2012–13 UEFA Champions League

European football tournament February 2025 UEFA Champions League 2012–13 Wembley Stadium, illuminated.jpg 275px Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final Qualifying:3 July – 29 August 2012Competition proper:18 September 2012 – 25 May 2013 Competition proper: 32Total: 76 52 GER Bayern Munich 5 GER Borussia Dortmund 125 368 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)12 goals 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 UEFA Champions League was the 58th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 21st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London, England,https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2009612--b-dortmund-vs-bayern-munchen/ UEFA Champions League 2013 – Dortmund-Bayern Players UEFA 5 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130603200512/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/matches/round=2000351/match=2009612/prematch/player-lists/index.html 3 June 2013 live in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the formation of England's Football Association, the world's oldest football association. It came just two years after Wembley hosted the final in 2011, making it the seventh occasion Wembley Stadium (current and old) had hosted the Champions League final.Wembley chosen to host 2013 Champions League final http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13783154.stm BBC Sport 29 April 2020 16 June 2011Wembley Stadium to host 2013 Uefa Champions League final as FA celebrates 150th anniversary https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/8578901/Wembley-Stadium-to-host-2013-Uefa-Champions-League-final-as-FA-celebrates-150th-anniversary.html The Telegraph 16 June 2011 16 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712022524/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/8578901/Wembley-Stadium-to-host-2013-Uefa-Champions-League-final-as-FA-celebrates-150th-anniversary.html 12 July 2011 live Bayern Munich, who had been runners-up in the previous season, beat Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund 2–1 to win their fifth title in the competition. It was the first all-German final and the fourth final to feature two teams from the same association, after the finals of 2000, 2003 and 2008. Chelsea were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage, becoming the first title holders to leave the competition at this stage.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0204-0e825dba9a86-9e75860ba1a6-1000--champions-league-group-stage-by-numbers/ Champions League group stage by numbers UEFA 7 December 2012 They went on to win the 2013 UEFA Europa League final, and became the first team to win the Europa League as the holders of the Champions League.http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/football/2013/05/2013515211134509214.html Chelsea win Europa League Al Jazeera 15 May 2013 29 April 2020 Association team allocation A total of 76 teams from 52 of the 53 UEFA member associations participate in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which do not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/79/68/69/1796869_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120708134514/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/79/68/69/1796869_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead 8 July 2012 Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2012/13 UEFA Nyon 1 June 2012 March 2012 Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify Because the winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, Chelsea, failed to qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league (finishing sixth in the Premier League), and because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, Chelsea's entry in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League as title holders came at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth-placed team of the 2011–12 Premier League (who entered the Europa League instead). Association ranking For the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2011 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2006–07 to 2010–11.http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2011/index.html https://archive.today/20130619233009/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2011/index.html dead 19 June 2013 Country coefficients 2010/11 UEFAhttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2011.html UEFA Country Ranking 2011 Bert Kassies RankAssociationCoeff UEFA Country CoefficientTeams1ENG85.78542ESP82.3293GER69.4364ITA60.55235FRA 197453.6786POR51.5967RUS44.70728UKR43.8839NED40.12910TUR35.05011GRE34.16612DEN30.55013BEL27.00014ROU25.82415SCO25.14116SUI24.900117ISR22.00018CZE20.850RankAssociationCoeff Country CoefficientTeams19AUT20.700120CYP18.12421BUL17.87522CRO16.12423BLR16.08324POL15.91625SVK14.49926NOR14.37527SRB14.25028SWE14.12529BIH9.12430FIN8.96631IRL8.70832HUN8.50033MDA7.74934LTU7.70835LVA7.41536GEO6.957RankAssociationCoeff Country CoefficientTeams37AZE6.165138SVN6.12439MKD Macedonia5.20740ISL4.95741KAZ4.37442LIE4.000043MNE3.875144ALB3.87445EST3.79146WAL2.79047ARM2.58348MLT2.41649NIR2.24950FRO1.41651LUX1.37452AND1.00053SMR0.916 Distribution Tottenham Hotspur were due to enter the Champions League