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
ChampionsEgypt Zamalek (1st title)
Runners-upKuwait Kuwait SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored72 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Somália
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Egypt Besheer El-Tabei
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia
← 2002

2003 Arab Unified Club Championship, officially named the 2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs, was the 19th UAFA Club Cup, and the 2nd since the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup were unified. The tournament began on 6 July and concluded on 20 July 2003, the matches took place in Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Zamalek won the tournament and earning their first UAFA Club Cup title.

Preliminary stage[]

Main article: 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship 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
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 4 3 1 0 10 4 +6 10
Morocco Raja Casablanca 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
Egypt ENPPI 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
Bahrain Riffa 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
Jordan Al-Faisaly 4 0 2 2 5 8 −3 2
Source:[citation needed]
ENPPI Egypt0 – 1Bahrain Riffa
Goal 54'
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia4 – 4Jordan Al-Faisaly
Goal 33'
Goal 48'
Adelson Goal 54', 85' (pen.)		 Goal 7', 79'
Goal 12'
Goal 59'
Riffa Bahrain0 – 0Jordan Al-Faisaly
ENPPI Egypt1 – 1Morocco Raja Casablanca
Zaki Goal 13' Kouni Goal 77'
Al-Faisaly Jordan0 – 1Morocco Raja Casablanca
Goal 42'
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia2 – 0Bahrain Riffa
Basheer Goal 2'
Goal 82'
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia2 – 0Morocco Raja Casablanca
Goal 4'
Basheer Goal 17'
ENPPI Egypt3 – 1Jordan Al-Faisaly
Hassan Goal 20'
Zaki Goal 28'
Goal 45'		 Goal 19'
Riffa Bahrain3 – 4Morocco Raja Casablanca
Baba Goal 4'
Goal 42'
Yousef Goal 70'		 Bidodan Goal 9'
Aboucherouane Goal 45', 69'
Aboucherouane Goal 83'
ENPPI Egypt0 – 2Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Goal 6'
Basheer Goal 44'

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Kuwait SC 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4 8
Egypt Zamalek 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
Algeria USM Alger 4 1 3 0 7 4 +3 6
Syria Al-Jaish 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 3
Iraq Al-Shorta 4 0 2 2 6 9 −3 2
Source:[citation needed]
Zamalek Egypt1 – 0Syria Al-Jaish
El-Said Goal 71'
Cairo Stadium
Al-Shorta Iraq2 – 2Kuwait Kuwait SC
Goal 18'
Manajed Goal 60'		 Somália Goal 13'
Goal 87'
Al-Jaish Syria4 – 2Iraq Al-Shorta
Goal 32', 71', 75'
Goal 90'		 Manajed Goal 3'
Raheem Goal 26'
Zamalek Egypt1 – 1Algeria USM Alger
El-Said Goal 42' (pen.) Achiou Goal 15'
Cairo Stadium
Al-Shorta Iraq1 – 1Algeria USM Alger
Goal 82' Dziri Goal 51'
Al-Jaish Syria1 – 3Kuwait Kuwait SC
Goal 74' Somália Goal 18', 54'
Goal 68'
USM Alger Algeria1 – 1Kuwait Kuwait SC
Achiou Goal 56' Goal 53' (pen.)
Zamalek Egypt2 – 1Iraq Al-Shorta
Hassan Goal 76'
Youssef Goal 78'		 Goal 86'
Cairo Stadium
USM Alger Algeria4 – 1Syria Al-Jaish
Ouichaoui Goal 34' (pen.)
Ammour Goal 40'
Deghiche Goal 84', 90'		 Goal 60'
Zamalek Egypt1 – 3Kuwait Kuwait SC
Youssef Goal 45' Goal 6' (pen.), ?' (pen.)
Goal 47'
Cairo Stadium

Knock-out stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 18 July 2003 - Cairo
 
 
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 1
 
 20 July 2003 - Cairo
 
 Egypt Zamalek 3
 
 Egypt Zamalek 2
 
 18 July 2003 - Cairo
 
 Kuwait Kuwait SC 1
 
 Kuwait Kuwait SC 3
 
 
 Morocco Raja Casablanca 0
 

Semi-Finals[]

Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia1 – 3 (a.e.t.)Egypt Zamalek
Goal 45' Youssef Goal 77'
Ali Goal 105', 114'
Kuwait SC Kuwait3 – 0Morocco Raja Casablanca
Al-Taher Goal 28'
Goal ?'
Somália Goal 90+2' (pen.)

Final[]

Main article: 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Final
Zamalek Egypt2 – 1Kuwait Kuwait SC
Saleh Goal 23'
Mahmoud Goal 58'		 Oliveira Goal 88'
Cairo Stadium
Referee: Jasem Al-Hail (Qatar)

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 Syria Al-Jaish 3
Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait SC 3
Brazil Alessandro Oliveira Kuwait Kuwait SC 3
Morocco Hicham Aboucherouane Morocco Raja Casablanca 3
Saudi Arabia Saleh Basheer Saudi Arabia 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[]

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