2012–13 in Italian football

The 2012–13 season was the 111th season of competitive football in Italy.

Football in Italy

Season	2012–13
Men's football
Serie A	Juventus
Serie B	Sassuolo
Coppa Italia	Lazio
Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

• Pescara
• Torino
• Sampdoria

Teams relegated from Serie A

• Lecce
• Novara
• Cesena

Teams promoted to Serie B

• Ternana
• Pro Vercelli
• Spezia
• Virtus Lanciano

Teams relegated from Serie B

• Vicenza
• Nocerina
• Gubbio
• AlbinoLeffe

Honours

Trophy & League Champions

Competition	Winner	Details	Stadium Location	Date	Match Report
Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus	2012 Supercoppa Italiana beat Napoli 4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Beijing National Stadium Beijing, China	11 August 2012	Report[permanent dead link]
Serie A	Juventus	2012–13 Serie A 0
Coppa Italia	Lazio	2012–13 Coppa Italia beat Roma 1 – 0	Stadio Olimpico Rome, Italy	26 May 2013
Serie B	Sassuolo	2012–13 Serie B 0
Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione	Avellino	2013 Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione beat Trapani 3–3 on aggregate (away goals)		23 May 2013
Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione	Salernitana	2013 Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione beat Pro Patria 5–1 on aggregate		25 May 2013
Coppa Italia Lega Pro	Latina	2012–13 Coppa Italia Lega Pro 0	Stadio Domenico Francioni Latina	24 April 2013

Promotion Winners

Competition	Winner	Details
Serie B	Verona	2nd
Lega Pro Prima Divisione	Trapani	Winner Group A
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione		Winner Girone A/B
	Savona	2nd in Girone A
	Pontedera	2nd in Girone B

Playoff Winners

Competition	Winner	Details
Serie B		2012–13 Serie B 0
Lega Pro Prima Divisione		Girone A 0
		Girone B 0
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione		Girone A 0
		Girone B 0

National teams

Italy national football team

Euro 2012

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Croatia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Spain  v  Italy

10 June 2012 UEFA Euro 2012	Spain	1–1	Italy	Gdańsk, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale 61'	Report	Fàbregas 64'	Stadium: PGE Arena Gdańsk Attendance: 38,869 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Italy  v  Croatia

14 June 2012 UEFA Euro 2012	Italy	1–1	Croatia	Poznań, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pirlo 39'	Report	Mandžukić 72'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 37,096 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Italy  v  Republic of Ireland

18 June 2012 UEFA Euro 2012	Italy	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Poznań, Poland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Federico Balzaretti  28' Cassano 35' De Rossi  71' Buffon  73' Balotelli 90'	Report	Andrews  37'  89' O'Shea  39' St Ledger  84'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 37,096 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Quarter-final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout phase

England  v  Italy

24 June 2012 UEFA Euro 2012	England	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Italy	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 64,340 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Gerrard Rooney Young Cole		Balotelli Montolivo Pirlo Nocerino Diamanti

Semi-final

Germany  v  Italy

28 June 2012 UEFA Euro 2012	Germany	1–2	Italy	Warsaw, Poland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Özil 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Balotelli 20', 36'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 55,540 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final

Spain  v  Italy

1 July 2012 UEFA Euro 2012	Spain	4–0	Italy	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Silva 14' Alba 41' Torres 84' Mata 88'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,170 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	6	4	0	19	9	+10	22	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup		—	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0
2	Denmark	10	4	4	2	17	12	+5	16			2–2	—	0–0	1–1	0–4	6–0
3	Czech Republic	10	4	3	3	13	9	+4	15			0–0	0–3	—	0–0	1–2	3–1
4	Bulgaria	10	3	4	3	14	9	+5	13			2–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–0	6–0
5	Armenia	10	4	1	5	12	13	−1	13			1–3	0–1	0–3	2–1	—	0–1
6	Malta	10	1	0	9	5	28	−23	3			0–2	1–2	1–4	1–2	0–1	—

Source: ^[1]

Bulgaria  v  Italy

7 September 2012 Matchday 1	Bulgaria	2 – 2	Italy	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
21:45 UTC+3	Manolev 30' G. Milanov 66'	Report	Osvaldo 36', 40'	Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Italy  v  Malta

11 September 2012 Matchday 2	Italy	2 – 0	Malta	Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena
20:45 UTC+2	Destro 5' Peluso 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

