2002–03 Club Atlético River Plate season
2002–03 season | ||||
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President | José María Aguilar | |||
Manager | Manuel Pellegrini | |||
Argentine Primera División | Apertura: Runner-up Clausura: Champion | |||
2002 Copa Sudamericana | Second stage | |||
2003 Copa Libertadores | Quarterfinals | |||
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The 2002–03 season is River Plate'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.[1]
On July 22, midfielder Lucho González moved from Huracán to River Plate. The transfer was made for US$700,000.[2]
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.[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]
Apertura Squad[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Clausura Squad[]
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Transfers[]
In[]
Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
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11 June 2002 | GK | José María Buljubasich | Rosario Central | Loan[5] |
1 July 2002 | DF | Marcelo Gómez | Huracán | Loan return[6][7] |
1 July 2002 | DF | Jersson González | Galatasaray | Loan[8] |
22 July 2002 | DF | Lucho González | Huracán | USD 700,000[9] |
2 August 2002 | DF | Esteban Fuertes | CD Tenerife | USD 250,000 (Loan from RC Lens)[10] |
11 January 2003 | MF | Claudio Husaín | Napoli | USD 300,000[11][12] |
8 January 2003 | DF | Martín del Campo | Nacional | Loan[13][14] |
11 January 2003 | DF | Máximo Lucas | Danubio | Loan[15] |
16 January 2003 | MF | Eduardo Coudet | Celta de Vigo | Loan return[16] |
1 February 2003 | FW | Darío Husaín | Vélez Sarsfield | Free[17][18] |
1 February 2003 | FW | Horacio Ameli | São Paulo FC | USD 175,000 (Loan)[19] |
Out[]
Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | |
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1 July 2002 | FW | Ariel Ortega | Fenerbahçe | £6m[20] | |
1 July 2002 | FW | Martín Cardetti | Paris Saint-Germain | Free[21] | |
2 September 2002 | MF | Eduardo Coudet | Celta de Vigo | Loan €200,000[22] | |
1 July 2002 | MF | Cristian Ledesma | Hamburger SV | USD 4,000,000[23][24][25] | |
1 January 2003 | DF | Javier Gandolfi | Talleres | Loan[26] | |
1 January 2003 | DF | Damián Álvarez | Monarcas Morelia | Loan USD 150,000[27] | |
1 January 2003 | DF | Jersson González | Centauros Villavicencio | Loan end[8] | |
1 January 2003 | DF | Alejandro Escalona | Everton | Loan end[28] |
Competitions[]
Pre-season and friendlies[]
15 June 2002 Friendly | River Plate | 2 – 1 | Boca Juniors | showMiami |
22 June 2002 Friendly | River Plate | 1 – 1 | Monarcas Morelia | showSan Jose, California |
28 June 2002 Friendly | River Plate | 1 – 2 | Club América | showLos Angeles |
13 July 2002 Friendly | River Plate | 3 – 2 | Rangers F.C. | showEast Rutherford, New Jersey |
17 July 2002 Movistar Cup – SF | Monterrey | 1 – 0 | River Plate | showMonterrey, Mexico |
19 July 2002 Movistar Cup – 3pp | Racing Club | 0 – 2 | River Plate | showMonterrey, Mexico |
21 January 2003 Friendly | River Plate | 1 – 2 | Godoy Cruz | showGodoy Cruz, Mendoza |
Apertura 2002[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Results by matchday[]
Fixtures and results[]
4 August 2002 Round 2 | Vélez Sársfield | 0 – 1 | River Plate | showBuenos Aires |
18 August 2002 Round 4 | Chacarita Juniors | 1 – 2 | River Plate | showBuenos Aires |
25 August 2002 Round 5 | Estudiantes | 0 – 6 | River Plate | showLa Plata |
22 September 2002 Round 9 | Independiente | 1 – 2 | River Plate | showAvellaneda |
29 September 2002 Round 10 | River Plate | 5 – 2 | Rosario Central | showBuenos Aires |
6 October 2002 Round 11 | Nueva Chicago | 1 – 3 | River Plate | showBuenos Aires |
27 October 2002 Round 14 | River Plate | 1 – 2 | Boca Juniors | showBuenos Aires |
3 November 2002 Round 15 | San Lorenzo | 0 – 1 | River Plate | showBuenos Aires |
17 November 2002 Round 17 | Gimnasia (La Plata) | 2 – 0 | River Plate | showLa Plata |
30 November 2002 Round 19 | Racing Club | 1 – 4 | River Plate | showAvellaneda |
Clausura 2003[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Results by matchday[]
Fixtures and results[]
23 February 2003 Round 2 | River Plate | 0 – 1 | Vélez Sarsfield | showBuenos Aires |
9 March 2003 Round 4 | River Plate | 2 – 1 | Chacarita Juniors | showBuenos Aires |
16 March 2003 Round 5 | River Plate | 1 – 0 | Estudiantes | showBuenos Aires |
13 April 2003 Round 9 | River Plate | 2 – 1 | Independiente | showBuenos Aires |
