2012–13 NextGen Series

2012–13 NextGen Series
Tournament details
Dates 15 August 2012 – 1 April 2013
Teams 24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions England Aston Villa (1st title)
Runners-up England Chelsea
Third place Portugal Sporting CP
Fourth place England Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 88
Goals scored 268 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s) Republic of Ireland Graham Burke
Scotland Islam Feruz
(7 goals)
Best player England Lewis Baker

The 2012–13 NextGen Series was the second season of the NextGen Series. The tournament involved the under-19 teams from 24 different countries across Europe. The tournament was won by Aston Villa who overcame Chelsea in the final.

Format changes

From the previous season's competition, one major format change has been announced, with the competition moving from a 16-team to a 24-team affair.[1] The group stage was run in six groups of four, an expansion of the same format as the previous season.

Teams

The 24 teams were sorted into 6 groups, where they played each other home and away in a Round-robin tournament. The top teams advanced to the finals of the competition.

15 of the 16 founder-members reprise their roles, consisting of some of the highest-reputations teams from across UEFA, mirroring the current or recent Champions League involvement of their first teams. Only Basel of Switzerland declined the invitation to reappear.

They were joined by a further nine teams of high standing for the expanded series.

Group stage

The 24 teams were sorted into six groups of four, where they play each other home and away in a double round robin format. The top-two teams from each group progressed to the knock-out stages of the competition alongside the 4 highest points-scoring 3rd place finishers.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up and four best third placed teams advance to the round of 16

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 6321126+611
Belgium Anderlecht 623186+29
England Tottenham Hotspur 6222101008
Germany Wolfsburg 6114917−84

Kickoff times are in CET.

16 August 2012
20:00
Barcelona Spain 1 − 1 Belgium Anderlecht
Sanabria  80' Report Kabasele  66'
Mini Estadi, Barcelona
Referee: Rafael Díaz Melero (Spain)

22 August 2012
18:30
Wolfsburg Germany 2 − 3 England Tottenham Hotspur
Hauck  17' (pen.)
Brandt  90+1' 		Report Coulthirst  63'
Lameiras  79'
Pritchard  82'

12 September 2012
19:30
Anderlecht Belgium 1 − 2 Germany Wolfsburg
Bruno  71' Report Avdijaj  21'
Hauck  33'

13 September 2012
20:00
Tottenham Hotspur England 0 − 2 Spain Barcelona
Report Sandro  19, 73'
White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 8,850

3 October 2012
17:30
Wolfsburg Germany 0 − 5 Spain Barcelona
Report Calvet  12'
Quesada  52'
Ebwelle  78'
Joel Huertas  90'
Herrera  90'

24 October 2012
14:00
Tottenham Hotspur England 2 – 2 Germany Wolfsburg
Pritchard  8', 35' Report Hauck  84'
Müller  90'
Hotspur Way, London

7 November 2012
17:45
Barcelona Spain 1 – 4 England Tottenham Hotspur
Bagnack  88' Report Coulthirst  25, 29, 60'
Pritchard  72'

21 November 2012
17:45
Barcelona Spain 3 – 1 Germany Wolfsburg
A. Traoré  16'
Sandro  45'
Ebwelle  90' 		Report Palacios-Martínez  86'

28 November 2012
20:00
Wolfsburg Germany 2 – 3 Belgium Anderlecht
Brandt  68'
Uzan  90+1' 		Report Dendoncker  14'
Kabasele  34'
Heylen  37'

13 December 2012
14:00
Tottenham Hotspur England 0 − 2 Belgium Anderlecht
Report Dendoncker  59'
Heylen  83' (pen.)
Hotspur Way, London

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Paris Saint-Germain 6411105+513
Italy Juventus 6330139+412
England Manchester City 6123810−25
Turkey Fenerbahçe 6024613−72

Kickoff times are in CET.

