2012–13 UEFA Europa League

42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA UEFA Europa League 2012–13 Amsterdam Arena Roof Open.jpg 275px The Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam hosted the final 3 July – 30 August 2012 (qualifying)20 September 2012 – 15 May 2013 (competition proper) 48+8 (competition proper)161+32 (total) 53 ENG Chelsea 1 POR Benfica 205 521 Libor Kozák (Lazio)8 goals 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands.https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0250-0c50f416ad08-db9153f27513-1000--wembley-amsterdam-arena-prague-get-2013-finals/ Wembley, Amsterdam Arena, Prague get 2013 finals UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 16 June 2011 16 June 2011 live https://web.archive.org/web/20110619000221/http://en.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/executivecommittee/news/newsid%3D1644074.html 19 June 2011 It was contested on 15 May 2013 between Portuguese club Benfica and English club Chelsea, who entered the competition at the Round of 32 after they finished in third place in the group stage of the 2012–13 Champions League. Chelsea won the final 2–1 for their first Europa League title, making them the fourth club – after Juventus, Ajax and Bayern Munich – and the first English club to have won all three major European trophies at the time (UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and the Cup Winners' Cup).Chelsea join illustrious trio https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50fd9b3a41-ad426c6c0241-1000--chelsea-join-illustrious-trio/ UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 15 May 2013 10 June 2015 For the 2012–13 edition, the following changes were made from the 2011–12 edition: The cup winners of the six top-ranked associations had direct access to the UEFA Europa League group stage.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04102010/58/europa-league-cup-winners-auto-europa-spot.html Europa League - Cup winners to get auto Europa spot Yahoo Eurosport 4 October 2010 This allocation of slots has a direct impact on the qualification path, and adaptations were made to the access list in order to accommodate these changes.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/newsid=1543416.html https://archive.today/20120914071912/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/newsid=1543416.html dead September 14, 2012 Executive Committee approves EURO match list UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 4 October 2010 Matchdays 5 and 6 were no longer held on exclusive weeks, but instead were played on the same weeks as Matchdays 5 and 6 of the UEFA Champions League.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/newsid=1577806.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101212084031/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/newsid=1577806.html dead December 12, 2010 Executive Committee approves HatTrick III UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 10 December 2010 Atlético Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Rubin Kazan in the Round of 32. Association team allocation A total of 193 teams from 53 UEFA member associations participate in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa 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/01/80/06/31/1800631_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120619034808/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/80/06/31/1800631_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead June 19, 2012 Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2012/13 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations Nyon PDF 1 June 2012 March 2012 Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify Associations 10–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify Liechtenstein has one team qualify (as it organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league) The top three associations of the 2011–12 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth Moreover, 32 teams eliminated from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League (this is one fewer than usual as Tottenham Hotspur did not participate in the UEFA Champions League non-champions qualifying path due to Chelsea winning the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League) The winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry is not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance. Association ranking For the 2012–13 UEFA Europa 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://web.archive.org/web/20110925213234/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2011/index.html dead September 25, 2011 Country coefficients 2010/11 