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The group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League 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, 16:00 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 Zone, 16 from East Zone) were entered into the group-stage draw, which included the 29 automatic qualifiers and the three qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:

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:

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

Groups

The matchdays were 26–27 February, 12–13 March, 2–3 April, 9–10 April, 23–24 April, and 30 April–1 May 2013.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SHB	JSH	JAZ	TRA
1	Al-Shabab	6	4	1	1	7	5	+2	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	2–1	1–0
2	El Jaish	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11			3–0	—	3–1	3–3
3	Al-Jazira	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5			1–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Tractor Sazi	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4			0–1	2–4	3–1	—

Tractor Sazi	3–1	Al-Jazira
Seyed-Salehi 36' Kazemian 60' Ebrahimzadeh 80'	Report	Mabkhout 79'

Al-Shabab	2–0	El Jaish
Anderson 33' (o.g.) Al-Ghamdi 39'	Report

El Jaish	3–3	Tractor Sazi
Ribeiro 35', 88' Adriano 67' (pen.)	Report	Paixão 24' Seyed-Salehi 51' Geílson 90+2'

Al-Jazira	1–1	Al-Shabab
Esmaeel 55'	Report	Fallatah 44'

El Jaish	3–1	Al-Jazira
Ribeiro 7', 58' Yousef 17'	Report	Khater 45+2'

Al-Shabab	1–0	Tractor Sazi
Al-Shamrani 30'	Report

Al-Jazira	1–1	El Jaish
Bargash 25'	Report	Adriano 33'

Tractor Sazi	0–1	Al-Shabab
	Report	Tagliabué 84'

El Jaish	3–0	Al-Shabab
Ribeiro 3', 82', 90+3'	Report

Al-Jazira	2–0	Tractor Sazi
Oliveira 7' Khater 90+2'	Report

Al-Shabab	2–1	Al-Jazira
Al-Shamrani 47' Al-Sulaitin 80'	Report	Diaky 30'

Tractor Sazi	2–4	El Jaish
Geílson 3', 66'	Report	Sayed 48' (pen.) Bakur 52', 71' (pen.) Go Seul-Ki 83'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEK	SHA	ETT	PAK
1	Lekhwiya	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9			3–1	—	1–0	0–1
3	Al-Ettifaq	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7			0–0	4–1	—	2–0
4	Pakhtakor	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7			2–2	1–2	1–0	—

Tiebreakers

• Al-Ettifaq are ranked ahead of Pakhtakor on head-to-head record.

Pakhtakor	1–0	Al-Ettifaq
Abdukholiqov 73'	Report

Lekhwiya	2–1	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Soria 20' Msakni 33'	Report	Edgar 10'

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	0–1	Pakhtakor
	Report	Iskanderov 85'

Al-Ettifaq	0–0	Lekhwiya
	Report

Lekhwiya	3–1	Pakhtakor
Dia 21' Soria 84', 90+1'	Report	Urunov 40'

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	1–0	Al-Ettifaq
Masood 81'	Report

Pakhtakor	2–2	Lekhwiya
Urunov 26' Traoré 56' (o.g.)	Report	Soria 1' Msakni 67'

Al-Ettifaq	4–1	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Bashir 16', 71' Al-Shehri 42' Al-Salem 80'	Report	Edgar 51'

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	3–1	Lekhwiya
Obaid 46' Ciel 76' Edgar 90+2'	Report	Msakni 36'

Al-Ettifaq	2–0	Pakhtakor
Al-Shehri 24' Al-Jamaan 41'	Report

Lekhwiya	2–0	Al-Ettifaq
Luiz Jr. 12' Muftah 65'	Report

Pakhtakor	1–2	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Makharadze 19' (pen.)	Report	Dhahi 1' Makharadze 64' (o.g.)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	GHA	SEP	NAS
1	Al-Ahli	6	4	2	0	16	8	+8	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	4–1	2–2
2	Al-Gharafa	6	3	1	2	13	11	+2	10			2–2	—	3–1	3–1
3	Sepahan	6	3	0	3	12	13	−1	9			2–4	3–1	—	3–0
4	Al-Nasr	6	0	1	5	7	16	−9	1			1–2	2–4	1–2	—

Sepahan	3–0	Al-Nasr
Sukaj 22', 81' Ebrahimi 87'	Report

Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Gharafa
Al-Bassas 35' Victor Simões 90+4'	Report

Al-Gharafa	3–1	Sepahan
Cissé 16', 58' Siddiq 90+2'	Report	Ahmadi 13'

Al-Nasr	1–2	Al-Ahli
Morimoto 13'	Report	Al Hosni 17', 36'

Al-Nasr	2–4	Al-Gharafa
Fardan 56' Correa 58'	Report	Cissé 24' Shami 31' Nenê 45+1' (pen.) Quaye 84'

