2002–03 AFC Champions League

The 2002–03 AFC Champions League was the twenty-second edition of Asia's premier football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and the first edition under the AFC Champions League title.

Sixteen teams competed in this edition as they went through qualifying before going into four groups of four with only the winner of the group qualifying to the knockout-stage which went to two-legs instead of the single leg that the previous year competition had.

Teams

Qualification Round

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Fourth qualifying round

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Matches

BEC Tero Sasana won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Al-Ain won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

Matches

Al-Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Notes

External links

• AFC Champions League 2002/03
• AFC Champions League 2002/03 - Final stage