2002–03 AFC Champions League

2002–2003 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 13 August – 27 November 2002
(Qualifying rounds)
9 March – 11 October 2003
(Group & Final stages)
Teams 16 (Group stage)
Final positions
Champions United Arab Emirates Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-up Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s) China Hao Haidong
(9 goals)
Best player Thailand Therdsak Chaiman

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.

Qualification

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1. Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 321063+37
2. South Korea Daejeon Citizen 32013306
3. China Shanghai Shenhua 31026713
4. Japan Kashima Antlers 30125721

10 March 2003
Kashima Antlers Japan 22 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Tomoyuki Hirase  21'
Fernando  77'
(Report) Wuttiya Yongant  76', 90'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Saudi Arabia Al Hamdan Naser

12 March 2003
Kashima Antlers Japan 34 China Shanghai Shenhua
Takeshi Aoki  24'
Fernando  56'
Takuya Nozawa  90'
(Report) Yang Guang  1'
Zhang Yuning  11'
Saul Martínez  31', 87'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: India Balu Sundarraj



14 March 2003
Daejeon Citizen South Korea 10 Japan Kashima Antlers
Coly Papa Oumar  87' (Report)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1. China Dalian Shide 3210102+87
2. South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 320194+56
3. Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 311182+64
4. Thailand Osotsapa FC 3003120190

9 March 2003
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 00 China Dalian Shide
(Report)
People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: South Korea Kim Jong-Sik

12 March 2003
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 12 South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Ahn Jung-Hwan  53' (Report) Sasa Drakulic  74'
Kim Dae-Eui  87'
People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Indonesia Ahmad Khalidi Supain

12 March 2003
Osotsapa FC Thailand 17 China Dalian Shide
Vimol Jankam  13' (Report) Hao Haidong  27', 32', 49', 61'
Yan Song  60'
Zou Jie  80'
Dong Fangzhuo  82'
People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Indonesia Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo


15 March 2003
Osotsapa FC Thailand 07 Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
(Report) Kazumichi Takagi  23', 40'
Masaaki Sawanobori  27'
Alessandro Santos  50'
Ahn Jung-Hwan  60', 71'
Hideaki Kitajima  75'
People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Indonesia Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1. United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 330061+59
2. Qatar Al Sadd 31024513
3. Iran Esteghlal 31025723
4. Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 31024623

9 March 2003
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 10 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Gharib Harib  12' (pen.) (Report)
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Kuwait Shaban Qassem

12 March 2003
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 20 Qatar Al Sadd
Kandia Traoré  24'
Boubacar Sanogo  89'
(Report)
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: China Lu Jun

12 March 2003
Esteghlal Iran 23 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Rasoul Khatibi  18'
Ali Samereh  42'
(Report) Patrick Suffo  34', 74', 85'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Malaysia Subkhdiin Mohd Salleh

15 March 2003
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 13 Qatar Al Sadd
Abdulla Jumaan  57' (Report) Abdulkader Keita  45'
Sergio Ricardo  80'
Nasser Kamil  90'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kuwait Shaban Qassem

15 March 2003
Esteghlal Iran 13 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Ali Samereh  67' (Report) Faisal Ali  65'
Boubacar Sanogo  76'
Gharib Harib  78'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: China Lu Jun

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1. Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 330070+79
2. Iran Persepolis 320152+36
3. Iraq Al-Talaba 31023413
4. Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat 300311090

9 March 2003
Nisa Asgabat Turkmenistan 03 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
(Report) Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev  44'
Anvarjon Soliev  57'
Leonid Koshelev  72'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Thailand Rungklay Mongkol


11 March 2003
Al-Talaba Iraq 30 Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Fawzi Abdulsada  10'
Younis Mahmoud  24', 90'
(Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: South Korea Bae Jae-Yong


13 March 2003
Persepolis Iran 41 Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Khanmohammadi  14', 76'
Yahya Golmohammadi  47'
Amirhossein Aslanian  90'
(Report) Amanmyrat Meredov  89' (pen.)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates Fareed Al Marzouqi

13 March 2003
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 30 Iraq Al-Talaba
Aleksandr Krokhmal  25', 57'
Goçguly Goçgulyýew  37'
(Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Thailand Rungklay Mongkol

Knock-out stage

Bracket

  Semi-finals Final
                         
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 4 3 7  
China Dalian Shide 2 4 6  
    United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2 0 2
  Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 0 1 1
Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 3 0 3
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 1 1 2  


Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
BEC Tero Sasana Thailand 3–2 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 3–1 0–1
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 7–6 China Dalian Shide 4–2 3–4

First leg


9 April 2003
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 42 China Dalian Shide
Boubacar Sanogo  62' (pen.)  83'
Mohammad Omar  64'
Rami Yaslam  75'
(Report) Hao Haidong  17'
Li Yao  88'

Second leg

BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.


Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–1 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 2–0 0–1

First leg

Second leg

Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.


Champions

2002-03 AFC Champions League
United Arab Emirates
Al-Ain
First Title

Top scorers

9
4
3

Notes

  1. Matches was postponed from 22 April 2003 to 30 August 2003 due to SARS outbreak in China.
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