2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Format

There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:

• Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
• League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. In the event that aggregate score finished level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shootout.

In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. The seeding in these draws (or in any cases where the results of a tie in the previous round were not known at the time of draw) was carried out under the assumption that the higher-ranked teams of the previous round would advance to this round, which means if a lower-ranked team were to advance, it would simply take the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

Teams

Below were the 54 teams (40 in Champions Route, 14 in League Route) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round dropped down to the Europa League play-off round and group stage respectively.

Champions Route

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League Route

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First qualifying round

Seeding

Summary

|F91 Dudelange|LUX|11–0|Tre Penne|SMR|7–0|4–0 |Valletta|MLT|9–0|Lusitanos|AND|8–0|1–0 |Linfield|NIR|0–0 (4–3 p)|B36|FRO|0–0|0–0 (aet)

Matches

• Mélisse
• Benzouien
• Legros
• Joachim
• D'Orsi
• Joachim
• Benzouien
• Gomez F91 Dudelange won 11–0 on aggregate.

• Caruana
• Mifsud
• Jhonnattann
• E. Agius
• Jhonnattann Valletta won 9–0 on aggregate.

• Matras
• Danielsen
• S. Olsen
• R. Jakobsen
• Cieślewicz
• Ervin
• Browne
• Carvill
• McCaul 0–0 on aggregate; Linfield won 4–3 on penalties.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

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Summary

|Skënderbeu|ALB|1–3|Debrecen|HUN|1–0|0–3 |Maribor|SVN|6–2|Željezničar|BIH|4–1|2–1 |Žilina|SVK|1–2|Ironi Kiryat Shmona|ISR|1–0|0–2 |BATE Borisov|BLR|3–2|Vardar|MKD|3–2|0–0 |AEL Limassol|CYP|3–0|Linfield|NIR|3–0|0–0 |Shamrock Rovers|IRL|1–2|Ekranas|LTU|0–0|1–2 |Flora|EST|0–5|Basel|SUI|0–2|0–3 |The New Saints|WAL|0–3|Helsingborgs IF|SWE|0–0|0–3 |HJK|FIN|9–1|KR|ISL|7–0|2–1 |Molde|NOR|4–1|Ventspils|LVA|3–0|1–1 |F91 Dudelange|LUX|4–4 (a)|Red Bull Salzburg|AUT|1–0|3–4 |Slovan Liberec|CZE|2–1|Shakhter Karagandy|KAZ|1–0|1–1 (aet) |Ludogorets Razgrad|BUL|3–4|Dinamo Zagreb|CRO|1–1|2–3 |Neftçi|AZE|5–2|Zestaponi|GEO|3–0|2–2 |Ulisses|ARM|0–2|Sheriff Tiraspol|MDA|0–1|0–1 |Valletta|MLT|2–7|Partizan|SRB|1–4|1–3 |Budućnost Podgorica|MNE|1–2|Śląsk Wrocław|POL|0–2|1–0

Matches

• Plaku
• Coulibaly
• Varga Debrecen won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Berić
• Mezga
• Tavares
• Adilović
• Kvesić
• Ibraimi
• Tavares Maribor won 6–2 on aggregate.

• Piaček
• Leitner
• Abuhatzira Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 2–1 on aggregate.

• Mazalewski
• Radyyonaw
• Kostovski
• Stjepanović BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Vouho
• Ouon
• Dickson AEL Limassol won 3–0 on aggregate.

• Anđelković
• Kymantas
• McCabe Ekranas won 2–1 on aggregate.

• A. Frei
• Zoua
• Díaz Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.

• Atta
• Sørum
• Santos Helsingborgs IF won 3–0 on aggregate.

• Mäkelä
• Väyrynen
• Pohjanpalo
• Schüller
• Atlason
• Sadik
• Lindström HJK won 9–1 on aggregate.

• Angan
• Forren
• Kurakins
• Eikrem Molde won 4–1 on aggregate.

• Joachim
• Jantscher
• Hinteregger
• Cristiano
• Zárate
• Steimetz
• Joachim 4–4 on aggregate; F91 Dudelange won on away goals.

• Hadaščok
• Kukeyev
• Blažek Slovan Liberec won 2–1 on aggregate.

• Marcelinho
• Rukavina
• Rukavina
• Vida
• Gargorov
• Marcelinho Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.

• Imamverdiyev
• Wobay
• Canales
• Mujiri
• Dvali
• Wobay
• Sadygov Neftçi won 5–2 on aggregate.

• Gheorghiev
• Samardžić Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–0 on aggregate.

• Mifsud
• Tomić
• Ivanov
• S. Šćepović
• Ostojić
• Tomić
• Mitrović
• Mifsud Partizan won 7–2 on aggregate.

