2015-16 UEFA Youth League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 September 2015 – 18 April 2016 |
| Teams | 64 (from 37 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Chelsea (2nd title)
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| Runners-up |
 Paris Saint-Germain
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 167 |
| Goals scored | 538 (3.22 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Roberto Núñez (9 goals)
|
The 2015–16 UEFA Youth League was the third season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.
After a two-year trial period, the UEFA Youth League became a permanent UEFA competition starting from this season, with the tournament expanded from 32 to 64 teams.
Chelsea retained their title after defeating Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 in the final.
The UEFA Executive Committee held on 18 September 2014 approved the following changes to the UEFA Youth League starting from the 2015–16 season:
A total of 64 teams from 37 of the 54 UEFA member associations entered the tournament. They were split into two sections:
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997, with a maximum of three players per team born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1996 allowed.
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held in Monaco on 27 August 2015.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path. The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2015.
For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 1 September 2015. There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into four groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.
The eight second round winners advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.
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