29 August 2012
20:30
Juventus Italy 3 − 3 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Padovan  27', 50'
Lanini  90+4' 		Report Şimşek  38', 75' (pen.)
Sahat  85'

13 September 2012
20:00
Manchester City England 3 − 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Suárez  69' (pen.)
Huws  71'
Hiwula  90' (pen.) 		Report Çinemre  11'
Ewen Fields, Hyde
Attendance: 737
Referee: Darren Handley (England)

19 September 2012
17:30
Juventus Italy 2 − 0 France Paris Saint-Germain
Ruggiero  57'
Bonatini  90' 		Report

4 October 2012
17:00
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1 − 1 England Manchester City
Leigh  68' (og) Report Suárez  49'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul

24 October 2012
14:00
Fenerbahçe Turkey 0 – 2 France Paris Saint-Germain
Report Coman  18'
Ongenda  55'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul

7 November 2012
18:00
Paris Saint-Germain France 2 – 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Sainrimat-Moreira  7'
Yaisien  65' 		Report
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris

8 November 2012
19:00
Manchester City England 2 – 3 Italy Juventus
Pozo  15'
Lopes  81' 		Report Schiavone  29'
Magnússon  62'
Bonatini  71'

28 November 2012
18:30
Paris Saint-Germain France 2 – 1 England Manchester City
Bourdin  29'
Habran  63' 		Report Lopes  77' (pen.)
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris

5 December 2012
13:00
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1 – 2 Italy Juventus
Cici  57' Report Gerbaudo  25'
Schiavone  81'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul

19 December 2012
17:00
Paris Saint-Germain France 2 – 2 Italy Juventus
Yaisien  33'
Coman  42' 		Report Beltrame  78'
Gerbaudo  90'
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia CSKA Moscow 640285+312
Netherlands Ajax 6321156+911
England Chelsea 6231126+69
Norway Molde 6015220−181

Kickoff times are in CET.

16 August 2012
14:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 2 − 1 Norway Molde
Seredin  29'
Litvinov  74' 		Report Svendsen  27'
October Stadium, Moscow

28 August 2012
19:00
Chelsea England 1 − 2 Russia CSKA Moscow
Bamford  11' Report Zaseev  35'
Dergachev  38'

13 September 2012
20:00
Molde Norway 0 − 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
Report Zaseev  54'

19 September 2012
19:00
Molde Norway 0 − 5 Netherlands Ajax
Report De Sa  14'
Fischer  19', 65', 81'
Sporkslede  90+3'

3 October 2012
14:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 0 − 1 England Chelsea
Report Boga  71'
October Stadium, Moscow

4 October 2012
19:00
Ajax Netherlands 5 − 0 Norway Molde
Kishna  11'
Fischer  31'
El Hasnaoui  37', 67'
Keskin  90' 		Report
De Toekomst, Amsterdam

30 October 2012
11:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 2 – 0 Netherlands Ajax
Khurtsidze  45'
Georgievsky  75' 		Report
October Stadium, Moscow

31 October 2012
18:00
Molde Norway 1 – 1 England Chelsea
Acoubacar  60' Report Ssewankambo  87'

6 November 2012
18:00
Ajax Netherlands 2 – 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
Menig  44'
Van den Boomen  59' 		Report Netfullin  28'

8 November 2012
18:00
Chelsea England 6 – 0 Norway Molde
Feruz  13', 22'
Kiwomya  57'
Mitchell  66'
Piazón  68'
Saville  70' 		Report

12 December 2012
21:00
Chelsea England 0 – 0 Netherlands Ajax
Report

29 January 2013
19:00
Ajax Netherlands 3 – 3 England Chelsea
Bitter  16'
De Sa  61' (pen.)
De Bondt  89' 		Report Kiwomya  12'
Feruz  39', 49'

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Sporting CP 64021211+112
England Aston Villa 6312128+410
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 630369−39
Scotland Celtic 6114810-24

Kickoff times are in CET.