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associationshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2011.html UEFA Country Ranking 2011 Bert Kassies Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below: (FP) – Additional berths for associations via the Fair Play ranking (Norway, Finland, Netherlands)https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0254-0d7de16fc94b-01ebf19029bf-1000--norway-wins-uefa-respect-fair-play-ranking/ Norway wins UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 7 May 2012 (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League RankAssociationCoeff UEFA Country CoefficientTeamsNotes1ENG85.7853+1(UCL)2ESP82.3293GER69.436+1(UCL)4ITA60.552+1(UCL)5FRA53.6786POR51.596+1(UCL)7RUS44.7074+1(UCL)8UKR43.883+1(UCL)9NED40.129+1(FP)+2(UCL)10TUR35.0503+1(UCL)11GRE34.166+2(UCL)12DEN30.550+1(UCL)13BEL27.000+1(UCL)14ROU25.824+2(UCL)15SCO25.141+1(UCL)16SUI24.900+1(UCL)17ISR22.000+1(UCL)18CZE20.850+1(UCL) RankAssociationCoeff UEFA Country CoefficientTeamsNotes19AUT20.700320CYP18.124+1(UCL)21BUL17.87522CRO16.12423BLR16.083+1(UCL)24POL15.916+1(UCL)25SVK14.49926NOR14.375+1(FP)+1(UCL)27SRB14.250+1(UCL)28SWE14.125+1(UCL)29BIH9.12430FIN8.966+1(FP)+1(UCL)31IRL8.70832HUN8.500+1(UCL)33MDA7.749+1(UCL)34LTU7.708+1(UCL)35LVA7.41536GEO6.957 RankAssociationCoeff UEFA Country CoefficientTeamsNotes37AZE6.1653+1(UCL)38SVN6.124+1(UCL)39MKD Macedonia5.20740ISL4.95741KAZ4.37442LIE4.000143MNE3.875344ALB3.87445EST3.79146WAL2.79047ARM2.58348MLT2.41649NIR2.24950FRO1.41651LUX1.374+1(UCL)52AND1.000253SMR0.916 Distribution Due to the following reasons, changes to the default allocation system had to be made: The title holders, Atlético Madrid, were guaranteed a place in the Europa League group stage, since they did not qualify for the Champions League. However, they also qualified for the group stage through their domestic performance, as they finished fifth in the 2011–12 La Liga and Champions League-qualified Barcelona won the 2011–12 Copa del Rey. As a result, this spot in the group stage was vacated. Only 14 losers (instead of the default 15) from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round. The following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for these vacated spots:http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2012-13-uefa-circular-mod-access-list.pdf 2012/13 UEFA Circular letter – Adjustments to access list UEFA.com Union of European Football Associationshttp://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/accesslist/index.html Access list 2012/2013 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121010074008/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season%3D2013/accesslist/index.html October 10, 2012 https://kassiesa.net/uefa/access2012.html Access list 2012/2013 Bert Kassies 2013-06-17 https://archive.today/20120711231837/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/access2012.html 2012-07-11 dead The domestic cup winners of association 7 (Russia) were promoted from the play-off round to the group stage. The domestic cup winners of associations 16 and 17 (Switzerland and Israel) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round. The domestic cup winners of associations 19 and 20 (Austria and Cyprus) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round. The domestic cup winners of associations 33, 34, 35 and 36 (Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia and Georgia) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round. Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions LeagueFirst qualifying round(74 teams)17 domestic cup winners from associations 37–53 25 domestic league runners-up from associations 28–53 (except Liechtenstein) 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein) 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankingSecond qualifying round(80 teams)16 domestic cup winners from associations 21–36 12 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–27 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 7–937 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying round(58 teams)3 domestic cup winners from associations 18–20 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 10–15 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–9 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France) 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)40 winners from the second qualifying roundPlay-off round(62 teams)10 domestic cup winners from associations 8–17 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–9 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–6 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–329 winners from the third qualifying round14 losers from the