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 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

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
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.

Barcelona Spain 1 − 1 Belgium Anderlecht
Sanabria  80' Report Kabasele  66'
Referee: Rafael Díaz Melero (Spain)
Wolfsburg Germany 2 − 3 England Tottenham Hotspur
Hauck  17' (pen.)
Brandt  90+1'		 Report Coulthirst  63'
Lameiras  79'
Pritchard  82'
Anderlecht Belgium 1 − 2 Germany Wolfsburg
Bruno  71' Report Avdijaj  21'
Hauck  33'
Tottenham Hotspur England 0 − 2 Spain Barcelona
Report Sandro  19', 73'
Attendance: 8,850
Wolfsburg Germany 0 − 5 Spain Barcelona
Report Calvet  12'
Quesada  52'
Ebwelle  78'
Joel Huertas  90'
Herrera  90'
Tottenham Hotspur England 2 – 2 Germany Wolfsburg
Pritchard  8', 35' Report Hauck  84'
Müller  90'
Hotspur Way, London
Barcelona Spain 1 – 4 England Tottenham Hotspur
Bagnack  88' Report Coulthirst  25', 29', 60'
Pritchard  72'
Barcelona Spain 3 – 1 Germany Wolfsburg
Traoré  16'
Sandro  45'
Ebwelle  90'		 Report Palacios Martínez  86'
Wolfsburg Germany 2 – 3 Belgium Anderlecht
Brandt  68'
Uzan  90+1'		 Report Dendoncker  14'
Kabasele  34'
Heylen  37'
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.

Juventus Italy 3 − 3 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Padovan  27', 50'
Lanini  90+4'		 Report Şimşek  38', 75' (pen.)
Sahat  85'
Manchester City England 0 − 2 France Paris Saint-Germain
Report Rajsel  28', 77'
Manchester City England 3 − 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Suárez  69' (pen.)
Huws  71'
Hiwula  90' (pen.)		 Report Çinemre  11'
Attendance: 737
Referee: Darren Handley (England)
Juventus Italy 2 − 0 France Paris Saint-Germain
Ruggiero  57'
Bonatini  90'		 Report
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1 − 1 England Manchester City
Leigh  68' (og) Report Suárez  49'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
Fenerbahçe Turkey 0 – 2 France Paris Saint-Germain
Report Coman  18'
Ongenda  55'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
Paris Saint-Germain France 2 – 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Sainrimat-Moreira  7'
Yaisien  65'		 Report
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris
Manchester City England 2 – 3 Italy Juventus
Pozo  15'
Lopes  81'		 Report Schiavone  29'
Magnússon  62'
Bonatini  71'
Paris Saint-Germain France 2 – 1 England Manchester City
Bourdin  29'
Habran  63'		 Report Lopes  77' (pen.)
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1 – 2 Italy Juventus
Cici  57' Report Gerbaudo  25'
Schiavone  81'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
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.

CSKA Moscow Russia 2 − 1 Norway Molde
Seredin  29'
Litvinov  74'		 Report Svendsen  27'
October Stadium, Moscow
Chelsea England 1 − 2 Russia CSKA Moscow
Bamford  11' Report Zaseev  35'
Dergachev  38'
Molde Norway 0 − 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
Report Zaseev  54'
Molde Norway 0 − 5 Netherlands Ajax
Report De Sa  14'
Fischer  19', 65', 81'
Sporkslede  90+3'
CSKA Moscow Russia 0 − 1 England Chelsea
Report Boga  71'
October Stadium, Moscow
Ajax Netherlands 5 − 0 Norway Molde
Kishna  11'
Fischer  31'
El Hasnaoui  37', 67'
Keskin  90'		 Report
CSKA Moscow Russia 2 – 0 Netherlands Ajax
Khurtsidze  45'
Georgievskiy  75'		 Report
October Stadium, Moscow
Molde Norway 1 – 1 England Chelsea
Acoubacar  60' Report Ssewankambo  87'
Ajax Netherlands 2 – 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
Menig  44'
Van den Boomen  59'		 Report Netfullin  28'
Chelsea England 6 – 0 Norway Molde
Feruz  13', 22'
Kiwomya  57'
Mitchell  66'
Piazon  68'
Saville  70'		 Report
Chelsea England 0 – 0 Netherlands Ajax
Report
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.