16 August 2012
20:00
Aston Villa England 1 − 3 Portugal Sporting CP
Drennan  31' Report Ié  32'
Mané  39'
Riquicho  63' (pen.)

29 August 2012
18:30
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1 − 0 England Aston Villa
Antonio  34' Report

6 September 2012
20:30
Celtic Scotland 1 − 2 Portugal Sporting CP
Johnstone  20' Report Medeiros  45'
Cortez  76'

19 September 2012
20:00
Aston Villa England 2 − 1 Scotland Celtic
Carruthers  21'
Melvin  35' 		Report Irvine  49'

3 October 2012
19:00
Celtic Scotland 3 − 1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
F. Twardzik  11' (pen.)
McGregor  13'
Herron  16' 		Report Antonio  44'

24 October 2012
19:00
Celtic Scotland 2 – 2 England Aston Villa
Devine  53' (o.g.)
P. Twardzik  72' 		Report Graham  24'
Drennan  39'

24 October 2012
19:30
Sporting CP Portugal 4 – 2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Ponde  18'
Mané  57'
Medeiros  73'
Veloso  90' 		Report Sanoh  25'
Pinto  64' (o.g.)

21 November 2012
18:30
Sporting CP Portugal 2 – 1 Scotland Celtic
Mané  8'
Medeiros  24' 		Report Kidd  40'

28 November 2012
19:30
Sporting CP Portugal 1 – 5 England Aston Villa
Veloso  75' Report Donacien  10'
Drennan  49', 88'
Burke  55', 78'

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Inter Milan 63121010010
Norway Rosenborg 63121010010
England Liverpool 63031410+49
Germany Borussia Dortmund 612359-45

Kickoff times are in CET.

19 September 2012
15:00
Inter Milan Italy 3 − 2 England Liverpool
Forte  19'
Belloni  45'
Garritano  80' 		Report Adorján  30' (pen.), 88'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan

26 September 2012
19:00
Inter Milan Italy 1 – 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
Benassi  69' Report
Stadio Città di Meda, Meda

17 October 2012
19:00
Rosenborg Norway 1 – 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
Sakor  25' Report
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim

31 October 2012
19:00
Borussia Dortmund Germany 2 – 1 England Liverpool
Nothnagel  30' (pen.)
Bandowski  77' 		Report Coady  64'

31 October 2012
19:00
Rosenborg Norway 2 – 1 Italy Inter Milan
Sørloth  85'
Sakor  90' (pen.) 		Report Garritano  63'
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim

9 November 2012
18:00
Rosenborg Norway 3 – 0 England Liverpool
Blakstad  6'
Bjørnholm  14'
Sørloth  30' 		Report
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim

13 November 2012
19:00
Liverpool England 4 – 1 Norway Rosenborg
Jones  15'
Morgan  32', 45+2'
Sinclair  90+1' 		Report Lundal  39'

21 November 2012
19:00
Borussia Dortmund Germany 2 – 2 Norway Rosenborg
Benkarit  19'
Beutler  67' 		Report Bjørnholm  3'
Blakstad  43'

28 November 2012
19:00
Liverpool England 3 – 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
Coady  22', 26' (pen.)
Morgan  77' 		Report

4 December 2012
14:30
Inter Milan Italy 3 – 1 Norway Rosenborg
Forte  37', 85'
Pedrabissi  70' 		Report Blakstad  25'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan
Referee: Francesco Di Stefano (Italy)

8 January 2013
20:00
Liverpool England 4 – 1 Italy Inter Milan
Coady  29' (pen.), 77' (pen.)
Yeşil  34', 65' 		Report Benassi  62'

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Greece Olympiacos 623145−19
England Arsenal 622275+28
France Marseille 6222410−68
Spain Athletic Bilbao 6213127+57

Kickoff times are in CET.

