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.
Auckland City won the final 2–1 to record their third consecutive and fifth overall Champions League title.
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 CityOpponentResultGroup 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-upOpponentAgg.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.
Match
GK 1 Danny Robinson DF 2 Aaron Scott DF 4 Tim Myers DF 5 Brian Shelley DF 6 Matt Cunneen MF 8 Chad Coombes MF 18 Sam Mathews MF 20 Ryan De Vries FW 10 Allan Pearce FW 12 Roy Krishna FW 17 Jake Butler (c)Substitutes: GK 28 Alex Carr DF 3 Jack Beguely MF 7 Jeremy Christie MF 19 Daniel Morgan MF 23 Masaki Nomoto MF 27 Chris Palmer FW 30 Rory TurnerManager: Paul Marshall GK 12 Tamati Williams DF 3 Takuya Iwata DF 7 James Pritchett DF 15 Ivan Vicelich (c) DF 19 Mario Bilen MF 8 Chris Bale MF 11 Daniel Koprivcic MF 13 Alex Feneridis FW 16 Albert Riera FW 9 Manel Expósito FW 14 Adam Dickinson Substitutes: GK 1 Jacob Spoonley DF 22 Andrew Milne MF 4 Adam McGeorge MF 5 Darren White MF 17 Pedro García FW 20 Emiliano Tade FW 21 David BrowneManager: Ramon Tribulietx
Assistant referees: Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand) Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji) Fourth official: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
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