Armenia  v  Italy

12 October 2012 Matchday 3	Armenia	1 – 3	Italy	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
21:00 UTC+4	Mkhitaryan 28'	Report	Pirlo 11' (pen.) De Rossi 64' Osvaldo 82'	Attendance: 32,000[2] Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Italy  v  Denmark

16 October 2012 Matchday 4	Italy	3 – 1	Denmark	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
20:45 UTC+2	Montolivo 33' De Rossi 37' Balotelli 54'	Report	Kvist 45+1'	Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Malta  v  Italy

26 March 2013 Matchday 5	Malta	0 – 2	Italy	National Stadium, Ta' Qali
19:45 GMT			Balotelli 8' (pen.), 45'	Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Friendlies

Italy  v  England

15 August 2012	Italy	1 – 2	England	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:00 BST	De Rossi 15'	Report	Jagielka 28' Defoe 80'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sascha Kever

Italy  v  France

14 November 2012	Italy	1 – 2	France	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:50 CET	El Shaarawy 35'	Report	Valbuena 37' Gomis 67'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Netherlands  v  Italy

6 February 2013	Netherlands	1 – 1	Italy	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
14:20 CET	Lens 33'		Verratti 90'	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Italy national under-21 football team

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	8	6	1	1	27	8	+19	19	Play-offs
2	Turkey	8	5	0	3	13	7	+6	15
3	Republic of Ireland	8	4	1	3	15	10	+5	13
4	Hungary	8	4	0	4	11	10	+1	12
5	Liechtenstein	8	0	0	8	4	35	−31	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[3]	Scorers	Attendance
6 Sep 2012 – 17:00	Liechtenstein	Stadio Giuseppe Capozza, Casarano	7 – 0	De Luca 8', 39'; Immobile 28'; El Shaarawy 44', 54'; Viviani 45+1'; Sala 80' (pen.)
10 Sep 2012 – 18:30	Republic of Ireland	Stadio Giuseppe Capozza, Casarano	2 – 4	Caldirola 35'; El Shaarawy 89'

Play-offs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[3]	Scorers	Attendance
12 Oct 2012 – 21:00	Sweden	Stadio Adriatico, Pescara	1 – 0	Immobile 17'
16 Oct 2012 – 18:00	Sweden	Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar	3 – 2	Insigne 68'; Florenzi 73'; Immobile 86'

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The draw will take place in Israel at 28 November 2012. Italy is in Pot 3 with Germany, Russia and Norway; in Pot 1 there is Israel (assign to A1) and Spain (assign to B1) and in Pot 2 there is England and Netherlands.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Norway	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
3	Israel (H)	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	England	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

5 June 2013

21:30

England	0–1	Italy
		Insigne 79'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 10,660

Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

8 June 2013

21:30

Italy	4–0	Israel
Saponara 18' Gabbiadini 42', 53' Florenzi 71'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 13,750

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

11 June 2013

19:00

Norway	1–1	Italy
Strandberg 90'		Bertolacci 90'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

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15 June 2013

21:30

Italy	1–0	Netherlands
Borini 79'	Report

HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva

Attendance: 10,123

Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

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Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final

18 June 2013

19:00

Spain	4–2	Italy
Thiago 6', 31', 38' (pen.) Isco 66' (pen.)	Report	Immobile 10' Borini 80'

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Attendance: 29,300

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Italy women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	10	9	1	0	35	0	+35	28
Russia	10	7	1	2	31	6	+25	22
Poland	10	5	2	3	17	11	+6	17
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	3	1	6	12	21	−9	10
Greece	10	0	5	5	7	20	−13	5
Macedonia	10	0	2	8	5	49	−44	2

Source: UEFA.com

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[3]	Scorers	Attendance
16 Sep 2012 – 15:00	Poland	Stadio Riviera delle Palme, San Benedetto del Tronto	1 – 0	Panico 86'	390
19 Sep 2012 – 16:00	Greece	Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens	0 – 0		223

UEFA Women's Euro 2013

The final draw took place on 9 November 2012 at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg. Italy is in Pot 2 with England and Norway.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Denmark	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Finland	3	0	2	1	1	6	−5	2

Source: UEFA.com
(H) Hosts

10 July 2013

18:00

Italy	0–0	Finland

Örjans Vall, Halmstad

Attendance: 3,011

Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

13 July 2013

18:00

Italy	1–2	Denmark
Gabbiadini 55' Mauro 60'		Brogaard 66'

