2003 Algerian Cup final

2003 Algerian Cup final

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium hosted the match
Event	2002–03 Algerian Cup
USM Alger CR Belouizdad 2 1
Date	June 12, 2003
Venue	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida
Man of the Match	Moncef Ouichaoui
Referee	Berber
Attendance	40.000
Weather	40°C

The 2003 Algerian Cup final was the 39th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 12, 2003, at Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida with kick-off at 15:00. USM Alger beat CR Belouizdad in extra time with a golden goal in the 117th minute in the final after the game ended 1–1. It was USM Alger's sixth Algerian Cup in its history.

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubs USM Alger and CR Belouizdad were the contestants in the final, in the 41st edition of the Algiers Derby. The competition winners were awarded a berth in the 2004 CAF Confederation Cup.

Route to the final

See also: 2002–03 Algerian Cup

USM Alger		Round	CR Belouizdad
RCG Oran -	w/o	Round of 64	-	-
JSM Béjaïa 1–0	Cheraïtia 77'	Round of 32	ES Guelma 1–0	-
OMR El Annasser 1–0	Bourahli 35'	Round of 16	USM Sétif 1–1	-
NA Hussein Dey 2–0	Ouichaoui 21', Djahnine 30'	Quarter-finals	JS Kabylie 2–1	-
MC Oran 3–0	Bourahli 5', 75', 87'	Semi-finals	MO Constantine 1–0	-

Pre-match

Details

July 12, 2003

15:00 (UTC+1)

USM Alger	2–1 (a.e.t.)	CR Belouizdad
Ghoul 39' (pen.) Ouichaoui 117'	Report (in French)	55' Rouaïghia

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Attendance: 40.000

Referee: Abderaouf Berber (Alger)
Ahmed Kaïd (Oran), Karim Berrahmoune (Alger)

USM Alger

CR Belouizdad

1 Hichem Mezaïr 4 Salim Aribi  6' 5 Mounir Zeghdoud (c) 20 Mahieddine Meftah 3 Tarek Ghoul 10 Hocine Achiou 6 Farid Djahnine 9 Karim Ghazi 8 Billel Dziri  23' 7 Amar Ammour  84' 11 Issaad Bourahli  101' Substitutes : 14 Moncef Ouichaoui  84' 13 Mohamed Cheraïtia  101' Manager : Azzedine Aït Djoudi

1 Slimane Ould Mata 2 Yacine Slatni 5 Abderahmane Selmi (c) 6 Anwar Mohamed Boudjakdji 4 Nassim Bounekdja 3 Samir Zazou  97' 8 Brahim Arafat Mezouar 11 Billel Harkas  46' 7 Mohamed Talis 10 Fayçal Badji  83' 9 Ishak Ali Moussa Substitutes : 12 Brahim Amieur  97' 13 Abdelaziz Rouaïghia  46' 15 Fadel Ryad Settara  83' Manager : Bacha

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Gaïd Berrahmoun Fourth official: MAN OF THE MATCH Moncef Ouichaoui (USM Alger)

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.