2012–13 UEFA Champions League

The 2012–13 UEFA Champions League was the 58th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 21st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

2012–13 UEFA Champions League
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
3 July – 29 August 2012
Competition proper:
18 September 2012 – 25 May 2013
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 76 (from 52 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsGermany Bayern Munich (5th title)
Runners-upGermany Borussia Dortmund
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored368 (2.94 per match)
Attendance5,612,656 (44,901 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
12 goals

The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London, England,[1] in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the formation of England's Football Association, the world's oldest football association. It came just two years after Wembley hosted the final in 2011, making it the seventh occasion Wembley Stadium (current and old) had hosted the Champions League final.[2][3] Bayern Munich, who had been runners-up in the previous season, beat Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund 2–1 to win their fifth title in the competition. It was the first all-German final and the fourth final to feature two teams from the same association, after the finals of 2000, 2003 and 2008.

The defending champions, Chelsea, were eliminated in the group stage, becoming the first title holders to leave the competition at this stage.[4] They went on to win the 2013 UEFA Europa League final, and became the first team to win the Europa League as the holders of the Champions League.[5]

Association team allocation

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A total of 76 teams from 52 of the 53 UEFA member associations participate in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which do not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[6]

  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
  • Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
  • Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify

Because the winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, Chelsea, failed to qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league (finishing sixth in the Premier League), and because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, Chelsea's entry in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League as title holders came at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth-placed team of the 2011–12 Premier League (who entered the Europa League instead).

Association ranking

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For the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2011 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2006–07 to 2010–11.[7][8]

Rank Association Coeff Teams
1   England 85.785 4
2   Spain 82.329
3   Germany 69.436
4   Italy 60.552 3
5   France 53.678
6   Portugal 51.596
7   Russia 44.707 2
8   Ukraine 43.883
9   Netherlands 40.129
10   Turkey 35.050
11   Greece 34.166
12   Denmark 30.550
13   Belgium 27.000
14   Romania 25.824
15   Scotland 25.141
16   Switzerland 24.900 1
17   Israel 22.000
18   Czech Republic 20.850
Rank Association Coeff Teams
19   Austria 20.700 1
20   Cyprus 18.124
21   Bulgaria 17.875
22   Croatia 16.124
23   Belarus 16.083
24   Poland 15.916
25   Slovakia 14.499
26   Norway 14.375
27   Serbia 14.250
28   Sweden 14.125
29   Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.124
30   Finland 8.966
31   Republic of Ireland 8.708
32   Hungary 8.500
33   Moldova 7.749
34   Lithuania 7.708
35   Latvia 7.415
36   Georgia 6.957
Rank Association Coeff Teams
37   Azerbaijan 6.165 1
38   Slovenia 6.124
39   Macedonia 5.207
40   Iceland 4.957
41   Kazakhstan 4.374
42   Liechtenstein 4.000 0
43   Montenegro 3.875 1
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
52   Andorra 1.000
53   San Marino 0.916

Distribution

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Tottenham Hotspur were due to enter the Champions League play-off round for non-champions, but instead entered the Europa League because Chelsea won the Champions League the previous season. As this spot in the play-off round was vacated, the following change to the default allocation system was made to compensate:[9][10]

  • The third-placed team of association 6 (Portugal) and the runners-up of association 7 (Russia) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(6 teams)
  • 6 champions from associations 48–53
Second qualifying round
(34 teams)
  • 31 champions from associations 16–47 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 3 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 13–15
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
Non-champions
(8 teams)
  • 8 runners-up from associations 8–15
Play-off round Champions
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions
Non-champions
(10 teams)
  • 1 runner-up from association 7
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 4–6
  • 2 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
    (minus the spot vacated by Tottenham Hotspur)
  • 4 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • Title holders
  • 12 champions from associations 1–12
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

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League positions of the previous season qualified via league position shown in parentheses. Chelsea qualified as title holders. (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[11][12]

