2003 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado
Dates	8 February – 6 July 2003
Champions	Cobreloa 6th title
2004 Copa Libertadores	Cobreloa
2003 Copa Sudamericana	Universidad Católica (Pre-Sudamericana winners) Provincial Osorno (Pre-Sudamericana winners)
Matches played	146
Goals scored	489 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Salvador Cabañas (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Universidad de Concepción 8–2 Palestino (20 April)
Biggest away win	Palestino 1–5 Audax Italiano (15 March)
Highest attendance	40,000 Colo-Colo 0–0 Cobreloa (21 December)
Total attendance	920,914
Average attendance	6,264
← 2002–C 2003–C →

The 2003 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado was the 73rd Chilean League top flight tournament, in which Cobreloa won its sixth league title after eight years.^[1]

Qualifying stage

Scores

	AUD	CLO	CSA	COL	COQ	HUA	PAL	DPM	RAN	USF	DTE	UCA	UCH	UCO	UES	SWA
Audax		3–2	2–1			1–2		3–4	4–4			2–1		2–1
Cobreloa			2–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0		3–0			4–1		2–1
Cobresal				1–0	4–0		1–0				5–0		3–3		5–1	1–2
Colo-Colo	6–4	0–2				2–1		1–1	1–1	4–2		1–1		1–1
Coquimbo	1–0			0–4					1–1	2–1	1–2	1–3		0–1		0–2
Huachipato			1–0		3–1		4–2			1–0	2–3		2–2		1–2	1–0
Palestino	1–5			0–2	1–0						4–0	2–2	1–0			1–1
Puerto Montt			3–0		1–1	3–0	1–0			1–2			1–1		2–3	2–1
Rangers		1–1	3–3			1–1	2–1	4–0					2–2		2–2
San Felipe	0–4		1–0				0–1		1–1			1–3	0–0	2–0	2–2
Temuco		2–3	3–1		5–1			2–3	1–1	3–0		1–1		0–1
U. Católica		3–1	0–0			3–2		1–1	1–3					0–0	4–2
U. Chile	1–1			0–0	4–3						6–0	3–2		2–3		4–1
U. Concepción		2–1	1–2			0–0	8–2	1–3	5–0						3–1
U. Española	1–3			0–2	2–1		1–2				3–1		1–1			2–1
S. Wanderers	3–1	0–1		4–3					2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2		5–2

Group standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobreloa	15	10	1	4	26	16	+10	31	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Huachipato	15	6	3	6	22	22	0	21
3	Unión Española	15	5	3	7	24	32	−8	18
4	Palestino	15	5	2	8	18	28	−10	17

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Puerto Montt	15	7	4	4	26	22	+4	25	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Universidad de Chile	15	4	8	3	30	24	+6	20	Qualify to the playoffs
3	Unión San Felipe	15	3	4	8	13	26	−13	13	Qualify to the repechaje
4	Coquimbo Unido	15	2	2	11	12	30	−18	8

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Audax Italiano	15	8	2	5	37	30	+7	26	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Cobresal	15	6	3	6	27	19	+8	21
3	Rangers	15	3	11	1	28	26	+2	20
4	Santiago Wanderers	15	5	4	6	24	23	+1	19	Qualify to the repechaje

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Concepción	15	7	3	5	29	21	+8	24	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Universidad Católica	15	6	6	3	27	20	+7	24
3	Colo-Colo	15	6	5	4	28	23	+5	23
4	Deportes Temuco	15	5	3	7	24	33	−9	18

