2002–03 Club Universidad Nacional season

UNAM 2002–03 football season

UNAM
2002–03 season
Manager	Hugo Sánchez
Stadium	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Apertura	Semifinals (3rd)
Clausura	15th
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mariano Trujillo (12 goals) All: Álvaro González Mariano Trujillo (14 goals)
Biggest win	UNAM 7–1 Guadalajara (19 October 2002)
Biggest defeat	Atlas 6–0 UNAM (31 August 2002)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was UNAM's 49th season in existence and their 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club participated in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments of the Mexican Primera División and in the 2003 Copa Libertadores.

UNAM had a good first semester, classifying to the playoffs as the third best team from the regular season. In the playoffs, the defeated Cruz Azul in the quarterfinals but were eliminated by Morelia at the semifinals.^[1] The next tournament, however, the Pumas had a mediocre performance, finishing 15th in the tournament.^[2]

Internationally, UNAM debuted on the Copa Libertadores. After winning the Pre Libertadores mini tournament, the team made its presentation in the continental tournament losing 2–3 against Grêmio on their first match, but managed to advance to the round of 16, being eliminated by Chilean side Cobreloa.^[3]^[4]

Players

Apertura

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
1	GK	Esdras Rangel	(1977-07-31)31 July 1977 (aged 25)	1995
2	DF	Amado López	(1981-05-02)2 May 1981 (aged 21)	2000
3	DF	Joaquín Beltrán (Captain)	(1977-04-29)29 April 1977 (aged 25)	1996
4	DF	Horacio Cervantes	(1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 20)	2000
5	DF	Rodrigo Barragán	(1979-11-28)28 November 1979 (aged 22)	2000
6	MF	Miguel España	(1964-01-31)31 January 1964 (aged 38)	2001
7	MF	Leandro Augusto	(1977-08-18)18 August 1977 (aged 24)	2001
8	MF	Luis Ignacio González	(1980-06-28)28 June 1980 (aged 22)	2001
9	FW	Álvaro González	(1973-09-12)12 September 1973 (aged 28)	2002
10	MF	Rodrigo Lemos	(1973-10-03)3 October 1973 (aged 28)	2002
11	MF	José Luis López	(1979-10-19)19 October 1979 (aged 22)	2001
12	GK	Sergio Bernal	(1970-02-09)9 February 1970 (aged 32)	2002
13	GK	Odín Patiño	(1983-08-24)24 August 1983 (aged 18)	2002
14	FW	Horacio Sánchez	(1978-07-06)6 July 1978 (aged 24)	2002
15	MF	Israel Castro	(1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 21)	2002
16	MF	Gerardo Galindo	(1978-05-23)23 May 1978 (aged 24)	1997
17	MF	David Toledo	(1982-04-18)18 April 1982 (aged 20)	2001
18	FW	Rafael Márquez Lugo	(1981-11-02)2 November 1981 (aged 20)	2000
19	MF	Mariano Trujillo	(1977-05-19)19 May 1977 (aged 25)	2001
20	MF	Martín García	(1976-03-26)26 March 1976 (aged 26)	2002
21	MF	Jaime Lozano	(1978-09-29)29 September 1978 (aged 23)	2002
22	DF	Manuel de la Torre	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 22)	1999
23	DF	Raúl Alpizar	(1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 25)	1997
24	MF	Hugo García	(1981-09-14)14 September 1981 (aged 20)	2001
25	FW	Emerson dos Santos	(1980-07-29)29 July 1980 (aged 22)	2002
26	FW	Francisco Fonseca	(1979-10-02)2 October 1979 (aged 22)	2002

