The 2003 season was São Paulo's 74th season since club's existence. In this year São Paulo became a runner-up of Campeonato Paulista, being defeated by rival Corinthians in finals. At the Copa do Brasil, national cup, reached the quarterfinals falling in front of Goiás due Away goal rule with 0–0 (away); 1–1 (home). The club arrived in third place final in the first time when Série A was disputed in accumulated points system. In his first participation in Copa Sudamericana reached semifinals losing to Argentine club River Plate in penalty shootouts for 2–4 in a match that had fights and aggressions between players of both teams. The featured of year was the striker Luís Fabiano which scored 46 goals in whole season, 29 only in league.
Squad
Final squad
Statistics
Scorers PositionNationPlaying positionNameCampeonato PaulistaCopa do BrasilCampeonato BrasileiroCopa SudamericanaFriendly matchTotal1FWLuís Fabiano 882910462FWDiego Tardelli 0093113=DFGustavo Nery 40324133MFFábio Simplício 20721124FWKléber 11350105FWReinaldo 1340086MFKaká 5020077MFJúlio Baptista 123006=FWRico 0042068MFSouza 0032059DFFabiano 121004=FWItamar 40000410DFGabriel 012003=DFJean 00300311MFCarlos Alberto 002002=DFDiego Lugano 001102=MFRicardinho 001012=GKRogério Ceni 00200212MFAdriano 001001=MFAílton 001001=FWDill 000011=MFClaudio Maldonado 100001=DFLeonardo Moura 100001=MFMarco Antônio 000011///Own Goals000000Total291781189154
Managers performance
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%26 January1 May241266593458%4 May14 December52281311956562%
Overall
{|class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 76 (11 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa do Brasil, 46 Campeonato Brasileiro, 8 Copa Sudamericana, 3 Friendly match) |- |Games won || 40 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 22 Campeonato Brasileiro, 6 Copa Sudamericana, 2 Friendly match) |- |Games drawn || 18 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 1 Friendly match) |- |Games lost || 17 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 0 Friendly match) |- |Goals scored || 153 |- |Goals conceded || 98 |- |Goal difference || +55 |- |Best result || 6–0 (H) v Juventus – Campeonato Paulista – 2003.1.30 6–0 (H) v São Raimundo (AM) – Copa do Brasil – 2003.3.13 |- |Worst result || 2–5 (A) v Paysandu – Campeonato Brasileiro – 2003.4.27 |- |Top scorer || Luís Fabiano (46 goals)
Friendlies
Official competitions
Campeonato Paulista Source:
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%2nd2011623291460%
Copa do Brasil
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%6th15843117662%
Campeonato Brasileiro
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%3rd7846221212816756%
Copa Sudamericana
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%3rd19861118779%
References
External links official website