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2012–13 NextGen Series
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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.
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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.
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Group stage
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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.
Group 1
Kickoff times are in CET.
Referee: Rafael Díaz Melero (Spain)
Attendance: 693[2]
Attendance: 8,850
Hotspur Way, London
Attendance: 7,261[3]
Attendance: 295[4]
Hotspur Way, London
Group 2
Kickoff times are in CET.
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
Maltepe Stadý, Istanbul
Group 3
Kickoff times are in CET.
October Stadium, Moscow
October Stadium, Moscow
October Stadium, Moscow
Group 4
Kickoff times are in CET.
Group 5
Kickoff times are in CET.
Stadio Città di Meda, Meda
Referee: Francesco Di Stefano (Italy)
Group 6
Kickoff times are in CET.
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
Marcel-Cerdan Stadium, Marseille
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Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
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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]
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
 Barcelona | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Chelsea | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Juventus | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Juventus | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Rosenborg | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chelsea (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Internazionale | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 1 | |||||||||||||
 CSKA Moscow | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CSKA Moscow | 3 | |||||||||||||
 PSV Eindhoven | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Aston Villa | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ajax | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Aston Villa | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Aston Villa | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Olympiacos | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Olympiacos | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Anderlecht | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Aston Villa | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Sporting CP | 1 | Third place match | ||||||||||||
 Paris Saint-Germain | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | Arsenal | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sporting CP (a.e.t.) | 5 | Sporting CP | 3 | |||||||||||
| Sporting CP | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Liverpool | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
Akdeniz Stadium, Antalya
Quarterfinals
Attendance: 6,684[11]
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
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Top goalscorers
Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition:
- Note
1: ^ In January 2013 Alex Pritchard moved on loan from Tottenham Hotspur to Peterborough United.
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