the champions league group stages started on 12 september.
when does the champions league group stages start?
12 september
2017–18 uefa youth league group stage





















































the 2017–18 uefa youth league uefa champions league path (group stage) was played from 12 september to 6 december 2017. a total of 32 teams competed in the uefa champions league path (group stage) to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 uefa youth league.





















































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the youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2017–18 uefa champions league group stage entered the uefa champions league path. if there was a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it was filled by a team defined by uefa.
2017–18 uefa youth league group stage
apoel is the most successful football club in cyprus with an overall tally of 26 championships, 21 cups and 13 super cups. also, they appeared 38 times in european competitions, achieving to qualify to uefa champions league group stages for the first time in their history the season 2009–10. they participated again in uefa champions league group stages the season 2011–12 and achieved qualification for the quarter-finals of the competition by topping the group and eliminating olympique lyonnais in the last 16, becoming the only cypriot club to reach the uefa champions league quarter-finals. apoel qualified for the third time to the uefa champions league group stages in the 2014–15 season. they also participated in the group stages of the 2013–14 and 2015–16 uefa europa league, managing to reach the last 16 of the competition during the 2016–17 season, when they topped their group and eliminated athletic bilbao in the round of 32. apoel is the only cypriot club who have reached the group stages (and the knockout stages) of both major uefa competitions (uefa champions league & uefa europa league).
list of apoel fc seasons