2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season2003
ChampionsCruzeiro
1st Campeonato Brasileiro title
2nd Brazilian title
Relegated
Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Matches played552
Goals scored1,593 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerDimba (31 goals)
Average attendance15,629
2002
2004

The 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 47th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The first edition with only a double round-robin and no playoffs, it began on March 29, 2003, and reached its end on December 14. The competition was won by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, who completed a treble.

Format

The 24 teams played against each other twice. At the season finale, the team with the most accumulated points (3 for each win, 1 for a draw, none for a loss) was declared champion. The two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B of the following year.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cruzeiro 46 31 7 8 102 47 +55 100 Qualified for 2004 Copa Libertadores and 2004 Copa Sudamericana
2 Santos 46 25 12 9 93 60 +33 87
3 São Paulo 46 22 12 12 81 67 +14 78
4 São Caetano 46 19 14 13 53 37 +16 74
5 Coritiba 46 21 10 15 67 58 +9 73
6 Internacional 46 20 10 16 59 57 +2 72 Qualified for 2004 Copa Sudamericana
7 Atlético Mineiro 46 19 15 12 76 62 +14 72
8 Flamengo 46 18 12 16 66 73 −7 66
9 Goiás 46 18 11 17 78 63 +15 65
10 Paraná 46 18 11 17 85 75 +10 65
11 Figueirense 46 17 14 15 62 54 +8 65
12 Atlético-PR 46 17 10 19 67 72 −5 61
13 Guarani 46 17 10 19 64 72 −8 61
14 Criciúma 46 17 9 20 57 69 −12 60
15 Corinthians 46 15 12 19 61 63 −2 59
16 Vitória 46 15 11 20 50 64 −14 56
17 Vasco 46 13 15 18 57 69 −12 54
18 Juventude 46 12 14 20 55 70 −15 53
19 Fluminense 46 13 11 22 52 77 −25 52
20 Grêmio[a] 46 13 11 22 54 68 −14 50 Qualified for 2004 Copa Sudamericana
21 Ponte Preta[b] 46 11 18 17 63 73 −10 50
22 Paysandu[c] 46 15 12 19 74 77 −3 49
23 Fortaleza (R) 46 12 13 21 58 74 −16 49 Relegation to Série B
24 Bahia (R) 46 12 10 24 59 92 −33 46
Source: [1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Grêmio qualified to 2004 Copa Sudamericana due to a CONMEBOL ranking (São Paulo, Cruzeiro and Flamengo also qualified via CONMEBOL ranking).
  2. ^ Ponte Preta docked the points conquisted in the matches against Internacional and Juventude for the irregulate fielding of the player Roberto. Otherwise, Internacional won 2 points and Juventude won 3 points.
  3. ^ Paysandu docked 8 points due to irregularities fielding of the players Júnior Amorim and Aldrovani. In other way, three points won to Ponte Preta, three for São Caetano, two for Corinthians and two for Fluminense.

Results

Home \ Away ATM ATP BAH COR CTB CRI CRU FIG FLA FLU FOR GOI GRE GUA INT JUV PAR PAY PON SAN SCA SPA VAS VIT
Clube Atlético Mineiro 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–0
Club Atlético Paranaense 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 5–2 1–4 1–2 4–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–2 1–0 4–3 2–2 1–2
Esporte Clube Bahia 2–4 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–7 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 4–7 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–1
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 6–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 4–0
Coritiba Foot Ball Club 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–4 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
Criciúma Esporte Clube 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 1–0 4–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube 0–0 5–2 5–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–2 2–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 5–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–0
Figueirense Futebol Clube 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–2 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 4–2 6–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–2
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo 3–2 2–1 6–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Fluminense Football Club 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 5–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–4 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–0
Fortaleza Esporte Clube 4–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 5–3 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0
Goiás Esporte Clube 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 6–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 7–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 4–3 2–1
Guarani Futebol Clube 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–3 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 4–2 2–2
Sport Club Internacional 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Esporte Clube Juventude 1–0 4–0 1–0 6–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1
Paraná Clube 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 6–2 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 4–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–2 3–3 2–0
Paysandu Sport Club 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–2 1–3 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 6–1 0–0 3–2 3–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 5–2 1–2 1–2
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 4–0 4–4 3–4 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1
Santos Futebol Clube 3–3 3–2 4–0 3–1 3–1 5–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1
Associação Desportiva São Caetano 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1
São Paulo Futebol Clube 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–4 3–2 1–3 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–3 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–1
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 6–4 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0
Esporte Clube Vitória 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–4 4–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–4 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos. Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Dimba Goiás 31
2 Renaldo Paraná 30
3 Luís Fabiano São Paulo 29
4 Alex Cruzeiro 23
5 Víctor Aristizábal Cruzeiro 22
6 Marcel Coritiba 20
7 Ilan Atlético-PR 16
8 Deivid Cruzeiro 15
Marquinhos Paraná 15
Wágner Guarani 15
Róbson Paysandu 15

