2013 AFC Cup

2013 AFC Cup

Tournament details
Dates	9 February – 2 November 2013
Teams	34 (from 17 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Kuwait (3rd title)
Runners-up	Al-Qadsia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	118
Goals scored	409 (3.47 per match)
Attendance	504,544 (4,276 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Issam Jemâa (16 goals)
Best player	Bader Al-Mutawa

The 2013 AFC Cup was the 10th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.^[1]

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.

West Asia Zone Member Association Slots Group stage Play-off Bahrain 2 0 Iraq 2 0 Jordan 2 0 Kuwait 2 0 Lebanon 2 0 Oman 2 0 Syria 1 1 Tajikistan 1 1 Yemen 1 1 Total 15 3

East Asia Zone Member Association Slots Group stage Play-off Hong Kong 2 0 India 2 0 Indonesia 2 0 Malaysia 2 0 Maldives 2 0 Myanmar 2 0 Singapore 2 0 Vietnam 2 0 Total 16 0

Teams

The following teams entered the competition.

West Asia Zone Team Qualifying method App Last App Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D) Al-Riffa 2011–12 Bahrain First Division League champions 2nd 2010 Al-Muharraq 2012 Bahraini King's Cup winners 5th 2009 Erbil 2011–12 Iraqi Premier League champions 4th 2012 Dohuk 2011–12 Iraqi Premier League runners-up 2nd 2011 Al-Faisaly 2011–12 Jordan League champions 2011–12 Jordan FA Cup winners 7th 2012 Al-Ramtha 2011–12 Jordan League runners-up 1st none Al-Qadsia 2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League champions 2011–12 Kuwait Emir Cup winners 4th 2012 Al-Kuwait 2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up 5th 2012 Safa 2011–12 Lebanese Premier League champions 4th 2012 Al-Ansar 2011–12 Lebanese FA Cup winners 4th 2011 Fanja 2011–12 Oman Elite League champions 1st none Dhofar 2011 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners 3rd 2007 Al-Shorta 2011–12 Syrian Premier League champions 2nd 2012 Ravshan Kulob 2012 Tajik League champions 1st none Al-Shaab Ibb 2011–12 Yemeni League champions 2nd 2004 Qualifying play-off participants Al-Wahda 2012 Syrian Cup winners 2nd 2004 Regar-TadAZ 2012 Tajik Cup winners 1st none Al-Ahli Taizz 2012 Yemeni President Cup winners 1st none

East Asia Zone Team Qualifying method App Last App Group stage direct entrants (Groups E–H) Kitchee 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League champions 3rd 2012 Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei 2011–12 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield winners 4th 2007 East Bengal 2011–12 I-League runners-up 2012 Indian Federation Cup winners 7th 2012 Churchill Brothers 2011–12 I-League 3rd place^[Note IND] 2nd 2010 Semen Padang 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League champions 1st none Persibo Bojonegoro 2012 Piala Indonesia winners 1st none Kelantan 2012 Malaysia Super League champions 2012 Malaysia FA Cup winners 2nd 2012 Selangor 2012 Malaysia Super League 3rd place^[Note MAS] 3rd 2010 New Radiant 2012 Dhivehi League champions 5th 2008 Maziya 2012 Maldives FA Cup winners 1st none Yangon United 2012 Myanmar National League champions 2nd 2012 Ayeyawady United 2012 MFF Cup winners 2nd 2012 Tampines Rovers 2012 S.League champions 6th 2012 Warriors (formerly Singapore Armed Forces)[5] 2012 Singapore Cup winners 3rd 2008 SHB Đà Nẵng 2012 V-League champions 2nd 2010 Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 2012 Vietnamese Cup winners 1st none

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.

Al-Muharraq
Riffa

Dohuk

Erbil

Al-Ramtha

Al-Faisaly

Al-Kuwait
Al-Qadsia

Safa
Al-Ansar

Fanja

Dhofar

Al-Shorta
Al-Wahda (q)

Ravshan Kulob

Regar-TadAZ

Al-Shaab Ibb

Al-Ahli Taizz (q)

Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei
Kitchee

East Bengal

Churchill Brothers

Semen Padang

Persibo Bojonegoro

Selangor

Kelantan

New Radiant
Maziya

Yangon United

Ayeyawady United

Tampines Rovers
Warriors

SHB Đà Nẵng

Sài Gòn Xuân Thành

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[8]	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[9]	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.^[10]

Qualifying play-off

The draw for the qualifying play-off was held on 6 December 2012.^[11] 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.^[12]

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

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012.^[11] 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 Al-Kuwait 6 4 0 2 15 6 +9 12 Al-Riffa 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Safa 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 Regar-TadAZ 6 0 2 4 5 16 −11 2

KUW RIF REG SFA Al-Kuwait — 2–3 5–0 3–1 Al-Riffa 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 Regar-TadAZ 1–3 0–3 — 2–3 Safa 1–0 1–0 1–1 —

Tiebreakers

• Al-Riffa are ranked ahead of Safa on head-to-head record.

