2003 Copa Libertadores

44th season of Copa Libertadores

2003 Copa Libertadores de América
2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América 2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	4 February – 2 July
Teams	32 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Boca Juniors (5th title)
Runners-up	Santos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	371 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marcelo Delgado Ricardo Oliveira (9 goals each)
Best player(s)	Carlos Tevez^[1]^[2]
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International football competition

The 2003 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 44th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament.

The tournament was won by Boca Juniors after defeating Santos in a rematch of the 1963 Copa Libertadores Finals. With this title, Boca Juniors achieved their fifth Copa Libertadores title and third in four years.

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.^[3]

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

Source: CONMEBOL

Estudiantes de Mérida

UNAM

22 October 2002	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	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)

Estudiantes de Mérida

Cruz Azul

29 October 2002	Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	Cruz Azul	Mérida, Venezuela
16:00	Vielma 69'	Report	Zepeda 36'	Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador)

Nacional Táchira

Cruz Azul

31 October 2002	Nacional Táchira	2–3	Cruz Azul	Mérida, Venezuela
16:00	Clóvis Bento 42' Giovanni Daniel 90+2'	Report	Pinheiro 55' Messera 69' Cacho 79'	Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa Referee: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador)

UNAM

Cruz Azul

6 November 2002	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	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)

Cruz Azul

Estudiantes de Mérida

14 November 2002	Cruz Azul	2–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	Mexico City, Mexico
16:00	Abreu 44' Pinheiro 77'	Report	Panigutti 26'	Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Felipe Russi (Colombia)

UNAM

Nacional Táchira

19 November 2002	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

Nacional Táchira

21 November 2002	Cruz Azul	4–0	Nacional Táchira	Mexico City, Mexico
16:00	Abreu 9', 21', 22' Gutiérrez 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Cruz Azul

UNAM

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

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	CAL	RIV	LIB	EME
1	Deportivo Cali	6	4	0	2	9	3	+6	12		2–0	1–0	2–1
2	River Plate	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12	2–1		3–1	2–0
3	Libertad	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7	1–0	0–2		2–2
4	Emelec	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9	4	0–4	3–1	1–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PAY	CER	SC	UC
1	Paysandu	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9	14		0–0	2–1	3–1
2	Cerro Porteño	6	2	2	2	8	11	−3	8	2–6		1–0	3–2
3	Sporting Cristal	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7	0–2	1–1		3–1
4	Universidad Católica	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4	1–1	2–1	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SAN	AME	NAC	OCT
1	Santos	6	4	2	0	16	4	+12	14		3–0	1–1	3–1
2	América de Cali	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10	1–5		1–0	4–1
3	El Nacional	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	6	0–0	1–1		1–0
4	12 de Octubre	6	1	0	5	7	17	−10	3	1–4	1–4	3–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	COB	OLI	GIM	AL
1	Cobreloa	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9		2–3	0–0	4–0
2	Olimpia	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9	0–0		4–1	0–1
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima	6	1	4	1	8	7	+1	7	0–0	1–1		5–1
4	Alianza Lima	6	1	2	3	6	14	−8	5	2–3	1–1	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	GRE	UNAM	BOL	PEÑ
1	Grêmio	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10		3–2	1–0	4–1
2	UNAM	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	1–0		2–0	3–1
3	Bolívar	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9	1–0	2–0		5–2
4	Peñarol	6	2	1	3	12	14	−2	7	2–2	2–0	4–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	RAC	NAC	UNI	OP
1	Racing	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14		4–1	1–1	2–0
2	Nacional	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	10	1–2		2–0	3–0
3	Universitario	6	1	4	1	8	8	0	7	1–1	2–2		2–0
4	Oriente Petrolero	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1	0–1	2–3	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	IND	BOC	BAR	C-C
1	Independiente Medellín	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12		1–0	1–0	2–0
2	Boca Juniors	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	2–0		2–1	2–2
3	Barcelona	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5	2–4	2–2		2–0
4	Colo-Colo	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5	2–1	1–2	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	COR	CRU	FEN	TS
1	Corinthians	6	5	1	15	6	+9	15		1–0	6–1	4–1
2	Cruz Azul	6	3	3	12	11	+1	9	3–0		4–0	3–2
3	Fénix	6	2	4	10	14	−4	6	1–2	6–1		2–0
4	The Strongest	6	2	4	6	12	−6	6	0–2	2–1	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

River Plate	2	2	4

Corinthians	1	1	2
				River Plate	2	1	3

				América	1	4	5
América	1	0	1

Racing	1	0	1
								América	0	0	0

								Boca Juniors	2	4	6
Boca Juniors	0	4	4

Paysandu	1	2	3
				Boca Juniors	2	2	4

				Cobreloa	1	1	2
UNAM	0	0	0

Cobreloa	1	0	1
												Boca Juniors	2	3	5

												Santos	0	1	1
Olimpia	2	0	2

Grêmio	3	3	6
				Grêmio	2	1	3

				I. Medellín	2	2	4
Cerro Porteño	0	1	1

I. Medellín	1	0	1
								I. Medellín	0	2	2

								Santos	1	3	4
Cruz Azul	0	0	0

Deportivo Cali	0	0	0
				Cruz Azul	2	0	2

				Santos	2	1	3
Nacional	4	2	6

Santos	4	2	6

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	2–6	Grêmio	2–3	0–3
Cerro Porteño	1–1 (2–4 p)	Independiente Medellin	1–0	0–1
Nacional	6–6 (1–3 p)	Santos	4–4	2–2
Cruz Azul	0–0 (3–2 p)	Deportivo Cali	0–0	0–0
Boca Juniors	4–3	Paysandu	0–1	4–2
UNAM	0–1	Cobreloa	0–0	0–1
River Plate	4–2	Corinthians	2–1	2–1
América	1–1 (6–5 p)	Racing	1–1	0–0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	3–5	América	2–1	1–4
Boca Juniors	4–2	Cobreloa	2–1	2–1
Gremio	3–4	Medellín	2–2	1–2
Cruz Azul	2–3	Santos	0–1	2–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boca Juniors	6–0	América	2–0	4–0
Santos	4–2	Medellín	1–0	3–2

Finals

First Leg

25 June 2003

21:45

Boca Juniors	2–0	Santos
Delgado 32', 83'

Estadio La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 57,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Second Leg

2 July 2003

21:45

Santos	1–3	Boca Juniors
Alex 75'		Tevez 21' Delgado 84' Schiavi 90+5'

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Copa Libertadores de América 2003 champion
Boca Juniors Fifth title

References

^ "Presentaron el auto que recibirá el mejor jugador de la fin". 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ Minniti, Javier. "Historia de la Pre-Libertadores" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

External links

Copa Libertadores 2003 Archived 2006-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
2003 Copa Libertadores at RSSSF

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