2003 ASEAN Club Championship explained

Tourney Name:ASEAN Club Championship
Year:2003
Country:Indonesia
Dates:13–26 July
Num Teams:11
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champion Other: East Bengal
Count:1
Second Other: BEC Tero Sasana
Third Other: Petrokimia Putra
Matches:17
Goals:59
Top Scorer: Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal) (9 goals)
Player: Therdsak Chaiman (BEC Tero Sasana)
Goalkeeper: Sandip Nandy (East Bengal)
Fair Play: Perak
Nextseason:2005

The 2003 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2003 ACC was 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 from India were crowned the inaugural champions.[2] [3] It was only time that a non ASEAN side had won the title. Originally, the championship was to be hosted by Vietnam.[4] [5]

Teams

TeamQualification
Petrokimia PutraLiga Indonesia 2002 champions (Hosts)
Samart UnitedCambodian League 2002 champions
Finance and RevenueMyanmar Premier League 2002 champions
Perak2002 Malaysian Premier 1 League champions
Singapore Armed ForcesS. League 2002 champions
DPMM FCBrunei Premier League 2002 champions
Persita TangerangLiga Indonesia 2002 runners-up
Hoàng Anh Gia LaiV-League 2001–02
MCTPCLao League 2002 champions
BEC Tero Sasana2001–02 Thai League champions
Philippine ArmyPhilippines National Football League 2002 champions
East BengalNational Football League 2002–03 champions (Invitee)

Group stage

Group A

Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semifinals

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Final

Top scorers

PlayerClubGoals
Baichung Bhutia East Bengal9
Frank Seator Perak5
Zaenal Arief Persita Tangerang4
Therdsak Chaiman BEC Tero Sasana4
Rivaldo Costa Petrokimia Putra3
Jaenal Ichwan Petrokimia Putra3
Wuttiya Yongant BEC Tero Sasana2
Jatupong Thongsuk BEC Tero Sasana2
Danilo Fernando Petrokimia Putra2
Jeyakanth Jeyapal Singapore Armed Forces2
Ilham Jaya Kesuma Persita Tangerang2
Kiatisuk Senamuang Hoàng Anh Gia Lai2
Bijen Singh East Bengal1
Mike Okoro East Bengal1
Alvito D'Cunha East Bengal1
Anucha Kitpongsri BEC Tero Sasana1
Panai Kongprapun BEC Tero Sasana1
Aris Budi Prasetyo Petrokimia Putra1
Indra Putra Mahayuddin Perak1
Syamsul Saad Perak1
Harizul Izuan Rani Perak1
Nenad Bacina Singapore Armed Forces1
Anthony Jommah Ballah Persita Tangerang1
Deddy Djunaidi Persita Tangerang1
Nguyễn Minh Hải Hoàng Anh Gia Lai1
Lê Quốc Vượng Hoàng Anh Gia Lai1
Oleseye Ajayi DPMM1
Hairoddin Abdullah DPMM1
Bounlap Khenkitisack MCTPC1
Vanhnaseng Nakhady MCTPC1

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/aseanclub03.html ASEAN Club Championship 2003
  2. Web site: Nicolai. Nayak. Making a mark in Asia: East Bengal's 2003 Asean Cup win – a defining moment for Indian club football. www.scroll.in. Scroll. 26 July 2020. 25 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Sengupta. Somnath. Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football: Part Four – Modern Era (1999—2011). Kolkata. 13 July 2011. 11 October 2022. thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. en-US. 18 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918041621/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-four-modern-era/.
  4. Web site: East Bengal’s greatest hour: the 2003 ASEAN Cup triumph. 2 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal’s ASEAN Cup win in 2003. 2 December 2021.