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2002–03 AFC Champions League

2002–03 AFC Champions League

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.

2002–2003 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 EmiratesAl-Ain(1st title)
Runners-upThailandBEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)ChinaHao Haidong
(9 goals)
Best player(s)ThailandTherdsak Chaiman

Qualification

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1ThailandBEC Tero Sasana321063+37
2South KoreaDaejeon Citizen32013306
3ChinaShanghai Shenhua310267−13
4JapanKashima Antlers301257−21

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1ChinaDalian Shide3210102+87
2South KoreaSeongnam Ilhwa Chunma320194+56
3JapanShimizu S-Pulse311182+64
4ThailandOsotsapa FC3003120−190

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1United Arab EmiratesAl-Ain330061+59
2QatarAl Sadd310245−13
3IranEsteghlal310257−23
4Saudi ArabiaAl-Hilal310246−23

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1UzbekistanPakhtakor330070+79
2IranPersepolis320152+36
3IraqAl-Talaba310234−13
4TurkmenistanNisa Asgabat3003110−90

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
United Arab EmiratesAl-Ain437
ChinaDalian Shide246
United Arab EmiratesAl-Ain202
ThailandBEC Tero Sasana011
ThailandBEC Tero Sasana303
UzbekistanPakhtakor112

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
BEC Tero SasanaThailand3–2UzbekistanPakhtakor3–10–1
Al-AinUnited Arab Emirates7–6ChinaDalian Shide4–23–4

First leg

Second leg

BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Al-AinUnited Arab Emirates2–1ThailandBEC Tero Sasana2–00–1

First leg

Second leg

Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

9
  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x|China|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Hao Haidong (Dalian Shide)

4
  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x|Ivory Coast|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Boubacar Sanogo (Al Ain)

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x|Thailand|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Therdsak Chaiman (BEC Tero Sasana)

3
  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x|Cameroon|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Patrick Suffo (Al-Hilal)

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x|United Arab Emirates|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Mohammad Omar (Al Ain)

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x|Iran|h13|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Ali Samereh (Esteghlal)

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x|Uzbekistan|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Anvarjon Soliev (Pakhtakor)

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x|South Korea|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Kim Dae-Eui (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x|South Korea|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Kim Do-Hoon (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/23px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/35px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/46px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 2x|Honduras|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Saul Martínez (Shanghai Shenhua)

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x|South Korea|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Ahn Jung-Hwan (Shimizu S-Pulse)

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