2003 Arab Unified Club Championship

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
Champions Zamalek (1st title)
Runners-up Kuwait SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored72 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Somália
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Besheer El-Tabei
Best goalkeeper Dhafer Al-Bishi

Preliminary stage
Main article: 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship preliminary stage

Group stage

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
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:
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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait SC 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4 8
Zamalek 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
USM Alger 4 1 3 0 7 4 +3 6
Al-Jaish 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 3
Al-Shorta 4 0 2 2 6 9 −3 2
Source:
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
 
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
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
Main article: 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Final
Zamalek 2 – 1 Kuwait SC
Saleh 23'
Mahmoud 58'		 Oliveira 88'
Referee: Jasem Al-Hail (Qatar)

Winners
2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs

Zamalek
First title

Top scorers
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
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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