2012–13 NextGen Series
Tournament details | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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.
They were joined by a further nine teams of high standing for the expanded series.
Group stage
[edit]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.
Key to colours in group tables |
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Group winners, runners-up and four best third placed teams advance to the round of 16 |
Group 1
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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.
Wolfsburg | 2–3 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Hauck 17' (pen.) Brandt 90+1' |
Report | Coulthirst 63' Lameiras 79' Pritchard 82' |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0–2 | Barcelona |
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Report | Sandro 19', 73' |
Anderlecht | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Álvarez 76' | Report | Bentaleb 59' |
Barcelona | 1–4 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Bagnack 88' | Report | Coulthirst 25', 29', 60' Pritchard 72' |
Wolfsburg | 2–3 | Anderlecht |
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Brandt 68' Uzan 90+1' |
Report | Dendoncker 14' Kabasele 34' Heylen 37' |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0–2 | Anderlecht |
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Report | Dendoncker 59' Heylen 83' (pen.) |
Group 2
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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.
Manchester City | 0–2 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Report | Rajsel 28', 77' |
Manchester City | 3–1 | Fenerbahçe |
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Suárez 69' (pen.) Huws 71' Hiwula 90' (pen.) |
Report | Çinemre 11' |
Juventus | 2–0 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Ruggiero 57' Léo Bonatini 90' |
Report |
Fenerbahçe | 1–1 | Manchester City |
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Leigh 68' (o.g.) | Report | Suárez 49' |
Fenerbahçe | 0–2 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Report | Coman 18' Ongenda 55' |
Juventus | 1–1 | Manchester City |
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Rugani 84' | Report | Meppen-Walter 42' |
Manchester City | 2–3 | Juventus |
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Pozo 15' Lopes 81' |
Report | Schiavone 29' Magnússon 62' Léo Bonatini 71' |
Paris Saint-Germain | 2–1 | Manchester City |
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Bourdin 29' Habran 63' |
Report | Lopes 77' (pen.) |
Group 3
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Seredin 29' Litvinov 74' |
Report | Svendsen 27' |
Molde | 0–1 | CSKA Moscow |
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Report | Zaseev 54' |
CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | Chelsea |
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Report | Boga 71' |
CSKA Moscow | 2–0 | Ajax |
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Khurtsidze 45' Georgievskiy 75' |
Report |
Molde | 1–1 | Chelsea |
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Aboubacar 60' | Report | Ssewankambo 87' |
Ajax | 2–1 | CSKA Moscow |
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Menig 44' Van den Boomen 59' |
Report | Netfullin 28' |
Group 4
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Drennan 31' | Report | Ié 32' Mané 39' Riquicho 63' (pen.) |
Aston Villa | 2–1 | Celtic |
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Carruthers 21' Melvin 35' |
Report | Irvine 49' |
PSV Eindhoven | 1–0 | Sporting CP |
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Vloet 75' | Report |
Celtic | 3–1 | PSV Eindhoven |
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F. Twardzik 11' (pen.) McGregor 13' Herron 16' |
Report | Antonio 44' |
Celtic | 2–2 | Aston Villa |
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Devine 53' (o.g.) P. Twardzik 72' |
Report | Graham 24' Drennan 39' |
Sporting CP | 4–2 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Ponde 18' Mané 57' Medeiros 73' Veloso 90' |
Report | Sanoh 25' Pinto 64' (o.g.) |
Aston Villa | 2–0 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Burke 19' Drennan 84' |
Report |
PSV Eindhoven | 1–0 | Celtic |
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Brenet 83' | Report |
Sporting CP | 1–5 | Aston Villa |
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Veloso 75' | Report | Donacien 10' Drennan 49', 88' Burke 55', 78' |
Group 5
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 3–1 | Rosenborg |
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Forte 37', 85' Pedrabissi 70' |
Report | Blakstad 25' |
Group 6
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Guillermo 27' (pen.) Jurgi Oteo 50' Bengoa 59' Santamaría 72' |
Report |
Marseille | 2–1 | Athletic Bilbao |
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Anani 45', 72' | Report | Jurgi Oteo 34' |
Olympiacos | 2–0 | Arsenal |
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Soukias 83' Leandro 90' |
Report |
Olympiacos | 1–1 | Marseille |
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Ioannidis 45' | Report | Diop 33' |
Athletic Bilbao | 5–0 | Marseille |
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Santamaría 58', 80' Williams 65' Unai López 70' Bechar 89' (o.g.) |
Report |
Ranking of third-placed teams
[edit]Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
[edit]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.[6]
Key to colours |
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Group winners |
Runners-up |
Four best third-placed teams |
Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||||
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# | 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
[edit]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
[edit]Paris Saint-Germain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Sainrimat-Moreira 65' | Report | Coulthirst 34' |
Penalties | ||
3–4 |
CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Bazelyuk 11', 22' Georgievskiy 68' |
Report |
Olympiacos | 2–1 | Anderlecht |
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Ioannidis 21', 53' (pen.) | Report | Acheampong 46' |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Aston Villa | 1–0 | Olympiacos |
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Burke 11' | Report |
Tottenham Hotspur | 3–5 (a.e.t.) | Sporting CP |
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Oduwa 8' Dombaxe 81' (pen.) Percil 90+3' |
Report | Betinho 6', 17' Semedo 64' (pen.) Guedes 96' Fokobo 104' |
Arsenal | 1–0 | CSKA Moscow |
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Gnabry 56' | Report |
Semifinals
[edit]Aston Villa | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Sporting CP |
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Burke 55' Grealish 91' Carruthers 105' |
Report | Stojanović 68' |
Third place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition:
- Note
1: ^ In January 2013 Alex Pritchard moved on loan from Tottenham Hotspur to Peterborough United.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ARSENAL BECOME FOURTH NEW TEAM". NextGenSeries.com. 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Wolfsburg v Spurs (NextGen Series), 22.08.12". Spurs Odyssey.
- ^ "Anderlecht v Spurs (NextGen Series), 31.10.12". Spurs Odyssey.
- ^ "Barcelona U-19s v Spurs U-19s, 07.11.12". Spurs Odyssey.
- ^ "At. Bilbao U20 – Olympiacos U20 4-0 | Olympiacos.org / Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus". Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "NEXTGEN SERIES ANNOUNCES LAST 16 FIXTURES". nextgenseries.com. 29 January 2013.
- ^ "NEXTGEN DATE THIS SUNDAY". Chelsea F.C. 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Date set for NextGen Series last eight clash against Olympiacos". Aston Villa F.C. 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013.
- ^ "NEXTGEN SERIES FIXTURE UPDATE". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Emirates to host Gunners' NextGen clash". Arsenal F.C. 8 March 2013.
- ^ "YOUTH AT THE EMIRATES". Arsenal F.C.
- ^ a b "Semi-Final draw revealed". nextgenseries.com. 21 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Host city and dates unveiled". nextgenseries.com. 7 March 2013.