2002–03 Club Atlético River Plate season

River Plate 2002–03 Manuel Pellegrini Estadio Monumental Manager José María Aguilar President Torneo Apertura 3rd Torneo Clausura Winners Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 Copa Libertadores Quarter-finals Fernando Cavenaghi (7, Apertura)Fernando Cavenaghi (12, Clausura) Fernando Cavenaghi (24) Estudiantes (LP) 0–6 River Huracán 0–6 River Banfield 5–0 River _River0405h _River0405h _River0405h _River0405h _River0405h ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 FFFFFF _River0405a _River0405a _River0405a _River0405h _River0405a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF ED1C24 _River0405t _River0405t _River0405t _River0405h _River0405t FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 2001–02 2002–03 The 2002–03 Club Atletico River Plate season was the club's 73nd season in the Argentine Primera División. The season was split into two tournaments (format adopted since 1990–91 season) Apertura (Opening) 2002 (from August to December 2002), and Clausura (Closing) 2003 (from February to June 2003). The club's kit was provided by Adidas, and the sponsor was Budweiser beer. Season events On May 23, 2002, Manuel Pellegrini was presented as new manager of River Plate.http://www.lanacion.com.ar/398646-pellegrini-cumplio-otro-objetivo-se-puso-la-banda-roja Pellegrini cumplió otro objetivo: se puso la banda roja 2018-02-19 es On July 22, midfielder Lucho González moved from Huracán to River Plate. The transfer was made for US$700,000.http://www.lanacion.com.ar/415771-luis-gonzalez-ya-es-de-river Luis González ya es de River 2018-02-19 es On June 15, 2003 during Round 16 of Torneo Clausura 2003, River Plate defeated Lanús and because Velez and Boca tied games, finished the match day as sole leaders.https://www.lanacion.com.ar/504218-trepada-river-a-la-punta-con-goles-y-decision "Rise: River, to the top with goals and decision"es 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.http://edant.clarin.com/suplementos/especiales/2003/06/30/l-582185.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20180219150922/http://edant.clarin.com/suplementos/especiales/2003/06/30/l-582185.htm 2018-02-19 "River shouted Champions in Bahía Blanca and it was heard throughout the country"es Apertura Squad 1 ARG GK Ángel Comizzo Captain 2 PAR DF Celso Ayala 3 PAR DF Ricardo Rojas 4 COL DF Jersson González 5 ARG MF Leonardo Astrada Vice-captain 6 ARG DF Martin Demichelis 7 ARG FW Alejandro Domínguez 8 ARG MF Eduardo Coudet 3rd captain 9 ARG FW Fernando Cavenaghi 10 ARG MF Andres D'Alessandro 11 ARG MF Victor Zapata 12 ARG GK José María Buljubasich 13 MEX DF Javier Gandolfi 14 ARG DF Ariel Garcé 15 ARG MF Guillermo Pereyra 16 ARG DF Matías Lequi 17 ARG GK Franco Costanzo 18 ARG MF Diego Barrado 19 ARG MF Gabriel Pereyra 20 ARG MF Juan Pablo Raponi 21 MEX MF Damian Alvarez 22 ARG GK Germán Lux 23 ARG FW Maxi López 24 PAR FW Nelson Cuevas 25 ARG MF Luciano Leguizamon 26 ARG MF Andres Aimar 27 ARG MF Lucho González 28 ARG FW Gaston Fernandez 29 ARG MF Oscar Ahumada 30 ARG FW Esteban Fuertes Clausura Squad 1 ARG GK Ángel Comizzo 2 PAR DF Celso Ayala 3 PAR DF Ricardo Rojas 4 ARG MF Claudio Husain 5 ARG MF Leonardo Astrada 6 ARG DF Martin Demichelis 7 ARG FW Alejandro Domínguez 8 ARG MF Eduardo Coudet 3rd captain 9 ARG FW Fernando Cavenaghi Vice-captain 10 ARG