2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Explained

Tourney Name:Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
Year:2003
Other Titles:بطولة الاندية العربية الموحدة 2003
بطولة الأمير فيصل بن فهد للأندية العربية 2003
Country:Egypt
Dates:6 – 20 July 2003
Num Teams:10
Associations:1
Champion Other: Zamalek
Count:1
Second Other: Kuwait SC
Matches:23
Goals:72
Top Scorer: Somália
(4 goals)
Player: Besheer El-Tabei
Goalkeeper: Dhafer Al-Bishi
Prevseason:2002
Nextseason:2003–04

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.

Preliminary stage

See 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

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Group B

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Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Somália Kuwait SC4
2 Sameh Youssef Zamalek3
Ahmed Al-Omair Al-Jaish3
Adel Aqla Kuwait SC3
Alessandro Oliveira Kuwait SC3
Hicham Aboucherouane Raja Casablanca3
Saleh Basheer Al-Ettifaq3

Prize money

Competition stageFinal positionPrize money (US dollars)
FinalWinner$50,000
runner-up$30,000
semi-finalSemi-finalists$20,000

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