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Benfica fell, 2-1, to Salzburg's U-19s in the final.

Salzburg has officially muscled itself into the top tier of European youth soccer by winning the 2016-17 UEFA Youth League - effectively, the U-19 Champions League.

The tournament has only been around for four seasons, and the first three were won by teams generally regarded as among the best in Europe at the present moment: Barcelona (winner of the first-ever Youth League title in 2013-14) and Chelsea (winner of the last two). And now Salzburg is added to the list: a club whose first team has made a habit of winning the Austrian Bundesliga but slumping out of UEFA Champions League qualifying before the group stage.