Champions League third qualifying roundGroup stage(48 teams)Title holders 6 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7(minus the spot vacated by Atlético Madrid)31 winners from the play-off round10 losers from the Champions League play-off roundKnockout phase(32 teams)12 group winners from the group stage 12 group runners-up from the group stage8 third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage Redistribution rules A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules: When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated. As a result, either of the following teams qualify for the Europa League: The domestic cup runners-up, provided they have not yet qualified for European competitions, qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other Europa League qualifiers moved up one "place". Otherwise, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place". When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible. For associations where a Europa League place is reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualify as stated above). If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place is taken by the highest-placed league team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions. A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which have not yet qualified for European competitions. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=1801892.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150909070933/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=1801892.html dead September 9, 2015 2012/13 list of participants UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 29 August 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 2012-07-10 TH: Title holders CW: Cup winners CR: Cup runners-up LC: League Cup winners 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position CL4R: League placed 4th but entered Europa League due to Champions League 4 teams per association rule P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners FP: Fair Play UCL: Transferred from the Champions League GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage PO: Losers from the play-off round Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round Round of 32UKR Dynamo Kyiv (UCL GS)GRE Olympiacos (UCL GS)RUS Zenit Saint Petersburg (UCL GS)NED Ajax (UCL GS)ENG Chelsea (UCL GS)BLR BATE Borisov (UCL GS)POR Benfica (UCL GS)ROU CFR Cluj (UCL GS)Group stageESP Atlético MadridTH (5th)POR Académica (CW)CYP AEL Limassol (UCL PO)GER Borussia Mönchengladbach (UCL PO)ENG Tottenham Hotspur (4th)Note ENGRUS Rubin Kazan (CW)SVN Maribor (UCL PO)DEN Copenhagen (UCL PO)GER Bayer Leverkusen (5th)SUI Basel (UCL PO)ITA Udinese (UCL PO)ITA Napoli (CW)SWE Helsingborgs IF (UCL PO)TUR Fenerbahçe (UCL PO)FRA Lyon (CW)ISR Ironi Kiryat Shmona (UCL PO)GRE Panathinaikos (UCL PO)Play-off roundENG Newcastle United (5th)NED PSV Eindhoven (CW)ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW)AZE Neftçi (UCL Q3)ESP Levante (6th)NED AZ (4th)LUX F91 Dudelange (UCL Q3)SRB Partizan (UCL Q3)GER VfB Stuttgart (6th)TUR Trabzonspor (3rd)HUN Debrecen (UCL Q3)ROU Vaslui (UCL Q3)ITA Lazio (4th)GRE Atromitos (4th)Note GRE 1CZE Slovan Liberec (UCL Q3)SCO Motherwell (UCL Q3)FRA Bordeaux (5th)DEN Midtjylland (3rd)LTU Ekranas (UCL Q3)BEL Club Brugge (UCL Q3)POR Sporting CP (4th)BEL Lokeren (CW)POL Śląsk Wrocław (UCL Q3)NED Feyenoord (UCL Q3)RUS CSKA Moscow (3rd)ROU Dinamo București (CW)MDA Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3)UKR Metalist Kharkiv (3rd)SCO Heart of Midlothian (CW)FIN HJK (UCL Q3)UKR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)SUI Luzern (2nd)NOR Molde (UCL Q3)Third qualifying roundENG Liverpool (LC)POR Marítimo (5th)GRE PAOK (5th)Note GRE 2CZE Sparta Prague (2nd)Note CZE 1ESP Athletic Bilbao (CR)RUS Dynamo Moscow (4th)DEN Horsens (4th)AUT Rapid Wien (2nd)GER Hannover 96 (7th)UKR Arsenal Kyiv (5th)BEL Genk (3rd)CYP Omonia (CW)ITA Internazionale (6th)NED Heerenveen (5th)ROU Steaua București (3rd)FRA Marseille (LC)TUR Bursaspor (5th)Note TUR 1SCO Dundee United (4th)Note SCO 1Second qualifying roundRUS Anzhi Makhachkala (5th)ISR Bnei Yehuda (3rd)CRO Hajduk Split (2nd)SRB Vojvodina (3rd)UKR Metalurh Donetsk (CR)ISR Maccabi Netanya (4th)CRO Slaven Belupo (3rd)SWE AIK (2nd)NED Vitesse (P-W)CZE Viktoria Plzeň (3rd)BLR Naftan Novopolotsk (CW)BIH Široki Brijeg (2nd)TUR Eskişehirspor (6th)Note TUR 2CZE Mladá Boleslav (4th)Note CZE 2BLR Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd)FIN Inter Turku (2nd)GRE Asteras Tripolis (6th)Note GRE 3AUT Admira Wacker Mödling (3rd)POL Legia Warsaw (CW)IRL Sligo Rovers (CW)DEN AGF (5th)AUT Ried (CR)POL Ruch Chorzów (2nd)HUN Videoton (2nd)BEL Gent (P-W)CYP APOEL (2nd)SVK Spartak Trnava (2nd)MDA Milsami Orhei (CW)ROU Rapid București (4th)CYP Anorthosis Famagusta (4th)SVK Slovan Bratislava (3rd)LTU Žalgiris (CW)SCO St Johnstone (6th)Note SCO 2BUL CSKA Sofia (2nd)NOR Aalesund (CW)LVA Skonto (CW)SUI Young Boys (3rd)BUL Levski Sofia (3rd)NOR Tromsø (2nd)GEO Dila Gori (CW)SUI Servette (4th)BUL Lokomotiv Plovdiv (CR)SRB Red Star Belgrade (CW)First qualifying roundCRO Osijek (CR)LTU Šiauliai (4th)KAZ Aktobe (3rd)MLT Floriana (4th)BLR Gomel (3rd)LVA Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd)LIE Eschen/Mauren (CW)NIR Portadown (2nd)POL Lech Poznań (4th)LVA Daugava Daugavpils (3rd)MNE Čelik Nikšić (CW)NIR Cliftonville (3rd)SVK Senica (CR)GEO Metalurgi Rustavi (2nd)MNE Rudar Pljevlja (2nd)NIR Crusaders (CR)NOR Rosenborg (3rd)GEO Torpedo Kutaisi (3rd)MNE Zeta (3rd)FRO EB/Streymur (CW)SRB Jagodina (4th)AZE Baku (CW)ALB Tirana (CW)FRO Víkingur Gøta (3rd)SWE IF Elfsborg (3rd)AZE Khazar Lankaran (2nd)ALB Teuta (2nd)FRO NSÍ (4th)SWE Kalmar FF (CR)AZE Inter Baku (3rd)ALB Flamurtari (4th)LUX Jeunesse Esch (2nd)BIH Borac Banja Luka (3rd)SVN Olimpija Ljubljana (2nd)EST Levadia Tallinn (CW)LUX Grevenmacher (3rd)BIH Sarajevo (4th)SVN Mura 05 (3rd)EST Nõmme Kalju (2nd)LUX Differdange 03 (4th)FIN JJK (3rd)SVN Celje (CR)EST Narva Trans (3rd)AND FC Santa Coloma (CW)FIN KuPS (CR)MKD Renova (CW)WAL Bangor City (2nd)AND UE Santa Coloma (3rd)IRL St Patrick's Athletic (4th)MKD Metalurg Skopje (2nd)WAL Llanelli (P-W)Note WALSMR La Fiorita (CW)IRL Bohemians (5th)Note IRLMKD Shkëndija (3rd)WAL Cefn Druids (CR)SMR Libertas (2nd)HUN Honvéd (4th)Note HUNISL FH (2nd)ARM Shirak (CW)NOR Stabæk (FP)http://www.fotball.no/nff/Fair-Play/2011/Tromso-best-pa-Fair/ https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120510122127/http://www.fotball.no/nff/Fair-Play/2011/Tromso-best-pa-Fair/ dead 2012-05-10 Tromsø best på Fair play fotball.no 2 December 2011 no 2012-05-05 HUN MTK Budapest (CR)ISL ÍBV (3rd)ARM Gandzasar Kapan (2nd)FIN MYPA (FP)http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=197587 https://web.archive.org/web/20221005145730/https://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=197587 dead October 5, 2022 MYPA kilpailee paikasta Eurooppa-liigassa palloliitto.fi 7 November 2011 fi MDA Dacia Chișinău (2nd)ISL Þór (CR)ARM Pyunik (3rd)NED Twente (FP)http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/998/Voetbal/article/detail/1437896/2012/05/13/Twente-toch-Europa-in-dankzij-fairplay-klassement.dhtml Twente toch Europa in dankzij fairplay-klassement demorgen.be 13 May 2012 nlMDA Zimbru Chișinău (3rd)KAZ Ordabasy (CW)MLT Hibernians (CW)LTU Sūduva (3rd)KAZ Zhetysu (2nd)MLT Birkirkara (3rd) Notes disc Note CZE 2 Czech Republic (CZE): Sigma Olomouc, the 2011–12 Czech Cup winner, were initially to enter the third qualifying round of the Europa League. However, UEFA banned them from participating in Europa League over the club's involvement in a corruption scandal.http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/uefacup/news/:europa-league-uefa-sperrt-sigma-olomouc/70052544.html UEFA sperrt Sigma Olomouc Financial Times Deutschland de 20 June 2012 2012-06-21 https://archive.today/20120802092741/http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/uefacup/news/:europa-league-uefa-sperrt-sigma-olomouc/70052544.html 2012-08-02 dead As a result, Sparta Prague, the second-placed team of the 2011–12 Gambrinus liga, entered the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and Mladá Boleslav, the fourth-placed team of the league, took one of Czech Republic's Europa League places in the second qualifying round. Note ENG England (ENG): Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth-placed team of the 2011–12 Premier League, were initially to enter the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. However, as Chelsea, the sixth-placed team of the league (who would have entered the Europa League at the group stage as winners of the 2011–12 FA Cup), won the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, they automatically qualified for the following year's competition as title holders, and because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur instead entered the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage. Note GRE 3 Greece (GRE): AEK Athens, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Super League Greece, could not get a UEFA licence to compete in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League due to financial problems.http://www.epo.gr/News.aspx?a_id=42696 Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων Αδειοδότησης Ομάδων Hellenic Football Federation 31 May 2012 As a result, Atromitos and PAOK, the fourth and fifth-placed teams of the league, entered