# 2003 ASEAN Club Championship

The 2003 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2003 ACC was the first edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, a friendly international football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation. It was held at Indonesia. East Bengal from India who were an invitee were crowned the inaugural champions. It was only time that a non ASEAN side had won the title. Originally, the championship was to be hosted by Vietnam.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Petrokimia Putra | Liga Indonesia 2002 champions (Hosts) |
| Samart United | Cambodian League 2002 champions |
| Finance and Revenue | Myanmar Premier League 2002 champions |
| Perak | 2002 Malaysian Premier 1 League champions |
| Singapore Armed Forces | S. League 2002 champions |
| DPMM FC | Brunei Premier League 2002 champions |
| Persita Tangerang | Liga Indonesia 2002 runners-up |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | V-League 2001–02 |
| MCTPC | Lao League 2002 champions |
| BEC Tero Sasana | 2001–02 Thai League champions |
| Philippine Army | Philippines National Football League 2002 champions |
| East Bengal | National Football League 2002–03 champions (Invitee) |

## Group stage

* Matchday dates are: 13–26 July 2003
* Group winners and runners-up qualify for quarter-finals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Petrokimia Putra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| Samart United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
* (Finance and Revenue withdrew from the competition without playing a single match).

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Perak | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| Singapore Armed Forces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| DPMM FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Persita Tangerang | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MCTPC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| BEC Tero Sasana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| East Bengal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 |
| Philippine Army | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | | Final | Final |
| 20 July 2003 | 20 July 2003 | | | |
| Petrokimia Putra (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | |
| Petrokimia Putra (a.e.t.) | 3 | 24 July 2003 | 24 July 2003 | | |
| Singapore AF | 2 | 24 July 2003 | 24 July 2003 | |
| Singapore AF | 2 | Petrokimia Putra | 1 (6) | |
| 21 July 2003 | 21 July 2003 | | Petrokimia Putra | 1 (6) | |
| 21 July 2003 | 21 July 2003 | East Bengal | 1 (7) | |
| Persita Tangerang | 1 | East Bengal | 1 (7) | |
| Persita Tangerang | 1 | | | | 26 July 2003 | 26 July 2003 |
| East Bengal | 2 | | | | 26 July 2003 | 26 July 2003 |
| East Bengal | 2 | | | | East Bengal | 3 |
| 20 July 2003 | 20 July 2003 | | | | | East Bengal | 3 |
| 20 July 2003 | 20 July 2003 | | | | BEC Tero Sasana | 1 |
| Perak | 2 | | | | BEC Tero Sasana | 1 |
| Perak | 2 | 24 July 2003 | 24 July 2003 | | | |
| Samart United | 0 | 24 July 2003 | 24 July 2003 | | | |
| Samart United | 0 | Perak | 1 | | | |
| 21 July 2003 | 21 July 2003 | | Perak | 1 | | | |
| 21 July 2003 | 21 July 2003 | BEC Tero Sasana | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| BEC Tero Sasana | 2 | BEC Tero Sasana | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| BEC Tero Sasana | 2 | | | | 26 July 2003 | 26 July 2003 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 1 | | | | 26 July 2003 | 26 July 2003 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 1 | | | | Petrokimia Putra | 3 |
| | | | | | Perak | 0 |

### Final
## Top scorers

| Player | Club | Goals |
| Baichung Bhutia | East Bengal | 9 |
| Frank Seator | Perak | 5 |
| Zaenal Arief | Persita Tangerang | 4 |
| Therdsak Chaiman | BEC Tero Sasana | 4 |
| Rivaldo Costa | Petrokimia Putra | 3 |
| Jaenal Ichwan | Petrokimia Putra | 3 |
| Wuttiya Yongant | BEC Tero Sasana | 2 |
| Jatupong Thongsuk | BEC Tero Sasana | 2 |
| Danilo Fernando | Petrokimia Putra | 2 |
| Jeyakanth Jeyapal | Singapore Armed Forces | 2 |
| Ilham Jaya Kesuma | Persita Tangerang | 2 |
| Kiatisuk Senamuang | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2 |
| Bijen Singh | East Bengal | 1 |
| Mike Okoro | East Bengal | 1 |
| Alvito D'Cunha | East Bengal | 1 |
| Anucha Kitpongsri | BEC Tero Sasana | 1 |
| Panai Kongprapun | BEC Tero Sasana | 1 |
| Aris Budi Prasetyo | Petrokimia Putra | 1 |
| Indra Putra Mahayuddin | Perak | 1 |
| Syamsul Saad | Perak | 1 |
| Harizul Izuan Rani | Perak | 1 |
| Nenad Bacina | Singapore Armed Forces | 1 |
| Anthony Jommah Ballah | Persita Tangerang | 1 |
| Deddy Djunaidi | Persita Tangerang | 1 |
| Nguyễn Minh Hải | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 1 |
| Lê Quốc Vượng | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 1 |
| Oleseye Ajayi | DPMM | 1 |
| Hairoddin Abdullah | DPMM | 1 |
| Bounlap Khenkitisack | MCTPC | 1 |
| Vanhnaseng Nakhady | MCTPC | 1 |