2012–13 OFC 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.

2012–13 OFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	1–8 May 2012 (preliminary stage) 30 March – 19 May 2013 (final stage)
Teams	8 (final stage) 12 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Auckland City (5th title)
Runners-up	Waitakere United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	132 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sanni Issa (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Sanni Issa
Best goalkeeper	Danny Robinson
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Auckland City became the first team to win three consecutive title after defeating Waitakere United in an all-New Zealand final.^[1] As the winner of the 2013 OFC Champions League, they earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.^[2]

Format change

Ba

Waitakere
United

Auckland
City

Hekari United

Solomon Warriors

Dragon

Amicale

Mont-Dore

Pago
Youth

Tupapa
Maraerenga

Kiwi

Lotoha'apai
United

Location of teams of the 2012–13 OFC Champions League.
Teams entering the group stage
Team entering the play-off round
Teams entering the preliminary round

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.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• 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.^[4]
• 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.^[4]

Teams

The following teams entered the competition.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji	Ba	2011 Fiji National Football League champion[5]
New Zealand	Waitakere United	2011–12 ASB Premiership grand final champion[6]
	Auckland City	2011–12 ASB Premiership regular season premier[7]
Papua New Guinea	Hekari United	2011–12 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion[8]
Solomon Islands	Solomon Warriors	2011–12 Solomon Islands S-League champion[9]
Tahiti	Dragon	2011–12 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion[10]
Vanuatu	Amicale	2012 Vanuatu National Soccer League champion[11]
Team entering the play-off round
New Caledonia	Mont-Dore	2011 New Caledonia Division Honneur champion[12]
Teams entering the preliminary round
American Samoa	Pago Youth	2011 FFAS Senior League champion
Cook Islands	Tupapa Maraerenga	2011 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Samoa	Kiwi	2010–11 Samoa National League champion
Tonga	Lotoha'apai United	2010–11 Tonga Major League champion

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Stage		Date (local time)
Preliminary stage	Matchday 1	1 May 2012
	Matchday 2	3 May 2012
	Matchday 3	5 May 2012
	Play-off	8 May 2012
Group stage	Matchday 1	30 March 2013
	Matchday 2	3, 5–7 April 2013
	Matchday 3	12–13 April 2013
	Matchday 4	17 April 2013
	Matchday 5	20–21, 23 April 2013
	Matchday 6	27–28 April 2013
Semi-finals	First leg	4–5 May 2013
	Second leg	11–12 May 2013
Final		19 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.^[3]

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.^[2]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tupapa Maraerenga	3	2	1	0	14	4	+10	7
Lotoha'apai United	3	2	1	0	11	4	+7	7
Kiwi	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
Pago Youth	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 May 2012

13:00 UTC+13

Pago Youth	1–5	Kiwi
P. Samuelu 90'	Report[permanent dead link]	Malo 7', 23' Saofaiga 26', 80' Gosche 70'

Loto-Tonga Centre, ‘Atele

Attendance: 100

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

1 May 2012

15:30 UTC+13

Lotoha'apai United	3–3	Tupapa Maraerenga
Maamaaloa 68' M. Uhatahi 75' Moala 81'	Report[permanent dead link]	Best 37' Berlim 55', 69'

Loto-Tonga Centre, ‘Atele

Attendance: 300

Referee: Mirko Benischke (New Zealand)

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3 May 2012

13:00 UTC+13

Lotoha'apai United	6–0	Pago Youth
M. Uhatahi 23', 30' Maamaaloa 54', 71', 89' S. T. Faupula 83'	Report[permanent dead link]

Loto-Tonga Centre, ‘Atele

Attendance: 200

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

3 May 2012

15:30 UTC+13

Kiwi	1–2	Tupapa Maraerenga
Saofaiga 19'	Report	Harmon 29' Best 31'

Loto-Tonga Centre, ‘Atele

Attendance: 150

Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)

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5 May 2012

13:00 UTC+13

Tupapa Maraerenga	9–0	Pago Youth
Tiro 3' Berlim 23', 30', 53', 71' Fowler 45+2' Manuel 51', 69' Harmon 88'	Report

Loto-Tonga Centre, ‘Atele

Attendance: 100

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

5 May 2012

15:30 UTC+13

Kiwi	1–2	Lotoha'apai United
Saofaiga 84'	Report	M. Uhatahi 45+5' Uele 57' (pen.)

