Football tournament season
The 2012–13 FA Youth Cup was the 61st edition of the FA Youth Cup .
The competition consisted of several rounds and was preceded by a qualifying competition, starting with the preliminary round which is followed by 3 qualifying rounds for non-League teams. Football League teams enter the draw thereafter, with League One and League Two teams entered at the first round, and Premier League and Championship teams entered in the third round.
Round matches played from matches Clubs Preliminary round 3 September 2012 112 460 → 348 First round qualifying 17 September 2012 128 348 → 220 Second round qualifying 1 October 2012 64 220 → 156 Third round qualifying 15 October 2012 32 156 → 124 First round 3 November 2012 40 124 → 84 Second round 17 November 2012 20 84 → 64 Third round 15 December 2012 32 64 → 32 Fourth round 19 January 2013 16 32 → 16 Fifth round 9 February 2013 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 23 February 2013 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals (two legs) 16 March & 30 March 2013 4 4 → 2 Final (two legs) 29 April & 13 May 2013 2 2 → 1
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First qualifying round [ edit ] † – After extra time
Second qualifying round [ edit ] † – After extra time
Third qualifying round [ edit ] † – After extra time
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Second round proper [ edit ] † – After extra time
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Fourth round proper [ edit ] † – After extra time
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National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10 Combined Counties League (Premier , One ) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only ) Eastern Counties League (Premier , One ) Essex Senior League (level 9 only ) Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West ) Kent League (level 9 only ) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only ) Midland Alliance (level 9 only ) Midland Combination (level 10 only ) North West Counties League (Premier , One ) Northern Counties East League (Premier , One ) Northern League (One , Two ) South West Peninsula League (level 10 only ) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One ) Sussex County League (One , Two ) United Counties League (Premier , One ) Wessex League (Premier , One ) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only ) Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
Youth competitions
Women's competitions