2002–03 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

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 (in 2004 Copa Libertadores)
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^[1] 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.^[2]

For Apertura, along with Bianchi, Macri reinforced the team with a few players, including midfielders Diego Cagna from Atletico Celaya^[3] 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.^[4]

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  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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	19	13	4	2	48	19	+29	43
2	Boca Juniors	19	12	4	3	32	15	+17	40
3	River Plate	19	11	3	5	35	23	+12	36
4	Chacarita Juniors	19	9	3	7	19	21	−2	30
5	Vélez Sársfield	19	8	4	7	23	19	+4	28

Position by round

Matches

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	19	13	4	2	43	18	+25	43
2	Boca Juniors	19	12	3	4	36	23	+13	39
3	Vélez Sársfield	19	12	2	5	27	12	+15	38
4	Rosario Central	19	10	7	2	40	18	+22	37
5	Colón	19	7	8	4	19	14	+5	29

Position by round

Matches

Copa Libertadores

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Copa Sudamericana

Eightfinals

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 2002[5]		Sudamericana		Clausura 2003[6]		Libertadores[7]
				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

References

External links

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