2003 ASEAN Club Championship

2003 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	13–26 July
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	East Bengal FC (1st title)
Runners-up	BEC Tero Sasana
Third place	Petrokimia Putra
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	59 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Baichung Bhutia (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Baichung Bhutia
	2005 →

The 2003 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2003 ACC is 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 FC from India were crown the inaugural champions. It was only time that a non ASEAN side had won the title. Originally, the championship was to be hosted by Vietnam.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification
Petrokimia Putra	Liga Indonesia 2002 champions and host team
Samart United	Cambodian League 2002 champions
Finance and Revenue	Myanmar Premier League 2002 champions
Perak	2002 Malaysian Premier 1 League champions
Singapore Armed Forces	S. League 2002 champions
DPMM FC	Brunei Premier League 2002 champions
Persita Tangerang	Liga Indonesia 2002 runners-up
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	V-League 2001–02
MCTPC	Lao League 2002 champions
BEC Tero Sasana	2001–02 Thai League champions
Philippine Army	Philippines National Football League 2002 champions
East Bengal FC	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
Petrokimia Putra	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
Samart United	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

(Finance and Revenue withdrew from the competition without playing a single match).

13 July 2003

Samart United	0–2	Petrokimia Putra
		Costa 55' Fernando 66'

Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Perak	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Singapore Armed Forces	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
DPMM FC	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 July 2003

Singapore Armed Forces	0–2	Perak
		Indra Putra Mahayuddin 20' Frank Seator 90'

Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik

15 July 2003

Perak	3–0	DPMM FC
Frank Seator 52' (pen) Syamsul Saad 71' Harizul Izuan Rani 90'

Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik

17 July 2003

DPMM FC	2–2	Singapore Armed Forces
Oleseye Ajayi 47' Hairoddin Abdullah 75'		Mohd Noor Tanjong 88' (og) Nenad Bacina 90'

Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persita Tangerang	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2	1	1	3	3	0	3
MCTPC	2	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 July 2003

Persita Tangerang	2–1	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Ilham Jaya Kesuma 24' Anthony Jomah Ballah 47'		Kiatisuk Senamuang 10'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

16 July 2003

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2–1	MCTPC
Kiatisuk Senamuang 6' Nguyen Minh Hai 63'		Bounlap Khenkitisack 85'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

18 July 2003

MCTPC	1–5	Persita Tangerang
Vanhnaseng Nakhady 90'		Zaenal Arief 23', 36', 44', 80' Deddy Djunaidi 85'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
BEC Tero Sasana	2	2	0	4	0	+4	6
East Bengal	2	1	1	6	1	+5	3
Philippine Army	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 July 2003

BEC Tero Sasana	1–0	Kingfisher East Bengal
Therdsak Chaiman 85'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

16 July 2003

Kingfisher East Bengal	6–0	Philippine Army
Baichung Bhutia 22' (pen), 34', 50', 53', 70', 75 '

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

18 July 2003

Philippine Army	0–3	BEC Tero Sasana
		Wuttiya Yongant 61', 81' Therdsak Chaiman 82'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

20 July 2003

Petrokimia Putra	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Singapore Armed Forces
Rivaldo Costa 45' Aris Budi 58' Danilo Fernando 113'		Jeyakanth Jeyapal 9', 22'

20 July 2003

Persita Tangerang	1–2	Kingfisher East Bengal
Ilham Jayakesuma 62'		Baichung Bhutia 53' Bijen Singh 76'

21 July 2003

Perak	2–0	Samart United
Frank Seator 18', 23'

21 July 2003

BEC Tero Sasana	2–1	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Therdsak Chaiman 3' (pen) Jatupong Thongsukh 12'		Le Quoc Vung 39'

Semifinals

24 July 2003

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

24 July 2003

Perak	1–3	BEC Tero Sasana
Frank Seator 49'		Anucha Kitpongsri 55' Therdsak Chaiman 61' Jatupong Thongsukh 67'

3rd place playoff

26 July 2003

Petrokimia Putra	3–0	Perak
Rivaldo Costa 35' Jaenal Ichwan 66', 69'

Finals

26 July 2003

East Bengal	3–1 (HT : 1 – 0)	BEC Tero Sasana
Mike Okoro 20' Baichung Bhutia 46' Alvito D'Cunha 69'		Panai Kongprapun 58'

Gelora Bung Karno International Main Stadium, Jakarta

Referee: Jimmy Napitupulu (Indonesia)

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Baichung Bhutia	East Bengal	9
Frank Seator	Perak	5
Zaenal Arief	Persita Tangerang	4
Therdsak Chaiman	BEC Tero Sasana	4
Rivaldo Costa	Petrokimia Putra	3
Jaenal Ichwan	Petrokimia Putra	3
Wuttiya Yongant	BEC Tero Sasana	2
Jatupong Thongsuk	BEC Tero Sasana	2
Danilo Fernando	Petrokimia Putra	2
Jeyakanth Jeyapal	Singapore Armed Forces	2
Ilham Jaya Kesuma	Persita Tangerang	2
Kiatisuk Senamuang	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2
Mahes Gawli	Kingfisher East Bengal	1
Bijen Singh	Kingfisher East Bengal	1
Mike Okoro	Kingfisher East Bengal	1
Alvito D'Cunha	Kingfisher East Bengal	1
Anucha Kitpongsri	BEC Tero Sasana	1
Panai Kongprapun	BEC Tero Sasana	1
Aris Budi Prasetyo	Petrokimia Putra	1
Indra Putra Mahayuddin	Perak	1
Syamsul Saad	Perak	1
Harizul Izuan Rani	Perak	1
Nenad Bacina	Singapore Armed Forces	1
Anthony Jommah Ballah	Persita Tangerang	1
Deddy Djunaidi	Persita Tangerang	1
Nguyen Minh Hai	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	1
Le Quoc Vung	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	1
Oleseye Ajayi	DPMM	1
Hairoddin Abdullah	DPMM	1
Bounlap Khenkitisack	MCTPC	1
Vanhnaseng Nakhady	MCTPC	1

References

^ ASEAN Club Championship 2003 from RSSSF.com

[1] ASEAN Club Championship 2003 from RSSSF.com

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