2003 CAF Champions League

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

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wallidan FC The Gambia 1–0 Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé 1–0 0–0
FC Nouadhibou Mauritania 2–2 (a) Niger AS Niamey 2–1 0–1
Sony Elá Nguema Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Togo AS Douanes 0–0 0–1
SC Villa Uganda 4–2 Burundi Muzinga 4–1 0–1
Saint-George SA Ethiopia 2–3 Rwanda Rayon Sport 1–3 1–0
AS ADEMA Madagascar 1–3 Réunion SS Saint-Louisienne 1–0 0–3
Red Sea FC Eritrea 2–2 (3-4 p) Kenya Nzoia Sugar 2–0 0–2
Simba SC Tanzania 4–1 Botswana BDF XI 1–0 3–1
La Passe FC Seychelles 1–2 Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000 1–0 0–2

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 3–2 The Gambia Wallidan FC 2–0 1–2
Stade Malien Mali 2–2 (a) Republic of the Congo AS Police 1–0 1–2
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 5–4 Sudan Al-Merrikh 5–0 0–4
FC Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–1 Gabon USM Libreville 0–1 3–0
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 5–2 Niger AS Niamey 3–0 2–2
Hassania Agadir Morocco 0–0 (5-4 p) Libya Al Ittihad Tripoli 0–0 0–0
Hearts of Oak Ghana 4–1 Togo AS Douanes 1–0 3–1
ASA Angola 3–2 Uganda SC Villa 1–2 2–0
Jeanne d'Arc Senegal 2–1 Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga 2–0 0–1
Enyimba Nigeria 8–2 Guinea Satellite FC 3–0 5–2
ES Tunis Tunisia 7–2 Rwanda Rayon Sport 5–0 2–2
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 4–2 Réunion SS Saint-Louisienne 3–1 1–1
Zamalek Egypt 7–1 Kenya Nzoia Sugar 3–0 4–1
Santos South Africa 0–0 (8-9 p) Tanzania Simba SC 0–0 0–0
Ismaily Egypt 1–0 Zambia Zanaco FC 1–0 0–0
Ferroviário de Maputo Mozambique 2–2 (1-3 p) Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2–0 0–2

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stade Malien Mali 1–3 Algeria USM Alger 1–1 0–2
FC Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–3 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 0–0 1–3
Hassania Agadir Morocco 0–1 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–1
ASA Angola 3–2 Ghana Hearts of Oak 3–0 0–2
Enyimba Nigeria 4–0 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 4–0 0–0
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 1–7 Tunisia ES Tunis 1–1 0–6
Simba SC Tanzania 1–1 (3-2 p) Egypt Zamalek 1–0 0–1
AS Port-Louis Mauritius 0–7 Egypt 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ENY ISM SIM ASEC
1 Nigeria Enyimba 6 4 0 2 14 11 +3 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt Ismaily 6 3 2 1 13 7 +6 11
3 Tanzania Simba SC 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7
4 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESP USM CAN ASA
1 Tunisia ES Tunis 6 4 2 0 7 2 +5 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Algeria USM Alger 6 3 0 3 7 4 +3 9
3 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7
4 Angola ASA 6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 4
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
          
Algeria USM Alger 1 1 2
Nigeria Enyimba 1 2 3
Nigeria Enyimba 2 0 2
Egypt Ismaily 0 1 1
Egypt Ismaily 3 3 6
Tunisia ES Tunis 1 1 2

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 2–3 Nigeria Enyimba 1–1 1–2
Ismaily Egypt 6–2 Tunisia ES Tunis 3–1 3–1

Final

Enyimba Nigeria2–0Egypt Ismaily
Report
Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Ismaily Egypt1–0Nigeria Enyimba
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000

Top goalscorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Mali Dramane Traoré Egypt Ismaily 8
2 Nigeria Ndidi Anumudu Nigeria Enyimba 7
3 Ghana Joetex Asamoah Frimpong Nigeria Enyimba 6
4 Egypt Mohamed Mohsen Abo Gresha Egypt Ismaily 5
Tunisia Mourad Melki Tunisia ES Tunis
6 Ivory Coast Ibrahim Diaky Tunisia ES Tunis 4
Tunisia Skander Souayah Tunisia ES Tunis
8 Algeria Billel Dziri Algeria USM Alger 3
Algeria Moncef Ouichaoui Algeria USM Alger
Cameroon Marcus Mokaké Cameroon Canon Yaoundé
Ivory Coast Tia Mabea Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Egypt Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha Egypt Ismaily
Egypt Abdel Halim Ali Egypt Zamalek
Nigeria David Tyavkase Nigeria Enyimba
Nigeria Mouritala Ogunbiyi Nigeria Enyimba
Rwanda Abdulaziz Hunter Rwanda Rayon Sport
Sudan Haitham Al Rasheed Sudan Al-Merrikh
Tunisia Ali Zitouni Tunisia ES Tunis