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
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

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
Barcelona6321126+611
Anderlecht623186+29
Tottenham Hotspur6222101008
Wolfsburg6114917−84

Kickoff times are in CET.

Barcelona 1–1 Anderlecht
Sanabria 80'ReportKabasele 66'
Referee: Rafael Díaz Melero (Spain)

Wolfsburg 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur
Hauck 17' (pen.)
Brandt 90+1'
ReportCoulthirst 63'
Lameiras 79'
Pritchard 82'


Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Barcelona
ReportSandro 19', 73'
Attendance: 8,850



Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Wolfsburg
Pritchard 8', 35'ReportHauck 84'
Müller 90'
Hotspur Way, London


Barcelona 1–4 Tottenham Hotspur
Bagnack 88'ReportCoulthirst 25', 29', 60'
Pritchard 72'
Attendance: 295[4]



Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Anderlecht
ReportDendoncker 59'
Heylen 83' (pen.)
Hotspur Way, London

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Paris Saint-Germain6411105+513
Juventus6330139+412
Manchester City6123810−25
Fenerbahçe6024613−72

Kickoff times are in CET.

Juventus 3–3 Fenerbahçe
Padovan 27', 50'
Lanini 90+4'
ReportŞimşek 38', 75' (pen.)
Sahat 85'


Manchester City 3–1 Fenerbahçe
Suárez 69' (pen.)
Huws 71'
Hiwula 90' (pen.)
ReportÇinemre 11'
Attendance: 737
Referee: Darren Handley (England)


Fenerbahçe 1–1 Manchester City
Leigh 68' (o.g.)ReportSuárez 49'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul

Fenerbahçe 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain
ReportComan 18'
Ongenda 55'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul


Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Fenerbahçe
Sainrimat-Moreira 7'
Yaisien 65'
Report



Fenerbahçe 1–2 Juventus
Cici 57'ReportGerbaudo 25'
Schiavone 81'
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
CSKA Moscow640285+312
Ajax6321156+911
Chelsea6231126+69
Molde6015220−181

Kickoff times are in CET.

CSKA Moscow 2–1 Molde
Seredin 29'
Litvinov 74'
ReportSvendsen 27'
October Stadium, Moscow


Molde 0–1 CSKA Moscow
ReportZaseev 54'

Molde 0–5 Ajax
ReportDe Sa 14'
Fischer 19', 65', 81'
Sporkslede 90+3'

CSKA Moscow 0–1 Chelsea
ReportBoga 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'ReportSsewankambo 87'




Ajax 3–3 Chelsea
Bitter 16'
De Sa 61' (pen.)
De Bondt 89'
ReportKiwomya 12'
Feruz 39', 49'

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting CP64021211+112
Aston Villa6312128+410
PSV Eindhoven630369−39
Celtic6114810-24

Kickoff times are in CET.




Aston Villa 2–1 Celtic
Carruthers 21'
Melvin 35'
ReportIrvine 49'



Celtic 2–2 Aston Villa
Devine 53' (o.g.)
P. Twardzik 72'
ReportGraham 24'
Drennan 39'

Sporting CP 4–2 PSV Eindhoven
Ponde 18'
Mané 57'
Medeiros 73'
Veloso 90'
ReportSanoh 25'
Pinto 64' (o.g.)




Sporting CP 1–5 Aston Villa
Veloso 75'ReportDonacien 10'
Drennan 49', 88'
Burke 55', 78'

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Internazionale63121010010
Rosenborg63121010010
Liverpool63031410+49
Borussia Dortmund612359-45

Kickoff times are in CET.

