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Dates | September 2012 – May 2013 (competition proper) June – August 2012 (qualifying) |
Teams | 32 (group stage) 76 or 77 (total) (from 52 associations) |
← 2011–12
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The 2012–13 UEFA Champions League will be the 58th season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier football tournament, and the 21st season since it was renamed from the "European Cup".
The final will be played at Wembley Stadium in London, England. This is the seventh occasion Wembley Stadium (new and old) has hosted the Champions League final.[1][2]
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A total of 76 or 77 teams will participate in the 2012–13 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). 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.[3]
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League:
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First qualifying round (6 teams) |
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Second qualifying round (34 teams) |
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Third qualifying round | Champions (20 teams) |
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Non-champions (10 teams) |
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Play-off round | Champions (10 teams) |
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Non-champions (10 teams) |
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Group stage (32 teams) |
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Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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If the title holder also qualifies for the Champions League through domestic performance, the following changes to the default allocation system above will be made.
Because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, if the title holder is from the top three associations (England, Spain, Germany) and finishes outside the top four in their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association, which would have entered in the Champions League play-off round, will be moved from the Champions League to the Europa League. In this case, the allocation system for the Champions League will be changed in the same way.
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.
(P-1st indicates end-of-season play-off winners)
Group stage | |||
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2011–12 winnersTH | (3rd) | (1st) | (1st) |
(1st) | (1st) | (2nd) | (1st) |
(2nd) | (2nd) | (1st) | (1st) |
(3rd) | (3rd) | (2nd) | (1st) |
(1st) | (1st) | (1st) | |
(2nd) | (2nd) | (1st) | |
Play-off round | |||
Champions | Non-champions | ||
(4th) | (4th) | (3rd) | |
(4th) | (3rd) | ||
Third qualifying round | |||
Champions | Non-champions | ||
(1st) | (3rd) | (2nd) | (2nd) |
(1st) | (2nd) | (P-1st) | (2nd) |
(1st) | (2nd) | (2nd) | |
(2nd) | (2nd) | ||
Second qualifying round | |||
(1st) | (1st) | (1st) | KR (1st) |
(1st) | (1st) | (1st) | Shakhter Karagandy (1st) |
(1st) | Molde (1st) | Ekranas (1st) | (1st) |
(1st) | (1st) | Ventspils (1st) | (1st) |
(1st) | Helsingborg (1st) | (1st) | Flora Tallinn (1st) |
(1st) | (1st) | (1st) | (1st) |
(1st) | HJK Helsinki (1st) | (1st) | Ulisses (1st) |
BATE Borisov (1st) | Shamrock Rovers (1st) | (1st) | |
First qualifying round | |||
(1st) | B36 Tórshavn (1st) | (1st) | |
(1st) | (1st) | (1st) |
TH Title Holder
The following six teams are expected to enter in the first qualifying round.
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34 teams will play in the second qualifying round: the 3 winners from the first qualifying round, and the following 31 teams which are expected to enter in this round.
The third qualifying round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
20 teams will play in the third qualifying round for champions: the 17 winners from the second qualifying round, and the following 3 teams which are expected to enter in this round.
The following 10 teams are expected to enter in the third qualifying round for non-champions.
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The play-off round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
The 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions will play in the play-off round for champions.
10 teams will play in the play-off round for non-champions: the 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions, and the following 5 teams which are expected to enter in this round.
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32 teams will play in the group stage: the 10 winners from the play-off round (5 champions and 5 non-champions), and the following 22 teams which are expected to enter in this stage.
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The 32 teams will be drawn into eight groups of four. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams will enter the round of 32 of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
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