2012–13 NextGen Series

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2012–13 NextGen Series
Tournament details
Dates15 August 2012 – 1 April 2013
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Aston Villa (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Chelsea
Third placePortugal Sporting CP
Fourth placeEngland Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played88
Goals scored268 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)Republic of Ireland Graham Burke
Scotland Islam Feruz
(7 goals)
Best player(s)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 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11
Belgium Anderlecht 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
England Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
Germany Wolfsburg 6 1 1 4 9 17 −8 4

Kickoff times are in CET.

Barcelona Spain1 − 1Belgium Anderlecht
Sanabria Goal 80' Report Kabasele Goal 66'
Referee: Rafael Díaz Melero (Spain)
Wolfsburg Germany2 − 3England Tottenham Hotspur
Goal 17' (pen.)
Brandt Goal 90+1'		 Report Coulthirst Goal 63'
Lameiras Goal 79'
Pritchard Goal 82'
Anderlecht Belgium1 − 2Germany Wolfsburg
Bruno Goal 71' Report Avdijaj Goal 21'
Goal 33'
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Tottenham Hotspur England0 − 2Spain Barcelona
Report Sandro Goal 19', 73'
Attendance: 8,850
Wolfsburg Germany0 − 5Spain Barcelona
Report Calvet Goal 12'
Quesada Goal 52'
Ebwelle Goal 78'
Joel Huertas Goal 90'
Herrera Goal 90'
Anderlecht Belgium0 – 0Spain Barcelona
Report
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Tottenham Hotspur England2 – 2Germany Wolfsburg
Pritchard Goal 8', 35' Report Goal 84'
Müller Goal 90'
, London
Anderlecht Belgium1 – 1England Tottenham Hotspur
Álvarez Goal 76' Report Bentaleb Goal 59'
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Barcelona Spain1 – 4England Tottenham Hotspur
Bagnack Goal 88' Report Coulthirst Goal 25', 29', 60'
Pritchard Goal 72'
Barcelona Spain3 – 1Germany Wolfsburg
Traoré Goal 16'
Sandro Goal 45'
Ebwelle Goal 90'		 Report Palacios Martínez Goal 86'
Wolfsburg Germany2 – 3Belgium Anderlecht
Brandt Goal 68'
Uzan Goal 90+1'		 Report Dendoncker Goal 14'
Kabasele Goal 34'
Heylen Goal 37'
Tottenham Hotspur England0 − 2Belgium Anderlecht
Report Dendoncker Goal 59'
Heylen Goal 83' (pen.)
, London

Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
Italy Juventus 6 3 3 0 13 9 +4 12
England Manchester City 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5
Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 0 2 4 6 13 −7 2

Kickoff times are in CET.

Juventus Italy3 − 3Turkey Fenerbahçe
Padovan Goal 27', 50'
Lanini Goal 90+4'		 Report Şimşek Goal 38', 75' (pen.)
Goal 85'
Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta, Alessandria
Manchester City England0 − 2France Paris Saint-Germain
Report Rajsel Goal 28', 77'
Manchester City England3 − 1Turkey Fenerbahçe
Suárez Goal 69' (pen.)
Huws Goal 71'
Hiwula Goal 90' (pen.)		 Report Çinemre Goal 11'
Attendance: 737
Referee: Darren Handley (England)
Juventus Italy2 − 0France Paris Saint-Germain
Ruggiero Goal 57'
Léo Bonatini Goal 90'		 Report
Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta, Alessandria
Fenerbahçe Turkey1 − 1England Manchester City
Leigh Goal 68' (og) Report Suárez Goal 49'
, Istanbul
Fenerbahçe Turkey0 – 2France Paris Saint-Germain
Report Coman Goal 18'
Ongenda Goal 55'
, Istanbul
Juventus Italy1 – 1England Manchester City
Rugani Goal 84' Report Meppen-Walter Goal 42'
Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta, Alessandria
Paris Saint-Germain France2 – 0Turkey Fenerbahçe
Goal 7'
Yaisien Goal 65'		 Report
, Paris
Manchester City England2 – 3Italy Juventus
Pozo Goal 15'
Lopes Goal 81'		 Report Schiavone Goal 29'
Magnússon Goal 62'
Léo Bonatini Goal 71'
Paris Saint-Germain France2 – 1England Manchester City
Bourdin Goal 29'
Habran Goal 63'		 Report Lopes Goal 77' (pen.)
, Paris
Fenerbahçe Turkey1 – 2Italy Juventus
Goal 57' Report Gerbaudo Goal 25'
Schiavone Goal 81'
, Istanbul
Paris Saint-Germain France2 – 2Italy Juventus
Yaisien Goal 33'
Coman Goal 42'		 Report Beltrame Goal 78'
Gerbaudo Goal 90'
, Paris

