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
USM AlgerRoundCR BelouizdadRCG Oran -w/oRound of 64 --JSM Béjaïa 1–0Cheraïtia Round of 32ES Guelma 1–0-OMR El Annasser 1–0Bourahli Round of 16USM Sétif 1–1-NA Hussein Dey 2–0Ouichaoui , Djahnine Quarter-finalsJS Kabylie 2–1-MC Oran 3–0Bourahli Semi-finalsMO Constantine 1–0-
Pre-match
Details
1 Hichem Mezaïr4 Salim Aribi 5 Mounir Zeghdoud (c)20 Mahieddine Meftah 3 Tarek Ghoul 10 Hocine Achiou6 Farid Djahnine9 Karim Ghazi8 Billel Dziri 7 Amar Ammour 11 Issaad Bourahli Substitutes : 14 Moncef Ouichaoui 13 Mohamed Cheraïtia Manager : Azzedine Aït Djoudi 1 Slimane Ould Mata2 Yacine Slatni5 Abderahmane Selmi (c)6 Anwar Mohamed Boudjakdji 4 Nassim Bounekdja 3 Samir Zazou 8 Brahim Arafat Mezouar11 Billel Harkas 7 Mohamed Talis10 Fayçal Badji 9 Ishak Ali MoussaSubstitutes : 12 Brahim Amieur 13 Abdelaziz Rouaïghia 15 Fadel Ryad Settara 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.
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