Clausura

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
1	GK	Esdras Rangel	(1977-07-31)31 July 1977 (aged 25)	1995
2	DF	Amado López	(1981-05-02)2 May 1981 (aged 21)	2000
3	DF	Joaquín Beltrán (Captain)	(1977-04-29)29 April 1977 (aged 25)	1996
4	DF	Horacio Cervantes	(1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 21)	2000
5	DF	Rodrigo Barragán	(1979-11-28)28 November 1979 (aged 23)	2000
6	MF	Miguel España	(1964-01-31)31 January 1964 (aged 38)	2001
7	MF	Leandro Augusto	(1977-08-18)18 August 1977 (aged 25)	2001
8	MF	Luis Ignacio González	(1980-06-28)28 June 1980 (aged 22)	2001
9	FW	Álvaro González	(1973-09-12)12 September 1973 (aged 29)	2002
10	MF	Rodrigo Lemos	(1973-10-03)3 October 1973 (aged 29)	2002
11	MF	José Luis López	(1979-10-19)19 October 1979 (aged 23)	2001
12	GK	Sergio Bernal	(1970-02-09)9 February 1970 (aged 32)	2002
14	FW	Horacio Sánchez	(1978-07-06)6 July 1978 (aged 24)	2002
15	MF	Israel Castro	(1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 22)	2002
16	MF	Gerardo Galindo	(1978-05-23)23 May 1978 (aged 24)	1997
19	MF	Mariano Trujillo	(1977-05-19)19 May 1977 (aged 25)	2001
20	MF	Martín García	(1976-03-26)26 March 1976 (aged 26)	2002
21	MF	Jaime Lozano	(1978-09-29)29 September 1978 (aged 24)	2002
22	DF	Manuel de la Torre	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 22)	1999
24	MF	Hugo García	(1981-09-14)14 September 1981 (aged 21)	2001
25	MF	Aílton da Silva	(1977-09-08)8 September 1977 (aged 25)	2003
26	FW	Francisco Fonseca	(1979-10-02)2 October 1979 (aged 23)	2002
28	FW	Anuar Gómez	(1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 21)	2003
31	GK	Alejandro Palacios	(1981-03-06)6 March 1981 (aged 21)	2003

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ref.
9	FW	Álvaro González	Bella Vista	Transfer	Summer
12	GK	Sergio Bernal	Puebla	Loan return	Summer	^[5]
13	GK	Odín Patiño	Academy	Promotion	Summer
14	FW	Horacio Sánchez	León	Loan return	Summer
20	MF	Martín García	Peñarol	Transfer	Summer
21	MF	Jaime Lozano	Celaya	Loan return	Summer
26	FW	Francisco Fonseca	La Piedad	Transfer	Summer	^[6]
25	MF	Aílton da Silva	Bari	Transfer	Summer
31	GK	Alejandro Palacios	Academy	Promotion	Summer

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Ref.
–	DF	Christian Ramírez	Toluca	Transfer	Summer	^[7]
18	FW	Rafael Márquez Lugo	Chiapas	Transfer	Winter
23	DF	Raúl Alpizar	Querétaro	Transfer	Winter
25	FW	Emerson dos Santos	Tabasco	Transfer	Winter

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apertura	3 August 2002	21 December 2002	Matchday 1	Semifinals (3rd)	23	12	4	7	44	42	+2	052.17
Clausura	12 January 2003	18 May 2003	Matchday 1	15th	19	4	8	7	25	35	−10	021.05
Copa Libertadores	22 October 2002	8 May 2003	Pre Libertadores	Round of 16	14	7	2	5	20	13	+7	050.00
Total					56	23	14	19	89	90	−1	041.07

Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	19	13	4	2	34	14	+20	43	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	19	12	5	2	55	25	+30	41
3	UNAM	19	10	3	6	39	35	+4	33
4	Morelia	19	9	5	5	35	23	+12	32
5	UAG	19	8	5	6	26	29	−3	29

Source: MedioTiempo

Matches

Celaya v UNAM

3 August 2002 1	Celaya	0–1	UNAM	Celaya, Guanajuato
15:00		Report	Márquez Lugo 88'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Referee: José Luis Camargo

UNAM v Veracruz

11 August 2002 2	UNAM	2–1	Veracruz	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	L. González 9' Barragán 23'	Report	Arce 37'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Monterrey v UNAM

