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
ChampionsIndia East Bengal (1st title)
Runners-upThailand BEC Tero Sasana
Third placeIndonesia Petrokimia Putra
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored59 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal) (9 goals)
Best player(s)Thailand Therdsak Chaiman (BEC Tero Sasana)
Best goalkeeperIndia Sandip Nandy (East Bengal)
Fair play awardMalaysia Perak
2005

Teams

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Team Qualification
  Petrokimia Putra Liga Indonesia 2002 champions (Hosts)
  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 National Football League 2002–03 champions (Invitee)

Group stage

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

Group A

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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

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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

Perak  3–0  DPMM FC
Frank Seator   52' (pen)
Syamsul Saad   71'
Harizul Izuan Rani   90'

Group C

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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


Group D

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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

East Bengal  6–0  Philippine Army
Bhutia   20' (pen.), 22', 50', 53', 70'
Gawli   75' (pen.)
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Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
 
          
 
20 July 2003
 
 
  Petrokimia Putra (a.e.t.) 3
 
24 July 2003
 
  Singapore AF 2
 
  Petrokimia Putra 1 (6)
 
21 July 2003
 
  East Bengal 1 (7)
 
  Persita Tangerang 1
 
26 July 2003
 
  East Bengal 2
 
  East Bengal 3
 
20 July 2003
 
  BEC Tero Sasana 1
 
  Perak 2
 
24 July 2003
 
  Samart United 0
 
  Perak 1
 
21 July 2003
 
  BEC Tero Sasana 3 Third place
 
  BEC Tero Sasana 2
 
26 July 2003
 
  Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1
 
  Petrokimia Putra3
 
 
  Perak0
 


Quarter-finals

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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

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Petrokimia Putra  1–1 (a.e.t.)  East Bengal
Ichwan   23' Report Bhutia   58'
Penalties
6–7

3rd place playoff

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

Final

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Top scorers

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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

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  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.
  4. ^ "East Bengal's greatest hour: the 2003 ASEAN Cup triumph". Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal's ASEAN Cup win in 2003". Retrieved 2 December 2021.