2012–13 NextGen Series

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.

2012–13 NextGen Series
Tournament details
Dates15 August 2012 – 1 April 2013
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Aston Villa (1st title)
Runners-up Chelsea
Third place Sporting CP
Fourth place Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played88
Goals scored268 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s) Graham Burke
Islam Feruz
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Lewis Baker

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
Barcelona 6321126+611
Anderlecht 623186+29
Tottenham Hotspur 6222101008
Wolfsburg 6114917−84

Kickoff times are in CET.

Barcelona 1 − 1 Anderlecht
Sanabria  80' Report Kabasele  66'
Referee: Rafael Díaz Melero (Spain)
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'
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Tottenham Hotspur 0 − 2 Barcelona
Report Sandro  19', 73'
Attendance: 8,850
Wolfsburg 0 − 5 Barcelona
Report Calvet  12'
Quesada  52'
Ebwelle  78'
Joel Huertas  90'
Herrera  90'
Anderlecht 0 – 0 Barcelona
Report
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 2 Wolfsburg
Pritchard  8', 35' Report Hauck  84'
Müller  90'
Hotspur Way, London
Anderlecht 1 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Álvarez  76' Report Bentaleb  59'
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
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.)
Hotspur Way, London

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Paris Saint-Germain 6411105+513
Juventus 6330139+412
Manchester City 6123810−25
Fenerbahçe 6024613−72

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'
Attendance: 737
Referee: Darren Handley (England)
Juventus 2 − 0 Paris Saint-Germain
Ruggiero  57'
Léo Bonatini  90'		 Report
Fenerbahçe 1 − 1 Manchester City
Leigh  68' (og) Report Suárez  49'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
Fenerbahçe 0 – 2 Paris Saint-Germain
Report Coman  18'
Ongenda  55'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
Juventus 1 – 1 Manchester City
Rugani  84' Report Meppen-Walter  42'
Paris Saint-Germain 2 – 0 Fenerbahçe
Sainrimat-Moreira  7'
Yaisien  65'		 Report
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris
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.)
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris
Fenerbahçe 1 – 2 Juventus
Cici  57' Report Gerbaudo  25'
Schiavone  81'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
Paris Saint-Germain 2 – 2 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
CSKA Moscow 640285+312
Ajax 6321156+911
Chelsea 6231126+69
Molde 6015220−181

Kickoff times are in CET.

CSKA Moscow 2 − 1 Molde
Seredin  29'
Litvinov  74'		 Report Svendsen  27'
October Stadium, Moscow
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'
October Stadium, Moscow
Ajax 5 − 0 Molde
Kishna  11'
Fischer  31'
El Hasnaoui  37', 67'
Keskin  90'		 Report
De Toekomst, Amsterdam
CSKA Moscow 2 – 0 Ajax
Khurtsidze  45'
Georgievskiy  75'		 Report
October Stadium, Moscow
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 64021211+112
Aston Villa 6312128+410
PSV Eindhoven 630369−39
Celtic 6114810-24

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 63121010010
Rosenborg 63121010010
Liverpool 63031410+49
Borussia Dortmund 612359-45

Kickoff times are in CET.

Internazionale 3 − 2 Liverpool
Forte  19'
Belloni  45'
Garritano  80'		 Report Adorján  30' (pen.), 88'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan
Internazionale 1 – 0 Borussia Dortmund
Benassi  69' Report
Stadio Città di Meda, Meda
Rosenborg 1 – 0 Borussia Dortmund
Sakor  25' Report
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim
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'
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim
Borussia Dortmund 1 – 1 Internazionale
Weber  36' Report Belloni  3'
Rosenborg 3 – 0 Liverpool
Blakstad  6'
Bjørnholm  14'
Sørloth  30'		 Report
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim
Liverpool 4 – 1 Rosenborg
Jones  15'
Morgan  32', 45+2'
Sinclair  90+1'		 Report Lundal  39'
Langtree Park, St Helens
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
Langtree Park, St Helens
Internazionale 3 – 1 Rosenborg
Forte  37', 85'
Pedrabissi  70'		 Report Blakstad  25'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan
Referee: Francesco Di Stefano (Italy)
Liverpool 4 – 1 Internazionale
Coady  29' (pen.), 77' (pen.)
Yeşil  34', 65'		 Report Benassi  62'
Langtree Park, St Helens

Group 6
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Olympiacos 623145−19
Arsenal 622275+28
Marseille 6222410−68
Athletic Bilbao 6213127+57

Kickoff times are in CET.

