2002–03 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season 2002–03
Champions Torneo Apertura:
Independiente (16th title)
Torneo Clausura:
River Plate
(33rd title)
Relegated Unión
Huracán
2004 Copa Libertadores Boca Juniors
Independiente
River Plate
Rosario Central
Vélez Sarsfield
2003 Copa Sudamericana Boca Juniors
Colón
Independiente
River Plate
Rosario Central
San Lorenzo
Vélez Sarsfield
Matches played 380
Top goalscorer Torneo Apertura:
Andrés Silvera
(16 goals)
Torneo Clausura:
Luciano Figueroa
(17 goals)

Statistics of Primera División Argentina in season 2002/03.

Torneo Apertura

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Independiente 43 19 13 4 2 48 19 29
2 Boca Juniors 40 19 12 4 3 32 15 17
3 River Plate 36 19 11 3 5 35 23 12
4 Chacarita 30 19 9 3 7 19 21 -2
5 Vélez Sársfield 28 19 8 4 7 23 19 4
6 Racing Club 28 19 8 4 7 28 28 0
7 Colón de Santa Fe 28 19 7 7 5 26 26 0
8 Arsenal de Sarandí 27 19 7 6 6 29 25 4
9 San Lorenzo 27 19 7 6 6 28 25 3
10 Newell's Old Boys 27 19 7 6 6 23 22 1
11 Lanús 26 19 6 8 5 21 24 -3
12 Banfield 25 19 6 7 6 21 17 4
13 Rosario Central 25 19 7 4 8 36 34 2
14 Unión de Santa Fe 23 19 6 5 8 26 28 -2
15 Talleres de Córdoba 23 19 5 8 6 23 27 -4
16 Gimnasia de La Plata 20 19 4 8 7 18 24 -6
17 Olimpo de Bahía Blanca 20 19 5 5 9 20 30 -10
18 Nueva Chicago 15 19 3 6 10 20 29 -9
19 Estudiantes La Plata 15 19 4 3 12 21 36 -15
20 Huracán 11 19 2 5 12 17 42 -25

Top scorers

Position Player Team Goals
1 Andrés Silvera Independiente 16
2 César Carignano Colón de Santa Fe 11
3 Luciano Figueroa Rosario Central 10
4 Marcelo Delgado Boca Juniors 9

Torneo Clausura

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 River Plate 43 19 13 4 2 43 18 25
2 Boca Juniors 39 19 12 3 4 36 23 13
3 Vélez Sársfield 38 19 12 2 5 27 12 15
4 Rosario Central 37 19 10 7 2 40 18 22
5 Colón de Santa Fe 29 19 7 8 4 19 14 5
6 San Lorenzo 29 19 8 5 6 27 28 -1
7 Estudiantes La Plata 28 19 7 7 5 24 18 6
8 Olimpo de Bahía Blanca 28 18 8 4 6 21 17 4
9 Nueva Chicago 26 19 7 5 7 29 33 -4
10 Gimnasia de La Plata 26 19 7 5 7 21 26 -5
11 Racing Club 25 19 6 7 6 26 24 2
12 Lanús 25 19 7 4 8 27 29 -2
13 Banfield 23 19 6 5 8 18 20 -2
14 Arsenal de Sarandí 22 19 4 10 5 12 13 -1
15 Newell's Old Boys 22 19 5 7 7 21 26 -5
16 Talleres de Córdoba 21 19 5 6 8 23 26 -3
17 Independiente 18 19 4 6 9 13 25 -12
18 Unión de Santa Fe 17 19 4 5 10 18 29 -11
19 Chacarita 11 19 2 5 12 11 24 -13
20 Huracán 6 18 1 3 14 12 45 -33

Top scorers

Position Player Team Goals
1 Luciano Figueroa Rosario Central 17
2 Roberto Nanni Vélez Sársfield 15
3 Fernando Cavenaghi River Plate 12
4 Cristian Castillo Olimpo de Bahía Blanca 11

Tournament review

River Plate, Boca Juniors and Velez Sarsfield were the teams who kept the league's lead for most of the tournament (except for Round 4, when the temporary leader was Rosario Central, who finished fourth), and those three teams were the ones who arrived at the last rounds with possibilities of winning the tournament.

Velez Sarsfield started the tournament with three wins in a row, obtaining the lead at the end of Round 3.

Boca Juniors went on a winning streak from rounds 3 to 7, winning five consecutive games, taking the lead at the end of Round 5.

On May 4, 2003, during Round 11, Velez Sarsfield got a home win against leaders Boca Juniors[1] and after three more consecutive wins, regained the top position in the league.