28 August 2012
07:30
Athletic Bilbao Spain 4 − 0 Greece Olympiacos
Fernandez  27' (pen.)
Oteo  50'
Bengoa  59'
Santamaria  72' 		Report
San Mamés, Bilbao

29 August 2012
20:00
Arsenal England 3 − 0 France Marseille
Yennaris  8'
Akpom  20', 83' 		Report

12 September 2012
19:00
Marseille France 2 − 1 Spain Athletic Bilbao
Anani  45', 72' Report Oteo  34'
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille

12 September 2012
19:00
Olympiacos Greece 2 − 0 England Arsenal
Soukias  83'
Leandro  90' 		Report

26 September 2012
19:00
Marseille France 0 – 0 Greece Olympiacos
Report
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille

25 October 2012
17:00
Marseille France 1 – 0 England Arsenal
Kisaku  90+3 Report
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille

15 November 2012
18:30
Olympiacos Greece 1 – 1 France Marseille
Ioannidis  45' Report Diop  33'

15 November 2012
19:30
Athletic Bilbao Spain 0 – 0 England Arsenal
Report
San Mamés, Bilbao

28 November 2012
16:30
Athletic Bilbao Spain 5 – 0 France Marseille
Santamaría  58', 80'
Williams  65'
López  70'
Bechar  89' (og) 		Report
San Mamés, Bilbao

6 December 2012
20:00
Arsenal England 4 – 2 Spain Athletic Bilbao
Toral  7', 74'
Ansah  67'
Hayden  79' 		Report Aquetxe  12'
Álvarez  83'

Ranking of third-placed teams

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3England Chelsea 6231126+69
5England Liverpool 63031410+49
4Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 630369−39
1England Tottenham Hotspur 6222101008
6France Marseille 6222410−68
2England Manchester City 6123810−25

Knockout stage

The knockout round matches were decided by ordering each team from 1 through 16, with the top ranked team facing the lowest ranked team, and on down.[2]

Key to colours
Group winners
Runners-up
Four best third-placed teams
Seeded Unseeded
# Team Pts GD GF # Team Pts GD GF
1. France Paris Saint-Germain 13+510 9. England Aston Villa 10+412
2. Russia CSKA Moscow 12+38 10. Norway Rosenborg 10010
3. Portugal Sporting CP 12+112 11. Belgium Anderlecht 9+28
4. Spain Barcelona 11+612 12. England Arsenal 8+27
5. Italy Inter Milan 10010 13. England Chelsea 9+612
6. Greece Olympiacos 9−14 14. England Liverpool 9+414
7. Italy Juventus 12+413 15. Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 9−36
8. Netherlands Ajax 11+915 16. England Tottenham Hotspur 8010

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 Spain Barcelona  0
 England Chelsea  2  
 England Chelsea  4
   Italy Juventus  1  
 Italy Juventus  1
 Norway Rosenborg  0  
 England Chelsea (a.e.t.)  4
   England Arsenal  3  
 Italy Inter Milan  0
 England Arsenal  1  
 England Arsenal  1
   Russia CSKA Moscow  0  
 Russia CSKA Moscow  3
 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven  0  
 England Chelsea  0
   England Aston Villa  2
 Netherlands Ajax  1
 England Aston Villa  2  
 England Aston Villa  1
   Greece Olympiacos  0  
 Greece Olympiacos  2
 Belgium Anderlecht  1  
 England Aston Villa  3
   Portugal Sporting CP  1   Third place match
 France Paris Saint-Germain  1 (3)
 England Tottenham Hotspur (pen.)  1 (4)  
 England Tottenham Hotspur  3  England Arsenal  1
   Portugal Sporting CP (a.e.t.)  5    Portugal Sporting CP  3
 Portugal Sporting CP  4
 England Liverpool  0  

Round of 16

19 February 2013
19:00 CET
Ajax Netherlands 1 − 2 England Aston Villa
Anderson  14' Report Drennan  35'
Lewis  64'
De Toekomst, Amsterdam