play-off round for non-champions, but instead entered the Europa League because Chelsea won the Champions League the previous season. As this spot in the play-off round was vacated, the following change to the default allocation system was made to compensate:2012/13 UEFA Champions League access list http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/accesslist/index.html UEFA Union of European Football Associations 10 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20121005084305/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2013/accesslist/index.html 5 October 2012 deadhttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/access2012.html Access list 2012/2013 Bert Kassies 17 June 2013 https://archive.today/20120711231837/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/access2012.html 11 July 2012 dead The third-placed team of association 6 (Portugal) and the runners-up of association 7 (Russia) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round(6 teams)6 champions from associations 48–53Second qualifying round(34 teams)31 champions from associations 16–47 (except Liechtenstein)3 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying roundChampions(20 teams)3 champions from associations 13–1517 winners from the second qualifying roundNon-champions(8 teams)8 runners-up from associations 8–15Play-off roundChampions(10 teams)10 winners from the third qualifying round for championsNon-champions(10 teams)1 runner-up from association 7 3 third-placed teams from associations 4–6 2 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3(minus the spot vacated by Tottenham Hotspur)4 winners from the third qualifying round for non-championsGroup stage(32 teams)Title holders 12 champions from associations 1–12 6 runners-up from associations 1–6 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–35 winners from the play-off round for champions 5 winners from the play-off round for non-championsKnockout phase(16 teams)8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage Teams League positions of the previous season qualified via league position shown in parentheses. Chelsea qualified as title holders. (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01fe-0e7e4bbf672d-abefce7f49b8-1000--uefa-champions-league-list-of-participants/ 2012/13 list of participants UEFA 25 June 2012https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2012.html Qualification for European Cup Football 2012/2013 Bert Kassies dead https://archive.today/20120710233725/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2012.html 10 July 2012 Group stageENG Chelsea (TH)ESP Valencia (3rd)FRA 1974 Montpellier (1st)UKR Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)ENG Manchester City (1st)GER Borussia Dortmund (1st)FRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain (2nd)NED Ajax (1st)ENG Manchester United (2nd)GER Bayern Munich (2nd)POR Porto (1st)TUR Galatasaray (1st)ENG Arsenal (3rd)GER Schalke 04 (3rd)POR Benfica (2nd)GRE Olympiacos (1st)ESP Real Madrid (1st)ITA Juventus (1st)RUS Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st)DEN Nordsjælland (1st)ESP Barcelona (2nd)ITA Milan (2nd)Play-off roundChampionsNon-championsESP Málaga (4th)ITA Udinese (3rd)POR Braga (3rd)GER Borussia Mönchengladbach (4th)FRA 1974 Lille (3rd)RUS Spartak Moscow (2nd)Third qualifying roundChampionsNon-championsBEL Anderlecht (1st)UKR Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)GRE Panathinaikos (2nd)ROU Vaslui (2nd)ROU CFR Cluj (1st)NED Feyenoord (2nd)DEN Copenhagen (2nd)SCO Motherwell (3rd)Note SCOSCO Celtic (1st)TUR Fenerbahçe (2nd)BEL Club Brugge (2nd)Second qualifying roundSUI Basel (1st)POL Śląsk Wrocław (1st)HUN Debrecen (1st)ISL KR (1st)ISR Ironi Kiryat Shmona (1st)SVK Žilina (1st)MDA Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)KAZ Shakhter Karagandy (1st)CZE Slovan Liberec (1st)NOR Molde (1st)LTU Ekranas (1st)MNE Budućnost Podgorica (1st)AUT Red Bull Salzburg (1st)SRB Partizan (1st)LVA Ventspils (1st)ALB Skënderbeu (1st)CYP AEL Limassol (1st)SWE Helsingborgs IF (1st)GEO Zestaponi (1st)EST Flora (1st)BUL Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)BIH Željezničar (1st)AZE Neftçi (1st)WAL The New Saints (1st)CRO Dinamo Zagreb (1st)FIN HJK (1st)SVN Maribor (1st)ARM Ulisses (1st)BLR BATE Borisov (1st)IRL Shamrock Rovers (1st)MKD Vardar (1st)First qualifying roundMLT Valletta (1st)FRO B36 (1st)AND Lusitanos (1st)SMR Tre Penne (1st)NIR Linfield (1st)LUX F91 Dudelange (1st) Notes Note SCO Scotland (SCO): As a result of second-placed Rangers' administration and eventual liquidation,https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/latest-rangers-news/rangers-liquidated-cva-formally-rejected-1622235 The Scotsman Rangers liquidated as CVA formally rejected 29 April 2020 JPI Media 14 June 2012 Motherwell, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League, took Scotland's Champions League place in the non-champions path Round and draw dates All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0254-0d7e018b8e81-9db0cbfd5fed-1000--new-champions-league-season/ New Champions League season UEFA 22 June 2012 PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round25 June 20123–4 July 201210–11 July 2012Second qualifying round17–18 July 201224–25 July 2012Third qualifying round20 July 201231 