2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 47th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The first edition with only a double round-robin and no playoffs, it began on March 29, 2003, and reached its end on December 14. The competition was won by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, who completed a treble.

Format

The 24 teams played against each other twice. At the season finale, the team with the most accumulated points (3 for each win, 1 for a draw, none for a loss) was declared champion. The two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B of the following year.

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Dimba	Goiás	31
2	Template:Flagicon Renaldo	Paraná	30
3	Template:Flagicon Luís Fabiano	São Paulo	29
4	Template:Flagicon Alex	Cruzeiro	23
5	Template:Flagicon Víctor Aristizábal	Cruzeiro	22
6	Template:Flagicon Marcel	Coritiba	20
7	Template:Flagicon Ilan	Atlético-PR	16
8	Template:Flagicon Deivid	Cruzeiro	15
	Template:Flagicon Marquinhos	Paraná	15
	Template:Flagicon Wágner	Guarani	15
	Template:Flagicon Róbson	Paysandu	15

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Fortaleza	Template:Flagicon Luis Carlos Cruz	3 April 2003	20th	Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Teixeira	3 April 2003
Bahia	Template:Flagicon Bobô	26 April 2003	23rd	Template:Flagicon Evaristo de Macedo	1 May 2003
São Paulo	Template:Flagicon Oswaldo de Oliveira	3 May 2003	9th	Template:Flagicon Roberto Rojas	4 May 2003
Figueirense	Template:Flagicon Vágner Benazzi	17 May 2003	22nd	Template:Flagicon Artur Neto	17 June 2003
Goiás	Template:Flagicon Candinho	25 May 2003	24th	Template:Flagicon Cuca	26 May 2003
Paraná	Template:Flagicon Cuca	25 May 2003	8th	Template:Flagicon Adilson Batista	27 May 2003
Grêmio	Template:Flagicon Tite	3 June 2003	21st	Template:Flagicon Darío Pereyra	8 June 2003
Fortaleza	Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Teixeira	15 June 2003	22nd	Template:Flagicon Luis Carlos Cruz	17 June 2003
Vitória	Template:Flagicon Joel Santana	24 June 2003	15th	Template:Flagicon Edinho	25 June 2003
Fluminense	Template:Flagicon Renato Gaúcho	11 July 2003	12th	Template:Flagicon Joel Santana	18 July 2003
Vasco	Template:Flagicon Antônio Lopes	13 July 2003	20th	Template:Flagicon Mauro Galvão	14 July 2003
Paraná	Template:Flagicon Adilson Batista	16 July 2003	9th	Template:Flagicon Edu Marangon	12 August 2003
Flamengo	Template:Flagicon Nelsinho Baptista	17 July 2003	15th	Template:Flagicon Oswaldo de Oliveira	21 July 2003
Atlético Mineiro	Template:Flagicon Celso Roth	21 July 2003	7th	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Oliveira	23 July 2003
Grêmio	Template:Flagicon Darío Pereyra	21 July 2003	22nd	Template:Flagicon Nestor Simionato	22 July 2003
Vitória	Template:Flagicon Edinho	27 July 2003	16th	Template:Flagicon Lori Sandri	4 August 2003
Atlético Paranaense	Template:Flagicon Vadão	4 August 2003	18th	Template:Flagicon Mário Sérgio	5 August 2003
Bahia	Template:Flagicon Evaristo de Macedo	7 August 2003	20th	Template:Flagicon Lula Pereira	18 August 2003
Figueirense	Template:Flagicon Artur Neto	12 August 2003	15th	Template:Flagicon Luiz Carlos Ferreira	12 August 2003
Fortaleza	Template:Flagicon Luis Carlos Cruz	17 August 2003	21st	Template:Flagicon Márcio Araújo	19 August 2003
Grêmio	Template:Flagicon Nestor Simionato	22 August 2003	24th	Template:Flagicon Adilson Batista	22 August 2003
Paraná	Template:Flagicon Edu Marangon	22 September 2003	16th	Template:Flagicon Saulo	23 September 2003
Figueirense	Template:Flagicon Luiz Carlos Ferreira	23 September 2003	12th	Template:Flagicon Dorival Júnior	25 September 2003
Corinthians	Template:Flagicon Geninho	29 September 2003	10th	Template:Flagicon Júnior	1 October 2003
Fluminense	Template:Flagicon Joel Santana	2 October 2003	22nd	Template:Flagicon Renato Gaúcho	2 October 2003
Flamengo	Template:Flagicon Oswaldo de Oliveira	12 October 2003	12th	Template:Flagicon Waldemar Lemos	14 October 2003
Corinthians	Template:Flagicon Júnior	13 October 2003	11th	Template:Flagicon Juninho Fonseca	14 October 2003
Bahia	Template:Flagicon Lula Pereira	25 October 2003	20th	Template:Flagicon Edinho	28 October 2003
Atlético Mineiro	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Oliveira	7 November 2003	7th	Template:Flagicon Procópio Cardoso	9 November 2003
Vitória	Template:Flagicon Lori Sandri	24 November 2003	16th	Template:Flagicon Nelsinho Goés	25 November 2003

External links

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2003 at RSSSF