2003 CAF Champions League

Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	16 February – 12 December
Teams	41 (from 40 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Enyimba (1st title)
Runners-up	Ismaily
Tournament statistics
Matches played	84
Goals scored	227 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dramane Traoré (8 goals)
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The 2003 CAF Champions League was the 39th of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Enyimba of Nigeria defeated Ismaily of Egypt in the final to win their first title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wallidan FC	1–0	Dragons de l'Ouémé	1–0	0–0
FC Nouadhibou	2–2 (a)	AS Niamey	2–1	0–1
Sony Elá Nguema	0–1	AS Douanes	0–0	0–1
SC Villa	4–2	Muzinga	4–1	0–1
Saint-George SA	2–3	Rayon Sport	1–3	1–0
AS ADEMA	1–3	SS Saint-Louisienne	1–0	0–3
Red Sea FC	2–2 (3-4 p)	Nzoia Sugar	2–0	0–2
Simba SC	4–1	BDF XI	1–0	3–1
La Passe FC	1–2	AS Port-Louis 2000	1–0	0–2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	3–2	Wallidan FC	2–0	1–2
Stade Malien	2–2 (a)	AS Police	1–0	1–2
Canon Yaoundé	5–4	Al-Merrikh	5–0	0–4
FC Lupopo	3–1	USM Libreville	0–1	3–0
ASEC Mimosas	5–2	AS Niamey	3–0	2–2
Hassania Agadir	0–0 (5-4 p)	Al Ittihad Tripoli	0–0	0–0
Hearts of Oak	4–1	AS Douanes	1–0	3–1
ASA	3–2	SC Villa	1–2	2–0
Jeanne d'Arc	2–1	ASFA Yennenga	2–0	0–1
Enyimba	8–2	Satellite FC	3–0	5–2
ES Tunis	7–2	Rayon Sport	5–0	2–2
Highlanders FC	4–2	SS Saint-Louisienne	3–1	1–1
Zamalek	7–1	Nzoia Sugar	3–0	4–1
Santos	0–0 (8-9 p)	Simba SC	0–0	0–0
Ismaily	1–0	Zanaco FC	1–0	0–0
Ferroviário de Maputo	2–2 (1-3 p)	AS Port-Louis	2–0	0–2

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Malien	1–3	USM Alger	1–1	0–2
FC Lupopo	1–3	Canon Yaoundé	0–0	1–3
Hassania Agadir	0–1	ASEC Mimosas	0–0	0–1
ASA	3–2	Hearts of Oak	3–0	0–2
Enyimba	4–0	Jeanne d'Arc	4–0	0–0
Highlanders FC	1–7	ES Tunis	1–1	0–6
Simba SC	1–1 (3-2 p)	Zamalek	1–0	0–1
AS Port-Louis	0–7	Ismaily	0–1	0–6

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ENY	ISM	SIM	ASEC
1	Enyimba	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12	Advance to knockout stage		—
2	Ismaily	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	11				—
3	Simba SC	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7					—
4	ASEC Mimosas	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4						—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	USM	CAN	ASA
1	ES Tunis	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14	Advance to knockout stage		—
2	USM Alger	6	3	0	3	7	4	+3	9				—
3	Canon Yaoundé	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7					—
4	ASA	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	4						—

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Final
		USM Alger	1	1	2
		Enyimba	1	2	3
									Enyimba	2	0	2
									Ismaily	0	1	1
		Ismaily	3	3	6
		ES Tunis	1	1	2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	2–3	Enyimba	1–1	1–2
Ismaily	6–2	ES Tunis	3–1	3–1

Final

30 November 2003

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Enyimba	2–0	Ismaily
Nwanna 28' Anumnu 49'	Report

Enyimba International Stadium, Aba

Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)

12 December 2003

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Ismaily	1–0	Enyimba
Abd Rabo 27' (pen.)	(Report)

Ismailia Stadium, Ismaïlia

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2003 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Dramane Traoré	Ismaily	8
2	Ndidi Anumudu	Enyimba	7
3	Joetex Asamoah Frimpong	Enyimba	6
4	Mohamed Mohsen Abo Gresha	Ismaily	5
	Mourad Melki	ES Tunis
6	Ibrahim Diaky	ES Tunis	4
	Skander Souayah	ES Tunis
8	Billel Dziri	USM Alger	3
	Moncef Ouichaoui	USM Alger
	Marcus Mokaké	Canon Yaoundé
	Tia Mabea	ASEC Mimosas
	Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha	Ismaily
	Abdel Halim Ali	Zamalek
	David Tyavkase	Enyimba
	Mouritala Ogunbiyi	Enyimba
	Abdulaziz Hunter	Rayon Sport
	Haitham Al Rasheed	Al-Merrikh
	Ali Zitouni	ES Tunis