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2012–13 NextGen Series

Tournament details
Dates	15 August 2012 – 1 April 2013
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Aston Villa (1st title)
Runners-up	Chelsea
Third place	Sporting CP
Fourth place	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	88
Goals scored	268 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Graham Burke Islam Feruz (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Lewis Baker
← 2011–12

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

Fifteen 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.

• Aston Villa
• Liverpool
• Manchester City
• Tottenham Hotspur
• Barcelona
• Wolfsburg
• Internazionale
• Sporting CP
• Marseille
• Ajax
• PSV Eindhoven
• Fenerbahçe
• Celtic
• Molde
• Rosenborg

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

• Arsenal
• Chelsea
• Athletic Bilbao
• Borussia Dortmund
• Juventus
• Paris Saint-Germain
• CSKA Moscow
• Olympiacos
• Anderlecht

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 four highest points-scoring third-place finishers.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11
Anderlecht	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9
Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
Wolfsburg	6	1	1	4	9	17	−8	4

Kickoff times are in CET.

Barcelona	1–1	Anderlecht
Sanabria 80'	Report	Kabasele 66'

Wolfsburg	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur
Hauck 17' (pen.) Brandt 90+1'	Report	Coulthirst 63' Lameiras 79' Pritchard 82'

Anderlecht	1–2	Wolfsburg
Bruno 71'	Report	Avdijaj 21' Hauck 33'

Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Barcelona
	Report	Sandro 19', 73'

Wolfsburg	0–5	Barcelona
	Report	Calvet 12' Quesada 52' Ebwelle 78' Joel Huertas 90' Herrera 90'

Anderlecht	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Wolfsburg
Pritchard 8', 35'	Report	Hauck 84' Müller 90'

Anderlecht	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Álvarez 76'	Report	Bentaleb 59'

Barcelona	1–4	Tottenham Hotspur
Bagnack 88'	Report	Coulthirst 25', 29', 60' Pritchard 72'

Barcelona	3–1	Wolfsburg
Traoré 16' Sandro 45' Ebwelle 90'	Report	Palacios Martínez 86'

Wolfsburg	2–3	Anderlecht
Brandt 68' Uzan 90+1'	Report	Dendoncker 14' Kabasele 34' Heylen 37'

Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Anderlecht
	Report	Dendoncker 59' Heylen 83' (pen.)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13
Juventus	6	3	3	0	13	9	+4	12
Manchester City	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5
Fenerbahçe	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

Kickoff times are in CET.

Juventus	3–3	Fenerbahçe
Padovan 27', 50' Lanini 90+4'	Report	Şimşek 38', 75' (pen.) Sahat 85'

Manchester City	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Rajsel 28', 77'

Manchester City	3–1	Fenerbahçe
Suárez 69' (pen.) Huws 71' Hiwula 90' (pen.)	Report	Çinemre 11'

Juventus	2–0	Paris Saint-Germain
Ruggiero 57' Léo Bonatini 90'	Report

Fenerbahçe	1–1	Manchester City
Leigh 68' (o.g.)	Report	Suárez 49'

Fenerbahçe	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Coman 18' Ongenda 55'

Juventus	1–1	Manchester City
Rugani 84'	Report	Meppen-Walter 42'

Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Fenerbahçe
Sainrimat-Moreira 7' Yaisien 65'	Report

Manchester City	2–3	Juventus
Pozo 15' Lopes 81'	Report	Schiavone 29' Magnússon 62' Léo Bonatini 71'

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Manchester City
Bourdin 29' Habran 63'	Report	Lopes 77' (pen.)

Fenerbahçe	1–2	Juventus
Cici 57'	Report	Gerbaudo 25' Schiavone 81'

Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Juventus
Yaisien 33' Coman 42'	Report	Beltrame 78' Gerbaudo 90'

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
CSKA Moscow	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12
Ajax	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	11
Chelsea	6	2	3	1	12	6	+6	9
Molde	6	0	1	5	2	20	−18	1

Kickoff times are in CET.

CSKA Moscow	2–1	Molde
Seredin 29' Litvinov 74'	Report	Svendsen 27'

Chelsea	1–2	CSKA Moscow
Bamford 11'	Report	Zaseev 35' Dergachev 38'

Molde	0–1	CSKA Moscow
	Report	Zaseev 54'

Molde	0–5	Ajax
	Report	De Sa 14' Fischer 19', 65', 81' Sporkslede 90+3'

CSKA Moscow	0–1	Chelsea
	Report	Boga 71'

Ajax	5–0	Molde
Kishna 11' Fischer 31' El Hasnaoui 37', 67' Keskin 90'	Report

CSKA Moscow	2–0	Ajax
Khurtsidze 45' Georgievskiy 75'	Report

Molde	1–1	Chelsea
Aboubacar 60'	Report	Ssewankambo 87'

Ajax	2–1	CSKA Moscow
Menig 44' Van den Boomen 59'	Report	Netfullin 28'

Chelsea	6–0	Molde
Feruz 13', 22' Kiwomya 57' Mitchell 66' Piazon 68' Saville 70'	Report

Chelsea	0–0	Ajax
	Report

Ajax	3–3	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
Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	12	11	+1	12
Aston Villa	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
PSV Eindhoven	6	3	0	3	6	9	−3	9
Celtic	6	1	1	4	8	10	-2	4

Kickoff times are in CET.

