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
Champions Al-Ain (1st title)
Runners-up BEC Tero Sasana
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored104 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hao Haidong
(9 goals)
Best player(s) 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
BEC Tero Sasana 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
Source:
Shanghai Shenhua 1–2 Daejeon Citizen
Luo Xiao  85' (Report) Han Jung-kook  8'
Kim Eun-jung  44'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi
Kashima Antlers 2–2 BEC Tero Sasana
Hirase  21'
Fernando  77'		 (Report) Yongant  76', 90'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Al Hamdan Naser
Kashima Antlers 3–4 Shanghai Shenhua
Aoki  24'
Fernando  56'
Nozawa  90'		 (Report) Yang Guang  1'
Zhang Yuning  11'
Martínez  31', 87'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Balu Sundarraj
Daejeon Citizen 0–2 BEC Tero Sasana
(Report) Kongpraphan  14'
Chaiman  73'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Anura De Silva
BEC Tero Sasana 2–1 Shanghai Shenhua
Thongsukh  27'
Chaiman  85'		 (Report) Martínez  58'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Al Hamdan Naser
Daejeon Citizen 1–0 Kashima Antlers
Papa Oumar  87' (Report)
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dalian Shide 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
Source:
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6–0 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 0–0 Dalian Shide
(Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kim Jong-sik
Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Ahn Jung-hwan  53' (Report) Drakulić  74'
Kim Dae-eui  87'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmad Khalidi Supain
Osotsapa FC 1–7 Dalian Shide
Jankam  13' (Report) Hao Haidong  27', 32', 49', 61'
Yan Song  60'
Zou Jie  80'
Dong Fangzhu  82'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrerejo
Dalian Shide 3–1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Hao Haidong  57', 64'
Yan Song  90'		 (Report) Kim Dae-eui  51'
Attendance: 30,000
Osotsapa FC 0–7 Shimizu S-Pulse
(Report) Takagi  23', 40'
Sawanobori  27'
Alessandro Santos  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
Al-Ain 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
Al Sadd 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Esteghlal 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source:
Al Sadd 1–2 Esteghlal
Sergio Ricardo  72' (Report) Samereh  6'
Khatibi  64'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa
Al-Ain 1–0 Al-Hilal
Harib  12' (pen.) (Report)
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Shaban Qassem
Al-Ain 2–0 Al Sadd
Traoré  24'
Sanogo  89'		 (Report)
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Lu Jun
Esteghlal 2–3 Al-Hilal
Khatibi  18'
Samereh  42'		 (Report) Suffo  34', 74', 85'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Subkhdiin Mohd Salleh
Al-Hilal 1–3 Al Sadd
Jumaan  57' (Report) Keita  45'
Sergio Ricardo  80'
Kamil  90'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Shaban Qassem
Esteghlal 1–3 Al-Ain
Samereh  67' (Report) Faisal Ali  65'
Sanogo  76'
Harib  78'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lu Jun

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Pakhtakor 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9
Persepolis 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
Al-Talaba 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Nisa Asgabat 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source:
Nisa Asgabat 0–3 Pakhtakor
(Report) Hamidullaev  44'
Soliev  57'
Koshelev  72'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rungklay Mongkol
Al-Talaba 0–1 Persepolis
(Report) Golmohammadi  62'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 5,000
Al-Talaba 3–0 Nisa Asgabat
Abdulsada  10'
Mahmoud  24', 90'		 (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bae Jae-yong
Pakhtakor 1–0 Persepolis
Soliev  22' (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 45,000
Persepolis 4–1 Nisa Asgabat
Khanmohammadi  14', 76'
Golmohammadi  47'
Aslanian  90'		 (Report) Meredov  89' (pen.)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi
Pakhtakor 3–0 Al-Talaba
Krokhmal  25', 57'
Goçgulyýew  37'		 (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Rungklay Mongkol

Knock-out stage

Bracket
  Semi-finals Final
                         
Al-Ain 4 3 7  
Dalian Shide 2 4 6  
    Al-Ain 2 0 2
  BEC Tero Sasana 0 1 1
BEC Tero Sasana 3 0 3
Pakhtakor 1 1 2  

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. 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

First leg
BEC Tero Sasana 3–1 Pakhtakor
Srimaka  41'
Fuangprakob  69'
Chaiman  84'		 (Report) Soliev  80'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 15,000
Al-Ain 4–2 Dalian Shide
Sanogo  62' (pen.)  83'
Omar  64'
Yaslam  75'		 (Report) Hao Haidong  17'
Li Yao  88'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdul Rahman

Second leg
Pakhtakor 1–0 BEC Tero Sasana
Djeperov  86' (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa

BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dalian Shide 4–3 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ain 2–1 BEC Tero Sasana 2–0 0–1

First leg
Al-Ain 2–0 BEC Tero Sasana
Johar  38'
Omar  74'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Second leg
BEC Tero Sasana 1–0 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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