2013 AFC Cup

The 2013 AFC Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.[1]

2013 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates9 February – 2 November 2013
Teams34 (from 17 associations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Kuwait (3rd title)
Runners-up Al-Qadsia
Tournament statistics
Matches played118
Goals scored409 (3.47 per match)
Attendance504,544 (4,276 per match)
Top scorer(s) Issam Jemâa (16 goals)
Best player(s) Bader Al-Mutawa

In an all-Kuwait final, defending champions Al-Kuwait defeated Al-Qadsia 2–0 to win their third AFC Cup title in five years, and became the first team to win the AFC Cup three times.[2] Both finalists also qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League.

Allocation of entries per association

The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with the final decision to be made by the AFC in November 2012.[3] The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2012 AFC Cup if the AFC approved the following applications made by any association:

  • An association originally participating in the AFC Cup may apply to participate in the 2013 AFC Champions League. An association may participate in both the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup if it only partially fulfills the AFC Champions League criteria.
  • An association originally participating in the AFC President's Cup may apply to participate in the 2013 AFC Cup.

The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:

  • Losers of the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off did not participate in the AFC Cup.
  • Tajikistan clubs' participation was upgraded from the AFC President's Cup to the AFC Cup starting from 2013 by the AFC.[4]

Each participating association was given two entries:

  • Team 1 (league champions) of each association directly entered the group stage.
  • Team 2 (cup winners or league runners-up) of each association either directly entered the group stage or entered the qualifying play-off, depending on the evaluation by the AFC.

Teams

The following teams entered the competition.

Al-Muharraq (Bahrain) withdrew after the draw was held. As a result, Regar-TadAZ (Tajikistan), which were initially to enter the qualifying play-off, instead directly entered the group stage, and only two teams participated in the qualifying play-off.

Notes
  1. ^
    India (IND): Dempo, the 2011–12 I-League champions, refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers, the 2011–12 I-League 3rd place.[6]
  2. ^
    Malaysia (MAS): Although Selangor only finished third in the 2012 Malaysia Super League, they were awarded the second AFC Cup spot by virtue of the league runners-up being LionsXII, a side managed by the Football Association of Singapore, and thus ineligible to represent Malaysia in continental competition.
Location of teams of the 2013 AFC Cup.
West Asia Zone
East Asia Zone
(q) Qualifying play-off participants

Schedule

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 5–6 March 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
Quarter-finals 20 June 2013 17 September 2013 24 September 2013
Semi-finals 1 October 2013 22 October 2013
Final 2 November 2013

For 2013, the round of 16 continued to be played as a single match instead of over two legs on a home-and-away basis as originally planned.[8]

Qualifying play-off
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup qualifying play-off

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 winner advanced to the group stage to join the 31 automatic qualifiers.[1]

Due to the withdrawal of Al-Muharraq after the draw was held, Regar-TadAZ, which were initially drawn to play the winner between Al-Wahda and Al-Ahli Taizz for a place in the group stage, were directly entered into Group A, while the winner between Al-Wahda and Al-Ahli Taizz would be entered into Group B to replace Al-Muharraq.[10]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al-Wahda 3–5 Al-Ahli Taizz

Group stage
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup group stage

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:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (away goals do not apply)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
  7. 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)
  8. Drawing of lots

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KUW RIF SFA REG
Al-Kuwait 6 4 0 2 15 6 +9 12 2–3 3–1 5–0
Al-Riffa 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 0–2 2–0 1–1
Safa 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 1–0 1–0 1–1
Regar-TadAZ 6 0 2 4 5 16 −11 2 1–3 0–3 2–3
Source:
Tiebreakers
  • Al-Riffa are ranked ahead of Safa on head-to-head record.

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ERB FAN ANS ATA
Erbil 6 6 0 0 17 0 +17 18 1–0 2–0 4–0
Fanja 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 0–4 4–0 3–1
Al-Ansar 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 0–2 0–0 5–1
Al-Ahli Taizz 6 0 0 6 2 20 −18 0 0–4 0–2 0–2
Source:

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FAI DUH DHO SIB
Al-Faisaly 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 1–0 2–3 2–1
Dohuk 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12 0–1 6–1 2–1
Dhofar 6 3 1 2 8 12 −4 10 1–1 1–3 1–0
Al-Shaab Ibb 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0 0–2 1–3 0–1
Source:

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts QAD SHO RAM RAV
Al-Qadsia 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13 0–1 2–2 3–0
Al-Shorta 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12 0–2 0–1 2–0
Al-Ramtha 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 0–3 1–2 5–0
Ravshan Kulob 6 0 0 6 2 17 −15 0 1–3 1–3 0–1
Source:

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SP KIT CHB WAR
Semen Padang 6 5 1 0 15 6 +9 16 3–1 3–1 3–1
Kitchee 6 4 0 2 18 7 +11 12 1–2 3–0 5–0
Churchill Brothers 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4 2–2 0–4 3–0
Warriors 6 1 0 5 4 17 −13 3 0–2 2–4 1–0
Source:

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts NRA YAN SH PSB
New Radiant 6 5 0 1 20 4 +16 15 3–1 1–0 6–1
Yangon United 6 5 0 1 18 5 +13 15 2–0 2–0 3–0
Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei 6 1 1 4 12 12 0 4 0–3 1–3 8–0
Persibo Bojonegoro 6 0 1 5 5 34 −29 1 0–7 1–7 3–3
Source:
Tiebreakers
  • New Radiant and Yangon United are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.

Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KEL DN MAZ AYE
Kelantan 6 4 1 1 14 9 +5 13 5–0 1–1 3–1
SHB Đà Nẵng 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12 0–1 3–1 2–1
Maziya 6 2 1 3 13 12 +1 7 6–1 2–3 3–1
Ayeyawady United 6 1 0 5 9 14 −5 3 1–3 2–3 3–0
Source:

Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KEB SEL SG TPR
East Bengal 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 1–0 4–1 2–1
Selangor 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 2–2 3–1 3–3
Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8 0–0 2–1 2–2
Tampines Rovers 6 0 2 4 12 17 −5 2 2–4 2–3 2–3
Source:
Tiebreakers
  • Selangor are ranked ahead of Sài Gòn Xuân Thành on head-to-head record.

Knock-out stage
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup knock-out stage

In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]

Bracket
  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                     
Al-Qadsia 4  
Fanja 0  
  Al-Qadsia (a) 0 2 2  
  Al-Shorta 0 2 2  
Erbil 3
Al-Shorta (a.e.t.) 4  
  Al-Qadsia 2 1 3  
  Al-Faisaly 1 0 1  
Kelantan 0  
Kitchee 2  
  Kitchee 1 1 2
  Al-Faisaly 2 2 4  
Al-Faisaly 3
Al-Riffa 1  
  Al-Qadsia 0
  Al-Kuwait 2
New Radiant (a.e.t.) 2  
Selangor 0  
  New Radiant 2 0 2
  Al-Kuwait 7 5 12  
Al-Kuwait (p) 1 (4)
Dohuk 1 (1)  
  Al-Kuwait 4 3 7
  East Bengal 2 0 2  
East Bengal 5  
Yangon United 1  
  East Bengal 1 1 2
  Semen Padang 0 1 1  
Semen Padang 2
SHB Đà Nẵng 1  

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 match.[1]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Asia Zone
Al-Kuwait 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)		 Dohuk
Al-Faisaly 3–1 Al-Riffa
Erbil 3–4 (a.e.t.) Al-Shorta
Al-Qadsia 4–0 Fanja
East Asia Zone
Semen Padang 2–1 SHB Đà Nẵng
Kelantan 0–2 Kitchee
New Radiant 2–0 (a.e.t.) Selangor
East Bengal 5–1 Yangon United

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to decide the host team) 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 two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Qadsia 2–2 (a) Al-Shorta 0–0 2–2
Kitchee 2–4 Al-Faisaly 1–2 1–2
New Radiant 2–12 Al-Kuwait 2–7 0–5
East Bengal 2–1 Semen Padang 1–0 1–1

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Qadsia 3–1 Al-Faisaly 2–1 1–0
Al-Kuwait 7–2 East Bengal 4–2 3–0

Final
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup Final
Al-Qadsia 0–2 Al-Kuwait
Report Rogerinho  52'
Jemâa  64'
Attendance: 10,000

Awards
Award Player Team
Most Valuable Player[12] Bader Al-Mutawa Al-Qadsia
Top Goalscorer[13] Issam Jemâa Al-Kuwait

Top scorers
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 R16 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 0F0 Total
1 Issam Jemâa Al-Kuwait 2224321 16
2 Jordi Tarrés Kitchee 22111311 12
3 Edward Wilson Semen Padang 1122211 10
4 Bader Al-Mutawa Al-Qadsia 122112 9
Ali Ashfaq New Radiant 531 9
Adama Koné Yangon United 311121 9
7 Ahmad Al Douni Al-Riffa (GS+R16)
Al-Shorta (QF)		 31111 7
Amjad Radhi Erbil 11221 7
Rogerinho Al-Kuwait 1111111 7
10 Chidi Edeh East Bengal 1113 6
Gastón Merlo SHB Đà Nẵng 1131 6
Mohamed Umair New Radiant 11112 6

Note: Goals scored in qualifying play-off not counted.[14]

Source:[15][16]

See also

References
  1. "AFC Cup 2013 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "Kuwait SC retain AFC Cup title". AFC. 3 November 2013.
  3. "Decision by Competitions Committee & Executive Committee for AFC Club Competitions" (PDF). AFC.
  4. "Maldives to host 2014 AFC Challenge Cup". AFC. 28 November 2012.
  5. "SAFFC renamed as Warriors FC". ESPN Star. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. "AIFF to approach Churchill Brothers to participate in the AFC Cup". goal.com. 30 November 2012.
  7. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013" (PDF). AFC.
  8. "Solidarity marks AFC ExCo meeting". AFC. 29 November 2012.
  9. "AFC Cup 2013 – Group Stage Draw". AFC. 6 December 2012.
  10. "Регар-ТадАЗ" попал в групповой этап Кубка АФК-2013 ["Regar-TadAZ" is in the group stage of the AFC Cup 2013] (in Russian). Tajikistan Football Federation. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  11. "Kuwait SC resume title defence against New Radiant". AFC. 20 June 2013.
  12. "Motawaa claims AFC Cup 2013 MVP Award". AFC. 3 November 2013.
  13. "Jemaa seals top goalscorer award". AFC. 3 November 2013.
  14. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2013 AFC Cup Play-off". AFC.com.
  15. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2013 AFC Cup Group Stage". AFC.com.
  16. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2013 AFC Cup Knock-out Stage". AFC.com.
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