Örjans Vall, Halmstad

Attendance: 2,190

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

16 July 2013

20:30

Sweden	3–1	Italy
Manieri 47', O.G.' Schelin 49' Öqvist 57'		Gabbiadini 78'

Örjans Vall, Halmstad

Attendance: 7,288

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungry)

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21 July 2013

18:00

Italy	0–1	Germany
	Report	Laudehr 26'

Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö

Attendance: 9,265

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

League table

Serie A

Main article: 2012–13 Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	27	6	5	71	24	+47	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Napoli	38	23	9	6	73	36	+37	78
3	Milan	38	21	9	8	67	39	+28	72	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Fiorentina	38	21	7	10	72	44	+28	70	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
5	Udinese	38	18	12	8	59	45	+14	66	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
6	Roma	38	18	8	12	71	56	+15	62
7	Lazio	38	18	7	13	51	42	+9	61	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
8	Catania	38	15	11	12	50	46	+4	56
9	Inter Milan	38	16	6	16	55	57	−2	54
10	Parma	38	13	10	15	45	46	−1	49
11	Cagliari	38	12	11	15	43	55	−12	47
12	Chievo	38	12	9	17	37	52	−15	45
13	Bologna	38	11	11	16	46	52	−6	44
14	Sampdoria	38	11	10	17	43	51	−8	42[b]
15	Atalanta	38	11	9	18	39	56	−17	40[c]
16	Torino	38	8	16	14	46	55	−9	39[b]
17	Genoa	38	8	14	16	38	52	−14	38
18	Palermo (R)	38	6	14	18	34	54	−20	32	Relegation to Serie B
19	Siena (R)	38	9	9	20	36	57	−21	30[d]
20	Pescara (R)	38	6	4	28	27	84	−57	22

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th public draw.
(Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played)^[8]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lazio qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.
2. Sampdoria and Torino were docked 1 point due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[4][5]
3. Atalanta was docked 2 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[6][7]
4. Siena was docked 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[4]

Serie B

Main article: 2012–13 Serie B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sassuolo (C, P)	42	25	10	7	78	40	+38	85	Promotion to Serie A
2	Hellas Verona (P)	42	23	13	6	67	32	+35	82
3	Livorno (O, P)	42	23	11	8	77	47	+30	80	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Empoli	42	20	13	9	69	51	+18	73
5	Novara[a]	42	19	10	13	73	46	+27	64
6	Brescia	42	15	17	10	58	50	+8	62
7	Varese[b]	42	16	13	13	55	53	+2	60
8	Modena[c]	42	15	12	15	52	51	+1	55
9	Ternana	42	12	17	13	37	38	−1	53[d]
10	Bari[e]	42	16	12	14	55	47	+8	53[d]
11	Padova	42	12	17	13	47	51	−4	53[d]
12	Crotone[f]	42	14	13	15	45	56	−11	53[d]
13	Spezia	42	12	15	15	52	58	−6	51
14	Cesena	42	12	14	16	46	58	−12	50[g]
15	Cittadella	42	12	14	16	48	61	−13	50[g]
16	Juve Stabia	42	12	14	16	54	65	−11	50[g]
17	Reggina[c]	42	12	15	15	42	51	−9	49
18	Virtus Lanciano[h]	42	9	21	12	50	60	−10	48
19	Vicenza (R)	42	10	12	20	41	58	−17	42	Relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione
20	Ascoli[b] (R)	42	11	9	22	48	67	−19	41
21	Pro Vercelli (R)	42	8	9	25	37	67	−30	33
22	Grosseto (R)	42	7	13	22	44	72	−28	28[i]

Source: Serie B
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Novara was docked 3 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.
2. Ascoli and Varese were docked 1 point due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.
3. Modena and Reggina were docked 2 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.
4. TER: 11pts ; BAR: 10pts ; PAD: 8pts ; CRO: 2pts
5. Bari was docked 7 points: 2 points due to financial irregularities and 5 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.
6. Crotone was docked 2 points due to financial irregularities.
7. CES: 8pts ; CIT: 5pts ; JST: 2pts
8. No relegation playoffs will be held as Virtus Lanciano is more than 4 points clear of 4th-last place.
9. Grosseto was docked 6 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.

