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	Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-up	BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hao Haidong (9 goals)
Best player	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

West Asia

Central and Southern Asia

East Asia

ASEAN

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. BEC Tero Sasana	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
2. Daejeon Citizen	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3. Shanghai Shenhua	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4. Kashima Antlers	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Shanghai Shenhua v Daejeon Citizen

10 March 2003

Shanghai Shenhua	1–2	Daejeon Citizen
Luo Xiao 85'	(Report)	Han Jung-Kook 8' Kim Eun-Jung 44'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:

Masoud Moradi

Kashima Antlers v BEC Tero Sasana

10 March 2003

Kashima Antlers	2–2	BEC Tero Sasana
Tomoyuki Hirase 21' Fernando 77'	(Report)	Wuttiya Yongant 76', 90'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:

Al Hamdan Naser

Kashima Antlers v Shanghai Shenhua

12 March 2003

Kashima Antlers	3–4	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:

Balu Sundarraj

Daejeon Citizen v BEC Tero Sasana

12 March 2003

Daejeon Citizen	0–2	BEC Tero Sasana
	(Report)	Panai Kongpraphan 14' Therdsak Chaiman 73'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:

Anura De Silva

BEC Tero Sasana v Shanghai Shenhua

14 March 2003

BEC Tero Sasana	2–1	Shanghai Shenhua
Jatupong Thongsukh 27' Therdsak Chaiman 85'	(Report)	Saul Martínez 58'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:

Al Hamdan Naser

Daejeon Citizen v Kashima Antlers

14 March 2003

Daejeon Citizen	1–0	Kashima Antlers
Coly Papa Oumar 87'	(Report)

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:

Masoud Moradi

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. Dalian Shide	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
2. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3. Shimizu S-Pulse	3	1	1	1	8	2	+6	4
4. Osotsapa FC	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma v Osotsapa FC

9 March 2003

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6–0	Osotsapa FC
Park Nam-Yeol 22' Kim Dae-Eui 31' Kim Do-Hoon 37', 61', 83' Sasa Drakulic 53'	(Report)

People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:

Ravshan Irmatov

Shimizu S-Pulse v Dalian Shide

9 March 2003

Shimizu S-Pulse	0–0	Dalian Shide
	(Report)

People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:

Kim Jong-Sik

12 March 2003

Shimizu S-Pulse	1–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Ahn Jung-Hwan 53'	(Report)	Sasa Drakulic 74' Kim Dae-Eui 87'

People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:

Ahmad Khalidi Supain

Osotsapa FC v Dalian Shide

12 March 2003

Osotsapa FC	1–7	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:

Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo

Dalian Shide v Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

15 March 2003

Dalian Shide	3–1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Hao Haidong 57', 64' Yan Song 90'	(Report)	Kim Dae-Eui 51'

People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:

Ravshan Irmatov

Osotsapa FC v Shimizu S-Pulse

15 March 2003

Osotsapa FC	0–7	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:

Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. Al-Ain	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9
2. Al Sadd	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
3. Esteghlal	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
4. Al-Hilal	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Al Sadd v Esteghlal

9 March 2003

Al Sadd	1–2	Esteghlal
Sergio Ricardo 72'	(Report)	Ali Samereh 6' Rasoul Khatibi 64'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 4,500
Referee:

Toru Kamikawa

Al-Ain v Al-Hilal

9 March 2003

Al-Ain	1–0	Al-Hilal
Gharib Harib 12' (pen.)	(Report)

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 6,500
Referee:

Shaban Qassem

Al-Ain v Al Sadd

12 March 2003

Al-Ain	2–0	Al Sadd
Kandia Traoré 24' Boubacar Sanogo 89'	(Report)

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 9,000
Referee:

Lu Jun

Esteghlal v Al-Hilal

12 March 2003

Esteghlal	2–3	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:

Subkhdiin Mohd Salleh

Al-Hilal v Al Sadd

15 March 2003

Al-Hilal	1–3	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:

