2003 UNCAF Interclub Cup

2003 UNCAF Interclub Cup

Tournament details
Dates	8 October–21 December 2003
Teams	13 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Saprissa (5th title)
Runners-up	Comunicaciones
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	72 (3 per match)

The 2003 UNCAF Interclub Cup was the 21st edition of the international club football competition held in the UNCAF region representing the seven nations of Central America. Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa obtained their fifth regional title after defeating Comunicaciones F.C. in the final match.^[1] Both clubs, along with third placed Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, qualified to the 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Qualifying round

Boca v Alajuelense

8 October 2003 1st leg	Boca	0–5	Alajuelense	Independence and Mango Creek, Belize
(UTC−06:00)			Alpízar  22' Montero  56' Porras  62'  66' Jiménez  90+4'	Stadium: Michael Ashcroft Stadium

Alajuelense v Boca

22 October 2003 2nd leg	Alajuelense	10–0	Boca	Alajuela, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00)	Hernández  10'  19' Granados  14'  64' Ruiz  25'  53' Izaguirre  34' Núñez  45'  79'  82'			Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

• Alajuelense won 15–0 on aggregate score.

First round

Group 1

Diriamba, Estelí, and Managua, Nicaragua

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saprissa	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Qualification for Final Round
2	FAS	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Real Estelí	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Diriangén	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Matchday One
Real Estelí	0–1	Deportivo Saprissa
Diriangén FC	1–2	FAS
Matchday Two
Diriangén FC	1–1	Real Estelí
Deportivo Saprissa	2–1	FAS
Matchday Three
Deportivo Saprissa	5–0	Diriangén FC
FAS	2–1	Real Estelí

Group 2

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Municipal	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Qualification for Final Round
2	Comunicaciones	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	San Salvador	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
4	Deportivo Árabe Unido	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

Matchday One
Comunicaciones	4–0	CD Árabe Unido
Municipal	2–2	San Salvador F.C.
Matchday Two
Municipal	2–1	Comunicaciones
San Salvador F.C.	1–1	CD Árabe Unido
Matchday Three
Municipal	5–1	CD Árabe Unido
Comunicaciones	3–0	San Salvador F.C.

Group 3

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Qualification for Final Round
2	Marathón	3	1	2	0	5	0	+5	5
3	San Francisco	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Olimpia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Olimpia v Alajuelense

5 November 2003 1st leg	Olimpia	1–2	Alajuelense	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
(UTC−06:00)	Cárcamo  50'		Fonseca  4'  11'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

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Marathón v San Francisco

5 November 2003 1st leg	Marathón	5–0	San Francisco	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
(UTC−08:00)	Pacini  31' Costa  32'  60'  76' Martínez  40' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Matchday Two
San Francisco	0–1	Alajuelense
Marathón	0–0	Olimpia
Matchday Three
Olimpia	0–1	San Francisco
Marathón	0–0	Alajuelense

Final round

Los Angeles, USA

Semifinals

Team #1	Score	Team #2
Alajuelense	0–1	Deportivo Saprissa
Municipal	0–0	Comunicaciones (2-4 pen)

Third Place

21 December 200314:00

Alajuelense	2–0	Municipal
Jiménez  1' Núñez  11'

Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles

Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

Final

21 December 200316:00

Comunicaciones	2–3	Saprissa
Pezzarossi  8' Morales  48'		Santana  26' Saborío  78' (pen.)  88'

Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA)

• Deportivo Saprissa 2003 UNCAF champions.
• Deportivo Saprissa, Comunicaciones F.C., Liga Deportiva Alajuelense advance to 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup quarterfinals.
• As Guatemala were suspended by CONCACAF and FIFA in January 2004, the place of Comunicaciones F.C. was given to C.D. FAS (as second best runners-up in the group stage).

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