2012–13 UEFA Champions League

2012–13 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	18 September 2012 – 25 May 2013
Teams	32 (group stage) 76 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich (5th title)
Runners-up	Borussia Dortmund
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Goals scored	365 (2.94 per match)
Attendance	5,526,358 (44,567 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo (12 goals)

The 2012–13 UEFA Champions League was the 58th season of Europe's top club football competition organized by UEFA. It was the 21st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

The final match took place at Wembley Stadium in London, England, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of England's Football Association. Bayern Munich won the final by beating Borussia Dortmund 2–1 with a late goal from Arjen Robben. It was Bayern's 10th final, their first European Cup title in 12 years, and their fifth overall. This was also the first final featuring two German teams and the fourth final with teams from the same association.

Chelsea, the previous champions, were eliminated in the group stage which was a first for title holders.^[1] However, they went on to win the 2013 UEFA Europa League, becoming the first team to hold both the Europa League and Champions League titles at the same time.^[2]

Group stage

See the main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PSG	POR	DK	DZ
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SCH	ARS	OLY	MH
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAL	ACM	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BVB	RM	AJX	MC
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	SHK	CHL	FCN
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. Tiebreakers: Shakhtar Donetsk are ranked ahead of Chelsea on head-to-head away goals

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	VAL	BTE	LIL
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	4–1	6–1
2	Valencia	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13			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

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	CEL	SLB	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MU	GAL	CFR	SCB
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			1–0	—	1–1	0–2
3	CFR Cluj	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	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

Knockout Stage

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	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

Team 1	Agg.	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

Team 1	Agg.	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

See the main article: 2013 UEFA Champions League Final

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

25 May 2013

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Bayern Munich
Gündoğan  68' (pen.)	Report	Mandžukić  60' Robben  89'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 86,298^[3]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Statistics

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Ajax	4-1 (A)	3 October 2012
Roberto Soldado	Valencia	BATE Borisov	3-0 (A)	23 October 2012
Claudio Pizarro	Bayern Munich	Lille	6-1 (H)	7 November 2012
Luiz Adriano	Shakhtar Donetsk	Nordsjælland	5-2 (A)	20 November 2012
Rui Pedro	CFR Cluj	Braga	3-1 (H)	20 November 2012
Robert Lewandowski^4	Borussia Dortmund	Real Madrid	4-1 (H)	24 April 2013

⁴Player scored four goals.

References

1. "Champions League group stage by numbers". UEFA. 7 December 2012.
2. "Chelsea win Europa League". Al Jazeera. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
3. "Full-time report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.