2003 African Cup Winners' Cup

2003 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates 16 February - 7 December 2003
Teams 36 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel (2nd title)
Runners-up Nigeria Julius Berger
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 164 (2.56 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Ogochukwu Obiakor,
Rwanda Olivier Karekezi,
Rwanda Jean Lomami (5)

The 2003 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Étoile Sportive du Sahel in two-legged final victory against Julius Berger (now Bridge Boys F.C.). Étoile Sportive du Sahel never had the opportunity to defend their title as the African Cup Winners' Cup was merged with CAF Cup the following season into CAF Confederation Cup.
Thirty-six sides entered the competition. It was the first season when the CAF started to take disciplinary actions against teams withdrawing from the competition by banning them for three years. These actions were taken against Masvingo United from Zimbabwe who withdrew before the first leg of the preliminary round and JS Pobè from Benin who failed to show for their first leg match of the first round.
Tanzania was not represented by JKT Ruvu Stars after the Tanzanian Football Federation failed to confirm participation to CAF, also the Liberian side Mighty Blue Angles were disqualified following failure to meet dead-line for submitting players' licenses. No disciplinary actions were taken against both teams.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anse Réunion Seychelles W.O. Zimbabwe Masvingo United
Olympique de Moka Mauritius 3-2 Madagascar AS Fortior 3-1 0-1
RLDF Lesotho 3-7 South Africa Jomo Cosmos 2-2 1-5
JS Pobè Benin 2-0 Niger Akokana 1-0 1-0

Tanzania Tanzania was not represented by JKT Ruvu Stars after the Tanzanian Football Federation failed to confirm participation to CAF

First leg

Masvingo United withdrew before 1st leg and were subsequently banned for 3 years by CAF

16 February 2003
Olympique de Moka Mauritius 3-1 Madagascar AS Fortior
James Pierre-Louis  27', 65'
Mike Jocelyn  53' 		Rodson Dedy Tojosoa  45'

16 February 2003
RLDF Lesotho 2-2 South Africa Jomo Cosmos
Maliehe Lesoetsia  30'
Seabata Ranchibe  36' 		Patrick Tshisikane  21'
Tico-Tico  64'

16 February 2003
JS Pobè Benin 1-0 Niger Akokana
Bana Johnson  42'
Jean-Pierre Gascon Stadium, Pobè

Second leg

Olympique de Moka won 3-2 on aggregate

2 March 2003
Jomo Cosmos South Africa 5-1 Lesotho RLDF
Tico-Tico  13', 30', 45'
Essau Kanyenda  22'
Percy Tshepo Malesa  86' 		Dire Phiri  71'

Jomo Cosmos won 7-3 on aggregate

2 March 2003
Akokana Niger 0-1 Benin JS Pobè
Bana Johnson  44'

JS Pobè won 2-0 on aggregate

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya Pipeline Kenya 3-3 Seychelles Anse Réunion 2-1 1-2
Olympique de Moka Mauritius 1-3 Zambia Power Dynamos 1-3 0-0
Mount Cameroon Cameroon 2-1 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui FC 2-0 0-1
Asante Kotoko Ghana W.O. Liberia Mighty Blue Angels
US Kenya Democratic Republic of the Congo 2-9 Rwanda APR FC 2-1 0-8
Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 2-1 Angola Petro Atlético 1-0 1-1
Africa Sports Lesotho 3-2 Togo Dynamic Togolais 1-1 2-1
MAS Fès Morocco 2-3 Guinea Hafia FC 2-0 0-3
WA Tlemcen Algeria 2-2 Libya Al Hilal (Benghazi) 2-1 0-1
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 2-0 Mauritania ASC Nasr 2-0 0-0
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 4-1 Uganda Police FC 4-1 0-0
Medhin Ethiopia 0-4 Sudan Al Hilal (Omdurman) 0-2 0-2
Costa do Sol Mozambique 4-0 South Africa Jomo Cosmos 1-0 3-0
Julius Berger Nigeria 8-0 Gabon US Bitam 4-0 4-0
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia W.O. Benin JS Pobè
AS Douanes (Dakar) Senegal 0-3 Mali Cercle Olympique de Bamako 0-2 0-1