17 August 2002 3	Monterrey	1–2	UNAM	Monterrey, Nuevo León
19:00	Erviti 53'	Report	Leandro Augusto 57' Márquez Lugo 83'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Referee: José de Jesús Robles

UNAM v Toluca

25 August 2002 4	UNAM	1–4	Toluca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Espinosa 57' (o.g.)	Report	Sinha 23' Cardozo 30' García 62' Sánchez 67'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Atlas v UNAM

31 August 2002 5	Atlas	6–0	UNAM	Guadalajara, Jalisco
19:00	Valenzuela 5', 46' Calderón 42', 78' Méndez 79' J. García 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

UNAM v Querétaro

8 September 2002 6	UNAM	1–1	Querétaro	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Trujillo 87'	Report	A. García 76'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Germán Arredondo

Puebla v UNAM

11 September 2002 7	Puebla	0–1	UNAM	Puebla City, Puebla
20:00		Report	Lemos 76'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

UNAM v América

14 September 2002 8	UNAM	1–3	América	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	A. González 44'	Report	Patiño 25', 47', 61'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Eduardo Brizio

Chiapas v UNAM

21 September 2002 9	Chiapas	0–2	UNAM	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
15:00		Report	Lemos 10' Leandro Augusto 21'	Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Referee: Paul Delgadillo

UNAM v Cruz Azul

29 September 2002 10	UNAM	2–2	Cruz Azul	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Trujillo 60', 65' (pen.)	Report	Cabrera 33' Cacho 45'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Armando Archundia

UAG v UNAM

6 October 2002 11	UAG	4–3	UNAM	Zapopan, Jalisco
16:00	Camps 19' Palacios 36' Donizete 84' Hernández 88'	Report	Leandro Augusto 21' Lozano 40' dos Santos 43'	Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

UNAM v UANL

13 October 2002 12	UNAM	3–2	UANL	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	J. López 52', 86' Trujillo 72'	Report	Olalde 63' Irênio 68'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

Pachuca v UNAM

16 October 2002 13	Pachuca	0–3	UNAM	Pachuca, Hidalgo
20:00		Report	Leandro Augusto 7' A. González 79' Trujillo 86'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

UNAM v Guadalajara

19 October 2002 14	UNAM	7–1	Guadalajara	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Trujillo 7', 20', 64' A. González 12' Lozano 33' L. González 61'	Report	Bravo 11'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

San Luis v UNAM

27 October 2002 15	San Luis	6–3	UNAM	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí
16:00	J. García 24', 57' de Faria 66', 68', 71' Milián 76'	Report	A. González 50' Lemos 52' Barragán 63'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: José Abramo Lira

UNAM v Santos Laguna

3 November 2002 16	UNAM	1–0	Santos Laguna	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	A. González 49'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

Necaxa v UNAM

9 November 2002 17	Necaxa	1–0	UNAM	Tlalpan, Mexico City
19:00	Luna 21'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

UNAM v Atlante

16 November 2002 18	UNAM	4–1	Atlante	Coyoacán, Mexico City
19:00	A. González 5' Lemos 24', 40', 73'	Report	González 82'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Antonio Marrufo

Morelia v UNAM

24 November 2002 19	Morelia	2–2	UNAM	Morelia, Michoacán
16:00	Saavedra 25' Alex Fernandes 49'	Report	J. López 85' dos Santos 88'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Eduardo Brizio

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Cruz Azul v UNAM

4 December 2002 First leg	Cruz Azul	0–0	UNAM	Benito Juárez, Mexico City
18:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Eduardo Brizio

UNAM v Cruz Azul

8 December 2002 Second leg	UNAM	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	A. González 15', 42' Brown 80' (o.g.)	Report	Abreu 51' Cabrera 84'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

Semifinals

Morelia v UNAM

12 December 2002 First leg	Morelia	4–0	UNAM	Morelia, Michoacán
20:00	Bautista 14', 55' Saavedra 29' Alex Fernandes 43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Eduardo Brizio

