2013_AFC_Champions_League
2013 AFC Champions League
32nd edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC
The 2013 AFC Champions League was the 32nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 11th under the current AFC Champions League title. The defending champions, Ulsan Hyundai, failed to qualify for the tournament.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 February – 9 November 2013 |
| Teams | 35 (from 10 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Guangzhou Evergrande (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  FC Seoul |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 342 (2.71 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,996,166 (15,843 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Muriqui(13 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Muriqui |
← 2012 2014 → | |
In the final, Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande defeated South Korean team FC Seoul on away goals to win their first title,[1] becoming the first Chinese team to win the AFC Champions League (and the second Chinese team to be crowned Asian club champions after Liaoning FC and Third Final of Chinese team after lost of Liaoning F.C. agenst Esteghlal F.C. of Iran at 1990–91 AFC Club Championship, and qualified for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.[2]
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with inspection of the associations interested in participating in the AFC Champions League to be done in 2012, and the final decision to be made by the AFC in November 2012.[3]
The following criteria for participation in the AFC Champions League were proposed by the AFC in July 2012:[4]
- The member association (MA) has to acquire a minimum number of 600 points out of a possible 1000 according to the AFC evaluating system to qualify for participation.
- The slots for each eligible MA are decided based on the points ranking of the MAs:
- The top two ranked MAs in both the East and West zones get four direct slots each.
- The third-ranked MAs get three direct and one play-off slot.
- The fourth-ranked MAs get two direct and one play-off slot.
- The fifth-ranked MAs get one direct and one play-off slot.
- The sixth, seventh and eighth-ranked MAs get only a play-off slot each.
- The maximum number of slots for each MA is one-third of the total number of clubs in the top division (e.g., Australia can only get a maximum of three total slots as there are only nine Australia-based clubs in the A-League).
On 29 November 2012, the AFC Executive Committee approved the slots for the 2013 edition of the AFC Champions League.[5] However, this final allocation of slots did not fully follow the proposal above.[6]
| Evaluation for 2013 AFC Champions League | |
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| Fulfills criteria (> 600 points) | |
| Does not fulfill criteria, but allocated slots | |
| Does not fulfill criteria, not allocated slots | |
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- Notes
The following teams entered the competition.
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).[7]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying play-off | Round 1 | 6 December 2012 | 9 February 2013 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 26–27 February 2013 | ||
| Matchday 2 | 12–13 March 2013 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 2–3 April 2013 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 9–10 April 2013 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 23–24 April 2013 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 30 April–1 May 2013 | |||
| Knock-out stage | Round of 16 | 14–15 May 2013 | 21–22 May 2013 | |
| Quarter-finals | 20 June 2013 | 21 August 2013 | 18 September 2013 | |
| Semi-finals | 25 September 2013 | 2 October 2013 | ||
| Final | 25 or 26 October 2013 | 8 or 9 November 2013 | ||
Format changes
The following changes in the format of the competition were made compared with the previous year:
The draw for the qualifying play-off was held on 6 December 2012.[9] Each tie was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie advanced to the group stage to join the 29 automatic qualifiers.[2]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| West Zone | ||
Saba Qom  |
1–1 (aet)(3–5p) |
 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi |
| Al-Nasr |
3–2 |  Lokomotiv Tashkent |
| East Zone | ||
Buriram United  |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0p)[B] |
 Brisbane Roar |
- Notes
- ^ Brisbane Roar was given home advantage in the original draw, but the match was later switched to be hosted by Buriram United per agreement between the two teams due to rescheduling of the match from the original date.[10]
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012.[9] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[2]
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (away goals do not apply)
- Goal difference in all the group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
- Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
- Drawing of lots
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHB | JSH | JAZ | TRA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Al-Shabab |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 |  El Jaish |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–3 | ||
| 3 | Al-Jazira |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Tractor Sazi |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEK | SHA | ETT | PAK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lekhwiya |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Al-Shabab Al-Arabi |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | ||
| 3 | Al-Ettifaq |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Pakhtakor |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |
- Al-Ettifaq are ranked ahead of Pakhtakor on head-to-head record.
