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2003–04 Arab Champions League

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2003–04 Arab Champions League
دوري أبطال العرب 2003–04
Tournament details
Dates24 Oct 2003 – 27 Jun 2004
Teams32 (from 1 association)
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-upEgypt El-Ismaily
Third placeEgypt Zamalek SC
Fourth placeSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Goals scored277 (2.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)Senegal Tanem N'Daye (8 goals)
2003

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

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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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Jaish Syria 3–3 (a) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 2–2 1–1
Al-Aqsa SC State of Palestine 3–4 Iraq Al-Zawra'a 1–3 2–1
Olympic Beirut Lebanon 2–2 (a) Jordan Al-Wehdat 1–2 1–0
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 1–3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 1–2 0–1
Riffa SC Bahrain 4–4 (a) Kuwait Kuwait SC 4–2 0–2
Al-Nasr Oman 3–4 Jordan Al-Faisaly 2–0 1–4
Al-Ittihad Aleppo Syria 0–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 0–0 0–2
Shaab Ibb Yemen 2–5 Iraq Al-Talaba 1–1 1–4

Zone Africa

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

Second round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HIL AHL ZSC WEH
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 14 3–0 3–0 2–0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11 1–1 2–2 2–1
Iraq Al-Zawra'a 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 0–0 1–3 3–0
Jordan Al-Wehdat 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1 0–1 0–1 2–2
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ITT TSC KSC FAI
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 0–0 3–1 3–0
Iraq Al-Talaba 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 0–0 2–1 2–0
Kuwait Kuwait SC 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7 0–1 2–2 5–1
Jordan Al-Faisaly 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 0–0 1–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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

Group D

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

Group stage

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Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSS ISC AHL ITT
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 3 3 0 12 4 +8 12 4–0 1–1 2–1
Egypt Al-Ismaily 6 2 2 2 7 12 −5 8 0–3 1–0 1–0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 6 1 4 1 9 9 0 7 1–1 3–3 1–1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 6 0 3 3 7 10 −3 3 1–1 2–2 2–3
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HIL ZSC TSC AHL
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 2–0 1–0
Egypt Zamalek SC 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 1–1 2–0
Iraq Al-Talaba 4 1 0 3 4 6 −2 3 3–1 1–2
Egypt Al Ahly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–0
Source: [citation needed]

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

Knock-out stage

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Knock-out stage held in Beirut, Lebanon.

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

Semifinals

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Zamalek SC Egypt0–2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Ba 18'
N'Daye 85'

CS Sfaxien Tunisia2–1Egypt Zamalek SC
Ba 85'
N'Daye 90+17'
Ali 35'

Third place match

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Final

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Winners

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2003–04 Arab Champions League
Tunisia
CS Sfaxien
Second title
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