UNAM v Morelia

15 December 2002 Second leg	UNAM	2–1 (2–5 agg.)	Morelia	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Lemos 32' A. González 45'	Report	Bautista 39'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Cuernavaca	19	6	5	8	24	27	−3	23
14	Pachuca	19	4	9	6	21	23	−2	21
15	UNAM	19	4	8	7	25	35	−10	20
16	San Luis	19	5	5	9	25	38	−13	20
17	Chiapas	19	5	4	10	15	26	−11	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Matches

UNAM v Cuernavaca

12 January 2003 1	UNAM	1–3	Cuernavaca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Lemos 42'	Report	Flores 6' Claudinho 14' Gallaga 83'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Manuel Glower

Veracruz v UNAM

18 January 2003 2	Veracruz	0–0	UNAM	Boca del Río, Veracruz
15:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

UNAM v Monterrey

26 January 2003 3	UNAM	2–3	Monterrey	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Aílton 7' García 76'	Report	Alex Fernandes 60' Franco 73', 86'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

Toluca v UNAM

1 February 2003 4	Toluca	5–1	UNAM	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo 50', 80' Sánchez 73', 78', 84'	Report	Trujillo 74'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

Querétaro v UNAM

16 February 2003 5	Querétaro	0–0	UNAM	Querétaro City, Querétaro
12:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Francisco Caspeta

UNAM v Puebla

23 February 2003 7	UNAM	1–0	Puebla	Coyoacán, Mexico City
20:30	Lemos 22'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Manuel Glower

UNAM v Atlas

26 February 2003 6	UNAM	2–1	Atlas	Coyoacán, Mexico City
20:30	Leandro Augusto 12' Fonseca 41'	Report	Veiga 55'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

América v UNAM

2 March 2003 8	América	1–1	UNAM	Tlalpan, Mexico City
16:00	Castillo 17'	Report	Trujillo 33'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: José Abramo Lira

UNAM v Chiapas

6 March 2003 9	UNAM	3–1	Chiapas	Coyoacán, Mexico City
20:30	Trujillo 7' García 58' Aílton 78'	Report	Ramírez 63'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Armando Archundia

Cruz Azul v UNAM

16 March 2003 10	Cruz Azul	2–0	UNAM	Benito Juárez, Mexico City
12:00	Cacho 18', 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

UANL v UNAM

29 March 2003 12	UANL	2–2	UNAM	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
17:00	Soares 10' Sánchez 75'	Report	A. González 37' Fonseca 88'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

UNAM v Pachuca

6 April 2003 13	UNAM	1–1	Pachuca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Lozano 90'	Report	Santana 58'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Armando Archundia

Guadalajara v UNAM

13 April 2003 14	Guadalajara	1–1	UNAM	Guadalajara, Jalisco
12:00	J. García 89'	Report	Lozano 85'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

UNAM v UAG

16 April 2003 11	UNAM	2–1	UAG	Coyoacán, Mexico City
18:00	Lemos 14' Gómez 88'	Report	Santillana 76'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

UNAM v San Luis

20 April 2003 15	UNAM	2–2	San Luis	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Trujillo 25' Fonseca 76'	Report	Silva 62' Salcedo 89'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Germán Arredondo

Santos Laguna v UNAM

27 April 2003 16	Santos Laguna	4–1	UNAM	Guadalajara, Jalisco
16:00	Borgetti 25' Castro 62' (o.g.) Ruiz 67' Altamirano 81'	Report	García 88'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: José Abramo Lira

UNAM v Necaxa

4 May 2003 17	UNAM	4–4	Necaxa	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Fonseca 1', 32', 37' García 41'	Report	Luna 46' Martínez 49' Sosa 51' Alves 62'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

Atlante v UNAM

11 May 2003 18	Atlante	3–1	UNAM	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico
12:00	Rubirosa 5' Padilla 48' Macías 72'	Report	Leandro Augusto 73'	Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

UNAM v Morelia

18 May 2003 19	UNAM	0–1	Morelia	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00		Report	Navia 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: Hugo León Guajardo

