2016 UEFA Youth League Final
# 2016 UEFA Youth League Final

The 2016 UEFA Youth League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League, the 3rd season of the youth club football tournament. It was played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland on 18 April 2016, between French side Paris Saint-Germain and English side Chelsea. Chelsea would end up winning 2–1.

## Teams

| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 0 (debut) |
| Chelsea | 1 (2015) |

## Venue

The Colovray Stadium in Nyon hosted the final.

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | Round | Chelsea | Chelsea | Chelsea | Chelsea |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Malmö FF | 0–0 (H) | 0–0 (H) | 0–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 (H) | 3–0 (H) | 3–0 (H) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 4–1 (A) | 4–1 (A) | 4–1 (A) | Matchday 2 | Porto | 3-3 (A) | 3-3 (A) | 3-3 (A) |
| Real Madrid | 4-1 (H) | 4-1 (H) | 4-1 (H) | Matchday 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2-0 (A) | 2-0 (A) | 2-0 (A) |
| Real Madrid | 0-2 (A) | 0-2 (A) | 0-2 (A) | Matchday 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 (H) | 3–1 (H) | 3–1 (H) |
| Malmö FF | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | Matchday 5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–2 (H) | 5–2 (H) | 5–2 (H) | Matchday 6 | Porto | 0-0 (H) | 0-0 (H) | 0-0 (H) |
| Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 13 2 Real Madrid 6 12 3 Malmö FF 6 5 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 Source: UEFA | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 13 2 Real Madrid 6 12 3 Malmö FF 6 5 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 Source: UEFA | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 13 2 Real Madrid 6 12 3 Malmö FF 6 5 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 Source: UEFA | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 13 2 Real Madrid 6 12 3 Malmö FF 6 5 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 Source: UEFA | Final standings | Group G winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 14 2 Dynamo Kyiv 6 10 3 Porto 6 8 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1 Source: UEFA | Group G winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 14 2 Dynamo Kyiv 6 10 3 Porto 6 8 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1 Source: UEFA | Group G winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 14 2 Dynamo Kyiv 6 10 3 Porto 6 8 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1 Source: UEFA | Group G winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 14 2 Dynamo Kyiv 6 10 3 Porto 6 8 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1 Source: UEFA |
| Opponent | Opponent | Opponent | Result | Knockout phase | Opponent | Opponent | Opponent | Result |
| Middlesbrough | 1-0 (H) | 1-0 (H) | 1-0 (H) | Round of 16 | Valencia | 1–1 (5-3 p) (H) | 1–1 (5-3 p) (H) | 1–1 (5-3 p) (H) |
| Roma | 3-1 (H) | 3-1 (H) | 3-1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Ajax | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) |
| Real Madrid | 3-1 (A) | 3-1 (A) | 3-1 (A) | Semi-finals | Anderlecht | 3-0 (H) | 3-0 (H) | 3-0 (H) |

## Match

### Details

| Paris Saint-Germain | Chelsea |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Rémy Descamps |
| RB | 2 | Alec Georgen |
| CB | 4 | Félix Eboa Eboa | 23' |
| CB | 5 | Mamadou Doucouré (c) |
| LB | 3 | Fodé Ballo-Touré |
| DM | 6 | Yohan Demoncy |
| CM | 22 | Antoine Bernède | | 85' |
| CM | 8 | Christopher Nkunku |
| RW | 9 | Odsonne Édouard | | 62' |
| CF | 20 | Jean-Kévin Augustin | | 71' |
| LW | 11 | Yakou Méïté | 81' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 16 | Léonard Aggoune |
| DF | 23 | Dan-Axel Zagadou |
| MF | 18 | Alexis Giacomini | | 85' |
| MF | 19 | Abdoulaye Konaté |
| MF | 13 | Bryan Labissiere |
| FW | 10 | Jonathan Ikoné | | 62' |
| FW | 12 | Wilfried Kanga | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| François Rodrigues ||
| GK | 1 | Bradley Collins |
| RB | 2 | Dujon Sterling |
| CB | 3 | Fikayo Tomori |
| CB | 4 | Jake Clarke-Salter | 73' |
| LB | 5 | Ola Aina | 64' |
| RM | 7 | Jacob Maddox |
| CM | 6 | Charlie Colkett (c) |
| CM | 8 | Mukhtar Ali | 90+3' |
| LM | 11 | Kyle Scott | 40' | 59' |
| AM | 10 | Kasey Palmer | | 86' |
| CF | 9 | Tammy Abraham |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 13 | Nathan Baxter |
| DF | 12 | Jay Dasilva |
| MF | 15 | Trevoh Chalobah |
| MF | 17 | Ruben Sammut |
| MF | 18 | Charlie Wakefield | | 86' |
| MF | 16 | Isaac Christie-Davies |
| MF | 14 | Mason Mount | | 59' |
| Manager: ||
| Adi Viveash ||
| Assistant referees: Rafael Foltyn (Germany) Jan Seidel (Germany) Fourth official: Christian Dingert (Germany) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used |

### Statistics

Overall :

| Statistic | Paris Saint-Germain | Chelsea |
| - | - | - |
| Goals scored | 1 | 2 |
| Total shots | 9 | 8 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 4 |
| Saves | 2 | 2 |
| Corner kicks | 6 | 4 |
| Fouls committed | 14 | 19 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 5 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
