AFC Champions League 2002/03
AFC Champions League 2002/03 | |
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Cup winners | Al Ain Club (1st title) |
Beginning | August 13, 2002 |
final | October 3, 2003 (first leg) October 11, 2003 (second leg) |
Final stadium |
Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium (first leg) Rajamangala National Stadium (second leg) |
Teams | 16 |
Games | 30th |
Gates | 104 (ø 3.47 per game) |
Top scorer |
Hao Haidong ( Dalian Shide ) |
← Asian Club Championship 2001/02 |
The AFC Champions League 2002/03 was the first season of the most important Asian competition for club teams in football under this name and the 22nd overall. It was created on the model of the European UEFA Champions League by merging the Asian Club Championship (1985-2002) and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup (1990-2002). 16 clubs from 11 national associations took part in the competition.
The season began with the first qualifying round on August 13, 2002 and ended with the second leg of the final on October 11, 2003 at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok , the capital of Thailand . Al Ain Club won the competition with a 2-0 first leg and a 0-1 second leg against BEC-Tero Sasana .
mode
In the 2002/2003 season, the first edition of the Champions League was played in the following mode: After a three-stage qualification, 16 teams played four group winners in four four-stage tournaments (each taking place at one location) - two for West Asia and two for East Asia. They then met each other in the semi-finals in the first and second leg.
Group stage
Group A
All games took place in Bangkok , Thailand .
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | BEC-Tero Sasana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6: 3 | +3 | 5: 1 |
2. | Daejeon Citizen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3: 3 | ± 0 | 4: 2 |
3. | Shanghai Shenhua | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6: 7 | −1 | 2: 4 |
4th | Kashima Antlers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5: 7 | −2 | 1: 5 |
March 10, 2003 | |||
Shanghai Shenhua | 1: 2 | Daejeon Citizen | |
Kashima Antlers | 2: 2 | BEC-Tero Sesana | |
March 12, 2003 | |||
Kashima Antlers | 3: 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | |
Daejeon Citizen | 0: 2 | BEC-Tero Sesana | |
March 14, 2003 | |||
BEC-Tero Sesana | 2: 1 | Shanghai Shenhua | |
Daejeon Citizen | 1-0 | Kashima Antlers |
Group B
All games took place in Dalian , People's Republic of China .
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Dalian Shide | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10: 2 | +8 | 5: 1 |
2. | Seongnam FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9: 4 | +5 | 4: 2 |
3. | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8: 2 | +6 | 3: 3 |
4th | FC Osotspa-Saraburi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1:20 | −19 | 0: 6 |
March 9, 2003 | |||
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 6-0 | FC Osotspa M-150 | |
Shimizu S-Pulse | 0-0 | Dalian Shide | |
March 12, 2003 | |||
Shimizu S-Pulse | 1: 2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
FC Osotspa M-150 | 1: 7 | Dalian Shide | |
March 15, 2003 | |||
Dalian Shide | 3: 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
Shimizu S-Pulse | 7-0 | FC Osotspa M-150 |
Group C
All games took place in al-Ain , United Arab Emirates .
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Al Ain Club | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6: 1 | +5 | 6-0 |
2. | al-Sadd Sports Club | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: 5 | −1 | 2: 4 |
3. | Esteghlal FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5: 7 | −2 | 2: 4 |
4th | Al Hilal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: 6 | −2 | 2: 4 |
March 9, 2003 | |||
al-Sadd Sports Club | 1: 2 | Esteghlal FC | |
Al Ain Club | 1-0 | Al Hilal | |
March 12, 2003 | |||
Al Ain Club | 2-0 | al-Sadd Sports Club | |
Esteghlal FC | 2: 3 | Al Hilal | |
March 15, 2003 | |||
Al Hilal | 1: 3 | al-Sadd Sports Club | |
Esteghlal FC | 1: 3 | Al Ain Club |
Group D
All games took place in Tashkent , Uzbekistan .
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Paxtakor Tashkent | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7-0 | +7 | 6-0 |
2. | Persepolis FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5: 2 | +3 | 4: 2 |
3. | al-Talaba SC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3: 4 | −1 | 2: 4 |
4th | Nisa Ashgabat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1:10 | −9 | 0: 6 |
March 9, 2003 | |||
Nisa Ashgabat | 0: 3 | Paxtakor Tashkent | |
Persepolis FC | 1-0 | al-Talaba SC | |
March 11, 2003 | |||
al-Talaba SC | 3-0 | Nisa Ashgabat | |
Paxtakor Tashkent | 1-0 | Persepolis FC | |
March 13, 2003 | |||
Persepolis FC | 4: 1 | Nisa Ashgabat | |
Paxtakor Tashkent | 3-0 | al-Talaba SC |
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place on April 9th and 22nd.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Al Ain Club | 7: 6 | Dalian Shide | 4: 2 | 3: 4 |
BEC-Tero Sasana | 3: 2 | Paxtakor Tashkent | 3: 1 | 0: 1 |
final
The two finals took place on October 3rd and 11th in al-Ain ( United Arab Emirates ) and Bangkok ( Thailand ).
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Al Ain Club | 2: 1 | BEC-Tero Sasana | 2-0 | 0: 1 |
Web links
- Official website of the AFC Champions League