Sepahan	2–4	Al-Ahli
Sukaj 3' Talebi 86'	Report	Victor Simões 23', 65' Bruno César 39' Al Hosni 46'

Al-Gharafa	3–1	Al-Nasr
Quaye 8' Nenê 55' Al Shammari 79'	Report	Morimoto 16'

Al-Ahli	4–1	Sepahan
Al-Bassas 44', 62' Bruno César 68' (pen.) Al-Khamees 90+1'	Report	Đalović 82'

Al-Gharafa	2–2	Al-Ahli
Alex 24' Cissé 54' (pen.)	Report	Al Hosni 31' Palomino 68'

Al-Nasr	1–2	Sepahan
Taher 71'	Report	Đalović 29' Gholami 79'

Sepahan	3–1	Al-Gharafa
Jahan Alian 11' Gholami 48' Khalatbari 55'	Report	Siddiq 44'

Al-Ahli	2–2	Al-Nasr
Bakshween 8' (pen.) Al-Jassim 77'	Report	Léo Lima 23' (pen.) Malullah 55'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EST	HIL	AIN	RAY
1	Esteghlal	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–1	2–0	3–0
2	Al-Hilal	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12			1–2	—	2–0	3–1
3	Al-Ain	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6			0–1	3–1	—	2–1
4	Al-Rayyan	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4			3–3	0–2	2–1	—

Al-Ain	3–1	Al-Hilal
Abdulrahman 27' Brosque 46' Gyan 90+2'	Report	Al-Zori 9'

Al-Rayyan	3–3	Esteghlal
Tabata 37' (pen.) Omranzadeh 58' (o.g.) Nilmar 87'	Report	Samuel 27' Borhani 45+1' Nekounam 86' (pen.)

Esteghlal	2–0	Al-Ain
Samuel 64' Majidi 73'	Report

Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Rayyan
Al-Qahtani 57', 74' Al-Shalhoub 88'	Report	Ismail 86'

Al-Ain	2–1	Al-Rayyan
Ekoko 34' Brosque 70'	Report	Nilmar 32'

Al-Hilal	1–2	Esteghlal
Al-Dossari 68'	Report	Montazeri 80' Borhani 86'

Al-Rayyan	2–1	Al-Ain
Nilmar 59' Al-Marri 86'	Report	Ahmed 78'

Esteghlal	0–1	Al-Hilal
	Report	Al Abed 35'

Esteghlal	3–0	Al-Rayyan
Majidi 45' Beikzadeh 73' Borhani 90+1'	Report

Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Ain
Al-Dossari 4' Wesley 24'	Report

Al-Ain	0–1	Esteghlal
	Report	Nekounam 80' (pen.)

Al-Rayyan	0–2	Al-Hilal
	Report	Al Abed 78' Al-Harthi 83'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEO	BUR	JIA	SEN
1	FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	5–1	2–1
2	Buriram United	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7			0–0	—	2–0	1–1
3	Jiangsu Sainty	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7			0–2	2–0	—	0–0
4	Vegalta Sendai	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			1–0	1–1	1–2	—

Tiebreakers

• Buriram United and Jiangsu Sainty are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.

Vegalta Sendai	1–1	Buriram United
Ryang Yong-Gi 53' (pen.)	Report	Osmar 76'

FC Seoul	5–1	Jiangsu Sainty
Damjanović 8', 61' Yun Il-Lok 33', 56' Molina 87'	Report	Salihi 80'

Buriram United	0–0	FC Seoul
	Report

Jiangsu Sainty	0–0	Vegalta Sendai
	Report

FC Seoul	2–1	Vegalta Sendai
Escudero 6' Kim Jin-Kyu 22'	Report	Wilson 87' (pen.)

Jiangsu Sainty	2–0	Buriram United
Lu Bofei 42' Sun Ke 43'	Report

Vegalta Sendai	1–0	FC Seoul
Yanagisawa 16'	Report

Buriram United	2–0	Jiangsu Sainty
Suchao 39' Charyl 60'	Report

Buriram United	1–1	Vegalta Sendai
Osmar 53'	Report	Nakahara 90+3'

Jiangsu Sainty	0–2	FC Seoul
	Report	Koh Myong-Jin 32' Yun Il-Lok 72'

FC Seoul	2–2	Buriram United
Jung Seung-Yong 55' Kim Hyun-Sung 74'	Report	Ekkachai 56' Theeraton 75'

Vegalta Sendai	1–2	Jiangsu Sainty
Sugai 24'	Report	Liu Jianye 38' Salihi 62'

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GUA	JEO	URA	MUA
1	Guangzhou Evergrande	6	3	2	1	14	5	+9	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	3–0	4–0
2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	2	4	0	10	6	+4	10			1–1	—	2–2	2–0
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10			3–2	1–3	—	4–1
4	Muangthong United	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1			1–4	2–2	0–1	—

Tiebreakers

• Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are ranked ahead of Urawa Red Diamonds on head-to-head record.

