2002–03 AFC Champions League

22nd edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC May 2016 AFC Champions League 2002–03 13 August – 27 November 2002(qualifying rounds)9 March – 11 October 2003(group & final stages) 16 (group stage) UAE Al-Ain 1 THA BEC Tero Sasana 30 104 Hao Haidong(9 goals) 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. Teams Entry RoundTeamsGroup StageWest AsiaEast AsiaIRN Persepolis (1st)IRQ 1991 Al-Talaba (1st)CHN Dalian Shide (1st)JPN Kashima Antlers (1st)KSA Al Hilal (1st)UAE Al Ain (1st)KOR Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (1st)THA BEC Tero Sasana (1st)Third qualifying roundIRN Esteghlal (2nd, CW)IRQ 1991 Al-ZawraaCHN Shanghai Shenhua (2nd)JPN Shimizu S-Pulse (CW)KSA Al-Ahli (CW)KUW Al-Arabi (1st)KOR Daejeon Citizen (CW)THA Osotsapa (2nd)QAT Al-Ittihad (1st)TJK Regar-TadAZ (1st)VIE Saigon Port (1st)HK South China (CW)TKM Nisa Aşgabat (1st)UZB FK Neftchy Farg'ona (1st)MDV Club Valencia (1st)SIN Geylang United (1st)Second qualifying roundUAE Al Ahli (CW)QAT Al Sadd (CW)BRU DPMM (1st)IND Mohun Bagan (1st)TJK Khujand (CR)UZB Pakhtakor (CW)IND Churchill Brothers (2nd)IDN Petrokimia Putra (1st)YEM Al-Ahli (2nd)JOR Al-Faisaly (1st)IDN Persita Tangerang (2nd)MAC Monte Carlo (1st)PLE Al-QudsSYR 1980 Al-Jaish (1st)MDV New Radiant (CW)SIN Home United (CW)SRI Saunders SC (1st)SRI Air ForceFirst qualifying roundBHR Busaiteen (2nd)BHR Riffa (CW)JOR Al-Wehdat (2nd)KGZ Zhashtyk (2nd)KUW Al Kuwait (CW)LIB Al-Nejmeh (1st)LIB Al Ansar (CW)OMA Al Nasr (CW)PLE Al AqsaSYR 1980 Al-Ittihad (2nd)TKM Köpetdag Aşgabat (CW) Qualification Round 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification First qualifying round 1QR Second qualifying round 2QR Third qualifying round 3QR Fourth qualifying round 4QR Group stage AFC pre 2006 900 center Location of the 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage teams8px Brown: Group A; 8px Cyan: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D; 8px AFC pre 2006 24.724150 46.262053 90 Al-Hilal Orange pog.svg top AFC pre 2006 25.1602 51.2903 90 Al-Sadd Orange pog.svg bottom AFC pre 2006 35.724319 51.275406 90 Tehran Black pog.svg bottom AFC pre 2006 37.928 58.35 90 Nisa Aşgabat Yellow pog.svg top AFC pre 2006 24.144414 55.42597 90 Al-Ain Orange pog.svg right AFC pre 2006 41.185588 69.153688 90 Pakhtakor Yellow pog.svg top AFC pre 2006 33.3250 44.4352 90 Al-Talaba Yellow pog.svg bottom AFC pre 2006 35.3509 139.3910 90 Kashima Antlers Brown pog.svg top AFC pre 2006 34.975556 138.382778 90 Shimizu S-Pulse Cyan pog.svg bottom AFC pre 2006 36.2100 127.2306 90 Daejeon Citizen Brown pog.svg top AFC pre 2006 31.11061 121.261428 90 Shanghai Shenhua Brown pog.svg left AFC pre 2006 39.0985 121.7202 Dalian Shide Cyan pog.svg top AFC pre 2006 13.917863 100.547309 90 BEC Tero Sasana Brown pog.svg top AFC pre 2006 13.3542 100.4950 90 Osotsapa Cyan pog.svg right AFC pre 2006 TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 -5 55 95 Tehran teams 8px Esteghlal 8px Persepolis right Group A main WDL Group A Q y BEC Thailand BEC Tero Sasana DJC South Korea Daejeon Citizen SHA China Shanghai Shenhua KAS Japan Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 6 3 H 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 6 7 0 1 2 5 7 green1 Advance to Knockout stage A complete 10 March 2003 Shanghai Shenhua China 1–2 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes KOR Daejeon Citizen Luo Xiao 85 Han Jung-kook 8 Kim Eun-jung 44 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 8,000 Masoud Moradi 10 March 2003 Kashima Antlers Japan 2–2 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Thailand BEC Tero Sasana Hirase 21 Fernando 77 Yongant 76 90 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 10,000 Al Hamdan Naser 12 March 2003 Kashima Antlers Japan 3–4 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes China Shanghai Shenhua Aoki 24 Fernando 56 Nozawa 90 Yang Guang 1 Zhang Yuning 11 Martínez 31 87 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 6,000 Balu Sundarraj 12 March 2003 Daejeon