FA Premier League Asia Cup 2003 (Kuala Lumpur)

Date: July 24-27, 2003
Venue: National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Teams: Birmingham City, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Malaysia


SEMIFINALS

[Jul 24]
Birmingham City 1 (Paul Devlin 72pen)
Newcastle United 2 (Alan Shearer 36pen, Shola Ameobi 75)
HT: 0-1. Att: 14,600. Ref: Robert Styles (England).
BIR: 1-Ian Bennett; 22-Damien Johnson, 4-Kenny Cunningham, 25-Matthew
     Upson, 23-Jamie Clapham (10-Bryan Hughes 46); 16-David Dunn
     (26-Olivier Tebily 87), 8-Robbie Savage (24-Darren Carter 46),
     32-Stephen Clemence, 11-Stan Lazaridis (5-Darren Purse 38);
     9-Geoff Horsfield (C) (14-Stern John 46), 21-Christophe Dugarry
     (7-Paul Devlin 67).
Sent off: Kenny Cunningham 36.
NEW: 12-Steve Harper; 2-Andy Griffin, 5-Andrew O'Brien, 19-Titus
     Bramble, 35-Olivier Bernard (18-Aaron Hughes 70); 29-Lee Bowyer
     (4-Nolberto Solano 70), 8-Kieron Dyer, 11-Gary Speed (7-Jermaine
     Jenas 70), 32-Laurent Robert (45-Hugo Viana 46); 9-Alan Shearer
     (C) (23-Shola Ameobi 70), 10-Craig Bellamy (16-Carl Cort 87).

[Jul 25]
Malaysia 1 (Hairuddin Omar 40)
Chelsea 4 (Frank Lampard 36, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 70,
           Eidur Gudjohnsen 83, Glen Johnson 85)
HT: 1-1. Att: 21,000. Ref: Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia).
MAS: 1-Azmin Azram Aziz; 23-Yosri Derma Raju, 3-Norhafiz Zamani Misbah
     (16-Aziz Ismail 29), 18-Kaironnisam Sahabuddin Hussain, 19-Rosdi
     Talib; 20-Hairuddin Omar (7-Fadzli Saari 82), 24-K.Nanthakumar,
     15-Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan (capt) (17-Juzaili Samion 79),
     13-Indra Putra Mahayuddin; 14-Akmal Rizal Rakhli, 10-Nizaruddin
     Yusof (11-Irwan Fadzli Idrus 72).
CHE: 35-Marco Ambrosio; 15-Mario Melchiot, 26-John Terry (capt),
     29-Robert Huth (5-Glen Johnson 28), 4-Wayne Bridge; 30-Jesper
     Gronkjaer (22-Eidur Gudjohnsen 62), 8-Frank Lampard (27-Alexis
     Nicolas 71), 36-Joe Keenan, 11-Boudewijn Zenden (21-Damien Duff
     62); 32-Mikael Forssell (18-Sebastien Kneissl 62), 39-Carlton
     Cole (9-Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 62).

THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF

[Jul 26]
Birmingham City 4 (Stern John 8, 50, Stephen Clemence 76, Bryan Hughes 81)
Malaysia 0
HT: 1-1. Att: 12,000. Ref: Rob Styles (England).
BIR: 1-Ian Bennett (13-Colin Doyle 78); 2-Jeff Kenna, 26-Olivier
     Tebily, 5-Darren Purse (25-Matthew Upson 46), 23-Jamie Clapham
     (32-Stephen Clemence 63); 7-Paul Devlin, 8-Robbie Savage,
     24-Darren Carter, 16-David Dunn (11-Stan Lazaridis 46); 9-Geoff
     Horsfield (10-Bryan Hughes 63), 14-Stern John (22-Damien Johnson
     70).
MAS: 1-Azmin Azram Aziz (22-Syamsuri Mustaffa 85); 23-Yosri Derma Raju,
     3-Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, 18-Kaironnisam Sahabuddin Hussain,
     19-Rosdi Talib; 20-Hairuddin Omar (7-Fadzli Saari 53),
     24-K.Nanthakumar (17-Juzaili Samion 53), 15-Tengku Hazman Raja
     Hassan (25-Shukor Adan 72), 13-Indra Putra Mahayuddin; 14-Akmal
     Rizal Rakhli (9-Eddy Helmi Manan 65), 10-Nizaruddin Yusof
     (11-Irwan Fadli Idrus 60).

FINAL

[Jul 27]
Newcastle United 0
Chelsea 0
[Chelsea win 5-4 on penalty after 0-0 at 90mins]
HT: 0-0. Att: 41,500. Ref: Andy D'Urso (England).
NEW: 1-Shay Given; 18-Aaron Hughes, 27-Jonathan Woodgate, 5-Andrew
     O'Brien, 35-Olivier Bernard (2-Andy Griffin 78); 4-Nolberto
     Solano (29-Lee Bowyer 46), 7-Jermaine Jenas, 11-Gary Speed
     (8-Kieron Dyer 46), 45-Hugo Viana (32-Laurent Robert 78); 16-Carl
     Cort (9-Alan Shearer 46), 23-Shola Ameobi (10-Craig Bellamy 46).
CHE: 23-Carlo Cudicini; 5-Glen Johnson, 26-John Terry, 29-Robert Huth,
     4-Wayne Bridge; 30-Jesper Gronkjaer (32-Mikael Forssell 90),
     8-Frank Lampard, 27-Alexis Nicolas (36-Joe Keenan 90),
     11-Boudewijn Zenden (21-Damien Duff 78); 9-Jimmy Floyd
     Hasselbaink, 22-Eidur Gudjohnsen.
Penalties (Chelsea first): Lampard 1-0, Shearer (missed), Duff (saved),
     Robert (saved), Huth (2-0), Dyer (2-1), Gudjohnsen (3-1), Bowyer
     (3-2), Hasselbaink (saved), Bellamy (3-3), Keenan (4-3), Woodgate
     (4-4), Terry (5-4), Jenas (missed).

GOALSCORERS:
2 - Stern John (Birmingham);
1 - Alan Shearer (Newcastle), Paul Devlin (Birmingham), Shola Ameobi
    (Newcastle), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Hairuddin Omar (Malaysia),
    Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea), Eidur Gudjohnsen (Chelsea),
    Glen Johnson (Chelsea), Stephen Clemence (Birmingham), Bryan
    Hughes (Birmingham).
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Hamdan Saaid for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Hamdan Saaid (hrs97@rocketmail.com)
Last updated: 31 Jul 2003