2003 Algerian Cup final

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.

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

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: Berber, Gaïd, Berrahmoun

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.