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2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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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.

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, commonly referred to as the Brasileirão, and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Brazilian professional league for men's football clubs. At the top of the Brazilian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2021 the competition was chosen by the IFFHS as the strongest national league in South America as well as the strongest in the world.

Round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants/teams are eliminated after a certain number of losses.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, known simply as Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league.

Treble (association football)

Treble (association football)

A treble in association football is achieved when a club team wins three trophies in a single season. A continental treble involves winning the club's national league competition, main national cup competition, and main continental trophy. A domestic treble involves winning three national competitions—normally the league title, the primary cup competition, and one secondary competition, such as a secondary cup or state-level league.

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 worst 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
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 ranking made by CBF with the all-time teams' overall campaign in Campeonato Brasileiro.
  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.

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Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, known simply as Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league.

2004 Copa Libertadores

2004 Copa Libertadores

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Associação Desportiva São Caetano

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Associação Desportiva São Caetano, commonly referred to as São Caetano, is a Brazilian professional club based in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo founded on 4 December 1989. It competes in the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football league.

Coritiba Foot Ball Club

Coritiba Foot Ball Club

Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the oldest football club in the state. Coritiba have won the Paraná State Championship 39 times – more than both of its main rivals combined. Coritiba has won the Brazilian Championship once in 1985.

2004 Copa Sudamericana

2004 Copa Sudamericana

The 2004 Copa Nissan Sudamericana was the 3rd edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international football tournament. It was won by Argentine club Boca Juniors, who defeated Bolívar of Bolivia to win their first title.

Clube Atlético Mineiro

Clube Atlético Mineiro

Clube Atlético Mineiro, commonly known as Atlético or Atlético Mineiro, and colloquially as Galo, is the largest and oldest professional football club based in the city of Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The team competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first level of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier state league of Minas Gerais.

Goiás Esporte Clube

Goiás Esporte Clube

Goiás Esporte Clube is a Brazilian sports club, best known for its association football team, located in the city of Goiânia, capital city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. Goiás has won Brazilian's second tier Série B twice, also 28 Campeonato Goiano and 3 Copa Centro-Oeste. Goiás' football team has been a mainstay in premiere Brazilian league Série A and has been promoted to Latin America's Copa Libertadores twice and South America's Copa Sudamericana six times. Its main rivals are Vila Nova, Atlético Goianiense and Goiânia. Goiás has a wide advantage in matches between the two teams.

Paraná Clube

Paraná Clube

Paraná Clube, commonly referred to as Paraná, is a Brazilian professional club based in Curitiba, Paraná founded on 19 December 1989. It competes in the Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata, the second tier of the Paraná state football league.

Criciúma Esporte Clube

Criciúma Esporte Clube

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Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

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Esporte Clube Vitória

Esporte Clube Vitória

Esporte Clube Vitória, commonly referred to as Vitória, is a Brazilian professional club based in Salvador, Bahia founded on 13 May 1899. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Baiano, the top flight of the Bahia state football league.

Esporte Clube Juventude

Esporte Clube Juventude

Esporte Clube Juventude, also known as Juventude, is a Brazilian football team in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The club currently competes in the top tier of Brazilian football, the Série A, as well as in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A, the first level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. Major titles won by the club include the 1999 Copa do Brasil and the 1994 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Juventude also competes in the top tier state league of Rio Grande do Sul, having won it once, in 1998. Their greatest rival is Caxias, with whom it contests the Caxias do Sul derby, also known as CaJu.

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.
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Locations of the 2003 Série A teams

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Club Athletico Paranaense

Club Athletico Paranaense

Club Athletico Paranaense is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's top football division, in 2001, the Copa Sudamericana in 2018 and 2021, and the Copa do Brasil in 2019.

Esporte Clube Bahia

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Esporte Clube Bahia, known familiarly as Bahia, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's first-tier league.

Coritiba Foot Ball Club

Coritiba Foot Ball Club

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Criciúma Esporte Clube

Criciúma Esporte Clube

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Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, known simply as Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league.

Fortaleza Esporte Clube

Fortaleza Esporte Clube

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Goiás Esporte Clube

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Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

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Esporte Clube Juventude

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Paraná Clube

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Top scorers

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

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