2003 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 2003 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 102nd season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Cruzeiro	100	46	31	7	8	102	47	55
2	Santos	87	46	25	12	9	93	60	33
3	São Paulo	78	46	22	12	12	81	67	14
4	São Caetano	74	46	19	14	13	53	37	16
5	Coritiba	73	46	21	10	15	67	58	9
6	Internacional	72	46	20	10	16	59	57	2
7	Atlético Mineiro	72	46	19	15	12	76	62	14
8	Flamengo	66	46	18	12	16	66	73	-7
9	Goiás	65	46	18	11	17	78	63	15
10	Paraná	65	46	18	11	17	85	75	10
11	Figueirense	65	46	17	14	15	62	54	8
12	Atlético-PR	61	46	17	10	19	67	72	-5
13	Guarani	61	46	17	10	19	64	72	-8
14	Criciúma	60	46	17	9	20	57	69	-12
15	Corinthians	59	46	15	12	19	61	63	-2
16	Vitória	56	46	15	11	20	50	64	-14
17	Vasco	54	46	13	15	18	57	69	-12
18	Juventude	53	46	12	14	20	55	70	-15
19	Fluminense	52	46	13	11	22	52	77	-25
20	Grêmio	50	46	13	11	22	54	68	-12
21	Ponte Preta	50	46	11	18	17	63	73	-10
22	Paysandu	49	46	15	12	19	74	77	3
23	Fortaleza	49	46	12	13	21	58	74	-16
24	Bahia	46	46	12	10	24	59	92	-33

Cruzeiro declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions.

Relegation

The two worst placed teams, which are Fortaleza and Bahia, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Final Stage

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Palmeiras	16	6	5	1	0	12	3	9
2	Botafogo	8	6	2	2	2	9	10	-1
3	Sport	5	6	1	2	3	6	8	-2
4	Marília	3	6	0	3	3	2	8	-6

Palmeiras declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Palmeiras and Botafogo, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The two worst placed teams, which are Gama and União São João, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Final Stage

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ituano	11	6	3	2	1	9	7	2
2	Santo André	10	6	3	1	2	7	5	2
3	Botafogo-PB	7	6	2	1	3	8	12	-4
4	Campinense	6	6	2	0	4	5	5	0

Ituano declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Ituano and Santo André, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Cruzeiro and Flamengo.

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Flamengo v Cruzeiro

June 8, 2003

Flamengo	1–1	Cruzeiro

Maracanã

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Cruzeiro v Flamengo

June 11, 2003

Cruzeiro	3–1	Flamengo

Mineirão

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Cruzeiro declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 4-2.

State championship champions

State	Champion		State	Champion
Acre	Rio Branco		Paraíba	Botafogo-PB
Alagoas	ASA		Paraná	Coritiba
Amapá	Ypiranga		Pernambuco	Sport Recife
Amazonas	Nacional		Piauí	Flamengo-PI
Bahia	Vitória		Rio de Janeiro	Vasco
Ceará	Fortaleza		Rio Grande do Norte	América-RN
Distrito Federal	Gama		Rio Grande do Sul	Internacional
Espírito Santo	Serra		Rondônia	União Cacoalense
Goiás	Goiás		Roraima	Atlético Roraima
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa		Santa Catarina	Figueirense
Mato Grosso	Cuiabá		São Paulo	Corinthians
Mato Grosso do Sul	SERC		Sergipe	Sergipe
Minas Gerais	Cruzeiro		Tocantins	Palmas
Pará	Remo

Youth competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa Macaé de Juvenis	Fluminense
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil	Internacional
Copa São Paulo de Juniores	Santo André
Copa Sub-17 de Promissão	Corinthians
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores	Flamengo

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato do Nordeste	Vitória
Copa Espírito Santo	Estrela do Norte
Copa FPF	Santo André
Copa Paraná	Atlético Paranaense
Copa Pernambuco	Sport
Taça Minas Gerais	Uberlândia
Torneio de Integração da Amazônia	CFA

