The youngsters of Vardar got knocked-out of this competition by Salzburg who won the tie very supremely with 8:0 on aggregate.

The youth European dream of Vardar ended quickly as the one of their older colleagues this summer. Right in the first round the boys were smashed 5:0 on the road by the Austrian champions who after one leg decided the tie.

In the return leg played at the National Arena Philip II of Macedon in Skopje, Salzburg once again managed to win, this time by scoring three goals. Vardar managed to held the game goalless, but Philip Sturm broke the dead lock in the 69th minute, while Oliver Filip added two more within just two minutes from 84th to 86th. In the next round Salzburg will face the champions of Kazakhstan, Kairat.

Vardar: 1. Trajchevski; 3. Richkov, 4. Ismail, 6. Lichina (C), 2. Todoroski; 10. Dimitrovski, 20. Stojchevski (73′ 18. Dishlievski), 8. Dodevski; 7. Dimkov (46′ 17. Najdoski), 9. Bekjiri, 11. Daci (90’+1 5. Todorovski).
Salzburg: 1. Żynel; 14. Mensah, 44. Igor dos Santos (73′ 33. Stošić), 3. Meisl, 28. Mayer; 20. Stumberger, 5. Raischl (C), 8. Gorzel (67′ 6. Schuster); 19. Meister, 12. Sturm, 30. Aganović (67′ 9. Filip).

The Youth League shouldn’t be confused with the Youth Champions League. It is not the same competition although at some points they join in a single competition. The Youth Champions League is consisted with the exact teams that compete on senior level put in exactly the same groups. Vardar started from the Round 1 and got eliminated, while Salzburg will now have to pass Kairat in Round 2 in order to reach the stage when the two competitions merge. There, a phase called play-off will feature 8 teams from this path and the 8 runners-up from the Youth Champions League group stage. The winners will join the 8 group winners of the Youth Champions League group stage in a finale knock-out phase.