MF Andres D'Alessandro Captain 11 ARG MF Victor Zapata 12 ARG GK José María Buljubasich 13 URU DF Martin del Campo 14 ARG DF Ariel Garcé 15 ARG MF Guillermo Pereyra 16 ARG DF Matías Lequi 17 ARG GK Franco Costanzo 18 ARG MF Diego Barrado 19 ARG MF Osmar Ferreyra 20 ARG FW Darío Husaín 21 ARG DF Horacio Ameli 22 ARG GK Germán Lux 23 ARG FW Maxi López 24 MEX MF Daniel Ludueña 25 URU DF Máximo Lucas 26 ARG MF Andres Aimar 27 ARG MF Lucho González 28 ARG FW Gaston Fernandez 29 ARG MF Oscar Ahumada 30 ARG FW Esteban Fuertes Transfers In DatePos.NameFromFee11 June 2002GKARG José María BuljubasichARG Rosario CentralLoanhttp://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2002/06/11/87504/buljubasich-sera-el-portero-del-river-de-pellegrini.html Buljubasich será el portero del River de Pellegrini El Mercurio 11 June 20021 July 2002DFARG Marcelo GómezARG HuracánLoan returnApril 20251 July 2002DFCOL Jersson GonzálezTUR GalatasarayLoanhttp://www.espn.com.co/futbolargentino/noticias/jersson20020717.html ESPNdeportes.com: Futbol argentino: Jersson González se tiene confianza www.espn.com.co22 July 2002DFARG Lucho GonzálezARG HuracánUSD 700,000http://www.lanacion.com.ar/415771-luis-gonzalez-ya-es-de-river Luis González ya es de River2 August 2002DFARG Esteban FuertesESP CD TenerifeUSD 250,000 (Loan from RC Lens)https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/deportes/8-8424-2002-08-02.html Página/12 :: Deportes :: Esteban Fuertes es de River www.pagina12.com.ar11 January 2003MFARG Claudio HusaínITA NapoliUSD 300,000https://www.lanacion.com.ar/458191-river-esta-a-un-paso-de-volver-a-tener-a-claudio-husain-en-sus-filas River está a un paso de volver a tener a Claudio Husain en sus filashttps://www.infobae.com/2003/01/11/41344-claudio-husain-firmo-river/ Claudio Husain firmó para River Infobae8 January 2003DFURU Martín del CampoURU NacionalLoanhttp://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/river-plate-contrato-al-defensa-uruguayo-martin-del-campo/2003-01-08/201400.html River Plate contrató al defensa uruguayo Martín del Campo Compañia Chilena de Comunicacioneshttps://www.lanacion.com.ar/464948-river-se-sumo-al-plantel-el-uruguayo-martin-del-campo River: se sumó al plantel el uruguayo Martín del Campo11 January 2003DFURU Máximo LucasURU DanubioLoanhttp://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/103448-maximo-lucas-a-river-de-buenos-aires Máximo Lucas a River de Buenos Aires16 January 2003MFARG Eduardo CoudetESP Celta de VigoLoan returnhttp://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2003/01/16/102557/eduardo-coudet-regresa-a-river-plate.html Eduardo Coudet regresa a River Plate El Mercurio 16 January 20031 February 2003FWARG Darío HusaínARG Vélez SarsfieldFreeDarío Husain quedó libre de Vélez y River acelera los trámiteshttps://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/30670/deportes/dario-husain-dice-cumplio-sueno-vida.html Darío Husaín dice que cumplió el sueño de su vida La Gaceta www.lagaceta.com.ar1 February 2003FWARG Horacio AmeliBRA São Paulo FCUSD 175,000 (Loan)https://www.clarin.com/deportes/horacio-ameli-sonar-ganar_0_SyEE9czeCKl.html Horacio Ameli: todo para soñar y ganar Clarin.com Out DatePos.NameToFee1 July 2002FWARG Ariel OrtegaTUR Fenerbahçe£6mhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jun/17/worldcupfootball2002.newsstory Ortega