2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

38th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF June 2023 2003 March 6 – October 8 16 9 MEX Toluca 2 MEX Morelia 30 106 CHI Reinaldo Navia (5 goals) 2002 2004 The 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 38th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It was won by Club Toluca after a 5–4 aggregate win over countryfellow club Morelia in the final.Toluca, campeón de Concacaf on La Jornada, October 9, 2003CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002/03 on the RSSSF The tournament was held between March 6 and October 8.http://www.concacaf.com/viewCompetition.aspx?id=62 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The 16-team format was scrapped for an eight-team format in 2004. Qualified teams North American zone Mexico Club Toluca – 2002 Apertura champion Mexico Morelia – 2002 Apertura runner-up Mexico Club América – 2002 Verano champion Mexico Club Necaxa – 2002 Verano runner-up United States Los Angeles Galaxy – 2002 MLS Cup champion and 2002 MLS Supporters Shield winner United States New England Revolution – 2002 MLS Cup runner-up United States San Jose Earthquakes – 2002 MLS Supporters Shield runner-up United States Columbus Crew – 2002 U.S. Open Cup winner Central American zone Costa Rica Alajuelense – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup winner Panama Árabe Unido – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup runner-up Honduras 1949 Motagua – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup third place Guatemala Comunicaciones – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup fourth place Guatemala Municipal – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup first stage runner-up El Salvador FAS – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup first stage runner-up Caribbean zone Trinidad and Tobago W Connection – 2002 CFU Club Championship finalist Jamaica Arnett Gardens – 2002 CFU Club Championship finalist Bracket First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 15px Honduras 1949 Motagua 2 0 2 United States Los Angeles Galaxy 2 1 3 Jamaica Arnett Gardens 0 0 0 Mexico Necaxa 0 1 1 Guatemala Comunicaciones 1 0 1 Mexico Morelia 0 4 4 Panama Árabe Unido 2 0 2 United States Columbus Crew 1 3 4 Guatemala Municipal 4 1 5 United States San Jose Earthquakes 2 2 4 Mexico Club Toluca 3 3 6 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 3 2 5 El Salvador FAS 3 0 3 Mexico Club América 1 3 4 Costa Rica Alajuelense 4 1 5 United States NE Revolution 0 3 3 United States Los Angeles Galaxy 1 1 2 Mexico Necaxa 4 2 6 Mexico Morelia 6 0 6 United States Columbus Crew 0 2 2 Guatemala Municipal 1 1 2 Mexico Club Toluca 2 2 4 Mexico Club América 4 1 5 Costa Rica Alajuelense 0 3 3 Mexico Necaxa 0 0 0 Mexico Morelia 0 6 6 Mexico Club Toluca (ASDET) 1 4 5 Mexico Club América 4 0 4 Mexico Morelia 3 1 4 Mexico Club Toluca 3 2 5 Round of 16 March 4, 2003 FAS SLV 3–1 MEX Club America Jorge Rodriguez Alejandro Bentos Gilberto Murgas San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán March 26, 2003 Club America MEX 3–0 4–3 SLV FAS Dallas, United States Cotton Bowl América win 4–3 on aggregate March 5, 2003 Arnett Gardens JAM 0–0 MEX Club Necaxa Kingston, Jamaica Independence Park March 19, 2003 Club Necaxa MEX 1–0 4–3 JAM Arnett Gardens Aguascalientes, Mexico Estadio Municipal de Aguascalientes Necaxa win 4–3 on aggregate March 12, 2003 Toluca MEX 3–2 TRI W Connection Sánchez 65 83García 77 18 Viana38 Davis