Internazionale 3–2 Liverpool
Forte 19'
Belloni 45'
Garritano 80'
ReportAdorján 30' (pen.), 88'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan

Internazionale 1–0 Borussia Dortmund
Benassi 69'Report
Stadio Città di Meda, Meda





Rosenborg 3–0 Liverpool
Blakstad 6'
Bjørnholm 14'
Sørloth 30'
Report

Liverpool 4–1 Rosenborg
Jones 15'
Morgan 32', 45+2'
Sinclair 90+1'
ReportLundal 39'

Borussia Dortmund 2–2 Rosenborg
Benkarit 19'
Beutler 67'
ReportBjørnholm 3'
Blakstad 43'


Internazionale 3–1 Rosenborg
Forte 37', 85'
Pedrabissi 70'
ReportBlakstad 25'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan
Referee: Francesco Di Stefano (Italy)

Liverpool 4–1 Internazionale
Coady 29' (pen.), 77' (pen.)
Yeşil 34', 65'
ReportBenassi 62'

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Olympiacos623145−19
Arsenal622275+28
Marseille6222410−68
Athletic Bilbao6213127+57

Kickoff times are in CET.

Athletic Bilbao 4–0 Olympiacos
Guillermo 27' (pen.)
Jurgi Oteo 50'
Bengoa 59'
Santamaría 72'
Report
Attendance: 3000[5]


Marseille 2–1 Athletic Bilbao
Anani 45', 72'ReportJurgi Oteo 34'
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille

Olympiacos 2–0 Arsenal
Soukias 83'
Leandro 90'
Report

Marseille 0–0 Olympiacos
Report
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille


Marseille 1–0 Arsenal
Kisaku 90+3'Report
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille





Ranking of third-placed teams

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Chelsea6231126+69
5 Liverpool63031410+49
4 PSV Eindhoven630369−39
1 Tottenham Hotspur6222101008
6 Marseille6222410−68
2 Manchester City6123810−25

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.[6]

Key to colours
Group winners
Runners-up
Four best third-placed teams
SeededUnseeded
#Team Pts GD GF #Team Pts GD GF
1. Paris Saint-Germain13+5109. Aston Villa10+412
2. CSKA Moscow12+3810. Rosenborg10010
3. Sporting CP12+11211. Anderlecht9+28
4. Barcelona11+61212. Arsenal8+27
5. Internazionale1001013. Chelsea9+612
6. Olympiacos9−1414. Liverpool9+414
7. Juventus12+41315. PSV Eindhoven9−36
8. Ajax11+91516. Tottenham Hotspur8010

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'ReportDrennan 35'
Lewis 64'

Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 (a.e.t.) Tottenham Hotspur
Sainrimat-Moreira 65'ReportCoulthirst 34'
Penalties
3–4

Barcelona 0–2 Chelsea
ReportFeruz 43'
Boga 90'


CSKA Moscow 3–0 PSV Eindhoven
Bazelyuk 11', 22'
Georgievskiy 68'
Report
Akdeniz Stadium, Antalya


Internazionale 0–1 Arsenal
ReportYennaris 69'
Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, Milan

Quarterfinals

Chelsea 4–1 Juventus
Kiwomya 11'
Baker 13', 89'
Feruz 83'
ReportRugani 72'


Tottenham Hotspur 3–5 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP
Oduwa 8'
Dombaxe 81' (pen.)
Percil 90+3'
ReportBetinho 6', 17'
Semedo 64' (pen.)
Guedes 96'
Fokobo 104'

Arsenal 1–0 CSKA Moscow
Gnabry 56'Report
Attendance: 6,684[11]

Semifinals

Chelsea 4–3 (a.e.t.) Arsenal
Feruz 53'
Baker 61', 116'
Boga 65'
ReportAkpom 16', 89'
Gnabry 90'

Third place match

Final

Top goalscorers

Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Graham Burke Aston Villa7
Islam Feruz Chelsea
3 Michael Drennan Aston Villa6
4 Conor Coady Liverpool5
Shaq Coulthirst Tottenham Hotspur
Carlos Mané Sporting CP
7 Chuba Akpom Arsenal4
Lewis Baker Chelsea
Viktor Fischer Ajax
Alex Pritchard1 Tottenham Hotspur
11 Magnus Blakstad Rosenborg3
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