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.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 13 August – 27 November 2002 (qualifying rounds) 9 March – 11 October 2003 (group & final stages) |
Teams | 16 (group stage) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 30 |
Goals scored | 104 (3.47 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (9 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
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
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 |
Shanghai Shenhua ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Luo Xiao ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Han Jung-kook ![]() Kim Eun-jung ![]() |
Kashima Antlers ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Hirase ![]() Fernando ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Yongant ![]() |
Kashima Antlers ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Aoki ![]() Fernando ![]() Nozawa ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Yang Guang ![]() Zhang Yuning ![]() Martínez ![]() |
BEC Tero Sasana ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Thongsukh ![]() Chaiman ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Martínez ![]() |
Daejeon Citizen ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Papa Oumar ![]() | (Report) |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Park Nam-yeol ![]() Kim Dae-eui ![]() Kim Do-hoon ![]() Drakulić ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] |
Shimizu S-Pulse ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Ahn Jung-hwan ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Drakulić ![]() Kim Dae-eui ![]() |
Osotsapa FC ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() |
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Jankam ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Hao Haidong ![]() Yan Song ![]() Zou Jie ![]() Dong Fangzhuo ![]() |
Dalian Shide ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Hao Haidong ![]() Yan Song ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Kim Dae-eui ![]() |
Osotsapa FC ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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(Report)[permanent dead link] | Takagi ![]() Sawanobori ![]() Alex ![]() Ahn Jung-hwan ![]() Kitajima ![]() |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Al Sadd ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Sergio Ricardo ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Samereh ![]() Khatibi ![]() |
Al-Hilal ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Jumaan ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Keita ![]() Sergio Ricardo ![]() Kamil ![]() |
Esteghlal ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Samereh ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Faisal Ali ![]() Sanogo ![]() Harib ![]() |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Nisa Asgabat ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report)[permanent dead link] | Hamidullaev ![]() Soliev ![]() Koshelev ![]() |
Al-Talaba ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Abdulsada ![]() Mahmoud ![]() | (Report) |
Persepolis ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Khanmohammadi ![]() Golmohammadi ![]() Aslanian ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Meredov ![]() |
Pakhtakor ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Krokhmal ![]() Goçgulyýew ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] |
Knock-out stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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BEC Tero Sasana ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Al-Ain ![]() | 7–6 | ![]() | 4–2 | 3–4 |
First leg
BEC Tero Sasana ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Srimaka ![]() Fuangprakob ![]() Chaiman ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Soliev ![]() |
Al-Ain ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Sanogo ![]() ![]() Omar ![]() Yaslam ![]() | (Report)[permanent dead link] | Hao Haidong ![]() Li Yao ![]() |
Second leg
BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dalian Shide ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Wang Peng ![]() Janković ![]() Hao Haidong ![]() | (Report) | Rodrigo Fabiano ![]() Omar ![]() Majidi ![]() |
Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.
Final
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Ain ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
Al-Ain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Salem Johar ![]() Omar ![]() |
Second leg
Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.
Top scorers
- 9
- 4
- 3
Notes
External links
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