Toluca, Mexico Estadio Nemesio Díez April 2, 2003 W Connection TRI 3–3 5–6 MEX Toluca Jean 47Spann 69 pen.Isaac 73 15 67 Franco62 Sinha Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago Manny Ramjohn Stadium Deportivo Toluca win 6–5 on aggregate March 12, 2003 C.S.D. Comunicaciones GUA 1–0 MEX Monarcas Morelia Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores March 26, 2003 Monarcas Morelia MEX 4–0 4–1 GUA C.S.D. Comunicaciones Morelia, Mexico Estadio Morelos Morelia win 4–1 on aggregate March 16, 2003 Municipal GUA 4–2 USA San Jose Earthquakes Romero 28 37Figueroa 39Ponciano 55 pen. 64 71 Lagos Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio El Trébol March 26, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes USA 2–1 4–5 GUA Municipal Donovan 19Ching 35 76 Plata San Jose, United States Spartan Stadium 4,594 Municipal win 5–4 on aggregate March 16, 2003 C.D. Árabe Unido PAN 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20031219211958/http://www.thecrew.com/stats/matchstats.cfm?ID=299 USA Columbus Crew 7 65 Martino 63 Panama City, Panama Estadio Rommel Fernández 3,500 March 23, 2003 Columbus Crew USA 3–0 4–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20031223221707/http://www.thecrew.com/stats/matchstats.cfm?ID=300 PAN C.D. Árabe Unido Buddle 42 59 Martino 70 Columbus, United States Historic Crew Stadium 6,443 Columbus win 4–2 on aggregate March 16, 2003 C.D. Motagua HON 1949 2–2 USA Los Angeles Galaxy Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino March 23, 2003 Los Angeles Galaxy USA 1–0 3–2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/190203443/?match=17&terms=Los%20Angeles%20Galaxy%20crowd%20of HON 1949 C.D. Motagua Fullerton, United States Titan Stadium 5,307 LA Galaxy win 3–2 on aggregate March 23, 2003 Alajuelense CRC 0–4 USA NE Revolution Erick Scott Alejandro Alpizar Rolando Fonseca Alajuela, Costa Rica Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto March 26, 2003 NE Revolution USA 1–3 5–3 Match ReportJones Grahame L. Two From MLS Are Eliminated Los Angeles Times March 27, 2003 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-27-sp-soccer27-story.html April 23, 2025March 26, 2003 – Alajuelense 1:3 Revolution; 1st CONCACAF Champions Cup win Frank Dell'Apa March 26, 2017 https://www.frankdellapa.com/march-26-2003-alajuelense-13-revolution-1st-concacaf-champions-cup-win/ April 23, 2025 CRC Alajuelense Taylor Twellman 18 pen Wolde Harris 53 Steve Ralston 55 Shalrie Joseph 0 63 Daniel Hernandez 0 63 Rolando Fonseca 65 pen Alajuela, Costa Rica Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Rodolfo Sibrian Alajuelense win 5–3 on aggregate Quarterfinals April 9, 2003 Municipal GUA 1–2 MEX Toluca Acevedo 41 9 Cardozo85 Almazán Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio El Trébol April 16, 2003 Toluca MEX 2–1 4–2 GUA Municipal Ruiz 25Sánchez 44 8 Romero Toluca, Mexico Estadio Nemesio Díez Deportivo Toluca win 4–2 on aggregate April 9, 2003 Morelia MEX 6–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20031223160232/http://www.thecrew.com/stats/matchstats.cfm?ID=301 USA Columbus Crew Palacios 39Íñiguez 42 70Bautista 49 55Navia 68 Morelia, Mexico Estadio Morelos 10,000 April 16, 2003 Columbus Crew USA 2–0 2–6 https://web.archive.org/web/20031223160555/http://www.thecrew.com/stats/matchstats.cfm?ID=302 MEX Morelia Buddle 15Cunningham 29 pen. Columbus, United States Columbus Crew Stadium 3,358 Morelia win 6–2 on aggregate April 9, 2003 LA Galaxy USA 