2003 ASEAN Club Championship

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2003 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
Dates13–26 July
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions
Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal) (9 goals)
Best player(s)Thailand Therdsak Chaiman (BEC Tero Sasana)
Best goalkeeperIndia Sandip Nandy (East Bengal)
Fair play awardMalaysia Perak

The 2003 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2003 ACC was the first edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international association football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[1] It was held at Indonesia. Invitee's East Bengal from India were crowned the inaugural champions.[2][3] It was only time that a non ASEAN side had won the title. Originally, the championship was to be hosted by Vietnam.[4][5]

Teams

Team Qualification
Petrokimia Putra
Liga Indonesia 2002
champions (Hosts)
Samart United
Cambodian League 2002
champions
Finance and Revenue
Myanmar Premier League 2002 champions
Perak
2002 Malaysian Premier 1 League
champions
Singapore Armed Forces
S. League 2002
champions
Brunei DPMM FC Brunei Premier League 2002 champions
Indonesia Persita Tangerang
Liga Indonesia 2002
runners-up
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
V-League 2001–02
MCTPC
Lao League 2002 champions
BEC Tero Sasana
2001–02 Thai League champions
Philippine Army
Philippines National Football League 2002 champions
India East Bengal National Football League 2002–03 champions (Invitee)

Group stage

  • Matchday dates are: 13–26 July 2003
  • Group winners and runners-up qualify for quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Petrokimia Putra
1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Samart United
1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Source: RSSSF
  • (
    Finance and Revenue
    withdrew from the competition without playing a single match).
Petrokimia Putra
Costa 54'
Fernando 69'
Gresik

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Perak
2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Singapore Armed Forces
2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Brunei DPMM FC 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
Perak
Indra Putra Mahayuddin 20'
Frank Seator 90'
Gresik

Perak Malaysia
3–0Brunei DPMM FC
Frank Seator 52' (pen)
Syamsul Saad 71'
Harizul Izuan Rani 90'
Gresik

Singapore Armed Forces
Oleseye Ajayi 47'
Hairoddin Abdullah 75'
Nenad Bacina
90'
Gresik

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Indonesia Persita Tangerang 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
MCTPC
2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: RSSSF


Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
BEC Tero Sasana
2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
India East Bengal 2 1 0 1 6 1 +5 3
Philippine Army
2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
BEC Tero Sasana Thailand
1–0India East Bengal
Chaiman 85' Report

Philippine Army
Bhutia 20' (pen.), 22', 50', 53', 70'
Gawli 75' (pen.
)
Report

BEC Tero Sasana
Yongant 61', 81'
Chaiman 82'

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
 
          
 
20 July 2003
 
 
Singapore AF
2
 
East Bengal
1 (7)
 
East Bengal
2
 
BEC Tero Sasana
1
 
Perak
2
 
24 July 2003
 
Cambodia Samart United 0
 
BEC Tero Sasana
3 Third place
 
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
1
 
Perak
0
 


Quarter-finals

Singapore Armed Forces
Costa 45'
Budi 58'
Fernando 113'
Jeyapal 9', 22'
Persita Tangerang Indonesia1–2India East Bengal
Jayakesuma 66' (pen.
)
Report
Bhutia 54'
B.Singh
77'

Samart United
Seator 18', 23'
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Chaiman 3' (pen.)
Thongsukh 12'
Vượng 39'

Semifinals

Petrokimia Putra Indonesia
1–1 (a.e.t.)India East Bengal
Ichwan 23' Report
Bhutia
58'
Penalties
6–7

BEC Tero Sasana
Frank Seator 49'
Anucha Kitpongsri 55'
Therdsak Chaiman 61'
Jatupong Thongsukh
67'

3rd place playoff

Perak
Rivaldo Costa 35'
Jaenal Ichwan 66', 69'

Final

BEC Tero Sasana
Bhutia 47'
D'Cunha
68'
Report Panai Kongprapun 58'

Top scorers

Player Club Goals
Baichung Bhutia
India East Bengal 9
Liberia Frank Seator
Perak
5
Indonesia Zaenal Arief Indonesia Persita Tangerang 4
Thailand Therdsak Chaiman
BEC Tero Sasana
4
Brazil Rivaldo Costa
Petrokimia Putra
3
Indonesia Jaenal Ichwan
Petrokimia Putra
3
Thailand Wuttiya Yongant
BEC Tero Sasana
2
Thailand Jatupong Thongsuk
BEC Tero Sasana
2
Brazil Danilo Fernando
Petrokimia Putra
2
Singapore Jeyakanth Jeyapal
Singapore Armed Forces
2
Indonesia Ilham Jaya Kesuma Indonesia Persita Tangerang 2
Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
2
India Bijen Singh India East Bengal 1
Nigeria Mike Okoro India East Bengal 1
India Alvito D'Cunha India East Bengal 1
Anucha Kitpongsri
BEC Tero Sasana
1
Thailand Panai Kongprapun
BEC Tero Sasana
1
Indonesia Aris Budi Prasetyo
Petrokimia Putra
1
Malaysia Indra Putra Mahayuddin
Perak
1
Malaysia Syamsul Saad
Perak
1
Malaysia Harizul Izuan Rani
Perak
1
Nenad Bacina
Singapore Armed Forces
1
Liberia Anthony Jommah Ballah Indonesia Persita Tangerang 1
Indonesia Deddy Djunaidi Indonesia Persita Tangerang 1
Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Hải
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
1
Vietnam Lê Quốc Vượng
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
1
Nigeria Oleseye Ajayi
DPMM
1
Brunei Hairoddin Abdullah
DPMM
1
Laos Bounlap Khenkitisack
MCTPC
1
Laos Vanhnaseng Nakhady
MCTPC
1

References

  1. ^ ASEAN Club Championship 2003. www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ Nayak, Nicolai (26 July 2020). "Making a mark in Asia: East Bengal's 2003 Asean Cup win – a defining moment for Indian club football". www.scroll.in. Scroll. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ Sengupta, Somnath (13 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football: Part Four – Modern Era (1999—2011)". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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