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.

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

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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:
(H) Hosts
Nisa Asgabat Turkmenistan0–3Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
(Report) Hamidullaev 44'
Soliev 57'
Koshelev 72'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rungklay Mongkol
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
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan1–0Iran Persepolis
Soliev 22' (Report)
Attendance: 45,000
Persepolis Iran4–1Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat
Khanmohammadi 14', 76'
Golmohammadi 47'
Aslanian 90'		 (Report) Meredov 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan3–0Iraq Al-Talaba
Krokhmal 25', 57'
Goçgulyýew 37'		 (Report)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Rungklay Mongkol

Knock-out stage

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

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

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
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
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–0Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Majidi 38'
Majidi 74'

Second leg
BEC Tero Sasana Thailand1–0United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Chaiman 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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