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Boca Juniors

2002-03 season
President	Mauricio Macri
Manager	Oscar Tabarez (until 23 December 2002) Carlos Bianchi
Stadium	Estadio Camilo Cichero (La Bombonera)
Apertura Tournament	2nd
Clausura Tournament	2nd (in 2003 Copa Sudamericana)
Copa Libertadores	Winners
Copa Sudamericana	Eightfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Apertura: Delgado (9) Clausura: Tevez (5) Schelotto (5) Bracamonte (5) All: Delgado (18)
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The 2002–03 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 73rd consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

Summary

During summer, several players left the club, including fan favorite midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme, who transferred out to FC Barcelona.

Macri reinforced the squad with midfielder Raul Alfredo Cascini from Toulouse FC and, on loan from FC Porto, right back defender Hugo Ibarra.

In the Apertura Tournament the team finished on 2nd spot, three points below of Champions Independiente. Meanwhile, in the inaugural season of 2002 Copa Sudamericana the squad was eliminated by Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in Eightfinals stage.

Head coach Carlos Bianchi was appointed on 23 December 2002 after rumors that he accepted other positions with FC Barcelona and Mexico National Team.

For Apertura, along with Bianchi, Macri reinforced the team with a few players, including midfielders Diego Cagna from Atletico Celaya and Javier Alejandro Villarreal. The squad finished runners-up again, two points below of Champions River Plate.

The season is best remembered by the victory in 2003 Copa Libertadores. The squad reached the Finals stage and won the trophy, defeating Brazilian side Santos FC with a 5-1 global score after two matches.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ARG Roberto Abbondanzieri — DF  ARG Hugo Ibarra — DF  ARG Nicolas Burdisso — DF  ARG Rolando Schiavi — DF  ARG Clemente Rodriguez — MF  ARG Sebastian Battaglia — MF  ARG Raul Alfredo Cascini — MF  ARG Diego Crosa — FW  ARG Carlos Tevez — FW  ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto — FW  ARG Marcelo Delgado — GK  ARG Willy Caballero — FW  ARG Ezequiel González — DF  ARG Matías Donnet — MF  ARG Javier Alejandro Villarreal — DF  ARG Raúl Estévez — MF  ARG Diego Cagna — DF  ARG José María Calvo — DF  ARG Gustavo Pinto — MF  ARG Pablo Jerez

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ARG Alfredo Moreno — MF  ARG Miguel Caneo — MF  ARG Franco Cangele — DF  ARG Omar Sebastián Pérez — DF  ARG Cesar Alberto Gonzalez — FW  ARG Héctor Bracamonte — MF  ARG Joel Enrique Barbosa — MF  ARG Matias Silvestre — MF  ARG Héctor Carballo — DF  ARG Pablo Sebastian Alvarez — FW  ARG Mauro Boselli — DF  ARG Juan Pablo Caffa — MF  BRA Gabriel Christovao — DF  ARG Gustavo Eberto — MF  BRA Edilio Cardoso de Oliveira — DF  ARG Victor Magnano — DF  ARG Victor Ormazabal — DF  ARG Raul Osella — DF  ARG Leonardo Veron — DF  ARG Jonathan Fabbro — FW  ARG Christian Giménez — DF  ARG Roberto Carlos Sosa

Transfers

January

Competitions

Torneo Apertura

League table

Position by round

Matches

Torneo Clausura

League table

Position by round

Matches

Copa Libertadores

Eightfinals

24 April 2003	Boca Juniors	0-1 (0:0)	Paysandu	La Boca
		Report	Iarley 67'	Stadium: Estadio La Bombonera Referee: Carlos Amarilla

15 May 2003	Paysandu	2-4 (0:1)	Boca Juniors	Belém
	Lecheva 52' Burdisso 85' (own goal)	Report	Barros Schelotto 14', 67' (pen.), 70' (pen.) Delgado 57'	Stadium: Estadio Mangueirao Referee: Jorge Larrionda

Quarterfinals

21 May 2003	Cobreloa	1-2 (1:1)	Boca Juniors	Calama
	Fuentes 10'	Report	Barros Schelotto 15', 76'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Referee: Márcio Rezende

28 May 2003	Boca Juniors	2-1 (2:1)	Cobreloa	La Boca
	Donnet 7' Tévez 14'	Report	Galaz 26'	Stadium: Estadio La Bombonera Referee: Carlos Simon

Semifinals

11 June 2003	Boca Juniors	2-0 (1:0)	América de Cali	La Boca
	Schiavi 41' Tévez 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio La Bombonera Referee: Epifanio González

19 June 2003	América de Cali	0-4 (0:3)	Boca Juniors	Cali
		Report	Tévez 13' 22' Schiavi 40' (pen.) Delgado 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Pascual Guerrero Referee: Carlos Chandía

