2003 ASEAN Club Championship

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]

2003 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
Dates13–26 July
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions East Bengal (1st title)
Runners-up BEC Tero Sasana
Third place Petrokimia Putra
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored59 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s) Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal) (9 goals)
Best player(s) Therdsak Chaiman (BEC Tero Sasana)
Best goalkeeper Sandip Nandy (East Bengal)
Fair play award Perak

Qualified teams
Team Qualification
Petrokimia Putra Liga Indonesia 2002 champions and host team
Samart United Cambodian League 2002 champions
Finance and Revenue Myanmar Premier League 2002 champions
Perak 2002 Malaysian Premier 1 League champions
Singapore Armed Forces S. League 2002 champions
DPMM FC Brunei Premier League 2002 champions
Persita Tangerang Liga Indonesia 2002 runners-up
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai V-League 2001–02
MCTPC Lao League 2002 champions
BEC Tero Sasana 2001–02 Thai League champions
Philippine Army Philippines National Football League 2002 champions
East Bengal Invitee (National Football League 2002–03 champions)

Group stage
  • Matchday dates are: 13–26 July 2003
  • Group winners and runners-up qualify for quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Petrokimia Putra 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Samart United 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Source: RSSSF
Samart United 0–2 Petrokimia Putra
Costa 54'
Fernando 69'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Perak 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Singapore Armed Forces 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
DPMM FC 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
Singapore Armed Forces 0–2 Perak
Indra Putra Mahayuddin 20'
Frank Seator 90'
Perak 3–0 DPMM FC
Frank Seator 52' (pen)
Syamsul Saad 71'
Harizul Izuan Rani 90'
DPMM FC 2–2 Singapore Armed Forces
Oleseye Ajayi 47'
Hairoddin Abdullah 75'		 Mohd Noor Tanjong 88' (o.g.)
Nenad Bacina 90'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Persita Tangerang 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
MCTPC 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: RSSSF
Persita Tangerang 2–1 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Ilham Jaya Kesuma 24'
Anthony Jomah Ballah 47'		 Kiatisuk Senamuang 10'
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2–1 MCTPC
Kiatisuk Senamuang 6'
Nguyễn Minh Hải 63'		 Bounlap Khenkitisack 85'
MCTPC 1–5 Persita Tangerang
Vanhnaseng Nakhady 90' Zaenal Arief 23', 36', 44', 80'
Deddy Djunaidi 85'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
BEC Tero Sasana 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
East Bengal 2 1 0 1 6 1 +5 3
Philippine Army 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
BEC Tero Sasana 1–0 East Bengal
Chaiman 85' Report
East Bengal 6–0 Philippine Army
Bhutia 20' (pen.), 22', 50', 53', 70'
Gawli 75' (pen.)		 Report
Philippine Army 0–3 BEC Tero Sasana
Yongant 61', 81'
Chaiman 82'

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Quarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
 
          
 
 20 July 2003
 
 
 Petrokimia Putra (a.e.t.) 3
 
 24 July 2003
 
 Singapore AF 2
 
 Petrokimia Putra 1 (6)
 
 20 July 2003
 
 East Bengal 1 (7)
 
 Persita Tangerang 1
 
 26 July 2003
 
 East Bengal 2
 
 East Bengal 3
 
 21 July 2003
 
 BEC Tero Sasana 1
 
 Perak 2
 
 24 July 2003
 
 Samart United 0
 
 Perak 1
 
 21 July 2003
 
 BEC Tero Sasana 3
 
 BEC Tero Sasana 2
 
 
 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1
 

Quarter-finals
Petrokimia Putra 3–2 (a.e.t.) Singapore Armed Forces
Costa 45'
Budi 58'
Fernando 113'		 Jeyapal 9', 22'
Persita Tangerang 1–2 East Bengal
Jayakesuma 66' (pen.) Report Bhutia 54'
B.Singh 77'
Perak 2–0 Samart United
Seator 18', 23'
BEC Tero Sasana 2–1 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Chaiman 3' (pen.)
Thongsukh 12'		 Vượng 39'

Semifinals
Petrokimia Putra 1–1 (a.e.t.) East Bengal
Ichwan 23' Report Bhutia 58'
Penalties
 6–7
Perak 1–3 BEC Tero Sasana
Frank Seator 49' Anucha Kitpongsri 55'
Therdsak Chaiman 61'
Jatupong Thongsukh 67'

3rd place playoff
Petrokimia Putra 3–0 Perak
Rivaldo Costa 35'
Jaenal Ichwan 66', 69'

Final
East Bengal 3–1 BEC Tero Sasana
Okoro 28'
Bhutia 47'
D'Cunha 68'		 Report Panai Kongprapun 58'

Top scorers
Player Club Goals
Baichung Bhutia East Bengal 9
Frank Seator Perak 5
Zaenal Arief Persita Tangerang 4
Therdsak Chaiman BEC Tero Sasana 4
Rivaldo Costa Petrokimia Putra 3
Jaenal Ichwan Petrokimia Putra 3
Wuttiya Yongant BEC Tero Sasana 2
Jatupong Thongsuk BEC Tero Sasana 2
Danilo Fernando Petrokimia Putra 2
Jeyakanth Jeyapal Singapore Armed Forces 2
Ilham Jaya Kesuma Persita Tangerang 2
Kiatisuk Senamuang Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2
Bijen Singh East Bengal 1
Mike Okoro East Bengal 1
Alvito D'Cunha East Bengal 1
Anucha Kitpongsri BEC Tero Sasana 1
Panai Kongprapun BEC Tero Sasana 1
Aris Budi Prasetyo Petrokimia Putra 1
Indra Putra Mahayuddin Perak 1
Syamsul Saad Perak 1
Harizul Izuan Rani Perak 1
Nenad Bacina Singapore Armed Forces 1
Anthony Jommah Ballah Persita Tangerang 1
Deddy Djunaidi Persita Tangerang 1
Nguyễn Minh Hải Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1
Lê Quốc Vượng Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1
Oleseye Ajayi DPMM 1
Hairoddin Abdullah DPMM 1
Bounlap Khenkitisack MCTPC 1
Vanhnaseng Nakhady MCTPC 1

References
  1. ASEAN Club Championship 2003. www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. Nayak, Nicolai (26 July 2020). "Making a mark in Asia: East Bengal's 2003 Asean Cup win – a defining moment for Indian club football". www.scroll.in. Scroll. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. Sengupta, Somnath (13 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football: Part Four – Modern Era (1999—2011)". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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