2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage

The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage featured 48 teams: the 7 automatic qualifiers, the 31 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round.^[1]

The teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.^[2]

Seeding

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2012, 13:00 CEST (UTC+2), at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.

Teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients.^[3] The title holders, Atlético Madrid, were automatically seeded into Pot 1.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32

Pot 1 Team Coeff Atlético MadridTH 100.837 InternazionaleQ 104.996 Lyon 94.835 LiverpoolQ 90.882 MarseilleQ 85.835 Sporting CPQ 82.069 PSV EindhovenQ 76.103 Tottenham Hotspur 66.882 Bayer Leverkusen 60.037 BordeauxQ 58.835 TwenteQ 57.103 StuttgartQ 55.037

Pot 2 Team Coeff BaselCL 53.360 Metalist KharkivQ 52.526 PanathinaikosCL 50.920 Athletic BilbaoQ 47.837 CopenhagenCL 46.505 FenerbahçeCL 41.310 Rubin Kazan 40.566 Napoli 39.996 UdineseCL 38.996 Club BruggeQ 35.480 Hapoel Tel AvivQ 31.400 Hannover 96Q 31.037

Pot 3 Team Coeff LazioQ 29.996 Steaua BucureștiQ 26.764 Sparta PragueQ 25.570 RosenborgQ 20.935 Newcastle UnitedQ 16.882 Young BoysQ 16.860 LevanteQ 16.837 GenkQ 16.480 Borussia MönchengladbachCL 15.037 PartizanQ 14.350 Viktoria PlzeňQ 14.070 Dnipro DnipropetrovskQ 14.026

Pot 4 Team Coeff HelsingborgCL 12.680 MarítimoQ 12.569 Rapid WienQ 12.225 Académica 11.069 Anzhi MakhachkalaQ 9.566 MariborCL 6.424 AIKQ 5.680 AEL LimassolCL 5.099 Ironi Kiryat ShmonaCL 4.400 MoldeQ 3.935 VideotonQ 3.450 Neftchi BakuQ 2.241

Notes

• th Title holder (automatically gets the top position of seeding list)
• ^Q Qualifiers through play-off round
• ^CL Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round

Each group contained one team from each of the four pots, with the restriction that teams from the same national association cannot be drawn against each other. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups played their matches at 19:00 CET/CEST, while the other six groups played their matches at 21:05 CET/CEST, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday. There were other restrictions, e.g., teams from the same city in general did not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days), and Russian teams did not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:^[2]

1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
5. If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1) to 4) are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6) to 8) apply;
6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
8. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

The matchdays were 20 September, 4 October, 25 October, 8 November, 22 November, and 6 December 2012.^[4]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32

Times up to 27 October 2012 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Liverpool	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
Anzhi Makhachkala	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
Young Boys	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10
Udinese	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

Tiebreakers

• Liverpool, Anzhi Makhachkala, and Young Boys are ranked by their head-to-head record.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Liverpool	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7
Anzhi Makhachkala	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
Young Boys	4	1	1	2	8	10	−2	4

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Notes

• Note 1: Anzhi Makhachkala played their home matches at Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow instead of their regular stadium, Dynamo Stadium, Makhachkala, due to security issues involving the city of Makhachkala and the autonomous republic of Dagestan.^[15]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Viktoria Plzeň	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13
Atlético Madrid	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	12
Académica	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fenerbahçe	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13
Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
Marseille	6	1	2	3	9	11	−2	5
AEL Limassol	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4

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Notes

• Note 2: AEL Limassol played their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia instead of their regular stadium, Tsirion Stadium, Limassol.

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bordeaux	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13
Newcastle United	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9
Marítimo	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	6
Club Brugge	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5	4

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Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Steaua București	6	3	2	1	9	9	0	11
Stuttgart	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8
Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
Molde	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6

Tiebreakers

• Stuttgart are ranked ahead of Copenhagen on head-to-head points.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Stuttgart	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Copenhagen	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6	5	0	1	16	8	+8	15
Napoli	6	3	0	3	12	12	0	9
PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7
AIK	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4

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Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Genk	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12
Basel	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	9
Videoton	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6
Sporting CP	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5

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Notes

• Note 3: The Sporting CP v Videoton match, originally scheduled to take place on 6 December 2012, 21:05 CET, was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[59] It was rescheduled to take place on 7 December 2012, 21:05 CET.

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rubin Kazan	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	14
Internazionale	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11
Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3
Neftchi Baku	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3

Tiebreakers

• Partizan are ranked ahead of Neftchi Baku on head-to-head away goals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	AG	Pts
Partizan	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2
Neftchi Baku	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2

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Notes

• Note 4: Neftchi Baku played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku.

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	6	5	1	0	14	8	+6	16
Sparta Prague	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9
Athletic Bilbao	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

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Notes

• Note 5: Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their home matches at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa instead of their regular stadium, Municipal Stadium, Kiryat Shmona.
• Note 6: The Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Athletic Bilbao match, originally scheduled to take place on 22 November 2012, 19:00 CET, was postponed by UEFA on 21 November due to the ongoing security situation in Israel.^[73] It was rescheduled to take place on 28 November 2012, 19:00 CET.^[74]

Group J

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lazio	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	12
Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10
Panathinaikos	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5
Maribor	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4

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Group K

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Metalist Kharkiv	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13
Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13
Rosenborg	6	2	0	4	7	10	−3	6
Rapid Wien	6	1	0	5	4	14	−10	3

Tiebreakers

• Metalist Kharkiv are ranked ahead of Bayer Leverkusen on head-to-head points.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Metalist Kharkiv	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Bayer Leverkusen	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

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Notes

• Note 7: Rapid Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna instead of their regular stadium, Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna.
• Note 8: The Rapid Wien v Rosenborg match was played behind closed doors due to the punishment handed to Rapid Wien by UEFA following incidents at their play-off round first leg against PAOK on 23 August 2012.^[90]

Group L

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hannover 96	6	3	3	0	11	8	+3	12
Levante	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
Helsingborg	6	1	1	4	9	12	−3	4
Twente	6	0	4	2	5	10	−5	4

Tiebreakers

• Helsingborg are ranked ahead of Twente on head-to-head points.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Helsingborg	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Twente	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

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References

External links

• 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, UEFA.com