2003 Arab Unified Club Championship, officially named the 2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs, was the 19th UAFA Club Cup, and the 2nd since the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup were unified. The tournament began on 6 July and concluded on 20 July 2003, the matches took place in Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Zamalek won the tournament and earning their first UAFA Club Cup title.

2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
بطولة الاندية العربية الموحدة 2003
بطولة الأمير فيصل بن فهد للأندية العربية 2003
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates6 – 20 July 2003
Teams10 (from 1 association)
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Zamalek (1st title)
Runners-upKuwait Kuwait SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored72 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Somália
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Egypt Besheer El-Tabei
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Dhafer Al-Bishi
2002

Preliminary stage

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Group stage

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The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ettifaq 4 3 1 0 10 4 +6 10
  Raja Casablanca 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
  ENPPI 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
  Riffa 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
  Al-Faisaly 4 0 2 2 5 8 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
ENPPI  0 – 1  Riffa
Al-Khuzami   54'

Al-Ettifaq  4 – 4  Al-Faisaly
Suarez   33'
Al-Meghnam   48'
Adelson   54', 85' (pen.)
Al-Sheikh   7', 79'
Al-Shabool   12'
Saleem   59'

Riffa  0 – 0  Al-Faisaly

ENPPI  1 – 1  Raja Casablanca
Zaki   13' Kouni   77'

Al-Faisaly  0 – 1  Raja Casablanca
Hirouach   42'

Al-Ettifaq  2 – 0  Riffa
Basheer   2'
Al-Basha   82'

Al-Ettifaq  2 – 0  Raja Casablanca
Junior   4'
Basheer   17'

ENPPI  3 – 1  Al-Faisaly
Hassan   20'
Zaki   28'
Thabet   45'
Al-Shabool   19'

Riffa  3 – 4  Raja Casablanca
Baba   4'
Essa   42'
Yousef   70'
Bidodan   9'
Aboucherouane   45', 69'
Aboucherouane   83'

ENPPI  0 – 2  Al-Ettifaq
Al-Basha   6'
Basheer   44'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kuwait SC 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4 8 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Zamalek 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
3   USM Alger 4 1 3 0 7 4 +3 6
4   Al-Jaish 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 3
5   Al-Shorta 4 0 2 2 6 9 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zamalek  1 – 0  Al-Jaish
El-Said   71'

Al-Shorta  2 – 2  Kuwait SC
Abdulsattar   18'
Manajed   60'
Somália   13'
Sabinho   87'

Al-Jaish  4 – 2  Al-Shorta
Al-Omair   32', 71', 75'
Shaabo   90'
Manajed   3'
Raheem   26'

Zamalek  1 – 1  USM Alger
El-Said   42' (pen.) Achiou   15'

Al-Shorta  1 – 1  USM Alger
Qassem   82' Dziri   51'

Al-Jaish  1 – 3  Kuwait SC
Shaabo   74' Somália   18', 54'
Sabinho   68'

USM Alger  1 – 1  Kuwait SC
Achiou   56' Aqla   53' (pen.)

Zamalek  2 – 1  Al-Shorta
Hassan   76'
Youssef   78'
Hussein   86'

USM Alger  4 – 1  Al-Jaish
Ouichaoui   34' (pen.)
Ammour   40'
Deghiche   84', 90'
Jabban   60'

Zamalek  1 – 3  Kuwait SC
Youssef   45' Aqla   6' (pen.), ?' (pen.)
Al-Etaiqi   47'

Knock-out stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 July 2003 - Cairo
 
 
  Al-Ettifaq 1
 
20 July 2003 - Cairo
 
  Zamalek 3
 
  Zamalek 2
 
18 July 2003 - Cairo
 
  Kuwait SC 1
 
  Kuwait SC 3
 
 
  Raja Casablanca 0
 

Semi-finals

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Al-Ettifaq  1 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Zamalek
Masambe   45' Youssef   77'
Ali   105', 114'

Kuwait SC  3 – 0  Raja Casablanca
Al-Taher   28'
Cabral   ?'
Somália   90+2' (pen.)

Final

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Zamalek  2 – 1  Kuwait SC
Saleh   23'
Mahmoud   58'
Oliveira   88'

Winners

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2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
 
Zamalek
First title

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Somália   Kuwait SC 4
2   Sameh Youssef   Zamalek 3
  Ahmed Al-Omair   Al-Jaish 3
  Adel Aqla   Kuwait SC 3
  Alessandro Oliveira   Kuwait SC 3
  Hicham Aboucherouane   Raja Casablanca 3
  Saleh Basheer   Al-Ettifaq 3

Prize money

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Competition stage Final position Prize money (US dollars)
Final Winner $50,000
runner-up $30,000
semi-final Semi-finalists $20,000

References

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