Aston Villa	1–3	Sporting CP
Drennan 31'	Report	Ié 32' Mané 39' Riquicho 63' (pen.)

PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Aston Villa
Antonio 34'	Report

Celtic	1–2	Sporting CP
Johnstone 20'	Report	Medeiros 45' Cortez 76'

Aston Villa	2–1	Celtic
Carruthers 21' Melvin 35'	Report	Irvine 49'

PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Sporting CP
Vloet 75'	Report

Celtic	3–1	PSV Eindhoven
F. Twardzik 11' (pen.) McGregor 13' Herron 16'	Report	Antonio 44'

Celtic	2–2	Aston Villa
Devine 53' (o.g.) P. Twardzik 72'	Report	Graham 24' Drennan 39'

Sporting CP	4–2	PSV Eindhoven
Ponde 18' Mané 57' Medeiros 73' Veloso 90'	Report	Sanoh 25' Pinto 64' (o.g.)

Aston Villa	2–0	PSV Eindhoven
Burke 19' Drennan 84'	Report

Sporting CP	2–1	Celtic
Mané 8' Medeiros 24'	Report	Kidd 40'

PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Celtic
Brenet 83'	Report

Sporting CP	1–5	Aston Villa
Veloso 75'	Report	Donacien 10' Drennan 49', 88' Burke 55', 78'

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internazionale	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
Rosenborg	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
Liverpool	6	3	0	3	14	10	+4	9
Borussia Dortmund	6	1	2	3	5	9	-4	5

Kickoff times are in CET.

Internazionale	3–2	Liverpool
Forte 19' Belloni 45' Garritano 80'	Report	Adorján 30' (pen.), 88'

Internazionale	1–0	Borussia Dortmund
Benassi 69'	Report

Rosenborg	1–0	Borussia Dortmund
Sakor 25'	Report

Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Liverpool
Nothnagel 30' (pen.) Bandowski 77'	Report	Coady 64'

Rosenborg	2–1	Internazionale
Sørloth 85' Sakor 90' (pen.)	Report	Garritano 63'

Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Internazionale
Weber 36'	Report	Belloni 3'

Rosenborg	3–0	Liverpool
Blakstad 6' Bjørnholm 14' Sørloth 30'	Report

Liverpool	4–1	Rosenborg
Jones 15' Morgan 32', 45+2' Sinclair 90+1'	Report	Lundal 39'

Borussia Dortmund	2–2	Rosenborg
Benkarit 19' Beutler 67'	Report	Bjørnholm 3' Blakstad 43'

Liverpool	3–0	Borussia Dortmund
Coady 22', 26' (pen.) Morgan 77'	Report

Internazionale	3–1	Rosenborg
Forte 37', 85' Pedrabissi 70'	Report	Blakstad 25'

Liverpool	4–1	Internazionale
Coady 29' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Yeşil 34', 65'	Report	Benassi 62'

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Olympiacos	6	2	3	1	4	5	−1	9
Arsenal	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8
Marseille	6	2	2	2	4	10	−6	8
Athletic Bilbao	6	2	1	3	12	7	+5	7

Kickoff times are in CET.

Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Olympiacos
Guillermo 27' (pen.) Jurgi Oteo 50' Bengoa 59' Santamaría 72'	Report

Arsenal	3–0	Marseille
Yennaris 8' Akpom 20', 83'	Report

Marseille	2–1	Athletic Bilbao
Anani 45', 72'	Report	Jurgi Oteo 34'

Olympiacos	2–0	Arsenal
Soukias 83' Leandro 90'	Report

Marseille	0–0	Olympiacos
	Report

Arsenal	0–0	Olympiacos
	Report

Marseille	1–0	Arsenal
Kisaku 90+3'	Report

Olympiacos	1–1	Marseille
Ioannidis 45'	Report	Diop 33'

Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Arsenal
	Report

Athletic Bilbao	5–0	Marseille
Santamaría 58', 80' Williams 65' Unai López 70' Bechar 89' (o.g.)	Report

Arsenal	4–2	Athletic Bilbao
Toral 7', 74' Ansah 67' Hayden 79'	Report	Aketxe 12' Yeray 83'

Olympiacos	1–0	Athletic Bilbao
Gino 32'	Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Chelsea	6	2	3	1	12	6	+6	9
5	Liverpool	6	3	0	3	14	10	+4	9
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	0	3	6	9	−3	9
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
6	Marseille	6	2	2	2	4	10	−6	8
2	Manchester City	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5

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.