Athletic Bilbao 4 − 0 Olympiacos
Guillermo  27' (pen.)
Jurgi Oteo  50'
Bengoa  59'
Santamaría  72'		 Report
Attendance: 3000 [2]
Arsenal 3 − 0 Marseille
Yennaris  8'
Akpom  20', 83'		 Report
Marseille 2 − 1 Athletic Bilbao
Anani  45', 72' Report Jurgi Oteo  34'
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
Olympiacos 2 − 0 Arsenal
Soukias  83'
Leandro  90'		 Report
Marseille 0 – 0 Olympiacos
Report
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
Arsenal 0 – 0 Olympiacos
Report
Marseille 1 – 0 Arsenal
Kisaku  90+3' Report
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
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' (og)		 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 6231126+69
5 Liverpool 63031410+49
4 PSV Eindhoven 630369−39
1 Tottenham Hotspur 6222101008
6 Marseille 6222410−68
2 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. Paris Saint-Germain 13+510 9. Aston Villa 10+412
2. CSKA Moscow 12+38 10. Rosenborg 10010
3. Sporting CP 12+112 11. Anderlecht 9+28
4. Barcelona 11+612 12. Arsenal 8+27
5. Internazionale 10010 13. Chelsea 9+612
6. Olympiacos 9−14 14. Liverpool 9+414
7. Juventus 12+413 15. PSV Eindhoven 9−36
8. Ajax 11+915 16. Tottenham Hotspur 8010

Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Barcelona0
 
 
 
 Chelsea2
 
 Chelsea4
 
 
 
 Juventus1
 
 Juventus1
 
 
 
 Rosenborg0
 
 Chelsea (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 
 Arsenal3
 
 Internazionale0
 
 
 
 Arsenal1
 
 Arsenal1
 
 
 
 CSKA Moscow0
 
 CSKA Moscow3
 
 
 
 PSV Eindhoven0
 
 Chelsea0
 
 
 
 Aston Villa2
 
 Ajax1
 
 
 
 Aston Villa2
 
 Aston Villa1
 
 
 
 Olympiacos0
 
 Olympiacos2
 
 
 
 Anderlecht1
 
 Aston Villa3
 
 
 
 Sporting CP1 Third place match
 
 Paris Saint-Germain1 (3)
 
  
 
 Tottenham Hotspur (pen.)1 (4)
 
 Tottenham Hotspur3 Arsenal1
 
 
 
 Sporting CP (a.e.t.)5 Sporting CP3
 
 Sporting CP4
 
 
 Liverpool0
 

Round of 16
Ajax 1 − 2 Aston Villa
Anderson  14' Report Drennan  35'
Lewis  64'
De Toekomst, Amsterdam
Paris Saint-Germain 1 − 1 (a.e.t.) Tottenham Hotspur
Sainrimat-Moreira  65' Report Coulthirst  34'
Penalties
3–4
Stade Georges Lefèvre, Paris
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
Akdeniz Stadium, Antalya
Olympiacos 2 − 1 Anderlecht
Ioannidis  21', 53' (pen.) Report Acheampong  46'
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Internazionale 0 − 1 Arsenal
Report Yennaris  69'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan
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 Pritchard1 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

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. "Semi-Final draw revealed". www.nextgenseries.com. 21 March 2013.
  9. "Host city and dates unveiled". www.nextgenseries.com. 7 March 2013.
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