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 country	Egypt
Dates	6 – 20 July 2003
Teams	10 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (1st title)
Runners-up	Kuwait SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	72 (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:

7 July 2003

ENPPI	0 – 1	Riffa
		Al-Khuzami  54'

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7 July 2003

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

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9 July 2003

Riffa	0 – 0	Al-Faisaly

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9 July 2003

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

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11 July 2003

Al-Faisaly	0 – 1	Raja Casablanca
		Hirouach  42'

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11 July 2003

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

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14 July 2003

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

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14 July 2003

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

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16 July 2003

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

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16 July 2003

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:

6 July 2003

Zamalek	1 – 0	Al-Jaish
El-Said  71'

Cairo Stadium

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6 July 2003

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

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8 July 2003

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

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8 July 2003

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

Cairo Stadium

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10 July 2003

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

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10 July 2003

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

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13 July 2003

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

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13 July 2003

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

Cairo Stadium

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15 July 2003

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

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15 July 2003

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

Cairo Stadium

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	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

18 July 2003

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

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18 July 2003

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

Final

20 July 2003

20:00 UTC+2

Zamalek	2 – 1	Kuwait SC
Saleh  23' Mahmoud  58'		Oliveira  88'

Cairo Stadium

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

• Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs 2003 (2nd tournament) - rsssf.com