the Europa League play-off round and third qualifying round instead of the third and second qualifying rounds respectively, and Asteras Tripolis, the sixth-placed team of the league, took Greece's Europa League place in the second qualifying round. Note HUN Hungary (HUN): Győri ETO finished third in the 2011–12 Hungarian National Championship I, but they were not eligible to enter the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, due to having been suspended from participating in UEFA competitions (for the first season they qualify between the 2011–12 and 2013–14 seasons), in relation to club licensing violations.Györ suspended and fined, MLSZ fined https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01f2-0f8635f2e79f-237e0f995612-1000--gyor-suspended-and-fined-mlsz-fined/ UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations.com 12 April 2012 17 June 2011 live https://web.archive.org/web/20121113143730/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid%3D1644479.html 13 November 2012 As a result, Honvéd, the fourth-placed team of the league, took one of Hungary's Europa League places in the first qualifying round. Note IRL Republic of Ireland (IRL): Because Derry City, the third-placed team of the 2012 League of Ireland Premier Division, went into liquidation two years ago, which led to a European ban for three years (and were thus refused entry to the 2012–13 European competitions by UEFA), Bohemians, the fifth-placed team of the league, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17116759 Derry City are refused entry to Europa League by Uefa BBC Sport 21 February 2012 Note SCO 2 Scotland (SCO): As a result of second-placed Rangers' administration and eventual liquidation,http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/rangers-liquidated-as-cva-formally-rejected-1-2353211 The Scotsman Rangers liquidated as CVA formally rejected 2012-07-14 2012-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20120727043212/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/sfl-division-three/rangers-liquidated-as-cva-formally-rejected-1-2353211 dead Motherwell, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League, took Scotland's Champions League place in the non-champions path, instead of entering the Europa League third qualifying round, and consequently, Dundee United, the fourth-placed team of the league, entered the Europa League third qualifying round, instead of the second qualifying round, and St Johnstone, the sixth-placed team of the league, took Scotland's Europa League place in the second qualifying round (as the fifth-placed team, Heart of Midlothian, already qualified for the Europa League as winners of the 2011–12 Scottish Cup). Note TUR 2 Turkey (TUR): Beşiktaş, the fourth-placed team of the 2011–12 Süper Lig, have been banned by UEFA from competing in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, due to financial problems.https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01fd-0f880eb704ed-74f1edc27444-1000--besiktas-and-bursaspor-decisions/ Beşiktaş and Bursaspor decisions UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 30 May 2012 As a result, Bursaspor, the fifth-placed team of the league (as well as the runners-up of the 2011–12 Turkish Cup), entered the Europa League third qualifying round, instead of the second qualifying round, and Eskişehirspor, the sixth-placed team of the league, took Turkey's Europa League place in the second qualifying round. Bursaspor were also initially banned from entering the Europa League, but this was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0254-0d7e1ebc351a-da8195b81339-1000--uefa-statement-on-bursaspor-case/ UEFA statement on Bursaspor case UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 23 June 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120624215503/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid%3D1831887.html 24 June 2012 Note WAL Wales (WAL): Neath, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Welsh Premier League, has been refused the UEFA licence by the Licence Appeal body and was ineligible to participate in the end-of-season UEFA Europa League play-offs that were won by Llanelli.http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/hot-news/news-archives/3452-neath-fail-in-both-licence-appeals Neath fail in both licence appeals Welsh Premier Football 27 April 2012 2013-12-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233129/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/hot-news/news-archives/3452-neath-fail-in-both-licence-appeals 2013-12-30 dead Round and draw dates All draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50fa645f90-11d6223423d7-1000--amsterdam-the-europa-league-aim/ Amsterdam the Europa League aim UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 22 June 2012 PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round25 June 20125 July 201212 July 2012Second qualifying round19 July 201226 July 2012Third qualifying round20 July 20122 August 20129 August 2012Play-offPlay-off round10 August 201223 August 201230 August 2012Group stageMatchday 131 August 2012(Monaco)20 September 2012Matchday 24 October 2012Matchday 325 October 2012Matchday 48 November 2012Matchday 522 November 2012Matchday 66 December 2012Knockout phaseRound of 3220 December 201214 February 201321 February 2013Round of 167 March 201314 March 2013Quarter-finals15 March 20134 April 201311 April 2013Semi-finals12 April 201325 April 20132 May 2013Final15 May 2013 at Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts. Qualifying rounds 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying 2012–13 UEFA Europa 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 September 16, 2012 Club coefficients 2011/12 11 June 2012 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 25 June 2012https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2012.html UEFA Team Ranking 2012 Bert Kassieshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedel2012.html Seeding in the Europa League 2012/2013 Bert Kassies dead https://archive.today/20121220055032/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedel2012.html 2012-12-20 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 Q1 Second qualifying round Q2 Third qualifying round Q3 Play-off round 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying#Play-off round 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round PO Group stage 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage Europe 650 right Location of teams of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.8px Red: Group A; 8px Yellow: Group B; 8px Green: Group C; 8px Dark green: Group D; 8px Purple: Group E; 8px Pink: Group F; 8px Blue: Group G; 8px Orange: Group H; 8px Brown: Group I; 8px Deep pink: Group J; 8px Cyan: Group K; 8px Spring green: Group L. Europe 40.203333 -8.407778 75 Académica right Yellow_pog.svg Europe 34.666667 33.033333 75 AEL right Green_pog.svg Europe 59.362742 17.996308 75 AIK right Pink_pog.svg Europe 42.966667 47.5 75 Anzhi left Europe 43.256944 -2.923611 75 Athletic right Brown_pog.svg Europe 40.4 -3.68333 75 Atlético right Yellow_pog.svg Europe 51.0333333 6.983333 75 Leverkusen right Cyan_pog.svg Europe 47.56667 7.6 75 Basel left Blue_pog.svg Europe 44.8386 -0.5783 75 Bordeaux left Dark Green 004040 pog.svg Europe 51.174530 6.385407 75 M'gladbach bottom Green_pog.svg Europe 51.21667 3.233333 75 Brugge top Dark Green 004040 pog.svg Europe 55.676111 12.568333 75 Copenhagen left Purple_pog.svg Europe 48.45 34.983333 75 Dnipro left Pink_pog.svg Europe 41.013611 28.955 75 Fenerbahçe right Green_pog.svg Europe 50.966667 5.5 75 Genk left Blue_pog.svg Europe 52.366667 9.7166667 75 Hannover right SpringGreen_pog.svg Europe 56.049444 12.706944 75 Helsingborg right SpringGreen_pog.svg Europe 32.0666667 34.783333 75 H. Tel Aviv left Yellow_pog.svg Europe 45.47808 9.124 75 Inter bottom Orange_pog.svg Europe 33.2075 35.569722 75 H. Kiryat Shmona right Brown_pog.svg Europe 41.9 12.5 75 Lazio right DeepPink_pog.svg Europe 39.466667 -0.383333 75 Levante right SpringGreen_pog.svg Europe 53.4 -3 75 Liverpool right Europe 45.7597 4.8422 75 Lyon left Brown_pog.svg Europe 46.55 15.65 75 Maribor right DeepPink_pog.svg Europe 35.210000 -7.760000 75 Marítimo(not on map) Dark Green 004040 pog.svg above Europe 35.150000 -8.760000 left arrow.svg right Europe 43.2964 5.37 75 Marseille right Green_pog.svg Europe 49.9166667 36.3166667 75 Metalist right Cyan_pog.svg Europe 62.756389 7.238611 75 Molde left Purple_pog.svg Europe 40.845 14.258333 75 Napoli right Pink_pog.svg Europe 40.884030 46.410000 75 Neftçi(not on map) Orange pog.svg left Europe 40.460000 47.260000 Right arrow.svg right Europe 54.974 -1.614 75 Newcastle left Dark Green 004040 pog.svg Europe 37.966667 23.716667 75 Panathinaikos right DeepPink_pog.svg Europe 44.8166667 20.466667 75 Partizan right Orange_pog.svg Europe 51.4381 5.47552 75 PSV right Pink_pog.svg Europe 48.208333 16.373056 75 Rapid right Cyan_pog.svg Europe 63.429722 10.393333 75 Rosenborg right Cyan_pog.svg Europe 55.78333 49.16667 75 Rubin left Orange_pog.svg Europe 50.08333 14.41666 75 Sparta right Brown_pog.svg Europe 38.713811 -9.139386 75 Sporting right Blue_pog.svg Europe 44.4325 26.103889 75 Steaua right Purple_pog.svg Europe 48.778611 9.179444 75 Stuttgart left Purple_pog.svg Europe 51.507222 -0.1275 75 Tottenham left DeepPink_pog.svg Europe 52.22 6.896389 75 Twente top