2003–04 Arab Champions League

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 Champions Cup and Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs. 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.	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.	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 Omdurman	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
Mouloudia d'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
Al-Hilal	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14
Al-Ahli Jeddah	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11
Al-Zawra'a	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
Al-Wehdat	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1

	AHL	HIL	WEH	ZSC
Al-Ahli Jeddah	—	1–1	2–1	2–2
Al-Hilal	3–0	—	2–0	3–0
Al-Wehdat	0–1	0–1	—	2–2
Al-Zawra'a	1–3	0–0	3–0	—

Group B

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

	FAI	ITT	TSC	KSC
Al-Faisaly	—	0–0	1–2	0–1
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	3–0	—	0–0	3–1
Al-Talaba	2–0	0–0	—	2–1
Kuwait SC	5–1	0–1	2–2	—

Group C

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

	CSS	EST	USMB	ZSC
CS Sfaxien	—	0–1	1–0	1–3
Espérance de Tunis	1–3	—	2–1	1–2
USM Blida	2–2	0–5	—	0–2
Zamalek SC	0–2	3–0	1–1	—

Group D

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

	AHL	ISC	ESS	NAHD
Al Ahly	—	1–0	0–0	1–1
Al-Ismaily	4–0	—	2–2	1–0
Étoile du Sahel	0–0	1–1	—	2–0
NA Hussein Dey	0–1	0–0	1–0	—

Group Stage

Group 1

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

	AHL	ISC	ITT	CSS
Al-Ahli Jeddah	—	3–3	1–1	1–1
Al-Ismaily	1–0	—	1–0	0–3
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	2–3	2–2	—	1–1
CS Sfaxien	1–1	4–0	2–1	—

Group 2

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

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

	AHL	HIL	TSC	ZSC
Al Ahly	—	0–0	—	—
Al-Hilal	—	—	1–0	2–0
Al-Talaba	—	3–1	—	1–2
Zamalek SC	—	1–1	2–0	—

Knock-out stage

Knock-out stage held in Beirut, Lebanon.

Semifinals				Final

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