2003 CAF Champions League

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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.

2003 CAF Champions League
Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 12 December
Teams41 (from 40 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Enyimba (1st title)
Runners-upEgypt Ismaily
Tournament statistics
Matches played84
Goals scored227 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mali Dramane Traoré
(8 goals)
2002
2004

Qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Wallidan FC 1–0 Dragons de l'Ouémé1–00–0
FC Nouadhibou 2–2 (a) AS Niamey2–10–1
Sony Elá Nguema 0–1 AS Douanes0–00–1
SC Villa 4–2 Muzinga4–10–1
Saint-George SA 2–3 Rayon Sport1–31–0
AS ADEMA 1–3 SS Saint-Louisienne1–00–3
Red Sea FC 2–2 (3-4 p) Nzoia Sugar2–00–2
Simba SC 4–1 BDF XI1–03–1
La Passe FC 1–2 AS Port-Louis 20001–00–2

First round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
USM Alger 3–2 Wallidan FC2–01–2
Stade Malien 2–2 (a) AS Police1–01–2
Canon Yaoundé 5–4 Al-Merrikh5–00–4
FC Lupopo 3–1 USM Libreville0–13–0
ASEC Mimosas 5–2 AS Niamey3–02–2
Hassania Agadir 0–0 (5-4 p) Al Ittihad Tripoli0–00–0
Hearts of Oak 4–1 AS Douanes1–03–1
ASA 3–2 SC Villa1–22–0
Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 ASFA Yennenga2–00–1
Enyimba 8–2 Satellite FC3–05–2
ES Tunis 7–2 Rayon Sport5–02–2
Highlanders FC 4–2 SS Saint-Louisienne3–11–1
Zamalek 7–1 Nzoia Sugar3–04–1
Santos 0–0 (8-9 p) Simba SC0–00–0
Ismaily 1–0 Zanaco FC1–00–0
Ferroviário de Maputo 2–2 (1-3 p) AS Port-Louis2–00–2

Second round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Stade Malien 1–3 USM Alger1–10–2
FC Lupopo 1–3 Canon Yaoundé0–01–3
Hassania Agadir 0–1 ASEC Mimosas0–00–1
ASA 3–2 Hearts of Oak3–00–2
Enyimba 4–0 Jeanne d'Arc4–00–0
Highlanders FC 1–7 ES Tunis1–10–6
Simba SC 1–1 (3-2 p) Zamalek1–00–1
AS Port-Louis 0–7 Ismaily0–10–6

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ENY ISM SIM ASEC
1 Enyimba64021411+312Advance to knockout stage
2 Ismaily6321137+611
3 Simba SC6213710−37
4 ASEC Mimosas6114612−64
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ESP USM CAN ASA
1 ES Tunis642072+514Advance to knockout stage
2 USM Alger630374+39
3 Canon Yaoundé6213610−47
4 ASA611437−44
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
          
USM Alger112
Enyimba123
Enyimba202
Ismaily011
Ismaily336
ES Tunis112

Semifinals

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
USM Alger 2–3 Enyimba1–11–2
Ismaily 6–2 ES Tunis3–13–1

Final

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Enyimba 2–0 Ismaily
Report
Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Ismaily 1–0 Enyimba
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000

Top goalscorers

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

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Dramane Traoré Ismaily8
2 Ndidi Anumudu Enyimba7
3 Joetex Asamoah Frimpong Enyimba6
4 Mohamed Mohsen Abo Gresha Ismaily5
Mourad Melki ES Tunis
6 Ibrahim Diaky ES Tunis4
Skander Souayah ES Tunis
8 Billel Dziri USM Alger3
Moncef Ouichaoui USM Alger
Marcus Mokaké Canon Yaoundé
Tia Mabea ASEC Mimosas
Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha Ismaily
Abdel Halim Ali Zamalek
David Tyavkase Enyimba
Mouritala Ogunbiyi Enyimba
Abdulaziz Hunter Rayon Sport
Haitham Al Rasheed Al-Merrikh
Ali Zitouni ES Tunis
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