2012–13 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round

A total of 193 teams from 53 UEFA member associations participate in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/80/06/31/1800631_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619034808/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/80/06/31/1800631_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|title=Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2012/13 |publisher=UEFA|location=Nyon|format=PDF|access-date=1 June 2012 |date=March 2012}}

• 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.

For the 2012–13 UEFA Europa 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2011/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925213234/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2011/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2011|title=Country coefficients 2010/11|publisher=UEFA}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2011.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2011|publisher=Bert Kassies}}

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

• {{small|(FP)}} – Additional berths for associations via the Fair Play ranking (Norway, Finland, Netherlands){{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0254-0d7de16fc94b-01ebf19029bf-1000--norway-wins-uefa-respect-fair-play-ranking/|title=Norway wins UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking|publisher=UEFA|date=7 May 2012}}
• {{small|(UCL)}} – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

Due to the following reasons, changes to the default allocation system had to be made:

• The title holders, Atlético Madrid, were guaranteed a place in the Europa League group stage, since they did not qualify for the Champions League. However, they also qualified for the group stage through their domestic performance, as they finished fifth in the 2011–12 La Liga and Champions League-qualified 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:{{cite web|url=http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2012-13-uefa-circular-mod-access-list.pdf |title=2012/13 UEFA Circular letter – Adjustments to access list|publisher=UEFA}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/accesslist/index.html |title=Access list 2012/2013 |publisher=UEFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010074008/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season%3D2013/accesslist/index.html |archive-date=October 10, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/access2012.html|title=Access list 2012/2013|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=2013-06-17|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711231837/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/access2012.html|archive-date=2012-07-11|url-status=dead}}

• 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.

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:

• 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.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=1801892.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909070933/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=1801892.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2015|title=2012/13 list of participants|publisher=UEFA|access-date=29 August 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2012.html |title=Qualification for European Cup Football 2012/2013 |publisher=Bert Kassies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710233725/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2012.html |archive-date=2012-07-10 }}

• 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

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{{Cnote2|Note CZE|n=2|Czech Republic (CZE): Sigma Olomouc, the 2011–12 Czech Cup winner, were initially to enter the third qualifying round of the Europa League. However, UEFA banned them from participating in Europa League over the club's involvement in a corruption scandal.{{cite news|url=http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/uefacup/news/:europa-league-uefa-sperrt-sigma-olomouc/70052544.html|title=UEFA sperrt Sigma Olomouc|newspaper=Financial Times Deutschland|language=de|date=20 June 2012|access-date=2012-06-21|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802092741/http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/uefacup/news/:europa-league-uefa-sperrt-sigma-olomouc/70052544.html|archive-date=2012-08-02|url-status=dead}} As a result, Sparta Prague, the second-placed team of the 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.}}

{{Cnote2|Note ENG|England (ENG): Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth-placed team of the 2011–12 Premier League, were initially to enter the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. However, as Chelsea, the sixth-placed team of the league (who would have entered the Europa League at the group stage as winners of the 2011–12 FA Cup), won the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, they automatically qualified for the following year's competition as title holders, and because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur instead entered the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.}}

{{Cnote2|Note GRE|n=3|Greece (GRE): AEK Athens, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Superleague Greece, could not get a UEFA license to compete in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League due to financial problems.{{cite web|url=http://www.epo.gr/News.aspx?a_id=42696|title=Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων Αδειοδότησης Ομάδων|publisher=Hellenic Football Federation|date=31 May 2012}} As a result, Atromitos and PAOK, the fourth and fifth-placed teams of the league, entered the Europa League play-off round and third qualifying round instead of the third and second qualifying rounds respectively, and Asteras Tripolis, the sixth-placed team of the league, took Greece's Europa League place in the second qualifying round.}}

{{Cnote2|Note HUN|Hungary (HUN): Győri ETO finished third in the 2011–12 Hungarian National Championship I, but they were not eligible to enter the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, due to having been suspended from participating in UEFA competitions (for the first season they qualify between the 2011–12 and 2013–14 seasons), in relation to club licensing violations.{{cite web|title=Györ suspended and fined, MLSZ fined |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01f2-0f8635f2e79f-237e0f995612-1000--gyor-suspended-and-fined-mlsz-fined/ |publisher=UEFA.com |access-date=12 April 2012 |date=17 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113143730/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid%3D1644479.html |archive-date=13 November 2012 }} As a result, Honvéd, the fourth-placed team of the league, took one of Hungary's Europa League places in the first qualifying round.}}

