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The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was contested on 15 May 2013 between Portuguese club Benfica and English club Chelsea, who entered the competition at the Round of 32 after they finished in third place in the group stage of the 2012–13 Champions League. Chelsea won the final 2–1 for their first Europa League title, making them the fourth club – after Juventus, Ajax and Bayern Munich – to have won the three major UEFA club titles (Champions League, Europa League and Cup Winners' Cup). For the 2012–13 edition, the following changes were made from the 2011–12 edition: *The cup winners of the six top-ranked associations had direct access to the UEFA Europa League group stage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Europa League - Cup winners to get auto Europa spot )〕 This allocation of slots has a direct impact on the qualification path, and adaptations were made to the access list in order to accommodate these changes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Executive Committee approves EURO match list )〕 *Matchdays 5 and 6 were no longer held on exclusive weeks, but instead were played on the same weeks as Matchdays 5 and 6 of the UEFA Champions League.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Executive Committee approves HatTrick III )〕 Atlético Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Rubin Kazan in the Round of 32. ==Association team allocation== 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: *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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012–13 UEFA Europa League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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