20 April 2003 Round 10 | Rosario Central | 0 – 2 | River Plate | showRosario |
4 May 2003 Round 11 | River Plate | 1 – 1 | Nueva Chicago | showBuenos Aires |
1 June 2003 Round 14 | Boca Juniors | 2 – 2 | River Plate | showBuenos Aires |
8 June 2003 Round 15 | River Plate | 4 – 0 | San Lorenzo | showBuenos Aires |
22 June 2003 Round 17 | River Plate | 3 – 0 | Gimnasia y Esgrima | showBuenos Aires |
29 June 2003 Round 18 | Olimpo | 0 – 2 | River Plate | showBahía Blanca |
6 July 2003 Round 19 | River Plate | 1 – 3 | Racing Club | showBuenos Aires |
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.
2002 Copa Sudamericana[]
4 September 2002 2nd stage | Racing Club | 1 – 0 | River Plate | showBuenos Aires, Argentina |
25 September 2002 2nd stage | River Plate | 0 – 0 | Racing Club | showBuenos Aires, Argentina |
2003 Copa Libertadores[]
Group stage[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CAL | RIV | LIB | EME | |
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1 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
2 | River Plate | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Libertad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | ||
4 | Emelec | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–5 |
19 February 2003 Group Stage R1 | Deportivo Cali | 2 – 0 | River Plate | showCali, Colombia |
20 March 2003 Group Stage R4 | River Plate | 2 – 1 | Deportivo Cali | showBuenos Aires, Argentina |
Knockout phase[]
Round of 16[]
1 May 2003 R16 First leg | River Plate | 2 – 1 | Corinthians | showBuenos Aires, Argentina |
Quarter-finals[]
Squad statistics[]
Appearances and goals[]
No. | Pos. | Name | Total | League | 2002 Copa Sudamericana | 2003 Copa Libertadores | Discipline | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
1 | GK | Ángel Comizzo | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | DF | Celso Ayala | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
3 | DF | Ricardo Ismael Rojas | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
4 [a] | MF | Jersson González | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
4 [b] | MF | Claudio Husaín | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
5 | MF | Leonardo Astrada | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
6 | DF | Martín Demichelis | 46 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
7 | FW | Alejandro Domínguez | 16 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
8 | MF | Eduardo Coudet | 28 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
9 | FW | Fernando Cavenaghi | 43 | 24 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
10 | MF | Andrés D'Alessandro | 40 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
11 | MF | Víctor Zapata | 22 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
12 | GK | José María Buljubasich | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 [c] | DF | Javier Gandolfi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 [d] | DF | Martín del Campo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | DF | Ariel Garcé | 43 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
15 | MF | Guillermo Pereyra | 32 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
16 | DF | Matías Lequi | 27 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
17 | GK | Franco Costanzo | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | Diego Barrado | 17 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 [e] | MF | Gabriel Pereyra | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 [f] | MF | Osmar Ferreyra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 [g] | MF | Juan Pablo Raponi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 [h] | FW | Darío Husaín | 19 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
21 [i] | MF | Damián Ariel Álvarez | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 [j] | DF | Horacio Ameli | 23 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
22 [k] | GK | Germán Lux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | FW | Maxi López | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | FW | Nelson Cuevas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | FW | Luciano Leguizamón | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | FW | Andrés Aimar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | Lucho González | 42 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
28 | MF | Daniel Ludueña | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