{{Cnote2|Note IRL|Republic of Ireland (IRL): Because Derry City, the third-placed team of the 2012 League of Ireland Premier Division, went into liquidation two years ago, which led to a European ban for three years (and were thus refused entry to the 2012–13 European competitions by UEFA), Bohemians, the fifth-placed team of the league, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17116759|title=Derry City are refused entry to Europa League by Uefa|publisher=BBC Sport|date=21 February 2012}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note SCO|n=2|Scotland (SCO): As a result of second-placed Rangers' administration and eventual liquidation,{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/rangers-liquidated-as-cva-formally-rejected-1-2353211|work=The Scotsman|title=Rangers liquidated as CVA formally rejected|access-date=2012-07-14|archive-date=2012-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727043212/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/sfl-division-three/rangers-liquidated-as-cva-formally-rejected-1-2353211|url-status=dead}} Motherwell, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League, took Scotland's Champions League place in the non-champions path, instead of entering the Europa League third qualifying round, and consequently, Dundee United, the fourth-placed team of the league, entered the Europa League third qualifying round, instead of the second qualifying round, and St Johnstone, the sixth-placed team of the league, took Scotland's Europa League place in the second qualifying round (as the fifth-placed team, Heart of Midlothian, already qualified for the Europa League as winners of the 2011–12 Scottish Cup).}}

{{Cnote2|Note TUR|n=2|Turkey (TUR): Beşiktaş, the fourth-placed team of the 2011–12 Süper Lig, have been banned by UEFA from competing in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, due to financial problems.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01fd-0f880eb704ed-74f1edc27444-1000--besiktas-and-bursaspor-decisions/|title=Beşiktaş and Bursaspor decisions|publisher=UEFA|date=30 May 2012}} As a result, Bursaspor, the fifth-placed team of the league (as well as the runners-up of the 2011–12 Turkish Cup), entered the Europa League third qualifying round, instead of the second qualifying round, and Eskişehirspor, the sixth-placed team of the league, took Turkey's Europa League place in the second qualifying round. Bursaspor were also initially banned from entering the Europa League, but this was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0254-0d7e1ebc351a-da8195b81339-1000--uefa-statement-on-bursaspor-case/ |title=UEFA statement on Bursaspor case |publisher=UEFA |date=23 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624215503/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid%3D1831887.html |archive-date=24 June 2012 }}}}

{{Cnote2|Note WAL|Wales (WAL): Neath, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Welsh Premier League, has been refused the UEFA license by the License Appeal body and was ineligible to participate in the end-of-season UEFA Europa League play-offs that were won by Llanelli.{{cite web|url=http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/hot-news/news-archives/3452-neath-fail-in-both-licence-appeals|title=Neath fail in both licence appeals|publisher=Welsh Premier Football|date=27 April 2012|access-date=2013-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233129/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/hot-news/news-archives/3452-neath-fail-in-both-licence-appeals|archive-date=2013-12-30|url-status=dead}}}}

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All draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50fa645f90-11d6223423d7-1000--amsterdam-the-europa-league-aim/|title=Amsterdam the Europa League aim|publisher=UEFA|date=22 June 2012}}

Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

{{Main|2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase}}

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients,{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2012/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916000911/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2012/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2012|title=Club coefficients 2011/12|date=11 June 2012|work=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=25 June 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2012.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 2012|publisher=Bert Kassies}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedel2012.html |title=Seeding in the Europa League 2012/2013 |publisher=Bert Kassies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220055032/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedel2012.html |archive-date=2012-12-20 }} and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

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{{Main|2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round}}

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{{Main|2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage}}

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The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 31 August 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50fd90d8fa-daefb1265bc3-1000--uefa-europa-league-group-stage-draw/|title=Europa League group stage draw|publisher=UEFA|date=31 August 2012}} The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, with the title holders, Atlético Madrid, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into twelve 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 20 September, 4 October, 25 October, 8 November, 22 November, and 6 December 2012. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage.

A total of 25 national associations were represented in the group stage.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50fa71180d-a39733c5e3ee-1000--europa-league-lineup-and-seedings-set/|title=Europa League lineup and seedings set|publisher=UEFA|date=31 August 2012}} This was the first time a team from Azerbaijan qualified for the group stage of a UEFA competition. AEL, Anzhi, Kiryat Shmona, Levante, Marítimo, Neftçi and Videoton all appeared in the group stage of a UEFA competition for the first time.

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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 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage 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 round of 16 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

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{{small|Source:}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000356/players/type=topscorers/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202080223/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000356/players/type=topscorers/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2012|title=Player statistics – Goalscorers|publisher=UEFA|access-date=21 June 2013}}

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{{small|Source:}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000356/players/type=assists/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915110619/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/statistics/round=2000356/players/type=assists/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 15, 2013|title=Player statistics – Assists|publisher=UEFA|access-date=21 June 2013}}

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• 2013 UEFA Super Cup

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120525071018/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2013/index.html 2012–13 UEFA Europa League], UEFA.com

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