NextGen Series 2012/13

NextGen Series 2012/13
Cup winners	Aston Villa (1st title)
Beginning	August 15, 2012
final	April 1, 2013
Final stadium	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia , Como
Teams	24
Games	88
Gates	268  (ø 3.05 per game)
Top scorer	Graham Burke ( Aston Villa ) Islam Feruz ( Chelsea FC ) (7 goals each)
← NextGen Series 2011/12

The NextGen Series 2012/13 was the second and final playout of of film producer Justin Andrews and the sporting director of FC Brentford Mark Warburton initiated European football club competition for male soccer players under 19 years. Due to the increased field of participants, 24 clubs from 13 national associations of UEFA took part for the first time this season . In the 2013/14 season, the competition was replaced by the UEFA Youth League .

The season began with the first group matches on August 15, 2012 and ended with the final on April 1, 2013 at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in Como, northern Italy . The two semi-finals on March 29 and the game for third place on March 31, 2013 also took place in this stadium.

The game was played along the lines of European club competitions in a combination of group stage with home and away legs and a knockout system from the round of 16. It was played in six groups of four teams each. The two best teams in each group and the four best third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16.

Group stage

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Barcelona	6th	3	2	1	012: 600	+6	11
2.	RSC Anderlecht	6th	2	3	1	008: 600	+2	09
3.	Tottenham Hotspur	6th	2	2	2	010:100	± 0	08th
4th	VfL Wolfsburg	6th	1	1	4th	009:170	−8	04th

August 15, 2012
FC Barcelona	1: 1	RSC Anderlecht	Mini Estadi
22nd August 2012
VfL Wolfsburg	2: 3	Tottenham Hotspur	VfL stadium on Elsterweg
September 12, 2012
RSC Anderlecht	1: 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
September 13, 2012
Tottenham Hotspur	0: 2	FC Barcelona	White Hart Lane
3rd October 2012
VfL Wolfsburg	0: 5	FC Barcelona	Volkswagen Arena
October 10, 2012
RSC Anderlecht	0-0	FC Barcelona	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
October 24, 2012
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Hotspur Way
October 31, 2012
RSC Anderlecht	1: 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
November 7, 2012
FC Barcelona	1: 4	Tottenham Hotspur	Mini Estadi
November 21, 2012
FC Barcelona	3: 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mini Estadi
November 28, 2012
VfL Wolfsburg	2: 3	RSC Anderlecht	VfL stadium on Elsterweg
December 13, 2012
Tottenham Hotspur	0: 2	RSC Anderlecht	Hotspur Way

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Paris Saint-Germain	6th	4th	1	1	008: 300	+5	13
2.	Juventus Turin	6th	3	3	0	009: 600	+3	12
3.	Manchester City	6th	1	2	3	008:100	−2	05
4th	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	6th	0	2	4th	005:110	−6	02

29th August 2012
Juventus Turin	3: 3	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta
August 30, 2012
Manchester City	0: 2	Paris Saint-Germain	Ewen Fields
September 13, 2012
Manchester City	3: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Ewen Fields
19th September 2012
Juventus Turin	2-0	Paris Saint-Germain	Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta
4th October 2012
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1: 1	Manchester City	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadı
October 24, 2012
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0: 2	Paris Saint-Germain	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadı
October 31, 2012
Juventus Turin	1: 1	Manchester City	Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta
November 7, 2012
Paris Saint-Germain	2-0	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Stade Georges Lefèvre
November 8, 2012
Manchester City	2: 3	Juventus Turin	Ewen Fields
November 28, 2012
Paris Saint-Germain	2: 1	Manchester City	Stade Georges Lefèvre
5th December 2012
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1: 2	Juventus Turin	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadı
December 19, 2012
Paris Saint-Germain	2: 2	Juventus Turin	Stade Georges Lefèvre

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CSKA Moscow	6th	4th	0	2	008: 500	+3	12
2.	Ajax Amsterdam	6th	3	2	1	015: 600	+9	11
3.	Chelsea FC	6th	2	3	1	012: 600	+6	09
4th	Molde FK	6th	0	1	5	002:200	−18	01

