2002–03 AFC Champions League

2002–03 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates13 August – 27 November 2002
(qualifying rounds)
9 March – 11 October 2003
(group & final stages)
Teams16 (group stage)
Final positions
ChampionsUnited Arab Emirates Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-upThailand BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored104 (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

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Group stage

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Group A

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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
Shanghai Shenhua China1–2South Korea Daejeon Citizen
Luo Xiao 85' (Report)[permanent dead link] Han Jung-kook 8'
Kim Eun-jung 44'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi





Group B

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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



Osotsapa FC Thailand1–7China Dalian Shide
Jankam 13' (Report)[permanent dead link] Hao Haidong 27', 32', 49', 61'
Yan Song 60'
Zou Jie 80'
Dong Fangzhuo 82'


Group C

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

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Harib 12' (pen.) (Report)

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–0Qatar Al Sadd
Traoré 24'
Sanogo 89'
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Lu Jun

Esteghlal Iran2–3Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Khatibi 18'
Samereh 42'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Suffo 34', 74', 85'

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–3Qatar Al Sadd
Jumaan 57' (Report)[permanent dead link] Keita 45'
Sergio Ricardo 80'
Kamil 90'

Esteghlal Iran1–3United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Samereh 67' (Report)[permanent dead link] Faisal Ali 65'
Sanogo 76'
Harib 78'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lu Jun

Group D

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

Al-Talaba Iraq0–1Iran Persepolis
(Report) Golmohammadi 62'
Attendance: 5,000

Al-Talaba Iraq3–0Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Abdulsada 10'
Mahmoud 24', 90'
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bae Jae-yong



Knock-out stage

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Bracket

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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

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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

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Al-Ain United Arab Emirates4–2China Dalian Shide
Sanogo 62' (pen.) 83'
Omar 64'
Yaslam 75'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Hao Haidong 17'
Li Yao 88'

Second leg

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BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.


Dalian Shide China4–3United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Wang Peng 27'
Janković 77'
Hao Haidong 81', 84'
(Report) Rodrigo Fabiano 46'
Omar 65'
Majidi 87'
Attendance: 46,000

Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

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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

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Second leg

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Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

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9
4
3

Notes

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