2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup

The 2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup was the first edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team pre-season football tournament held every two years. Participants in the inaugural edition included hosts Malaysia and three Premier League teams: Chelsea, Newcastle United and Birmingham City. All games were held at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.

The tournament began at the semi-final stage, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers playing off for third place. Chelsea became the inaugural winners of this tournament after defeating Newcastle United on penalties in the final.

Results

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Stadium)
	Newcastle United	2
	Birmingham City	1
					27 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Stadium)
					Chelsea	0 (5)
					Newcastle United	0 (4)
					Third place
	25 July 2003 - Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Stadium)			26 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Stadium)
	Malaysia	1		Malaysia	0
	Chelsea	4			Birmingham City	4

Semi-finals

Newcastle United v Birmingham City

2003-07-24 20:45 MST 08:00 UTC

Newcastle United	2 – 1	Birmingham City
Shearer  36' (pen.) Ameobi  75'		Devlin  72' (pen.)

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Rob Styles

Malaysia v Chelsea

2003-07-25 20:45 MST 08:00 UTC

Malaysia	1 – 4	Chelsea
Hairuddin  40'		Lampard  36' Hasselbaink  70' Guðjohnsen  83' Johnson  85'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh

Third place play-off

Malaysia v Birmingham City

2003-07-26 20:45 MST 08:00 UTC

Malaysia	0 – 4	Birmingham City
		John  8', 50' Clemence  76' Hughes  81'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rob Styles

Final

Chelsea v Newcastle United

2003-07-27 20:45 MST 08:00 UTC

Chelsea	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle United
	Penalties
Lampard Duff Huth Guðjohnsen Hasselbaink Keenan Terry	5 – 4	Shearer Robert Dyer Bowyer Bellamy Woodgate Jenas

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Goalscorers

Stern John is the tournament top scorer with 2 goals.