20 February 2013
17:00 CET
Paris Saint-Germain France 1 − 1 (a.e.t.) England Tottenham Hotspur
Sainrimat-Moreira  65' Report Coulthirst  34'
  Penalties  
3–4
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris

20 February 2013
18:00 CET
Barcelona Spain 0 − 2 England Chelsea
Report Feruz  43'
Boga  90'

20 February 2013
20:00 CET
Sporting CP Portugal 4 − 0 England Liverpool
Mané  12', 24'
Palhinha  64'
Jancó  89' 		Report

27 February 2013
17:00 CET
CSKA Moscow Russia 3 − 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Bazelyuk  11', 22'
Georgievski  68' 		Report
Akdeniz Stadium, Antalya

28 February 2013
18:00 CET
Olympiacos Greece 2 − 1 Belgium Anderlecht
Ioannidis  21', 53' (pen.) Report Acheampong  46'
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

6 March 2013
15:00 CET
Inter Milan Italy 0 − 1 England Arsenal
Report Yennaris  69'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan

Quarterfinals

17 March 2013
13:30
Chelsea England 4 − 1 Italy Juventus
Kiwomya  11'
Baker  13', 89'
Feruz  83' 		Report Rugani  72'

20 March 2013[5]
20:00
Tottenham Hotspur England 3 − 5 (a.e.t.) Portugal Sporting CP
Oduwa  8'
Dombaxe  81' (pen.)
Percil  90+3' 		Report Betinho  6', 17'
Semedo  64' (pen.)
Guedes  96'
Fokobo  104'

Semifinals

29 March 2013[7]
17:30
Chelsea England 4 − 3 (a.e.t.) England Arsenal
Feruz  53'
Baker  61', 116'
Boga  65' 		Report Akpom  16', 89'
Gnabry  90'

Third place match

31 March 2013[8]
13:00
Arsenal England 1 − 3 Portugal Sporting CP
Eisfeld  27' Report Jancó  34'
Semedo  55' (pen.)
Esgaio  72'

Final

Top goalscorers

Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Republic of Ireland Graham Burke England Aston Villa 7
Scotland Islam Feruz England Chelsea
3 Republic of Ireland Michael Drennan England Aston Villa 6
4 England Conor Coady England Liverpool 5
England Shaquile Coulthirst England Tottenham Hotspur
Portugal Carlos Mané Portugal Sporting CP
7 England Chuba Akpom England Arsenal 4
England Lewis Baker England Chelsea
Denmark Viktor Fischer Netherlands Ajax
England Alex Pritchard1 England Tottenham Hotspur
11 Norway Magnus Blakstad Norway Rosenborg 3
England Jeremie Boga England Chelsea
Italy Francesco Forte Italy Inter Milan
Germany Philipp Hauck Germany Wolfsburg
Greece Nikolaos Ioannidis Greece Olympiacos
England Alex Kiwomya England Chelsea
Portugal Iuri Medeiros Portugal Sporting CP
England Adam Morgan England Liverpool
Spain Sandro Ramírez Spain Barcelona
Spain Gorka Santamaría Spain Athletic Bilbao
Note

1: ^ In January 2013 Alex Pritchard moved on loan from Tottenham Hotspur to Peterborough United.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ARSENAL BECOME FOURTH NEW TEAM". NextGenSeries.com. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "NEXTGEN SERIES ANNOUNCES LAST 16 FIXTURES". www.nextgenseries.com. 29 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "NEXTGEN DATE THIS SUNDAY". www.chelseafc.com. 12 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Date set for NextGen Series last eight clash against Olympiacos". www.avfc.co.uk. 8 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "NEXTGEN SERIES FIXTURE UPDATE". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. 5 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Emirates to host Gunners’ NextGen clash". www.arsenal.com. 8 March 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Semi-Final draw revealed". www.nextgenseries.com. 21 March 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Host city and dates unveiled". www.nextgenseries.com. 7 March 2013.

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