2012–13 UEFA Europa League
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
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September 2012 – May 2013 (competition proper)
June – August 2012 (qualifying) |
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48+8 (competition proper)
161 or 162+33 (total) (from 53 associations) |
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2013–14 →
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The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup.[1] The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[2]
For the 2012–13 edition, two changes will be made from the 2011–12 edition:
- The cup winners of the six top-ranked associations will have direct access to the UEFA Europa League group stage.[3] This allocation of slots has a direct impact on the qualification path, and adaptations will have to be made to the access list in order to accommodate these changes.[4]
- Matchdays 5 and 6 will no longer be held on exclusive weeks, but will instead be played on the same weeks as Matchdays 5 and 6 of the UEFA Champions League.[5]
Association team allocation
A total of 194 or 195 teams from 53 UEFA associations are expected to participate in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Associations are allocated places according to their 2011 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2006–07 to 2010–11.[6]
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League:
- Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify
- Associations 10–51 each have three teams qualify, except Liechtenstein (one team)
- Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify
- The winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, i.e., the title holder, are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through domestic performance
- The top three associations of the 2011–12 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
- Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League
Note: The qualification scheme above can be changed slightly depending on the identity of the winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.
Association ranking
- Notes
- (FP): Additional fair play berth (associations TBD)
- (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
Distribution
The following information is based on a preliminary access list by UEFA and subject to change.[7]
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First qualifying round
(78 teams) |
- 21 domestic cup winners from associations 33–53
- 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 rankings
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Second qualifying round
(80 teams) |
- 14 domestic cup winners from associations 19–32
- 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 7–9
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- 39 winners from the first qualifying round
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Third qualifying round
(58 teams) |
- 3 domestic cup winners from associations 16–18
- 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)
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- 40 winners from the second qualifying round
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Play-off round
(62 teams) |
- 9 domestic cup winners from associations 7–15
- 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 1–3
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- 29 winners from the third qualifying round
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Group stage
(48 teams) |
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- 31 winners from the play-off round
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Knockout phase
(32 teams) |
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- 12 group winners from the group stage
- 12 group runners-up from the group stage
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If the Europa League title holder qualifies for the Champions League or the Europa League through domestic performance, the default allocation system above will have to be altered as some places become vacant. When moving entrants to later qualifying rounds, priority is given to domestic cup winners of the highest-ranked associations.
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" qualifiers within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated, and the remaining Europa League qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
- When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the Europa League qualifiers that finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
- A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
- A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table that has not yet qualified for the Champions League or the Europa League.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- TH: Title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- Nth: League position
- P-: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
- FP: Fair play
- UCL: Relegated 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
Qualifying rounds
The following information is based on a preliminary access list by UEFA and subject to change.[7]
First qualifying round
The following 78 teams are expected to enter in the first qualifying round.
- Notes
Second qualifying round
80 teams will play in the second qualifying round: the 39 winners from the first qualifying round, and the following 41 teams which are expected to enter in this round.
Third qualifying round
58 teams will play in the third qualifying round: the 40 winners from the second qualifying round, and the following 18 teams which are expected to enter in this round.
Play-off round
The following information is based on a preliminary access list by UEFA and subject to change.[7]
62 teams will play in the play-off round: the 29 winners from the third qualifying round, and the following 33 teams which are expected to enter in this round.
Group stage
The following information is based on a preliminary access list by UEFA and subject to change.[7]
48 teams will play in the group stage: the 31 winners from the play-off round, and the following 17 teams which are expected to enter in this stage.
The 48 teams will be drawn into twelve groups of four. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 32, where they will be joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.
See also
References
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Albania · Andorra · Armenia '12 '13 · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '12 '13 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '12 '13 · Faroe Islands '12 '13 · Finland '12 '13 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '12 '13 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '12 '13 · Latvia '12 '13 · Lithuania '12 '13 · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '12 '13 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '12 '13 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '12 '13 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
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| Domestic cups |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '12 '13 · Finland '12 '13 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '12 '13 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '12 '13 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '12 '13 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '12 '13 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
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England · Finland '12 '13 · France · Hungary · Iceland '12 '13 · Israel · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '12 '13 · Scotland · Wales |
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Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round · group stage · knockout phase · Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round · group stage · knockout phase · Final) · Super Cup
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