signs for Fenerbahçe 17 June 2002 the Guardian1 July 2002FWARG Martín CardettiFRA Paris Saint-GermainFreehttp://www.espnfc.com/europe/news/2002/0702/20020702psgcardetti.html ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News – Argentine Cardetti joins PSG www.espnfc.com2 September 2002MFARG Eduardo CoudetESP Celta de VigoLoan €200,000https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/deza/2002/08/29/eduardo-coudet-elegido-banda-derecha-celeste/0003_1209758.htm Eduardo Coudet es el elegido para la banda derecha celeste 29 August 20021 July 2002MFARG Cristian LedesmaGER Hamburger SVUSD 4,000,000https://www.lanacion.com.ar/411131-hamburgo-aparece-en-el-futuro-de-cristian-ledesma Hamburgo aparece en el futuro de Cristian Ledesmahttps://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/deportes/8-7243-2002-07-05.html Página/12 :: Deportes :: Ledesma, al Hamburgo www.pagina12.com.arhttps://books.google.com/books?id=vxCdCwAAQBAJ&q=cristian+ledesma+hamburger+sv&pg=PA58 Die Saison 2002 / 2003 Ein Jahr im Fußball - Spiele, Statistiken, Tore und Legenden des Weltfußballs: Was Zinédine Zidane, David Beckham, Birgit Prinz und der AC Mailand mit der Bundesliga und der Frauen WM 2003 zu tun haben Tom Neumann 19 February 2016 BoD – Books on Demand 9783739244716 Google Books1 January 2003DFMEX Javier GandolfiARG TalleresLoanhttps://www.clarin.com/deportes/gandolfi-eje-polemica_0_BySl1eflRKx.html Gandolfi, eje de una polémica Clarin.com1 January 2003DFMEX Damián ÁlvarezMEX Monarcas MoreliaLoan USD 150,000http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/110884.html El Universal Transfieren al argentino Damian Alvarez al Morelia Mexico1 January 2003DFCOL Jersson GonzálezCOL Centauros VillavicencioLoan end1 January 2003DFCHI Alejandro EscalonaCHI EvertonLoan endhttp://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/site/edic/20030128211809/pags/20030128213745.html Un jugador de peso www.mercuriovalpo.cl Competitions Pre-season and friendlies Friendly 15 June 2002 River Plate 2 – 1 Report 1Report 2 Boca Juniors Lequi 90Raponi 90+2 Burdisso 8 Orange Bowl Miami Kevin Terry W Friendly 22 June 2002 River Plate ARG 1 – 1 Report 1Report 2 MEX Monarcas Morelia Garcé 72 Morales 39 Spartan Stadium San Jose, California Roberi Sabella (United States) D Friendly 28 June 2002 River Plate ARG 1 – 2 Report MEX Club América López 89 Navia 21Castillo 75 Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Ricardo Valenzuela (United States) L Friendly 13 July 2002 River Plate ARG 3 – 2 Report SCO Rangers F.C. Ayala 17Zapata 51López 79 Arveladze 61Amoruso 78 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey Jair Maruffo (United States) W Movistar Cup – SF 17 July 2002 Monterrey MEX 1 – 0 Report ARG River Plate Franco 19 Estadio Tecnológico Monterrey, Mexico Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico) 28,000https://www.clarin.com/deportes/river-reacciono-final-igual-perdio-monterrey-passarella_0_rJ_QbuExRYx.html River reaccionó al final, pero igual perdió ante el Monterrey de Passarella Clarin.com L Movistar Cup – 3pp 19 July 2002 Racing Club ARG 0 – 2 Report ARG River Plate Cavenaghi 9Pereyra 90 Estadio Tecnológico Monterrey, Mexico Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico) 30,000https://as.com/futbol/2002/07/21/mas_futbol/1027202402_850215.html River se hace con el tercer puesto