2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 38th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It was won by Club Toluca after a 5–4 aggregate win over countryfellow club Morelia in the final. The tournament was held between March 6 and October 8. The 16-team format was scrapped for an eight-team format in 2004.

2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	March 6 – October 8
Teams	16 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Toluca (2nd title)
Runners-up	Morelia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	106 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Reinaldo Navia (5 goals)

Qualified teams

North American zone

Club Toluca - 2002 Apertura champion
Morelia - 2002 Apertura runner-up
Club América - 2002 Verano champion
Club Necaxa - 2002 Verano runner-up
Los Angeles Galaxy - 2002 MLS Cup champion and 2002 MLS Supporters Shield winner
New England Revolution - 2002 MLS Cup runner-up
San Jose Earthquakes - 2002 MLS Supporters Shield runner-up
Columbus Crew - 2002 U.S. Open Cup winner

Central American zone

Alajuelense – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup winner
Árabe Unido – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup runner-up
Motagua – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup third place
Comunicaciones – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup fourth place
Municipal – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup first stage runner-up
FAS – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup first stage runner-up

Caribbean zone

W Connection - 2002 CFU Club Championship finalist
Arnett Gardens - 2002 CFU Club Championship finalist

Bracket

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Motagua	2	0	2
		Los Angeles Galaxy	2	1	3				Los Angeles Galaxy	1	1	2
		Arnett Gardens	0	0	0				Necaxa	4	2	6
		Necaxa	0	1	1											Necaxa	0	0	0
		Comunicaciones	1	0	1											Morelia	0	6	6
		Morelia	0	4	4				Morelia	6	0	6
		Árabe Unido	2	0	2				Columbus Crew	0	2	2
		Columbus Crew	1	3	4																		Morelia	3	1	4
		Municipal	4	1	5																		Club Toluca	3	2	5
		San Jose Earthquakes	2	2	4				Municipal	1	1	2
		Club Toluca	3	3	6				Club Toluca	2	2	4
		W Connection	3	2	5											Club Toluca (ASDET)	1	4	5
		FAS	3	0	3											Club América	4	0	4
		Club América	1	3	4				Club América	4	1	5
		Alajuelense	4	1	5				Alajuelense	0	3	3
		NE Revolution	0	3	3

Round of 16

Toluca v W Connection

March 12, 2003	Toluca	3–2	W Connection	Toluca, Mexico
	Sánchez 65' 83' García 77'		18' Viana 38' Davis	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez

W Connection v Toluca

April 2, 2003	W Connection	3–3 (5–6 agg.)	Toluca	Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago
	Jean 47' Spann 69' (pen.) Isaac 73'		15' 67' Franco 62' Sinha	Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium

Municipal v San Jose Earthquakes

March 16, 2003	Municipal	4–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Romero 28' 37' Figueroa 39' Ponciano 55' (pen.)		64' 71' Lagos	Stadium: Estadio El Trébol

San Jose Earthquakes v Municipal

March 26, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1 (4–5 agg.)	Municipal	San Jose, U.S.
	Donovan 19' Ching 35'		76' Plata	Stadium: Spartan Stadium

FAS v Club America

Club America v FAS

2003	Club America	3-0 (4–3 agg.)	FAS
			Nil

Alajuelense v NE Revolution

March 24, 2003	Alajuelense	4-0	NE Revolution	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Erick Scott Alejandro Alpizar Rolando Fonseca		Nil	Stadium: Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium

NE Revolution v Alajuelense

2003	NE Revolution	3-1 (5–3 agg.)	Alajuelense

C.D. Motagua v Los Angeles Galaxy

2003	C.D. Motagua	2-2	Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy v C.D. Motagua

2003	Los Angeles Galaxy	1-0 (3-2 agg.)	C.D. Motagua
			Nil

Arnett Gardens v Necaxa F.C.

2003	Arnett Gardens	0-0	Necaxa F.C.
	Nil		Nil

Necaxa F.C. v Arnett Gardens

2003	Necaxa F.C.	1-0 (4–3 agg.)	Arnett Gardens
			Nil

C.S.D. Comunicaciones v Morelia F.C.

