2002-03_AFC_Champions_League

2002–03 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	13 August – 27 November 2002; (qualifying rounds); 9 March – 11 October 2003; (group & final stages)
Teams	16 (group stage)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-up	BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hao Haidong; (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Therdsak Chaiman
	← 2001–02 (Asian Club Championship) 2004 →

2002–03 AFC Champions League

22nd edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC

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.

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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.

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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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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
BEC Tero Sasana (H)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Daejeon Citizen	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
Shanghai Shenhua	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
Kashima Antlers	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dalian Shide (H)	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Shimizu S-Pulse	3	1	1	1	8	2	+6	4
Osotsapa FC	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ain (H)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9
Al Sadd	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Esteghlal	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
Al-Hilal	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakhtakor (H)	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9
Persepolis	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6
Al-Talaba	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
Nisa Asgabat	3	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Semi-finals					Final

1	Al-Ain	4	3	7

4	Dalian Shide	2	4	6
					Al-Ain	2	0	2

					BEC Tero Sasana	0	1	1
3	BEC Tero Sasana	3	0	3

2	Pakhtakor	1	1	2

2002-03_AFC_Champions_League

2002–03 AFC Champions League

Qualification

West Asia

Central and Southern Asia

ASEAN

East Asia

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Top scorers

Notes

External links

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Tournament details
Dates	13 August – 27 November 2002 (qualifying rounds) 9 March – 11 October 2003 (group & final stages)
Teams	16 (group stage)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-up	BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hao Haidong (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Therdsak Chaiman
← 2001–02 (Asian Club Championship) 2004 →

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BEC Tero Sasana	3–2	Pakhtakor	3–1	0–1
Al-Ain	7–6	Dalian Shide	4–2	3–4