Loto-Tonga Centre, ‘Atele

Attendance: 350

Referee: Mirko Benischke (New Zealand)

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.^[2]

8 May 2012

15:00 UTC+13

Tupapa Maraerenga	1–3	Mont-Dore
Harmon 90+2'	Report[permanent dead link]	Kenon 33' Bessières 45' Wamytan 85' (pen.)

Loto-Tonga Centre, ‘Atele

Attendance: 400

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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.^[2]

On 5 February 2013, the OFC announced the draw and schedule of the group stage.^[13] The group stage matches were played from 30 March to 28 April 2013.^[14]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BA	AMI	SOL	HEK
Ba	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12	16			2–0	5–0	2–0
Amicale	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10		1–2		2–0	2–0
Solomon Warriors	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	4		2–2	0–2		4–2
Hekari United	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4		1–3	0–0	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 March 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Solomon Warriors	0–2	Amicale
	Report[permanent dead link]	Masauvakalo 64' Gueye 76' (pen.)

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

30 March 2013

15:00 UTC+10

Hekari United	1–3	Ba
Jack 50'	Report	Tiwa 44' Issa 52' Manuca 90+2'

PMRL Stadium, Port Moresby

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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3 April 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Solomon Warriors	2–2	Ba
Billy 32' Lea'alafa 90+2'	Report	Issa 6', 20'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Hillary Ani (Papua New Guinea)

6 April 2013

15:00 UTC+10

Hekari United	0–0	Amicale
	Report

PMRL Stadium, Port Moresby

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

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13 April 2013

15:00 UTC+12

Ba	2–0	Hekari United
Tiwa 18' Issa 80'	Report

Govind Park, Ba

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

13 April 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Amicale	2–0	Solomon Warriors
Bongnaim 60' Fred 88'	Report

Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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17 April 2013

15:00 UTC+12

Ba	5–0	Solomon Warriors
Tiwa 2' Issa 47', 63', 75' Naioko 86'	Report[permanent dead link]

Govind Park, Ba

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Hillary Ani (Papua New Guinea)

17 April 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Amicale	2–0	Hekari United
Nawo 38' Masauvakalo 76'	Report[permanent dead link]

Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)

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20 April 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Solomon Warriors	4–2	Hekari United
G. Feni 11', 44' Kilifa 13', 27'	Report	Waroi 43' Gunemba 89'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)

20 April 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Amicale	1–2	Ba
Masauvakalo 19'	Report	Suwamy 60' (pen.) Issa 67' (pen.)

Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Mirko Benischke (New Zealand)

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27 April 2013

15:00 UTC+12

Ba	2–0	Amicale
Issa 60' (pen.) Shaheed 83'	Report

Govind Park, Ba

Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

27 April 2013

15:00 UTC+10

Hekari United	2–1	Solomon Warriors
Gunemba 17' Dabinyaba 27'	Report	Kilifa 54'

PMRL Stadium, Port Moresby

Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		WAI	AUC	DRA	MON
Waitakere United	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13			1–3	0–0	3–1
Auckland City	6	3	1	2	19	8	+11	10		0–1		1–3	12–2
Dragon	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9		0–1	1–1		1–1
Mont-Dore	6	0	1	5	7	25	−18	1		2–3	0–2	1–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 March 2013

15:00 UTC+13

Waitakere United	0–0	Dragon
	Report[permanent dead link]

Fred Taylor Park, Auckland

Attendance: 300

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

30 March 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Mont-Dore	0–2	Auckland City
	Report[permanent dead link]	Souto 61' Dickinson 67' (pen.)

Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa

Attendance: 350

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

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5 April 2013

19:00 UTC+11

Mont-Dore	1–4	Dragon
Painbéni 10'	Report	T. Tehau 40', 81' Teikihakaupoko 86' Chong Hue 88'

Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa

Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

7 April 2013

15:00 UTC+12

Waitakere United	1–3	Auckland City
Krishna 55'	Report[permanent dead link]	Dickinson 5', 62' (pen.) Souto 51'

Fred Taylor Park, Auckland

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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13 April 2013

15:00 UTC+12

Auckland City	12–2	Mont-Dore
Dickinson 4', 34', 43' White 8' Souto 9' Bale 18' Bilen 26', 38' Riera 28' Expósito 61', 65', 81'	Report	Bob 46' Painbéni 78'

Kiwitea Street, Auckland

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

12 April 2013

19:30 UTC−10

Dragon	0–1	Waitakere United
	Report	Butler 43'

Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae

Referee: Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (New Caledonia)

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17 April 2013

15:00 UTC+12

Auckland City	1–3	Dragon
Dickinson 45+1' (pen.)	Report[permanent dead link]	T. Tehau 76' Vicelich 84' (o.g.) Graglia 90+1'

Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 600

Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

17 April 2013

18:00 UTC+12

Waitakere United	3–1	Mont-Dore
Palmer 2' (pen.) Krishna 49', 55'	Report[permanent dead link]	Maou 75'

Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 800

Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

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21 April 2013

15:00 UTC+12

Auckland City	0–1	Waitakere United
	Report[permanent dead link]	Butler 26'

Kiwitea Street, Auckland

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)

23 April 2013

19:30 UTC−10

Dragon	1–1	Mont-Dore
Vallar 35'	Report	Vakie 73'

Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae

Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

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27 April 2013

19:30 UTC−10

Dragon	1–1	Auckland City
T. Tehau 5'	Report	Expósito 39'

Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

28 April 2013

16:30 UTC+11

Mont-Dore	2–3	Waitakere United
Bessières 36' Bob 66'	Report	Palmer 1', 53' (pen.) De Vries 78'

Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa

Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

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.^[2]

The first legs were played on 4 and 5 May 2013, and the second legs were played on 11 and 12 May 2013.^[15]

First leg

4 May 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Amicale	0–2	Waitakere United
	Report	Krishna 33', 45+2'

Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

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5 May 2013

15:00 UTC+12

Auckland City	6–1	Ba
Expósito 31', 73' Tade 63' White 80', 89' Bilen 86'	Report	Manuca 34'

Kiwitea Street, Auckland

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Second leg

11 May 2013

14:00 UTC+12

Ba	0–1	Auckland City
	Report	Feneridis 51'

Govind Park, Ba

Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

Auckland City won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

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12 May 2013

14:00 UTC+12

Waitakere United	2–1	Amicale
Coombes 66' Krishna 89'	Report	Nawo 37'

Fred Taylor Park, Auckland

Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Waitakere United won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

Main article: 2013 OFC Champions League 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.^[2] The final was played at Arena 2 of Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand on 19 May 2013.

19 May 2013

15:45 UTC+12

Waitakere United	1–2	Auckland City
Coombes 39'	Report	Dickinson 16' Feneridis 19'

Mount Smart Stadium (Arena 2), Auckland

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

Awards

Award[1]	Player	Team
Golden Ball	Sanni Issa	Ba
Golden Boot	Sanni Issa	Ba
Golden Gloves	Danny Robinson	Waitakere United
Fair 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.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Leo Berlim	Tupapa Maraerenga	6
2	Mike Saofaiga	Kiwi	4
	Timote Maamaaloa	Lotoha'apai United
	Mark Uhatahi	Lotoha'apai United
5	Grover Harmon	Tupapa Maraerenga	3
6	Campbell Best	Tupapa Maraerenga	2
	Roger Manuel	Tupapa Maraerenga
	Silao Malo	Kiwi
10	Puni Samuelu	Pago Youth	1
	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

Source:^[16]

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.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sanni Issa	Ba	9
2	Adam Dickinson	Auckland City	8
3	Manel Expósito	Auckland City	6
	Roy Krishna	Waitakere United
5	Teaonui Tehau	Dragon	4
6	Malakai Tiwa	Ba	3
	Mario Bilen	Auckland City
	Gustavo Souto	Auckland City
	Darren White	Auckland City
	Chris Palmer	Waitakere United
	Moffat Kilifa	Solomon Warriors
	Fenedy Masauvakalo	Amicale
13	Tuimasi Manuca	Ba	2
	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	Amicale
22	Laisenia Raura Naioko	Ba	1
	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 goals

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Opponent
1	Ivan Vicelich	Auckland City	1	Dragon

See also

• 2013 FIFA Club World Cup