2003 CAF Champions League

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.

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-up Ismaily
Tournament statistics
Matches played84
Goals scored227 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s) Dramane Traoré
(8 goals)

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
Main article: 2003 CAF Champions League 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
Source:

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
Source:

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
Main article: 2003 CAF Champions League Final
Enyimba 2–0 Ismaily
  • Nwanna  28'
  • Anumnu  49'
 Report
Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Ismaily 1–0 Enyimba
 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000

Top goalscorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Dramane Traoré Ismaily 8
2 Ndidi Anumudu 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
Tia Mabea ASEC Mimosas 3
Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha Ismaily 3
Abdel Halim Ali Zamalek 3
David Tyavkase Enyimba 3
Mouritala Ogunbiyi Enyimba 3
Abdulaziz Hunter Rayon Sport 3
Haitham Al Rasheed Al-Merrikh 3
Ali Zitouni ES Tunis 3
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