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2002-03 AFC Champions League

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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

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

Main article: 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 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:
Shanghai Shenhua China1–2South Korea Daejeon Citizen
Luo Xiao Goal 85' (Report) Han Jung-kook Goal 8'
Kim Eun-jung Goal 44'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi
Kashima Antlers Japan2–2Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Hirase Goal 21'
Fernando Goal 77'		 (Report) Yongant Goal 76', 90'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Al Hamdan Naser
Kashima Antlers Japan3–4China Shanghai Shenhua
Aoki Goal 24'
Fernando Goal 56'
Nozawa Goal 90'		 (Report) Yang Guang Goal 1'
Zhang Yuning Goal 11'
Martínez Goal 31', 87'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Balu Sundarraj
Daejeon Citizen South Korea0–2Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
(Report) Kongpraphan Goal 14'
Chaiman Goal 73'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Anura De Silva
BEC Tero Sasana Thailand2–1China Shanghai Shenhua
Thongsukh Goal 27'
Chaiman Goal 85'		 (Report) Martínez Goal 58'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Al Hamdan Naser
Daejeon Citizen South Korea1–0Japan Kashima Antlers
Papa Oumar Goal 87' (Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
China Dalian Shide 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:
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea6–0Thailand Osotsapa FC
Park Nam-yeol Goal 22'
Kim Dae-eui Goal 31'
Kim Do-hoon Goal 37', 61', 83'
Drakulić Goal 53'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan0–0China Dalian Shide
(Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kim Jong-sik
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan1–2South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Ahn Jung-hwan Goal 53' (Report) Drakulić Goal 74'
Kim Dae-eui Goal 87'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmad Khalidi Supain
Osotsapa FC Thailand1–7China Dalian Shide
Jankam Goal 13' (Report) Hao Haidong Goal 27', 32', 49', 61'
Yan Song Goal 60'
Zou Jie Goal 80'
Dong Fangzhu Goal 82'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo
Dalian Shide China3–1South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Hao Haidong Goal 57', 64'
Yan Song Goal 90'		 (Report) Kim Dae-eui Goal 51'
Attendance: 30,000
Osotsapa FC Thailand0–7Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
(Report) Takagi Goal 23', 40'
Sawanobori Goal 27'
Alessandro Santos Goal 50'
Ahn Jung-hwan Goal 60', 71'
Kitajima Goal 75'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 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:
Al Sadd Qatar1–2Iran Esteghlal
Sergio Ricardo Goal 72' (Report) Samereh Goal 6'
Khatibi Goal 64'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Harib Goal 12' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Shaban Qassem
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–0Qatar Al Sadd
Traoré Goal 24'
Sanogo Goal 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Lu Jun
Esteghlal Iran2–3Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Khatibi Goal 18'
Samereh Goal 42'		 (Report) Suffo Goal 34', 74', 85'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Subkhdiin Mohd Salleh
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–3Qatar Al Sadd
Jumaan Goal 57' (Report) Keita Goal 45'
Sergio Ricardo Goal 80'
Kamil Goal 90'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Shaban Qassem
Esteghlal Iran1–3United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Samereh Goal 67' (Report) Faisal Ali Goal 65'
Sanogo Goal 76'
Harib Goal 78'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lu Jun

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 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:
Nisa Asgabat Turkmenistan0–3Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
(Report) Hamidullaev Goal 44'
Soliev Goal 57'
Koshelev Goal 72'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rungklay Mongkol
Al-Talaba Iraq0–1Iran Persepolis
(Report) Golmohammadi Goal 62'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 5,000
Al-Talaba Iraq3–0Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Abdulsada Goal 10'
Mahmoud Goal 24', 90'		 (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bae Jae-yong
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan1–0Iran Persepolis
Soliev Goal 22' (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 45,000
Persepolis Iran4–1Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Khanmohammadi Goal 14', 76'
Golmohammadi Goal 47'
Aslanian Goal 90'		 (Report) Meredov Goal 89' (pen.)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan3–0Iraq Al-Talaba
Krokhmal Goal 25', 57'
Goçgulyýew Goal 37'		 (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Rungklay Mongkol

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 4 3 7
China Dalian Shide 2 4 6
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2 0 2
Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 0 1 1
Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 3 0 3
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 1 1 2

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. 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

BEC Tero Sasana Thailand3–1Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Srimaka Goal 41'
Fuangprakob Goal 69'
Chaiman Goal 84'		 (Report) Soliev Goal 80'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-chul
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates4–2China Dalian Shide
Sanogo Goal 62' (pen.) Goal 83'
Omar Goal 64'
Yaslam Goal 75'		 (Report) Hao Haidong Goal 17'
Li Yao Goal 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdul Rahman

Second leg

Pakhtakor Uzbekistan1–0Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Djeperov Goal 86' (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa

BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–1 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 2–0 0–1

First leg

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–0Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Johar Goal 38'
Omar Goal 74'

Second leg

BEC Tero Sasana Thailand1–0United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Chaiman Goal 60' (pen.)

Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

9
4
3

Notes

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

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