Group 3[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia CSKA Moscow 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12
Netherlands Ajax 6 3 2 1 15 6 +9 11
England Chelsea 6 2 3 1 12 6 +6 9
Norway Molde 6 0 1 5 2 20 −18 1

Kickoff times are in CET.

CSKA Moscow Russia2 − 1Norway Molde
Seredin Goal 29'
Litvinov Goal 74'		 Report Svendsen Goal 27'
, Moscow
Chelsea England1 − 2Russia CSKA Moscow
Bamford Goal 11' Report Zaseev Goal 35'
Dergachev Goal 38'
Molde Norway0 − 1Russia CSKA Moscow
Report Zaseev Goal 54'
Aker Stadion, Molde
Molde Norway0 − 5Netherlands Ajax
Report De Sa Goal 14'
Fischer Goal 19', 65', 81'
Sporkslede Goal 90+3'
Aker Stadion, Molde
CSKA Moscow Russia0 − 1England Chelsea
Report Boga Goal 71'
, Moscow
Ajax Netherlands5 − 0Norway Molde
Kishna Goal 11'
Fischer Goal 31'
El Hasnaoui Goal 37', 67'
Keskin Goal 90'		 Report
De Toekomst, Amsterdam
CSKA Moscow Russia2 – 0Netherlands Ajax
Khurtsidze Goal 45'
Georgievskiy Goal 75'		 Report
, Moscow
Molde Norway1 – 1England Chelsea
Goal 60' Report Ssewankambo Goal 87'
Aker Stadion, Molde
Ajax Netherlands2 – 1Russia CSKA Moscow
Menig Goal 44'
Van den Boomen Goal 59'		 Report Netfullin Goal 28'
Chelsea England6 – 0Norway Molde
Feruz Goal 13', 22'
Kiwomya Goal 57'
Mitchell Goal 66'
Piazon Goal 68'
Saville Goal 70'		 Report
Chelsea England0 – 0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Ajax Netherlands3 – 3England Chelsea
Bitter Goal 16'
De Sa Goal 61' (pen.)
De Bondt Goal 89'		 Report Kiwomya Goal 12'
Feruz Goal 39', 49'

Group 4[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Sporting CP 6 4 0 2 12 11 +1 12
England Aston Villa 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 0 3 6 9 −3 9
Scotland Celtic 6 1 1 4 8 10 -2 4

Kickoff times are in CET.

Aston Villa England1 − 3Portugal Sporting CP
Drennan Goal 31' Report Ié Goal 32'
Mané Goal 39'
Riquicho Goal 63' (pen.)
Villa Park, Birmingham
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1 − 0England Aston Villa
Antonio Goal 34' Report
Celtic Scotland1 − 2Portugal Sporting CP
Johnstone Goal 20' Report Medeiros Goal 45'
Cortez Goal 76'
Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Aston Villa England2 − 1Scotland Celtic
Carruthers Goal 21'
Goal 35'		 Report Irvine Goal 49'
Villa Park, Birmingham
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1 − 0Portugal Sporting CP
Vloet Goal 75' Report
Celtic Scotland3 − 1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
F. Twardzik Goal 11' (pen.)
McGregor Goal 13'
Herron Goal 16'		 Report Antonio Goal 44'
Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Celtic Scotland2 – 2England Aston Villa
Goal 53' (o.g.)
P. Twardzik Goal 72'		 Report Graham Goal 24'
Drennan Goal 39'
Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Sporting CP Portugal4 – 2Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Ponde Goal 18'
Mané Goal 57'
Medeiros Goal 73'
Goal 90'		 Report Sanoh Goal 25'
Pinto Goal 64' (o.g.)
Aston Villa England2 – 0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Burke Goal 19'
Drennan Goal 84'		 Report
Villa Park, Birmingham
Sporting CP Portugal2 – 1Scotland Celtic
Mané Goal 8'
Medeiros Goal 24'		 Report Kidd Goal 40'
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1 – 0Scotland Celtic
Brenet Goal 83' Report
Sporting CP Portugal1 – 5England Aston Villa
Goal 75' Report Donacien Goal 10'
Drennan Goal 49', 88'
Burke Goal 55', 78'