Group C
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | HIL | AIN | RAY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Al-Hilal |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | Al-Ain |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Al-Rayyan |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEO | BUR | JIA | SEN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Seoul |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Buriram United |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Jiangsu Sainty |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 |  Vegalta Sendai |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
- Buriram United and Jiangsu Sainty are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GUA | JEO | URA | MUA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 4–1 | ||
| 4 | Muangthong United |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — |
- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are ranked ahead of Urawa Red Diamonds on head-to-head record.
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BUN | BEI | POH | HIR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bunyodkor |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Pohang Steelers |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KSW | CCM | GUI | SUW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 7 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | Guizhou Renhe |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[2]
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| El Jaish
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Seoul
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beijing Guoan
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Seoul
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Seoul
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Esteghlal
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Esteghlal
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Esteghlal
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Buriram United
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Buriram United
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bunyodkor
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Seoul
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Guangzhou Evergrande (a)
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol
| 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol (a)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Shabab
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Gharafa
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Shabab
| 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Guangzhou Evergrande
| 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Coast Mariners
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Guangzhou Evergrande
| 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Guangzhou Evergrande
| 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lekhwiya
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lekhwiya
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[2]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Gharafa |
1–5 | Al-Shabab |
1–2 | 0–3 |
| El Jaish |
1–3 | Al-Ahli |
1–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Hilal |
2–3 | Lekhwiya |
0–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Shabab Al-Arabi |
2–4 | Esteghlal |
2–4 | 0–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Guoan |
1–3 | FC Seoul |
0–0 | 1–3 |
| Buriram United |
2−1 | Bunyodkor |
2–1 | 0−0 |
| Central Coast Mariners |
1–5 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
1–2 | 0–3 |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
2–5 | Kashiwa Reysol |
0–2 | 2–3 |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to decide the order of two legs) was held on 20 June 2013.[11] In this draw, teams from different zones could play each other, and the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two teams from the same association, they may play each other in the quarter-finals.
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Seoul |
4–2 | Esteghlal |
2–0 | 2–2 |
| Kashiwa Reysol |
1–8 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
1–4 | 0–4 |
Final
| FC Seoul | 2–2 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
|---|---|---|
Escudero  11'Damjanović 83' |
Report | Elkeson 30' Gao Lin 58' |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 1–1 | FC Seoul |
|---|---|---|
| Elkeson 58' |
Report | Damjanović 63' |
3–3 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals.
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player[12] | Muriqui |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
| Top Goalscorer[13] | Muriqui |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
| Starting XI | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| GK | Kim Yong-Dae |
FC Seoul |
| DF | Zhang Linpeng |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
| DF | Hanif Omranzadeh |
Esteghlal |
| DF | Daisuke Suzuki |
Kashiwa Reysol |
| DF | Sun Xiang |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
| MF | Zheng Zhi |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
| MF |  Darío Conca |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
| MF | Javad Nekounam |
Esteghlal |
| FW | Muriqui |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
| FW |  Dejan Damjanović |
FC Seoul |
| FW | Elkeson |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
| Substitutes | ||
| GK | Takanori Sugeno |
Kashiwa Reysol |
| DF | Kwak Tae-Hwi |
Al-Shabab |
| DF | Theeraton Bunmathan |
Buriram United |
| DF | Kim Jin-Kyu |
FC Seoul |
| MF | Ha Dae-Sung |
FC Seoul |
| MF | Jorge Wagner |
Kashiwa Reysol |
| FW | Masato Kudo |
Kashiwa Reysol |
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | 2R1 | 2R2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muriqui |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | Darío Conca |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 3 | Dejan Damjanović |
FC Seoul |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Wagner Ribeiro |
El Jaish |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Elkeson |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Masato Kudo |
Kashiwa Reysol |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Mustafa Al-Bassas |
Al-Ahli |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
 Amad Al Hosni |
Al-Ahli |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Djibril Cissé |
Al-Gharafa |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Edgar |
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
 Youssef Msakni |
Lekhwiya |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Sebastián Soria |
Lekhwiya |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Sebastián Tagliabué |
Al-Shabab |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Yun Il-Lok |
FC Seoul |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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