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Erbil 6 6 0 0 17 0 +17 18 Fanja 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Al-Ansar 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 Al-Ahli Taizz 6 0 0 6 2 20 −18 0

ATA ANS ERB FAN Al-Ahli Taizz — 0–2 0–4 0–2 Al-Ansar 5–1 — 0–2 0–0 Erbil 4–0 2–0 — 1–0 Fanja 3–1 4–0 0–4 —

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Faisaly 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Dohuk 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12 Dhofar 6 3 1 2 8 12 −4 10 Al-Shaab Ibb 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0

FAI SIB DHO DUH Al-Faisaly — 2–1 2–3 1–0 Al-Shaab Ibb 0–2 — 0–1 1–3 Dhofar 1–1 1–0 — 1–3 Dohuk 0–1 2–1 6–1 —

Group D

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

QAD RAM SHO RAV Al-Qadsia — 2–2 0–1 3–0 Al-Ramtha 0–3 — 1–2 5–0 Al-Shorta 0–2 0–1 — 2–0 Ravshan Kulob 1–3 0–1 1–3 —

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Semen Padang 6 5 1 0 15 6 +9 16 Kitchee 6 4 0 2 18 7 +11 12 Churchill Brothers 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4 Warriors 6 1 0 5 4 17 −13 3

CHB KIT SP WAR Churchill Brothers — 0–4 2–2 3–0 Kitchee 3–0 — 1–2 5–0 Semen Padang 3–1 3–1 — 3–1 Warriors 1–0 2–4 0–2 —

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts New Radiant 6 5 0 1 20 4 +16 15 Yangon United 6 5 0 1 18 5 +13 15 Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei 6 1 1 4 12 12 0 4 Persibo Bojonegoro 6 0 1 5 5 34 −29 1

NRA PSB SH YAN New Radiant — 6–1 1–0 3–1 Persibo Bojonegoro 0–7 — 3–3 1–7 Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei 0–3 8–0 — 1–3 Yangon United 2–0 3–0 2–0 —

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 Kelantan 6 4 1 1 14 9 +5 13 SHB Đà Nẵng 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12 Maziya 6 2 1 3 13 12 +1 7 Ayeyawady United 6 1 0 5 9 14 −5 3

AYE KEL MAZ DN Ayeyawady United — 1–3 3–0 2–3 Kelantan 3–1 — 1–1 5–0 Maziya 3–1 6–1 — 2–3 SHB Đà Nẵng 2–1 0–1 3–1 —

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts East Bengal 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 Selangor 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8 Tampines Rovers 6 0 2 4 12 17 −5 2

KEB SG SEL TPR East Bengal — 4–1 1–0 2–1 Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 1–4 — 2–1 2–2 Selangor 2–2 3–1 — 3–3 Tampines Rovers 2–4 2–3 2–3 —

Tiebreakers

• Selangor are ranked ahead of Sài Gòn Xuân Thành on head-to-head record.

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.^[13] 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

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Qadsia	0–2	Al-Kuwait

Awards

Award	Player	Team
Most Valuable Player[14]	Bader Al-Mutawa	Al-Qadsia
Top Goalscorer[15]	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			2	2	2			4	3	2		1	16
2	Jordi Tarrés	Kitchee	2	2	1	1	1	3	1		1				12
3	Edward Wilson	Semen Padang	1		1	2	2	2	1		1				10
4	Bader Al-Mutawa	Al-Qadsia		1	2	2	1	1	2						9
	Ali Ashfaq	New Radiant		5				3		1					9
	Adama Koné	Yangon United	3	1	1	1	2	1							9
7	Ahmad Al Douni	Al-Riffa (GS+R16) Al-Shorta (QF)		3		1	1	1			1				7
	Amjad Radhi	Erbil	1	1		2		2	1						7
	Rogerinho	Al-Kuwait	1	1	1	1				1			1	1	7
10	Chidi Edeh	East Bengal			1	1		1	3						6
	Gastón Merlo	SHB Đà Nẵng	1	1				3	1						6
	Mohamed Umair	New Radiant	1	1		1	1	2							6

Note: Goals scored in qualifying play-off not counted.^[16]

Source:^[17][18]

See also

• 2013 AFC Champions League
• 2013 AFC President's Cup

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. 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. "Clubs await Thursday’s ACL draw". AFC. 4 December 2012.
9. "Invitation to the Official Draw for the AFC Champions League & AFC Cup 2013". AIPS. 6 June 2013.
10. "Solidarity marks AFC ExCo meeting". AFC. 29 November 2012.
11. "AFC Cup 2013 – Group Stage Draw". AFC. 6 December 2012.
12. "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.
13. "Kuwait SC resume title defence against New Radiant". AFC. 20 June 2013.
14. "Motawaa claims AFC Cup 2013 MVP Award". AFC. 3 November 2013.
15. "Jemaa seals top goalscorer award". AFC. 3 November 2013.
16. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2013 AFC Cup Play-off". AFC.com.
17. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2013 AFC Cup Group Stage". AFC.com.
18. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2013 AFC Cup Knock-out Stage". AFC.com.

External links

• AFC Cup