2003–04 Arab Champions League

دوري أبطال العرب 2003–04
Tournament details
Dates	24 Oct 2003 – 27 Jun 2004
Teams	32 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-up	El-Ismaily
Third place	Zamalek SC
Fourth place	Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104
Goals scored	277 (2.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tanem N'Daye (8 goals)
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The 2003–04 Arab Champions League is the first edition of a new format called Arab Champions League replacing the former Arab Unified Club Championship. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. CS Sfaxien of Tunisia won the final against El-Ismaily of Egypt.

First round

Qatar and UA Emirates forfeited for undisclosed reasons. Dahak Club (Djibouti) were originally announced as participants but apparently not included in the draw.

Zone Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Jaish	3–3 ( a)	Al-Hilal	2–2	1–1
Al-Aqsa SC	3–4	Al-Zawra'a	1–3	2–1
Olympic Beirut	2–2 ( a)	Al-Wehdat	1–2	1–0
Al-Qadsia	1–3	Al-Ahli Jeddah	1–2	0–1
Riffa SC	4–4 ( a)	Kuwait SC	4–2	0–2
Al-Nasr	3–4	Al-Faisaly	2–0	1–4
Al-Ittihad Aleppo	0–2	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	0–0	0–2
Shaab Ibb	2–5	Al-Talaba	1–1	1–4

Zone Africa

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CS Sfaxien	5–3	Al-Hilal Benghazi	3–1	2–2
FC Nouadhibou	2–7	Zamalek SC	1–2	1–5
Al-Hilal Club	3–7	Espérance de Tunis	3–1	0–6
MAS Fez	2–3	USM Blida	1–3	1–0
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	2–5	Étoile du Sahel	1–5	1–0
MC Oran	3–7	El-Ismaily	1–1	2–6
Hassania Agadir	0–3	Al Ahly	0–0	0–3
Al-Merrikh	1–5	NA Hussein Dey	0–2	1–3

Second round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		HIL	AHL	ZSC	WEH
Al-Hilal	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14			3–0	3–0	2–0
Al-Ahli Jeddah	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11		1–1		2–2	2–1
Al-Zawra'a	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6		0–0	1–3		3–0
Al-Wehdat	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		0–1	0–1	2–2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ITT	TSC	KSC	FAI
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	6	3	3	0	6	1	+5	12			0–0	3–1	3–0
Al-Talaba	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12		0–0		2–1	2–0
Kuwait SC	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7		0–1	2–2		5–1
Al-Faisaly	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1		0–0	1–2	0–1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ZSC	CSS	EST	USMB
Zamalek SC	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13			0–2	3–0	1–1
CS Sfaxien	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10		1–3		0–1	1–0
Espérance de Tunis	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9		1–2	1–3		2–1
USM Blida	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2		0–2	2–2	0–5

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ISC	AHL	ESS	NAHD
Al-Ismaily	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	9			4–0	2–2	1–0
Al Ahly	6	2	3	1	3	5	−2	9		1–0		0–0	1–1
Étoile du Sahel	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7		1–1	0–0		2–0
NA Hussein Dey	6	1	2	3	2	5	−3	5		0–0	0–1	1–0

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CSS	ISC	AHL	ITT
CS Sfaxien	6	3	3	0	12	4	+8	12			4–0	1–1	2–1
Al-Ismaily	6	2	2	2	7	12	−5	8		0–3		1–0	1–0
Al-Ahli Jeddah	6	1	4	1	9	9	0	7		1–1	3–3		1–1
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	6	0	3	3	7	10	−3	3		1–1	2–2	2–3

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		HIL	ZSC	TSC	AHL
Al-Hilal	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7			2–0	1–0
Zamalek SC	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7		1–1		2–0
Al-Talaba	4	1	0	3	4	6	−2	3		3–1	1–2
Al Ahly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0–0

Al Ahly withdrew after the first match of the group against Al-Hilal, the result of this match was not counted.

Knock-out stage

Knock-out stage held in Beirut, Lebanon.

	Semifinals						Finals
	Zamalek SC	0	1	1
	CS Sfaxien	2	2	4
							CS Sfaxien ( p)	0 (4)
							El-Ismaily	0 (3)
	Al-Hilal	0	2	2
	El-Ismaily	2	1	3			Third place
							Zamalek SC	3
							Al-Hilal	2

Semifinals

23 June 2004

Zamalek SC	0–2	CS Sfaxien
		Ba 18' N'Daye 85'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

23 June 2004

Al-Hilal	0–2	El-Ismaily
		Gamal 53' Al-Dossari 64' ( o.g.)

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

25 June 2004

CS Sfaxien	2–1	Zamalek SC
Ba 85' N'Daye 90+17'		Ali 35'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

25 June 2004

El-Ismaily	1–2	Al-Hilal
Gamal 29'		Ceesay 67' Al-Ali 90+1'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Third place match

27 June 2004

Zamalek SC	3–2	Al-Hilal
Saleh 6' El-Tabei 26' Seddek 83'		Al-Shalhoub 15' Al-Swaileh 40'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Final

27 June 2004

CS Sfaxien	0–0 ( a.e.t.)	El-Ismaily
Penalties
N'Daye – Abdi Ba El Taib	4–3	Said Fathy Homos Abougrisha Gamal

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz ( Morocco)

Winners

2003–04 Arab Champions League
CS Sfaxien Second title

External links

• Arab Champions' League 2003–04 – rsssf.com