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2012–13 NextGen Series
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | NextGen Series |
| year | 2012–13 |
| dates | 15 August 2012 – 1 April 2013 |
| confederations | 1 |
| num_teams | 24 |
| champion_other | ENG Aston Villa |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | ENG Chelsea |
| third_other | POR Sporting CP |
| fourth_other | ENG Arsenal |
| matches | 88 |
| goals | 268 |
| top_scorer | IRL Graham Burke |
| SCO Islam Feruz | |
| (7 goals) | |
| player | ENG Lewis Baker |
| prevseason | 2011–12 |
SCO Islam Feruz (7 goals)
The 2012–13 NextGen Series was the second season of the NextGen Series. The tournament involved the under-19 teams from 24 European countries. 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 was announced, with the competition moving from a 16-team to a 24-team affair.{{cite news |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054937/http://www.nextgenseries.com/News/Comments-and-Features/2012/April/ARSENAL-BECOME-FOURTH-NEW-TEAM?page=1 |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |url-status = dead
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.
- ENG Aston Villa
- ENG Liverpool
- ENG Manchester City
- ENG Tottenham Hotspur
- ESP Barcelona
- GER Wolfsburg
- ITA Internazionale
- POR Sporting CP
- FRA Marseille
- NED Ajax
- NED PSV Eindhoven
- TUR Fenerbahçe
- SCO Celtic
- NOR Molde
- NOR Rosenborg
They were joined by a further nine teams of high standing for the expanded series.
- ENG Arsenal
- ENG Chelsea
- ESP Athletic Bilbao
- GER Borussia Dortmund
- ITA Juventus
- FRA Paris Saint-Germain
- RUS CSKA Moscow
- GRE Olympiacos
- BEL 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.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP Barcelona | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 |
| BEL Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 |
| ENG Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| GER Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 4 |
Kickoff times are in CET.
Brandt Lameiras Pritchard
Hauck
Quesada Ebwelle Joel Huertas Herrera
Müller
Pritchard
Sandro Ebwelle
Uzan Kabasele Heylen
Heylen
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 |
| ITA Juventus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 |
| ENG Manchester City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 |
| TUR Fenerbahçe | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 |
Kickoff times are in CET.
Lanini Sahat
Huws Hiwula
Léo Bonatini
Ongenda
Yaisien
Lopes Magnússon Léo Bonatini
Habran
Schiavone
Coman Gerbaudo
Group 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS CSKA Moscow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 |
| NED Ajax | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 11 |
| ENG Chelsea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 |
| NOR Molde | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 1 |
Kickoff times are in CET.
Litvinov
Dergachev
Fischer Sporkslede
Fischer El Hasnaoui Keskin
Georgievskiy
Van den Boomen
Kiwomya Mitchell Piazon Saville
De Sa De Bondt Feruz
Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 12 |
| ENG Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 10 |
| NED PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 9 |
| SCO Celtic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 4 |
Kickoff times are in CET.
Mané Riquicho
Cortez
Melvin
McGregor Herron
P. Twardzik Drennan
Mané Medeiros Veloso Pinto
Drennan
Medeiros
Drennan Burke
Group 5
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NOR Rosenborg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| ENG Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 9 |
| GER Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
Kickoff times are in CET.
Belloni Garritano
Bandowski
Sakor
Bjørnholm Sørloth
Morgan Sinclair
Beutler Blakstad
Morgan
Pedrabissi
Yeşil
Group 6
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRE Olympiacos | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 9 |
| ENG Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
| FRA Marseille | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 8 |
| ESP Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 |
Kickoff times are in CET.
Jurgi Oteo Bengoa Santamaría
Akpom
Leandro
Williams Unai López Bechar
Ansah Hayden Yeray
Ranking of third-placed teams
| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ENG Chelsea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 |
| 5 | ENG Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 9 |
| 4 | NED PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 9 |
| 1 | ENG Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | FRA Marseille | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 8 |
| 2 | ENG 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.
