2002–03 in Argentine football

Football in Argentina

Season	2002–03
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Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Independiente	43	19	13	4	2	48	19	29
2	Boca Juniors	40	19	12	4	3	32	15	17
3	River Plate	36	19	11	3	5	35	23	12
4	Chacarita	30	19	9	3	7	19	21	-2
5	Vélez Sársfield	28	19	8	4	7	23	19	4
6	Racing Club	28	19	8	4	7	28	28	0
7	Colón de Santa Fe	28	19	7	7	5	26	26	0
8	Arsenal de Sarandí	27	19	7	6	6	29	25	4
9	San Lorenzo	27	19	7	6	6	28	25	3
10	Newell's Old Boys	27	19	7	6	6	23	22	1
11	Lanús	26	19	6	8	5	21	24	-3
12	Banfield	25	19	6	7	6	21	17	4
13	Rosario Central	25	19	7	4	8	36	34	2
14	Unión de Santa Fe	23	19	6	5	8	26	28	-2
15	Talleres de Córdoba	23	19	5	8	6	23	27	-4
16	Gimnasia de La Plata	20	19	4	8	7	18	24	-6
17	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	20	19	5	5	9	20	30	-10
18	Nueva Chicago	15	19	3	6	10	20	29	-9
19	Estudiantes La Plata	15	19	4	3	12	21	36	-15
20	Huracán	11	19	2	5	12	17	42	-25

Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andrés Silvera	Independiente	16
2	César Carignano	Colón de Santa Fe	11
3	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	10
4	Marcelo Delgado	Boca Juniors	9

Relegation

There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below

Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	43	19	13	4	2	43	18	25
2	Boca Juniors	39	19	12	3	4	36	23	13
3	Vélez Sársfield	38	19	12	2	5	27	12	15
4	Rosario Central	37	19	10	7	2	40	18	22
5	Colón de Santa Fe	29	19	7	8	4	19	14	5
6	San Lorenzo	29	19	8	5	6	27	28	-1
7	Estudiantes La Plata	28	19	7	7	5	24	18	6
8	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	28	18	8	4	6	21	17	4
9	Nueva Chicago	26	19	7	5	7	29	33	-4
10	Gimnasia de La Plata	26	19	7	5	7	21	26	-5
11	Racing Club	25	19	6	7	6	26	24	2
12	Lanús	25	19	7	4	8	27	29	-2
13	Banfield	23	19	6	5	8	18	20	-2
14	Arsenal de Sarandí	22	19	4	10	5	12	13	-1
15	Newell's Old Boys	22	19	5	7	7	21	26	-5
16	Talleres de Córdoba	21	19	5	6	8	23	26	-3
17	Independiente	18	19	4	6	9	13	25	-12
18	Unión de Santa Fe	17	19	4	5	10	18	29	-11
19	Chacarita	11	19	2	5	12	11	24	-13
20	Huracán	6	18	1	3	14	12	45	-33

Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	17
2	Roberto Nanni	Vélez Sársfield	15
3	Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate	12
4	Cristian Castillo	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	11

Relegation

Team	Average	Points	Played	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
River Plate	2.114	241	114	78	84	79
Boca Juniors	1.912	218	114	71	68	79
San Lorenzo	1.702	194	114	81	57	56
Vélez Sársfield	1.491	170	114	56	48	66
Gimnasia de La Plata	1.447	165	114	55	64	46
Racing Club	1.439	164	114	40	71	53
Colón de Santa Fe	1.421	162	114	49	56	57
Estudiantes La Plata	1.342	153	114	56	54	43
Newell's Old Boys	1.298	148	114	48	51	49
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	1.289	49	38	N/A	N/A	49
Arsenal de Sarandí	1.289	49	38	N/A	N/A	49
Lanús	1.272	145	114	43	51	51
Independiente	1.263	144	114	42	41	61
Banfield	1.263	96	76	N/A	48	48
Chacarita	1.263	144	114	56	47	41
Rosario Central	1.254	143	114	41	40	62
Talleres de Córdoba	1.184	135	114	61	30	44
Nueva Chicago	1.171	89	76	N/A	48	41
Unión de Santa Fe	1.096	125	114	46	39	40
Huracán	1.026	117	114	55	44	18

"Promoción" Playoff

Date	Home	Away	Result
July 9, 2003	San Martín de Mendoza	Talleres de Córdoba	0-1
July 13, 2004	Talleres de Córdoba	San Martín de Mendoza	1-0

Talleres de Córdoba wins 2-0 and stays in Argentine First Division. San Martín de Mendoza remains in Argentine Nacional B.

Date	Home	Away	Result
July 9, 2004	Argentinos Juniors	Nueva Chicago	0-1
July 13, 2004	Nueva Chicago	Argentinos Juniors	2-0

Nueva Chicago wins 3-0 and stays in Argentine First Division. Argentinos Juniors remains in Argentine Nacional B.

Argentine clubs in international competitions

Team	Recopa	Copa Sudamericana 2002	2003 Copa Libertadores
Boca Juniors	N/A	Round 1	Champions
San Lorenzo	Runner up	Champions	did not qualify
River Plate	N/A	Round 1	QF
Racing Club	N/A	QF	Round 2
Gimnasia de La Plata	N/A	QF	Group stage

Lower Leagues

Level	Tournament	Champion
2nd	Primera B Nacional Apertura Primera B Nacional Clausura	Atlético Rafaela Atlético Rafaela
3rd	Primera B Metropolitana	Ferro Carril Oeste
3rd (Interior)	Torneo Argentino A	Tiro Federal
4th	Primera C Metropolitana	Colegiales
5th	Primera D Metropolitana	Sacachispas

National team

This section covers Argentina's matches from August 1, 2002, to July 31, 2003.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

Japan   v   Argentina

November 20, 2002	Japan	0 – 2	Argentina	Saitama, Japan
		(Report)	Sorín   47' Crespo   49'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 40,931

Honduras   v   Argentina

January 31, 2003	Honduras	1 – 3	Argentina	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	Martínez   7'	(Report)	D. Milito   15' Lucho   53' M. González   56'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 20,000

Mexico   v   Argentina

February 4, 2003	Mexico	0 – 1	Argentina	Los Angeles, United States
		(Report)	G. Rodríguez   14'	Stadium: Memorial Coliseum

United States   v   Argentina

February 8, 2003	United States	0 – 1	Argentina	Miami, United States
		(Report)	Lucho   9'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 27,196

Netherlands   v   Argentina

February 12, 2003	Netherlands	1 – 0	Argentina	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:30 UTC+01	van Bronckhorst   87'	(Report)		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 40,090 Referee: Kim Nielsen (Denmark)

Libya   v   Argentina

April 30, 2003	Libya	1 – 3	Argentina	Tripoli, Libya
20:45 UTC+02	Taib   60'	(Report)	Saviola   23' Riquelme   63' Aimar   87'	Stadium: June 11 Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Japan   v   Argentina

June 8, 2003	Japan	1 – 4	Argentina	Osaka, Japan
18:20 UTC+09	Akita   55'	(Report)	Saviola   30' Zanetti   45' Romeo   78' M. Rodríguez   82'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 42,508

South Korea   v   Argentina

June 11, 2003	South Korea	0 – 1	Argentina	Seoul, Korea Republic
UTC+09		(Report)	Saviola   44'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium

Argentina   v   Uruguay

July 16, 2003	Argentina	2 – 2	Uruguay	La Plata, Argentina
	D. Milito   4', 9'	(Report)	Chevantón   7' G. Milito   37' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Attendance: 40,000

External links

• AFA
• Argentina 2002–2003 by Javier Romiser at RSSSF.