2003 Arab Unified Club Championship

2003 Arab Unified Club Championship, known officially as 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.

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 Zamalek (1st title)
Runners-up Kuwait SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored72 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Somália
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Besheer El-Tabei
Best goalkeeper Thafer Al-Beashi

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:
ENPPI 0 – 1 Riffa
Al-Khuzami  54'

Al-Ettifaq 4 – 4 Al-Faisaly
Suarez  33'
Al-Meghnam  48'
Adelson  54', 85' (pen.)
Al-Sheikh  7', 79'
Al-Shabool  12'
Saleem  59'

Riffa 0 – 0 Al-Faisaly

ENPPI 1 – 1 Raja Casablanca
Zaki  13' Kouni  77'

Al-Faisaly 0 – 1 Raja Casablanca
Hirouach  42'

Al-Ettifaq 2 – 0 Riffa
Basheer  2'
Al-Basha  82'

Al-Ettifaq 2 – 0 Raja Casablanca
Junior  4'
Basheer  17'

ENPPI 3 – 1 Al-Faisaly
Hassan  20'
Zaki  28'
Thabet  45'
Al-Shabool  19'

Riffa 3 – 4 Raja Casablanca
Baba  4'
Essa  42'
Yousef  70'
Bidodan  9'
Aboucherouane  45', 69'
Aboucherouane  83'

ENPPI 0 – 2 Al-Ettifaq
Al-Basha  6'
Basheer  44'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait SC 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4 8
Zamalek 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
USM Alger 4 1 3 0 7 4 +3 6
Al-Jaish 4 1 0 3 6 10 4 3
Al-Shorta 4 0 2 2 6 9 3 2
Source:
Zamalek 1 – 0 Al-Jaish
El-Said  71'

Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Kuwait SC
Abdulsattar  18'
Manajed  60'
Somália  13'
Sabinho  87'

Al-Jaish 4 – 2 Al-Shorta
Al-Omair  32', 71', 75'
Shaabo  90'
Manajed  3'
Raheem  26'

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

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

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

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

Zamalek 2 – 1 Al-Shorta
Hassan  76'
Youssef  78'
Hussein  86'

USM Alger 4 – 1 Al-Jaish
Ouichaoui  34' (pen.)
Ammour  40'
Deghiche  84', 90'
Jabban  60'

Zamalek 1 – 3 Kuwait SC
Youssef  45' Aqla  6' (pen.), ?' (pen.)
Al-Etaiqi  47'

Knock-out stage

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

Semi-Finals

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

Kuwait SC 3 – 0 Raja Casablanca
Al-Taher  28'
Cabral  ?'
Somália  90+2' (pen.)

Final

Zamalek 2 – 1 Kuwait SC
Saleh  23'
Mahmoud  58'
Oliveira  88'
Referee: Jasem Al-Hail (Qatar)

Winners

2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs

Zamalek
First title

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Somália Kuwait SC 4
2 Sameh Youssef Zamalek 3
Ahmed Al-Omair Al-Jaish 3
Adel Aqla Kuwait SC 3
Alessandro Oliveira Kuwait SC 3
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

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