First leg

12 April 2003
Kenya Pipeline Kenya 2-1 Seychelles Anse Réunion
Godfrey Osama  58'
McDonald Mariga  83' 		Amisy Vonhavy  50'

12 April 2003
US Kenya Democratic Republic of the Congo 2-1 Rwanda APR FC
Kayembe  46'
Kabanda  70' 		Jimmy Gatete  50'

Match played in Kinshasa as Lubumbashi pitch (Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba) considered into too poor condition

12 April 2003
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 1-1 Togo Dynamic Togolais
Eric Dagbei  6' Y.V.A. Michel  45'

12 April 2003
MAS Fès Morocco 2-0 Guinea Hafia FC
Yousef El Makboul  20'
Khalid El Hirech  31'

12 April 2003
WA Tlemcen Algeria 2-1 Libya Al Hilal (Benghazi)
Kheireddine Kherris  52'
Fares El Aouni  90+2' 		Amado Diop  24'
Stade Akit Lotfi, Tlemcen

12 April 2003
Costa do Sol Mozambique 1-0 South Africa Jomo Cosmos
Bernardo Cumbe  64'

12 April 2003
Julius Berger Nigeria 4-0 Gabon US Bitam
Amechi Nwanze  10'
Omotayo Nufutau  20'
Ajibola Taiwo  43'
Obinna Okafor  78'

12 April 2003
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia W.O. Benin JS Pobè

JS Pobè did not show for the match and was subsequently banned for 3 years by CAF

13 April 2003
Olympique de Moka Mauritius 1-3 Zambia Power Dynamos
Westley Rouge  8' Francis Kombe  28', 34'
Jean Lomami  85'

13 April 2003
Mount Cameroon Cameroon 2-0 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui FC
Elvis Mokake  26'
Ebenezer Ache  60'

13 April 2003
Asante Kotoko Ghana W.O. Liberia Mighty Blue Angels

Mighty Blue Angles disqualified following failure to meet dead-line for submitting players' licenses

13 April 2003
Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 1-0 Angola Petro Atlético
Patrick Lolo  46'

13 April 2003
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 4-1 Uganda Police FC
Mohamed Abdel Salam  10'
Osama Hamed  33'
Akram Abdel Magid  54', 64' 		Geofrey Massa  ?'

13 April 2003
Medhin Ethiopia 0-2 Sudan Al Hilal (Omdurman)
Alaadin Ahmed Gebril  31'
Mugahid Mohamed Ahmed  73'

13 April 2003
AS Douanes (Dakar) Senegal 0-2 Mali Cercle Olympique de Bamako
Seydou Traoré  5'
Amadou Diamouténé  43'
Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar

Second leg

25 April 2003
ASC Nasr Mauritania 0-0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Stade Sebkha, Sebkha

Wydad Casablanca won 2-0 on aggregate

Baladeyet El Mahalla won 4-1 on aggregate

26 April 2003
Anse Réunion Seychelles 2-1 Kenya Kenya Pipeline
Amisy Vonhavy  54' Jaoraveana Jocolyn  86'
Godfrey Osama  90'

Kenya Pipeline 3-3 Anse Réunion. Kenya Pipeline won 9-8 on PSO

Power Dynamos won 3-1 on aggregate

26 April 2003
Dynamic Togolais Togo 1-2 Ivory Coast Africa Sports
Komlan Amewou  65' A. Douglas  26'
Broud Kouadio  83'

Africa Sports won 3-2 on aggregate

26 April 2003
Hafia FC Guinea 3-0 Morocco MAS Fès
Morlaye Touré  11', 44', 60'

Hafia FC won 3-2 on aggregate

26 April 2003
Al Hilal (Benghazi) Libya 1-0 Algeria WA Tlemcen
Sharif Al Magani  85'

Al Hilal (Benghazi) 2-2 WA Tlemcen on aggregate. Al Hilal (Benghazi) won on away goals (1-2)