Group 5[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Internazionale 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10
Norway Rosenborg 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10
England Liverpool 6 3 0 3 14 10 +4 9
Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 1 2 3 5 9 -4 5

Kickoff times are in CET.

Internazionale Italy3 − 2England Liverpool
Forte Goal 19'
Belloni Goal 45'
Garritano Goal 80'		 Report Adorján Goal 30' (pen.), 88'
Internazionale Italy1 – 0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Benassi Goal 69' Report
Rosenborg Norway1 – 0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Sakor Goal 25' Report
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim
Borussia Dortmund Germany2 – 1England Liverpool
Nothnagel Goal 30' (pen.)
Bandowski Goal 77'		 Report Coady Goal 64'
Rosenborg Norway2 – 1Italy Internazionale
Sørloth Goal 85'
Sakor Goal 90' (pen.)		 Report Garritano Goal 63'
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim
Borussia Dortmund Germany1 – 1Italy Internazionale
Weber Goal 36' Report Belloni Goal 3'
Rosenborg Norway3 – 0England Liverpool
Blakstad Goal 6'
Bjørnholm Goal 14'
Sørloth Goal 30'		 Report
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim
Liverpool England4 – 1Norway Rosenborg
Jones Goal 15'
Morgan Goal 32', 45+2'
Sinclair Goal 90+1'		 Report Goal 39'
Langtree Park, St Helens
Borussia Dortmund Germany2 – 2Norway Rosenborg
Goal 19'
Goal 67'		 Report Bjørnholm Goal 3'
Blakstad Goal 43'
Liverpool England3 – 0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Coady Goal 22', 26' (pen.)
Morgan Goal 77'		 Report
Langtree Park, St Helens
Internazionale Italy3 – 1Norway Rosenborg
Forte Goal 37', 85'
Pedrabissi Goal 70'		 Report Blakstad Goal 25'
Referee: Francesco Di Stefano (Italy)
Liverpool England4 – 1Italy Internazionale
Coady Goal 29' (pen.), 77' (pen.)
Yeşil Goal 34', 65'		 Report Benassi Goal 62'
Langtree Park, St Helens

Group 6[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Greece Olympiacos 6 2 3 1 4 5 −1 9
England Arsenal 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8
France Marseille 6 2 2 2 4 10 −6 8
Spain Athletic Bilbao 6 2 1 3 12 7 +5 7

Kickoff times are in CET.

Athletic Bilbao Spain4 − 0Greece Olympiacos
Guillermo Goal 27' (pen.)
Jurgi Oteo Goal 50'
Bengoa Goal 59'
Santamaría Goal 72'		 Report
Attendance: 3000 [2]
Arsenal England3 − 0France Marseille
Yennaris Goal 8'
Akpom Goal 20', 83'		 Report
Marseille France2 − 1Spain Athletic Bilbao
Anani Goal 45', 72' Report Jurgi Oteo Goal 34'
Olympiacos Greece2 − 0England Arsenal
Goal 83'
Leandro Goal 90'		 Report
Marseille France0 – 0Greece Olympiacos
Report
Arsenal England0 – 0Greece Olympiacos
Report
Marseille France1 – 0England Arsenal
Goal 90+3' Report
Olympiacos Greece1 – 1France Marseille
Ioannidis Goal 45' Report Diop Goal 33'
Athletic Bilbao Spain0 – 0England Arsenal
Report
Athletic Bilbao Spain5 – 0France Marseille
Santamaría Goal 58', 80'
Williams Goal 65'
Unai López Goal 70'
Goal 89' (og)		 Report
Arsenal England4 – 2Spain Athletic Bilbao
Toral Goal 7', 74'
Ansah Goal 67'
Hayden Goal 79'		 Report Aketxe Goal 12'
Yeray Goal 83'
Olympiacos Greece1 – 0Spain Athletic Bilbao
Gino Goal 32' Report

