São Paulo

2003 season
Chairman	Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa
Manager	Oswaldo de Oliveira (until 1 May) Roberto Rojas
Série A	3rd (in 2004 Copa Libertadores)
Campeonato Paulista	Runners-up
Copa do Brasil	Quarter-finals
Copa Sudamericana	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Luís Fabiano (29) All: Luís Fabiano (46)
Highest home attendance	71,732 ( v Corinthians in the Campeonato Paulista)
Lowest home attendance	3,471 ( v Gama in the Copa do Brasil)
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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.

• Final 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  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

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

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%

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)

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

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

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

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

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