Diario AS 21 July 2002 W Friendly 7 August 2002 Marathón HON 3 – 1 Report ARG River Plate Domínguez 72 Scott 23Pereyra 41 58 Olímpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula, Honduras Oscar Bardales (Honduras) 45,000http://www.diez.hn/futboldeprimera/976141-99/el-d%C3%ADa-que-river-fue-bailado-y-humillado-por-marath%C3%B3n El día que River fue bailado y humillado por Marathón – Diez – Diario Deportivohttps://www.lanacion.com.ar/420766-river-perdio-con-marathon-el-campeon-hondureno River perdió con Marathón, el campeón hondureño L Friendly 10 October 2002 Colo-Colo CHI 2 – 1 Report ARG River Plate Cáceres 51 83 López 44 Estadio Nacional Santiago, Chile Carlos Chandía (Chile) 45,000 L Friendly 21 January 2003 River Plate 1 – 2 Report Godoy Cruz Leguizamón 25 Torresi 79Herrera 84 Feliciano Gambarte Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Aldo Muñoz L Apertura 2002 2002–03 Argentine Primera División#Torneo Apertura League table Torneo Apertura RIV Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result D/W/W/W/W/L/D/D/W/W/W/W/L/L/W/L/L/W/W Position 7/7/5/4/1/3/3/4/2/2/2/2/2/3/3/3/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd April 2025 February 2018 Fixtures and results Round 1 28 July 2002 15.30 (UTC−3) River Plate 0 – 0 April 2025 Newell's El Monumental Buenos Aires Ángel Sánchez 32,000 D Round 2 4 August 2002 Vélez Sársfield 0 – 1 April 2025 River Plate Álvarez 35 José Amalfitani Stadium Buenos Aires Horacio Elizondo 28,000 W Round 3 11 August 2002 River Plate 1 – 0 April 2025 Colón López 35 El Monumental Buenos Aires Oscar Sequeira 48,000 W Round 4 18 August 2002 Chacarita Juniors 1 – 2 April 2025 River Plate Cella 90 Domínguez 62Cuevas 79 José Amalfitani Stadium Buenos Aires Claudio Martín 16,000 W Round 5 25 August 2002 Estudiantes 0 – 6 April 2025 River Plate Domínguez 6González 17Fuertes 24 33Coudet 27Quatrocchi 54 o.g. Jorge Luis Hirschi La Plata Fabián Madorrán 21,000 W Round 6 1 September 2002 River Plate 1 – 2 April 2025 Huracán Domínguez 82 Ortiz 25Padra 79 El Monumental Buenos Aires Horacio Elizondo 30,000 L Round 7 8 September 2002 Arsenal 0 – 0 Report River Plate La Fortaleza Lanús Ángel Sánchez 11,000 D Round 8 15 September 2002 River Plate 1 – 1 Report Talleres Cavenaghi 84 Quinteros 43 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Gabriel Brazenas 18,900 D Round 9 22 September 2002 Independiente 1 – 2 Report River Plate Pusineri 89 González 46D'Alessandro 87 Libertadores de América Avellaneda Claudio Martín 45,000 W Round 10 29 September 2002 River Plate 5 – 2 Report Rosario Central D'Alessandro 50 68 penDomínguez 59Demichelis62Cavenaghi 89 Garcé 19 o.g.B.Schelotto 78 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Daniel Giménez 30,000 W Round 11 6 October 2002 Nueva Chicago 1 – 3 Report River Plate Carreño 81 González 14 52D'Alessandro 36 Pedro Bidegain Buenos Aires Ángel Sánchez 22,500 W Round 12 13 October 2002 River Plate 4 – 2 Report Unión Domínguez 32Pereyra 73Cavenaghi 77 86 Torres 21Zapata 85 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Roberto Ruscio 24,000 W Round 13 20 October 2002 Banfield 5 – 0 Report River Plate Colautti 7 53Demichelis 28 o.g.Jiménez 52Moreno y Fabianesi 41 Estadio Florencio Sola Banfield Héctor Baldassi 22,000 L Match suspended at 66' due to incidents.https://www.clarin.com/ultimo-momento/banfield-goleo-river-partido-termino-incidentes_0_H1xCcQgRte.html