Aston Villa England 1 − 3 Portugal Sporting CP
Drennan  31' Report Ié  32'
Mané  39'
Riquicho  63' (pen.)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1 − 0 England Aston Villa
Antonio  34' Report
Celtic Scotland 1 − 2 Portugal Sporting CP
Johnstone  20' Report Medeiros  45'
Cortez  76'
Aston Villa England 2 − 1 Scotland Celtic
Carruthers  21'
Melvin  35'		 Report Irvine  49'
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1 − 0 Portugal Sporting CP
Vloet  75' Report
Celtic Scotland 3 − 1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
F. Twardzik  11' (pen.)
McGregor  13'
Herron  16'		 Report Antonio  44'
Celtic Scotland 2 – 2 England Aston Villa
Devine  53' (o.g.)
P. Twardzik  72'		 Report Graham  24'
Drennan  39'
Sporting CP Portugal 4 – 2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Ponde  18'
Mané  57'
Medeiros  73'
Veloso  90'		 Report Sanoh  25'
Pinto  64' (o.g.)
Aston Villa England 2 – 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Burke  19'
Drennan  84'		 Report
Sporting CP Portugal 2 – 1 Scotland Celtic
Mané  8'
Medeiros  24'		 Report Kidd  40'
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1 – 0 Scotland Celtic
Brenet  83' Report
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 Internazionale 63121010010
Norway Rosenborg 63121010010
England Liverpool 63031410+49
Germany Borussia Dortmund 612359-45

Kickoff times are in CET.

Internazionale Italy 3 − 2 England Liverpool
Forte  19'
Belloni  45'
Garritano  80'		 Report Adorján  30' (pen.), 88'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan
Internazionale Italy 1 – 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
Benassi  69' Report
Stadio Città di Meda, Meda
Rosenborg Norway 1 – 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
Sakor  25' Report
Borussia Dortmund Germany 2 – 1 England Liverpool
Nothnagel  30' (pen.)
Bandowski  77'		 Report Coady  64'
Rosenborg Norway 2 – 1 Italy Internazionale
Sørloth  85'
Sakor  90' (pen.)		 Report Garritano  63'
Rosenborg Norway 3 – 0 England Liverpool
Blakstad  6'
Bjørnholm  14'
Sørloth  30'		 Report
Liverpool England 4 – 1 Norway Rosenborg
Jones  15'
Morgan  32', 45+2'
Sinclair  90+1'		 Report Lundal  39'
Borussia Dortmund Germany 2 – 2 Norway Rosenborg
Benkarit  19'
Beutler  67'		 Report Bjørnholm  3'
Blakstad  43'
Liverpool England 3 – 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
Coady  22', 26' (pen.)
Morgan  77'		 Report
Internazionale Italy 3 – 1 Norway Rosenborg
Forte  37', 85'
Pedrabissi  70'		 Report Blakstad  25'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan
Referee: Francesco Di Stefano (Italy)
Liverpool England 4 – 1 Italy Internazionale
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.

