# 2003–04 Arab Champions League

The 2003–04 Arab Champions League is the first edition of a new format called Arab Champions League replacing the former Arab Unified Club Championship. 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 Club | 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 |
| MC 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 | HIL | AHL | ZSC | WEH |
| Al-Hilal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 14 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Al-Zawra'a | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 3–0 |
| Al-Wehdat | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |

### Group B

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

### Group C

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

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ISC | AHL | ESS | NAHD |
| Al-Ismaily | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Al Ahly | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 9 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

## Group stage
### Group 1

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

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HIL | ZSC | TSC |
| Al-Hilal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Zamalek SC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Al-Talaba | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Al Ahly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | | |
Al Ahly withdrew after the first match of the group against Al-Hilal, the result of this match was not counted.

## Knock-out stage

Knock-out stage held in Beirut, Lebanon.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Zamalek SC | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |
| CS Sfaxien | 2 | 2 | 4 | | |
| CS Sfaxien | 2 | 2 | 4 | CS Sfaxien (p) | 0 (4) |
| | | | | El-Ismaily | 0 (3) |
| Al-Hilal | 0 | 2 | 2 | El-Ismaily | 0 (3) |
| El-Ismaily | 2 | 1 | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | Zamalek SC | 3 |
| | | | | Al-Hilal | 2 |

### Final
## Winners

* 2003–04 Arab Champions League
* CS Sfaxien Second title