Group stage
  Chelsea (TH)   Valencia (3rd)   Montpellier (1st)   Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
  Manchester City (1st)   Borussia Dortmund (1st)   Paris Saint-Germain (2nd)   Ajax (1st)
  Manchester United (2nd)   Bayern Munich (2nd)   Porto (1st)   Galatasaray (1st)
  Arsenal (3rd)   Schalke 04 (3rd)   Benfica (2nd)   Olympiacos (1st)
  Real Madrid (1st)   Juventus (1st)   Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st)   Nordsjælland (1st)
  Barcelona (2nd)   Milan (2nd)
Play-off round
Champions Non-champions
  Málaga (4th)   Udinese (3rd)   Braga (3rd)
  Borussia Mönchengladbach (4th)   Lille (3rd)   Spartak Moscow (2nd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Non-champions
  Anderlecht (1st)   Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)   Panathinaikos (2nd)   Vaslui (2nd)
  CFR Cluj (1st)   Feyenoord (2nd)   Copenhagen (2nd)   Motherwell (3rd)[Note SCO]
  Celtic (1st)   Fenerbahçe (2nd)   Club Brugge (2nd)
Second qualifying round
  Basel (1st)   Śląsk Wrocław (1st)   Debrecen (1st)   KR (1st)
  Ironi Kiryat Shmona (1st)   Žilina (1st)   Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)   Shakhter Karagandy (1st)
  Slovan Liberec (1st)   Molde (1st)   Ekranas (1st)   Budućnost Podgorica (1st)
  Red Bull Salzburg (1st)   Partizan (1st)   Ventspils (1st)   Skënderbeu (1st)
  AEL Limassol (1st)   Helsingborgs IF (1st)   Zestaponi (1st)   Flora Tallinn (1st)
  Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)   Željezničar (1st)   Neftchi Baku (1st)   The New Saints (1st)
  Dinamo Zagreb (1st)   HJK (1st)   Maribor (1st)   Ulisses (1st)
  BATE Borisov (1st)   Shamrock Rovers (1st)   Vardar (1st)
First qualifying round
  Valletta (1st)   B36 Tórshavn (1st)   Lusitanos (1st)   Tre Penne (1st)
  Linfield (1st)   F91 Dudelange (1st)
Notes
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    Scotland (SCO): As a result of second-placed Rangers' administration and eventual liquidation,[13] Motherwell, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League, took Scotland's Champions League place in the non-champions path

Round and draw dates

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All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[14]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 25 June 2012 3–4 July 2012 10–11 July 2012
Second qualifying round 17–18 July 2012 24–25 July 2012
Third qualifying round 20 July 2012 31 July – 1 August 2012 7–8 August 2012
Play-off Play-off round 10 August 2012 21–22 August 2012 28–29 August 2012
Group stage Matchday 1 30 August 2012
(Monaco)
18–19 September 2012
Matchday 2 2–3 October 2012
Matchday 3 23–24 October 2012
Matchday 4 6–7 November 2012
Matchday 5 20–21 November 2012
Matchday 6 4–5 December 2012
Knockout phase Round of 16 20 December 2012 12–13 & 19–20 February 2013 5–6 & 12–13 March 2013
Quarter-finals 15 March 2013 2–3 April 2013 9–10 April 2013
Semi-finals 12 April 2013 23–24 April 2013 30 April – 1 May 2013
Final 25 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium, London

Qualifying rounds

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In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients,[15][16][17] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

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The draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 25 June 2012.[18] The first legs were played on 3 July and the second legs were played on 10 July 2012.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
F91 Dudelange   11–0   Tre Penne 7–0 4–0
Valletta   9–0   Lusitanos 8–0 1–0
Linfield   0–0 (4–3p)   B36 Tórshavn 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)