August 15, 2012
CSKA Moscow	2: 1	Molde FK	October Stadium
August 28, 2012
Chelsea FC	1: 2	CSKA Moscow	Cobham Training Center
September 13, 2012
Molde FK	0: 1	CSKA Moscow	Aker Stadium
19th September 2012
Molde FK	0: 5	Ajax Amsterdam	Aker Stadium
3rd October 2012
CSKA Moscow	0: 1	Chelsea FC	October Stadium
4th October 2012
Ajax Amsterdam	5-0	Molde FK	Sports park De Toekomst
October 30, 2012
CSKA Moscow	2-0	Ajax Amsterdam	October Stadium
October 31, 2012
Molde FK	1: 1	Chelsea FC	Aker Stadium
November 6, 2012
Ajax Amsterdam	2: 1	CSKA Moscow	Sports park De Toekomst
November 8, 2012
Chelsea FC	6-0	Molde FK	Cobham Training Center
December 12, 2012
Chelsea FC	0-0	Ajax Amsterdam	Recreation Ground (Aldershot)
January 29, 2013
Ajax Amsterdam	3: 3	Chelsea FC	Sports park De Toekomst

Group 4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sporting Lisbon	6th	4th	0	2	012:110	+1	12
2.	Aston Villa	6th	3	1	2	012: 800	+4	10
3.	PSV Eindhoven	6th	3	0	3	006: 900	−3	09
4th	Celtic Glasgow	6th	1	1	4th	008:100	−2	04th

August 15, 2012
Aston Villa	1: 3	Sporting Lisbon	Villa Park
29th August 2012
PSV Eindhoven	1-0	Aston Villa	De hearth passage
September 6, 2012
Celtic Glasgow	1: 2	Sporting Lisbon	Firhill Stadium
19th September 2012
Aston Villa	2: 1	Celtic Glasgow	Villa Park
September 26, 2012
PSV Eindhoven	1-0	Sporting Lisbon	De hearth passage
3rd October 2012
Celtic Glasgow	3: 1	PSV Eindhoven	Firhill Stadium
October 24, 2012
Celtic Glasgow	2: 2	Aston Villa	Firhill Stadium
Sporting Lisbon	4: 2	PSV Eindhoven	Puma Academy
November 7, 2012
Aston Villa	2-0	PSV Eindhoven	Villa Park
November 21, 2012
Sporting Lisbon	2: 1	Celtic Glasgow	Estádio José Alvalade XXI
November 28, 2012
PSV Eindhoven	1-0	Celtic Glasgow	De hearth passage
Sporting Lisbon	1: 5	Aston Villa	Puma Academy

Group 5

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Inter Milan	6th	3	1	2	010:100	± 0	10
2.	Rosenborg Trondheim	6th	3	1	2	010:100	± 0	10
3.	Liverpool FC	6th	3	0	3	014:100	+4	09
4th	Borussia Dortmund	6th	1	2	3	005: 900	−4	05

19th September 2012
Inter Milan	3: 2	Liverpool FC	Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti
September 26, 2012
Inter Milan	1-0	Borussia Dortmund	"Città di Meda" stadium
17th October 2012
Rosenborg Trondheim	1-0	Borussia Dortmund	Lerkendal Stadium
October 31, 2012
Borussia Dortmund	2: 1	Liverpool FC	Red Earth Stadium
Rosenborg Trondheim	2: 1	Inter Milan	Lerkendal Stadium
November 7, 2012
Borussia Dortmund	1: 1	Inter Milan	Red Earth Stadium
November 9, 2012
Rosenborg Trondheim	3-0	Liverpool FC	Lerkendal Stadium
November 13, 2012
Liverpool FC	4: 1	Rosenborg Trondheim	Langtree Park
November 21, 2012
Borussia Dortmund	2: 2	Rosenborg Trondheim	Red Earth Stadium
November 28, 2012
Liverpool FC	3-0	Borussia Dortmund	Langtree Park
4th December 2012
Inter Milan	3: 1	Rosenborg Trondheim	Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti
January 8, 2013
Liverpool FC	4: 1	Inter Milan	Langtree Park

