The 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round decided 10 of the 32 teams which played in the group stage.
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Round and draw dates
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]
Format
There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:
- Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
- League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. In the event that aggregate score finished level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shootout.[2]
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients,[3] with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. The seeding in these draws (or in any cases where the results of a tie in the previous round were not known at the time of draw) was carried out under the assumption that the higher-ranked teams of the previous round would advance to this round, which means if a lower-ranked team were to advance, it would simply take the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.
Teams
Below were the 54 teams (40 in Champions Route, 14 in League Route) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds.[4] The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round dropped down to the Europa League play-off round and group stage respectively.
Champions Route
League Route
First qualifying round
Seeding
Summary
Matches
F91 Dudelange won 11–0 on aggregate.
Valletta won 9–0 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate. Linfield won 4–3 on penalties.
Second qualifying round
Seeding
- Notes
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† Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
Matches
First leg
Debrecen won 3–1 on aggregate.
Maribor won 6–2 on aggregate.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 2–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.
AEL Limassol won 3–0 on aggregate.
Ekranas won 2–1 on aggregate.
Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.
Helsingborg won 3–0 on aggregate.
HJK won 9–1 on aggregate.
Molde won 4–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate. F91 Dudelange won on away goals.
Slovan Liberec won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.
Neftchi Baku won 5–2 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 7–2 on aggregate.
Śląsk Wrocław won 2–1 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
Seeding
- Notes
-
† Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw (teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw for this round)
Summary
Matches
Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 11–0 on aggregate.
Helsingborg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 5–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 6–2 on aggregate.
AEL Limassol won 2–0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 5–0 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.
Play-off round
Seeding
Summary
- Notes
- ^
Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches
CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–0 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Braga won 5–4 on penalties.
Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.
Málaga won 2–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.
Lille won 2–1 on aggregate.
Statistics
There were 226 goals in 88 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.
Notes
- ^ a b Debrecen played their home matches at Városi Stadion, Nyíregyháza instead of their regular stadium, Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen.
- ^ Željezničar Sarajevo played their home match at Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo instead of their regular stadium, Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo.
- ^ a b c Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their Second and Third qualifying rounds home matches at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa and Play-off round home match at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv District, instead of their regular stadium, Municipal Stadium, Kiryat Shmona.
- ^ a b Neftchi Baku played their home matches at Dalga Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku.
- ^ Ekranas played their home match at LFF Stadium, Vilnius instead of their regular stadium, Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys.
- ^ a b AEL Limassol played their Third qualifying round home match at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca and Play-off round home match at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium, Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.
- ^ Vaslui played their home match at Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț instead of their regular stadium, Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui.
- ^ BATE Borisov played their home match at Dinamo Stadium, Minsk as their regular stadium (City Stadium in Borisov) did not meet UEFA criteria.
References
- ^ "Competition format". UEFA.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2012/13" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ "Club coefficients 2011/12". UEFA. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "2012/13 list of participants". UEFA. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "F91 Dudelange vs. Tre Penne – 3 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Tre Penne vs. F91 Dudelange – 10 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Valletta vs. Lusitanos – 3 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Lusitanos vs. Valletta – 10 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Linfield vs. B36 – 3 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "B36 vs. Linfield – 10 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ a b "The New Saints vs. Helsingborg – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Debrecen vs. Skënderbeu Korçë – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Maribor vs. Željezničar – 18 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Željezničar vs. Maribor – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Zilina vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Ironi Kiryat Shmona vs. Zilina – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ a b "Valletta vs. Partizan – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Vardar vs. BATE – 25 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ a b c "AEL vs. Linfield – 18 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Linfield vs. AEL – 25 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Shamrock Rovers vs. Ekranas – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Ekranas vs. Shamrock Rovers – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Flora vs. Basel – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Basel vs. Flora – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Helsingborg vs. The New Saints – 25 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "HJK vs. KR – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "KR vs. HJK – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Ventspils vs. Molde – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "F91 Dudelange vs. Salzburg – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Salzburg vs. F91 Dudelange – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Slovan Liberec vs. Shakhter Karagandy – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Shakhter Karagandy vs. Slovan Liberec – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Dinamo Zagreb vs. Ludogorets – 25 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Neftchi Baku vs. Zestafoni – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Zestafoni vs. Neftchi Baku – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Ulisses vs. Sheriff – 17 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Sheriff vs. Ulisses – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Partizan vs. Valletta – 24 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Buducnost vs. Slask Wroclaw – 18 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Slask Wroclaw vs. Buducnost – 25 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Maribor vs. F91 Dudelange – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "F91 Dudelange vs. Maribor – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "BATE vs. Debrecen – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Debrecen vs. BATE – 7 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "CFR Cluj vs. Slovan Liberec – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Slovan Liberec vs. CFR Cluj – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Anderlecht vs. Ekranas – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Ekranas vs. Anderlecht – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Slask Wroclaw vs. Helsingborg – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Helsingborg vs. Slask Wroclaw – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Sheriff vs. Dinamo Zagreb – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Dinamo Zagreb vs. Sheriff – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ a b "Molde vs. Basel – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Basel vs. Molde – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Celtic vs. HJK – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "HJK vs. Celtic – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Ironi Kiryat Shmona vs. Neftchi Baku – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Neftchi Baku vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Partizan vs. AEL – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Fenerbahce vs. Vaslui – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Vaslui vs. Fenerbahce – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Motherwell vs. Panathinaikos – 31 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Panathinaikos vs. Motherwell – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "FC Copenhagen vs. Club Brugge – 1 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Club Brugge vs. FC Copenhagen – 8 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Dinamo Kiev vs. Feyenoord – 31 July 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Feyenoord vs. Dinamo Kiev – 7 August 2012 – Soccerway".
- ^ "Full Time Report – Basel – CFR Cluj" (PDF). UEFA. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – CFR Cluj – Basel" (PDF). UEFA. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Helsingborg – Celtic" (PDF). UEFA. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Celtic – Helsingborg" (PDF). UEFA. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – BATE Borisov – Ironi Kiryat Shmona" (PDF). UEFA. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Ironi Kiryat Shmona – BATE Borisov" (PDF). UEFA. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – AEL Limassol – Anderlecht" (PDF). UEFA. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Anderlecht – AEL Limassol" (PDF). UEFA. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Dinamo Zagreb – Maribor" (PDF). UEFA. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Maribor – Dinamo Zagreb" (PDF). UEFA. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Braga – Udinese" (PDF). UEFA. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Udinese – Braga" (PDF). UEFA. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Spartak Moscow – Fenerbahçe" (PDF). UEFA. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Fenerbahçe – Spartak Moscow" (PDF). UEFA. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Málaga – Panathinaikos" (PDF). UEFA. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Panathinaikos – Málaga" (PDF). UEFA. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Borussia Mönchengladbach – Dynamo Kyiv" (PDF). UEFA. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Dynamo Kyiv – Borussia Mönchengladbach" (PDF). UEFA. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Copenhagen – Lille" (PDF). UEFA. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Lille – Copenhagen" (PDF). UEFA. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Statistics – Qualifying phase – Goals scored". UEFA. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Statistics – Qualifying phase – Assists". UEFA. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
External links
- 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com
