2003 African Cup Winners' Cup

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.

2003 African Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	16 February - 7 December 2003
Teams	36 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Étoile Sportive du Sahel (2nd title)
Runners-up	Julius Berger
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	164 (2.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ogochukwu Obiakor, Olivier Karekezi, Jean Lomami (5)
← 2002

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anse Réunion	w.o.	Masvingo United
Olympique de Moka	3–2	AS Fortior	3–1	0–1
RLDF	3–7	Jomo Cosmos	2–2	1–5
JS Pobè	2–0	Akokana	1–0	1–0

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

First leg

16 February 2003

Anse Réunion	W.O.	Masvingo United

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

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16 February 2003

Olympique de Moka	3-1	AS Fortior
James Pierre-Louis 27', 65' Mike Jocelyn 53'		Rodson Dedy Tojosoa 45'

Quartier Militaire Stadium, Quartier Militaire

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16 February 2003

RLDF	2-2	Jomo Cosmos
Maliehe Lesoetsia 30' Seabata Ranchibe 36'		Patrick Tshisikane 21' Tico-Tico 64'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

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16 February 2003

JS Pobè	1-0	Akokana
Bana Johnson 42'

Jean-Pierre Gascon Stadium, Pobè

Second leg

2 March 2003

AS Fortior	1-0	Olympique de Moka
Romuald 80'

Barikadimy Stadium, Toamasina

Olympique de Moka won 3-2 on aggregate

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2 March 2003

Jomo Cosmos	5-1	RLDF
Tico-Tico 13', 30', 45' Essau Kanyenda 22' Percy Tshepo Malesa 86'		Dire Phiri 71'

Rand Stadium, Johannesburg

Jomo Cosmos won 7-3 on aggregate

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2 March 2003

Akokana	0-1	JS Pobè
		Bana Johnson 44'

Stade d'Arlit, Arlit

JS Pobè won 2-0 on aggregate

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kenya Pipeline	3–3 (9–8 p)	Anse Réunion	2-1	1-2
Olympique de Moka	1-3	Power Dynamos	1-3	0-0
Mount Cameroon	2-1	Akonangui FC	2-0	0-1
Asante Kotoko	w.o.	Mighty Blue Angels
US Kenya	2-9	APR FC	2-1	0-8
Étoile du Congo	2-1	Petro de Luanda	1-0	1-1
Africa Sports	3-2	Dynamic Togolais	1-1	2-1
MAS Fès	2-3	Hafia FC	2-0	0-3
WA Tlemcen	2-2 (a)	Al Hilal (Benghazi)	2-1	0-1
Wydad AC	2-0	ASC Nasr	2-0	0-0
Baladeyet El Mahalla	4-1	Police FC	4-1	0-0
Medhin	0-4	Al-Hilal Club	0-2	0-2
Costa do Sol	4-0	Jomo Cosmos	1-0	3-0
Julius Berger	8-0	JS Libreville	4-0	4-0
Étoile Sportive du Sahel	w.o.	JS Pobè
AS Douanes (Dakar)	0-3	Cercle Olympique de Bamako	0-2	0-1

First leg

12 April 2003

Kenya Pipeline	2-1	Anse Réunion
Godfrey Osama 58' McDonald Mariga 83'		Amisy Vonhavy 50'

Ruaraka Stadium, Nairobi

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12 April 2003

US Kenya	2-1	APR FC
Kayembe 46' Kabanda 70'		Jimmy Gatete 50'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

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

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12 April 2003

Africa Sports	1-1	Dynamic Togolais
Eric Dagbei 6'		Y.V.A. Michel 45'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

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12 April 2003

MAS Fès	2-0	Hafia FC
Yousef El Makboul 20' Khalid El Hirech 31'

Fez Stadium, Fes

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12 April 2003

WA Tlemcen	2-1	Al Hilal (Benghazi)
Kheireddine Kherris 52' Fares El Aouni 90+2'		Amado Diop 24'

Stade Akit Lotfi, Tlemcen

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12 April 2003

Costa do Sol	1-0	Jomo Cosmos
Bernardo Cumbe 64'

Estádio do Costa do Sol, Maputo

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12 April 2003

Julius Berger	4-0	US Bitam
Amechi Nwanze 10' Omotayo Nufutau 20' Ajibola Taiwo 43' Obinna Okafor 78'

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

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12 April 2003

Étoile Sportive du Sahel	W.O.	JS Pobè

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

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13 April 2003

Olympique de Moka	1-3	Power Dynamos
Westley Rouge 8'		Francis Kombe 28', 34' Jean Lomami 85'

Stade George V, Curepipe

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13 April 2003

Mount Cameroon	2-0	Akonangui FC
Elvis Mokake 26' Ebenezer Ache 60'

Stade de Moliko, Buea

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13 April 2003

Asante Kotoko	W.O.	Mighty Blue Angels

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

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13 April 2003

Étoile du Congo	1-0	Petro de Luanda
Patrick Lolo 46'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

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13 April 2003

Wydad AC	2-0	ASC Nasr
Mohamed Madihi ?' (pen.) Khetari ?'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

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13 April 2003

Baladeyet El Mahalla	4-1	Police FC
Mohamed Abdel Salam 10' Osama Hamed 33' Abdel-Majeed 54', 64'		Geofrey Massa ?'