Group 6

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Olympiacos Piraeus	6th	2	3	1	004: 500	−1	09
2.	Arsenal FC	6th	2	2	2	007: 500	+2	08th
3.	Olympique Marseille	6th	2	2	2	004:100	−6	08th
4th	Athletic Bilbao	6th	2	1	3	012: 700	+5	07th

August 28, 2012
Athletic Bilbao	4-0	Olympiacos Piraeus	Estadio San Mamés
29th August 2012
Arsenal FC	3-0	Olympique Marseille	Underhill Stadium
September 12, 2012
Olympique Marseille	2: 1	Athletic Blbao	Stade Marcel-Cerdan
Olympiacos Piraeus	2-0	Arsenal FC	Karaiskakis Stadium
September 26, 2012
Olympique Marseille	0-0	Olympiacos Piraeus	Stade Marcel-Cerdan
4th October 2012
Arsenal FC	0-0	Olympiacos Piraeus	Underhill Stadium
October 25, 2012
Olympique Marseille	1-0	Arsenal FC	Stade Marcel-Cerdan
November 15, 2012
Athletic Bilbao	0-0	Arsenal FC	Estadio San Mamés
Olympiacos Piraeus	1: 1	Olympique Marseille	Karaiskakis Stadium
November 28, 2012
Athletic Bilbao	5-0	Olympique Marseille	Estadio San Mamés
December 6, 2012
Arsenal FC	4: 2	Athletic Bilbao	Underhill Stadium
December 12, 2012
Olympiacos Piraeus	1-0	Athletic Bilbao	Karaiskakis Stadium

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The games will take place from February 19 to March 7, 2013.

	Result		Venue
Ajax Amsterdam	1: 2	Aston Villa	Sports park De Toekomst
Paris Saint-Germain	1: 1 n.V. (3: 4 in good condition)	Tottenham Hotspur	Stade Georges Lefèvre
FC Barcelona	0: 2	Chelsea FC	Mini Estadi
Sporting Lisbon	4-0	Liverpool FC	Estádio José Alvalade XXI
CSKA Moscow	3-0	PSV Eindhoven	Akdeniz Stadium
Olympiacos Piraeus	2: 1	RSC Anderlecht	Karaiskakis Stadium
Inter Milan	0: 1	Arsenal FC	Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti
Juventus Turin	1-0	Rosenborg Trondheim	Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta

Quarter finals

The games will take place from March 17-25, 2013.

	Result		Venue
Chelsea FC	4: 1	Juventus Turin	Griffin Park
Tottenham Hotspur	3: 5 a.d.	Sporting Lisbon	Matchroom Stadium
Aston Villa	1-0	Olympiacos Piraeus	Villa Park
Arsenal FC	1-0	CSKA Moscow	Emirates Stadium

Semifinals

The games took place on March 29, 2013.

	Result		Venue
Chelsea FC	4: 3 a.d.	Arsenal FC	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Aston Villa	3: 1 a.d.	Sporting Lisbon	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

3rd place match

The game will take place on March 31, 2013.

	Result		Venue
Sporting Lisbon	3: 1	Arsenal FC	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

final

The game took place on April 1, 2013.

	Result		Venue
Aston Villa	2-0	Chelsea FC	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Best player

The award Best player of the tournament was Lewis Baker of Chelsea .

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Graham Burke	Aston Villa	7th
	Islam Feruz	Chelsea FC	7th
3	Michael Drenan	Aston Villa	6th
4th	Conor Coady	Liverpool FC	5
	Shaquile Coulthirst	Tottenham Hotspur	5
	Carlos Mané	Sporting Lisbon	5
7th	Chuba Akpom	Arsenal FC	4th
	Lewis Baker	Chelsea FC	4th
	Viktor Fischer	Ajax Amsterdam	4th
	Alex Pritchard	Tottenham Hotspur	4th

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final place and game day published. (No longer available online.) In: nextgenseries.com. March 7, 2013, archived from the original on March 12, 2013 ; accessed on April 5, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.