Finals

25 June 2003	Boca Juniors	2–0	Santos	La Boca
21:40 (UTC-03:00)	Delgado 32', 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) Referee: Óscar Ruiz

2 July 2003	Santos	1–3	Boca Juniors	Morumbi
21:40 (UTC-03:00)	Alex 75'	(Report)	Tevez 21' Delgado 84' Schiavi 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo Attendance: 73,103 Referee: Jorge Larrionda

Copa Sudamericana

Eightfinals

11 September 2002,	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	3:1 (1:0)	Boca Juniors	La Plata
21:10 (UTC-3)	San Esteban 37' Enría 81' (pen.), 90'		Schiavi 49'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo Referee: Fabián Madorrán

18 September 2002	Boca Juniors	0:0	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	Salta
21:10 (UTC-3)				Stadium: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Referee: Oscar Sequeira

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 2002		Sudamericana		Clausura 2003		Libertadores
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ARG	Roberto Abbondanzieri	49	0	19	0	2	0	14	0	14	0
	DF	ARG	Hugo Ibarra	35	4	16	3	0	0	9	1	10	0
	DF	ARG	Nicolas Burdisso	42	0	19	0	0	0	11	0	12	0
	DF	ARG	Rolando Schiavi	33	7	9	1	2	1	11	2	11	3
	DF	ARG	Clemente Rodriguez	44	2	19	1	1	0	11	1	13	0
	MF	ARG	Javier Alejandro Villarreal	22	2	0	0	0	0	11	2	11	0
	MF	ARG	Sebastian Battaglia	34	3	17	2	0	0	7	1	10	0
	MF	ARG	Raul Alfredo Cascini	38	1	19	1	0	0	8	0	11	0
	MF	ARG	Diego Cagna	22	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	11	0
	FW	ARG	Carlos Tevez	41	16	19	6	1	0	13	5	8	5
	FW	ARG	Marcelo Delgado	45	18	19	9	0	0	13	0	13	9
	GK	ARG	Willy Caballero	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ARG	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	28	15	9	4	0	0	9	5	10	6
	FW	ARG	Ezequiel González	27	4	13	1	1	0	10	2	3	1
	DF	ARG	Matías Donnet	32	4	9	0	2	0	12	3	9	1
	MF	ARG	Diego Crosa	41	0	18	0	0	0	14	0	9	0
	DF	ARG	Raúl Estévez	26	1	6	0	2	0	15	1	3	0
	DF	ARG	José María Calvo	13	1	0	0	2	0	9	1	2	0
	DF	ARG	Gustavo Pinto	27	1	3	0	2	0	13	1	9	0
	MF	ARG	Pablo Jerez	13	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	5	0
	FW	ARG	Alfredo Moreno	11	5	0	0	0	0	5	2	6	3
	MF	ARG	Miguel Caneo	10	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	6	0
	MF	ARG	Franco Cangele	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	1
	DF	ARG	Omar Sebastián Pérez	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	ARG	Cesar Alberto Gonzalez	7	0	2	0	2	0	3	0
	FW	ARG	Héctor Bracamonte	21	9	14	4	2	0	5	5
	MF	ARG	Joel Enrique Barbosa	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	ARG	Matias Silvestre	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
	MF	ARG	Héctor Carballo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ARG	Pablo Sebastian Alvarez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ARG	Mauro Boselli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Juan Pablo Caffa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	BRA	Gabriel Christovao	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Gustavo Eberto	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	BRA	Edilio Cardoso de Oliveira	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Victor Magnano	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Victor Ormazabal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Raul Osella	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Leonardo Veron	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Jonathan Fabbro	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
	FW	ARG	Christian Giménez	11	0	9	0	2	0
	DF	ARG	Roberto Carlos Sosa	9	0	7	0	2	0
	FW	COL	Arley Dinas	2	0	0	0	2	0

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References

1. "Raúl Cascini, sin filtro: el único error de Bianchi en Boca, su pase frustrado a River, las "cosas extrañas"". infobae.com. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
2. "Bianchi Returns" (in Spanish). emol.com. 22 December 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
3. "A Mexican formation with 11 players bought by Boca" (in Spanish). espndeportes.espn.com. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
4. Copa Libertadores 2003 by Juan Pablo Andréss on the RSSSF
5. "Plantel Boca Torneo Apertura 2002". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
6. "Plantel Boca Torneo Clausura 2003". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
7. "Plantel Libertadores 2003". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

External links

• Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)

• Argentine football clubs 2002–03 season
• Club Atlético Boca Juniors seasons
• Copa Libertadores–winning seasons