El Mahalla Stadium, El Mahalla El Kubra

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13 April 2003

Medhin	0-2	Al Hilal (Omdurman)
		Alaadin Ahmed Gebril 31' Mugahid Mohamed Ahmed 73'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

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13 April 2003

AS Douanes (Dakar)	0-2	Cercle Olympique de Bamako
		Seydou Traoré 5' Amadou Diamouténé 43'

Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar

Second leg

25 April 2003

ASC Nasr	0-0	Wydad AC

Stade Sebkha, Sebkha

Wydad Casablanca won 2-0 on aggregate

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25 April 2003

Police FC	0-0	Baladeyet El Mahalla

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Baladeyet El Mahalla won 4-1 on aggregate

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26 April 2003

Anse Réunion	2-1	Kenya Pipeline
Amisy Vonhavy 54'		Jaoraveana Jocolyn 86' Godfrey Osama 90'

Stade Linité, Victoria

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

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26 April 2003

Power Dynamos	0-0	Olympique de Moka

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe

Power Dynamos won 3-1 on aggregate

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26 April 2003

Dynamic Togolais	1-2	Africa Sports
Komlan Amewou 65'		A. Douglas 26' Broud Kouadio 83'

Stade Agoè-Nyivé, Lomé

Africa Sports won 3-2 on aggregate

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26 April 2003

Hafia FC	3-0	MAS Fès
Morlaye Touré 11', 44', 60'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Hafia FC won 3-2 on aggregate

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26 April 2003

Al Hilal (Benghazi)	1-0	WA Tlemcen
Sharif Al Magani 85'

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

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

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27 April 2003

Akonangui FC	1-0	Mount Cameroon
Sergio Elibiyo 1'

Estadio La Libertad, Bata

Mount Cameroon won 2-1 on aggregate

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27 April 2003

APR FC	8-0	US Kenya
Olivier Karekezi 11', 44', 58', 65' Jimmy Gatete 26', 75' Frederic Rusangawa 75' Jimmy Mulisa 89'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

APR FC won 9-2 on aggregate

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27 April 2003

Petro de Luanda	1-1	Étoile du Congo
Flávio 8'		Pi V. Ockoly 48'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Étoile du Congo won 2-1 on aggregate

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27 April 2003

Al Hilal (Omdurman)	2-0	Medhin
Moutaz Kabir 14' Khalid Jolit 88'

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Al Hilal (Omdurman) won 4-0 on aggregate

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27 April 2003

US Bitam	0-4	Julius Berger
		Kabiru Alausa 63' Omotayo Mufutau 25', 88' Chukwuma Duru 90'

Stade Gaston Peyrille, Bitam

Julius Berger won 8-0 on aggregate

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27 April 2003

Cercle Olympique de Bamako	1-0	AS Douanes (Dakar)
Daouda Diakité 63'

Stade 26 Mars, Bamako

Cercle Olympique de Bamako won 3-0 on aggregate

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kenya Pipeline	0-3	Power Dynamos	0-2	0-1
Mount Cameroon	4-5	Asante Kotoko	2-2	2-3
APR FC	5-1	Étoile du Congo	3-0	2-1
Africa Sports	3-2	Hafia FC	1-2	2-0
Al Hilal (Benghazi)	2-6	Wydad AC	2-2	0-4
Baladeyet El Mahalla	4-2	Al-Hilal Club	4-2	0-0
Costa do Sol	2-4	Julius Berger	1-1	1-3
Étoile Sportive du Sahel	4-2	Cercle Olympique de Bamako	4-0	0-2

First leg

17 May 2003

Étoile Sportive du Sahel	4 – 0	Cercle Olympique de Bamako
Kais Zouaghi 16' Saber Trabelsi 34' Karim Haggui 44' Ogochukwu Obiakor 70'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

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17 May 2003

Kenya Pipeline	0 – 2	Power Dynamos
		Jean Lomami 64' Dears 90'

Ruaraka Stadium, Nairobi

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17 May 2003

Al Hilal (Benghazi)	2 – 2	Wydad AC
Sharif Al Magani 13' Omar Diop 59'		Mourad Erraji 41', 75'

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

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18 May 2003

Mount Cameroon	2 – 2	Asante Kotoko
Valentin Atem 33' Bessone Agbor 84'		Michael Osei 8', 17'

Stade de Moliko, Buea

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18 May 2003

APR FC	3 – 0	Étoile du Congo
Hassan Milly 13', 28' Elias Ntaganda 37'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

