2002 Arab Unified Club Championship

2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs

بطولة الاندية العربية الموحدة 2002 بطولة الأمير فيصل بن فهد للأندية العربية 2002
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	17 January – 2 February 2003
Teams	(from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ahli (Jeddah) (1st title)
Runners-up	Club Africain
Third place	Al-Ittihad
Fourth place	Stade Tunisien
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Adel Sellimi (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Talal Al-Meshal [1]
Best goalkeeper	Abdullah Al Ammami
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2002 Arab Unified Club Championship, known officially as the 2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs, was the 18th UAFA Club Cup, and the 1st since the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup were unified. The tournament was originally scheduled for 18 – 31 August 2002 in Morocco, hosted by MAS Fez. it was then postponed to 17 January – 2 February 2003, to be held in Fez and Casablanca, and finally moved to Jeddah.

Preliminary stage

Main article: 2002 Arab Unified Club Championship preliminary stage

Final stage

WA Casablanca enter as Moroccan club chosen by organisers in October, but could not enter the Jeddah tournament; they were replaced by Al-Ittihad Jeddah as second club of the host country.
Palestine representatives Al-Aqsa SC had to withdraw due to the Israeli government restricting the freedom of movement of Palestines in the occupied territories.

First round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10	6
Al-Qadsia	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Al-Wahda	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

17 January 2003

Al-Ittihad	4 – 1	Al-Qadsia
Noor 19' Sérgio 38' Landomar 54' (pen.) Idris 65'		Al Enezi 52' (pen.)

Jeddah

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19 January 2003

Al-Qadsia	2 – 1	Al-Wahda
Al Beloushi 53', 66'		Al-Shahmeh 85'

Jeddah

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21 January 2003

Al-Ittihad	7 – 0	Al-Wahda
Landomar 29' (pen.) Al-Eissa 45' Noor 63' Sérgio 80', 83', 90+2' Idris 90'

Jeddah

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Stade Tunisien	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
Olympic Azzaweya	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Al-Merrikh	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

17 January 2003

Stade Tunisien	0 – 0	Olympic Azzaweya

Jeddah

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19 January 2003

Olympic Azzaweya	2 – 0	Al-Merrikh
Al-Subai 14', 55'

Jeddah

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21 January 2003

Stade Tunisien	4 – 1	Al-Merrikh
Sellami 14' Andai 45' Salhi 78' Selliti 90'		Jundi Numairi 61'

Jeddah

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
MAS Fez	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10	6
Al-Ahli Manama	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Al-Aqsa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

18 January 2003

MAS Fez	3 – 0	Al-Ahli Manama
Hassi 50', 75' Boulissi 90'

Jeddah

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22 January 2003

Al-Ahli Manama	0 – 2	MAS Fez
		Hassi 12' (pen.) Kamatcho 78'

Jeddah

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahli	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Club Africain	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
Shabab Al-Hussein	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

18 January 2003

Al-Ahli	4 – 0	Shabab Al-Hussein
Badra 63' (pen.) Al-Gizani 73' Al-Meshal 75' Al-Jahdali 85'

Jeddah

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20 January 2003

Shabab Al-Hussein	0 – 3	Club Africain
		El Taib 34', 82' Sellimi 85'

Jeddah

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22 January 2003

Al-Ahli	2 – 0	Club Africain
Al-Meshal 70' El Moubarki 78' (pen.)

Jeddah

Second round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Stade Tunisien	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Al-Qadsia	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Olympic Azzaweya	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

24 January 2003

Al-Ittihad	0 – 0	Olympic Azzaweya

Jeddah

24 January 2003

Stade Tunisien	5 – 3	Al-Qadsia
Jaballah 4' Selliti 33' Sellami 42' Daassi 86' Andai 90'		Neda 31' Amrane 56' Saleh 74'

Jeddah

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26 January 2003

Al-Ittihad	3 – 1	Al-Qadsia
T. Camara 46', 51', 66'		Al-Saqer 26'

Jeddah

26 January 2003

Stade Tunisien	1 – 1	Olympic Azzaweya
Ayari 46'		Al-Zawi 62'

Jeddah

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29 January 2003

Al-Qadsia	1 – 0	Olympic Azzaweya
Naser 33'

Jeddah

29 January 2003

Al-Ittihad	1 – 0	Stade Tunisien
Sérgio 15'

Jeddah

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahli	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Club Africain	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
MAS Fez	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
Al-Ahli Manama	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

25 January 2003

MAS Fez	1 – 4	Club Africain
Nasri 64'		Sellimi 6', 61' Daye 11' Bouzaiene 28'

Jeddah

25 January 2003

Al-Ahli	2 – 1	Al-Ahli Manama
El Moubarki 32' Al-Gizani 90+1'		Al-Hejeiri 45'

Jeddah

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27 January 2003

MAS Fez	1 – 1	Al-Ahli Manama
Lahrach 2'		Sangoor 38'

Jeddah

27 January 2003

Al-Ahli	3 – 0	Club Africain
Al-Jahdali 26' Al-Shahri 31' Barakat 77'

Jeddah

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30 January 2003

Al-Ahli Manama	0 – 5	Club Africain
		Khalfaoui 15' Bouzaiene 47' Fathalli 59', 90' El Taib 80'

Jeddah

30 January 2003

MAS Fez	1 – 3	Al-Ahli
Lahrach 39'		Al-Gizani 24', 35' Al-Mohammedi 83'

Jeddah

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 July 2003 - Cairo
	Ittihad	2
					20 July 2003 - Cairo
	Club Africain	4
					Al-Ahli	1
	18 July 2003 - Cairo
					Club Africain	0
	Al-Ahli	2
	Stade Tunisien	1

Semifinals

1 February 2003

Al-Ittihad	2 – 4	Club Africain
Zaalani 16' (o.g.) Al-Otaibi 90'		Khalfaoui 7' Fathalli 42' Sellimi 55', 60'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

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1 February 2003

Al-Ahli	2 – 1	Stade Tunisien
Al-Meshal 5' El Moubarki 21'		Daassi 71'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Third place match

3 February 2003

Al-Ittihad	Not played	Stade Tunisien

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Third place match not played, Al-Ittihad awarded third place.

Final

Main article: 2002 Arab Unified Club Championship Final

3 February 2003

Al-Ahli	1 – 0	Club Africain
Barakat 67'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 27,000

Winners

2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
Al-Ahli First title

References

1. "طلال وبركات أفضل النجوم العرب".

External links

• Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs 2003 (1st tournament) - rsssf.com