Copa Libertadores

Pre Libertadores

From 1998 to 2002, Mexican and Venezuelan clubs played a mini tournament known as Copa Pre Libertadores to determine two teams that would qualify to the next year's Copa Libertadores group stage. In 2002 UNAM participated in the Pre Libertadores trying to earn a spot in the 2003 edition of the tournament.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to group stage
2	Cruz Azul	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11	Advance to group stage
3	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
4	Nacional Táchira	6	1	0	5	6	16	−10	3

Source: CONMEBOL

Estudiantes de Mérida

UNAM

22 October 2002 1	Estudiantes de Mérida	1–0	UNAM	Mérida, Venezuela
16:00	Panigutti 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa Referee: Eduardo Lecca (Peru)

Nacional Táchira

UNAM

24 October 2002 2	Nacional Táchira	1–2	UNAM	Mérida, Venezuela
16:00	Clóvis Bento 15'	Report	Beltrán 77' A. González 85'	Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa Referee: Víctor Rivera (Peru)

UNAM

Cruz Azul

6 November 2002 3	UNAM	1–1	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
	P. Campos 43' (o.g.)	Report	Ledesma 40'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

UNAM

Estudiantes de Mérida

12 November 2002 4	UNAM	3–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	Mexico City, Mexico
16:00	A. González 23', 90' J. López 28'	Report	Panigutti 46'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Fernando Paneso (Colombia)

UNAM

Nacional Táchira

19 November 2002 5	UNAM	4–0	Nacional Táchira	Mexico City, Mexico
16:00	L. González 17' J. López 46' Lozano 57' Trujillo 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

Cruz Azul

UNAM

28 November 2002 6	Cruz Azul	0–2	UNAM	Mexico City, Mexico
		Report	Fonseca 51' España 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grêmio	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
2	UNAM	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
3	Bolívar	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9
4	Peñarol	6	2	1	3	12	14	−2	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Grêmio

UNAM

4 February 2003 1	Grêmio	3–2	UNAM	Porto Alegre, Brazil
21:10	Luís Mário 30' Lozano 34' (o.g.) Roger 89'	Report	Beltrán 22' Leandro Augusto 75'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Monumental Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

UNAM

Bolívar

11 February 2003 2	UNAM	2–0	Bolívar	Mexico City, Mexico
20:30	L. González 32' J. López 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 25,000 Referee: José Carpio (Ecuador)

Peñarol

UNAM

11 March 2003 3	Peñarol	2–0	UNAM	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:30	Estoyanoff 31' de Souza 59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

UNAM

Grêmio

20 March 2003 4	UNAM	1–0	Grêmio	Mexico City, Mexico
20:40	A. González 79'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Bolívar

UNAM

26 March 2003 5	Bolívar	2–0	UNAM	La Paz, Bolivia
16:10	Gutiérrez 1' Sandy 63'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador)

UNAM

Peñarol

10 April 2003 6	UNAM	3–1	Peñarol	Mexico City, Mexico
17:05	Fonseca 53', 77' Trujillo 81'	Report	de Souza 18'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

UNAM

Cobreloa

24 April 2003 First leg	UNAM	0–1	Cobreloa	Mexico City, Mexico
21:30		Report	Díaz 49'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Wilson Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Cobreloa

