2002 Arab Unified Club Championship

2002 Arab Unified Club Championship, known officially as the 2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs, was the 18th UAFA Club Cup, and the 1st since the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup were unified. The tournament was originally scheduled for 18 – 31 August 2002 in Morocco, hosted by MAS Fez. it was then postponed to 17 January – 2 February 2003, to be held in Fez and Casablanca, and finally moved to Jeddah.

2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
بطولة الاندية العربية الموحدة 2002
بطولة الأمير فيصل بن فهد للأندية العربية 2002
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates17 January – 2 February 2003
Teams (from 1 association)
Final positions
ChampionsSaudi Arabia Al-Ahli (Jeddah) (1st title)
Runners-upTunisia Club Africain
Third placeSaudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Fourth placeTunisia Stade Tunisien
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Tunisia Adel Sellimi
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Talal Al-Meshal[1]
Best goalkeeperLibya Abdullah Al Ammami
2001
2003

Preliminary stage

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Final stage

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WA Casablanca enter as Moroccan club chosen by organisers in October, but could not enter the Jeddah tournament; they were replaced by Al-Ittihad Jeddah as second club of the host country.
Palestine representatives Al-Aqsa SC had to withdraw due to the Israeli government restricting the freedom of movement of Palestines in the occupied territories.

First round

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Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ittihad 2 2 0 0 11 1 10 6
  Al-Qadsia 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
  Al-Wahda 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ittihad  4 – 1  Al-Qadsia
Noor   19'
Sérgio   38'
Landomar   54' (pen.)
Idris   65'
Al Enezi   52' (pen.)

Al-Qadsia  2 – 1  Al-Wahda
Al Beloushi   53', 66' Al-Shahmeh   85'

Al-Ittihad  7 – 0  Al-Wahda
Landomar   29' (pen.)
Al-Eissa   45'
Noor   63'
Sérgio   80', 83', 90 2'
Idris   90'

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Stade Tunisien 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 4
  Olympic Azzaweya 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
  Al-Merrikh 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Stade Tunisien  0 – 0  Olympic Azzaweya

Olympic Azzaweya  2 – 0  Al-Merrikh
Al-Subai   14', 55'

Stade Tunisien  4 – 1  Al-Merrikh
Sellami   14'
Andai   45'
Salhi   78'
Selliti   90'
Jundi Numairi   61'

Group 3

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  MAS Fez 2 2 0 0 11 1 10 6
  Al-Ahli Manama 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
  Al-Aqsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
MAS Fez  3 – 0  Al-Ahli Manama
Hassi   50', 75'
Boulissi   90'

Al-Ahli Manama  0 – 2  MAS Fez
Hassi   12' (pen.)
Kamatcho   78'

Group 4

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ahli 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 6
  Club Africain 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
  Shabab Al-Hussein 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ahli  4 – 0  Shabab Al-Hussein
Badra   63' (pen.)
Al-Gizani   73'
Al-Meshal   75'
Al-Jahdali   85'

Shabab Al-Hussein  0 – 3  Club Africain
El Taib   34', 82'
Sellimi   85'

Al-Ahli  2 – 0  Club Africain
Al-Meshal   70'
El Moubarki   78' (pen.)

Second round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ittihad 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7
  Stade Tunisien 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 4
  Al-Qadsia 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
  Olympic Azzaweya 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ittihad  0 – 0  Olympic Azzaweya
Stade Tunisien  5 – 3  Al-Qadsia
Jaballah   4'
Selliti   33'
Sellami   42'
Daassi   86'
Andai   90'
Neda   31'
Amrane   56'
Saleh   74'

Al-Ittihad  3 – 1  Al-Qadsia
T. Camara   46', 51', 66' Al-Saqer   26'
Stade Tunisien  1 – 1  Olympic Azzaweya
Ayari   46' Al-Zawi   62'

Al-Qadsia  1 – 0  Olympic Azzaweya
Naser   33'
Al-Ittihad  1 – 0  Stade Tunisien
Sérgio   15'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ahli 3 3 0 0 8 2 6 9
  Club Africain 3 2 0 1 9 4 5 6
  MAS Fez 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
  Al-Ahli Manama 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
MAS Fez  1 – 4  Club Africain
Nasri   64' Sellimi   6', 61'
Daye   11'
Bouzaiene   28'
Al-Ahli  2 – 1  Al-Ahli Manama
El Moubarki   32'
Al-Gizani   90 1'
Al-Hejeiri   45'

MAS Fez  1 – 1  Al-Ahli Manama
Lahrach   2' Sangoor   38'
Al-Ahli  3 – 0  Club Africain
Al-Jahdali   26'
Al-Shahri   31'
Barakat   77'

Al-Ahli Manama  0 – 5  Club Africain
Khalfaoui   15'
Bouzaiene   47'
Fathalli   59', 90'
El Taib   80'
MAS Fez  1 – 3  Al-Ahli
Lahrach   39' Al-Gizani   24', 35'
Al-Mohammedi   83'

Knock-out stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 July 2003 - Cairo
 
 
  Ittihad 2
 
20 July 2003 - Cairo
 
  Club Africain 4
 
  Al-Ahli 1
 
18 July 2003 - Cairo
 
  Club Africain 0
 
  Al-Ahli 2
 
 
  Stade Tunisien 1
 

Semifinals

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Al-Ittihad  2 – 4  Club Africain
Zaalani   16' (o.g.)
Al-Otaibi   90'
Khalfaoui   7'
Fathalli   42'
Sellimi   55', 60'

Third place match

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Third place match not played, Al-Ittihad awarded third place.

Final

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Al-Ahli  1 – 0  Club Africain
Barakat   67'

Winners

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2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
 
Al-Ahli
First title

References

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  1. ^ "طلال وبركات أفضل النجوم العرب".
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