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2002–03 AFC Champions League

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The 2002–03 AFC Champions League was the twenty-second edition of Asia's premier football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and the first edition under the AFC Champions League title.

2002–03 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates13 August – 27 November 2002
(qualifying rounds)
9 March – 11 October 2003
(group & final stages)
Teams16 (group stage)
Final positions
ChampionsUnited Arab Emirates Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-upThailand BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)China Hao Haidong
(9 goals)
Best playerThailand Therdsak Chaiman
← 2001–02 (Asian Club Championship)
2004 →

Sixteen teams competed in this edition as they went through qualifying before going into four groups of four with only the winner of the group qualifying to the knockout-stage which went to two-legs instead of the single leg that the previous year competition had.

Teams

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Entry Round Teams
Group Stage West Asia East Asia
Iran Persepolis (1st) Iraq Al-Talaba (1st) China Dalian Shide (1st) Japan Kashima Antlers (1st)
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal (1st) United Arab Emirates Al Ain (1st) South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (1st) Thailand BEC Tero Sasana (1st)
Third qualifying round Iran Esteghlal (CW) Iraq Al-Zawraa China Shanghai Shenhua (2nd) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse (CW)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli (CW) Kuwait Al-Arabi (1st) South Korea Daejeon Citizen (CW) Thailand Osotsapa (2nd)
Qatar Al-Ittihad (1st) Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ (1st) Vietnam Saigon Port (1st) Hong Kong South China (CW)
Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat (1st) Uzbekistan FK Neftchy Farg'ona (1st) Maldives Club Valencia (1st) Singapore Geylang United (1st)
Second qualifying round United Arab Emirates Al Ahli (CW) Qatar Al Sadd (CW) Brunei DPMM (1st) India Mohun Bagan (1st)
Tajikistan Khujand (CR) Uzbekistan Pakhtakor (CW) India Churchill Brothers (2nd) Indonesia Petrokimia Putra (1st)
Yemen Al-Ahli (2nd) Jordan Al-Faisaly (1st) Indonesia Persita Tangerang (2nd) Macau Monte Carlo (1st)
Palestine Al-Quds Syria Al-Jaish (1st) Maldives New Radiant (CW) Singapore Home United (CW)
Sri Lanka Saunders SC (1st) Sri Lanka Air Force
First qualifying round Bahrain Busaiteen (2nd) Bahrain Riffa (CW)
Jordan Al-Wehdat (2nd) Kyrgyzstan Zhashtyk (2nd)
Kuwait Al Kuwait (CW) Lebanon Al-Nejmeh (1st)
Lebanon Al Ansar (CW) Oman Al Nasr (CW)
Palestine Al Aqsa Syria Al-Ittihad (2nd)
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat (CW)

Qualification Round

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First qualifying round

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Region
Al-Wehdat Jordan3–2Lebanon Al Nejmeh3–20–0
Al Ansar Lebanonw/o[a]Oman Al Nasr—[a]—[a]
Al Aqsa Palestinew/o[b]Kyrgyzstan Zhashtyk—[b]—[b]
Busaiteen BahrainByeN/A——
Al Kuwait KuwaitByeN/A——
Köpetdag Aşgabat TurkmenistanByeN/A——
Riffa BahrainByeN/A——
Al Ittihad SyriaByeN/A——
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Al-Nasr withdrew. Al-Ansar had also announced their withdrawal "due to financial and logistic difficulties", but their opponents beat them to it.
  2. 1 2 3 Al Aqsa withdrew due to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Second qualifying round

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Region
Al-Ansar Lebanon1–3Jordan Al Faisaly1–00–3
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan4–3Jordan Al-Wehdat3–01–3
Al Ahli United Arab Emirates3–3 (a)Kuwait Al Kuwait2–01–3
Zhashtyk Kyrgyzstan0–4Yemen Al-Ahli (San'a')0–20–2
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistanw/o[a]Qatar Al Sadd—[a]—[a]
Busaiteen Bahrainw/o[b]Syria Al-Jaish—[b]—[b]
Al-Quds Palestinew/o[b]Bahrain Riffa—[b]—[b]
Al-Ittihad Syriaw/o[c]Tajikistan Khujand—[c]—[c]
East Region
Saunders SC Sri Lanka1–7India Mohun Bagan0–21–5
Air Force Sri Lanka2–3Maldives New Radiant1–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Monte Carlo MacauByeN/A——
DPMM BruneiByeN/A——
Persita Tangerang IndonesiaByeN/A——
Petrokimia Putra IndonesiaByeN/A——
Churchill Brothers  IndiaByeN/A——
Home United SingaporeByeN/A——
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Köpetdag Aşgabat withdrew due to financial issues.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The AFC rejected the entries of Busaiteen and Riffa as neither team met the AFC's required criteria.
  3. 1 2 3 Khujand was disqualified following the suspension of the Tajikistan Football Federation by FIFA and the AFC.

