2003 ASEAN Club Championship

2003 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
Dates13–26 July
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue2 (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 Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal) (9 goals)
Best player Therdsak Chaiman (BEC Tero Sasana)
Best goalkeeper Sandip Nandy (East Bengal)
Fair play award Perak
2005

The 2003 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2003 ACC was the first edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[1] It was held in Indonesia, whereas originally it was to be hosted by Vietnam.

East Bengal from India, who were an invitee, were crowned the inaugural champions.[2][3] It was only time that a non-ASEAN side had won the title.[4][5]

Association team allocation

Participation for 2003 ACC
Participating ASEAN member
Invitee
Football association Group stage
Indonesia 2
Malaysia 1
Thailand 1
Vietnam 1
Singapore 1
Brunei 1
Cambodia 1
Myanmar 1
Laos 1
Philippines 1
India 1

Teams

Team Qualification
Petrokimia Putra Liga Indonesia 2002 champions (Hosts)
Samart United Cambodian League 2002 champions
Finance and Revenue[MYA] 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 2003 V-League champions
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)
Notes
  1. ^
    Myanmar: Withdrew from the competition before it commenced

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Petrokimia Putra 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Samart United 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Finance and Revenue (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew from the competition before it commenced
Source: RSSSF
(W) Withdrew
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

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 7 −5 0
Source: RSSSF


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

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


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'

Semifinals

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

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Baichung Bhutia East Bengal 9
2 Frank Seator Perak 5
3 Zaenal Arief Persita Tangerang 4
Therdsak Chaiman BEC Tero Sasana
5 Rivaldo Costa Petrokimia Putra 3
Jaenal Ichwan Petrokimia Putra
7 Wuttiya Yongant BEC Tero Sasana 2
Jatupong Thongsuk BEC Tero Sasana
Danilo Fernando Petrokimia Putra
Jeyakanth Jeyapal Singapore Armed Forces
Ilham Jaya Kesuma Persita Tangerang
Kiatisuk Senamuang Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

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.
  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.