| Tourney Name: | UEFA Youth League |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Num Teams: | 88 |
| Associations: | 52 |
| Matches: | 134 |
| Goals: | 495 |
| Top Scorer: | Phillip Verhounig (Red Bull Salzburg) Romualdas Jansonas (Žalgiris) 6 goals each |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 UEFA Youth League will be the eleventh season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.
The title holders are Olympiacos, who defeated Milan 3–0 in the previous edition's final.
A total of 88 teams from 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations will enter the tournament. They are split into two sections.
Aberdeen, Academia Rebeja, Aston Villa, Auxerre, Bologna, Brera Strumica, Brest, Budućnost Podgorica, Bylis, Cliftonville, CSKA Sofia, FC 2 Korriku, FC Santa Coloma, Girona, HB, IFK Göteborg, IMT, Lincoln Red Imps, Progrès Niederkorn, Rapid Wien, Real Betis, Sabah, Sassuolo, Strømsgodset, Sturm Graz, Stuttgart, Tallinna Kalev, The New Saints, Valletta and Zbrojovka Brno will make their tournament debuts.[2]
| Rank | Association | Teams | ||
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| UEFA Champions League Path | Domestic Champions Path | |||
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| 8 | Club Brugge | |||
| 9 | Celtic | |||
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| 11 | Red Star Belgrade | |||
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| 13 | Young Boys | |||
| 14 | Shakhtar Donetsk | |||
| 15 | Sparta Prague | |||
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| 19 | Dinamo Zagreb | |||
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| 28 | Slovan Bratislava | |||
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| 33 | 2 Korriku | |||
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| 39 | Pyunik | |||
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| 42 | Progrès Niederkorn | |||
| 43 | HB | |||
| 44 | Cliftonville | |||
| 45 | Valletta | |||
| 46 | Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
| 47 | Tallinna Kalev | |||
| 48 | Stjarnan | |||
| 49 | Bylis | |||
| 50 | The New Saints | |||
| 51 | Lincoln Red Imps | |||
| 52 | AP Brera Strumica | |||
| 53 | FC Santa Coloma | |||
| 54 | Budućnost Podgorica | |||
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
| UEFA Champions League Path | Matchday 1 | 29 August 2024 | 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 | |||
| Domestic Champions Path | First round | 3 September 2024 | 18 September 2024 | 2 October 2024 |
| Second round | 23 October 2024 | 6 November 2024 | ||
| Third round | 27 November 2024 | 11 December 2024 | ||
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 20 December 2024 | 11–12 February 2025 | |
| Round of 16 | 14 February 2025 | 4–5 March 2025 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 1–2 April 2025 | |||
| Semi-finals | 25 April 2025 < | --at venue TBD, city TBD--> | ||
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| Final | 28 April 2025 < | --at venue TBD, city TBD--> | ||
See main article: 2024–25 UEFA Youth League league phase.
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 36 teams will play six matches (three home and three away) following the same schedule as the first six matchdays of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase. The top 22 teams will advance to knockout phase.[1]
See main article: 2024–25 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path.
For the Domestic Champions Path, the 52 teams will be drawn into three rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties, with the 28 clubs from the top ranked associations starting directly from the second round. The draw for all three rounds will be held on 3 September 2024.
The ten third round winners will advance to the round of 32.
The top 22 teams from the UEFA Champions League Path as well as 10 winners of the Domestic Champions Path will qualify for the knockout phase, which will be played in a single-leg knockout format. For the round of 32, the top 6 teams from the UEFA Champions League Path will be paired against the teams finished in 17th to 22nd place, and the Domestic Champions Path winners will compete against teams ranked 7th to 16th.[1]
| Rank[3] | Player | Team | Goals | Matches played | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Romualdas Jansonas | Žalgiris | 6 | 4 | |
 Phillip Verhounig | Red Bull Salzburg | ||||
| 3 | Rin Ahmeti | 2 Korriku | 4 | 4 | |
| Daniel Cummings | Celtic | ||||
| Leon Grgic | Sturm Graz | ||||
 Andrej Kostić | Budućnost Podgorica | ||||
 Mahamadou Sangaré | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||
| Gustavo Varela | Benfica | ||||
 Poyraz Efe Yıldırım | Trabzonspor | 2 | |||
| 10 | 24 players | 3 | |||