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.

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
← 2002 2004 →

During the final, both sides registered all of their local players. Boca Juniors won the series 5–1 on aggregate.^[1]

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