Mount Cameroon won 2-1 on aggregate

27 April 2003
APR FC Rwanda 8-0 Democratic Republic of the Congo US Kenya
Olivier Karekezi  11', 44', 58', 65'
Jimmy Gatete  26', 75'
Frederic Rusangawa  75'
Jimmy Mulisa  89'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali

APR FC won 9-2 on aggregate

27 April 2003
Petro Atlético Angola 1-1 Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo
Flávio  8' Pi V. Ockoly  48'

Étoile du Congo won 2-1 on aggregate

27 April 2003
Al Hilal (Omdurman) Sudan 2-0 Ethiopia Medhin
Moutaz Kabir  14'
Khalid Jolit  88'
Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Al Hilal (Omdurman) won 4-0 on aggregate

27 April 2003
US Bitam Gabon 0-4 Nigeria Julius Berger
Kabiru Alausa  63'
Omotayo Mufutau  25', 88'
Chukwuma Duru  90'

Julius Berger won 8-0 on aggregate

27 April 2003
Cercle Olympique de Bamako Mali 1-0 Senegal AS Douanes (Dakar)
Daouda Diakité  63'
Stade 26 Mars, Bamako

Cercle Olympique de Bamako won 3-0 on aggregate

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya Pipeline Kenya 0-3 Zambia Power Dynamos 0-2 0-1
Mount Cameroon Cameroon 4-5 Ghana Asante Kotoko 2-2 2-3
APR FC Rwanda 5-1 Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo 3-0 2-1
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 3-2 Guinea Hafia FC 1-2 2-0
Al Hilal (Benghazi) Libya 2-6 Morocco Wydad Casablanca 2-2 0-4
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 4-2 Sudan Al Hilal (Omdurman) 4-2 0-0
Costa do Sol Mozambique 2-4 Nigeria Julius Berger 1-1 1-3
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 4-2 Mali Cercle Olympique de Bamako 4-0 0-2

First leg

17 May 2003
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 4 – 0 Mali Cercle Olympique de Bamako
Kais Zouaghi  16'
Saber Trabelsi  34'
Karim Haggui  44'
Ogochukwu Obiakor  70'

17 May 2003
Kenya Pipeline Kenya 0 – 2 Zambia Power Dynamos
Jean Lomami  64'
Dears  90'

17 May 2003
Al Hilal (Benghazi) Libya 2 – 2 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Sharif Al Magani  13'
Omar Diop  59' 		Mourad Erraji  41', 75'

18 May 2003
Mount Cameroon Cameroon 2 – 2 Ghana Asante Kotoko
Valentin Atem  33'
Bessone Agbor  84' 		Michael Osei  8', 17'

18 May 2003
APR FC Rwanda 3 – 0 Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo
Hassan Milly  13', 28'
Elias Ntaganda  37'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali

18 May 2003
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 1 – 2 Guinea Hafia FC
Didi Gnepa  71' Ousmane Touré  45'
Amadou Diallo  47'

18 May 2003
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 4 – 2 Sudan Al Hilal (Omdurman)
Osama Hamed  43', ?'
Mohamed Abdel Salam  ?'
Yasser Ali  ?' 		Haitham Mustafa  18'
Moutaz Kabir  30'

18 May 2003
Costa do Sol Mozambique 1 – 1 Nigeria Julius Berger

Second leg

30 May 2003
Hafia FC Guinea 0 – 2 Ivory Coast Africa Sports
Ble Dagbei  36'
Broud Kouadio  86'

Africa Sports won 3-2 on aggregate

30 May 2003
Al Hilal (Omdurman) Sudan 0 – 0 Egypt Baladeyet El Mahalla
Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Baladeyet El Mahalla won 4-2 on aggregate