Ranking of third-placed teams[]

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 England Chelsea 6 2 3 1 12 6 +6 9
5 England Liverpool 6 3 0 3 14 10 +4 9
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 0 3 6 9 −3 9
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
6 France Marseille 6 2 2 2 4 10 −6 8
2 England 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.[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 +5 10 9. England Aston Villa 10 +4 12
2. Russia CSKA Moscow 12 +3 8 10. Norway Rosenborg 10 0 10
3. Portugal Sporting CP 12 +1 12 11. Belgium Anderlecht 9 +2 8
4. Spain Barcelona 11 +6 12 12. England Arsenal 8 +2 7
5. Italy Internazionale 10 0 10 13. England Chelsea 9 +6 12
6. Greece Olympiacos 9 −1 4 14. England Liverpool 9 +4 14
7. Italy Juventus 12 +4 13 15. Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 9 −3 6
8. Netherlands Ajax 11 +9 15 16. England Tottenham Hotspur 8 0 10

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 Netherlands1 − 2England Aston Villa
Anderson Goal 14' Report Drennan Goal 35'
Goal 64'
De Toekomst, Amsterdam
Paris Saint-Germain France1 − 1 (a.e.t.)England Tottenham Hotspur
Goal 65' Report Coulthirst Goal 34'
Penalties
3–4
, Paris
Barcelona Spain0 − 2England Chelsea
Report Feruz Goal 43'
Boga Goal 90'
Sporting CP Portugal4 − 0England Liverpool
Mané Goal 12', 24'
Palhinha Goal 64'
Jancó Goal 89'		 Report
CSKA Moscow Russia3 − 0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Bazelyuk Goal 11', 22'
Georgievskiy Goal 68'		 Report
Olympiacos Greece2 − 1Belgium Anderlecht
Ioannidis Goal 21', 53' (pen.) Report Acheampong Goal 46'
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Internazionale Italy0 − 1England Arsenal
Report Yennaris Goal 69'
Juventus Italy1 − 0Norway Rosenborg
Beltrame Goal 29' Report
Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta, Alessandria

Quarterfinals[]

Chelsea England4 − 1Italy Juventus
Kiwomya Goal 11'
Baker Goal 13', 89'
Feruz Goal 83'		 Report Rugani Goal 72'
Aston Villa England1 − 0Greece Olympiacos
Burke Goal 11' Report
Villa Park, Birmingham
Tottenham Hotspur England3 − 5 (a.e.t.)Portugal Sporting CP
Oduwa Goal 8'
Goal 81' (pen.)
Goal 90+3'		 Report Betinho Goal 6', 17'
Semedo Goal 64' (pen.)
Guedes Goal 96'
Fokobo Goal 104'
Arsenal England1 − 0Russia CSKA Moscow
Gnabry Goal 56' Report
Emirates Stadium, London

Semifinals[]

Chelsea England4 − 3 (a.e.t.)England Arsenal
Feruz Goal 53'
Baker Goal 61', 116'
Boga Goal 65'		 Report Akpom Goal 16', 89'
Gnabry Goal 90'
Aston Villa England3 − 1 (a.e.t.)Portugal Sporting CP
Burke Goal 55'
Grealish Goal 91'
Carruthers Goal 105'		 Report Stojanović Goal 68'

Third place match[]

Arsenal England1 − 3Portugal Sporting CP
Eisfeld Goal 27' Report Jancó Goal 34'
Semedo Goal 55' (pen.)
Esgaio Goal 72'

Final[]

Chelsea England0 − 2England Aston Villa
Report Burke Goal 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 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. 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. ^ a b "Semi-Final draw revealed". www.nextgenseries.com. 21 March 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Host city and dates unveiled". www.nextgenseries.com. 7 March 2013.
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