UEFA Youth League-2018/2019: all rivals of Ukraine's representatives have been identified

04.09.2018 18:48

The U-2018 teams of Shakhtar and Dynamo have won the right to play in the UEFA Youth League for the 2019/19 season. Today, all rivals of Ukrainian clubs have been determined. 

Shakhtar's juniors (as reservists for the club that qualified for the Champions League group stage) learned the names of their opponents on August 30, when the UEFA Champions League draw took place in Monaco. The miners will play in the same group with English "Manchester City", French "Lyon" and German "Hoffenheim". The first round is scheduled for September 18-19. 

Dynamo U-19, as the adult team did not make it to the Champions League, in the UEFA Youth League received a pass to a parallel path in the tournament - for the champions of their countries in the appropriate age category, competing in relegation matches. By the way, so it was last season. Today there has been a draw in this branch of the tournament, following which «Dynamo "will play against Bulgarian" Septemvri "on October 3 and 24 in the first round. If successful in the second stage, the winner of the pair "Anderlecht" (Belgium) - "Admira" (Austria) is waiting for Kyiv on November 7 and 28.