2013 AFC Champions League group stage
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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.[1]
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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.[2] 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 29 automatic qualifiers and the three qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:
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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
- 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 26–27 February, 12–13 March, 2–3 April, 9–10 April, 23–24 April, and 30 April–1 May 2013.[3]
Group A
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El Jaish  |
3–3 |  Tractor Sazi |
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Ribeiro  35', 88'Adriano 67' (pen.) |
Report | Paixão 24' Seyed-Salehi 51'Geílson 90+2' |
| Tractor Sazi |
2–4 | El Jaish |
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| Geílson 3', 66' |
Report | Sayed 48' (pen.) Bakur 52', 71' (pen.)Go Seul-Ki 83' |
Group B
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- Al-Ettifaq are ranked ahead of Pakhtakor on head-to-head record.
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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 Al-Ettifaq |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
 Pakhtakor |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
Group C
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Group D
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| Al-Rayyan |
3–3 | Esteghlal |
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| Tabata 37' (pen.) Omranzadeh 58' (o.g.)Nilmar 87' |
Report | Samuel 27' Borhani 45+1'Nekounam 86' (pen.) |
Group E
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- Buriram United and Jiangsu Sainty are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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 Buriram United |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Jiangsu Sainty |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jiangsu Sainty |
2–0 | Buriram United |
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| Lu Bofei 42' Sun Ke 43' |
Report |
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Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing
Attendance: 35,756 Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) |
| Jiangsu Sainty |
0–2 |  FC Seoul |
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| Report | Koh Myong-Jin 32' Yun Il-Lok 72' |
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Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing
Attendance: 33,587 Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) |
Group F
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- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are ranked ahead of Urawa Red Diamonds on head-to-head record.
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
 Urawa Red Diamonds |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
| Muangthong United |
2–2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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| Gjurovski 45+1' (pen.) Kim Yoo-Jin 89' |
Report | Lee Dong-Gook 6' (pen.) Oris 78' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
4–1 | Muangthong United |
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| Kashiwagi 8' Sekiguchi 65'Haraguchi 69'Thritthi 78' (o.g.) |
Report | Siaka 90' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
1–3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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| Haraguchi 6' |
Report | Lee Seung-Gi 52' Lee Dong-Gook 64'Eninho 70' |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
2–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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| Eninho 51' Seo Sang-Min 90+2' |
Report | Nasu 3' Umesaki 7' |
| Muangthong United |
1–4 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
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| Sarawut 53' |
Report | Muriqui 40', 43' Zheng Zhi 56'Feng Xiaoting 86' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
3–2 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
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| Koroki 52' Abe 63'Márcio Richardes 67' (pen.) |
Report | Barrios 37' Muriqui 87' |
Group G
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| Bunyodkor |
0–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 8,448 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
Group H
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| Kashiwa Reysol |
3–1 |  Central Coast Mariners |
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| Leandro Domingues 21', 88' Kano 67' |
Report | Zwaanswijk 8' |
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Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 6,472 Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
2–6 | Kashiwa Reysol |
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| Choi Jae-Soo 52' Ristić 73' (pen.) |
Report | Tanaka 16', 67' Kurisawa 51', 75'Kudo 55', 90+3' |
| Guizhou Renhe |
2–1 | Central Coast Mariners |
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| Muslimović 83' Qu Bo 85' |
Report | Duke 42' (pen.) |
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Guiyang Olympic Sports Center, Guiyang
Attendance: 18,988 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
| Guizhou Renhe |
2–2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
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| Sun Jihai 45' Zhang Chenglin 86' |
Report | Lee Jong-Min 35' Kwon Chang-Hoon 55' |
