The 2003 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2003 ACC was the first edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.ASEAN Club Championship 2003. www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 25 January 2019. It was held in Indonesia, whereas originally it was to be hosted by Vietnam.
East Bengal from India, who were an invited club, were crowned the inaugural champions. It was only time that a non-ASEAN side had won the title.
Association team allocation Participation for 2003 ACC Participating ASEAN member Invited nation
Football associationGroup stage Indonesia2 Malaysia1 Thailand1 Vietnam1 Singapore1 Brunei1 Cambodia1 Myanmar1 Laos1 Philippines1 India1
Teams
TeamQualification Petrokimia PutraLiga Indonesia 2002 champions (Hosts) Samart UnitedCambodian League 2002 champions Finance and RevenueMyanmar Premier League 2002 champions Perak2002 Malaysian Premier 1 League champions Singapore Armed ForcesS. League 2002 champions DPMM FCBrunei Premier League 2002 champions Persita TangerangLiga Indonesia 2002 runners-up Hoàng Anh Gia Lai2003 V-League champions MCTPCLao League 2002 champions BEC Tero Sasana2001–02 Thai League champions Philippine ArmyPhilippines National Football League 2002 champions East BengalNational Football League 2002–03 champions (Invited club)
Invited club
Notes
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semifinals
3rd place playoff
Final
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Baichung Bhutia East Bengal 92 Frank Seator Perak 53 Zaenal Arief Persita Tangerang 4 Therdsak Chaiman BEC Tero Sasana5 Rivaldo Costa Petrokimia Putra 3 Jaenal Ichwan Petrokimia Putra7 Wuttiya Yongant BEC Tero Sasana 2 Jatupong Thongsuk BEC Tero Sasana Danilo Fernando Petrokimia Putra Jeyakanth Jeyapal Singapore Armed Forces Ilham Jaya Kesuma Persita Tangerang Kiatisuk Senamuang Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
References