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2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play off round

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The 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round decided 10 of the 32 teams which played in the group stage.

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Format

There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:

  • Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
  • League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

    • Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. In the event that aggregate score finished level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shootout.

    In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. The seeding in these draws (or in any cases where the results of a tie in the previous round were not known at the time of draw) was carried out under the assumption that the higher-ranked teams of the previous round would advance to this round, which means if a lower-ranked team were to advance, it would simply take the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

    Teams

    Below were the 54 teams (40 in Champions Route, 14 in League Route) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round dropped down to the Europa League play-off round and group stage respectively.

    0–0 on aggregate. Linfield won 4–3 on penalties.

    Valletta won 9–0 on aggregate.

    F91 Dudelange won 11–0 on aggregate.

    Seeding

    Notes
  • † Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw
    • Notes
  • Note 1: Neftchi Baku played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku.

    • Slovan Liberec won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Molde won 4–1 on aggregate.

    4–4 on aggregate. F91 Dudelange won on away goals.

    Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Ekranas won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Neftchi Baku won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.

    Debrecen won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Partizan won 7–2 on aggregate.

    Maribor won 6–2 on aggregate.

    HJK won 9–1 on aggregate.

    Helsingborg won 3–0 on aggregate.

    BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.

    AEL Limassol won 3–0 on aggregate.

    Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Śląsk Wrocław won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Notes
  • Note 2: Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their home match at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa instead of their regular stadium, Municipal Stadium, Kiryat Shmona.
  • Note 3: Debrecen played their home match at Városi Stadion, Nyíregyháza instead of their regular stadium, Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen.
  • Note 4: Željezničar played their home match at Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo instead of their regular stadium, Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo.

    • Seeding

    Notes
  • † Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw (teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw for this round)
    • Notes
  • Note 5: Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their home match at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa as instead of their regular stadium, Municipal Stadium, Kiryat Shmona.
  • Note 6: AEL Limassol played their home match at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca instead of their regular stadium, Tsirion Stadium, Limassol.

    • Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

    BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Helsingborg won 6–1 on aggregate.

    Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 6–2 on aggregate.

    CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Anderlecht won 11–0 on aggregate.

    Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Dinamo Zagreb won 5–0 on aggregate.

    AEL Limassol won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Panathinaikos won 5–0 on aggregate.

    Notes
  • Note 7: Debrecen played their home match at Városi Stadion, Nyíregyháza instead of their regular stadium, Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen.
  • Note 8: Neftchi Baku played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku.
  • Note 9: Ekranas played their home match at LFF Stadium, Vilnius instead of their regular stadium, Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys.
  • Note 10: Vaslui played their home match at Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț instead of their regular stadium, Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui.

    • Matches

    Notes
  • Note 11: Order of legs reversed after original draw.
    • Notes
  • Note 12: BATE Borisov played their home match at Dinamo Stadium, Minsk as their regular stadium (City Stadium in Borisov) did not meet UEFA criteria.
  • Note 13: AEL Limassol played their home match at GSP Stadium, Nicosia instead of their regular stadium, Tsirion Stadium, Limassol.

    • BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

    2–2 on aggregate. Braga won 5–4 on penalties.

    Málaga won 2–0 on aggregate.

    CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Celtic won 4–0 on aggregate.

    Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Lille won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Notes
  • Note 14: Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their home match at Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan instead of their regular stadium, Municipal Stadium, Kiryat Shmona.

    • Statistics

    There were 226 goals in 88 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

    References

    2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round Wikipedia
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