2013 AFC Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 February – 2 November 2013 |
| Teams | 34 (from 17 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Al-Kuwait (3rd title)
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| Runners-up |
Al-Qadsia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 118 |
| Goals scored | 409 (3.47 per match) |
| Attendance | 504,544 (4,276 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Issam Jemâa (16 goals) |
| Best player |
Bader Al-Mutawa
|
The 2013 AFC Cup was the 10th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. As in previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches with a new Nike Maxim model used throughout the season.
In an all-Kuwait final, defending champions Al-Kuwait defeated Al-Qadsia 2–0 to win their third AFC Cup title in five years, and became the first team to win the AFC Cup three times. Both finalists also qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League.
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with the final decision to be made by the AFC in November 2012. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2012 AFC Cup if the AFC approved the following applications made by any association:
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:
Each participating association was given two entries:
The following teams entered the competition.
Al-Muharraq (Bahrain) withdrew after the draw was held. As a result, Regar-TadAZ (Tajikistan), which were initially to enter the qualifying play-off, instead directly entered the group stage, and only two teams participated in the qualifying play-off.
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
For 2013, the round of 16 continued to be played as a single match instead of over two legs on a home-and-away basis as originally planned.
The draw for the qualifying play-off was held on 6 December 2012. Each tie was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary. The winner advanced to the group stage to join the 31 automatic qualifiers.
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