Guangzhou Evergrande	3–0	Urawa Red Diamonds
Barrios 16' Muriqui 65' Suzuki 90+1' (o.g.)	Report

Muangthong United	2–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Gjurovski 45+1' (pen.) Kim Yoo-Jin 89'	Report	Lee Dong-Gook 6' (pen.) Oris 78'

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–1	Guangzhou Evergrande
Kim Jung-Woo 28'	Report	Muriqui 64'

Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1	Muangthong United
Kashiwagi 8' Sekiguchi 65' Haraguchi 69' Thritthi 78' (o.g.)	Report	Siaka 90'

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Haraguchi 6'	Report	Lee Seung-Gi 52' Lee Dong-Gook 64' Eninho 70'

Guangzhou Evergrande	4–0	Muangthong United
Conca 51', 90+2' (pen.) Muriqui 58' Gao Lin 84'	Report

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Eninho 51' Seo Sang-Min 90+2'	Report	Nasu 3' Umesaki 7'

Muangthong United	1–4	Guangzhou Evergrande
Sarawut 53'	Report	Muriqui 40', 43' Zheng Zhi 56' Feng Xiaoting 86'

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–0	Muangthong United
Lee Dong-Gook 56' (pen.) Park Hee-Do 58'	Report

Urawa Red Diamonds	3–2	Guangzhou Evergrande
Koroki 52' Abe 63' Márcio Richardes 67' (pen.)	Report	Barrios 37' Muriqui 87'

Guangzhou Evergrande	0–0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Report

Muangthong United	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Report	Nasu 48'

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BUN	BEI	POH	HIR
1	Bunyodkor	6	2	4	0	6	3	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	2–2	0–0
2	Beijing Guoan	6	2	3	1	4	2	+2	9			0–1	—	2–0	2–1
3	Pohang Steelers	6	1	4	1	5	6	−1	7			1–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	0	3	3	2	6	−4	3			0–2	0–0	0–1	—

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–2	Bunyodkor
	Report	Pyschur 45' Musaev 86'

Pohang Steelers	0–0	Beijing Guoan
	Report

Beijing Guoan	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Lang Zheng 21' Piao Cheng 79'	Report	Ishihara 75'

Bunyodkor	2–2	Pohang Steelers
Pyschur 15' Murzoev 90+4'	Report	Lee Myung-Joo 60' Lee Gwang-Hoon 67'

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Pohang Steelers
	Report	Bae Chun-Suk 18'

Bunyodkor	0–0	Beijing Guoan
	Report

Pohang Steelers	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Hwang Jin-Sung 67'	Report	Ishihara 62'

Beijing Guoan	0–1	Bunyodkor
	Report	Musaev 32'

Beijing Guoan	2–0	Pohang Steelers
Guerrón 47' Shao Jiayi 87'	Report

Bunyodkor	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	Report

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Beijing Guoan
	Report

Pohang Steelers	1–1	Bunyodkor
Park Sung-Ho 90+3'	Report	Pyschur 79'

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KSW	CCM	GUI	SUW
1	Kashiwa Reysol	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	1–1	0–0
2	Central Coast Mariners	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	7			0–3	—	2–1	0–0
3	Guizhou Renhe	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6			0–1	2–1	—	2–2
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6	0	4	2	4	9	−5	4			2–6	0–1	0–0	—

Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Report

Guizhou Renhe	0–1	Kashiwa Reysol
	Report	Cléo 45+1'

Kashiwa Reysol	3–1	Central Coast Mariners
Leandro Domingues 21', 88' Kano 67'	Report	Zwaanswijk 8'

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0	Guizhou Renhe
	Report

Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Guizhou Renhe
Bojić 50' Sainsbury 80'	Report	Rose 71' (o.g.)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–6	Kashiwa Reysol
Choi Jae-Soo 52' Ristić 73' (pen.)	Report	Tanaka 16', 67' Kurisawa 51', 75' Kudo 55', 90+3'

Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Report

Guizhou Renhe	2–1	Central Coast Mariners
Muslimović 83' Qu Bo 85'	Report	Duke 42' (pen.)

Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	Guizhou Renhe
Masushima 51'	Report	Li Kai 85'

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–1	Central Coast Mariners
	Report	McGlinchey 80'

Central Coast Mariners	0–3	Kashiwa Reysol
	Report	Kudo 59' Cléo 79' Leandro Domingues 85'

Guizhou Renhe	2–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Sun Jihai 45' Zhang Chenglin 86'	Report	Lee Jong-Min 35' Kwon Chang-Hoon 55'

References

1. ^ "AFC Champions League 2013 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-02.
2. "ACL 2013 – Group Stage Draw". AFC. 6 December 2012.
3. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013" (PDF). AFC.

External links

• AFC Champions League

• 2013 AFC Champions League