# 2003 Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil 2003 was the 15th staging of the Copa do Brasil.
The competition started on 2 February and concluded on 4 June 2003 with the second leg of the final, held at the Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the fourth time with a 3-1 victory over Flamengo.
Nonato, of Bahia, with nine goals, was the competition's topscorer.

## Format

The competition was contested by 65 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, with the exception of the preliminary match, which was played in a single match, and in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.

## Competition stages

| Preliminary match | Preliminary match | Preliminary match |
| 1 | Paraná (PR) | 0 |
| 2 | Coritiba (PR) | 1 |
| 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | 3rd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| CFZ (DF) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fortaleza (CE) | 0 | 1 | Fortaleza (CE) | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Americano (RJ) | 2 | 2 | Figueirense (SC) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Figueirense (SC) | 1 | 4 | | | | Figueirense (SC) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| São Raimundo (AM) | 2 | 0 | | | | São Paulo (SP) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| São Paulo (SP) | 0 | 6 | São Paulo (SP) | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bangu (RJ) | 2 | 0 | Gama (DF) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gama (DF) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | São Paulo (SP) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ituano (SP) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | Goiás (GO) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Coritiba (PR) | 0 | 1 | Ituano (SP) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ipatinga (MG) | 2 | 0 | Goiás (GO) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Goiás (GO) | 1 | 1 | | | | Goiás (GO) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| CENE (MS) | 0 | | | | | Botafogo (RJ) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Botafogo (RJ) | 2 | | Botafogo (RJ) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sampaio Corrêa (MA) | 1 | | São Caetano (SP) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| São Caetano (SP) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Goiás (GO) | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Pelotas (RS) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Cruzeiro (MG) | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Guarani (SP) | 2 | 1 | Guarani (SP) | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Iraty (PR) | 0 | | Vila Nova (GO) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vila Nova (GO) | 3 | | | | | Vila Nova (GO) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rio Branco (ES) | 2 | | | | | Cruzeiro (MG) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Cruzeiro (MG) | 4 | | Coríntians (RN) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coríntians (RN) | 2 | 1 | Cruzeiro (MG) | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Cruz (PE) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | Cruzeiro (MG) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| River (PI) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | Vasco (RJ) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Moto Club (MA) | 0 | 4 | Moto Club (MA) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vasco (RJ) | 1 | 4 | Vasco (RJ) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Itabaiana (SE) | 0 | 0 | | | | Bahia (BA) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético (PB) | 1 | 1 | | | | Vasco (RJ) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bahia (BA) | 1 | 4 | CF Amazônia (RO) | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CF Amazônia (RO) | 3 | 0 | Bahia (BA) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rio Branco (AC) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cruzeiro (MG) | 1 | 3 |
| Alegrense (ES) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Flamengo (RJ) | 1 | 1 |
| Criciúma (SC) | 3 | 5 | Criciúma (SC) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Palmeiras (SP) | 1 | 5 | Palmeiras (SP) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Operário (MT) | 0 | 1 | | | | Palmeiras (SP) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tocantinópolis (TO) | 1 | 1 | | | | Vitória (BA) | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Vitória (BA) | 2 | 0 | Vitória (BA) | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético (RR) | 4 | 0 | Atlético (RR) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nacional (AM) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | Vitória (BA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Confiança (SE) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | Flamengo (RJ) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Ceará (CE) | 0 | 2 | Ceará (CE) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Flamengo (RJ) | 4 | | Flamengo (RJ) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Botafogo (PB) | 1 | | | | | Flamengo (RJ) | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ypiranga (AP) | 1 | | | | | Remo (PA) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Remo (PA) | 3 | | Remo (PA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Internacional (RS) | 2 | | Internacional (RS) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Comercial (MS) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Flamengo (RJ) | 1 | 0 | | | |
| Corinthians (AL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Sport (PE) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Flamengo (PI) | 1 | 1 | Flamengo (PI) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fluminense (RJ) | 1 | 4 | Fluminense (RJ) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fluminense (BA) | 1 | 0 | | | | Fluminense (RJ) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dom Bosco (MT) | 0 | | | | | Sport (PE) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sport (PE) | 5 | | Sport (PE) | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético (PR) | 2 | 1 | Atlético (PR) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tuna Luso (PA) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | Sport (PE) | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Juventude (RS) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | Atlético (MG) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Caldense (MG) | 1 | 2 | Caldense (MG) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético (MG) | 1 | 4 | Atlético (MG) | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CRB (AL) | 0 | 0 | | | | Atlético (MG) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Anapolina (GO) | 1 | 1 | | | | Náutico (PE) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Náutico (PE) | 2 | 3 | Náutico (PE) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| América (RN) | 1 | 1 | América (RN) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Guarani (RS) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* Copa do Brasil 2003 winners
* Cruzeiro Fourth title