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2002–03 Argentine Primera División

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Football league season

Primera División
Season	2002–03
Dates	26 July 2002 – 6 July 2003
Champions	Apertura:Independiente (16th title) Clausura:River Plate (33rd title)
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	380
←2001–02 2003–04 →

The2002–03Argentine Primera División was the 112th season of top-flightfootball in Argentina. The season ran from 26 July 2002 to 6 July 2003.^[1]Olimpo (Bahía Blanca) (champion of2001–02 Primera B Nacional, making its debut in Primera)^[2] andArsenal (winner of "Torneo Reducido" after beatingGimnasia y Esgrima de Concepción del Uruguay in a two-legged series)^[3]^[4] were promoted from Primera B Nacional.

Independiente won the Apertura (16th. title) whileRiver Plate won the Clausura (33rd. title).^[5] On the other hand,Talleres de Córdoba andNueva Chicago played the promotion playoff vSan Martín de Mendoza andArgentinos Juniors respectively, in order to define which team would remain in (or promote to) Primera División. As teams in Primea División beat their rivals, teams relegated wereUnión de Santa Fe andHuracán).^[6]^[7]

Torneo Apertura

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Final standings

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Football league season

Apertura
Season	2002
Dates	26 July – 1 December
Champions	Independiente (16th. title)
Promoted	Olimpo Arsenal
Top goalscorer	Andrés Silvera (16)
Biggest home win	Independiente 7–1 Colón(6 Sep) Estudiantes (LP) 6–0 Olimpo(13 Oct)
Biggest away win	Estudiantes (LP) 0–6 River Plate(24 Aug)
Highest scoring	Chacarita 2–6 Independiente(13 Sep)
←2001–02 2003–04 →

Pos	Team	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
6	Racing	19	8	4	7	28	28	0	28
7	Colón	19	7	7	5	26	26	0	28
8	Arsenal	19	7	6	6	29	25	+4	27
9	San Lorenzo	19	7	6	6	28	25	+3	27
10	Newell's Old Boys	19	7	6	6	23	22	+1	27
11	Lanús	19	6	8	5	21	24	−3	26
12	Banfield	19	6	7	6	21	17	+4	25
13	Rosario Central	19	7	4	8	36	34	+2	25
14	Unión	19	6	5	8	26	28	−2	23
15	Talleres (C)	19	5	8	6	23	27	−4	23
16	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	4	8	7	18	24	−6	20
17	Olimpo	19	5	5	9	20	30	−10	20
18	Nueva Chicago	19	3	6	10	20	29	−9	15
19	Estudiantes (LP)	19	4	3	12	21	36	−15	15
20	Huracán	19	2	5	12	17	42	−25	11

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

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Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andrés Silvera	Independiente	16
2	César Carignano	Colón	11
3	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	10

Torneo Clausura

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Football league season

Clausura
Season	2003
Dates	14 February – 6 July
Champions	River Plate (33rd. title)
Relegated	Unión (SF) Huracán
Top goalscorer	Luciano Figueroa (17)
Biggest home win	R. Central 7–2 Boca Jrs.(6 July)
Biggest away win	Huracán 0–6 River Plate(23 Mar)
←2001–02 2003–04 →

Final standings

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Pos	Team	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	Olimpo	19	9	4	6	22	17	+5	31
6	Colón	19	7	8	4	19	14	+5	29
7	San Lorenzo	19	8	5	6	27	28	−1	29
8	Estudiantes (LP)	19	7	7	5	24	18	+6	28
9	Nueva Chicago	19	7	5	7	29	33	−4	26
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	7	5	7	21	26	−5	26
11	Racing	19	6	7	6	26	24	+2	25
12	Lanús	19	7	4	8	27	29	−2	25
13	Banfield	19	6	5	8	18	20	−2	23
14	Arsenal	19	4	10	5	12	13	−1	22
15	Newell's Old Boys	19	5	7	7	21	26	−5	22
16	Talleres (C)	19	5	6	8	23	26	−3	21
17	Independiente	19	4	6	9	13	25	−12	18
18	Unión	19	4	5	10	18	29	−11	17
19	Chacarita Juniors	19	2	5	12	11	24	−13	11
20	Huracán	19	1	3	15	12	46	−34	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	17
2	Roberto Nanni	Vélez Sársfield	15
3	Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate	12

Tournament review

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River Plate,Boca Juniors andVelez Sarsfield were the teams who kept the league's lead for most of the tournament (except for Round 4, when the temporary leader wasRosario 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 consecutive wins, 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^[8] 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 theSuperclásico atBoca 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 toOlimpo on Round 15, made Velez lose the first position^[9] as Boca and River won their matches againstHuracán andSan Lorenzo respectively. At the end of the matchday, Boca Juniors were the new leaders.

