CAF Champions League 2003

The CAF Champions League 2003 began on February 15, 2003 with the preliminary round and ended on December 12, 2003 with the final second leg between Ismaily SC from Egypt and FC Enyimba from Nigeria . The winner was FC Enyimba, who lost 1-0 in the second leg after a 2-0 home win in the first leg. This was Enyimba FC's first title win.

A total of 41 teams from 39 regional associations took part in the tournament.

Preliminary round

First legs on February 15 and 16, second legs on March 1 and 2.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Wallidan Banjul	1-0	AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé	1-0	0-0
FC Nouadhibou	(a)2: 2 ( a )	AS Niamey	2: 1	0: 1
CD Elá Nguema	0: 1	AS Douanes de Lomé	0-0	0: 1
Villa SC	4: 2	Muzinga	4: 1	0: 1
Saint George SA	2: 3	Rayon Sports FC	1: 3	1-0
AS ADEMA Analamanga	1: 3	SS Saint-Louisienne	1-0	0: 3
Red Sea FC	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Nzoia Sugar	2-0	0: 2
Simba SC	4: 1	Botswana Defense Force XI	1-0	3: 1
La Passe FC	1: 2	AS Port-Louis 2000	1-0	0: 2

The following teams joined in the first round:

•  USM Algiers
•  Atlético Sport Aviação
•  ASFA-Yennenga Ouagadougou
•  Canon Yaoundé
•  ASEC Mimosas
•  FC Saint Eloi Lupopo
•  Ismaily SC
•  Zamalek SC
•  USM Libreville
•  Hearts of Oak SC
•  Satellite FC
•  Al-Ittihad Tripoli
•  Stade Malien
•  Hassania d'Agadir
•  Clube Ferroviário de Maputo
•  AS Police Brazzaville
•  FC Enyimba
•  ASC Joan of Arc
•  Santos Cape Town
•  Al-Merrikh Khartoum
•  Espérance Sportive de Tunis
•  Zanaco FC
•  Highlanders FC

First round

First legs on April 11 and 13, second legs on April 26 and May 17.

	total		First leg	Return leg
USM Algiers	3: 2	Wallidan Banjul	2-0	1: 2
Stade Malien	( a ) 2: 2(a)	AS Police Brazzaville	1-0	1: 2
Canon Yaoundé	5: 4	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	5-0	0: 4
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo	3: 1	USM Libreville	0: 1	3-0
ASEC Mimosas	5: 2	AS Niamey	3-0	2: 2
Hassania d'Agadir	0: 0 (5: 4 on perk )	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	0-0	0-0
Hearts of Oak SC	4: 1	AS Douanes de Lomé	1-0	3: 1
Atlético Sport Aviação	3: 2	Villa SC	1: 2	2-0
ASC Joan of Arc	2: 1	ASFA-Yennenga Ouagadougou	2-0	0: 1
FC Enyimba	8: 2	Satellite FC	3-0	5: 2
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	7: 2	Rayon Sports FC	5-0	2: 2
Highlanders FC	4: 2	SS Saint-Louisienne	3: 1	1: 1
Zamalek SC	7: 1	Nzoia Sugar	3-0	4: 1
Santos Cape Town	0: 0 (8: 9 on behalf )	Simba SC	0-0	0-0
Ismaily SC	1-0	Zanaco FC	1-0	0-0
Clube Ferroviário de Maputo	2: 2 (1: 3 i.E. )	AS Port-Louis 2000	2-0	0: 2

Second round

First legs on May 18 and 24, second legs on May 30 and June 1.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Stade Malien	1: 3	USM Algiers	1: 1	0: 2
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo	1: 3	Canon Yaoundé	0-0	1: 3
Hassania d'Agadir	0: 1	ASEC Mimosas	0-0	0: 1
Atlético Sport Aviação	3: 2	Hearts of Oak SC	3-0	0: 2
FC Enyimba	4-0	ASC Joan of Arc	4-0	0-0
Highlanders FC	1: 7	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	1: 1	0: 6
Simba SC	1: 1 (3: 2 i.E. )	Zamalek SC	1-0	0: 1
AS Port-Louis 2000	0: 7	Ismaily SC	0: 1	0: 6

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Enyimba	6th	4th	0	2	014:110	+3	12
2.	Ismaily SC	6th	3	2	1	013: 700	+6	11
3.	Simba SC	6th	2	1	3	007:100	−3	07th
4th	ASEC Mimosas	6th	1	1	4th	006:120	−6	04th

August 9, 2003
ASEC Mimosas	1: 1	Ismaily SC
August 10, 2003
FC Enyimba	3-0	Simba SC
August 22, 2003
Ismaily SC	6: 1	FC Enyimba
August 24, 2003
Simba SC	1-0	ASEC Mimosas
September 7, 2003
FC Enyimba	3: 1	ASEC Mimosas
Simba SC	0-0	Ismaily SC
September 19, 2003
Ismaily SC	2: 1	Simba SC
September 21, 2003
ASEC Mimosas	0: 2	FC Enyimba
October 3, 2003
Ismaily SC	2-0	ASEC Mimosas
October 5, 2003
Simba SC	2: 1	FC Enyimba
October 19, 2003
ASEC Mimosas	4: 3	Simba SC
FC Enyimba	4: 2	Ismaily SC

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	6th	4th	2	0	007: 200	+5	14th
2.	USM Algiers	6th	3	0	3	007: 400	+3	09
3.	Canon Yaoundé	6th	2	1	3	006:100	−4	07th
4th	Atlético Sport Aviação	6th	1	1	4th	003: 700	−4	04th

August 9, 2003
Atlético Sport Aviação	1-0	USM Algiers
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	2: 1	Canon Yaoundé
August 22, 2003
USM Algiers	0: 1	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
August 24, 2003
Canon Yaoundé	2: 1	Atlético Sport Aviação
September 5, 2003
USM Algiers	3-0	Canon Yaoundé
September 6, 2003
Atlético Sport Aviação	0-0	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
September 20, 2003
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	1-0	Atlético Sport Aviação
September 21, 2003
Canon Yaoundé	0: 2	USM Algiers
October 3, 2003
USM Algiers	2-0	Atlético Sport Aviação
October 5, 2003
Canon Yaoundé	1: 1	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
October 18, 2003
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	2-0	USM Algiers
Atlético Sport Aviação	1: 2	Canon Yaoundé

Semifinals

First legs on October 31 and November 1, second legs on November 8 and 15.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ismaily SC	6: 2	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	3: 1	3: 1
USM Algiers	2: 3	FC Enyimba	1: 1	1: 2

final

First leg on November 30th, second leg on December 12th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Enyimba	2: 1	Ismaily SC	2-0	0: 1

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