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	February 4 – July 2
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]

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

Group stage

Group 1

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

Source:

Group 2

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

Source:

Group 3

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

Source:

Group 4

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

Source:

Group 5

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

Source:

Group 6

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

Source:

Group 7

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

Source:

Group 8

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

Source:

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

1st Leg
Date	Home	Score	Away
April 22	Olimpia	2–3	Grêmio
April 23	Cerro Porteño	0–1	Independiente Medellín
April 23	Nacional	4–4	Santos
May 6	Cruz Azul	0–0	Deportivo Cali
April 24	Boca Juniors	0–1	Paysandu
April 24	UNAM	0–1	Cobreloa
May 1	River Plate	2–1	Corinthians
April 24	América	1–1	Racing
2nd Leg
May 8	Grêmio	3–0	Olimpia
May 6	Independiente Medellín	0–1 [4–2]	Cerro Porteño
May 7	Santos	2–2 [3–1]	Nacional
May 13	Deportivo Cali	0–0 [2–3]	Cruz Azul
May 15	Paysandu	2–4	Boca Juniors
May 8	Cobreloa	0–0	UNAM
May 14	Corinthians	1–2	River Plate
May 13	Racing	0–0 [5–6]	América

Quarterfinals

1st Leg
Date	Home	Score	Away
May 20	River Plate	2–1	América
May 21	Cobreloa	1–2	Boca Juniors
May 21	Cruz Azul	2–2	Santos
May 22	Grêmio	2–2	Independiente Medellín
2nd Leg
May 27	América	4–1	River Plate
May 28	Santos	1–0	Cruz Azul
May 28	Boca Juniors	2–1	Cobreloa
May 29	Independiente Medellín	2–1	Grêmio

Semifinals

1st Leg
Date	Home	Score	Away
June 4	Santos	1–0	Independiente Medellín
June 11	Boca Juniors	2–0	América
2nd Leg
June 18	Independiente Medellín	2–3	Santos
June 19	América	0–4	Boca Juniors

Finals

1st Leg
June 25	Boca Juniors	2–0	Santos
2nd Leg
July 2	Santos	1–3	Boca Juniors

Copa Libertadores de América 2003 Champion
Boca Juniors Fifth title

References

1. "Presentaron el auto que recibirá el mejor jugador de la fin". 19 June 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
2. "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

External links

• Conmebol
• Copa Libertadores 2003
• RSSSF