Shaban Qassem

Esteghlal v Al-Ain

15 March 2003

Esteghlal	1–3	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:

Lu Jun

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. Pakhtakor	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9
2. Persepolis	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6
3. Al-Talaba	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4. Nisa Asgabat	3	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Nisa Asgabat v Pakhtakor

9 March 2003

Nisa Asgabat	0–3	Pakhtakor
	(Report)	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev 44' Anvarjon Soliev 57' Leonid Koshelev 72'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:

Rungklay Mongkol

Al-Talaba v Persepolis

9 March 2003

Al-Talaba	0–1	Persepolis
	(Report)	Yahya Golmohammadi 62'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:

Masayoshi Okada

Al-Talaba v Nisa Asgabat

11 March 2003

Al-Talaba	3–0	Nisa Asgabat
Fawzi Abdulsada 10' Younis Mahmoud 24', 90'	(Report)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:

Bae Jae-Yong

Pakhtakor v Persepolis

11 March 2003

Pakhtakor	1–0	Persepolis
Anvarjon Soliev 22'	(Report)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 45,000
Referee:

Masayoshi Okada

Persepolis v Nisa Asgabat

13 March 2003

Persepolis	4–1	Nisa Asgabat
Khanmohammadi 14', 76' Yahya Golmohammadi 47' Amirhossein Aslanian 90'	(Report)	Amanmyrat Meredov 89' (pen.)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:

Fareed Al Marzouqi

Pakhtakor v Al-Talaba

13 March 2003

Pakhtakor	3–0	Al-Talaba
Aleksandr Krokhmal 25', 57' Goçguly Goçgulyýew 37'	(Report)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 55,000
Referee:

Rungklay Mongkol

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals				Final

Al-Ain	4	3	7
Dalian Shide	2	4	6
				Al-Ain	2	0	2
				BEC Tero Sasana	0	1	1
BEC Tero Sasana	3	0	3
Pakhtakor	1	1	2

Semi-finals

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

First leg

BEC Tero Sasana v Pakhtakor

9 April 2003

BEC Tero Sasana	3–1	Pakhtakor
Worrawoot Srimaka 41' Kwanchai Fuangprakob 69' Therdsak Chaiman 84'	(Report)	Anvarjon Soliev 80'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:

Kwon Jong-Chul

Al-Ain v Dalian Shide

9 April 2003

Al-Ain	4–2	Dalian Shide
Boubacar Sanogo 62' (pen.) 83' Mohammad Omar 64' Rami Yaslam 75'	(Report)	Hao Haidong 17' Li Yao 88'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:

Abdul Rahman

Second leg

Pakhtakor v BEC Tero Sasana

22 April 2003

Pakhtakor	1–0	BEC Tero Sasana
Server Djeperov 86'	(Report)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Toru Kamikawa

BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dalian Shide v Al-Ain

30 August 2003^{[upper-alpha 1]}

Dalian Shide	4–3	Al-Ain
Wang Peng 27' Zoran Jankovic 77' Hao Haidong 81', 84'	(Report)	Rodrigo Fabiano 46' Mohammad Omar 65' Farhad Majidi 87'

People's Stadium, Dalian, China
Attendance: 46,000
Referee:

Masayoshi Okada

Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

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

First leg

Al-Ain v BEC Tero Sasana

3 October 2003

Al-Ain	2–0	BEC Tero Sasana
Salem Johar 38' Mohammad Omar 74'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE

Second leg

BEC Tero Sasana v Al-Ain

11 October 2003

BEC Tero Sasana	1–0	Al-Ain
Therdsak Chaiman 60' (pen.)

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.

Champions

2002-03 AFC Champions League

Al-Ain
First Title

Top scorers

9

Hao Haidong (Dalian Shide)

4

3

Notes

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

External links

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AFC Champions League era, 2002–present
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