• Elsner
• Mila
• N. Vukčević Śląsk Wrocław won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Seeding

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Summary

|Maribor|SVN|5–1|F91 Dudelange|LUX|4–1|1–0 |BATE Borisov|BLR|3–1|Debrecen|HUN|1–1|2–0 |CFR Cluj|ROU|3–1|Slovan Liberec|CZE|1–0|2–1 |Anderlecht|BEL|11–0|Ekranas|LTU|5–0|6–0 |Śląsk Wrocław|POL|1–6|Helsingborgs IF|SWE|0–3|1–3 |Sheriff Tiraspol|MDA|0–5|Dinamo Zagreb|CRO|0–1|0–4 |Celtic|SCO|4–1|HJK|FIN|2–1|2–0 |Molde|NOR|1–2|Basel|SUI|0–1|1–1 |Ironi Kiryat Shmona|ISR|6–2|Neftçi|AZE|4–0|2–2 |AEL Limassol|CYP|2–0|Partizan|SRB|1–0|1–0 |Fenerbahçe|TUR|5–2|Vaslui|ROU|1–1|4–1 |Motherwell|SCO|0–5|Panathinaikos|GRE|0–2|0–3 |Copenhagen|DEN|3–2|Club Brugge|BEL|0–0|3–2 |Dynamo Kyiv|UKR|3–1|Feyenoord|NED|2–1|1–0

Champions Route matches

• Mezga
• Tavares
• Berić
• Joachim
• Mertelj Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.

• Sidibe
• Sidibe
• Mazalewski
• Valadzko BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Cadú
• Šural
• Kapetanos
• Sougou CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.

• De Sutter
• Kanu
• Mbokani
• Jovanović
• Kljestan
• Praet
• Yakovenko
• De Sutter
• Molins
• Fernando Anderlecht won 11–0 on aggregate.

• Finnbogason
• C. Andersson
• Nordmark
• Sørum
• Díaz Helsingborgs IF won 6–1 on aggregate.

• Bećiraj
• Vida
• Bećiraj
• Čop
• Ibáñez Dinamo Zagreb won 5–0 on aggregate.

• Zoua
• D. Degen
• Berget Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

• Hooper
• Mulgrew
• Schüller
• Ledley
• Samaras Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.

• Badash
• Abuhatzira
• Gerzicich
• Wobay
• Imamverdiyev
• Badash
• Lencse Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 6–2 on aggregate.

• Vouho
• Dossa Júnior AEL Limassol won 2–0 on aggregate.

League Route matches

• İrtegün
• Antal
• Niculae
• Erkin
• Kuyt
• Sow Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.

• Christodoulopoulos
• Mavrias
• Christodoulopoulos
• Mavrias
• Sissoko Panathinaikos won 5–0 on aggregate.

• Jordi
• Odjidja
• Jørgensen
• Bolaños
• Santin Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Immers
• Ideye
• Schaken
• Ideye Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

Seeding

Summary

|Basel|SUI|1–3|CFR Cluj|ROU|1–2|0–1 |Helsingborgs IF|SWE|0–4|Celtic|SCO|0–2|0–2 |BATE Borisov|BLR|3–1|Ironi Kiryat Shmona|ISR|2–0|1–1 |AEL Limassol|CYP|2–3|Anderlecht|BEL|2–1|0–2 |Dinamo Zagreb|CRO|3–1|Maribor|SVN|2–1|1–0 |Braga|POR|2–2 (5–4 p)|Udinese|ITA|1–1|1–1 (aet) |Spartak Moscow|RUS|3–2|Fenerbahçe|TUR|2–1|1–1 |Málaga|ESP|2–0|Panathinaikos|GRE|2–0|0–0 |Borussia Mönchengladbach|GER|3–4|Dynamo Kyiv|UKR|1–3|2–1 |Copenhagen|DEN|1–2|Lille|FRA+1974|1–0|0–2 (aet)

Champions Route matches

• Streller
• Sougou
• Kapetanos CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Commons
• Samaras
• Hooper
• Wanyama Celtic won 4–0 on aggregate.

• Rodionov
• Lencse
• Pawlaw BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Dossa Júnior
• Rui Miguel
• Mbokani
• Mbokani
• Yakovenko Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Čop
• Badelj
• Badelj
• Tonel Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

League Route matches

• Ismaily
• Basta
• Armero
• Micael
• Domizzi
• Pinzi
• Maicosuel
• Armero
• Di Natale
• Lima
• Custódio
• Eder
• Paulo César
• Micael 2–2 on aggregate; Braga won 5–4 on penalties.

• Emenike
• D. Kombarov
• Kuyt
• Sow
• Ari Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Demichelis
• Eliseu Málaga won 2–0 on aggregate.

• Ring
• Mykhalyk
• Yarmolenko
• De Jong
• Ideye
• Khacheridi
• Arango Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

• Santin
• Digne
• De Melo Lille won 2–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

There were 226 goals in 88 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

Top goalscorers

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Top assists

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Notes

References

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