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'
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
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'
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
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
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'
Borussia Dortmund 1 – 1 Internazionale
Weber 36' Report Belloni 3'
Rosenborg 3 – 0 Liverpool
Blakstad 6'
Bjørnholm 14'
Sørloth 30'		 Report
Liverpool 4 – 1 Rosenborg
Jones 15'
Morgan 32', 45+2'
Sinclair 90+1'		 Report Lundal 39'
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
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'

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'
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'
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. Archived from the original on 19 April 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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