Second qualifying round

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The first legs were played on 17 and 18 July and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 July 2012.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Skënderbeu   1–3   Debrecen 1–0 0–3
Maribor   6–2   Željezničar Sarajevo 4–1 2–1
Žilina   1–2   Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–0 0–2
BATE Borisov   3–2   Vardar 3–2 0–0
AEL Limassol   3–0   Linfield 3–0 0–0
Shamrock Rovers   1–2   Ekranas 0–0 1–2
Flora Tallinn   0–5   Basel 0–2 0–3
The New Saints   0–3   Helsingborgs IF 0–0 0–3
HJK   9–1   KR 7–0 2–1
Molde   4–1   Ventspils 3–0 1–1
F91 Dudelange   4–4 (a)   Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 3–4
Slovan Liberec   2–1   Shakhter Karagandy 1–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Ludogorets Razgrad   3–4   Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 2–3
Neftchi Baku   5–2   Zestafoni 3–0 2–2
Ulisses   0–2   Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 0–1
Valletta   2–7   Partizan 1–4 1–3
Budućnost Podgorica   1–2   Śląsk Wrocław 0–2 1–0

Third qualifying round

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The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (Champions Route) and one for non-champions (League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the Europa League play-off round.

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 20 July 2012.[19] The first legs were played on 31 July and 1 August and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 August 2012.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Maribor   5–1   F91 Dudelange 4–1 1–0
BATE Borisov   3–1   Debrecen 1–1 2–0
CFR Cluj   3–1   Slovan Liberec 1–0 2–1
Anderlecht   11–0   Ekranas 5–0 6–0
Śląsk Wrocław   1–6   Helsingborgs IF 0–3 1–3
Sheriff Tiraspol   0–5   Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 0–4
Celtic   4–1   HJK 2–1 2–0
Molde   1–2   Basel 0–1 1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   6–2   Neftchi Baku 4–0 2–2
AEL Limassol   2–0   Partizan 1–0 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Fenerbahçe   5–2   Vaslui 1–1 4–1
Motherwell   0–5   Panathinaikos 0–2 0–3
Copenhagen   3–2   Club Brugge 0–0 3–2
Dynamo Kyiv   3–1   Feyenoord 2–1 1–0

Play-off round

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The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (Champions Route) and one for non-champions (League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the Europa League group stage.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 10 August 2012.[20] The first legs were played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 August 2012.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Basel   1–3   CFR Cluj 1–2 0–1
Helsingborgs IF   0–4   Celtic 0–2 0–2
BATE Borisov   3–1   Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 1–1
AEL Limassol   2–3   Anderlecht 2–1 0–2
Dinamo Zagreb   3–1   Maribor 2–1 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Braga   2–2 (5–4p)   Udinese 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Spartak Moscow   3–2   Fenerbahçe 2–1 1–1
Málaga   2–0   Panathinaikos 2–0 0–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach   3–4   Dynamo Kyiv 1–3 2–1
Copenhagen   1–2[A]   Lille 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Notes
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    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage.
  Brown: Group A;   Red: Group B;   Orange: Group C;   Yellow: Group D;
  Green: Group E;   Blue: Group F;   Purple: Group G;   Pink: Group H

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 30 August 2012.[21] The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients,[15][16][17] with the title holders, Chelsea, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 20–21 November and 4–5 December 2012. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32.

A total of 17 national associations were represented in the group stage. Montpellier, Nordsjælland and Málaga made their debut appearances in the group stage.[22]

See here for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR POR DKV DZG
1   Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 4–1 4–0
2   Porto 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 1–0 3–2 3–0
3   Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 0–0 2–0
4   Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 1 5 1 14 −13 1 0–2 0–2 1–1
Source: Soccerway

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCH ARS OLY MPL
1   Schalke 04 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–2 1–0 2–2
2   Arsenal 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 0–2 3–1 2–0
3   Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 2–1 3–1
4   Montpellier 6 0 2 4 6 12 −6 2 1–1 1–2 1–2
Source: Soccerway

Group C

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Pos Team 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

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR RMA AJX MCI
1   Borussia Dortmund 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 1–0 1–0
2   Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 15 9 +6 11 2–2 4–1 3–2
3   Ajax 6 1 1 4 8 16 −8 4 Transfer to Europa League 1–4 1–4 3–1
4   Manchester City 6 0 3 3 7 11 −4 3 1–1 1–1 2–2
Source: Soccerway

Group E

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

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY VAL BATE LIL
1   Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 13[a] Advance to knockout phase 2–1 4–1 6–1
2   Valencia 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13[a] 1–1 4–2 2–0
3   BATE Borisov 6 2 0 4 9 15 −6 6 Transfer to Europa League 3–1 0–3 0–2
4   Lille 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3 0–1 0–1 1–3
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Bayern Munich 4, Valencia 1.

