2003 in Brazilian football explained

The following article presents a summary of the 2003 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 102nd season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

See main article: 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Cruzeiro declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions.

Relegation

The two worst placed teams, which are Fortaleza and Bahia, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

See main article: 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Palmeiras declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Palmeiras and Botafogo, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The two worst placed teams, which are Gama and União São João, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

See main article: 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. Ituano declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Ituano and Santo André, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Copa do Brasil

See main article: Copa do Brasil 2003.

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Cruzeiro and Flamengo.------------

Cruzeiro declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 4–2.

State championship champions

State	Champion		State	Champion
Acre	Rio Branco		Paraíba	Botafogo-PB
Alagoas	ASA		Paraná	Coritiba
Amapá	Ypiranga		Pernambuco	Sport Recife
Amazonas	Nacional		Piauí	Flamengo-PI
Bahia	Vitória		Rio de Janeiro	Vasco
Ceará	Fortaleza		Rio Grande do Norte	América-RN
Distrito Federal	Gama		Rio Grande do Sul
Espírito Santo	Serra		Rondônia	União Cacoalense
Goiás	Goiás		Roraima	Atlético Roraima
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa		Santa Catarina	Figueirense
Mato Grosso	Cuiabá		São Paulo	Corinthians
Mato Grosso do Sul	SERC		Sergipe	Sergipe
Minas Gerais	Cruzeiro		Tocantins	Palmas
Pará	Remo

Youth competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa Macaé de Juvenis	Fluminense
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil	Internacional
Copa São Paulo de Juniores	Santo André
Copa Sub-17 de Promissão	Corinthians
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores	Flamengo

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato do Nordeste	Vitória
Copa Espírito Santo	Estrela do Norte
Copa FPF	Santo André
Copa Paraná	Atlético Paranaense
Copa Pernambuco	Sport
Taça Minas Gerais	Uberlândia
Torneio de Integração da Amazônia	CFA

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

width= 25%	Team	width= 25%	Copa Libertadores 2003	width= 25%	Copa Sudamericana 2003	width= 25%	Recopa Sudamericana 2003
Atlético Mineiro	did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Corinthians	Round of 16	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Cruzeiro	did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Flamengo	did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Fluminense	did not qualify	2nd Preliminary round	N/A
Grêmio	Quarterfinals	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Internacional	did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A
Palmeiras	did not qualify	Preliminary round	N/A
Paysandu	Round of 16	did not qualify	N/A
Santos	Runner-up	Quarterfinals	N/A
São Caetano	did not qualify	2nd Preliminary round	N/A
São Paulo	did not qualify	Semifinals	N/A
Vasco	did not qualify	1st Preliminary round	N/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2003.

width=12%	Date	width=12%	Opposition	width=1%	Result	width=7%	Score	width=26%	Brazil scorers	width=18%	Competition
February 12, 2003		D	0–0	-	International Friendly
March 29, 2003		L	1–2	Ronaldinho	International Friendly
April 30, 2003		D	0–0	-	International Friendly
June 11, 2003		W	3–0	Gil, Luís Fabiano, Adriano	International Friendly
June 19, 2003		L	0–1	-	Confederations Cup
June 21, 2003		W	1–0	Adriano	Confederations Cup
June 23, 2003		D	2–2	Adriano, Alex	Confederations Cup
July 13, 2003		L	0–1	-	Gold Cup
July 15, 2003		W	2–1	Maicon, Diego	Gold Cup
July 19, 2003		W	2–0	Kaká (2)	Gold Cup
July 23, 2003		W	2–1 (aet)	Kaká, Diego	Gold Cup
July 27, 2003		L	0–1 (aet)	-	Gold Cup
September 7, 2003		W	2–1	Ronaldo, Kaká	World Cup Qualifying
September 10, 2003		W	1–0	Ronaldinho	World Cup Qualifying
October 12, 2003		W	1–0	Roberto Carlos	International Friendly
November 16, 2003		D	1–1	Rivaldo	World Cup Qualifying
November 19, 2003		D	3–3	Kaká, Ronaldo (2)	World Cup Qualifying

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2003.

width=12%	Date	width=12%	Opposition	width=1%	Result	width=7%	Score	width=26%	Brazil scorers	width=18%	Competition
April 23, 2003		W	3 - 2	Kátia Cilene, Pretinha, Rosana	Sudamericano Femenino
April 25, 2003		W	3 - 0	Formiga, Pretinha, Marta	Sudamericano Femenino
April 27, 2003		W	12 - 0	Pretinha (2), Formiga, Marta (3), Kátia Cilene (5), Cristiane Silva	Sudamericano Femenino
July 13, 2003		L	0 - 1	-	International Friendly
July 17, 2003		L	1 - 2	Tatiana	International Friendly
July 20, 2003		L	1 - 2	Cristiane Silva	International Friendly
August 2, 2003		W	5 - 0	Marta, Kelly, Formiga, Renata Costa, Maycon	Pan American Games
August 8, 2003		W	5 - 0	Renata Costa, Formiga, Marta, Maycon, Elaine	Pan American Games
August 11, 2003		W	2 - 1	Marta (2)	Pan American Games
August 14, 2003		W	1 - 1 (aet: 1 - 0)	Formiga, Cristiane Silva	Pan American Games
September 21, 2003		W	3 - 0	Marta, Kátia Cilene (2)	World Cup
September 24, 2003		W	4 - 1	Daniela Alves, Rosana, Marta, Kátia Cilene	World Cup
September 27, 2003		D	1 - 1	Kátia Cilene	World Cup
October 1, 2003		L	1 - 2	Marta	World Cup

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2003:

Competition	Performance
World Cup	Quarterfinals
Sudamericano Femenino	Champions
Pan American Games	Champions

Domestic competition champions

References

• Brazilian competitions at RSSSF
• 2003 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF
• 2000-2003 Brazil women's national team matches at RSSSF