# 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2003_Arab_Unified_Club_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2003_Arab_Unified_Club_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Arab_Unified_Club_Championship > Source revision: 1343687438 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 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 country Egypt Dates 6 – 20 July 2003 Teams 10 (from 1 association) Final positions Champions Zamalek (1st title) Runners-up Kuwait SC Tournament statistics Matches played 23 Goals scored 72 (3.13 per match) Top scorer(s) Somália (4 goals) Best player Besheer El-Tabei Best goalkeeper Dhafer Al-Bishi ← 2002 2003–04 → International football competition **2003 Arab Unified Club Championship**, officially named the **2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs**, was the 19th [UAFA Club Cup](/source/UAFA_Club_Cup), and the 2nd since the Arab Club Champions Cup and [Arab Cup Winners' Cup](/source/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](/source/Cairo_Stadium) in [Cairo](/source/Cairo), Egypt, Zamalek won the tournament and earning their first [UAFA Club Cup](/source/UAFA_Club_Cup) title. ## Preliminary stage Main article: [2003 Arab Unified Club Championship preliminary stage](/source/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](#Knock-out_stage). ### 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: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 7 July 2003 ENPPI 0 – 1 Riffa Al-Khuzami 54' 7 July 2003 Al-Ettifaq 4 – 4 Al-Faisaly Suarez 33' Al-Meghnam 48' Adelson 54', 85' (pen.) Al-Sheikh 7', 79' Al-Shabool 12' Saleem 59' 9 July 2003 Riffa 0 – 0 Al-Faisaly 9 July 2003 ENPPI 1 – 1 Raja Casablanca Zaki 13' Kouni 77' 11 July 2003 Al-Faisaly 0 – 1 Raja Casablanca Hirouach 42' 11 July 2003 Al-Ettifaq 2 – 0 Riffa Basheer 2' Al-Basha 82' 14 July 2003 Al-Ettifaq 2 – 0 Raja Casablanca Junior 4' Basheer 17' 14 July 2003 ENPPI 3 – 1 Al-Faisaly Hassan 20' Zaki 28' Thabet 45' Al-Shabool 19' 16 July 2003 Riffa 3 – 4 Raja Casablanca Baba 4' Essa 42' Yousef 70' Bidodan 9' Aboucherouane 45', 69' Aboucherouane 83' 16 July 2003 ENPPI 0 – 2 Al-Ettifaq Al-Basha 6' Basheer 44' ### Group B 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 6 July 2003 Zamalek 1 – 0 Al-Jaish El-Said 71' [Cairo Stadium](/source/Cairo_Stadium) 6 July 2003 Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Kuwait SC Abdulsattar 18' Manajed 60' Somália 13' Sabinho 87' 8 July 2003 Al-Jaish 4 – 2 Al-Shorta Al-Omair 32', 71', 75' Shaabo 90' Manajed 3' Raheem 26' 8 July 2003 21:00 [UTC+3](/source/UTC%2B03%3A00) Zamalek 1 – 1 USM Alger El-Said 42' (pen.) Achiou 15' [El Sekka El Hadid Stadium](/source/El_Sekka_El_Hadid_Stadium), [Cairo](/source/Cairo) Referee: Farid Ali ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association)) 10 July 2003 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 USM Alger Qassem 82' Dziri 51' 10 July 2003 Al-Jaish 1 – 3 Kuwait SC Shaabo 74' Somália 18', 54' Sabinho 68' 13 July 2003 USM Alger 1 – 1 Kuwait SC Achiou 56' Aqla 53' (pen.) 13 July 2003 Zamalek 2 – 1 Al-Shorta Hassan 76' Youssef 78' Hussein 86' [Cairo Stadium](/source/Cairo_Stadium) 15 July 2003 USM Alger 4 – 1 Al-Jaish Ouichaoui 34' (pen.) Ammour 40' Deghiche 84', 90' Jabban 60' 15 July 2003 Zamalek 1 – 3 Kuwait SC Youssef 45' Aqla 6' (pen.) Al-Etaiqi 47' [Cairo Stadium](/source/Cairo_Stadium) ## Knock-out stage Semi-finals Final 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 18 July 2003 Al-Ettifaq 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Zamalek Masambe 45' Youssef 77' Ali 105', 114' 18 July 2003 Kuwait SC 3 – 0 Raja Casablanca Al-Taher 28' Cabral (?) Somália 90+2' (pen.) ### Final Main article: [2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Final](/source/2003_Arab_Unified_Club_Championship_Final) 20 July 2003 20:00 [UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00) Zamalek 2 – 1 Kuwait SC Saleh 23' Mahmoud 58' Oliveira 88' [Cairo Stadium](/source/Cairo_Stadium) Referee: [Jasem Al-Hail](/source/Jasem_Al-Hail) ([Qatar](/source/Qatar_Football_Association)) ## 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 - [Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs 2003 (2nd tournament)](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp03.html) - *rsssf.com* v t e Arab Club Champions Cup seasons Arab Club Champions Cup Seasons 1981–82 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Finals 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Arab Unified Club Championship Seasons 2002 2003 Finals 2002 2003 Arab Champions League Seasons 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 Finals 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 UAFA Club Cup Seasons 2012–13 Finals 2013 Arab Club Championship Seasons 2017 Finals 2017 Arab Club Champions Cup Seasons 2018–19 2019–20 2023 Finals 2019 2020 2023 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2003 Arab Unified Club Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Arab_Unified_Club_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Arab_Unified_Club_Championship?action=history)). 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