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR CEL BEN SPM
1   Barcelona 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 0–0 3–2
2   Celtic 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 2–1 0–0 2–1
3   Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 2–1 2–0
4   Spartak Moscow 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3 0–3 2–3 2–1
Source: Soccerway

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN GAL CLJ BRA
1   Manchester United 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 0–1 3–2
2   Galatasaray 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10[a] 1–0 1–1 0–2
3   CFR Cluj 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10[a] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–3 3–1
4   Braga 6 1 0 5 7 13 −6 3 1–3 1–2 0–2
Source: Soccerway
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  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Galatasaray 4, CFR Cluj 1.

Knockout phase

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In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other

Bracket

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Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 20 December 2012.[23] The first legs were played on 12, 13, 19 and 20 February, and the second legs were played on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2013.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Galatasaray   4–3   Schalke 04 1–1 3–2
Celtic   0–5   Juventus 0–3 0–2
Arsenal   3–3 (a)   Bayern Munich 1–3 2–0
Shakhtar Donetsk   2–5   Borussia Dortmund 2–2 0–3
Milan   2–4   Barcelona 2–0 0–4
Real Madrid   3–2   Manchester United 1–1 2–1
Valencia   2–3   Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 1–1
Porto   1–2   Málaga 1–0 0–2

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2013.[24] The first legs were played on 2 and 3 April, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 April 2013.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Málaga   2–3   Borussia Dortmund 0–0 2–3
Real Madrid   5–3   Galatasaray 3–0 2–3
Paris Saint-Germain   3–3 (a)   Barcelona 2–2 1–1
Bayern Munich   4–0   Juventus 2–0 2–0

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) was held on 12 April 2013.[25] The first legs were played on 23 and 24 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2013.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich   7–0   Barcelona 4–0 3–0
Borussia Dortmund   4–3   Real Madrid 4–1 0–2

Final

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The final was played on 25 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

Borussia Dortmund  1–2  Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 86,298[26]

Statistics

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1   Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 12 1080
2   Robert Lewandowski   Borussia Dortmund 10 1090
3   Burak Yılmaz   Galatasaray 8 767
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 826
  Thomas Müller   Bayern Munich 1045
6   Oscar   Chelsea 5 449
  Jonas   Valencia 451
  Alan   Braga 492
  Karim Benzema   Real Madrid 532
  Ezequiel Lavezzi   Paris Saint-Germain 572

Source:[27]

Prize money

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For the 2012–13 season, UEFA awarded €2.1 million to each team in the play-off round. For reaching the group stage, UEFA awarded a base fee of €8.6 million. A win in the group was awarded €1 million and a draw was worth €500,000. In addition, UEFA paid teams reaching the first knockout round €3.5 million, each quarter-finalist €3.9 million, €4.9 million for each semi-finalist, €6.5 million for the runners-up and €10.5 million for the winners.[28]

  • Playoffs: €2,100,000
  • Base fee for group stage: €8,600,000
  • Group match victory: €1,000,000
  • Group match draw: €500,000
  • Round of 16: €3,500,000
  • Quarter-finals: €3,900,000
  • Semi-finals: €4,900,000
  • Losing finalist: €6,500,000
  • Winning the Final: €10,500,000

A large part of the distributed revenue from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the "market pool", the distribution of which is determined by the value of the television market in each country. For the 2012–13 season, Juventus, who were eliminated on quarter-finals, earned nearly €65.3 million in total of which €20.5 million was prize money, compared with the €55.0 million earned by Bayern Munich, who won the tournament and was awarded with €35.9 million of prize money.[29]

See also

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