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 2003	Copa Sudamericana 2003	Recopa Sudamericana 2003
Atlético Mineiro	Did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Corinthians	Round of 16	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Cruzeiro	Did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Flamengo	Did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Fluminense	Did not qualify	2nd Preliminary round	N/A
Grêmio	Quarterfinals	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Internacional	Did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Palmeiras	Did not qualify	Preliminary round	N/A
Paysandu	Round of 16	Did not qualify	N/A
Santos	Runner-up	Quarterfinals	N/A
São Caetano	Did not qualify	2nd Preliminary round	N/A
São Paulo	Did not qualify	Semifinals	N/A
Vasco	Did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2003.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
February 12, 2003	China PR	D	0-0	-	International Friendly
March 29, 2003	Portugal	L	1-2	Ronaldinho	International Friendly
April 30, 2003	Mexico	D	0-0	-	International Friendly
June 11, 2003	Nigeria	W	3-0	Gil, Fabiano, Adriano	International Friendly
June 19, 2003	Cameroon	L	0-1	-	Confederations Cup
June 21, 2003	United States	W	1-0	Adriano	Confederations Cup
June 23, 2003	Turkey	D	2-2	Adriano, Alex	Confederations Cup
July 13, 2003	Mexico	L	0-1	-	Gold Cup
July 15, 2003	Honduras	W	2-1	Maicon, Diego	Gold Cup
July 19, 2003	Colombia	W	2-0	Kaká (2)	Gold Cup
July 23, 2003	United States	W	2-1 (aet)	Kaká, Diego	Gold Cup
July 27, 2003	Mexico	L	0-1 (aet)	-	Gold Cup
September 7, 2003	Colombia	W	2-1	Ronaldo, Kaká	World Cup Qualifying
September 10, 2003	Ecuador	W	1-0	Ronaldinho	World Cup Qualifying
October 12, 2003	Jamaica	W	1-0	Roberto Carlos	International Friendly
November 16, 2003	Peru	D	1-1	Rivaldo	World Cup Qualifying
November 19, 2003	Uruguay	D	3-3	Kaká, Ronaldo (2)	World Cup Qualifying

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2003.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
April 23, 2003	Argentina	W	3–2	Kátia Cilene, Pretinha, Rosana	Sudamericano Femenino
April 25, 2003	Peru	W	3–0	Formiga, Pretinha, Marta	Sudamericano Femenino
April 27, 2003	Colombia	W	12–0	Pretinha (2), Formiga, Marta (3), Kátia Cilene (5), Cristiane Silva	Sudamericano Femenino
July 13, 2003	United States	L	0–1	-	International Friendly
July 17, 2003	Canada	L	1–2	Tatiana	International Friendly
July 20, 2003	Canada	L	1–2	Cristiane Silva	International Friendly
August 2, 2003	Haiti	W	5–0	Marta, Kelly, Formiga, Renata Costa, Maycon	Pan American Games
August 8, 2003	Canada	W	5–0	Renata Costa, Formiga, Marta, Maycon, Elaine	Pan American Games
August 11, 2003	Argentina	W	2–1	Marta (2)	Pan American Games
August 14, 2003	Canada	W	1–1 (aet: 1–0)	Formiga, Cristiane Silva	Pan American Games
September 21, 2003	South Korea	W	3–0	Marta, Kátia Cilene (2)	World Cup
September 24, 2003	Norway	W	4–1	Daniela Alves, Rosana, Marta, Kátia Cilene	World Cup
September 27, 2003	France	D	1–1	Kátia Cilene	World Cup
October 1, 2003	Sweden	L	1–2	Marta	World Cup

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2003:

Competition	Performance
World Cup	Quarterfinals
Sudamericano Femenino	Champions
Pan American Games	Champions

Domestic competition champions

Competition	Champion
Circuito Brasileiro	Saad

References

• Brazilian competitions at RSSSF
• 2003 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF
• 2000-2003 Brazil women's national team matches at RSSSF