SpringGreen_pog.svg Europe 46.066667 13.233333 75 Udinese bottom Europe 47.195556 18.408889 75 Videoton right Blue_pog.svg Europe 49.7475 13.3775 75 Plzeň left Yellow_pog.svg Europe 46.95 7.45 75 Young Boys right The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 31 August 2012.https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50fd90d8fa-daefb1265bc3-1000--uefa-europa-league-group-stage-draw/ Europa League group stage draw UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 31 August 2012 The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, with the title holders, Atlético Madrid, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into twelve 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 20 September, 4 October, 25 October, 8 November, 22 November, and 6 December 2012. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage. A total of 25 national associations were represented in the group stage.https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50fa71180d-a39733c5e3ee-1000--europa-league-lineup-and-seedings-set/ Europa League lineup and seedings set UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 31 August 2012 This was the first time a team from Azerbaijan qualified for the group stage of a UEFA competition. AEL, Anzhi, Kiryat Shmona, Levante, Marítimo, Neftçi and Videoton all appeared in the group stage of a UEFA competition for the first time. 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 Group I Group I yes no_hide_class_rules Group J Group J yes no_hide_class_rules Group K Group K yes no_hide_class_rules Group L Group L yes no_hide_class_rules Knockout phase 2012–13 UEFA Europa 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 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage 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 round of 16 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 32 R32 Round of 16 R16 Quarter-finals QF Semi-finals SF Final F Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round. Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1CZE Libor KozákITA Lazio86132URU Edinson CavaniITA Napoli7462PAR Óscar CardozoPOR Benfica5854ARG Rodrigo PalacioITA Internazionale6436ESP Fernando TorresENG Chelsea8106ARG Raúl BobadillaSUI Young Boys5535VEN football Salomón RondónRUS Rubin Kazan9768CRO Marko LivajaITA Internazionale4416NGA Victor MosesENG Chelsea426ENG Jonjo ShelveyENG Liverpool481MLI Cheick DiabatéFRA Bordeaux509SRB Nikola ĐurđićSWE Helsingborgs IF540ITA Sergio FloccariITA Lazio562ENG Jermain DefoeENG Tottenham Hotspur614BRA Cleiton XavierUKR Metalist Kharkiv630ROU Raul RusescuROU Steaua București661SEN Papiss CisséENG Newcastle United676CMR Samuel Eto'oRUS Anzhi Makhachkala900SUI Marco StrellerSUI Basel949TUR Gökdeniz KaradenizRUS Rubin Kazan1066NED Dirk KuytTUR Fenerbahçe1105SUI Fabian SchärSUI Basel1147 Source:http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000356/players/type=topscorers/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121202080223/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000356/players/type=topscorers/index.html dead December 2, 2012 Player statistics – Goalscorers UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 21 June 2013 Top assists RankPlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played1ESP José BarkeroESP Levante6477'ESP Juan MataENG Chelsea6491'3COL Fredy GuarínITA Internazionale4568'ENG Frank LampardENG Chelsea4619'EGY Mohamed SalahSUI Basel4948'6FRA Clément GrenierFRA Lyon3331'CZE Jan KovaříkCZE Viktoria Plzeň3360'GER Lars StindlGER Hannover 963398'CIV Lacina TraoréRUS Anzhi Makhachkala3411'UKR Yevhen SeleznyovUKR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk3443'TUR Emre BelözoğluESP Atlético Madrid3467'FRA Julien GoriusBEL Genk3556'ITA Antonio CassanoITA Internazionale3574'HUN Szabolcs HusztiGER Hannover 963683'MAR Mbark BoussoufaRUS Anzhi Makhachkala3696'ENG Stewart DowningENG Liverpool3701'ITA Antonio CandrevaITA Lazio3705'WAL Gareth BaleENG Tottenham Hotspur3716'FIN Roman EremenkoRUS Rubin Kazan3768'ROU Ștefan RaduITA Lazio3776'JPN Gōtoku SakaiGER VfB Stuttgart3784'CZE Radim ŘezníkCZE Viktoria Plzeň3900'BRA HernanesITA Lazio3908'ISR Bibras NatchoRUS Rubin Kazan31018'BRA CristianTUR Fenerbahçe31074' Source:http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000356/players/type=assists/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130915110619/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000356/players/type=assists/index.html dead September 15, 2013 Player statistics – Assists UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 21 June 2013 See also 2013 UEFA Super Cup References External links 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, UEFA.com 2012–13 2