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

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.

Qualified teams

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

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

La Bombonera (left) and Estádio do Morumbi, venues for the finals

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.)

Match details

First leg

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
RB	4	Hugo Ibarra	16'
CB	2	Rolando Schiavi	65'
CB	6	Nicolás Burdisso
LB	3	Clemente Rodríguez
RM	8	Diego Cagna	71'	89'
CM	5	Sebastián Battaglia
CM	22	Raúl Cascini	67'
LM	7	G. Barros Schelotto (c)		53'
CF	16	Marcelo Delgado
CF	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
RB	22	Reginaldo Araújo	82'
CB	6	Alex
CB	14	Pereira	17'	46'
LB	3	Léo
DM	5	Paulo Almeida (c)	77'
CM	8	Renato
CM	21	Fabiano		69'
RF	10	Diego
CF	9	Ricardo Oliveira
LF	7	Robinho
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 Luís 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' (pen.)

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 73,103

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Santos

Boca Juniors

GK	1	Fábio Costa	90+3'
RB	16	Wellington		30'
CB	6	Alex
CB	2	André Luís
LB	3	Léo	1'
DM	5	Paulo Almeida (c)
CM	8	Renato
CM	21	Fabiano	61'
RF	10	Diego
CF	9	Ricardo Oliveira		67'
LF	7	Robinho
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'
RB	4	Hugo Ibarra
CB	2	Rolando Schiavi
CB	6	Nicolás Burdisso
LB	3	Clemente Rodríguez
RM	20	Javier Villarreal		89'
CM	22	Raúl Cascini	6'
CM	5	Sebastián Battaglia
LM	8	Diego Cagna		88'
CF	16	Marcelo Delgado
CF	11	Carlos Tevez		90+1'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Willy Caballero
DF	14	Pablo Jerez		89'
DF	15	José María 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