2012âÂÂ13 UEFA Champions League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2012âÂÂ13 UEFA Champions League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round, and decided 10 of the 32 teams which played in the group stage.
All times are CEST ().
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:
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.
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.
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F91 Dudelange won 11âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Valletta won 9âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
0âÂÂ0 on aggregate; Linfield won 4âÂÂ3 on penalties.
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Debrecen won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Maribor won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
AEL Limassol won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Ekranas won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Basel won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Helsingborgs IF won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
HJK won 9âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Molde won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate; F91 Dudelange won on away goals.
Slovan Liberec won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Neftçi won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
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Maribor won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
CFR Cluj won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 11âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Helsingborgs IF won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Basel won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
AEL Limassol won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
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CFR Cluj won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Braga won 5âÂÂ4 on penalties.
Spartak Moscow won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Málaga won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Lille won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
There were 226 goals in 88 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.