2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	2003
Champions	Cruzeiro; 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title; 2nd Brazilian title
Relegated	Fortaleza; Bahia;
Copa Libertadores	Cruzeiro; Santos; São Paulo; São Caetano; Coritiba;
Copa Sudamericana	Internacional; Atlético Mineiro; Flamengo; Goiás; Paraná; Figueirense; Grêmio;
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,593 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimba (31 goals)
Average attendance	15,629
	← 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.

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 lowest-placed 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 and 2004 Copa Sudamericana
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	Relegation to Série B

Source: [1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Grêmio qualified to 2004 Copa Sudamericana due to a CONMEBOL ranking (São Paulo, Cruzeiro and Flamengo also qualified via CONMEBOL ranking).
^ 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.
^ 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.

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.

Atlético Mineiro

Curitiba

Campinas

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Vitória

Bahia

Santos

Rio de Janeiro teams:
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
São Paulo
Campinas teams:
Guarani
Ponte Preta
Curitiba teams:
Atlético Paranaense
Coritiba
Paraná

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Locations of the 2003 Série A teams

Top scorers

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