2002–03 AFC Champions League

The 2002–03 AFC Champions League was the 22nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 1st edition under the current AFC Champions League title. Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates beat BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand 2-1 on aggregate.

Contents

Qualification

Main article: AFC Champions League 2002-03 Qualification

West Asia

Iraq Al Talaba
Qatar Al Sadd
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
UAE Al Ain

Central and Southern Asia

Iran Esteghlal F.C.
Persepolis F.C.
Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Uzbekistan FC Pakhtakor

East Asia

China Dalian Shide
Shanghai Shenhua
Japan Kashima Antlers
Shimizu S-Pulse
Korea Republic Daejeon Citizen
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

ASEAN

Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Osotsapa FC

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. BEC Tero Sasana 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3
2. Daejeon Citizen 6 3 2 0 1 3 3 0
3. Shanghai Shenhua 3 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1
4. Kashima Antlers 1 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2
March 10, 2003
 Shanghai Shenhua 1–2 Daejeon Citizen Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi
Luo Xiao  85' (Report) Han Jung-Kook  8'
Kim Eun-Jung  44'
March 10, 2003
 Kashima Antlers 2–2 BEC Tero Sasana Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Al Hamdan Naser
Tomoyuki Hirase  21'
Fernando  77'		 (Report) Wuttiya Yongant  76',  90'
March 12, 2003
 Kashima Antlers 3–4 Shanghai Shenhua Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Balu Sundarraj
Takeshi Aoki  24'
Fernando  56'
Takuya Nozawa  90'		 (Report) Yang Guang  1'
Zhang Yuning  11'
Saul Martínez  31',  87'
March 12, 2003
 Daejeon Citizen 0–2 BEC Tero Sasana Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Anura De Silva
(Report) Panai Kongpraphan  14'
Therdsak Chaiman  73'
March 14, 2003
 BEC Tero Sasana 2–1 Shanghai Shenhua Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Al Hamdan Naser
Jatupong Thongsukh  27'
Therdsak Chaiman  85'		 (Report) Saul Martínez  58'
March 14, 2003
 Daejeon Citizen 1–0 Kashima Antlers Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi
Coly Papa Oumar  87' (Report)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Dalian Shide 7 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5
Shimizu S-Pulse 4 3 1 1 1 8 2 +6
Osotsapa FC 0 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19
March 9, 2003
 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6–0 Osotsapa FC People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Park Nam-Yeol  22'
Kim Dae-Eui  31'
Kim Do-Hoon  37',  61',  83'
Sasa Drakulic  53'		 (Report)
March 9, 2003
 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 Dalian Shide People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kim Jong-Sik
(Report)
March 12, 2003
 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmad Khalidi Supain
Ahn Jung-Hwan  53' (Report) Sasa Drakulic  74'
Kim Dae-Eui  87'
March 12, 2003
 Osotsapa FC 1–7 Dalian Shide People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo
Vimol Jankam  13' (Report) Hao Haidong  27',  32',  49',  61'
Yan Song  60'
Zou Jie  80'
Dong Fangzhuo  82'
March 15, 2003
 Dalian Shide 3–1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Hao Haidong  57' ,  64'
Yan Song  90'		 (Report) Kim Dae-Eui  51'
March 15, 2003
 Osotsapa FC 0–7 Shimizu S-Pulse People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo
(Report) Kazumichi Takagi  23' ,  40'
Masaaki Sawanobori  27'
Alessandro Santos  50'
Ahn Jung-Hwan  60' ,  71'
Hideaki Kitajima  75'

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Al Ain 9 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5
2. Al Sadd 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1
3. Esteghlal 3 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2
4. Al Hilal 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2
March 9, 2003
 Al Sadd 1–2 Esteghlal Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa
Sergio Ricardo  72' (Report) Ali Samereh  6'
Rasoul Khatibi  64'
March 9, 2003
 Al Ain 1–0 Al Hilal Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Shaban Qassem
Gharib Harib  12' (p) (Report)
March 12, 2003
 Al Ain 2–0 Al Sadd Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Lu Jun
Kandia Traoré  24'
Boubacar Sanogo  89'		 (Report)
March 12, 2003
 Esteghlal 2–3 Al Hilal Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Subkhdiin Mohd Salleh
Rasoul Khatibi  18'
Ali Samereh  42'		 (Report) Patrick Suffo  34',  74',  85'
March 15, 2003
 Al Hilal 1–3 Al Sadd Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Shaban Qassem
Abdulla Jumaan  57' (Report) Abdulkader Keita  45'
Sergio Ricardo  80'
Nasser Kamil  90'
March 15, 2003
 Esteghlal 1–3 Al Ain Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lu Jun
Ali Samereh  67' (Report) Faisal Ali  65'
Boubacar Sanogo  76'
Gharib Harib  78'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Pakhtakor 9 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7
2. Persepolis 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3
3. Al Talaba 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1
4. Nisa Asgabat 0 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9
March 9, 2003
 Nisa Asgabat 0–3 Pakhtakor Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rungklay Mongkol
(Report) Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev  44'
Anvarjon Soliev  57'
Leonid Koshelev  72'
March 9, 2003
 Al Talaba 0–1 Persepolis Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
(Report) Yahya Golmohammadi  62'
March 11, 2003
 Al Talaba 3–0 Nisa Asgabat Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bae Jae-Yong
Fawzi Abdul  10'
Younis Mahmoud  24' ,  90'		 (Report)
March 11, 2003
 Pakhtakor 1–0 Persepolis Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
Anvarjon Soliev  22' (Report)
March 13, 2003
 Persepolis 4–1 Nisa Asgabat Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi
Khanmohammadi  14',  76'
Yahya Golmohammadi  47'
Amirhossein Aslanian  90'		 (Report) Amanmyrat Meredov  89' (p)
March 13, 2003
 Pakhtakor 3–0 Al Talaba Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Rungklay Mongkol
Aleksandr Krokhmal  25',  57'
Goçguly Goçgulyýew  37'		 (Report)

Semifinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
BEC Tero Sasana 3-2 Pakhtakor 3-1 0-1
Al Ain 7-6 Dalian Shide 4-2 3-4
April 9, 2003
 BEC Tero Sasana 3–1 Pakhtakor Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul
Worrawoot Srimaka  41'
Kwanchai Fuangprakob  69'
Therdsak Chaiman  84'		 (Report) Anvarjon Soliev  80'
April 22, 2003
 Pakhtakor 1–0 BEC Tero Sasana Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa
Server Djeperov  86' (Report)
April 9, 2003
 Al Ain 4–2 Dalian Shide Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahdul Rahman
Boubacar Sanogo  62' (p),  83'
Mohamed Omer  64'
Rami Yaslam  75'		 (Report) Hao Haidong  17'
Li Yao  88'
August 30, 2003
 Dalian Shide 4–3 Al Ain People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
Wang Peng  27'
Zoran Jankovic  77'
Hao Haidong  81',  84'		 (Report) Rodrigo Fabiano  46'
Mohamed Omer  65'
Farhad Majidi  87'

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al Ain 2-1 BEC Tero Sasana 2-0 0-1

First Game

October 3, 2003
 Al-Ain 2–0 BEC Tero Sasana Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Salem Johar  38'
Mohamed Omer  74'

Second Game

October 11, 2003
 BEC Tero Sasana 1–0 Al-Ain Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Therdsak Chaiman  60' (p)

Champions

AFC Champions League 2002-03

Al Ain
First Title

Top scorers

9
4
3

See also