July – 1 August 20127–8 August 2012Play-offPlay-off round10 August 201221–22 August 201228–29 August 2012Group stageMatchday 130 August 2012(Monaco)18–19 September 2012Matchday 22–3 October 2012Matchday 323–24 October 2012Matchday 46–7 November 2012Matchday 520–21 November 2012Matchday 64–5 December 2012Knockout phaseRound of 1620 December 201212–13 & 19–20 February 20135–6 & 12–13 March 2013Quarter-finals15 March 20132–3 April 20139–10 April 2013Semi-finals12 April 201323–24 April 201330 April – 1 May 2013Final25 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium, London Qualifying rounds 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients,http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2012/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120916000911/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2012/index.html dead 16 September 2012 Club coefficients 2011/12 11 June 2012 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 25 June 2012https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2012.html UEFA Team Ranking 2012 Bert Kassieshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedcl2012.html Seeding in the Champions League 2012/2013 Bert Kassies dead https://archive.today/20121220104741/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedcl2012.html 20 December 2012 and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. First qualifying round The draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 25 June 2012.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01fe-0e7e4c56ce44-75db07b222be-1000--champions-league-draws-made-in-nyon/ Champions League draws made in Nyon UEFA 25 June 2012 The first legs were played on 3 July and the second legs were played on 10 July 2012. Q1 Second qualifying round The first legs were played on 17 and 18 July and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 July 2012. Q2 Third qualifying round The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (Champions Route) and one for non-champions (League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the Europa League play-off round. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 20 July 2012.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01ff-0e7e72e55d98-52b3ca4b8e46-1000--dynamo-drawn-against-feyenoord/ Dynamo drawn against Feyenoord UEFA 20 July 2012 The first legs were played on 31 July and 1 August and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 August 2012. Q3 Play-off round 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round 2012–13 UEFA Champions League play-off round The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (Champions Route) and one for non-champions (League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the Europa League group stage. The draw for the play-off round was held on 10 August 2012.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0200-0e81e3a8f6fe-737a3afce1ac-1000--monchengladbach-and-malaga-learn-fate/ Mönchengladbach and Málaga learn fate UEFA 10 August 2012 The first legs were played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 August 2012. play-off Group stage 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage Europe 600 right Location of teams of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage.8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D; 8px Green: Group E; 8px Blue: Group F; 8px Purple: Group G; 8px Pink: Group H Europe 50.834194 4.298361 Anderlecht Orange_pog.svg right Europe 54.222442 28.490456 BATE Blue_pog.svg right Europe 45.818858 16.018078 Din. Zagreb Brown_pog.svg right Europe 55.815847 12.353289 Nordsjælland Green_pog.svg right Europe 51.481667 -0.191111 London Black_pog.svg left Europe 53.483056 -2.200278 Manchester Black_pog.svg right Europe 36.734092 -4.426422 Málaga Orange_pog.svg right Europe 39.474656 -0.358361 Valencia Blue_pog.svg right Europe 40.45306 -3.68835 Real Madrid Yellow_pog.svg bottom Europe 41.38087 2.122802 Barcelona Purple_pog.svg right Europe 43.622222 3.811944 Montpellier Red_pog.svg right Europe 48.841389 2.253056 PSG Brown_pog.svg right Europe 50.611883 3.130428 Lille Blue_pog.svg left Europe 48.218775 11.624753 Bayern Blue_pog.svg right Europe 51.492569 7.451842 Dortmund Yellow_pog.svg right Europe 51.554503 7.067589 Schalke Red_pog.svg left Europe 37.946447 23.664317 Olympiacos Red_pog.svg right Europe 45.109444 7.641111 Juventus Green_pog.svg left Europe 45.47808 9.124 Milan Orange_pog.svg right Europe 52.314167 4.941944 Ajax Yellow_pog.svg right Europe 38.752678 -9.184681 Benfica Purple_pog.svg bottom Europe 41.161758 -8.583933 Porto Brown_pog.svg right Europe 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga Pink_pog.svg top Europe 46.779678 23.577247 CFR Pink_pog.svg right Europe 55.8175 37.435556 Spartak Purple_pog.svg right Europe 59.972953 30.220533 Zenit Orange_pog.svg right Europe 55.849711 -4.205589 Celtic Purple_pog.svg right Europe 41.102869 28.990419 Galatasaray Pink_pog.svg right Europe 48.020833 37.809722 Shakhtar Green_pog.svg right Europe 50.433439 30.522114 Dyn. Kyiv Brown_pog.svg right Europe TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 67 -26 London teams 8px Arsenal 8px Chelsea Manchester teams 8px Manchester City 8px Manchester United right The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 30 August 2012.