Italian clubs in international competitions

Juventus

Main article: 2012–13 Juventus F.C. season

2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	SHK	CHE	NOR
1	Juventus	6	3	3	0	12	4	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–0	4–0
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10[a]			0–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Chelsea	6	3	1	2	16	10	+6	10[a]	Transfer to Europa League		2–2	3–2	—	6–1
4	Nordsjælland	6	0	1	5	4	22	−18	1			1–1	2–5	0–4	—

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Chelsea 1.

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result[9]	Scorers	Attendance
19 Sep 2012 – 20:45	Chelsea	A	2 – 2	Vidal 38'; Quagliarella 80'	40,918
2 Oct 2012 – 20:45	Shakhtar Donetsk	H	1 – 1	Bonucci 25'	29,368
23 Oct 2012 – 20:45	Nordsjælland	A	1 – 1	Vučinić 81'	22,404
7 Nov 2012 – 20:45	Nordsjælland	H	4 – 0
20 Nov 2012 – 20:45	Chelsea	H	3 – 0
5 Dec 2012 – 20:45	Shakhtar Donetsk	A	0 – 1
12 Feb 2013 – 20:45	Celtic	A	0 – 3
6 Mar 2013 – 20:45	Celtic	H	2 – 0

Milan

Main article: 2012–13 A.C. Milan season

2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MLG	MIL	ZEN	AND
1	Málaga	6	3	3	0	12	5	+7	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	3–0	2–2
2	Milan	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8			1–1	—	0–1	0–0
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to Europa League		2–2	2–3	—	1–0
4	Anderlecht	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	5			0–3	1–3	1–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result[10]	Scorers	Attendance
18 Sep 2012 – 20:45	Anderlecht	H	0 – 0		27,593
3 Oct 2012 – 18:00	Zenit St. Petersburg	A	3 – 2	Emanuelson 13'; El Shaarawy 16'; Hubočan 75' (o.g.)	21,703
24 Oct 2012 – 20:45	Málaga	A	0 – 1		27,683
6 Nov 2012 – 20:45	Málaga	H	–
21 Nov 2012 – 20:45	Anderlecht	A	–
4 Dec 2012 – 20:45	Zenit St. Petersburg	H	–

Udinese

Main article: 2012–13 Udinese Calcio season

2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result[11]	Scorers	Attendance
22 Aug 2012 – 20:45	Play-off First Leg	Braga	A	1 – 1	Basta 23'	13,520
28 Aug 2012 – 18:00	Play-off Second Leg	Braga	H	1 – 1 (4 – 5 p)	Armero 25'	19,560

2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	ANZ	YB	UDI
1	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	2–2	2–3
2	Anzhi Makhachkala	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10[a]			1–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	Young Boys	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10[a]			3–5	3–1	—	3–1
4	Udinese	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4			0–1	1–1	2–3	—

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Liverpool 7, Anzhi Makhachkala 6, Young Boys 4.

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result[11]	Scorers	Attendance
20 Sep 2012 – 19:00	Anzhi Makhachkala	H	1 – 1	Di Natale 90+2'	7,220
4 Oct 2012 – 21:05	Liverpool	A	3 – 2	Di Natale 46'; Coates 70' (o.g.); Pasquale 72'	40,092
25 Oct 2012 – 21:05	Young Boys	A	1 – 2	Coda 74'	20,143
8 Nov 2012 – 19:00	Young Boys	H	2 – 3	Di Natale 47', Fabbrini 83'
22 Nov 2012 – 18:00	Anzhi Makhachkala	A	2 – 0		8,556
6 Dec 2012 – 19:00	Liverpool	H	0 – 1		12,000

Napoli

Main article: 2012–13 S.S.C. Napoli season

2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DNI	NAP	PSV	AIK
1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6	5	0	1	16	8	+8	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	2–0	4–0
2	Napoli	6	3	0	3	12	12	0	9			4–2	—	1–3	4–0
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7			1–2	3–0	—	1–1
4	AIK	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4			2–3	1–2	1–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result[12]	Scorers	Attendance
20 Sep 2012 – 19:00	AIK	H	4 – 0	Vargas 6', 46', 69'; Džemaili 90+1'	35,000
4 Oct 2012 – 21:05	PSV Eindhoven	A	0 – 3		18,200
25 Oct 2012 – 21:05	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	A	1 – 3	Cavani 75' (pen.)	29,000
8 Nov 2012 – 19:00	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	H	4 – 2	Cavani 7', 77', 88', 90'	35,000
22 Nov 2012 – 21:05	AIK	A	1 – 2	Džemaili 20'; Cavani 90' (pen.)	9,434
6 Dec 2012 – 19:00	PSV Eindhoven	H	1 – 3	Cavani 18'	9,434

