2003 ASEAN Club Championship

2003 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	13–26 July
Teams	11 (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 played	17
Goals scored	59 (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

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]

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

(Finance and Revenue withdrew from the competition without playing a single match).

13 July 2003

Samart United	0–2	Petrokimia Putra
		Costa 54' Fernando 69'

Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik

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

13 July 2003

Singapore Armed Forces	0–2	Perak
		Indra Putra Mahayuddin 20' Frank Seator 90'

Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik

15 July 2003

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

Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik

17 July 2003

DPMM FC	2–2	Singapore Armed Forces
Oleseye Ajayi 47' Hairoddin Abdullah 75'		Mohd Noor Tanjong 88' (o.g.) Nenad Bacina 90'

Petrokimia Stadium, Gresik

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persita Tangerang	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2	1	1	3	3	0	3
MCTPC	2	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Source: RSSSF

14 July 2003

Persita Tangerang	2–1	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Ilham Jaya Kesuma 24' Anthony Jomah Ballah 47'		Kiatisuk Senamuang 10'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

16 July 2003

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2–1	MCTPC
Kiatisuk Senamuang 6' Nguyễn Minh Hải 63'		Bounlap Khenkitisack 85'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

18 July 2003

MCTPC	1–5	Persita Tangerang
Vanhnaseng Nakhady 90'		Zaenal Arief 23', 36', 44', 80' Deddy Djunaidi 85'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
BEC Tero Sasana	2	2	0	4	0	+4	6
East Bengal	2	1	1	6	1	+5	3
Philippine Army	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

14 July 2003

BEC Tero Sasana	1–0	East Bengal
Chaiman 85'	Report

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

16 July 2003

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

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Referee: Jimmy Napitupulu

18 July 2003

Philippine Army	0–3	BEC Tero Sasana
		Yongant 61', 81' Chaiman 82'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

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 Putra	3

				Perak	0

Quarter-finals

20 July 2003

Petrokimia Putra	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Singapore Armed Forces
Costa 45' Budi 58' Fernando 113'		Jeyapal 9', 22'

20 July 2003

Persita Tangerang	1–2	East Bengal
Jayakesuma 66' (pen.)	Report	Bhutia 54' B.Singh 77'

21 July 2003

Perak	2–0	Samart United
Seator 18', 23'

21 July 2003

BEC Tero Sasana	2–1	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Chaiman 3' (pen.) Thongsukh 12'		Vượng 39'

Semifinals

24 July 2003

Petrokimia Putra	1–1 (a.e.t.)	East Bengal
Ichwan 23'	Report	Bhutia 58'
Penalties
Jaenal Ichwan Indraju Pdudu Putra Fernando Sasi Kirono Chan Jhe Ekwe Loko	6–7	Bhutia B. Singh Musah Malswama Chandan Das Silva I. S. Singh Suresh

24 July 2003

Perak	1–3	BEC Tero Sasana
Frank Seator 49'		Anucha Kitpongsri 55' Therdsak Chaiman 61' Jatupong Thongsukh 67'

3rd place playoff

26 July 2003

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

Final

26 July 2003

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

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Referee: Jimmy Napitupulu (Indonesia)

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

↑ ASEAN Club Championship 2003. www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ "East Bengal's greatest hour: the 2003 ASEAN Cup triumph". Retrieved 2 December 2021.
↑ "Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal's ASEAN Cup win in 2003". Retrieved 2 December 2021.

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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.

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