2003 African Cup Winners' Cup

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2003 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates16 February - 7 December 2003
Teams36 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel (2nd title)
Runners-upNigeria Julius Berger
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored164 (2.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Ogochukwu Obiakor,
Rwanda Olivier Karekezi,
Rwanda Jean Lomami (5)
2002

The 2003 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Étoile Sportive du Sahel in two-legged final victory against Julius Berger (now Bridge Boys F.C.). Étoile Sportive du Sahel never had the opportunity to defend their title as the African Cup Winners' Cup was merged with CAF Cup the following season into CAF Confederation Cup.

Thirty-six sides entered the competition. It was the first season when the CAF started to take disciplinary actions against teams withdrawing from the competition by banning them for three years. These actions were taken against Masvingo United from Zimbabwe who withdrew before the first leg of the preliminary round and JS Pobè from Benin who failed to show for their first leg match of the first round. Tanzania was not represented by JKT Ruvu Stars after the Tanzania Football Federation failed to confirm participation to CAF, while Liberian side Mighty Blue Angles were disqualified following failure to meet the deadline for submitting players' licenses. No disciplinary actions were taken against either team.

Preliminary round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anse Réunion Seychelles w.o. Zimbabwe Masvingo United
Olympique de Moka Mauritius 3–2 Madagascar AS Fortior 3–1 0–1
RLDF Lesotho 3–7 South Africa Jomo Cosmos 2–2 1–5
JS Pobè Benin 2–0 Niger Akokana 1–0 1–0

Tanzania Tanzania was not represented by JKT Ruvu Stars after the Tanzanian Football Federation failed to confirm participation to CAF

First leg[edit]

Anse Réunion SeychellesW.O.Zimbabwe Masvingo United

Masvingo United withdrew before 1st leg and were subsequently banned for 3 years by CAF




Second leg[edit]

Olympique de Moka won 3-2 on aggregate


Jomo Cosmos won 7-3 on aggregate


JS Pobè won 2-0 on aggregate

First round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya Pipeline Kenya 3–3 (9–8 p) Seychelles Anse Réunion 2-1 1-2
Olympique de Moka Mauritius 1-3 Zambia Power Dynamos 1-3 0-0
Mount Cameroon Cameroon 2-1 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui FC 2-0 0-1
Asante Kotoko Ghana w.o. Liberia Mighty Blue Angels
US Kenya Democratic Republic of the Congo 2-9 Rwanda APR FC 2-1 0-8
Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 2-1 Angola Petro de Luanda 1-0 1-1
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 3-2 Togo Dynamic Togolais 1-1 2-1
MAS Fès Morocco 2-3 Guinea Hafia FC 2-0 0-3
WA Tlemcen Algeria 2-2 (a) Libya Al Hilal (Benghazi) 2-1 0-1
Wydad AC Morocco 2-0 Mauritania ASC Nasr 2-0 0-0
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 4-1 Uganda Police FC 4-1 0-0
Medhin Ethiopia 0-4 Sudan Al-Hilal Club 0-2 0-2
Costa do Sol Mozambique 4-0 South Africa Jomo Cosmos 1-0 3-0
Julius Berger Nigeria 8-0 Gabon JS Libreville 4-0 4-0
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia w.o. Benin JS Pobè
AS Douanes (Dakar) Senegal 0-3 Mali Cercle Olympique de Bamako 0-2 0-1

First leg[edit]


Match played in Kinshasa as Lubumbashi pitch (Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba) considered into too poor condition







Étoile Sportive du Sahel TunisiaW.O.Benin JS Pobè

JS Pobè did not show for the match and was subsequently banned for 3 years by CAF




Asante Kotoko GhanaW.O.Liberia Mighty Blue Angels

Mighty Blue Angles disqualified following failure to meet dead-line for submitting players' licenses






Second leg[edit]

ASC Nasr Mauritania0-0Morocco Wydad AC

Wydad Casablanca won 2-0 on aggregate


Baladeyet El Mahalla won 4-1 on aggregate


Kenya Pipeline 3-3 Anse Réunion. Kenya Pipeline won 9-8 on PSO


Power Dynamos won 3-1 on aggregate


Africa Sports won 3-2 on aggregate


Hafia FC won 3-2 on aggregate


Al Hilal (Benghazi) 2-2 WA Tlemcen on aggregate. Al Hilal (Benghazi) won on away goals (1-2)


Mount Cameroon won 2-1 on aggregate


APR FC won 9-2 on aggregate


Étoile du Congo won 2-1 on aggregate


Al Hilal (Omdurman) won 4-0 on aggregate


Julius Berger won 8-0 on aggregate


Cercle Olympique de Bamako won 3-0 on aggregate

Second round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya Pipeline Kenya 0-3 Zambia Power Dynamos 0-2 0-1
Mount Cameroon Cameroon 4-5 Ghana Asante Kotoko 2-2 2-3
APR FC Rwanda 5-1 Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo 3-0 2-1
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 3-2 Guinea Hafia FC 1-2 2-0
Al Hilal (Benghazi) Libya 2-6 Morocco Wydad AC 2-2 0-4
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 4-2 Sudan Al-Hilal Club 4-2 0-0
Costa do Sol Mozambique 2-4 Nigeria Julius Berger 1-1 1-3
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 4-2 Mali Cercle Olympique de Bamako 4-0 0-2

First leg[edit]






Africa Sports Ivory Coast1 – 2Guinea Hafia FC
Didi Gnepa 71' Ousmane Touré 45'
Amadou Diallo 47'


Second leg[edit]

Africa Sports won 3-2 on aggregate


Baladeyet El Mahalla won 4-2 on aggregate


Power Dynamos won 3-0 on aggregate


Julius Berger won 4-2 on aggregate


Asante Kotoko won 5-4 on aggregate


APR FC won 5-1 on aggregate


Wydad Casablanca won 6-2 on aggregate


Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 4-2 on aggregate

Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 1–3 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 0–1 1–2
Power Dynamos Zambia 2–2 (a) Morocco Wydad AC 2–1 0–1
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2–2 (a) Rwanda APR FC 2–1 0–1
Baladeyet El Mahalla Egypt 2–4 Nigeria Julius Berger 1–1 1–3

First leg[edit]




Second leg[edit]

Julius Berger won 4-2 on aggregate


Wydad Casablanca 2-2 Power Dynamos on aggregate. Wydad Casablanca won on away goals (1-2)


Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 3-1 on aggregate


APR FC 2-2 Asante Kotoko. APR FC won on away goals (1-2)

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 3–0 Morocco Wydad AC 2–0 1–0
Julius Berger Nigeria 3–2 Rwanda APR FC 3–0 0–2

First leg[edit]


Second leg[edit]

APR FC Rwanda2 – 0Nigeria Julius Berger
Jimmy Mulisa 15', 48'

Julius Berger won 3-2 on aggregate


Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 3-0 on aggregate

Final[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Julius Berger Nigeria 2–3 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2–0 0–3

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

BBC reported first goal as scored by Ibrahima Koné
Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 3-2 on aggregate

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