# 2003 São Paulo FC season

The 2003 season was São Paulo's 74th season since club's existence. In this year São Paulo became a runner-up of Campeonato Paulista, being defeated by rival Corinthians in finals. At the Copa do Brasil, national cup, reached the quarterfinals falling in front of Goiás due Away goal rule with 0–0 (away); 1–1 (home). The club arrived in third place final in the first time when Série A was disputed in accumulated points system. In his first participation in Copa Sudamericana reached semifinals losing to Argentine club River Plate in penalty shootouts for 2–4 in a match that had fights and aggressions between players of both teams. The featured of year was the striker Luís Fabiano which scored 46 goals in whole season, 29 only in league.

## Squad

* Final squad
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 | Rogério Ceni |
| — | GK | BRA | Roger |
| — | DF | BRA | Gabriel |
| — | DF | BRA | Jean |
| — | DF | URU | Diego Lugano |
| — | DF | BRA | Fábio Santos |
| — | DF | BRA | Gustavo Nery |
| — | DF | BRA | Fabiano |
| — | DF | BRA | Edcarlos |
| — | DF | BRA | Júlio Santos |
| — | DF | BRA | Leonardo Moura |
| — | DF | BRA | Alexandre |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Carlos Alberto |
| — | MF | BRA | Adriano |
| — | MF | BRA | Fábio Simplício |
| — | MF | BRA | Souza |
| — | MF | BRA | Aílton |
| — | MF | BRA | Ricardinho |
| — | MF | BRA | Marco Antônio |
| — | FW | BRA | Luís Fabiano |
| — | FW | BRA | Diego Tardelli |
| — | FW | BRA | Rico |
| — | FW | BRA | Kléber |
| — | FW | BRA | Thiago Ribeiro |

## Statistics
### Scorers

| Position | Nation | Playing position | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa do Brasil | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa Sudamericana | Friendly match | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Luís Fabiano | 8 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| 2 | | FW | Diego Tardelli | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| = | | DF | Gustavo Nery | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | | MF | Fábio Simplício | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | | FW | Kléber | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | | FW | Reinaldo | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | | MF | Kaká | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | | MF | Júlio Baptista | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| = | | FW | Rico | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | | MF | Souza | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | | DF | Fabiano | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | | FW | Itamar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | | DF | Gabriel | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | DF | Jean | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | | MF | Carlos Alberto | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | DF | Diego Lugano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | MF | Ricardinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | | GK | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | MF | Adriano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Aílton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | FW | Dill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Claudio Maldonado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Leonardo Moura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Marco Antônio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | Total | 29 | 17 | 81 | 18 | 9 | 154 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Oswaldo de Oliveira | Brazil | 26 January | 1 May | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 58% |
| Roberto Rojas | Chile | 4 May | 14 December | 52 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 95 | 65 | 62% |

### Overall

| Games played | 76 (11 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa do Brasil, 46 Campeonato Brasileiro, 8 Copa Sudamericana, 3 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 40 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 22 Campeonato Brasileiro, 6 Copa Sudamericana, 2 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 18 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 1 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 17 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 0 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 153 |
| Goals conceded | 98 |
| Goal difference | +55 |
| Best result | 6–0 (H) v Juventus – Campeonato Paulista – 2003.1.30 6–0 (H) v São Raimundo (AM) – Copa do Brasil – 2003.3.13 |
| Worst result | 2–5 (A) v Paysandu – Campeonato Brasileiro – 2003.4.27 |
| Top scorer | Luís Fabiano (46 goals) |
Source: São Paulo FC

## Official competitions
### Campeonato Paulista
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 2nd | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 60% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 6th | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 62% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 3rd | 78 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 81 | 67 | 56% |

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 3rd | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 79% |