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c50fa57f950-f92005be453c-1000--holders-chelsea-handed-juventus-challenge/ Holders Chelsea handed Juventus challenge UEFA 30 August 2012 The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, with the title holders, Chelsea, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 20–21 November and 4–5 December 2012. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32. A total of 17 national associations were represented in the group stage. Málaga, Montpellier and Nordsjælland made their debut appearances in the group stage.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0200-0e9d3a96b331-2e383b1a1826-1000--champions-league-lineup-and-seedings-set/ Champions League lineup and seedings set UEFA 29 August 2012 Group A Group A yes no_hide_class_rules Group B Group B yes no_hide_class_rules Group C Group C yes no_hide_class_rules Group D Group D yes no_hide_class_rules Group E Group E yes no_hide_class_rules Group F Group F yes no_hide_class_rules Group G Group G yes no_hide_class_rules Group H Group H yes no_hide_class_rules Knockout phase 2012–13 UEFA Champions League knockout phase In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other Bracket Bracket Round of 16 R16 Quarter-finals QF Semi-finals SF Final F Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round. Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1POR Cristiano RonaldoESP Real Madrid1210802POL Robert LewandowskiGER Borussia Dortmund1010903TUR Burak YılmazTUR Galatasaray8767ARG Lionel MessiESP Barcelona826GER Thomas MüllerGER Bayern Munich10456BRA OscarENG Chelsea5449BRA JonasESP Valencia451BRA AlanPOR Braga492FRA 1974 Karim BenzemaESP Real Madrid532ARG Ezequiel LavezziFRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain572 Source:http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000347/players/type=topscorers/index.html https://archive.today/20121217190431/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000347/players/type=topscorers/index.html dead 17 December 2012 Player statistics – Goalscorers UEFA 21 June 2013 Squad of the season The UEFA technical observers selected the following 23 players as the squad of the tournament.https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/TechnicalReport/competitions/UCL/01/99/10/79/1991079_DOWNLOAD.pdf 2012/13 UEFA Champions League technical report UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 2013 Pos. PositionPlayerTeamGK GoalkeeperGER Roman WeidenfellerGER Borussia DortmundGER Manuel NeuerGER Bayern MunichESP Diego LópezESP Real MadridDF DefenderBRA Dani AlvesESP BarcelonaITA Leonardo BonucciITA JuventusGER Philipp LahmGER Bayern MunichBRA Thiago SilvaFRA Paris Saint-GermainBRA DanteGER Bayern MunichESP Sergio RamosESP Real MadridMF MidfielderGER Mario GötzeGER Borussia DortmundGER İlkay GündoğanGER Borussia DortmundESP Andrés IniestaESP BarcelonaITA Andrea PirloITA JuventusNED Arjen RobbenGER Bayern MunichGER Bastian SchweinsteigerGER Bayern MunichFW ForwardSWE Zlatan IbrahimovićFRA Paris Saint-GermainGER Thomas MüllerGER Bayern MunichPOL Robert LewandowskiGER Borussia DortmundPOR Cristiano RonaldoESP Real MadridARG Lionel MessiESP BarcelonaNED Robin van PersieENG Manchester UnitedFRA Franck RibéryGER Bayern MunichWAL Gareth BaleENG Tottenham Hotspur Prize money For the 2012–13 season, UEFA awarded €2.1 million to each team in the play-off round. For reaching the group stage, UEFA awarded a base fee of €8.6 million. A win in the group was awarded €1 million and a draw was worth €500,000. In addition, UEFA paid teams reaching the first knockout round €3.5 million, each quarter-finalist €3.9 million, €4.9 million for each semi-finalist, €6.5 million for the runners-up and €10.5 million for the winners.UEFA Champions League revenue distribution https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c50fbc94d8f-23ee1ec7a96e-1000--uefa-champions-league-revenue-distribution/ UEFA Union of European Football Associations 10 August 2012 28 December 2012 Playoffs: €2,100,000 Base fee for group stage: €8,600,000 Group match victory: €1,000,000 Group match draw: €500,000 Round of 16: €3,500,000 Quarter-finals: €3,900,000 Semi-finals: €4,900,000 Losing finalist: €6,500,000 Winning the Final: €10,500,000 A large part of the distributed revenue from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the "market pool", the distribution of which is determined by the value of the television market in each country. For the 2012–13 season, Juventus, who were eliminated on quarter-finals, earned nearly €65.3 million in total of which €20.5 million was prize money, compared with the €55.0 million earned by Bayern Munich, who won the tournament and was awarded with €35.9 million of prize money.July 2013 Clubs benefit from Champions League revenue UEFA Direct 1 1 Union of European Football Associations https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/Finance/01/97/52/97/1975297_DOWNLOAD.pdf 26 July 2013 See also 2012–13 UEFA Europa League 2013 UEFA Super Cup 2013 FIFA Club World Cup 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League References External links 2012–13 UEFA Champions League UEFA.com 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Technical Report UEFA.com Category:UEFA Champions League seasons 1