The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage featured 48 teams: the 7 automatic qualifiers, the 31 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round.[1]
The teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.[2]
Seeding
The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2012, 13:00 CEST (UTC+2), at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.
Teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients.[3] The title holders, Atlético Madrid, were automatically seeded into Pot 1.
Key to colours in group tables |
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32 |
- Notes
Each group contained one team from each of the four pots, with the restriction that teams from the same national association cannot be drawn against each other. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.
The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups played their matches at 19:00 CET/CEST, while the other six groups played their matches at 21:05 CET/CEST, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday. There were other restrictions, e.g., teams from the same city in general did not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days), and Russian teams did not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[2]
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1) to 4) are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6) to 8) apply;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
- higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Groups
The matchdays were 20 September, 4 October, 25 October, 8 November, 22 November, and 6 December 2012.[4]
Times up to 27 October 2012 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).
Group A
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
- ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Liverpool 7, Anzhi Makhachkala 6, Young Boys 4.
- Notes
- Note 1: Anzhi Makhachkala played their home matches at Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow instead of their regular stadium, Dynamo Stadium, Makhachkala, due to security issues involving the city of Makhachkala and the autonomous republic of Dagestan.[15]
Group B
Source: Soccerway
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (
Russia)
Group C
Source: Soccerway
- Notes
Group D
Source: Soccerway
Attendance: 13,393[31]
Referee: Leontios Trattou (
Cyprus)
Group E
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head points: VfB Stuttgart 4, Copenhagen 1.
Group F
Source: Soccerway
Group G
Source: Soccerway
Attendance: 14,023[55]
Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (
Turkey)
- Notes
- Note 3: The Sporting CP v Videoton match, originally scheduled to take place on 6 December 2012, 21:05 CET, was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[59] It was rescheduled to take place on 7 December 2012, 21:05 CET.
Group H
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
- ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (2) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Partizan 1, Neftçi 0.
Attendance: 8,992
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (
Wales)
- Notes
Group I
Source: Soccerway
Attendance: 30,000[68]
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (
Wales)
- Notes
Group J
Source: Soccerway
Group K
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head points: Metalist Kharkiv 4, Bayer Leverkusen 1.
Attendance: 10,513
Referee: Leontios Trattou (
Cyprus)
- Notes
- Note 7: Rapid Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna instead of their regular stadium, Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna.
- Note 8: The Rapid Wien v Rosenborg match was played behind closed doors due to the punishment handed to Rapid Wien by UEFA following incidents at their play-off round first leg against PAOK on 23 August 2012.[90]
Group L
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head points: Helsingborg 4, Twente 1.
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External links
- 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, UEFA.com
UEFA Europa League phases
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- Note: Between the 2004–05 and 2008–09 seasons, the competition was still known as the UEFA Cup, but is included as it followed a group stage—knockout phase format.
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