2003 Santos FC season
# 2003 Santos FC season

The 2003 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-first season in existence and the club's fifty consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

## Players

### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | BRA | Fábio Costa |
| — | GK | BRA | Júlio Sérgio |
| — | GK | BRA | Rafael |
| — | DF | BRA | Alex |
| — | DF | BRA | André Luís |
| — | DF | BRA | Pereira |
| — | DF | BRA | Léo |
| — | DF | BRA | Michel |
| — | DF | BRA | Nenêm |
| — | DF | BRA | Reginaldo Araújo |
| — | DF | BRA | Preto |
| — | DF | BRA | Rubens Cardoso |
| — | MF | BRA | Daniel Paulista |
| — | MF | BRA | Narciso |
| — | MF | BRA | Paulo Almeida |
| — | MF | BRA | Adiel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Wellington |
| — | MF | BRA | Alexandre |
| — | MF | BRA | Canindé |
| — | MF | BRA | Diego |
| — | MF | BRA | Elano |
| — | MF | BRA | Renato |
| — | MF | BRA | Nenê |
| — | MF | BRA | Robert |
| — | FW | BRA | Fabiano |
| — | FW | BRA | Robinho |
| — | FW | BRA | Douglas |
| — | FW | BRA | Marcelo Peabirú |
| — | FW | BRA | Ricardo Oliveira |
| — | FW | BRA | Val Baiano |
| — | FW | BRA | William |

Source:

### Appearances and goals

| Pos. | Name | Brasileirão | Brasileirão | Libertadores | Libertadores | Paulistão | Paulistão | Sudamericana | Sudamericana | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Fábio Costa | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| GK | Júlio Sérgio | 11(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| DF | Alex | 34 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 15 |
| DF | André Luis | 36 | 3 | 9(2) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 5 |
| DF | Preto | 8(8) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| DF | Pereira | 14(1) | 1 | 4(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| DF | Silvio | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Léo | 43 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 69 | 6 |
| DF | Reginaldo Araújo | 30(8) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| DF | Rubens Cardoso | 2(10) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| DF | Neném | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Michel | 1(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Jaílson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Renato | 44 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 10 |
| MF | Elano | 39 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 12 |
| MF | Diego | 33 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 14 |
| MF | Fabiano | 21(13) | 10 | 4(6) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 3(2) | 1 | 51 | 12 |
| MF | Paulo Almeida | 28 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| MF | Alexandre | 9(11) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| MF | Daniel Paulista | 12(11) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| MF | Jerri | 11(12) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| MF | Wellington | 4(8) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| MF | Narciso | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Robinho | 32 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 15 |
| FW | Nenê | 18(4) | 8 | 2(10) | 3 | 0(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 38 | 11 |
| FW | Ricardo Oliveira | 14 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 20 |
| FW | William | 9(10) | 9 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 |
| FW | Douglas | 5(10) | 3 | 1(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| FW | Marcelo Peabirú | 2(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| FW | Val Baiano | 1(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| FW | Júlio César | 1(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Adiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### In

| P | Player | Moving from |
| - | - | - |
| MF | Nenê | Paulista |
| FW | Ricardo Oliveira | Portuguesa |
| FW | Fabiano | Internacional |
| DF | Reginaldo Araújo | Coritiba |
| DF | Rubens Cardoso | Palmeiras |
| MF | Daniel Paulista | Comercial |
| FW | Júlio César | Gaziantepspor |
| FW | Val Baiano | Paranavaí |
| FW | Marcelo Peabirú | ADAP |
| DF | Nenêm | Palmeiras |

### Out

| P | Player | Moving to |
| - | - | - |
| DF | Maurinho | Cruzeiro |
| DF | Bernardi | União São João |
| DF | Leandro | Brasiliense |
| DF | Michel | Goiás |
| MF | Robert | Consadole Sapporo |
| FW | Fabiano Souza | Mogi Mirim |
| MF | Canindé | Paulista |
| FW | Bruno Moraes | Porto B |
| FW | Alberto | Dynamo Moscow |
| DF | Marcão | Sport |
| FW | Ricardo Oliveira | Valencia |
| FW | Fabiano | Albacete |
| MF | Nenê | Mallorca |
| FW | Marcelo Peabirú | Free agent |

## Friendlies

Source:

## Competitions

### Overall summary

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Campeonato Brasileiro | — | 2nd | 30 March | 14 December |
| Campeonato Paulista | Group Stage | Group Stage | 25 January | 15 February |
| Copa Libertadores | Group Stage | Runners-up | 6 February | 2 July |
| Copa Sudamericana | Brazil 1 preliminary | Quarterfinals | 13 August | 29 October |

### Detailed overall summary

| | Total | Home | Away |
| - | - | - | - |
| Games played | 72 | 36 | 36 |
| Games won | 37 | 21 | 16 |
| Games drawn | 21 | 11 | 10 |
| Games lost | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| Biggest win | 7–4 v Bahia | 5–1 v Inter de Limeira | 7–4 v Bahia |
| Biggest loss | 0–3 v Cruzeiro | 1–3 v Boca Juniors | 0–3 v Cruzeiro |
| Clean sheets | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| Goals scored | 143 | 79 | 64 |
| Goals conceded | 93 | 44 | 49 |
| Goal difference | +50 | +35 | +15 |
| Average GF per game | 1.98 | 2.19 | 1.77 |
| Average GC per game | 1.29 | 1.22 | 1.36 |
| Most appearances | Léo (69) | Léo and Renato (34) | Léo (35) |
| Top scorer | Ricardo Oliveira (20) | Ricardo Oliveira (13) | Robinho (10) |
| Points | 132/216 (61.11%) | 74/108 (68.51%) | 58/108 (53.7%) |
| Winning rate | 51.38% | 58.33% | 44.44% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualified for 2004 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | São Paulo | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 81 | 67 | +14 | 78 | Qualified for 2004 Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | São Caetano | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 74 | Qualified for 2004 Copa Libertadores |
| 5 | Coritiba | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 73 | Qualified for 2004 Copa Libertadores |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 10 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Copa Libertadores

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Santos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 14 |
| 2 | América de Cali | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | El Nacional | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 |
| 4 | 12 de Octubre | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 3 |

### Campeonato Paulista

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Portuguesa Santista (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 16 | Qualifies to the Semifinals |
| 2 | São Paulo (Q) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 11 | Qualifies to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Santo André (Q) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Qualifies to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Santos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | |
| 5 | Paulista | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | |
| 6 | Internacional de Limeira | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 4 | |
| 7 | Juventus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 0 | |

### Copa Sul-Americana

**Brazil 1 Preliminary**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Santos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 2 | Internacional | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
