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.
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: A preliminary stage was added to the tournament such that teams from all eleven OFC member associations have a chance to contest the title of O-League Champion. Instead of kicking off in late October or early November, the group stage was played in a one-month period in March and April, and games took place every weekend, including mid-week matches. Unlike in previous years, a semi-final stage was played and featured the two highest-placed teams in each group. These matches were played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The victorious semi-final teams then clashed in a winner-takes-all final at a pre-determined venue. The one-match final is a change from previous seasons, in which the final was played over two legs, home and away.
Teams The following teams entered the competition.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodTeams entering the group stage FijiBa2011 Fiji National Football League champion New ZealandWaitakere United2011–12 ASB Premiership grand final championAuckland City2011–12 ASB Premiership regular season premier Papua New GuineaHekari United2011–12 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion Solomon IslandsSolomon Warriors2011–12 Solomon Islands S-League champion TahitiDragon2011–12 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion VanuatuAmicale2012 Vanuatu National Soccer League championTeam entering the play-off round New CaledoniaMont-Dore2011 New Caledonia Division Honneur championTeams entering the preliminary round American SamoaPago Youth2011 FFAS Senior League champion Cook IslandsTupapa Maraerenga2011 Cook Islands Round Cup champion SamoaKiwi2010–11 Samoa National League champion TongaLotoha'apai United2010–11 Tonga Major League champion
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
StageDate (local time)Preliminary stageMatchday 11 May 2012Matchday 23 May 2012Matchday 35 May 2012Play-off8 May 2012Group stageMatchday 130 March 2013Matchday 23, 5–7 April 2013Matchday 312–13 April 2013Matchday 417 April 2013Matchday 520–21, 23 April 2013Matchday 627–28 April 2013Semi-finalsFirst leg4–5 May 2013Second leg11–12 May 2013Final19 May 2013
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.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
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.
First leg
Second leg
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.
Awards AwardPlayerTeamGolden Ball Sanni Issa BaGolden Boot Sanni Issa BaGolden Gloves Danny Robinson Waitakere UnitedFair Play Award— Solomon Warriors
Goalscorers
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.
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Leo Berlim Tupapa Maraerenga62 Mike Saofaiga Kiwi4 Timote Maamaaloa Lotoha'apai United Mark Uhatahi Lotoha'apai United5 Grover Harmon Tupapa Maraerenga36 Campbell Best Tupapa Maraerenga2 Roger Manuel Tupapa Maraerenga Silao Malo Kiwi10 Puni Samuelu Pago Youth1 Hone Fowler Tupapa Maraerenga Twin Tiro Tupapa Maraerenga Loïc Bessières Mont-Dore Pascal Kenon Mont-Dore Jacques Wamytan Mont-Dore Luki Gosche Kiwi Soane Faupula Lotoha'apai United Lafaele Moala Lotoha'apai United Kilifi Uele Lotoha'apai United
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.
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Sanni Issa Ba92 Adam Dickinson Auckland City83 Manel Expósito Auckland City6 Roy Krishna Waitakere United5 Teaonui Tehau Dragon46 Malakai Tiwa Ba3 Mario Bilen Auckland City Gustavo Souto Auckland City Darren White Auckland City Chris Palmer Waitakere United Moffat Kilifa Solomon Warriors Fenedy Masauvakalo Amicale13 Tuimasi Manuca Ba2 Jean-Pierre Bob Mont-Dore Romain Painbéni Mont-Dore Alex Feneridis Auckland City Jake Butler Waitakere United Chad Coombes Waitakere United Raymond Gunemba Hekari United Gagame Feni Solomon Warriors Joses Nawo Amicale22 Laisenia Raura Naioko Ba1 Abbu Zahid Shaheed Ba Avinesh Suwamy Ba Loïc Bessières Mont-Dore Dan Vakie Mont-Dore Chris Bale Auckland City Albert Riera Auckland City Emiliano Tade Auckland City Ryan De Vries Waitakere United Nigel Dabinyaba Hekari United Kema Jack Hekari United Joachim Waroi Hekari United Kidston Billy Solomon Warriors Micah Lea'alafa Solomon Warriors Steevy Chong Hue Dragon Sylvain Graglia Dragon Andre Teikihakaupoko Dragon Nicolas Vallar Dragon Alphonse Bongnaim Amicale Dominique Fred Amicale Papa Gueye Amicale
+Own goalsRankPlayerTeamGoalsOpponent1 Ivan Vicelich Auckland City1 Dragon
See also 2013 FIFA Club World Cup
References
External links O-League Preliminary Schedule & Results OFC Champions League Schedule & Results