2003 ASEAN Club Championship

First edition of the ASEAN Club Championship
2003 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
Dates13–26 July
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsIndia East Bengal (1st title)
Runners-upThailand BEC Tero Sasana
Third placeIndonesia Petrokimia Putra
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored59 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal) (9 goals)
Best player(s)Thailand Therdsak Chaiman (BEC Tero Sasana)
Best goalkeeperIndia Sandip Nandy (East Bengal)
Fair play awardMalaysia Perak
2005 →
International football competition

The 2003 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2003 ACC was the first edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international association football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[1] It was held at Indonesia. Invitee's East Bengal from India were crowned the inaugural champions.[2][3] It was only time that a non ASEAN side had won the title. Originally, the championship was to be hosted by Vietnam.[4][5]

Qualified teams

Team Qualification
Indonesia Petrokimia Putra Liga Indonesia 2002 champions and host team
Cambodia Samart United Cambodian League 2002 champions
Myanmar Finance and Revenue Myanmar Premier League 2002 champions
Malaysia Perak 2002 Malaysian Premier 1 League champions
Singapore Singapore Armed Forces S. League 2002 champions
Brunei DPMM FC Brunei Premier League 2002 champions
Indonesia Persita Tangerang Liga Indonesia 2002 runners-up
Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai V-League 2001–02
Laos MCTPC Lao League 2002 champions
Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 2001–02 Thai League champions
Philippines Philippine Army Philippines National Football League 2002 champions
India East Bengal Invitee (National Football League 2002–03 champions)

Group stage

  • Matchday dates are: 13–26 July 2003
  • Group winners and runners-up qualify for quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Indonesia Petrokimia Putra 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Cambodia Samart United 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Source: RSSSF

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Perak 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Singapore Singapore Armed Forces 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Brunei DPMM FC 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
Perak Malaysia3–0Brunei DPMM FC
Frank Seator 52' (pen)
Syamsul Saad 71'
Harizul Izuan Rani 90'
DPMM FC Brunei2–2Singapore Singapore Armed Forces
Oleseye Ajayi 47'
Hairoddin Abdullah 75'		 Mohd Noor Tanjong 88' (o.g.)
Nenad Bacina 90'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Indonesia Persita Tangerang 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6
Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Laos MCTPC 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: RSSSF
MCTPC Laos1–5Indonesia Persita Tangerang
Vanhnaseng Nakhady 90' Zaenal Arief 23', 36', 44', 80'
Deddy Djunaidi 85'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
India East Bengal 2 1 0 1 6 1 +5 3
Philippines Philippine Army 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
East Bengal India6–0Philippines Philippine Army
Bhutia 20' (pen.), 22', 50', 53', 70'
Gawli 75' (pen.)		 Report
Philippine Army Philippines0–3Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Yongant 61', 81'
Chaiman 82'

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
 
          
 
 20 July 2003
 
 
 Indonesia Petrokimia Putra (a.e.t.) 3
 
 24 July 2003
 
 Singapore Singapore AF 2
 
 Indonesia Petrokimia Putra 1 (6)
 
 21 July 2003
 
 India East Bengal 1 (7)
 
 Indonesia Persita Tangerang 1
 
 26 July 2003
 
 India East Bengal 2
 
 India East Bengal 3
 
 20 July 2003
 
 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 1
 
 Malaysia Perak 2
 
 24 July 2003
 
 Cambodia Samart United 0
 
 Malaysia Perak 1
 
 21 July 2003
 
 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 3 Third place
 
 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 2
 
26 July 2003
 
 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1
 
Indonesia Petrokimia Putra3
 
 
Malaysia Perak0
 


Quarter-finals

Petrokimia Putra Indonesia3–2 (a.e.t.)Singapore Singapore Armed Forces
Costa 45'
Budi 58'
Fernando 113'		 Jeyapal 9', 22'
Persita Tangerang Indonesia1–2India East Bengal
Jayakesuma 66' (pen.) Report Bhutia 54'
B.Singh 77'
Perak Malaysia2–0Cambodia Samart United
Seator 18', 23'
BEC Tero Sasana Thailand2–1Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Chaiman 3' (pen.)
Thongsukh 12'		 Vượng 39'

Semifinals

Petrokimia Putra Indonesia1–1 (a.e.t.)India East Bengal
Ichwan 23' Report Bhutia 58'
Penalties
 6–7

3rd place playoff

Petrokimia Putra Indonesia3–0Malaysia Perak
Rivaldo Costa 35'
Jaenal Ichwan 66', 69'

Final

East Bengal India3–1Thailand BEC Tero Sasana
Okoro 28'
Bhutia 47'
D'Cunha 68'		 Report Panai Kongprapun 58'

Top scorers

Player Club Goals
India Baichung Bhutia India East Bengal 9
Liberia Frank Seator Malaysia Perak 5
Indonesia Zaenal Arief Indonesia Persita Tangerang 4
Thailand Therdsak Chaiman Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 4
Brazil Rivaldo Costa Indonesia Petrokimia Putra 3
Indonesia Jaenal Ichwan Indonesia Petrokimia Putra 3
Thailand Wuttiya Yongant Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 2
Thailand Jatupong Thongsuk Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 2
Brazil Danilo Fernando Indonesia Petrokimia Putra 2
Singapore Jeyakanth Jeyapal Singapore Singapore Armed Forces 2
Indonesia Ilham Jaya Kesuma Indonesia Persita Tangerang 2
Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2
India Bijen Singh India East Bengal 1
Nigeria Mike Okoro India East Bengal 1
India Alvito D'Cunha India East Bengal 1
Thailand Anucha Kitpongsri Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 1
Thailand Panai Kongprapun Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 1
Indonesia Aris Budi Prasetyo Indonesia Petrokimia Putra 1
Malaysia Indra Putra Mahayuddin Malaysia Perak 1
Malaysia Syamsul Saad Malaysia Perak 1
Malaysia Harizul Izuan Rani Malaysia Perak 1
Serbia Nenad Bacina Singapore Singapore Armed Forces 1
Liberia Anthony Jommah Ballah Indonesia Persita Tangerang 1
Indonesia Deddy Djunaidi Indonesia Persita Tangerang 1
Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Hải Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1
Vietnam Lê Quốc Vượng Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1
Nigeria Oleseye Ajayi Brunei DPMM 1
Brunei Hairoddin Abdullah Brunei DPMM 1
Laos Bounlap Khenkitisack Laos MCTPC 1
Laos Vanhnaseng Nakhady Laos MCTPC 1

References

  1. ^ ASEAN Club Championship 2003. www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ Nayak, Nicolai (26 July 2020). "Making a mark in Asia: East Bengal's 2003 Asean Cup win – a defining moment for Indian club football". www.scroll.in. Scroll. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ Sengupta, Somnath (13 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football: Part Four – Modern Era (1999—2011)". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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