2003 Copa Libertadores

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.

2003 Copa Libertadores de América

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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]
← 2002 2004 →

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			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:

Estudiantes de Mérida   v   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   v   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   v   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   v   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   v   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   v   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   v   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   v   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   v   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   v   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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		COR	CRU	FEN	TS
1	Corinthians	6	5	0	1	15	6	+9	15			1–0	6–1	4–1
2	Cruz Azul	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9		3–0		4–0	3–2
3	Fénix	6	2	0	4	10	14	−4	6		1–2	6–1		2–0
4	The Strongest	6	2	0	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.	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.	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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boca Juniors	6–0	América	2–0	4–0
Santos	4–2	Medellín	1–0	3–2

Finals

Main article: 2003 Copa Libertadores 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

1. . 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
2. . 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
3. Minniti, Javier. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

External links

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