| Key to colours |
|---|
| Group winners |
| Runners-up |
| Four best third-placed teams |
| Seeded | Unseeded | # | Team | Pts | GD | GF | # | Team | Pts | GD | GF | 1. | 9. | 2. | 10. | 3. | 11. | 4. | 12. | 5. | 13. | 6. | 14. | 7. | 15. | 8. | 16. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA Paris Saint-Germain | 13 | +5 | 10 | ENG Aston Villa | 10 | +4 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RUS CSKA Moscow | 12 | +3 | 8 | NOR Rosenborg | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| POR Sporting CP | 12 | +1 | 12 | BEL Anderlecht | 9 | +2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ESP Barcelona | 11 | +6 | 12 | ENG Arsenal | 8 | +2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Internazionale | 10 | 0 | 10 | ENG Chelsea | 9 | +6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| GRE Olympiacos | 9 | −1 | 4 | ENG Liverpool | 9 | +4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Juventus | 12 | +4 | 13 | NED PSV Eindhoven | 9 | −3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NED Ajax | 11 | +9 | 15 | ENG Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 0 | 10 |
Bracket
| |ESP Barcelona|0|ENG Chelsea|2 | |ITA Juventus|1|NOR Rosenborg|0 | |ITA Internazionale|0|ENG Arsenal|1 | |RUS CSKA Moscow|3|NED PSV Eindhoven|0 | |NED Ajax|1|ENG Aston Villa|2 | |GRE Olympiacos|2|BEL Anderlecht|1 | |FRA Paris Saint-Germain|1 (3)|ENG Tottenham Hotspur (pen.)|1 (4) | |POR Sporting CP|4 |ENG Liverpool|0 | |ENG Chelsea|4|ITA Juventus|1 | |ENG Arsenal|1|RUS CSKA Moscow|0 | |ENG Aston Villa|1|GRE Olympiacos|0 | |ENG Tottenham Hotspur|3|POR Sporting CP (a.e.t.)|5 | |ENG Chelsea (a.e.t.)|4|ENG Arsenal|3 | |ENG Aston Villa|3|POR Sporting CP|1 | |ENG Chelsea|0|ENG Aston Villa|2 | |ENG Arsenal|1|POR Sporting CP|3
Round of 16
Lewis
Boga
Palhinha Jancó
Georgievskiy
Quarterfinals
Baker Feruz
Dombaxe Percil Semedo Guedes Fokobo
Semifinals
Baker
Boga
Gnabry
Grealish
Carruthers
Third place match
Semedo Esgaio
Final
Top goalscorers
Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IRL Graham Burke | ENG Aston Villa | 7 |
| SCO Islam Feruz | ENG Chelsea | ||
| 3 | IRL Michael Drennan | ENG Aston Villa | 6 |
| 4 | ENG Conor Coady | ENG Liverpool | 5 |
| ENG Shaq Coulthirst | ENG Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| POR Carlos Mané | POR Sporting CP | ||
| 7 | ENG Chuba Akpom | ENG Arsenal | 4 |
| ENG Lewis Baker | ENG Chelsea | ||
| DEN Viktor Fischer | NED Ajax | ||
| ENG Alex Pritchard | ENG Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 11 | NOR Magnus Blakstad | NOR Rosenborg | 3 |
| FRA Jeremie Boga | ENG Chelsea | ||
| ITA Francesco Forte | ITA Internazionale | ||
| GER Philipp Hauck | GER Wolfsburg | ||
| GRE Nikolaos Ioannidis | GRE Olympiacos | ||
| ENG Alex Kiwomya | ENG Chelsea | ||
| POR Iuri Medeiros | POR Sporting CP | ||
| ENG Adam Morgan | ENG Liverpool | ||
| ESP Sandro | ESP Barcelona | ||
| ESP Gorka Santamaría | ESP Athletic Bilbao |
;Note 1: In January 2013 Alex Pritchard moved on loan from Tottenham Hotspur to Peterborough United.
References
References
- "Wolfsburg v Spurs (NextGen Series), 22.08.12".
- "Anderlecht v Spurs (NextGen Series), 31.10.12".
- "Barcelona U-19s v Spurs U-19s, 07.11.12".
- "At. Bilbao U20 – Olympiacos U20 4-0 | Olympiacos.org / Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus".
- (29 January 2013). "NEXTGEN SERIES ANNOUNCES LAST 16 FIXTURES". nextgenseries.com.
- (12 March 2013). "NEXTGEN DATE THIS SUNDAY". Chelsea F.C..
- (8 March 2013). "Date set for NextGen Series last eight clash against Olympiacos". Aston Villa F.C..
- (5 March 2013). "NEXTGEN SERIES FIXTURE UPDATE". Tottenham Hotspur F.C..
- (8 March 2013). "Emirates to host Gunners' NextGen clash". Arsenal F.C..
- "YOUTH AT THE EMIRATES". Arsenal F.C..
- (21 March 2013). "Semi-Final draw revealed". nextgenseries.com.
- (7 March 2013). "Host city and dates unveiled". nextgenseries.com.
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