Seeded					Unseeded
#	Team	Pts	GD	GF	#	Team	Pts	GD	GF
1.	Paris Saint-Germain	13	+5	10	9.	Aston Villa	10	+4	12
2.	CSKA Moscow	12	+3	8	10.	Rosenborg	10	0	10
3.	Sporting CP	12	+1	12	11.	Anderlecht	9	+2	8
4.	Barcelona	11	+6	12	12.	Arsenal	8	+2	7
5.	Internazionale	10	0	10	13.	Chelsea	9	+6	12
6.	Olympiacos	9	−1	4	14.	Liverpool	9	+4	14
7.	Juventus	12	+4	13	15.	PSV Eindhoven	9	−3	6
8.	Ajax	11	+9	15	16.	Tottenham Hotspur	8	0	10

Bracket

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Barcelona	0
	Chelsea	2
					Chelsea	4
					Juventus	1
	Juventus	1
	Rosenborg	0
									Chelsea (a.e.t.)	4
									Arsenal	3
	Internazionale	0
	Arsenal	1
					Arsenal	1
					CSKA Moscow	0
	CSKA Moscow	3
	PSV Eindhoven	0
													Chelsea	0
													Aston Villa	2
	Ajax	1
	Aston Villa	2
					Aston Villa	1
					Olympiacos	0
	Olympiacos	2
	Anderlecht	1
									Aston Villa	3
									Sporting CP	1			Third place match
	Paris Saint-Germain	1 (3)
	Tottenham Hotspur (pen.)	1 (4)
					Tottenham Hotspur	3							Arsenal	1
					Sporting CP (a.e.t.)	5							Sporting CP	3
	Sporting CP	4
	Liverpool	0

Round of 16

Ajax	1–2	Aston Villa
Anderson 14'	Report	Drennan 35' Lewis 64'

Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur
Sainrimat-Moreira 65'	Report	Coulthirst 34'
Penalties
	3–4

Barcelona	0–2	Chelsea
	Report	Feruz 43' Boga 90'

Sporting CP	4–0	Liverpool
Mané 12', 24' Palhinha 64' Jancó 89'	Report

CSKA Moscow	3–0	PSV Eindhoven
Bazelyuk 11', 22' Georgievskiy 68'	Report

Olympiacos	2–1	Anderlecht
Ioannidis 21', 53' (pen.)	Report	Acheampong 46'

Internazionale	0–1	Arsenal
	Report	Yennaris 69'

Juventus	1–0	Rosenborg
Beltrame 29'	Report

Quarterfinals

Chelsea	4–1	Juventus
Kiwomya 11' Baker 13', 89' Feruz 83'	Report	Rugani 72'

Aston Villa	1–0	Olympiacos
Burke 11'	Report

Tottenham Hotspur	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP
Oduwa 8' Dombaxe 81' (pen.) Percil 90+3'	Report	Betinho 6', 17' Semedo 64' (pen.) Guedes 96' Fokobo 104'

Arsenal	1–0	CSKA Moscow
Gnabry 56'	Report

Semifinals

Chelsea	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal
Feruz 53' Baker 61', 116' Boga 65'	Report	Akpom 16', 89' Gnabry 90'

Aston Villa	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP
Burke 55' Grealish 91' Carruthers 105'	Report	Stojanović 68'

Third place match

Arsenal	1–3	Sporting CP
Eisfeld 27'	Report	Jancó 34' Semedo 55' (pen.) Esgaio 72'

Final

Chelsea	0–2	Aston Villa
	Report	Burke 49' (pen.), 90' (pen.)

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Graham Burke	Aston Villa	7
	Islam Feruz	Chelsea
3	Michael Drennan	Aston Villa	6
4	Conor Coady	Liverpool	5
	Shaq Coulthirst	Tottenham Hotspur
	Carlos Mané	Sporting CP
7	Chuba Akpom	Arsenal	4
	Lewis Baker	Chelsea
	Viktor Fischer	Ajax
	Alex Pritchard	Tottenham Hotspur
11	Magnus Blakstad	Rosenborg	3
	Jeremie Boga	Chelsea
	Francesco Forte	Internazionale
	Philipp Hauck	Wolfsburg
	Nikolaos Ioannidis	Olympiacos
	Alex Kiwomya	Chelsea
	Iuri Medeiros	Sporting CP
	Adam Morgan	Liverpool
	Sandro	Barcelona
	Gorka Santamaría	Athletic Bilbao

Note

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

See also

• 2012–13 UEFA Champions League

References

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