3/1 To Win
Derby County will face Belarusian side FC Minsk in Round One of the UEFA Youth League.
The Rams will travel away from home for the first leg, which is provisionally scheduled to be played on Wednesday 2nd October.
FC Minsk will then travel to England for the second leg three weeks later on Wednesday 23rd October.
The winners of the tie will face IA Akranes (Iceland) or Levadia Tallinn (Estonia).
Derby have entered the competition via the Domestic Champions path.
This draw included the domestic youth champions of the 32 best-ranked associations from UEFA’s coefficient rankings.
These 32 teams will compete in two rounds of home and away knock-out ties, before entering a play-off round which will include the second-placed teams from the group stage.
Any player born on or after the 1st January 2001 is eligible to feature in the competition.
Additionally, up to five players born on or after 1 January 2000 may be included on the squad list of 40 players, provided the player has been eligible to play for the club concerned without interruption for the two years immediately preceding 17 September 2019, or has been eligible to play for the club concerned for two of the three years immediately preceding 17 September 2019 and registered with a maximum of one other club from the same association for an uninterrupted period of up to one year for the other one.
Full Round One draw:
Gabala (AZE) vs. APOEL (CYP)
Shkendija Tirane (ALB) vs. Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
MTK Budapest (HUN) vs. HSK Zrinjski (BIH)
Real Zaragoza (ESP) vs. Korona Kielce (POL)
FC Minsk (BLR) vs. Derby County (ENG)
Elfsborg (SWE) vs. Midtjylland (DEN)
Sogndal (NOR) vs. Honka (FIN)
IA Akranes (ISL) vs. Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Bohemians (IRL) vs. PAOK (GRE)
Rennes (FRA) vs. Brodarac (SRB)
Young Boys (SUI) vs. Rangers (SCO)
Porto (POR) vs. Liepaja (LVA)
Viitorul (ROU) vs. Domzale (SVN)
Ludogorets (BUL) vs. Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) vs. KF Shkendija (MKD)
Astana (KAZ) vs. Maccabi Petah Tikva (ISR)
Full Round Two draw:
Shkëndija Tirane/Sheriff Tiraspol vs. Sogndal/Honka
Real Zaragoza/Korona Kielce vs. Gabala/APOEL
Elfsborg/Midtjylland vs. MTK Budapest/HSK Zrinjski
IA Akranes/Levadia Tallinn vs. FC Minsk/Derby County
Porto/Liepaja vs. Viitorul/Domzale
Dynamo Kyiv/KF Shkendija vs. Bohemians/PAOK
Young Boys/Rangers vs. Ludogorets/Slovan Bratislava
Rennes/Brodarac vs. Astana/Maccabi Petah Tikva
More details will follow in due course.