Citizen KOR 0–2 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Thailand BEC Tero Sasana Kongpraphan 14 Chaiman 73 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 16,000 Anura De Silva 14 March 2003 BEC Tero Sasana Thailand 2–1 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes China Shanghai Shenhua Thongsukh 27 Chaiman 85 Martínez 58 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 20,000 Al Hamdan Naser 14 March 2003 Daejeon Citizen KOR 1–0 https://archive.today/20130116092949/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchctr.asp?cid=396&mt=8342 (Report) Japan Kashima Antlers Papa Oumar 87 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 10,000 Masoud Moradi Group B main WDL Group B Q y DLS CHN Dalian Shide SEO South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma SSP JPN Shimizu S-Pulse OSO THA Osotsapa FC 2 1 0 10 2 H 2 0 1 9 4 1 1 1 8 2 0 0 3 1 20 green1 Advance to Knockout stage A complete 9 March 2003 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma KOR 6–0 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes THA Osotsapa FC Park Nam-yeol 22 Kim Dae-eui 31 Kim Do-hoon 37 61 83 Drakulić 53 People's Stadium, Dalian 20,000 Ravshan Irmatov 9 March 2003 Shimizu S-Pulse JPN 0–0 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes CHN Dalian Shide People's Stadium, Dalian 30,000 Kim Jong-sik 12 March 2003 Shimizu S-Pulse JPN 1–2 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes KOR Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Ahn Jung-hwan 53 Drakulić 74 Kim Dae-eui 87 People's Stadium, Dalian 2,000 Ahmad Khalidi Supain 12 March 2003 Osotsapa FC THA 1–7 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes CHN Dalian Shide Jankam 13 Hao Haidong 27 32 49 61 Yan Song 60Zou Jie 80 Dong Fangzhuo 82 People's Stadium, Dalian 18,000 Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo 15 March 2003 Dalian Shide CHN 3–1 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes KOR Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Hao Haidong 57 64 Yan Song 90 Kim Dae-eui 51 People's Stadium, Dalian 30,000 Ravshan Irmatov 15 March 2003 Osotsapa FC THA 0–7 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes JPN Shimizu S-Pulse Takagi 23 40 Sawanobori 27 Alex 50 Ahn Jung-hwan 60 71 Kitajima 75 People's Stadium, Dalian 5,000 Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo Group C main WDL Group C Q y AIN UAE Al-Ain SAD QAT Al Sadd EST IRN Esteghlal HIL KSA Al-Hilal 3 0 0 6 1 H 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 2 5 7 1 0 2 4 6 green1 Advance to Knockout stage A complete 9 March 2003 Al Sadd QAT 1–2 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes IRN Esteghlal Sergio Ricardo 72 Samereh 6 Khatibi 64 Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain 4,500 Toru Kamikawa 9 March 2003 Al-Ain UAE 1–0 https://archive.today/20130116102813/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchctr.asp?cid=502&mt=8350 (Report) KSA Al-Hilal Harib 12 pen. Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain 6,500 Shaban Qassem 12 March 2003 Al-Ain UAE 2–0 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes QAT Al Sadd Traoré 24 Sanogo 89 Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain 9,000 Lu Jun 12 March 2003 Esteghlal IRN 2–3 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes KSA Al-Hilal Khatibi 18 Samereh 42 Suffo 34 74 85 Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain 2,500 Subkhdiin Mohd Salleh 15 March 2003 Al-Hilal KSA 1–3 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes QAT Al Sadd Jumaan 57 Keita 45 Sergio Ricardo 80 Kamil 90 Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain 1,200 Shaban Qassem 15 March 2003 Esteghlal IRN 1–3 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes UAE Al-Ain Samereh 67 Faisal Ali 65 Sanogo 76 Harib 78 Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain 15,000 Lu Jun Group D main WDL Group D Q y PAK UZB Pakhtakor PRS IRN Persepolis TAL IRQ 1991 Al-Talaba NSA TKM Nisa Asgabat 3 0 0 7 0 H 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 