2013 OFC Champions League final explained

2013 OFC Champions League Final
Event:2012–13 OFC Champions League
Team1:Waitakere United
Team1association:
Team1score:1
Team2:Auckland City
Team2association:
Team2score:2
Date:19 May 2013
Stadium:Mount Smart Stadium (Arena 2)
City:Auckland
Referee:Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Attendance:3,000
Previous:2012
Next:2014

The 2013 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2012–13 OFC Champions League, the 12th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 7th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

The final was contested between two New Zealand teams, Waitakere United and Auckland City, at Arena 2 of Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, on 19 May 2013. The winner earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the qualifying play-off round.[1]

Auckland City won the final 2–1 to record their third consecutive and fifth overall Champions League title.[2]

Background

This is the first ever OFC club final which involves two teams from the same country. Either Auckland City or Waitakere United have appeared in the previous seven OFC club finals. Auckland City are the two-time defending champions and have played in four previous finals, winning all of them (2006, 2009, 2011, and 2012), while Waitakere United have played in three previous finals, winning two (2007 and 2008) and losing one (2010).

Road to final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Waitakere UnitedRound Auckland City
OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult
Dragon0–0 (H)Matchday 1 Mont-Dore2–0 (A)
Auckland City1–3 (H)Matchday 2 Waitakere United3–1 (A)
Dragon1–0 (A)Matchday 3 Mont-Dore12–2 (H)
Mont-Dore3–1 (H)Matchday 4 Dragon1–3 (H)
Auckland City1–0 (A)Matchday 5 Waitakere United0–1 (H)
Mont-Dore3–2 (A)Matchday 6 Dragon1–1 (A)
Group B winnerFinal standingsGroup B runner-up
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSemi-finalsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Amicale4–12–0 (A)2–1 (H) Ba7–16–1 (H)1–0 (A)

Rules

The final was played as a single match at a pre-determined venue (a change from previous OFC Champions League finals which had been played on a home-and-away two-legged basis). If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner.[1]

Match

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GK 1 Danny Robinson
DF 2 Aaron Scott
DF 4
DF 5 Brian Shelley
DF 6 Matt Cunneen
MF 8 Chad Coombes
MF 18
MF 20 Ryan De Vries
FW 10
FW 12 Roy Krishna
FW 17 Jake Butler (c)
Substitutes:
GK 28 Alex Carr
DF 3 Jack Beguely
MF 7 Jeremy Christie
MF 19
MF 23 Masaki Nomoto
MF 27
FW 30 Rory Turner
Manager:
Paul Marshall
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GK 12 Tamati Williams
DF 3 Takuya Iwata
DF 7 James Pritchett
DF 15 Ivan Vicelich (c)
DF 19 Mario Bilen
MF 8
MF 11
MF 13
FW 16
FW 9
FW 14
Substitutes:
GK 1 Jacob Spoonley
DF 22
MF 4
MF 5
MF 17 Pedro García
FW 20 Emiliano Tade
FW 21 David Browne
Manager:
Ramon Tribulietx
Assistant referees


Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
Fourth official


Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regulations of the 2013 OFC Champions League. Oceania Football Confederation. 2013-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055333/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/Portals/0/Images/Articles/2013%20regsofchampionsleague.pdf. 2013-10-23. dead.
  2. Web site: Auckland City book ticket to Morocco. oceaniafootball.com. May 20, 2013. 2013-05-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109013844/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/67f01751-7eb3-4528-9a85-f1c1cdcb27ce/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 2013-11-09. dead.