Athletic Bilbao Spain 4 − 0 Greece Olympiacos
Guillermo  27' (pen.)
Jurgi Oteo  50'
Bengoa  59'
Santamaría  72'		 Report
Attendance: 3000 [2]
Arsenal England 3 − 0 France Marseille
Yennaris  8'
Akpom  20', 83'		 Report
Marseille France 2 − 1 Spain Athletic Bilbao
Anani  45', 72' Report Jurgi Oteo  34'
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
Olympiacos Greece 2 − 0 England Arsenal
Soukias  83'
Leandro  90'		 Report
Marseille France 0 – 0 Greece Olympiacos
Report
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
Arsenal England 0 – 0 Greece Olympiacos
Report
Marseille France 1 – 0 England Arsenal
Kisaku  90+3' Report
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
Olympiacos Greece 1 – 1 France Marseille
Ioannidis  45' Report Diop  33'
Athletic Bilbao Spain 0 – 0 England Arsenal
Report
Athletic Bilbao Spain 5 – 0 France Marseille
Santamaría  58', 80'
Williams  65'
Unai López  70'
Bechar  89' (og)		 Report
Arsenal England 4 – 2 Spain Athletic Bilbao
Toral  7', 74'
Ansah  67'
Hayden  79'		 Report Aketxe  12'
Yeray  83'
Olympiacos Greece 1 – 0 Spain Athletic Bilbao
Gino  32' Report

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.[3]

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 Internazionale 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 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Spain Barcelona0
 
 
 
England Chelsea2
 
England Chelsea4
 
 
 
Italy Juventus1
 
Italy Juventus1
 
 
 
Norway Rosenborg0
 
England Chelsea (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 
England Arsenal3
 
Italy Internazionale0
 
 
 
England Arsenal1
 
England Arsenal1
 
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow0
 
Russia CSKA Moscow3
 
 
 
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven0
 
England Chelsea0
 
 
 
England Aston Villa2
 
Netherlands Ajax1
 
 
 
England Aston Villa2
 
England Aston Villa1
 
 
 
Greece Olympiacos0
 
Greece Olympiacos2
 
 
 
Belgium Anderlecht1
 
England Aston Villa3
 
 
 
Portugal Sporting CP1 Third place match
 
France Paris Saint-Germain1 (3)
 
  
 
England Tottenham Hotspur (pen.)1 (4)
 
England Tottenham Hotspur3England Arsenal1
 
 
 
Portugal Sporting CP (a.e.t.)5 Portugal Sporting CP3
 
Portugal Sporting CP4
 
 
England Liverpool0
 

Round of 16

Ajax Netherlands 1 − 2 England Aston Villa
Anderson  14' Report Drennan  35'
Lewis  64'
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
Barcelona Spain 0 − 2 England Chelsea
Report Feruz  43'
Boga  90'
Sporting CP Portugal 4 − 0 England Liverpool
Mané  12', 24'
Palhinha  64'
Jancó  89'		 Report
CSKA Moscow Russia 3 − 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Bazelyuk  11', 22'
Georgievskiy  68'		 Report
Akdeniz Stadium, Antalya
Olympiacos Greece 2 − 1 Belgium Anderlecht
Ioannidis  21', 53' (pen.) Report Acheampong  46'
Internazionale Italy 0 − 1 England Arsenal
Report Yennaris  69'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan

Quarterfinals

Chelsea England 4 − 1 Italy Juventus
Kiwomya  11'
Baker  13', 89'
Feruz  83'		 Report Rugani  72'
Aston Villa England 1 − 0 Greece Olympiacos
Burke  11' Report
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'
Arsenal England 1 − 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
Gnabry  56' Report

Semifinals

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

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

Final

Chelsea England 0 − 2 England 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 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 Shaq 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 Internazionale
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 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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.olympiacos.org/en/article/14190/bilbao-u20-%E2%80%93-olympiacos-u20-4-0
  3. ↑ "NEXTGEN SERIES ANNOUNCES LAST 16 FIXTURES". www.nextgenseries.com. 29 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "NEXTGEN DATE THIS SUNDAY". www.chelseafc.com. 12 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Date set for NextGen Series last eight clash against Olympiacos". www.avfc.co.uk. 8 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "NEXTGEN SERIES FIXTURE UPDATE". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. 5 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Emirates to host Gunners' NextGen clash". www.arsenal.com. 8 March 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Semi-Final draw revealed". www.nextgenseries.com. 21 March 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Host city and dates unveiled". www.nextgenseries.com. 7 March 2013.
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