es Round 14 27 October 2002 River Plate 1 – 2 Report Boca Juniors Fuertes 52 Delgado 42 f.k. 77 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Horacio Elizondo 45,000 L Round 15 3 November 2002 San Lorenzo 0 – 1 Report River Plate Fuertes 42 Pedro Bidegain Buenos Aires Ángel Sánchez 19,000 W Round 16 10 November 2002 River Plate 1 – 2 Report Lanús García 52 o.g. Mannara 18Bustos Montoya 37 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires :pt:Juan Pablo Pompei 12,390 L Round 17 17 November 2002 Gimnasia (La Plata) 2 – 0 Report River Plate Turienzo 18Enría 32 Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo La Plata Fabián Madorrán 12,000 L Round 18 24 November 2002 River Plate 2 – 1 Report Olimpo Fuertes 3Cavenaghi 30 Bustamante 70 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Gustavo Bassi 22,000 W Round 19 30 November 2002 Racing Club 1 – 4 Report River Plate Aimar 6Fuertes 45Cavenaghi 58 67 Milito 76 Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón Avellaneda Claudio Martín 16,000 W Clausura 2003 2002–03 Argentine Primera División#Torneo Clausura League table Torneo Clausura RIV Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result D/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/L Position 6/13/9/8/5/4/2/1/1/1/1/3/3/3/2/1/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd April 2025 February 2018 Fixtures and results Round 1 16 February 2003 Newell's 2 – 2 Report River Plate Rosales 61Marino 83 Fuertes 75Ameli 89 Marcelo Bielsa Rosario Fabián Madorrán 36,500 D Round 2 23 February 2003 River Plate 0 – 1 Report Vélez Sarsfield Nanni 90 El Monumental Buenos Aires Gabriel Brazenas 30,000 L Round 3 2 March 2003 Colón 0 – 2 Report River Plate Cavenaghi 60González 76 Brigadier General Estanislao López Santa Fe Sergio Pezzotta 30,000 W Round 4 9 March 2003 River Plate 2 – 1 Report Chacarita Juniors Husaín 45Ameli90 Pena 24 pen El Monumental Buenos Aires Roberto Ruscio 30,000 W Round 5 16 March 2003 River Plate 1 – 0 Report Estudiantes Husaín 63 El Monumental Buenos Aires Ángel Sánchez 30,000 W Round 6 23 March 2003 Huracán 0 – 6 Report River Plate Cavenaghi 51 52Husaín 6251Fuertes 77D'Alessandro 80Barrado 85 Tomás Adolfo Ducó Buenos Aires Claudio Martín 30,000 W Round 7 30 March 2003 River Plate 3 – 1 Report Arsenal Cavenaghi 49 65D'Alessandro 77 pen. González 88 pen. El Monumental Buenos Aires Rafael Furchi 35,000 W Round 8 6 April 2003 Talleres 1 – 3 Report River Plate Real 33 pen. Pereyra 4Coudet 58D'Alessandro 66 Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba Daniel Giménez 30,000 W Round 9 13 April 2003 River Plate 2 – 1 Report Independiente Fuertes 71Milito 84 o.g. Montenegro 13 El Monumental Buenos Aires Héctor Baldassi 60,000 W Round 10 20 April 2003 Rosario Central 0 – 2 Report River Plate Arias 41Figueroa 43 González26Cavenaghi 57 Gigante de Arroyito Rosario Rafael Furchi 44,500 W Round 11 4 May 2003 River Plate 1 – 1 Report Nueva Chicago Cavenaghi 54 Amaya 70 El Monumental Buenos Aires Claudio Martín 35,000 D Round 12 11 May 2003 Unión 1 – 1 Report River Plate Capria 32 f.k. González 15 Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Paraná Horacio Elizondo 20,000 D Round 13 24 May 2003 River Plate 2 – 1 Report Banfield Husaín 10Cavenaghi 54 Colautti 72 El Monumental Buenos Aires Oscar