2003 CAF Champions League

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2003 CAF Champions League
Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 12 December
Teams41 (from 40 confederations)
Final positions
Champions
Enyimba (1st title)
Runners-upEgypt Ismaily
Tournament statistics
Matches played84
Goals scored227 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mali Dramane Traoré
(8 goals)
2002

The 2003 CAF Champions League was the 39th of the

Enyimba of Nigeria defeated Ismaily of Egypt
in the final to win their first title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wallidan FC The Gambia 1–0 Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé 1–0 0–0
FC Nouadhibou Mauritania 2–2 (
a
)
Niger AS Niamey 2–1 0–1
Sony Elá Nguema Equatorial Guinea 0–1
AS Douanes
0–0 0–1
SC Villa Uganda 4–2
Muzinga
4–1 0–1
Saint-George SA Ethiopia
2–3
Rayon Sport
1–3 1–0
AS ADEMA Madagascar
1–3
SS Saint-Louisienne
1–0 0–3
Red Sea FC Eritrea 2–2 (3-4
p
)
Nzoia Sugar
2–0 0–2
Simba SC Tanzania
4–1
BDF XI
1–0 3–1
La Passe FC Seychelles 1–2 Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000 1–0 0–2

First round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 3–2 The Gambia Wallidan FC 2–0 1–2
Stade Malien Mali 2–2 (
a
)
Republic of the Congo AS Police 1–0 1–2
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 5–4
Al-Merrikh
5–0 0–4
FC Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo
3–1 Gabon USM Libreville 0–1 3–0
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 5–2 Niger AS Niamey 3–0 2–2
Hassania Agadir Morocco 0–0 (5-4
p
)
Al Ittihad Tripoli
0–0 0–0
Hearts of Oak Ghana
4–1
AS Douanes
1–0 3–1
ASA Angola 3–2 Uganda SC Villa 1–2 2–0
Jeanne d'Arc Senegal 2–1
ASFA Yennenga
2–0 0–1
Enyimba Nigeria
8–2 Guinea Satellite FC 3–0 5–2
ES Tunis Tunisia
7–2
Rayon Sport
5–0 2–2
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe
4–2
SS Saint-Louisienne
3–1 1–1
Zamalek Egypt 7–1
Nzoia Sugar
3–0 4–1
Santos South Africa
0–0 (8-9
p
)
Simba SC
0–0 0–0
Ismaily Egypt 1–0
Zanaco FC
1–0 0–0
Ferroviário de Maputo Mozambique 2–2 (1-3
p
)
Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2–0 0–2

Second round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stade Malien Mali 1–3 Algeria USM Alger 1–1 0–2
FC Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo
1–3 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 0–0 1–3
Hassania Agadir Morocco 0–1 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–1
ASA Angola 3–2
Hearts of Oak
3–0 0–2
Enyimba Nigeria
4–0 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 4–0 0–0
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe
1–7
ES Tunis
1–1 0–6
Simba SC Tanzania
1–1 (3-2
p
)
Egypt Zamalek 1–0 0–1
AS Port-Louis Mauritius 0–7 Egypt Ismaily 0–1 0–6

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
ENY
ISM
SIM
ASEC
1
Enyimba
6 4 0 2 14 11 +3 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt Ismaily 6 3 2 1 13 7 +6 11
3
Simba SC
6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7
4 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
ESP
USM CAN ASA
1
ES Tunis
6 4 2 0 7 2 +5 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Algeria USM Alger 6 3 0 3 7 4 +3 9
3 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7
4 Angola ASA 6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 4
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals
Final
          
Algeria USM Alger 1 1 2
Nigeria
Enyimba
1 2 3
Nigeria
Enyimba
2 0 2
Egypt Ismaily 0 1 1
Egypt Ismaily 3 3 6
Tunisia
ES Tunis
1 1 2

Semifinals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 2–3
Enyimba
1–1 1–2
Ismaily Egypt 6–2
ES Tunis
3–1 3–1

Final

Enyimba Nigeria
2–0Egypt Ismaily
Report
Aba
Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia
)
Enyimba
(Report)
Ismaïlia
Attendance: 20,000
)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2003 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Mali Dramane Traoré Egypt Ismaily 8
2 Nigeria Ndidi Anumudu
Enyimba
7
3 Ghana Joetex Asamoah Frimpong
Enyimba
6
4
Mohamed Mohsen Abo Gresha
Egypt Ismaily 5
Tunisia Mourad Melki
ES Tunis
6 Ivory Coast Ibrahim Diaky
ES Tunis
4
Tunisia Skander Souayah
ES Tunis
8 Algeria Billel Dziri Algeria USM Alger 3
Algeria Moncef Ouichaoui Algeria USM Alger
Cameroon Marcus Mokaké Cameroon Canon Yaoundé
Ivory Coast Tia Mabea Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Egypt Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha Egypt Ismaily
Egypt Abdel Halim Ali Egypt Zamalek
Nigeria David Tyavkase
Enyimba
Nigeria Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Enyimba
Rwanda Abdulaziz Hunter
Rayon Sport
Sudan Haitham Al Rasheed
Al-Merrikh
Tunisia Ali Zitouni
ES Tunis