| Tourney Name: | UEFA Youth League |
| Year: | 2014–15 |
| Size: | 275 |
| Dates: | 16 September 2014 – 13 April 2015 |
| Num Teams: | 32 |
| Associations: | 18 |
| Champion Other: | Chelsea |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Matches: | 111 |
| Goals: | 397 |
| Prevseason: | 2013–14 |
| Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
The 2014–15 UEFA Youth League was the second season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. It was contested by the under-19 youth teams of the 32 clubs qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[1]
The final was played on 13 April 2015 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between Shakhtar Donetsk and Chelsea. Chelsea won 3–2 and secured their first title in the competition. Barcelona were the title holders, but were eliminated by Anderlecht in the round of 16.
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1996.[1]
The youth teams of the 32 clubs which participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the competition.
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[2] [3]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Match date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 28 August 2014 (Monaco) | 16–18 September 2014 |
| Matchday 2 | 30 September–2 October 2014 | ||
| Matchday 3 | 21–23 October 2014 | ||
| Matchday 4 | 4–6 November 2014 | ||
| Matchday 5 | 25–27 November 2014 | ||
| Matchday 6 | 9–11 December 2014 | ||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 15 December 2014 (Nyon) | 17–18 & 24–25 February 2015 |
| Quarter-finals | 10–11 & 17–18 March 2015 | ||
| Semi-finals | 10 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon | ||
| Final | 13 April 2015 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon |
Note: Round of 16 and quarter-final matches may be played outside of the scheduled dates.
On 23 September 2014, UEFA announced a change to the schedule of the semi-finals and finals, which were originally due to take place on 24 and 27 April respectively.[4]
See main article: 2014–15 UEFA Youth League group stage.
The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the group compositions being the same as in the draw for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 28 August 2014, 17:45 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[2] [5] [6]
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 16–18 September, 30 September–2 October, 21–23 October, 4–6 November, 25–27 November, and 9–11 December 2014, with the matches played on the same matchday as the corresponding Champions League matches, but not necessarily on the same day. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16.
See main article: 2014–15 UEFA Youth League knockout phase.
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over one match. If scores were level after full-time, the match was decided by penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominic Solanke | Chelsea | 12 | 765 |
| 2 |  Aaron Leya Iseka | Anderlecht | 9 | 650 |
| 3 |  Borja Mayoral | Real Madrid | 7 | 552 |
| 4 |  Zakaria El Azzouzi | Ajax | 6 | 188 |
| Jerome Sinclair | Liverpool | 6 | 604 | |
 Jack Byrne | Manchester City | 6 | 653 | |
| 7 | Nikos Vergos | Olympiacos | 5 | 408 |
 Leonardo Acevedo | Porto | 5 | 418 | |
| Marc Brašnić | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | 450 | |
| Daniel Crowley | Arsenal | 5 | 630 | |
| Charlie Colkett | Chelsea | 5 | 889 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Kawaya | Anderlecht | 6 | 520 |
| 2 | Arxhend Cani | Basel | 5 | 502 |
 Yakou Meïté | Paris Saint-Germain | 5 | 540 | |
| João Carvalho | Benfica | 5 | 654 | |
| Izzy Brown | Chelsea | 5 | 744 | |
| Andreas Christensen | Chelsea | 5 | 900 | |
| 7 | Renato Sanches | Benfica | 4 | 438 |
| Thierry Ambrose | Manchester City | 4 | 703 | |
| Dominic Solanke | Chelsea | 4 | 765 | |
 Denys Arendaruk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 815 | |
| Charlie Colkett | Chelsea | 4 | 889 | |
| Oleksandr Zubkov | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 897 |