title: 2012–13 GCC Champions League
text: # 2012–13 GCC Champions League
  
  The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian Peninsula.
  
  The 2013 edition is the 28th edition and will feature clubs from Saudi Arabia for the first time since the 2009–10 Gulf Club Champions Cup.
  
  ## Groups
  
  Four groups of three teams.
  
  Top two from each group qualify for the one legged quarter finals with group winners hosting the matches.
  
  | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Al Hala $^1$ Al-Khor Al-Ittihad | Najran Al-Muharraq Al-Salmiya | Al-Shabab Al-Kharitiyat Kazma | Al-Faisaly Busaiteen Baniyas |
  
  $^1$ Al Hala replaced Al-Wasl after the group stage draw was completed.
  
  ## Group stage
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Al-Khor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 |
  | Al-Ittihad | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
  | Al Hala | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Al-Muharraq | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
  | Najran | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | Al-Salmiya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 |
  
  ### Group C
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Al-Kharitiyat | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 |
  | Kazma | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
  | Al-Shabab | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 3 |
  
  ### Group D
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Al-Faisaly | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 |
  | Baniyas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
  | Busaiteen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
  