2003–04 Arab Champions League

The 2003–04 Arab Champions League is the first edition of a new format called Arab Champions League replacing the former Arab Unified Club Championship. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. CS Sfaxien of Tunisia won the final against El-Ismaily of Egypt.

2003–04 Arab Champions League
دوري أبطال العرب 2003–04
Tournament details
Dates24 Oct 2003 – 27 Jun 2004
Teams32 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-up El-Ismaily
Third place Zamalek SC
Fourth place Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Goals scored277 (2.66 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tanem N'Daye (8 goals)

First round

Qatar and UA Emirates forfeited for undisclosed reasons. Dahak Club (Djibouti) were originally announced as participants but apparently not included in the draw.

Zone Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Jaish 3–3 (a) Al-Hilal 2–2 1–1
Al-Aqsa SC 3–4 Al-Zawra'a 1–3 2–1
Olympic Beirut 2–2 (a) Al-Wehdat 1–2 1–0
Al-Qadsia 1–3 Al-Ahli Jeddah 1–2 0–1
Riffa SC 4–4 (a) Kuwait SC 4–2 0–2
Al-Nasr 3–4 Al-Faisaly 2–0 1–4
Al-Ittihad Aleppo 0–2 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 0–0 0–2
Shaab Ibb 2–5 Al-Talaba 1–1 1–4

Zone Africa
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Sfaxien 5–3 Al-Hilal Benghazi 3–1 2–2
FC Nouadhibou 2–7 Zamalek SC 1–2 1–5
Al-Hilal Club 3–7 Espérance de Tunis 3–1 0–6
MAS Fez 2–3 USM Blida 1–3 1–0
Al-Ittihad Tripoli 2–5 Étoile du Sahel 1–5 1–0
MC Oran 3–7 El-Ismaily 1–1 2–6
Hassania Agadir 0–3 Al Ahly 0–0 0–3
Al-Merrikh 1–5 NA Hussein Dey 0–2 1–3

Second round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HIL AHL ZSC WEH
Al-Hilal 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 14 3–0 3–0 2–0
Al-Ahli Jeddah 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11 1–1 2–2 2–1
Al-Zawra'a 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 0–0 1–3 3–0
Al-Wehdat 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1 0–1 0–1 2–2
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ITT TSC KSC FAI
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 0–0 3–1 3–0
Al-Talaba 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 0–0 2–1 2–0
Kuwait SC 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7 0–1 2–2 5–1
Al-Faisaly 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 0–0 1–2 0–1
Source:

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ZSC CSS EST USMB
Zamalek SC 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 0–2 3–0 1–1
CS Sfaxien 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–3 0–1 1–0
Espérance de Tunis 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 9 1–2 1–3 2–1
USM Blida 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2 0–2 2–2 0–5
Source:

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ISC AHL ESS NAHD
Al-Ismaily 6 2 3 1 8 4 +4 9 4–0 2–2 1–0
Al Ahly 6 2 3 1 3 5 −2 9 1–0 0–0 1–1
Étoile du Sahel 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7 1–1 0–0 2–0
NA Hussein Dey 6 1 2 3 2 5 −3 5 0–0 0–1 1–0
Source:

Group stage

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSS ISC AHL ITT
CS Sfaxien 6 3 3 0 12 4 +8 12 4–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Ismaily 6 2 2 2 7 12 −5 8 0–3 1–0 1–0
Al-Ahli Jeddah 6 1 4 1 9 9 0 7 1–1 3–3 1–1
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 6 0 3 3 7 10 −3 3 1–1 2–2 2–3
Source:

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HIL ZSC TSC AHL
Al-Hilal 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 2–0 1–0
Zamalek SC 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 1–1 2–0
Al-Talaba 4 1 0 3 4 6 −2 3 3–1 1–2
Al Ahly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–0
Source:

Al Ahly withdrew after the first match of the group against Al-Hilal, the result of this match was not counted.

Knock-out stage

Knock-out stage held in Beirut, Lebanon.

  Semifinals Final
                       
  Zamalek SC 0 1 1  
CS Sfaxien 2 2 4  
  CS Sfaxien (p) 0 (4)
  El-Ismaily 0 (3)
Al-Hilal 0 2 2
  El-Ismaily 2 1 3   Third place
 
Zamalek SC 3
Al-Hilal 2

Semifinals
Zamalek SC 0–2 CS Sfaxien
Ba  18'
N'Daye  85'
Al-Hilal 0–2 El-Ismaily
Gamal  53'
Al-Dossari  64' (o.g.)
CS Sfaxien 2–1 Zamalek SC
Ba  85'
N'Daye  90+17'		 Ali  35'
El-Ismaily 1–2 Al-Hilal
Gamal  29' Ceesay  67'
Al-Ali  90+1'

Third place match
Zamalek SC 3–2 Al-Hilal
Saleh  6'
El-Tabei  26'
Seddek  83'		 Al-Shalhoub  15'
Al-Swaileh  40'

Final
CS Sfaxien 0–0 El-Ismaily
Penalties
N'Daye
–
Abdi
Ba
El Taib 		4–3 Said
Fathy
Homos
Abougrisha
Gamal

Winners
2003–04 Arab Champions League

CS Sfaxien
Second title
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