AFC Champions League 2002/03

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AFC Champions League 2002/03
AFC Champions League logo
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
 1. ThailandThailand BEC-Tero Sasana  3  2  1  0 006: 300  +3 05: 10
 2. Korea SouthSouth Korea Daejeon Citizen  3  2  0  1 003: 300  ± 0 04: 20
 3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai Shenhua  3  1  0  2 006: 700  −1 02: 40
 4th JapanJapan Kashima Antlers  3  0  1  2 005: 700  −2 01: 50
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
 1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Dalian Shide  3  2  1  0 010: 200  +8 05: 10
 2. Korea SouthSouth Korea Seongnam FC  3  2  0  1 009: 400  +5 04: 20
 3. JapanJapan Shimizu S-Pulse  3  1  1  1 008: 200  +6 03: 30
 4th ThailandThailand FC Osotspa-Saraburi  3  0  0  3 001:200 −19 00: 60
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
 1. United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Al Ain Club  3  3  0  0 006: 100  +5 06-00
 2. QatarQatar al-Sadd Sports Club  3  1  0  2 004: 500  −1 02: 40
 3. IranIran Esteghlal FC  3  1  0  2 005: 700  −2 02: 40
 4th Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Al Hilal  3  1  0  2 004: 600  −2 02: 40
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
 1. UzbekistanUzbekistan Paxtakor Tashkent  3  3  0  0 007-000  +7 06-00
 2. IranIran Persepolis FC  3  2  0  1 005: 200  +3 04: 20
 3. Iraq 1991Iraq al-Talaba SC  3  1  0  2 003: 400  −1 02: 40
 4th TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Nisa Ashgabat  3  0  0  3 001:100  −9 00: 60
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
Al Ain Club  United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 7: 6 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Dalian Shide 4: 2 3: 4
BEC-Tero Sasana ThailandThailand 3: 2 UzbekistanUzbekistan  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
Al Ain Club  United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 2: 1 ThailandThailand  BEC-Tero Sasana 2-0 0: 1

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