2012–13 UEFA Europa League
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The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
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For the 2012–13 edition, the following changes were made from the 2011–12 edition:
- The cup winners of the six top-ranked associations had direct access to the UEFA Europa League group stage.[3] This allocation of slots has a direct impact on the qualification path, and adaptations were made to the access list in order to accommodate these changes.[4]
- Matchdays 5 and 6 were no longer held on exclusive weeks, but instead were played on the same weeks as Matchdays 5 and 6 of the UEFA Champions League.[5]
Atlético Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Rubin Kazan in the Round of 32.
Association team allocation
A total of 193 teams from 53
- Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify
- Associations 10–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify
- Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify
- Liechtenstein has one team qualify (as it organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league)
- The top three associations of the 2011–12 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
- Moreover, 32 teams eliminated from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League (this is one fewer than usual as Tottenham Hotspur did not participate in the UEFA Champions League non-champions qualifying path due to Chelsea winning the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League)
The winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry is not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.
Association ranking
For the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2011
Rank | Association | Coeff | Teams | Notes |
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1 | England | 85.785 | 3 | +1(UCL) |
2 | Spain | 82.329 | ||
3 | Germany | 69.436 | +1(UCL) | |
4 | Italy | 60.552 | +1(UCL) | |
5 | France | 53.678 | ||
6 | Portugal | 51.596 | +1(UCL) | |
7 | Russia | 44.707 | 4 | +1(UCL) |
8 | Ukraine
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43.883 | +1(UCL) | |
9 | Netherlands | 40.129 | +1(FP) +2(UCL) | |
10 | Turkey | 35.050 | 3 | +1(UCL) |
11 | Greece | 34.166 | +2(UCL) | |
12 | Denmark | 30.550 | +1(UCL) | |
13 | Belgium | 27.000 | +1(UCL) | |
14 | Romania | 25.824 | +2(UCL) | |
15 | Scotland | 25.141 | +1(UCL) | |
16 | Switzerland | 24.900 | +1(UCL) | |
17 | Israel | 22.000 | +1(UCL) | |
18 | Czech Republic | 20.850 | +1(UCL) |
Rank | Association | Coeff | Teams | Notes |
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19 | Austria | 20.700 | 3 | |
20 | Cyprus | 18.124 | +1(UCL) | |
21 | Bulgaria | 17.875 | ||
22 | Croatia | 16.124 | ||
23 | Belarus | 16.083 | +1(UCL) | |
24 | Poland | 15.916 | +1(UCL) | |
25 | Slovakia | 14.499 | ||
26 | Norway
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14.375 | +1(FP) +1(UCL) | |
27 | Serbia | 14.250 | +1(UCL) | |
28 | Sweden | 14.125 | +1(UCL) | |
29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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9.124 | ||
30 | Finland | 8.966 | +1(FP) +1(UCL) | |
31 | Republic of Ireland | 8.708 | ||
32 | Hungary | 8.500 | +1(UCL) | |
33 | Moldova
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7.749 | +1(UCL) | |
34 | Lithuania | 7.708 | +1(UCL) | |
35 | Latvia | 7.415 | ||
36 | Georgia | 6.957 |
Rank | Association | Coeff | Teams | Notes |
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37 | Azerbaijan | 6.165 | 3 | +1(UCL) |
38 | Slovenia | 6.124 | +1(UCL) | |
39 | Macedonia | 5.207 | ||
40 | Iceland | 4.957 | ||
41 | Kazakhstan
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4.374 | ||
42 | Liechtenstein | 4.000 | 1 | |
43 | Montenegro | 3.875 | 3 | |
44 | Albania | 3.874 | ||
45 | Estonia | 3.791 | ||
46 | Wales | 2.790 | ||
47 | Armenia | 2.583 | ||
48 | Malta | 2.416 | ||
49 | Northern Ireland | 2.249 | ||
50 | Faroe Islands | 1.416 | ||
51 | Luxembourg | 1.374 | +1(UCL) | |
52 | Andorra | 1.000 | 2 | |
53 | San Marino | 0.916 |
- Notes
- FP: Additional berth via Fair Play ranking (Norway, Finland, Netherlands)[9]
- UCL: Additional teams transferred from the Champions League
Distribution
Due to the following reasons, changes to the default allocation system had to be made:
- The title holders, Barcelona won the 2011–12 Copa del Rey. As a result, this spot in the group stage was vacated.
- Only 14 losers (instead of the default 15) from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round.
The following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for these vacated spots:[10][11][12]
- The domestic cup winners of association 7 (Russia) were promoted from the play-off round to the group stage.
- The domestic cup winners of associations 16 and 17 (Switzerland and Israel) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
- The domestic cup winners of associations 19 and 20 (Austria and Cyprus) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The domestic cup winners of associations 33, 34, 35 and 36 (Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia and Georgia) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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First qualifying round (74 teams) |
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Second qualifying round (80 teams) |
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Third qualifying round (58 teams) |
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Play-off round (62 teams) |
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Group stage (48 teams) |
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Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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Redistribution rules
A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:[6]
- When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated. As a result, either of the following teams qualify for the Europa League:
- The domestic cup runners-up, provided they have not yet qualified for European competitions, qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other Europa League qualifiers moved up one "place".
- Otherwise, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place".
- When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
- For associations where a Europa League place is reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualify as stated above). If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place is taken by the highest-placed league team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.
- A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which have not yet qualified for European competitions.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[13][14]
- TH: Title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
- CL4R: League placed 4th but entered Europa League due to Champions League 4 teams per association rule
- P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
- FP: Fair Play
- UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
- GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
- PO: Losers from the play-off round
- Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
- Notes
- ^ 2011–12 Gambrinus liga, entered the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and Mladá Boleslav, the fourth-placed team of the league, took one of Czech Republic's Europa League places in the second qualifying round.