The 2003 season was Cienciano's season since its founding in 1901. The club participated in the 2003 Torneo Descentralizado and 2003 Copa Sudamericana. This season was one of the most successful seasons for Cienciano as they won the 2003 Copa Sudamericana, the first and only international title for a Peruvian club.

Cienciano
2003 season
ChairmanJuvenal Silva
ManagerÉdgar Ospina (until May)
Freddy Ternero
Torneo DescentralizadoFull Table: 7th
*Apertura: 4°
*Clausura: 8°
Copa SudamericanaChampion
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Statistics edit

Last updated in January 2003.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Copa Sudamericana Primera División
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   PER Óscar Ibáñez 0 0 - - - -
2 DF   PER Santiago Acasiete 0 0 - - - -
3 MF   PER Martín Raúl García 0 0 - - - -
4 DF   PER Carlos Maldonado 0 0 - - - -
5 MF   PAR Carlos Lugo 0 0 - - - -
6 MF   PER César Ccahuantico 0 0 - - - -
7 FW   URU Ernesto Zapata 0 0 - - - -
8 MF   PER Juan Carlos Bazalar 0 0 - - - -
9 FW   PER Germán Carty 9 5 9 5 - -
10 FW   PER Paolo Maldonado 0 0 - - - -
11 FW   PER Ramón Rodríguez 0 0 - - - -
12 GK   PER Maurinho Mendoza 0 0 - - - -
13 DF   PER Giuliano Portilla 0 0 - - - -
14 MF   PER Juan Carlos La Rosa 0 0 - - - -
15 DF   PER Alessandro Morán 0 0 - - - -
16 MF   PER Julio García 0 0 - - - -
17 DF   PER Miguel Llanos 0 0 - - - -
18 MF   PER Carlos Ibarra 0 0 - - - -
19 FW   COL Rodrigo Saraz 0 0 - - - -
20 MF   PER Carlos Lobatón 0 0 - - - -
21 GK   PER Alexander Araujo 0 0 - - - -
22 FW   PER Roberto Holsen 0 0 - - - -
23 DF   PER Carlos García 0 0 - - - -
24 DF   PER Néstor Candia 0 0 - - - -
25 MF   PER Jean Garrafa 0 0 - - - -
7 FW   PER Abel Augusto Lobatón 0 0 - - - -

2003 Copa Sudamericana edit

Preliminary Chile/Peru edit

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
7 Aug. 2003   Alianza Lima H 1 – 0 Martín Raúl García 9'
26 Ayg. 2003   Alianza Lima A 0 – 1 Roberto Holsen 22'
25 Sep. 2003   Universidad Católica H 4 – 0 Carty 1', Cristian Álvarez (o.g.) 38', Acasiete 55', Paolo Maldonado 69'
2 Oct. 2003   Universidad Católica A 1 – 3 Cristian Álvarez (o.g.) 9'

Quarter-finals edit

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
16 Oct. 2003   Santos FC A 1 – 1 Alex (o.g.) 71'
29 Oct. 2003   Santos FC H 2 – 1 Carty 11', 34'

Semi-finals edit

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
13 Nov. 2003   Atlético Nacional A 2 – 1 Carty 29', Paolo Maldonado 84'
4 Dec. 2003   Atlético Nacional H 1 – 0 Carty 1'

Finals edit

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
10 Dec. 2003   Club Atlético River Plate A 3–3[1] Portilla 26', 79' Carty 67'
19 Dec. 2003   Club Atlético River Plate H 1–0[2] Lugo 78'

Peruvian Primera División edit

Torneo Apertura edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Coronel Bolognesi 22 9 8 5 30 22 +8 35
4 Cienciano 22 10 4 8 31 22 +9 34 2003 Copa Sudamericana qualifying round
5 Sport Boys 22 8 7 7 34 28 +6 31

Results edit

Home \ Away AAS ALI ATL CIE BOL WAN EST MEL SBA CRI HUA UNI
Alianza Atlético 2–1
Alianza Lima 0–0
Atlético Universidad 3–4
Cienciano 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0
Coronel Bolognesi 2–1
Deportivo Wanka 3–2
Estudiantes de Medicina 2–1
Melgar 3–0
Sport Boys 1–0
Sporting Cristal 1–0
Unión Huaral 0–0
Universitario 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 2003. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Sudamericana 2003 qualifying

6 July 2003 (2003-07-06) Cienciano 1–1 Sporting Cristal Estadio Garcilaso, Cusco
Lugo   90' (pen.) Junior   80'

Torneo Clausura edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Unión Huaral 15 6 3 6 12 17 −5 21
8 Cienciano 14 4 3 7 17 20 −3 15
9 Atlético Universidad 14 4 3 7 10 18 −8 15

Results edit

Home \ Away AAS ALI ATL CIE BOL WAN EST MEL SBA CRI HUA UNI
Alianza Atlético 4–1
Alianza Lima
Atlético Universidad
Cienciano 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–4 2–0
Coronel Bolognesi 2–0
Deportivo Wanka
Estudiantes de Medicina 2–3
Melgar 1–0
Sport Boys
Sporting Cristal
Unión Huaral 2–1
Universitario 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2003. Source: RSSSF Peru 2003
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References edit

  1. ^ "Cienciano y la vez que silenció a River Plate en Argentina por la Sudamericana". Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ "River perdió 1 a 0 ante el Cienciano y dejó escapar la Copa Sudamericana". Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Peru 2003". Retrieved 17 June 2023.