UNAM

8 May 2003 Second leg	Cobreloa	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	UNAM	Calama, Chile
18:10		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Calama Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Total		Apertura		Clausura		Copa Libertadores
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Esdras Rangel	23	0	11	0	6	0	6	0
2	DF	Amado López	26	0	9	0	8	0	9	0
3	DF	Joaquín Beltrán	51	2	20	0	17	0	14	2
4	DF	Horacio Cervantes	7	0	1	0	3	0	3	0
5	DF	Rodrigo Barragán	33	2	23	2	5	0	5	0
6	MF	Miguel España	17	1	10	0	3	0	4	1
7	MF	Leandro Augusto	46	7	17	4	18	2	11	1
8	MF	Luis Ignacio González	43	4	19	2	13	0	11	2
9	FW	Álvaro González	46	14	19	9	15	1	12	4
10	MF	Rodrigo Lemos	39	10	19	7	10	3	10	0
11	MF	José Luis López	40	6	17	3	14	0	9	3
12	GK	Sergio Bernal	32	0	10	0	13	0	9	0
13	GK	Odín Patiño	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Horacio Sánchez	12	0	5	0	6	0	1	0
15	MF	Israel Castro	40	0	12	0	19	0	9	0
16	MF	Gerardo Galindo	51	0	20	0	18	0	13	0
17	MF	David Toledo	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Mariano Trujillo	49	14	19	8	16	4	14	2
20	MF	Martín García	27	4	10	0	12	4	5	0
21	MF	Jaime Lozano	43	5	16	2	14	2	13	1
22	DF	Manuel de la Torre	49	0	22	0	18	0	9	0
24	MF	Hugo García	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF	Aílton da Silva	26	2	–	–	16	2	10	0
26	FW	Francisco Fonseca	29	9	7	0	13	6	9	3
28	FW	Anuar Gómez	1	1	–	–	1	1	0	0
31	GK	Alejandro Palacios	2	0	–	–	1	0	1	0
Players that left the club during the season
18	FW	Rafael Márquez Lugo	12	3	12	3	–	–	0	0
23	DF	Raúl Alpizar	11	0	7	0	–	–	4	0
25	FW	Emerson dos Santos	11	2	10	2	–	–	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Copa Libertadores	Total^[9]^[10]
1	FW	Álvaro González	9	1	4	14
1	MF	Mariano Trujillo	8	4	2	14
3	MF	Rodrigo Lemos	7	3	0	10
4	FW	Francisco Fonseca	0	6	3	9
5	MF	Leandro Augusto	4	2	1	7
6	MF	José Luis López	3	0	3	6
7	MF	Jaime Lozano	2	2	1	5
8	FW	Martín García	0	4	0	4
8	MF	Luis Ignacio González	2	0	2	4
9	FW	Rafael Márquez Lugo	3	–	0	3
11	DF	Rodrigo Barragán	2	0	0	2
	DF	Joaquín Beltrán	0	0	2
	MF	Aílton da Silva	–	2	0
	FW	Emerson dos Santos	2	–	0
15	MF	Miguel España	0	0	1	1
15	FW	Anuar Gómez	–	1	0	1
Own goals			2	0	1	3
Total			44	25	20	89

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.
Mariano Trujillo	Guadalajara	7–1 (H)	19 October 2002	Primera División	^[11]
Rodrigo Lemos	Atlante	4–1 (H)	16 November 2002	Primera División	^[12]
Francisco Fonseca	Necaxa	4–4 (H)	4 May 2003	Primera División	^[13]

Own goals

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Jaime Lozano	Grêmio	2–3 (A)	4 February 2003	Copa Libertadores
Israel Castro	Santos Laguna	1–4 (A)	27 April 2003	Primera División

References

^ "No le alcanzó a Pumas". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 12 June 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Morelia quedó como el súperlider". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 12 June 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Grêmio debutó con una victoria difícil". CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 February 2003. Archived from the original on 28 February 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ Gutiérrez, Enrique (9 May 2003). "Pumas, fuera de la Copa Libertadores; empató a cero con el chileno Cobreloa". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ Esquivel Bernal, Antonio (8 July 2002). "Esdras Rangel, el eterno suplente de los Pumas". Crónica (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Francisco 'Kikín' Fonseca de La Piedad a los Pumas". Marca (in Spanish). 14 December 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ Velázquez Cervantes, Alejandro (10 July 2002). "Le falta un ojo, pero busca hueco en algún equipo". Crónica (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ Minniti, Javier. "Historia de la Pre-Libertadores" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ "Pumas - Apertura 2002". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ "Pumas - Clausura 2003". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ "Pumas 7–1 Guadalajara". Liga MX. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ "Pumas 4–1 Atlante". Liga MX. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ "Pumas 4–4 Necaxa". Liga MX. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

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