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18 May 2003

Africa Sports	1 – 2	Hafia FC
Didi Gnepa 71'		Ousmane Touré 45' Amadou Diallo 47'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

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18 May 2003

Baladeyet El Mahalla	4 – 2	Al Hilal (Omdurman)
Osama Hamed 43', ?' Mohamed Abdel Salam ?' Yasser Ali ?'		Haitham Mustafa 18' Moutaz Kabir 30'

El Mahalla Stadium, El Mahalla El Kubra

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18 May 2003

Costa do Sol	1 – 1	Julius Berger

Estádio do Costa do Sol, Maputo

Second leg

30 May 2003

Hafia FC	0 – 2	Africa Sports
		Ble Dagbei 36' Broud Kouadio 86'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Africa Sports won 3-2 on aggregate

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30 May 2003

Al Hilal (Omdurman)	0 – 0	Baladeyet El Mahalla

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Baladeyet El Mahalla won 4-2 on aggregate

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31 May 2003

Power Dynamos	1 – 0	Kenya Pipeline
Jean Lomami 48'

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe

Power Dynamos won 3-0 on aggregate

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31 May 2003

Julius Berger	3 – 1	Costa do Sol
Omotayo Mufutau 44' Shaibu Ishola 81', 88'		Tó 36'

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

Julius Berger won 4-2 on aggregate

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1 June 2003

Asante Kotoko	3 – 2	Mount Cameroon
Nana Arhin Duah 38' Isaac Boakye 48', 87' (pen.)		Zeh Zanga 40' Fondongbe Atem 76'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

Asante Kotoko won 5-4 on aggregate

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1 June 2003

Étoile du Congo	1 – 2	APR FC
M. Francgard 27'		Jimmy Gatete 62' Hassan Milly 72'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

APR FC won 5-1 on aggregate

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1 June 2003

Wydad AC	4 – 0	Al Hilal (Benghazi)
Jean-Jacques Gosso 9' Mourad Erraji 67', 76' Khalid Khamma 71'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Wydad Casablanca won 6-2 on aggregate

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1 June 2003

Cercle Olympique de Bamako	2 – 0	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Daouda Diakité 56' Jick Diakité 75'

Stade 26 Mars, Bamako

Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 4-2 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

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

First leg

6 September 2003

Africa Sports	0 – 1	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
		Zoubeir Baya 70'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

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6 September 2003

Power Dynamos	2 – 1	Wydad AC
Jean Lomami 16', 78'		Mohamed Madihi 88'

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe

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7 September 2003

Asante Kotoko	2 – 1	APR FC
Charles Taylor 81' Frank Osei 88'		Muhayimana Theones 11'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

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7 September 2003

Baladeyet El Mahalla	1 – 1	Julius Berger
Ayman Mashaly 56' (pen.)		Shaibu Ishola 86'

El Mahalla Stadium, El Mahalla El Kubra

Second leg

20 September 2003

Julius Berger	3 – 1	Baladeyet El Mahalla
Peter Ogbuje 40' Kabir Alausa 53' Benedict Idahor 86'		Yasser Ali 67'

Gateway Stadium, Abeokuta

Julius Berger won 4-2 on aggregate

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20 September 2003

Wydad AC	1 – 0	Power Dynamos
Guillaume Dah Zadi ?'

Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia

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

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21 September 2003

Étoile Sportive du Sahel	2 – 1	Africa Sports
Kais Zouaghi 7' Mohamed Miladi 53' (pen.)		Amon 15'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 3-1 on aggregate

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21 September 2003

APR FC	1 – 0	Asante Kotoko
Olivier Karekezi ?'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

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

Semifinals

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

First leg

4 October 2003

Julius Berger	3 – 0	APR FC
Kabiru Alausa 5', 11' Endurance Idahor 25'

Gateway Stadium, Abeokuta

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5 October 2003

Étoile Sportive du Sahel	2 – 0	Wydad AC
Mohamed Miladi 5' (pen.) Ahmed Hammi 88'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Second leg

18 October 2003

APR FC	2 – 0	Julius Berger
Jimmy Mulisa 15', 48'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

Julius Berger won 3-2 on aggregate

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19 October 2003

Wydad AC	0 – 1	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
		Ogochukwu Obiakor 79'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Étoile Sportive du Sahel won 3-0 on aggregate

Final

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

First leg

15 November 2003

Julius Berger	2 – 0	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Ndubuisi Eze 7' Endurance Idahor 47'

Gateway Stadium, Abeokuta

Second leg

7 December 2003

Étoile Sportive du Sahel	3 – 0	Julius Berger
Ogochukwu Obiakor 2', 60', 87'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 28,000

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

See also

• 2003 CAF Champions League
• 2003 CAF Cup

External links

• Results available on CAF Official Website
• Results available on RSSSF