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2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Dates	24 - 27 July
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-up	Newcastle United
Third place	Birmingham City
Fourth place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stern John (2 goals)
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The 2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup was the first edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team pre-season football tournament held every two years. Participants in the inaugural edition included hosts Malaysia and three Premier League teams: Chelsea, Newcastle United and Birmingham City. All games were held at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.

The tournament began at the semi-final stage, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers playing off for third place. Chelsea became the inaugural winners of this tournament after defeating Newcastle United on penalties in the final.^{[ citation needed]}

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur ( Bukit Jalil Stadium)
	Newcastle United	2
					27 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur ( Bukit Jalil Stadium)
	Birmingham City	1
					Chelsea	0 (5)
	25 July 2003 - Kuala Lumpur ( Bukit Jalil Stadium)
					Newcastle United	0 (4)
	Malaysia	1
	Chelsea	4
					Third place
					26 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur ( Bukit Jalil Stadium)
					Malaysia	0
					Birmingham City	4

2003-07-24

20:45 MST
08:00 UTC

Newcastle United	2 – 1	Birmingham City
Shearer 36' ( pen.) Ameobi 75'		Devlin 72' ( pen.)

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 14,600

Referee: Rob Styles

2003-07-25

20:45 MST
08:00 UTC

Malaysia	1 – 4	Chelsea
Hairuddin 40'		Lampard 36' Hasselbaink 70' Guðjohnsen 83' Johnson 85'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh

2003-07-26

20:45 MST
08:00 UTC

Malaysia	0 – 4	Birmingham City
		John 8', 50' Clemence 76' Hughes 81'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Rob Styles

2003-07-27

20:45 MST
08:00 UTC

Chelsea	0 – 0	Newcastle United
Penalties
Lampard Duff Huth Guðjohnsen Hasselbaink Keenan Terry	5 – 4	Shearer Robert Dyer Bowyer Bellamy Woodgate Jenas

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 41,500

Referee: Andy D'Urso

Chelsea

Newcastle United

2 goals

• Stern John

1 goal

• Alan Shearer
• Paul Devlin
• Shola Ameobi
• Frank Lampard
• Hairuddin Omar
• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
• Eiður Guðjohnsen
• Glen Johnson
• Stephen Clemence
• Bryan Hughes

• FA Premier League Asia Cup 2003 (RSSSF)
• FA Premier League Asia Cup 2003 (Goalzz.com)