On June 1, during Round 14, Boca Juniors and River Plate confronted each other in the Superclásico at Boca Juniors stadium. The game ended 2-2 and allowed Velez, who won their match, to be the sole leaders of the league.

However, an unexpected home loss to Olimpo on Round 15, made Velez lose the first position[2] as Boca and River won their matches against Huracán and San Lorenzo respectively. At the end of the matchday, Boca Juniors were the new leaders.

On June 15, during Round 16, River Plate defeated Lanús and because Velez and Boca tied their games, finished the match day as sole leaders.[3]

On June 29, during Round 18, River defeated Olimpo in Bahía Blanca and won the championship, by getting a difference of 4 points to rivals Boca Juniors, with only 1 round to go.[4]

This table shows the evolution of the league table, showing team result, overall points and position on the table at the end of each round for the three teams that fought for the championship until the last rounds.

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
River Plate 2-2
1
6th		 0-1
1
13th		 2-0
4
9th		 2-1
7
8th		 1-0
10
5th		 6-0
13
4th		 3-1
16
2nd		 3-1
19
1st		 2-1
22
1st		 2-0
25
1st		 1-1
26
1st		 1-1
27
2nd		 2-1
30
2nd		 2-2
31
3rd		 4-0
34
2nd		 4-3
37
1st		 3-0
40
1st		 2-0
43
1st		 1-3
43
1st
Boca Juniors 2-0
3
1st		 0-2
3
8th		 3-1
6
6th		 2-0
9
3rd		 2-1
12
1st		 3-1
15
1st		 2-0
18
1st		 1-1
19
1st		 1-0
22
1st		 2-0
25
1st		 0-2
25
2nd		 2-0
28
1st		 2-0
31
1st		 2-2
32
2nd		 4-0
35
1st		 2-2
36
2nd		 1-3
36
3rd		 3-1
39
2nd		 2-7
39
2nd
Vélez Sarsfield 1-0
3
1st		 1-0
6
1st		 2-0
9
1st		 0-1
9
3rd		 0-0
10
6th		 3-1
13
5th		 5-2
16
3rd		 1-0
19
3rd		 2-1
22
3rd		 0-2
22
3rd		 2-0
25
3rd		 2-0
28
2nd		 4-0
31
2nd		 1-0
34
1st		 0-1
34
3rd		 2-2
35
3rd		 1-0
38
2nd		 0-1
38
3rd		 0-1
38
3rd

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Relegation

Team Average Points Played 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
River Plate 2.114 241 114 78 84 79
Boca Juniors 1.912 218 114 71 68 79
San Lorenzo 1.702 194 114 81 57 56
Vélez Sársfield 1.491 170 114 56 48 66
Gimnasia de La Plata 1.447 165 114 55 64 46
Racing Club 1.439 164 114 40 71 53
Colón de Santa Fe 1.421 162 114 49 56 57
Estudiantes La Plata 1.342 153 114 56 54 43
Newell's Old Boys 1.298 148 114 48 51 49
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca 1.289 49 38 N/A N/A 49
Arsenal de Sarandí 1.289 49 38 N/A N/A 49
Lanús 1.272 145 114 43 51 51
Independiente 1.263 144 114 42 41 61
Banfield 1.263 96 76 N/A 48 48
Chacarita 1.263 144 114 56 47 41
Rosario Central 1.254 143 114 41 40 62
Talleres de Córdoba 1.184 135 114 61 30 44
Nueva Chicago 1.171 89 76 N/A 48 41
Unión de Santa Fe 1.096 125 114 46 39 40
Huracán 1.026 117 114 55 44 18

"Promoción" playoff

Date Home Away Result
July 9, 2004 San Martín de Mendoza Talleres de Córdoba 0-1
July 13, 2004 Talleres de Córdoba San Martín de Mendoza 1-0

Talleres de Córdoba wins 2-0 and stays in Argentine First Division. San Martín de Mendoza remains in Argentine Nacional B.

Date Home Away Result
July 9, 2004 Argentinos Juniors Nueva Chicago 0-1
July 13, 2004 Nueva Chicago Argentinos Juniors 2-0

Nueva Chicago wins 3-0 and stays in Argentine First Division. Argentinos Juniors remains in Argentine Nacional B.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-22. "In the "ballottage" of the Clausura, Vélez faces River and Boca" (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-22. "Surprise in Liniers: Olimpo defeated Vélez 1-0" (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-22. "Rise: River, to the top with goals and decision" (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-22. "River declared Champions in Bahia Blanca and it was heard throughout the country" (in Spanish)
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