31 May 2003
Power Dynamos Zambia 1 – 0 Kenya Kenya Pipeline
Jean Lomami  48'

Power Dynamos won 3-0 on aggregate

31 May 2003
Julius Berger Nigeria 3 – 1 Mozambique Costa do Sol
Omotayo Mufutau  44'
Shaibu Ishola  81', 88' 		Tó  36'

Julius Berger won 4-2 on aggregate

1 June 2003
Asante Kotoko Ghana 3 – 2 Cameroon Mount Cameroon
Nana Arhin Duah  38'
Isaac Boakye  48', 87' (pen.) 		Zeh Zanga  40'
Fondongbe Atem  76'

Asante Kotoko won 5-4 on aggregate

1 June 2003
Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 1 – 2 Rwanda APR FC
M. Francgard  27' Jimmy Gatete  62'
Hassan Milly  72'

APR FC won 5-1 on aggregate

1 June 2003
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 4 – 0 Libya Al Hilal (Benghazi)
Jean-Jacques Gosso  9'
Mourad Erraji  67', 76'
Khalid Khamma  71'

Wydad Casablanca won 6-2 on aggregate

1 June 2003
Cercle Olympique de Bamako Mali 2 – 0 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Daouda Diakité  56'
Jick Diakité  75'
Stade 26 Mars, Bamako

Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 4-2 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 0-3 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 0-1 1-2
Power Dynamos Zambia 2-2 Morocco Wydad Casablanca 2-1 0-1
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2-2 Rwanda APR FC 2-1 0-1
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 2-4 Nigeria Julius Berger 1-1 1-3

First leg

6 September 2003
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 0 – 1 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Zoubeir Baya  70'

6 September 2003
Power Dynamos Zambia 2 – 1 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Jean Lomami  16', 78' Mohamed Madihi  88'

7 September 2003
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2 – 1 Rwanda APR FC
Charles Taylor  81'
Frank Osei  88' 		Muhayimana Theones  11'

7 September 2003
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 1 – 1 Nigeria Julius Berger
Ayman Mashaly  56' (pen.) Shaibu Ishola  86'

Second leg

20 September 2003
Julius Berger Nigeria 3 – 1 Egypt Baladeyet El Mahalla
Peter Ogbuje  40'
Kabir Alausa  53'
Benedict Idahor  86' 		Yasser Ali  67'

Julius Berger won 4-2 on aggregate

Wydad Casablanca 2-2 Power Dynamos on aggregate. Wydad Casablanca won on away goal (1-2)

21 September 2003
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 2 – 1 Ivory Coast Africa Sports
Kais Zouaghi  7'
Mohamed Miladi  53' (pen.) 		Amon  15'

Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 3-1 on aggregate

21 September 2003
APR FC Rwanda 1 – 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
Olivier Karekezi  ?'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali

APR FC 2-2 Asante Kotoko. APR FC won on away goal (1-2)

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 3-0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca 2-0 1-0
Julius Berger Nigeria 3-2 Rwanda APR FC 3-0 0-2

First leg

4 October 2003
Julius Berger Nigeria 3 – 0 Rwanda APR FC
Kabiru Alausa  5', 11'
Endurance Idahor  25'

5 October 2003
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 2 – 0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Mohamed Miladi  5' (pen.)
Ahmed Hammi  88'

Second leg

18 October 2003
APR FC Rwanda 2 – 0 Nigeria Julius Berger
Jimmy Mulisa  15', 48'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali

Julius Berger won 3-2 on aggregate

19 October 2003
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 0 – 1 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Ogochukwu Obiakor  79'

Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 3-0 on aggregate

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Julius Berger Nigeria 2-3 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2-0 0-3

First leg

15 November 2003
Julius Berger Nigeria 2 – 0 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Ndubuisi Eze  7'
Endurance Idahor  47'

Second leg

7 December 2003
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 3 – 0 Nigeria Julius Berger
Ogochukwu Obiakor  2', 60', 87'

BBC reported first goal as by Ibrahima Koné
Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 3-2 on aggregate

See also

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