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2013 AFC Cup group stage
The group stage of the 2013 AFC Cup was played from 26 February to 1 May 2013. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
The following 32 teams (16 from West Asia Zone, 16 from East Asia Zone) were entered into the group-stage draw, which included the 31 automatic qualifiers and the qualifying play-off winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw: ;West Asia Zone (Groups A–D)
- BHR Al-Riffa
- BHR Al-Muharraq (later replaced by TJK Regar-TadAZ)
- IRQ Erbil
- IRQ Dohuk
- JOR Al-Faisaly
- JOR Al-Ramtha
- KUW Al-Qadsia
- KUW Al-Kuwait
- LIB Safa
- LIB Al-Ansar
- OMA Fanja
- OMA Dhofar
- SYR Al-Shorta
- TJK Ravshan Kulob
- YEM Al-Shaab Ibb
- Winner of play-off: YEM Al-Ahli Taizz ;East Asia Zone (Groups E–H)
- HKG Kitchee
- HKG Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei
- IND East Bengal
- IND Churchill Brothers
- IDN Semen Padang
- IDN Persibo Bojonegoro
- MAS Kelantan
- MAS Selangor
- MDV New Radiant
- MDV Maziya
- MYA Yangon United
- MYA Ayeyawady United
- SIN Tampines Rovers
- SIN Warriors
- VIE SHB Đà Nẵng
- VIE Sài Gòn Xuân Thành
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.
Format
In the group stage, 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:
- 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
Groups
The matchdays were 5–6 March, 12–13 March, 2–3 April, 9–10 April, 23–24 April, and 30 April–1 May 2013.
Group A
;Tiebreakers
- Al-Riffa are ranked ahead of Safa on head-to-head record.
Al Buraiki
Rogerinho
Rogerinho
Maowas Rogerinho Khamis Hammami
Khamroqulov Omaier Haidar Saad Al Douni
Group B
Bukenya Radhi Al-Hinai Al-Mashari Gustavo
Al-Mashari Radhi
Khodor
Kojok Jounaidi Sebastião Agblexo Kosorić Radhi
Miran Sabah Bukenya
Keita
;Notes
Group C
Diab Al-Attar Joël
Ali Bahjat
Sahyouni Diab Nu'man
Abdul-Raheem
;Notes
Group D
Habib Al Sheikh Al-Mutawa
Irgashev
Al-Mutawa Al Salih
Al Soma Al-Laham Al-Dawud Kassas Ouattara
Kalasi Zakour Al-Mutairi Kassas
;Notes
Group E
Jordi Mofu Iskandar
Singh Rizal Gunawan Lo Kwan Yee Cheng Siu Wai
Singh Chhetri Wilson
Iskandar
Jordi Cheng Siu Wai
Bonai Cheng Siu Wai Tsang Kam To
;Notes
Group F
;Tiebreakers
- New Radiant and Yangon United are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
Ashfaq Umar César Aung Moe
Alcorsé Choi Kwok Wai Roberto Júnior Aung Moe
Fasir Mansa Liang Zicheng Roberto Júnior Leung Tsz Chun
Koné Yan Aung Kyaw Aung Moe Umair
Koné Umair Umar
;Notes
Group G
Merlo
Petratos Nashid Merlo Nguyễn Minh Phương
A. Mohamed Rasheed Putra Faiz Petratos Badhri
Leandro Nay Lin Tun
Ōtomo Hà Minh Tuấn Nguyễn Minh Phương Abdulla Easa Adhuham Ali
Shahrul Badhri
;Notes
Group H
;Tiebreakers
- Selangor are ranked ahead of Sài Gòn Xuân Thành on head-to-head record.
Đurić Pham Thua Chi
Amri Imran Yamashita
Amri Barisić Edeh
Ralte Doe Amri
Oloya Hadžibulić Adib Ralte
Đurić Amri Barisić Orji
;Notes
References
References
- "AFC Cup 2013 Competition Regulations". AFC.
- (6 December 2012). "AFC Cup 2013 – Group Stage Draw". AFC.
- "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013". AFC.
- (4 January 2013). "Fixture changes for AFC Cup". AFC.
- (10 April 2013). "'Disgrace' as Persibo force referee to stop match". South China Morning Post.
- (12 April 2013). "AFC Cup 2013 Group Stage (Group F) Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei vs Persibo". Hong Kong Football Association.
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