2003 Cienciano season

Cienciano
2003 season
Chairman	Juvenal Silva
Manager	Édgar Ospina (until May) ; Freddy Ternero
Torneo Descentralizado	Full Table: 7th ; Apertura: 4° ; Clausura: 8°
Copa Sudamericana	Champion
	Home colours
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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.

Statistics

Last updated in January 2003.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Copa Sudamericana		Primera División
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Preliminary Chile/Peru

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers
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

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

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

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

Torneo Apertura


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

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'

9 July 2003

Sporting Cristal

1–2

Cienciano

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Torneo Clausura

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

Home \ Away	AAS	CIE	WAN	MEL	SBA	CRI	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

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

[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.

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