Runners-up Waitakere United Dates 1 May 2012 – 19 May 2013 Champion Auckland City FC Goals scored 132 | Best goalkeeper Danny Robinson Top scorer Sanni Issa Best player Sanni Issa Matches played 36 | |
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Teams 8 (final stage)
12 (total) (from 11 associations) Similar 2016 OFC Champions League, 2012–13 CONCACAF Champio, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, 2013 CAF Champions League | ||
The 2012–13 OFC Champions League was the 12th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 7th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
Contents
- Format change
- Teams
- Schedule
- Preliminary stage
- Preliminary round
- Play off round
- Group stage
- Semi finals
- Final
- Final stage
- References
Auckland City became the first team to win three consecutive title after defeating Waitakere United in an all-New Zealand final. As the winner of the 2013 OFC Champions League, they earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.
Format change
The OFC decided on the following format changes for the 2013 edition:
Teams
The following teams entered the competition.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
Matches played in Tahiti are one day behind the other countries in global time as Tahiti is on the other side of the International Date Line.
Preliminary stage
The preliminary stage matches were played in Tonga from 1 May to 8 May 2012.
Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, the four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winner advanced to the play-off round.
Play-off round
In the play-off round, the winner of the preliminary round and the team entering in this round played each other over one match. The winner advanced to the group stage to join the seven automatic qualifiers.
Group stage
In the group stage, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four. In each group, the four teams played each other on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
On 5 February 2013, the OFC announced the draw and schedule of the group stage. The group stage matches were played from 30 March to 28 April 2013.
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the winner of Group A play the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B play the runner-up of Group A. In each tie, teams play each other on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the group winners hosting the second leg. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied. If away goals are also tied, extra time is played, and the away goals rule is applied again after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still tied, the away team qualifies. If no goals are scored during extra time, the winner is determined by penalty shoot-out.
The first legs were played on 4 and 5 May 2013, and the second legs were played on 11 and 12 May 2013.
Auckland City won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
Waitakere United won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other over one match at a pre-determined venue, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary. The final was played at Arena 2 of Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand on 19 May 2013.
Preliminary stage
In the preliminary stage (preliminary round and play-off round), there were 37 goals in 7 matches, for an average of 5.29 goals per match.
Source:
Final stage
In the final stage (group stage, semi-finals and final), there were 95 goals in 29 matches, for an average of 3.28 per match.