2002–03 AFC Champions League

2002–03 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	United Arab Emirates Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-up	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	China Hao Haidong; (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Thailand Therdsak Chaiman
	← 2001–02 (Asian Club Championship) 2004 →

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. 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. In the final it was Al-Ain of the United Arab Emirates beating BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualification

West Asia

Central and Southern Asia

ASEAN

East Asia

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand BEC Tero Sasana (H)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
South Korea Daejeon Citizen	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
China Shanghai Shenhua	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
Japan Kashima Antlers	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

10 March 2003

Shanghai Shenhua China	1–2	South Korea Daejeon Citizen
Luo Xiao File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Han Jung-kook File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Kim Eun-jung File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi

10 March 2003

Kashima Antlers Japan	2–2	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Hirase File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Fernando File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yongant File:Soccerball shade.svg 76', 90'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Al Hamdan Naser

12 March 2003

Kashima Antlers Japan	3–4	China Shanghai Shenhua
Aoki File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Fernando File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Nozawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yang Guang File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Zhang Yuning File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Martínez File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 87'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Balu Sundarraj

12 March 2003

Daejeon Citizen South Korea	0–2	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kongpraphan File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Chaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Anura De Silva

14 March 2003

BEC Tero Sasana Thailand	2–1	China Shanghai Shenhua
Thongsukh File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Chaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Martínez File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Al Hamdan Naser

14 March 2003

Daejeon Citizen South Korea	1–0	Japan Kashima Antlers
Papa Oumar File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	(Report)

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China Dalian Shide (H)	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Japan Shimizu S-Pulse	3	1	1	1	8	2	+6	4
Thailand Osotsapa FC	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

9 March 2003

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea	6–0	Thailand Osotsapa FC
Park Nam-yeol File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Kim Dae-eui File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Kim Do-hoon File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 61', 83' Drakulić File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

9 March 2003

Shimizu S-Pulse Japan	0–0	China Dalian Shide
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Kim Jong-sik

12 March 2003

Shimizu S-Pulse Japan	1–2	South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Ahn Jung-hwan File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Drakulić File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Kim Dae-eui File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'

People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ahmad Khalidi Supain

12 March 2003

Osotsapa FC Thailand	1–7	China Dalian Shide
Jankam File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Hao Haidong File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 32', 49', 61' Yan Song File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Zou Jie File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Dong Fangzhuo File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo

15 March 2003

Dalian Shide China	3–1	South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Hao Haidong File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', 64' Yan Song File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kim Dae-eui File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'

People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

15 March 2003

Osotsapa FC Thailand	0–7	Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Takagi File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', 40' Sawanobori File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Alex File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Ahn Jung-hwan File:Soccerball shade.svg 60', 71' Kitajima File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'

People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain (H)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9
Qatar Al Sadd	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Iran Esteghlal	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

9 March 2003

Al Sadd Qatar	1–2	Iran Esteghlal
Sergio Ricardo File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Samereh File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Khatibi File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Toru Kamikawa

9 March 2003

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates	1–0	Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Harib File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (pen.)	(Report)

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Shaban Qassem

12 March 2003

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates	2–0	Qatar Al Sadd
Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Lu Jun

12 March 2003

Esteghlal Iran	2–3	Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Khatibi File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Samereh File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Suffo File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 74', 85'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Subkhdiin Mohd Salleh

15 March 2003

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia	1–3	Qatar Al Sadd
Jumaan File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Keita File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Sergio Ricardo File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Kamil File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Shaban Qassem

15 March 2003

Esteghlal Iran	1–3	United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Samereh File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Faisal Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Harib File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Lu Jun

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor (H)	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9
Iran Persepolis	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6
Iraq Al-Talaba	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat	3	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

9 March 2003

Nisa Asgabat Turkmenistan	0–3	Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Hamidullaev File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Soliev File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Koshelev File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Rungklay Mongkol

9 March 2003

Al-Talaba Iraq	0–1	Iran Persepolis
	(Report)	Golmohammadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

11 March 2003

Al-Talaba Iraq	3–0	Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Abdulsada File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Mahmoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 90'	(Report)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Bae Jae-yong

11 March 2003

Pakhtakor Uzbekistan	1–0	Iran Persepolis
Soliev File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

13 March 2003

Persepolis Iran	4–1	Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Khanmohammadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 76' Golmohammadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Aslanian File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Meredov File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (pen.)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi

13 March 2003

Pakhtakor Uzbekistan	3–0	Iraq Al-Talaba
Krokhmal File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 57' Goçgulyýew File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Rungklay Mongkol

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals					Final

1	United Arab Emirates Al-Ain	4	3	7

4	China Dalian Shide	2	4	6
					United Arab Emirates Al-Ain	2	0	2

					Thailand BEC Tero Sasana	0	1	1
3	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana	3	0	3

2	Uzbekistan Pakhtakor	1	1	2

Semi-finals

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

First leg

9 April 2003

BEC Tero Sasana Thailand	3–1	Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Srimaka File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Fuangprakob File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Chaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Soliev File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul

9 April 2003

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates	4–2	China Dalian Shide
Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Yaslam File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Hao Haidong File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Li Yao File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman

Second leg

22 April 2003

Pakhtakor Uzbekistan	1–0	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Djeperov File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa

BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Dalian Shide China	4–3	United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Wang Peng File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Janković File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Hao Haidong File:Soccerball shade.svg 81', 84'	(Report)	Rodrigo Fabiano File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Majidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'

People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

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

First leg

3 October 2003

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates	2–0	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Jowhar File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Second leg

11 October 2003

BEC Tero Sasana Thailand	1–0	United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Chaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (pen.)

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

9

China 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

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

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2002–03 AFC Champions League

Contents

Qualification

West Asia

Central and Southern Asia

ASEAN

East Asia

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Top scorers

Notes

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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	United Arab Emirates Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-up	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	China Hao Haidong (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Thailand Therdsak Chaiman
← 2001–02 (Asian Club Championship) 2004 →