Third qualifying round

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Region
Al Ittihad Syria1–5Kuwait Al Arabi1–10–4
Al Sadd Qatar3–2Iraq Al Zawraa1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Esteghlal Iran3–0Jordan Al Faisaly2–01–0
Al Ahli United Arab Emirates5–4Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli3–22–2
Al-Ahli (San'a') Yemen1–8Uzbekistan FK Neftchy Farg'ona1–20–6
Al-Ittihad Qatar4–6Uzbekistan Pakhtakor4–30–3
Al-Jaish Syriaw/o[a]Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ—[a]—[a]
Al-Quds Palestinew/o[b]Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat—[b]—[b]
East Region
Geylang United FC Singapore7–0Brunei DPMM3–04–0
Petrokimia Putra Indonesia4–6China Shanghai Shenhua3–11–5
South China Hong Kong3–2Singapore Home United FC2–11–1
Persita Tangerang Indonesia0–1Thailand Osotsapa FC0–10–0
Monte Carlo Macau1–8South Korea Daejeon Citizen1–50–3
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan7–0Maldives New Radiant7–00–0
Mohun Bagan India5–2Maldives Club Valencia2–23–0
Churchill Brothers India2–1Vietnam Saigon Port2–00–1
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Regar-TadAZ was disqualified following the suspension of the Tajikistan Football Federation by FIFA and the AFC.
  2. 1 2 3 Al-Quds withdrew due to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Fourth qualifying round

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Region
Al-Jaish Syria2–2 (1–4 p)Qatar Al Sadd1–11–1
Nisa Asgabat Turkmenistanw/o[a]Kuwait Al Arabi—[a]—[a]
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan4–2United Arab Emirates Al Ahli3–21–0
Esteghlal Iran2–2 (a)Uzbekistan FK Neftchy Farg'ona1–01–2
East Region
Churchill Brothers India4–7Thailand Osotsapa FC1–13–6
South China Hong Kong1–8Japan Shimizu S-Pulse0–51–3
Shanghai Shenhua China5–1Singapore Geylang United FC3–02–1
Daejeon Citizen South Korea8–1India Mohun Bagan6–02–1
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Al Arabi withdrew.

Group stage

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Location of the 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage teams
Brown: Group A; Cyan: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana (H) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to Knockout stage
2 South Korea Daejeon Citizen 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3 China Shanghai Shenhua 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4 Japan Kashima Antlers 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 China Dalian Shide (H) 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Advance to Knockout stage
2 South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
3 Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 3 1 1 1 8 2 +6 4
4 Thailand Osotsapa FC 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Osotsapa FC Thailand1–7China Dalian Shide
Jankam 13' (Report)[permanent dead link] Hao Haidong 27', 32', 49', 61'
Yan Song 60'
Zou Jie 80'
Dong Fangzhuo 82'
Attendance: 18,000

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain (H) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Qatar Al Sadd 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
3 Iran Esteghlal 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Harib 12' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Shaban Qassem
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–0Qatar Al Sadd
Traoré 24'
Sanogo 89'		 (Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Lu Jun
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–3Qatar Al Sadd
Jumaan 57' (Report)[permanent dead link] Keita 45'
Sergio Ricardo 80'
Kamil 90'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Shaban Qassem
Esteghlal Iran1–3United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Samereh 67' (Report)[permanent dead link] Faisal Ali 65'
Sanogo 76'
Harib 78'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lu Jun

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Iran Persepolis 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3 Iraq Al-Talaba 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4 Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Al-Talaba Iraq0–1Iran Persepolis
(Report) Golmohammadi 62'
Attendance: 5,000
Al-Talaba Iraq3–0Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Abdulsada 10'
Mahmoud 24', 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bae Jae-yong

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Matches

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BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates4–2China Dalian Shide
Sanogo 62' (pen.), 83'
Omar 64'
Yaslam 75'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Hao Haidong 17'
Li Yao 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdul Rahman
Dalian Shide China4–3United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Wang Peng 27'
Janković 77'
Hao Haidong 81', 84'		 (Report) Rodrigo Fabiano 46'
Omar 65'
Majidi 87'
Attendance: 46,000

Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

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

Matches

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Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–0Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Jowhar 38'
Omar 74'

Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

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Notes

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  1. ↑ The Dailan Shide v Al-Ain match, originally scheduled to be played on 23 April 2003, was postponed due to SARS outbreak in China.
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