On June 15, during Round 16, River Plate defeatedLanús and because Velez and Boca tied their games, finished the match day as sole leaders.^[10]

On June 29, during Round 18, River defeated Olimpo inBahía Blanca and won the championship, by getting a difference of 4 points to rivals Boca Juniors, with only 1 round to go.^[11]

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.

Position by round
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
River Plate	6	13	9	8	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1
Boca Juniors	1	8	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2
Vélez Sarsfield	1	1	1	3	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	3	3

Source:www.rsssf.com

Points by round
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
River Plate	1	1	4	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	26	27	30	31	34	37	40	43	43
Boca Juniors	3	3	6	9	12	15	18	19	22	25	25	28	31	32	35	36	36	39	39
Vélez Sarsfield	3	6	9	9	10	13	16	19	22	22	25	28	31	34	34	35	38	38	38

Source:www.rsssf.com

Result by round
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
River Plate	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L
Boca Juniors	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L
Vélez Sarsfield	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L

Source:www.rsssf.com

Relegation

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Relegation table

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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 y Esgrima (LP)	1.447	165	114	55	64	46
Racing	1.439	164	114	40	71	53
Colón	1.421	162	114	49	56	57
Estudiantes (LP)	1.342	153	114	56	54	43
Newell's Old Boys	1.298	148	114	48	51	49
Olimpo	1.289	49	38	N/A	N/A	49
Arsenal	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 Juniors	1.263	144	114	56	47	41
Rosario Central	1.254	143	114	41	40	62
Talleres (C)	1.184	135	114	61	30	44
Nueva Chicago	1.171	89	76	N/A	48	41
Unión	1.096	125	114	46	39	40
Huracán	1.026	117	114	55	44	18

Played the relegation playoff
Relegated toPrimera B Nacional

Promotion Playoffs

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* Winner of the series; teams currently playing in Primera División are listed first

Series	Team 1(1st div)	Team 2(2nd div)	1st. leg	Venue 1	City 1	2nd. leg	Venue 2	City 2	Agg.
1	Nueva Chicago	Argentinos Juniors	1–0	Pedro Bidegain	Buenos Aires	2–0	Pedro Bidegain	Buenos Aires	3–0
2	Talleres (C)	San Martín (M)	1–0	Malvinas Argentinas	Mendoza	1–0	Chateau Carreras	Córdoba	2–0

Nueva Chicago and Talleres (C) remained in Primera División.

References

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^Argentina 2002/03 by Javier Roimiser on the rsssf.org
^A 18 años del debut en Primera División on Solo Ascenso, 28 Jul 2020
^A 18 AÑOS DEL HISTÓRICO ASCENSO DE ARSENAL A PRIMERA, 18 May 2020
^"Argentina: 1ra. "B" Nacional AFA 2002/03 - Torneo Reducido por el 2do. Ascenso" by José Carluccio, 2 Dec 2012
^"Argentina: 1ra. División AFA - Torneo Apertura 2002" by José Carluccio, 25 Apr 2013
^"Argentina: 1ra. División AFA - Torneo Clausura 2003" by José Carluccio, 25 Apr 2013
^La promoción se pone en marcha on ESPN, 8 July 2003
^"En el "ballottage" del Clausura, Vélez les hace frente a River y a Boca - 06/05/2003 - Clarín.com". 6 May 2003.Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved2018-02-22. "In the "ballottage" of the Clausura, Vélez faces River and Boca" (in Spanish)
^"Sorpresa en Liniers: Olimpo derrotó a Vélez 1 a 0 - LA NACION".Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved2018-02-22. "Surprise in Liniers: Olimpo defeated Vélez 1-0" (in Spanish)
^"Trepada: River, a la punta con goles y decisión - LA NACION".Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved2018-02-22. "Rise: River, to the top with goals and decision" (in Spanish)
^"River gritó campeón en Bahía Blanca y se escuchó en todo el país". Archived fromthe original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved2018-02-22. "River declared Champions in Bahia Blanca and it was heard throughout the country" (in Spanish)

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