30 | FW | Esteban Fuertes | 45 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
- ^ Wore no. 4 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002 and 2002 Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Wore no. 4 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003 and 2003 Copa Libertadores
- ^ Wore no. 13 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002
- ^ Wore no. 13 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003 and no. 25 during 2003 Copa Libertadores
- ^ Wore no. 19 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002
- ^ Wore no. 19 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003
- ^ Wore no. 20 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002 and 2002 Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Wore no. 20 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003 and no. 22 during 2003 Copa Libertadores
- ^ Wore no. 21 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002 and 2002 Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Wore no. 21 jersey during Torneo Clausura 2003 and 2003 Copa Libertadores
- ^ Wore no. 12 jersey during Torneo Apertura 2002 and 2002 Copa Sudamericana, wore no. 31 during Torneo Clausura 2003
Source: www.footballdatabase.eu – www.livefutbol.com
References[]
- ^ "Pellegrini cumplió otro objetivo: se puso la banda roja" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "Luis González ya es de River" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ https://www.lanacion.com.ar/504218-trepada-river-a-la-punta-con-goles-y-decision "Rise: River, to the top with goals and decision"(in Spanish)
- ^ http://edant.clarin.com/suplementos/especiales/2003/06/30/l-582185.htm Archived 2018-02-19 at the Wayback Machine "River shouted Champions in Bahía Blanca and it was heard throughout the country"(in Spanish)
- ^ "Buljubasich será el portero del River de Pellegrini". El Mercurio. 11 June 2002.
- ^ "Marcelo Gomez". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ "El fútbol no es lo que yo soñaba".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "ESPNdeportes.com: Futbol argentino: Jersson González se tiene confianza". www.espn.com.co.
- ^ "Luis González ya es de River".
- ^ "Página/12 :: Deportes :: Esteban Fuertes es de River". www.pagina12.com.ar.
- ^ "River está a un paso de volver a tener a Claudio Husain en sus filas".
- ^ "Claudio Husain firmó para River". Infobae.
- ^ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "River Plate contrató al defensa uruguayo Martín del Campo".
- ^ "River: se sumó al plantel el uruguayo Martín del Campo".
- ^ "Máximo Lucas a River de Buenos Aires".
- ^ "Eduardo Coudet regresa a River Plate". El Mercurio. 16 January 2003.
- ^ Darío Husain quedó libre de Vélez y River acelera los trámites
- ^ Gaceta, La. "Darío Husaín dice que cumplió el sueño de su vida". www.lagaceta.com.ar.
- ^ Clarin.com. "Horacio Ameli: todo para soñar y ganar".
- ^ "Ortega signs for Fenerbahçe". the Guardian. 17 June 2002.
- ^ "ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News – Argentine Cardetti joins PSG". www.espnfc.com.
- ^ "Eduardo Coudet es el elegido para la banda derecha celeste". 29 August 2002.
- ^ "Hamburgo aparece en el futuro de Cristian Ledesma".
- ^ "Página/12 :: Deportes :: Ledesma, al Hamburgo". www.pagina12.com.ar.
- ^ Neumann, Tom (19 February 2016). 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. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 9783739244716 – via Google Books.
- ^ Clarin.com. "Gandolfi, eje de una polémica".
- ^ "Transfieren al argentino Damian Alvarez al Morelia". El Universal. Mexico.
- ^ "Un jugador de peso". www.mercuriovalpo.cl.
- ^ Clarin.com. "River reaccionó al final, pero igual perdió ante el Monterrey de Passarella".
- ^ AS, Diario (21 July 2002). "River se hace con el tercer puesto".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "El día que River fue bailado y humillado por Marathón – Diez – Diario Deportivo".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "River perdió con Marathón, el campeón hondureño".
- ^ https://www.clarin.com/ultimo-momento/banfield-goleo-river-partido-termino-incidentes_0_H1xCcQgRte.html (in Spanish)
- ^ "La fiesta inolvidable de River". edant.clarin.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
Sources[]
- Estévez, Diego Ariel; Ciento cinco: historia de un siglo rojo y blanco; 2006 ISBN 950-754-198-5
- Club Atlético River Plate seasons
- 2002–03 in Argentine football
- Argentine football clubs 2002–03 season