Regulations: UEFA abolishes the away goals rule for all club competitions

"The UEFA Executive Committee has today approved a proposal to remove the so-called away goals rule from all UEFA club competitions (men, women and youth) as of the qualifying phases of the 2021-22 competitions," announced the European body on 24/06/2021, which clarified that had followed "the recommendation of the UEFA Club Competitions Committee and the UEFA Women's Football Committee."

The away goals rule was applied to determine the winner of a two-legged knockout match, in cases where both teams had scored the same number of goals in total over the two matches.
• In this case, the team that had scored the greater number of away goals was considered the winner of the tie and qualified for the next round of the competition.
• If both teams had scored the same number of goals at home and away at the end of normal playing time in the second leg, extra time (2 x 15 minutes) was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was tied at the end of extra time.

"With the decision to remove this rule, ties in which the two teams score the same number of goals over the two legs…