AC Milan 0 - 3 Rubin Kazan Overage subs
FC Porto 2 - 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Real Madrid 1 - 3 Dynamo Moskva
AS Monaco 0 - 2 FC Augsburg AFET
SSC Napoli 2 - 1 Leicester City
Valencia CF 0 - 3 Paris Saint-Germain Overage players
Villarreal CF 1 - 0 Borussia Dortmund
Genoa CFC 1 - 2 Standard Liège
1. FC Köln 0 - 3 Aston Villa
Lokomotiv Moskva 4 - 3 Celtic AFET
Atalanta BC 1 - 4 Chelsea AFET
Hellas Verona 2 - 1 Udinese Calcio
West Ham United 0 - 4 Bayer Leverkusen
Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 - 0 CSKA Moskva
Santos FC 0 - 5 SL Benfica
ACF Fiorentina 3 - 1 FC Twente
Manchester City 4 - 0 SC Internacional
Athletic Club 1 - 2 Stoke City
Sampdoria 0 - 3 Sunderland
Hertha BSC 1 - 4 FK Partizan
Ajax 3 - 0 HAMBURGER SV Overage subs
Olympiacos 0 - 1 Werder Bremen
Liverpool 2 - 3 Newcastle United AFET
River Plate 2 - 1 Juventus
Barcelona 0 - 1 Levante UD
Flamengo 3 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
AS Roma 3 - 2 West Bromwich Albion AFET
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 - 3 RSC Anderlecht Overage players
Sevilla 0 - 3 Spartak Moskva
Galatasaray SK 3 - 0 São Paulo FC

Youth Cup 1st Round Draw

Matches to be played using friendly fixtures on Saturday 29 February.

Sampdoria vs. Sunderland
Lokomotiv Moskva vs. Celtic
Flamengo vs. Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Napoli vs. Leicester City
Koln vs. Aston Villa
Zenit Saint Petersburg vs. CSKA Moskva
Fiorentina vs. Twente
Olympiacos vs. Werder Bremen
Sevilla vs. Spartak Moskva
Monaco vs. Augsburg
Club Brugge vs. Schalke
Manchester City vs. Internacional
Galatasaray vs. Sao Paulo
Atalanta vs. Chelsea
Roma vs. West Bromwich Albion
Real Madrid vs. Dynamo Moskva
Porto vs. Borussia Monchengladbach
Villarreal vs. Borussia Dortmund
Barcelona vs. Levante
Ajax vs. Hamburger
Benfica vs. Santos
Southampton vs. Atletico Madrid
Genoa vs. Standard Liege
River Plate vs. Juventus
Hellas Verona vs. Udinese
Liverpool vs. Newcastle
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk vs. Anderlecht
Milan vs. Rubin Kazan
Hertha Berlin vs. Partizan
Valencia vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Athletic Club vs. Stoke City

Youth Cup Season 11

Knockout Stage

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Regional Playoffs

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Format

32 teams have entered this season's Youth Cup.

As has been the case in recent season's, teams are ranked in terms of average player rating, and grouped with similarly ranked teams to make it more competitive and fun.

This season, for the first time, there will also be a regional group stage, regional playoffs, as well as the traditional knockout stage.

The full format of the competition can be viewed here:

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SAX = Saxonic (England and Germany)

ROW = Rest of the World

Teams

The team ratings, regions and groups are viewable here:

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Let me know if you think I've made a mistake.

Groups

Group tables can be viewed here:

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Teams above the dotted lines will qualify for the Regional Playoffs and Youth Cup Knockout Round of 16.

Teams below the dotted lines will enter the Youth Shield.

Fixtures

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Youth Cup & Shield Knockout Rounds

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Youth Cup Tables

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Youth Cup Fixtures: Division G

Saturday 27th April

PSV

v

Atalanta

Aston Villa

v

Galatasaray

Club Brugge

v

Man City

Saturday 4th May

Galatasaray

v

PSV

Man City

v

Atalanta

 

Club Brugge

v

Aston Villa

Saturday 11th May

PSV

v

Man City

Galatasaray

v

Club Brugge

Atalanta

v

Aston Villa

 

Saturday 18th May

Club Brugge

v

PSV

 

Aston Villa

v

Man City

 

Atalanta

v

Galatasaray

Saturday 25th May

PSV

v

Aston Villa

Club Brugge

v

Atalanta

Man City

v

Galatasaray

 
Saturday 1st June

Atalanta

v

PSV

 

Galatasaray

v

Aston Villa

 

Man City

v

Club Brugge

 

Saturday 8th June

PSV

v

Galatasaray

 

Atalanta

v

Man City

Aston Villa

v

Club Brugge

Saturday 15th June

Aston Villa

v

PSV

 

Atalanta

v

Club Brugge

Galatasaray

v

Man City

Saturday 22nd June

Man City

v

PSV

 

Club Brugge

v

Galatasaray

Aston Villa

v

Atalanta

Saturday 29th June

PSV

v

Club Brugge

 

Man City

v

Aston Villa

Galatasaray

v

Atalanta

Youth Cup Format and Route Season 10

Like previous seasons their will be a group stage followed by 2 knock out competitions which will be determined by performance in the group stage. 7 groups of 6 teams = 42 teams - 32 teams will progress - 10 will be eliminated.

Both Youth Cup and Youth Shield will been 16 teams knock outs - 2nd round will be over 1 leg - with home team determined already and dependent on performance in group stage. Quater finals and Semis may be 2 legged - amount of time left will determine that.

Youth Cup Average Ratings used to determine DRAW

1 Juventus 87.2
2 Genoa 85.18
3 Atletico Madrid 85
4 Dortmund 84.7
5 Chelsea 83.8
6 Bayern Munich 83.6
7 Flamengo 83.5
8 Stoke City 83.3
9 Barcelona 83.1
10 Anderlecht 82.18
11 Standard Leige 82
12 Sassuolo  82
13 Real Madrid 81.6
14 River Plate 81.5
15 Newcastle 81.3
16 Napoli 81.2
17 AC Milan 80.8
18 Valencia 80.8
19 Paris Saint Germain 80.7
20 Augsburg 80.45
21 Bremen 80.18
22 CSKA Moscow 79.8
23 Man Utd 79.5
24 Borussia Monchengladbach 79.3
25 Liverpool 79.2
26 Southampton 79.1
27 Malaga 78.4
28 Marseille 78.4
29 Rubin Kazan 78.18
30 Udinese 77.6
31 Hamburg 77
32 AZ Alkmaar 76.8
33 Torino 76.5
34 Olympiacos 76
35 Cruzeiro  75
36 Athletic Club 74.5