# 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round decided 10 of the 32 teams which played in the group stage.
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

## Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
| Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
| First qualifying round | 25 June 2012, 12:00 | 3–4 July 2012 | 10–11 July 2012 |
| Second qualifying round | 25 June 2012, 12:00 | 17–18 July 2012 | 24–25 July 2012 |
| Third qualifying round | 20 July 2012, 12:00 | 31 July – 1 August 2012 | 7–8 August 2012 |
| Play-off round | 10 August 2012, 12:00 | 21–22 August 2012 | 28–29 August 2012 |

## Format

There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:
* Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
* League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. In the event that aggregate score finished level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shootout.
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. The seeding in these draws (or in any cases where the results of a tie in the previous round were not known at the time of draw) was carried out under the assumption that the higher-ranked teams of the previous round would advance to this round, which means if a lower-ranked team were to advance, it would simply take the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

## Teams

Below were the 54 teams (40 in Champions Route, 14 in League Route) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round dropped down to the Europa League play-off round and group stage respectively.
* Key to colours
* Qualified for the group stage
* Eliminated in the play-off round; entered the Europa League group stage
* Eliminated in the third qualifying round; entered the Europa League play-off round

### Champions Route

Third qualifying round :
| Third qualifying round Team Coeff Anderlecht 48.480 Celtic 32.728 CFR Cluj 18.764 | Second qualifying round Team Coeff Basel 53.360 BATE Borisov 29.641 Red Bull Salzburg 29.225 Dinamo Zagreb 24.774 Žilina 14.974 Partizan 14.350 Helsingborgs IF 12.680 Sheriff Tiraspol 9.849 Debrecen 7.950 Maribor 6.424 Ventspils 5.674 Slovan Liberec 5.570 Śląsk Wrocław 5.483 HJK 5.326 AEL Limassol 5.099 Ekranas 4.875 Zestaponi 4.733 Shamrock Rovers 4.475 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4.400 Molde 3.935 Željezničar 3.683 KR 3.566 Ludogorets Razgrad 2.850 The New Saints 2.799 Budućnost Podgorica 2.375 Flora 2.283 Neftçi 2.241 Shakhter Karagandy 1.816 Skënderbeu 1.783 Vardar 1.133 Ulisses 0.941 | First qualifying round Team Coeff Linfield 2.766 F91 Dudelange 2.716 Valletta 2.616 Tre Penne 0.933 Lusitanos 0.700 B36 0.533 |

### League Route

Play-off round :
| Play-off round Team Coeff Braga 63.069 Spartak Moscow 46.066 Udinese 38.996 Lille 38.835 Málaga 16.837 Borussia Mönchengladbach 15.037 | Third qualifying round Team Coeff Dynamo Kyiv 62.026 Panathinaikos 50.920 Copenhagen 46.505 Fenerbahçe 41.310 Club Brugge 35.480 Vaslui 13.764 Feyenoord 12.603 Motherwell 6.728 |

## First qualifying round
### Seeding

| Seeded | Unseeded |
| Linfield F91 Dudelange Valletta | Tre Penne Lusitanos B36 |

### Summary

| 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 (4–3 p) | B36 | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |

### Matches

F91 Dudelange won 11–0 on aggregate.
Valletta won 9–0 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate; Linfield won 4–3 on penalties.

## Second qualifying round
### Seeding

| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 3 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| BATE Borisov Žilina Debrecen Maribor AEL Limassol | Ironi Kiryat Shmona Željezničar Linfield Skënderbeu Vardar | Basel Red Bull Salzburg Helsingborgs IF Ventspils HJK Ekranas | Shamrock Rovers Molde KR The New Saints F91 Dudelange Flora | Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Sheriff Tiraspol Slovan Liberec Śląsk Wrocław Zestaponi | Ludogorets Razgrad Valletta Budućnost Podgorica Neftçi Shakhter Karagandy Ulisses |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Skënderbeu | 1–3 | Debrecen | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Maribor | 6–2 | Željezničar | 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 | 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 |
| Neftçi | 5–2 | Zestaponi | 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 |

### Matches

Debrecen won 3–1 on aggregate.
Maribor won 6–2 on aggregate.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 2–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.
AEL Limassol won 3–0 on aggregate.
Ekranas won 2–1 on aggregate.
Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.
Helsingborgs IF won 3–0 on aggregate.
HJK won 9–1 on aggregate.
Molde won 4–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; F91 Dudelange won on away goals.
Slovan Liberec won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.
Neftçi won 5–2 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 7–2 on aggregate.
Śląsk Wrocław won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Third qualifying round
### Seeding

| Champions Route | Champions Route | Champions Route | Champions Route | League Route | League Route |
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | | League Route | League Route |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Anderlecht BATE Borisov F91 Dudelange CFR Cluj Helsingborgs IF | Debrecen Maribor Slovan Liberec Śląsk Wrocław Ekranas | Basel Celtic Dinamo Zagreb Ironi Kiryat Shmona Partizan | Sheriff Tiraspol Molde HJK AEL Limassol Neftçi | Dynamo Kyiv Panathinaikos Copenhagen Fenerbahçe | Club Brugge Vaslui Feyenoord Motherwell |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw (teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw for this round)

### Summary

| 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 | Neftçi | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| AEL Limassol | 2–0 | Partizan | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 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 |

### Matches

Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 11–0 on aggregate.
Helsingborgs IF won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 5–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 6–2 on aggregate.
AEL Limassol won 2–0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 5–0 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Play-off round
### Seeding

| Champions Route | Champions Route | League Route | League Route | League Route |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Basel Anderlecht Celtic BATE Borisov Dinamo Zagreb | CFR Cluj Helsingborgs IF Maribor AEL Limassol Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Braga Dynamo Kyiv Panathinaikos Copenhagen Spartak Moscow | Fenerbahçe Udinese Lille Málaga Borussia Mönchengladbach |

### Summary

| 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 |
| League Route |||||
| Braga | 2–2 (5–4 p) | 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 | Lille | 1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
* ↑ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

### Matches

CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–0 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Braga won 5–4 on penalties.
Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.
Málaga won 2–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.
Lille won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Statistics

There were 226 goals in 88 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.