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2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | FA Premier League Asia Cup |
| year | 2003 |
| dates | 24 - 27 July |
| country | Malaysia |
| num_teams | 4 |
| confederations | 2 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion_other | ENG Chelsea |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | ENG Newcastle United |
| third_other | ENG Birmingham City |
| fourth_other | MAS Malaysia |
| matches | 4 |
| goals | 12 |
| top_scorer | TRI Stern John (2 goals) |
| nextseason | 2005 |
The 2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup was the first edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team pre-season football tournament held every two years. Participants in the inaugural edition included hosts Malaysia and three Premier League teams: Chelsea, Newcastle United and Birmingham City. All games were held at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.
The tournament began at the semi-final stage, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers playing off for third place. Chelsea became the inaugural winners of this tournament after defeating Newcastle United on penalties in the final.
Results
|24 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Stadium)|ENG Newcastle United|2 |ENG Birmingham City|1 |25 July 2003 - Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Stadium)|MAS Malaysia|1 |ENG Chelsea|4 |27 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Stadium)|ENG Chelsea|0 (5) |ENG Newcastle United|0 (4) |26 July 2003 – Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Stadium)| MAS Malaysia|0|ENG Birmingham City|4
Semi-finals
08:00 UTC Ameobi
08:00 UTC Hasselbaink Guðjohnsen Johnson
Third place play-off
08:00 UTC Clemence Hughes
Final
08:00 UTC
Duff
Huth
Guðjohnsen
Hasselbaink
Keenan
Terry
Robert
Dyer
Bowyer
Bellamy
Woodgate
Jenas
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Goalscorers
;2 goals
- TRI Stern John ;1 goal
- ENG Alan Shearer
- SCO Paul Devlin
- NGA Shola Ameobi
- ENG Frank Lampard
- MAS Hairuddin Omar
- NED SUR Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
- ISL Eiður Guðjohnsen
- ENG Glen Johnson
- ENG Stephen Clemence
- ENG Bryan Hughes
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