Lazio

Main article: 2012–13 S.S. Lazio season

2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result[13]	Scorers	Attendance
23 Aug 2012 – 21:00	Play-off First Leg	Mura 05	A	2 – 0	Hernanes 31'; Klose 59'	4,200
28 Aug 2012 – 18:00	Play-off Second Leg	Mura 05	H	3 – 1	Kozák 30', 55'; Zárate 42'	12,138

2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAZ	TOT	PAN	MRB
1	Lazio	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	3–0	1–0
2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10			0–0	—	3–1	3–1
3	Panathinaikos	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5			1–1	1–1	—	1–0
4	Maribor	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4			1–4	1–1	3–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result[13]	Scorers	Attendance
20 Sep 2012 – 21:05	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 – 0		25,030
4 Oct 2012 – 19:00	Maribor	H	1 – 0	Ederson 62'	10,000
25 Oct 2012 – 19:00	Panathinaikos	A	1 – 1	Seitaridis 25' (o.g.)	17,000
8 Nov 2012 – 21:05	Panathinaikos	H	3 – 0	Kozák 23', 40'; Floccari 59'	9,086
22 Nov 2012 – 19:00	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0 – 0		23,318
6 Dec 2012 – 21:05	Maribor	A	4 – 1	Kozák 16'; Radu 32'; Floccari 38', 51'	10,300

Internazionale

Main article: 2012–13 Inter Milan season

2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result[14]	Scorers	Attendance
2 Aug 2012 – 20:45	Third round First Leg	Hajduk Split	A	3 – 0	Sneijder 18'; Nagatomo 44'; Coutinho 73'	35,000
9 Aug 2012 – 20:45	Third round Second Leg	Hajduk Split	H	0 – 2		44,154
23 Aug 2012 – 20:45	Play-off First Leg	Vaslui	A	2 – 0	Cambiasso 23'; Palacio 73'	13,500
28 Aug 2012 – 20:45	Play-off Second Leg	Vaslui	H	2 – 2	Palacio 76'; Guarín 90+2'	41,326

2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RUB	INT	PAR	NEF
1	Rubin Kazan	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	2–0	1–0
2	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11			2–2	—	1–0	2–2
3	Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3[a]			1–1	1–3	—	0–0
4	Neftçi	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3[a]			0–1	1–3	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (2) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Partizan 1, Neftçi 0.

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result[14]	Scorers	Attendance
20 Sep 2012 – 21:05	Rubin Kazan	H	2 – 2	Livaja 39'; Nagatomo 90+2'	28,472
4 Oct 2012 – 18:00	Neftchi Baku	A	3 – 1	Coutinho 10'; Obi 30'; Livaja 42'	31,400
25 Oct 2012 – 19:00	Partizan	H	1 – 0	Palacio 88'	18,626
8 Nov 2012 – 21:05	Partizan	A	3 – 1	Palacio 51'; 75'; Guarín 87'	17,186
22 Nov 2012 – 18:00	Rubin Kazan	A	0 – 3		12,348
6 Dec 2012 – 21:05	Neftchi Baku	H	2 – 2	Livaja 9'; 54';	6,150

2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result[14]	Scorers	Attendance
14 Feb 2013 – 21:05	Round of 32 First Leg	CFR Cluj	H	2 – 0	Palacio 20'; 87'	14,790
21 Feb 2013 – 19:00	Round of 32 Second Leg	CFR Cluj	A	3 – 0	Guarín 22'; 45+2'; Benassi 89'	11,027
7 Mar 2013 – 21:05	Round of 16 First Leg	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 – 3		34,353
14 Mar 2013 – 19:00	Round of 16 Second Leg	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4 – 1	Cassano 20'; Palacio 52'; Gallas 75';(o.g.) Álvarez 110'	18,241

Transfers

Main articles: List of Italian football transfers summer 2012 (July), List of Italian football transfers summer 2012 (August), and List of Italian football transfers summer 2012 (co-ownership)