2012–13 UAFA Club Cup

The 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup was the 26th season of the Arab World's inter-club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the Arab Champions League to the UAFA Cup. 22 teams participated to this tournament.

2012–13 UAFA Club Cup

كأس الإتحاد العربي للأندية 2012–13
Tournament details
Dates	11 September 2012 – 14 May 2013
Teams	22 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	USM Alger (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Arabi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	107 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lamouri Djediat Fahad Al-Rashidi (4 goals each)
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USM Alger won the tournament after beating Al-Arabi 3–2 on aggregate in the final.

Participating teams

Country	Team	Qualifying method
Africa zone
Algeria (2)	USM Alger	2011–12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 3rd place
	CR Belouizdad	2011–12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 4th place
Comoros (1)	Steal Nouvel FC	2012 Comoros Cup winners
Djibouti (1)	Garde Républicaine	2012 Djibouti Cup winners
Egypt (1)	Ismaily SC	2010–11 Egyptian Premier League 3rd place
Mauritania (1)	Tevragh-Zeina	2011–12 Mauritanian Premier League champions
Morocco (1)	Raja Casablanca	2011–12 Botola 4th place
Somalia (1)	Sahafi	Somali First Division representative
Sudan (1)	Khartoum NC	2011 Sudan Premier League 5th place
Tunisia (1)	CA Bizertin	2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
Asia zone
Bahrain (1)	Al-Hidd	2011–12 Bahrain First Division League 4th place
Iraq (1)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2011–12 Iraqi Elite League 3rd place
Jordan (2)	Al-Baqa'a	2011–12 Jordan League 4th place
	Shabab Al-Ordon	2011–12 Jordan League 7th place
Kuwait (2)	Al-Arabi	2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League 3rd place
	Al-Jahra	2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League 5th place
Lebanon (1)	Nejmeh	2011–12 Lebanese Premier League runners-up
Oman (1)	Al-Oruba	2011–12 Oman Elite League 3rd place
Palestine (1)	Shabab Al-Dhahiriya	2011–12 West Bank Premier League 3rd place
Saudi Arabia (2)	Al-Nassr	2011–12 Saudi Professional League 6th place
	Al-Fateh	2011–12 Saudi Professional League 7th place
Yemen (1)	Shaab Ibb	2011–12 Yemeni League champions

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup qualifying play-off

First round

African zone

Three teams play a tournament matches as a championship in Moroni, Comoros. Only one team qualify to the next round.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STE	SAH	GAR
1	Steal Nouvel FC	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Advanced to Second round		—	2–0	3–2
2	Sahafi	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3			—	—	1–0
3	Garde Républicaine	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0			—	—	—

Source: RSSSF

Asian zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shaab Ibb	3–3 (a)	Nejmeh	0–2	3–1
Al-Oruba	1–3	Shabab Al-Dhahiriya	1–0	0–3^[A]
Al-Jahra	1–3	Al-Fateh	1–2	0–1
Shabab Al-Ordon	1–1 (a)	Al-Hidd	1–1	0–0

Notes

2. Al-Oruba did not play the second leg and the result was awarded 3–0 to Shabab Al-Dhahiriya.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa zone
Tevragh-Zeina	1–4	USM Alger	0–2	1–2
Steal Nouvel FC	4–5	CR Belouizdad	3–0^[B]	1–5
Raja Casablanca	4–2	CA Bizertin	4–0	0–2
Al-Khartoum	3–6	Ismaily SC	3–1	0–5
Asia zone
Al-Nassr	5–0	Al-Hidd	3–0	2–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4–0	Shabab Al-Dhahiriya	3–0	1–0
Al-Arabi	5–4	Al-Fateh	3–2	2–2
Shaab Ibb	1–3	Al-Baqa'a	1–0	0–3

Notes

2. CR Belouizdad did not play the first leg and the result was awarded 3–0 to Steal Nouvel FC.

Knock-out stage

Main article: 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup knock-out stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Al-Nassr	3	0	3
	Al-Arabi	2	2	4
							Al-Arabi (a)	1	2	3
							Raja Casablanca	1	2	3
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1	0	1
	Raja Casablanca	1	2	3
													Al-Arabi	0	2	2
													USM Alger	0	3	3
	Al-Baqa'a	1	2	3
	USM Alger	6	3	9
							USM Alger (aet; p)	0	0	0 (4)
							Ismaily SC	0	0	0 (3)
	CR Belouizdad	1	1	2 (1)
	Ismaily SC (aet; p)	1	1	2 (4)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–3	Raja Casablanca	1–1	0–2
Al-Baqa'a	3–9	USM Alger	1–6	2–3
CR Belouizdad	2–2 (1–4 p)	Ismaily SC	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Al-Nassr	3–4	Al-Arabi	3–2	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	0–0 (4–3 p)	Ismaily SC	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Al-Arabi	3–3 (a)	Raja Casablanca	1–1	2–2

Final

Main article: 2013 UAFA Club Cup Final

24 April 2013

17:00

Al-Arabi	0–0	USM Alger

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Mansouriah (Kuwait City)

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

14 May 2013

17:30

USM Alger	3–2	Al-Arabi
Daham   12' Djediat   36' Meftah   75' (pen.)		57' Fall   61' Al-Moussawi

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Khalil Jalal (Saudi Arabia)

USM Alger won 3–2 on aggregate.

Champions

2012–13 UAFA Club Cup winners
USM Alger First Title

Top scorers

Updated as of games played on 27 February 2013.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lamouri Djediat	USM Alger	4
	Fahad Al-Rashidi	Al-Arabi SC	4
3	Noureddine Daham	USM Alger	3
	Miki	Steal Nouvel FC	3
	Hammadi Ahmad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3
	Hussain Al-Musawi	Al-Arabi SC	3
	Kader Fall	Al-Arabi SC	3
	Élton	Al-Fateh SC	3
9	Islam Slimani	CR Belouizdad	2
	Salim Hanifi	USM Alger	2
	Mohamed Liban	Garde Républicaine FC	2
	Ahmed Ali	Ismaily SC	2
	Ahmed Khairy	Ismaily SC	2
	John Antwi	Ismaily SC	2
	Adnan Adous	Al-Baqa'a SC	2
	Wael Al Rifai	Al-Baqa'a SC	2
	Ahmed Hayel	Al-Arabi SC	2
	Abdelilah Hafidi	Raja Casablanca	2
	Mouhcine Iajour	Raja Casablanca	2
	Mouhcine Moutouali	Raja Casablanca	2
	Doris Fuakumputu	Al-Fateh SC	2
	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	Al Nassr FC	2
	Natiq Rajih	Shaab Ibb	2

References

External links

• (in Arabic)
• UAFA Club Cup 2012/13 - rsssf.com