All ages are calculated from 1 August 2012. Saudi competitions and AFC competitions allow each club to register four foreign players as long as one of them belongs to a nation under the AFC.
Training for the new season started on 18 June 2012. The team left Saudi Arabia for training sessions in Barcelona, Spain on 23 June 2012 and returned to Saudi Arabia on 22 July 2012.[4]
The draw was made in June 2012, with Saudi Arabian teams Al Nassr and Al Fateh competing in the competition. Al Nassr was exempted from the first round (round of 32).
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There were three groups in the competition. Teams that achieved first place in their group automatically qualified into the knockout stage, along with the best second placed team.
Al Taawon U20 won the group stage and went to the knockout stage, with Al Alahli U20 named the best second place after acquiring 14 points in the group stage.
There were 3 groups in the competition. Teams that achieved first place in their group qualified automatically to the knockout stage along with the best second place team.
Al Taawon won the group stage and went to the knockout stage. Al Ittihad was named best second place team after acquiring 13 points in the group stage.