1 10 green1 Advance to Knockout stage A complete 9 March 2003 Nisa Asgabat TKM 0–3 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes UZB Pakhtakor Hamidullaev 44 Soliev 57 Koshelev 72 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 30,000 Rungklay Mongkol 9 March 2003 Al-Talaba IRQ 1991 0–1 https://archive.today/20130116070120/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchctr.asp?cid=503&mt=8356 (Report) IRN Persepolis Golmohammadi 62 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 5,000 Masayoshi Okada 11 March 2003 Al-Talaba IRQ 1991 3–0 https://archive.today/20130116083522/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchctr.asp?cid=503&mt=8357 (Report) TKM Nisa Asgabat Abdulsada 10 Mahmoud 24 90 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 3,000 Bae Jae-yong 11 March 2003 Pakhtakor UZB 1–0 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes IRN Persepolis Soliev 22 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 45,000 Masayoshi Okada 13 March 2003 Persepolis IRN 4–1 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes TKM Nisa Asgabat Khanmohammadi 14 76 Golmohammadi 47 Aslanian 90 Meredov 89 pen. Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 2,000 Fareed Al Marzouqi 13 March 2003 Pakhtakor UZB 3–0 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes IRQ 1991 Al-Talaba Krokhmal 25 57 Goçgulyýew 37 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 55,000 Rungklay Mongkol Knockout stage Bracket 200 Semi-finals Final n UAE Al-Ain 4 3 7 CHN Dalian Shide 2 4 6 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 3 0 3 UZB Pakhtakor 1 1 2 UAE Al-Ain 2 0 2 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 0 1 1 Semi-finals BEC Tero Sasana THA 3–2 Pakhtakor UZB 3–1 0–1 Al-Ain UAE 7–6 Dalian Shide CHN 4–2 3–4 |} Matches 9 April 2003 BEC Tero Sasana Thailand 3–1 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes UZB Pakhtakor Srimaka 41 Fuangprakob 69 Chaiman 84 Soliev 80 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 15,000 Kwon Jong-chul 22 April 2003 Pakhtakor UZB 1–0 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Thailand BEC Tero Sasana Djeperov 86 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 50,000 Toru Kamikawa BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate. 9 April 2003 Al-Ain UAE 4–2 (Report)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes CHN Dalian Shide Sanogo 62 p 83 Omar 64 Yaslam 75 Hao Haidong 17 Li Yao 88 Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain 20,000 Abdul Rahman 30 August 2003note The Dailan Shide v Al-Ain match, originally scheduled to be played on 23 April 2003, was postponed due to SARS outbreak in China. Dalian Shide CHN 4–3 https://archive.today/20130116070826/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchctr.asp?cid=565&mt=9218 (Report) UAE Al-Ain Wang Peng 27 Janković 77 Hao Haidong 81 84 Rodrigo Fabiano 46 Omar 65 Majidi 87 People's Stadium, Dalian 46,000 Masayoshi Okada Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate. Final Al-Ain UAE 2–1 BEC Tero Sasana THA 2–0 0–1 |} Matches 3 October 2003 Al-Ain UAE 2–0 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana Jowhar 38 Omar 74 Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain 11 October 2003 BEC Tero Sasana Thailand 1–0 UAE Al-Ain Chaiman 60 pen. Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate. Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1CHN Hao HaidongCHN Dalian Shide92Ivory Coast Boubacar SanogoUAE Al Ain4THA Therdsak ChaimanTHA BEC Tero Sasana4Cameroon Patrick SuffoKSA Al-Hilal3UAE Mohammad OmarUAE Al AinIRN Ali SamerehIRN EsteghlalUZB Anvarjon SolievUZB PakhtakorKOR Kim Dae-euiKOR Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaKOR Kim Do-hoonKOR Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaHON Saul MartínezCHN Shanghai ShenhuaKOR Ahn Jung-hwanJPN Shimizu S-Pulse Notes note External links AFC Champions League 2002/03 AFC Champions League 2002/03 - Final stage championsleague 2002-03 Champions League Champions League