2003 CAF Champions League

2003 CAF Champions League

Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	16 February – 12 December
Teams	41 (from 40 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Enyimba (1st title)
Runners-up	Ismaily
Tournament statistics
Matches played	84
Goals scored	227 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dramane Traoré (8 goals)
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The 2003 CAF Champions League was the 39th of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Enyimba of Nigeria defeated Ismaily of Egypt in the final to win their first title.

Qualifying rounds[]

Preliminary round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wallidan FC	1–0	Dragons de l'Ouémé	1–0	0–0
FC Nouadhibou	2–2 (a)	AS Niamey	2–1	0–1
Sony Elá Nguema	0–1	AS Douanes	0–0	0–1
SC Villa	4–2	Muzinga	4–1	0–1
Saint-George SA	2–3	Rayon Sport	1–3	1–0
AS ADEMA	1–3	SS Saint-Louisienne	1–0	0–3
Red Sea FC	2–2 (3-4 p)	Nzoia Sugar	2–0	0–2
Simba SC	4–1	BDF XI	1–0	3–1
La Passe FC	1–2	AS Port-Louis 2000	1–0	0–2

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	3–2	Wallidan FC	2–0	1–2
Stade Malien	2–2 (a)	AS Police	1–0	1–2
Canon Yaoundé	5–4	Al-Merrikh	5–0	0–4
FC Lupopo	3–1	USM Libreville	0–1	3–0
ASEC Mimosas	5–2	AS Niamey	3–0	2–2
Hassania Agadir	0–0 (5-4 p)	Al Ittihad Tripoli	0–0	0–0
Hearts of Oak	4–1	AS Douanes	1–0	3–1
ASA	3–2	SC Villa	1–2	2–0
Jeanne d'Arc	2–1	ASFA Yennenga	2–0	0–1
Enyimba	8–2	Satellite FC	3–0	5–2
ES Tunis	7–2	Rayon Sport	5–0	2–2
Highlanders FC	4–2	SS Saint-Louisienne	3–1	1–1
Zamalek	7–1	Nzoia Sugar	3–0	4–1
Santos	0–0 (8-9 p)	Simba SC	0–0	0–0
Ismaily	1–0	Zanaco FC	1–0	0–0
Ferroviário de Maputo	2–2 (1-3 p)	AS Port-Louis	2–0	0–2

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Malien	1–3	USM Alger	1–1	0–2
FC Lupopo	1–3	Canon Yaoundé	0–0	1–3
Hassania Agadir	0–1	ASEC Mimosas	0–0	0–1
ASA	3–2	Hearts of Oak	3–0	0–2
Enyimba	4–0	Jeanne d'Arc	4–0	0–0
Highlanders FC	1–7	ES Tunis	1–1	0–6
Simba SC	1–1 (3-2 p)	Zamalek	1–0	0–1
AS Port-Louis	0–7	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[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Enyimba	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12
Ismaily	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	11
Simba SC	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7
ASEC Mimosas	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ES Tunis	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14
USM Alger	6	3	0	3	7	4	+3	9
Canon Yaoundé	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
ASA	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	4

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

	Semi-finals							Final
		USM Alger	1	1	2
		Enyimba	1	2	3
									Enyimba	2	0	2
									Ismaily	0	1	1
		Ismaily	3	3	6
		ES Tunis	1	1	2

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	2–3	Enyimba	1–1	1–2
Ismaily	6–2	ES Tunis	3–1	3–1

Final[]

Top goalscorers[]

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Dramane Traoré	Ismaily	8
2		Enyimba	7
3	Joetex Asamoah Frimpong	Enyimba	6
4	Mohamed Mohsen Abo Gresha	Ismaily	5
	Mourad Melki	ES Tunis	5
6	Ibrahim Diaky	ES Tunis	4
	Skander Souayah	ES Tunis	4
8	Billel Dziri	USM Alger	3
	Moncef Ouichaoui	USM Alger	3
	Marcus Mokaké	Canon Yaoundé	3
		ASEC Mimosas	3
	Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha	Ismaily	3
	Abdel Halim Ali	Zamalek	3
	David Tyavkase	Enyimba	3
	Mouritala Ogunbiyi	Enyimba	3
		Rayon Sport	3
		Al-Merrikh	3
	Ali Zitouni	ES Tunis	3

External links[]

• Champions' Cup 2003 - rsssf.com