2003	C.S.D. Comunicaciones	1-0	Morelia F.C.
	TBD

Morelia F.C. v C.S.D. Comunicaciones

2003	Morelia F.C.	4-0 (4–1 agg.)	C.S.D. Comunicaciones
			Nil

Árabe Unido v Columbus Crew

2003	Árabe Unido	2-1	Columbus Crew
	TBD TBD

Columbus Crew v Árabe Unido

2003	Columbus Crew	3-0 (4–2 agg.)	Árabe Unido
			Nil

Quarterfinals

Municipal v Toluca

April 9, 2003	Municipal	1–2	Toluca	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Acevedo 41'		9' Cardozo 85' Almazán	Stadium: Estadio El Trébol

Toluca v Municipal

April 16, 2003	Toluca	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Municipal	Toluca, Mexico
	Ruiz 25' Sánchez 44'		8' Romero	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez

Morelia v Columbus Crew

April 9, 2003	Morelia	6–0	Columbus Crew	Morelia, Mexico
	Palacios 39' Íñiguez 42' 70' Bautista 49' 55' Navia 68'			Stadium: Estadio Morelos

Columbus Crew v Morelia

April 16, 2003	Columbus Crew	2–0 (2–6 agg.)	Morelia	Columbus, U.S.
	Buddle 15' Cunningham 29' (pen.)			Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

LA Galaxy v Necaxa

April 9, 2003	LA Galaxy	1–4	Necaxa	Fullerton, U.S.
	Pineda 36'		27' 51' Franco 81' Zague 87' Larrosa	Stadium: Titan Stadium

Necaxa v LA Galaxy

April 16, 2003	Necaxa	2–1 (6–2 agg.)	LA Galaxy	Aguascalientes City, Mexico
	Espinoza 43' 84'		32' Albright	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Aguascalientes

América v Alajuelense

April 16, 2003	América	4–0	Alajuelense	Mexico City, Mexico
	Castillo 50' Lipatín 72' 84' Blanco 88' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Alajuelense v América

April 23, 2003	Alajuelense	3–1	América	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Chinchilla 16' Scott 21' López 73'		10' Fernández	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Semifinals

April 30, 2003

1st leg

Toluca	1–4	América
González 13'		Lipatin 35', 63' Mendoza 56' Blanco 83' (pen.)

Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico

April 30, 2003

1st leg

Necaxa	0–0	Morelia

Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico

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May 7, 2003

2nd leg

Morelia	6–0	Necaxa
Navia 9', 21' Palacios 28' Hernández 38' Almirón 42' Prieto 77'

Estadio Morelos
Morelia, Mexico

May 14, 2003

2nd leg

América	0–4	Toluca
	AET	Espinosa 69' García 72', 88' Ruiz 90+2'

Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico

• Morelia advanced 6–0 on aggregate.
• Toluca advanced 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

September 17, 2003

20:10 (UTC-5)

First leg

Morelia	3–3	Club Toluca
Navia 44', 63' Álvarez 69'		López 6', 82' Lozano 13'

Estadio Morelos
Morelia, Mexico

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Second leg

October 8, 2003

19:10 (UTC-5)

Second leg

Club Toluca	2–1	Morelia
da Silva 35' Sánchez 54'	Report	Álvarez 81'

Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

Team details

Toluca Morelia GK Hernán Cristante DF Salvador Carmona DF 6 Paulo da Silva DF Emilio Hassan DF Miguel A. Carreón MF Israel López MF Rafael García MF Erik Espinosa MF Antonio Naelson  88' FW Vicente Sánchez FW 9 José Cardozo Substitutions: FW Edgar González  88' Manager: Ricardo Ferretti GK Moisés Muñoz DF Omar Trujillo DF Heriberto Morales DF Ariel Garcé v DF Mariano Trujillo MF Nicolás Ramírez  81' MF Jorge Almirón MF Miguel Zepeda  73' MF Carlos Morales FW Damián Álvarez FW Reinaldo Navia Substitutions: Raúl Molina  81' Jorge Santillana  73' Manager: Rubén O. Romano

• Toluca won 3–1 on points (5–4 on aggregate).

Champions

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2003 Winners
Club Deportivo Toluca Second Title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Reinaldo Navia	Morelia	5
2	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca	4
	Edson Buddle	Columbus Crew	4
	Marcelo Lipatin	América	4
5	Edgar García	Toluca	3
	Gonzalo Romero	Municipal	3
	Erick Scott	LD Alajuelense	3
8	Ariel Franco	Toluca	2
	Israel López	Toluca	2
	Amado Guevara	Motagua	2
	Alexi Lalas	Los Angeles Galaxy	2
	Juan Franco	Necaxa	2
	Rodolfo Espinoza	Necaxa	2
	Manny Lagos	San Jose Earthquakes	2
	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	América	2
	Santiago Fernández	América	2
	Rolando Fonseca	LD Alajuelense	2
	Adolfo Bautista	Morelia	2
	Roberto Palacios	Morelia	2
	Ismael Íñiguez	Morelia	2
	Damián Álvarez	Morelia	2
22	Various		1