2003 Copa Libertadores finals

2003 Copa Libertadores finals

Event	2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores
Boca Juniors Santos 5 1
on aggregate
First leg
Boca Juniors Santos 2 0
Date	25 June 2003
Venue	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Referee	Óscar Ruiz
Second leg
Santos Boca Juniors 1 3
Date	2 July 2003
Venue	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
Referee	Jorge Larrionda
Attendance	73,103
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The 2003 Copa Libertadores final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2003 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Boca Juniors and Brazilian club Santos. The first leg of the tie was played on 25 June at Boca Juniors' venue, La Bombonera, with the second leg played on 2 July at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo.

During the final, both sides registered all of their local players. Boca Juniors won the series 5–1 on aggregate.^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
Boca Juniors	1963, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2000, 2001
Santos	1962, 1963

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Route to the finals

Santos			Boca Juniors
Nacional A 4–4	Alex 5' Ricardo Oliveira 44', 84' (pen.) Robinho 64'	Round of 16 First leg		Paysandu H 0–1
Nacional H 2–2 (p. 3–1)	Ricardo Oliveira 8' Eguren 64' (o.g.)	Second leg		Paysandu A 4–2	Schelotto 14', 67' (pen.), 70' (pen.) Delgado 57'
Cruz Azul A 2–2	Renato 21' Diego 76'	Quarterfinals First leg		Cobreloa A 2–1	Schelotto 15', 76'
Cruz Azul H 1–0	Robinho 13'	Second leg		Cobreloa H 2–1	Donnet 7' Tevez 14'
Independiente Medellín H 1–0	Nenê 67'	Semifinals First leg		América de Cali H 2–0	Schiavi 41' Tevez 89'
Independiente Medellín A 3–2	Alex 36' Fabiano 61' Léo 85'	Second leg		América de Cali A 4–0	Tevez 13', 22' Schiavi 40' (pen.) Delgado 76' (pen.)

Final summary

First leg

2003 Copa Libertadores finals

25 June 2003

21:40 (UTC-03:00)

First leg

Boca Juniors	2–0	Santos
Delgado 32', 83'	(Report)

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Boca Juniors

Santos

GK 1 Roberto Abbondanzieri DF 4 Hugo Ibarra  16' DF 2 Rolando Schiavi  65' DF 6 Nicolás Burdisso DF 3 Clemente Rodríguez MF 5 Sebastián Battaglia MF 22 Alfredo Cascini  67' MF 8 Diego Cagna  71'  89' FW 16 Marcelo Delgado FW 7 Guillermo Schelotto (c)  53' FW 11 Carlos Tevez Substitutes: GK 12 Willy Caballero DF 14 Pablo Jerez FW 17 Raúl Estévez MF 20 Javier Villarreal  84'  53' FW 21 Franco Cángele  89' MF 23 Gustavo Pinto MF 24 Miguel Caneo Manager: Carlos Bianchi

GK 1 Fábio Costa DF 22 Reginaldo Araújo  82'  DF 14 Pereira  17'  46' DF 6 Alex DF 3 Léo MF 5 Paulo Almeida (c)  77' MF 8 Renato MF 21 Fabiano  69' MF 10 Diego FW 7 Robinho FW 9 Ricardo Oliveira Substitutes: GK 12 Júlio Sérgio DF 2 André Luís  80'  46' MF 15 Alexandre MF 16 Wellington FW 18 William MF 19 Nenê  69' DF 23 Rubens Cardoso Manager: Émerson Leão

Assistant referees: Jorge Luis Arango Oswaldo Díaz Fourth official: Fernando Paneso

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Second leg

2 July 2003

21:40 (UTC-03:00)

Second leg

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

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 73,103

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Santos

Boca Juniors

GK 1 Fábio Costa  90+3' MF 16 Wellington  30' DF 2 André Luís DF 6 Alex DF 3 Léo  1' MF 5 Paulo Almeida (c) MF 8 Renato MF 21 Fabiano  61' MF 10 Diego FW 7 Robinho FW 9 Ricardo Oliveira  67' Substitutes: GK 12 Júlio Sérgio DF 14 Pereira MF 15 Alexandre FW 17 Douglas  67' FW 18 William MF 19 Nenê  30' DF 23 Rubens Cardoso Manager: Émerson Leão

GK 1 Roberto Abbondanzieri (c)  86' DF 4 Hugo Ibarra DF 2 Rolando Schiavi DF 6 Nicolás Burdisso DF 3 Clemente Rodríguez MF 20 Javier Villarreal  89' MF 22 Alfredo Cascini  6' MF 5 Sebastián Battaglia MF 8 Diego Cagna  88' FW 11 Carlos Tevez  90+1' FW 16 Marcelo Delgado Substitutes: GK 12 Willy Caballero DF 14 Pablo Jerez  89' DF 15 José Calvo FW 17 Raúl Estévez FW 21 Franco Cángele  90+1' MF 23 Gustavo Pinto MF 24 Miguel Caneo  88' Manager: Carlos Bianchi

Assistant referees: Fernando Cresci Wálter Rial Fourth official: Martín Vázquez

References

1. ^ Copa Libertadores 2003 by Juan Pablo Andréss on the RSSSF