2003 Copa Libertadores Finals
# 2003 Copa Libertadores Finals

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

## Route to the finals

| Santos | Santos | Santos | Boca Juniors | Boca Juniors | Boca Juniors |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nacional A 4–4 | Alex 5' Ricardo Oliveira 44', 84' (pen.) Robinho 64' | Round of 16 First leg | 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 | 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 | Quarterfinals First leg | Cobreloa A 2–1 | Schelotto 15', 76' |
| Cruz Azul H 1–0 | Robinho 13' | Second leg | Second leg | Cobreloa H 2–1 | Donnet 7' Tevez 14' |
| Independiente Medellín H 1–0 | Nenê 67' | Semifinals First leg | 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 | Second leg | América de Cali A 4–0 | Tevez 13', 22' Schiavi 40' (pen.) Delgado 76' (pen.) |

## Final summary

### First leg

| Boca Juniors | Santos |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Roberto Abbondanzieri |
| DF | 4 | Hugo Ibarra | 16' |
| DF | 2 | Rolando Schiavi | 65' |
| DF | 6 | Nicolás Burdisso |
| DF | 3 | Clemente Rodríguez |
| MF | 5 | Sebastián Battaglia |
| MF | 22 | Alfredo Cascini | 67' |
| MF | 8 | Diego Cagna | 71' | 89' |
| FW | 16 | Marcelo Delgado |
| FW | 7 | Guillermo Schelotto (c) | | 53' |
| FW | 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 ||

Fábio Costa :

| DF | 22 | Reginaldo Araújo | 82' |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | 14 | Pereira | 17' | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Alex |
| DF | 3 | Léo |
| MF | 5 | Paulo Almeida (c) | 77' |
| MF | 8 | Renato |
| MF | 21 | Fabiano | | 69' |
| MF | 10 | Diego |
| FW | 7 | Robinho |
| FW | 9 | Ricardo Oliveira |
| 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 Luis Arango
* Oswaldo Díaz
* Fourth official:
* Fernando Paneso

### Second leg

| Santos | Boca Juniors |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Fábio Costa | 90+3' |
| MF | 16 | Wellington | | 30' |
| DF | 2 | André Luís |
| DF | 6 | Alex |
| DF | 3 | Léo | 1' |
| MF | 5 | Paulo Almeida (c) |
| MF | 8 | Renato |
| MF | 21 | Fabiano | 61' |
| MF | 10 | Diego |
| FW | 7 | Robinho |
| FW | 9 | Ricardo Oliveira | | 67' |
| 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 ||

86' :

| DF | 4 | Hugo Ibarra |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Rolando Schiavi |
| DF | 6 | Nicolás Burdisso |
| DF | 3 | Clemente Rodríguez |
| MF | 20 | Javier Villarreal | | 89' |
| MF | 22 | Alfredo Cascini | 6' |
| MF | 5 | Sebastián Battaglia |
| MF | 8 | Diego Cagna | | 88' |
| FW | 11 | Carlos Tevez | | 90+1' |
| FW | 16 | Marcelo Delgado |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Willy Caballero |
| DF | 14 | Pablo Jerez | | 89' |
| DF | 15 | José 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
