# 2003 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

The 2003 season was Botafogo's 99th in existence and the first year back in the second division. They played in the Série B and the Campeonato Carioca.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Série B First stage | 26 April 2003 | 27 September 2003 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 047.83 |
| Série B Second stage | 4 October 2003 | 25 October 2003 | Group stage | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Série B Final stage | 1 November 2003 | 29 November 2003 | Group stage | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Campeonato Carioca | 19 January 2003 | 5 March 2003 | Taça Guanabara | 5th | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 045.45 |
| Copa do Brasil | 5 February 2003 | 1 May 2003 | First round | Third round | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 97 | 73 | +24 | 047.06 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
#### First stage

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 47 | Qualified to Second Stage |
| 2 | Botafogo | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 41 | Qualified to Second Stage |
| 3 | Remo | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 39 | Qualified to Second Stage |
| 4 | Sport | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 37 | Qualified to Second Stage |
| 5 | Brasiliense | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 37 | Qualified to Second Stage |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Tribuna

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 19 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Second stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAR | BOT | NAU | REM |
| 1 | Marília | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 11 | Qualified to Final Stage | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Botafogo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 10 | Qualified to Final Stage | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Náutico | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 7 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | | 2–2 |
| 4 | Remo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 5 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | L |
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#### Final stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | PAL | BOT | SPT | MAR |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 16 | Promoted to Série A 2004 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Botafogo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 | Promoted to Série A 2004 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Sport | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 |
| 4 | Marília | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Campeonato Carioca

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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