2003 Arab Unified Club Championship

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2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
بطولة الاندية العربية الموحدة 2003
بطولة الأمير فيصل بن فهد للأندية العربية 2003
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates6 – 20 July 2003
Teams10 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions
2002

2003 Arab Unified Club Championship, officially named the 2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs, was the 19th

UAFA Club Cup
title.

Preliminary stage

Group stage

The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ettifaq
4 3 1 0 10 4 +6 10
Raja Casablanca
4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
ENPPI
4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
Riffa
4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
Al-Faisaly
4 0 2 2 5 8 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
Riffa
Al-Khuzami 54'

Al-Faisaly
Suarez 33'
Al-Meghnam 48'
Adelson 54', 85' (pen.)
Al-Sheikh 7', 79'
Al-Shabool 12'
Saleem 59'

Al-Faisaly

Raja Casablanca
Zaki 13' Kouni 77'

Raja Casablanca
Hirouach 42'

Riffa
Basheer 2'
Al-Basha
82'

Raja Casablanca
Basheer
17'

Al-Faisaly
Hassan 20'
Zaki 28'
Thabet 45'
Al-Shabool 19'

Raja Casablanca
Baba 4'
Essa 42'
Yousef
70'
Bidodan 9'
Aboucherouane 45', 69'
Aboucherouane 83'

Al-Ettifaq
Basheer
44'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kuwait Kuwait SC 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4 8 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Egypt Zamalek 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
3 Algeria USM Alger 4 1 3 0 7 4 +3 6
4
Al-Jaish
4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 3
5
Al-Shorta
4 0 2 2 6 9 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Jaish
El-Said 71'
Cairo Stadium

Al-Shorta Iraq
2 – 2Kuwait Kuwait SC
Manajed
60'
Somália 13'
Sabinho 87'

Al-Shorta
Al-Omair 32', 71', 75'
Shaabo 90'
Manajed 3'
Raheem
26'

Zamalek Egypt1 – 1Algeria USM Alger
El-Said 42' (pen.) Achiou 15'

Al-Shorta Iraq
1 – 1Algeria USM Alger
Qassem 82' Dziri 51'

Al-Jaish Syria
1 – 3Kuwait Kuwait SC
Shaabo 74' Somália 18', 54'
Sabinho 68'

USM Alger Algeria1 – 1Kuwait Kuwait SC
Achiou 56' Aqla 53' (pen.)

Al-Shorta
Hassan 76'
Youssef 78'
Hussein 86'
Cairo Stadium

Al-Jaish
Ouichaoui 34' (pen.)
Ammour 40'
Deghiche 84', 90'
Jabban 60'

Zamalek Egypt1 – 3Kuwait Kuwait SC
Youssef 45' Aqla 6' (pen.), ?' (pen.)
Al-Etaiqi 47'
Cairo Stadium

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 July 2003 -
Al-Ettifaq
1
 
20 July 2003 - Cairo
 
Egypt Zamalek 3
 
Raja Casablanca
0
 

Semi-finals

Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia
1 – 3 (a.e.t.)Egypt Zamalek
Masambe 45' Youssef 77'
Ali 105', 114'

Raja Casablanca
Al-Taher 28'
Cabral ?'
Somália 90+2' (pen.
)

Final

Zamalek Egypt2 – 1Kuwait Kuwait SC
Saleh 23'
Mahmoud 58'
Oliveira 88'
Cairo Stadium
)

Winners

2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
Egypt
Zamalek
First title

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Somália Kuwait Kuwait SC 4
2 Egypt Sameh Youssef Egypt Zamalek 3
Syria Ahmed Al-Omair
Al-Jaish
3
Kuwait Adel Aqla Kuwait Kuwait SC 3
Brazil Alessandro Oliveira Kuwait Kuwait SC 3
Morocco Hicham Aboucherouane
Raja Casablanca
3
Saleh Basheer
Al-Ettifaq
3

Prize money

Competition stage Final position Prize money (US dollars)
Final Winner $50,000
runner-up $30,000
semi-final Semi-finalists $20,000

References