Sequeira W Round 14 1 June 2003 Boca Juniors 2 – 2 Report River Plate Barros Schelotto 67 70 D'Alessandro 10Cavenaghi 38 pen. La Bombonera Buenos Aires Héctor Baldassi D Round 15 8 June 2003 River Plate 4 – 0 Report San Lorenzo Cavenaghi 45Lequi 64D'Alessandro 35Pereyra 84 El Monumental Buenos Aires Gabriel Brazenas 40,000 W Round 16 15 June 2003 Lanús 3 – 4 Report River Plate Garcé 4 o.g.Benítez 22Morales 80 Cavenaghi 9Fuertes 37 47González 42 La Fortaleza Lanús Claudio Martín 30,000 W Round 17 22 June 2003 River Plate 3 – 0 Report Gimnasia y Esgrima Cavenaghi 1Fuertes6D'Alessandro 79 El Monumental Buenos Aires Oscar Sequeira 35,000 W Round 18 29 June 2003 Olimpo 0 – 2 Report River Plate Zapata 80Barrado 86 Roberto Carminatti Bahía Blanca Gabriel Brazenas 13,000 W Round 19 6 July 2003 River Plate 1 – 3 Report Racing Club Cavenaghi 62 Romero 27Vitali 41Mirošević 73 El Monumental Buenos Aires Daniel Giménez 59,086http://edant.clarin.com/suplementos/especiales/2003/07/07/l-585593.htm La fiesta inolvidable de River edant.clarin.com 2018-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20180223232241/http://edant.clarin.com/suplementos/especiales/2003/07/07/l-585593.htm 2018-02-23 dead L Evolution of the league table River Plate, Boca Juniors and Velez Sarsfield were the teams who kept the championship lead for most of the tournament. table br Positions by round River Plate 6/13/9/8/5/4/2/1/1/1/1/3/3/3/2/1/1/1/1 Boca Juniors 1/8/6/3/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/1/1/2/1/2/3/2/2 Vélez Sarsfield 1/1/1/3/6/5/3/1/1/3/2/1/1/1/3/3/2/3/3 #ffffbf #dfdfdf #ffdf9f www.rsssf.com 2002 Copa Sudamericana 2002 Copa Sudamericana 2nd stage 4 September 2002 21.10 (UTC−3) Racing Club ARG 1 – 0 April 2025 ARG River Plate Estévez 34 pen José Amalfitani Stadium Buenos Aires, Argentina Héctor Baldassi L 2nd stage 25 September 2002 River Plate ARG 0 – 0 April 2025 ARG Racing Club El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina Horacio Elizondo D 2003 Copa Libertadores 2003 Copa Libertadores Group stage Group 1 RIV Group Stage R1 19 February 2003 Deportivo Cali COL 2 – 0 April 2025 ARG River Plate Murillo 35Castillo 59 Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Cali, Colombia Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru) 38,000 L Group Stage R2 27 February 2003 River Plate ARG 3 – 1 Report PAR Libertad Fuertes 68 83 pen.González 76 Benítez 64 El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina Wilson de Souza (Brazil) 15,000 W Group Stage R3 13 March 2003 Emelec ECU 3 – 1 April 2025 ARG River Plate Pacheco 60 pen.Rey 78Tenorio 87 Fuertes 39 George Capwell Guayaquil, Ecuador Márcio Rezende (Brazil) 15,000 L Group Stage R4 20 March 2003 River Plate ARG 2 – 1 Report COL Deportivo Cali Cavenaghi 35Coudet 69 Castillo 26 El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina Carlos Simon (Brazil) 27,500 W Group Stage R5 2 April 2003 Libertad PAR 0 – 2 Report ARG River Plate D'Alessandro 81Cavenaghi 90 pen. Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) 21,000 W Group Stage R6 17 April 2003 River Plate ARG 2 – 0 Report ECU Emelec Fernández 42D'Alessandro 80 El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina Carlos Torres (Paraguay) 30,000 W Knockout phase Round of 16 R16 First leg 1 May 2003 River Plate ARG 2 – 1 Report BRA Corinthians D'Alessandro 84 f.k.Cavenaghi 89 Wagner 68 El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru) 55,000 W R16 Second leg 14 May 2003 Corinthians BRA 1 – 2 2-4 Report ARG River Plate Liédson 9 Demichelis 22Fuertes 74 pen. Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo, Brazil Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) 66,000 W Quarter-finals QF First leg 20 May 2003 River Plate ARG 2 – 1 Report COL América D'Alessandro 16Lequi 90 Vásquez 58 El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina Paulo de Oliveira(Brazil) 50,000 W QF Second leg 27 May 2003 América COL 4 – 1 5-3 Report ARG River Plate Vásquez 29 35Castillo 87Moreno 90 Ludueña 68 Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Cali, Colombia Gustavo Méndez (referee) (Uruguay) 50,000 L Squad statistics Appearances and goals No.Pos.NameTotalLeague2002 Copa Sudamericana2003 Copa LibertadoresDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals13px13px1GKARG Ángel Comizzo1701501010302DFPAR Celso Ayala1801602000213DFPAR Ricardo Ismael Rojas2402001030814 Wore no. 4 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002 and 2002 Copa SudamericanaMFCOL Jersson González80602000304 Wore no. 4 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003 and 2003 Copa LibertadoresMFARG Claudio Husaín1811211050625MFARG Leonardo Astrada2702201040506DFARG Martín Demichelis46235120911217FWARG Alejandro Domínguez1651551000408MFARG Eduardo Coudet2832020081309FWARG Fernando Cavenaghi4324332120832010MFARG Andrés D'Alessandro40142910101049011MFARG Víctor Zapata22115100702012GKARG José María Buljubasich26017010801013 Wore no. 13 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002DFMEX Javier Gandolfi101000000013 Wore no. 13 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003 and no. 25 during 2003 Copa LibertadoresDFURU Martín del Campo402000200014DFARG Ariel Garcé43034010805115MFARG Guillermo Pereyra32324310701216DFARG Matías Lequi27220100715017GKARG Franco Costanzo706001000018MFARG Diego Barrado17211220400019 Wore no. 19 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002MFARG Gabriel Pereyra303000001019 Wore no. 19 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003MFARG Osmar Ferreyra202000000020 Wore no. 20 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002 and 2002 Copa SudamericanaMFARG Juan Pablo Raponi 101000000020 Wore no. 20 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003 and no. 22 during 2003 Copa LibertadoresFWARG Darío Husaín19311300801121 Wore no. 21 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002 and 2002 Copa SudamericanaMFMEX Damián Ariel Álvarez 816120000021 Wore no. 21 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003 and 2003 Copa LibertadoresDFARG Horacio Ameli23216200708122 Wore no. 12 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002 and 2002 Copa Sudamericana, wore no. 31 during Torneo Clausura 2003GKARG Germán Lux000000000023FWARG Maxi López716110000024FWPAR Nelson Cuevas101000000025FWARG Luciano Leguizamón202000000026FWARG Andrés Aimar111100000027MFARG Lucho González42932820810028MFMEX Daniel Ludueña18114000410030FWARG Esteban Fuertes451634121010400 Source:www.livefutbol.com References Sources Estévez, Diego Ariel; Ciento cinco: historia de un siglo rojo y blanco; 2006 950-754-198-5 Category:Club Atlético River Plate seasons Category:2002–03 in Argentine football River Plate