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing head coach Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Fortaleza Luis Carlos Cruz 3 April 2003 20th Ferdinando Teixeira 3 April 2003
Bahia Bobô 26 April 2003 23rd Evaristo de Macedo 1 May 2003
São Paulo Oswaldo de Oliveira 3 May 2003 9th Roberto Rojas 4 May 2003
Figueirense Vágner Benazzi 17 May 2003 22nd Artur Neto 17 June 2003
Goiás Candinho 25 May 2003 24th Cuca 26 May 2003
Paraná Cuca 25 May 2003 8th Adilson Batista 27 May 2003
Grêmio Tite 3 June 2003 21st Darío Pereyra 8 June 2003
Fortaleza Ferdinando Teixeira 15 June 2003 22nd Luis Carlos Cruz 17 June 2003
Vitória Joel Santana 24 June 2003 15th Edinho 25 June 2003
Fluminense Renato Gaúcho 11 July 2003 12th Joel Santana 18 July 2003
Vasco Antônio Lopes 13 July 2003 20th Mauro Galvão 14 July 2003
Paraná Adilson Batista 16 July 2003 9th Edu Marangon 12 August 2003
Flamengo Nelsinho Baptista 17 July 2003 15th Oswaldo de Oliveira 21 July 2003
Atlético Mineiro Celso Roth 21 July 2003 7th Marcelo Oliveira 23 July 2003
Grêmio Darío Pereyra 21 July 2003 22nd Nestor Simionato 22 July 2003
Vitória Edinho 27 July 2003 16th Lori Sandri 4 August 2003
Atlético Paranaense Vadão 4 August 2003 18th Mário Sérgio 5 August 2003
Bahia Evaristo de Macedo 7 August 2003 20th Lula Pereira 18 August 2003
Figueirense Artur Neto 12 August 2003 15th Luiz Carlos Ferreira 12 August 2003
Fortaleza Luis Carlos Cruz 17 August 2003 21st Márcio Araújo 19 August 2003
Grêmio Nestor Simionato 22 August 2003 24th Adilson Batista 22 August 2003
Paraná Edu Marangon 22 September 2003 16th Saulo 23 September 2003
Figueirense Luiz Carlos Ferreira 23 September 2003 12th Dorival Júnior 25 September 2003
Corinthians Geninho 29 September 2003 10th Júnior 1 October 2003
Fluminense Joel Santana 2 October 2003 22nd Renato Gaúcho 2 October 2003
Flamengo Oswaldo de Oliveira 12 October 2003 12th Waldemar Lemos 14 October 2003
Corinthians Júnior 13 October 2003 11th Juninho Fonseca 14 October 2003
Bahia Lula Pereira 25 October 2003 20th Edinho 28 October 2003
Atlético Mineiro Marcelo Oliveira 7 November 2003 7th Procópio Cardoso 9 November 2003
Vitória Lori Sandri 24 November 2003 16th Nelsinho Goés 25 November 2003

References

  1. ^ "2003 Série A Statistics". globoesporte.com. Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2010.