1–4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/190290990/?match=7&terms=Necaxa%20Los%20Angeles%20Galaxy MEX Necaxa Pineda 36 27 51 Franco81 Zague87 Larrosa Fullerton, United States Titan Stadium 3,814 April 16, 2003 Necaxa MEX 2–1 6–2 USA LA Galaxy Espinoza 43 84 32 Albright Aguascalientes City, Mexico Estadio Municipal de Aguascalientes Necaxa win 6–2 on aggregate April 16, 2003 América MEX 4–0 CRC Alajuelense Castillo 50Lipatín 72 84Blanco 88 pen. Mexico City, Mexico Estadio Azteca April 23, 2003 Alajuelense CRC 3–1 3–5 MEX América Chinchilla 16Scott 21López 73 10 Fernández Alajuela, Costa Rica Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto América win 5–3 on aggregate Semifinals First Leg 1st leg April 30, 2003 Toluca MEX 1–4 MEX América González 13 Lipatin 35 63Mendoza 56Blanco 83 pen. Estadio Nemesio DíezToluca, Mexico 1st leg April 30, 2003 Necaxa MEX 0–0 MEX Morelia Estadio AztecaMexico City, Mexico Second Leg 2nd leg May 7, 2003 Morelia MEX 6–0 MEX Necaxa Navia 9 21Palacios 28Hernández 38Almirón 42Prieto 77 Estadio MorelosMorelia, Mexico Morelia advanced 6–0 on aggregate. 2nd leg May 14, 2003 América MEX 0–4 y MEX Toluca Espinosa 69García 72 88Ruiz 92 Estadio AztecaMexico City, Mexico Toluca advanced 5–4 on aggregate. Final 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final First leg September 17, 2003 20:10 (UTC-5) First leg Morelia Mexico 3–3 MEX Club Toluca Navia 44 63Álvarez 69 López 6 82Lozano 13 Estadio Morelos Morelia, Mexico Second leg October 8, 2003 19:10 (UTC-5) Second leg Club Toluca MEX 2–1 Report MEX Morelia da Silva 35Sánchez 54 Álvarez 81 Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca, Mexico Gilberto Alcalá Team details _whiteborder _collar _whiteborder _whitesides ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 Toluca _morelia3 _Morell15 _morelia3 fff200 fff200 fff200 000066 000066 Morelia GK 1 ARG Hernán Cristante DF 7 MEX Salvador Carmona DF 6 PAR Paulo da Silva DF 4 MEX Emilio Hassan DF 29 MEX Miguel A. Carreón MF 5 MEX Israel López MF 8 MEX Rafael García MF 23 MEX Erik Espinosa MF 10 BRAMEX Antonio Naelson 88 FW 11 URU Vicente Sánchez FW 9 PAR José Cardozo Substitutions: FW 28 MEX Edgar González 88Manager: BRAMEX Ricardo Ferretti GK MEX Moisés Muñoz DF MEX Omar Trujillo DF MEX Heriberto Morales DF ARG Ariel Garcé DF MEX Mariano Trujillo MF MEX Nicolás Ramírez 81 MF ARG Jorge Almirón MF MEX Miguel Zepeda 73 MF MEX Carlos Morales FW ARG Damián Álvarez FW CHI Reinaldo NaviaSubstitutions: MEX Raúl Molina 81 MEX Jorge Santillana 73Manager: ARG Rubén O. Romano Toluca won 3–1 on points (5–4 on aggregate). Champions CONCACAF Champions' Cup2003 WinnersMEX 100pxClub Deportivo TolucaSecond Title Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Chile Reinaldo Navia MEX Morelia 52 Uruguay Vicente Sánchez MEX Toluca 4 USA Edson Buddle USA Columbus Crew 4 Uruguay Marcelo Lipatin MEX América 45 MEX Edgar García MEX Toluca 3 GUA Gonzalo Romero GUA Municipal 3 CRC Erick Scott CRC LD Alajuelense 38 ARG Ariel Franco MEX Toluca 2 MEX Israel López MEX Toluca 2 HON Amado Guevara HON Motagua 2 USA Alexi Lalas USA Los Angeles Galaxy 2 Juan Franco MEX Necaxa 2 MEX Rodolfo Espinoza MEX Necaxa 2 US Manny Lagos US San Jose Earthquakes 2 MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco Mexico América 2 MEX Santiago Fernández Mexico América 2 CRC Rolando Fonseca CRC LD Alajuelense 2 MEX Adolfo Bautista MEX Morelia 2 Peru Roberto Palacios MEX Morelia 2 MEX Ismael Íñiguez MEX Morelia 2 Argentina Damián Álvarez MEX Morelia 222 Various 1 References 2003 Champions' Cup