# 2003 CAF Champions League

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

* Key to colours in group tables
* Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage | | — | | |
| 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage | | — | | |
| 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 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| USM Alger | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Enyimba | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Enyimba | 1 | 2 | 3 | Enyimba | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | Ismaily | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ismaily | 3 | 3 | 6 | Ismaily | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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
## 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 |
| 4 | Mourad Melki | ES Tunis | 5 |
| 6 | Ibrahim Diaky | ES Tunis | 4 |
| 6 | Skander Souayah | ES Tunis | 4 |
| 8 | Billel Dziri | USM Alger | 3 |
| 8 | Moncef Ouichaoui | USM Alger | 3 |
| 8 | Marcus Mokaké | Canon Yaoundé | 3 |
| 8 | Tia Mabea | ASEC Mimosas | 3 |
| 8 | Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha | Ismaily | 3 |
| 8 | Abdel Halim Ali | Zamalek | 3 |
| 8 | David Tyavkase | Enyimba | 3 |
| 8 | Mouritala Ogunbiyi | Enyimba | 3 |
| 8 | Abdulaziz Hunter | Rayon Sport | 3 |
| 8 | Haitham Al Rasheed | Al-Merrikh | 3 |
| 8 | Ali Zitouni | ES Tunis | 3 |