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobreloa	15	10	1	4	26	16	+10	31	Playoffs
2	Audax Italiano	15	8	2	5	37	30	+7	26
3	Deportes Puerto Montt	15	7	4	4	26	22	+4	25
4	Universidad de Concepción	15	7	3	5	29	21	+8	24
5	Universidad Católica	15	6	6	3	27	20	+7	24
6	Colo-Colo	15	6	5	4	28	23	+5	23
7	Cobresal	15	6	3	6	27	19	+8	21
8	Huachipato	15	6	3	6	22	22	0	21
9	Universidad de Chile	15	4	8	3	30	24	+6	20
10	Rangers	15	3	11	1	28	26	+2	20
11	Santiago Wanderers	15	5	4	6	24	23	+1	19	Repechaje
12	Unión Española	15	5	3	7	24	32	−8	18	Playoffs
13	Palestino	15	5	2	8	18	28	−10	17
14	Deportes Temuco	15	5	3	7	24	33	−9	18
15	Unión San Felipe	15	3	4	8	13	26	−13	13	Repechaje
16	Coquimbo Unido	15	2	2	11	12	30	−18	8

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Repechaje

Santiago Wanderers qualify to playoffs as best placed team despite having drawn with Unión San Felipe.

Match	Home	Visitor	Result
1	Unión San Felipe	Santiago Wanderers	2–2

Playoffs

First round

Colo-Colo and Huachipato qualified as best losers.

Match	Home	Visitor	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
1	Cobresal	Colo-Colo	3–0	1–2	4–2
2	Cobreloa	Unión Española	3–3	3–2	6–5
3	Universidad de Concepción	Universidad de Chile	0–0	4–3	4–3
4	Universidad Católica	Huachipato	2–1	1–1	3–2
5	Deportes Puerto Montt	Rangers	1–2	3–0	4–2
6	Santiago Wanderers	Audax Italiano	0–0	3–0	3–0

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Cobreloa	3	4	7

11	S. Wanderers	1	2	3
					1	Cobreloa	1	2	3

					8	Huachipato	2	0	2
3	Deportes Puerto Montt	0	2	2

8	Huachipato	2	3	5
										1	Cobreloa	0	4	4

										6	Colo-Colo	0	0	0
4	U. de Concepción	1	7	8

7	Cobresal	2	1	3
					4	U. de Concepción	0	2	2

					6	Colo-Colo	3	3	6
5	Universidad Católica	3	0	3

6	Colo-Colo	2	1	3

Finals

3 July 2003

18:10 (UTC-4)

1st Leg

Colo-Colo	0–0	Cobreloa
	Report

Estadio Monumental, Santiago

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Rubén Selman

6 July 2003

17:10 (UTC-4)

2nd Leg

Cobreloa	4–0	Colo-Colo
Fuentes 28' Díaz 67' Galaz 72', 87'	Report	Riffo 74' Zamorano 74' Villaseca 74'

Estadio Municipal de Calama, Calama

Attendance: 10,776

Referee: Carlos Chandía

2003 Apertura winners
Cobreloa 6th title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Salvador Cabañas	Audax Italiano	18
2	Juan Quiroga	Cobresal	12
3	José Luis Díaz	Cobreloa	11
	Patricio Galaz	Cobreloa
	Marcelo Corrales	Puerto Montt
	Joel Soto	Santiago Wanderers

Pre-Copa Sudamericana 2003 Tournament

All sixteen first level teams took part in this tournament, plus -and only for this edition-, all sixteen second level teams took part as well. One of the qualified teams to the Copa Sudamericana coming from this division, Provincial Osorno.

First round

Played on July 9 & 10, 2003

Home team	Score	Away team
Deportes Arica	1–5	Universidad de Chile
Deportes Antofagasta	3–0	Cobreloa
Deportes Copiapó	1–0	Cobresal
Deportes La Serena	2–2 (2-4p)	Coquimbo Unido
Unión La Calera	0–2	Universidad Católica
Everton	2–0	Santiago Wanderers
Deportes Melipilla	1–0	Unión San Felipe
O'Higgins	5–2	Audax Italiano
Fernandez Vial	1–0	Universidad de Concepción
Lota Schwager	0–2	Huachipato
Deportes Talcahuano	0–1	Deportes Temuco
Provincial Osorno	1–0	Deportes Puerto Montt
Deportes Ovalle	4–3 aet	Colo-Colo
Santiago Morning	2–3	Palestino
Magallanes	5–2	Unión Española
Rangers	3–0	Deportes Concepción

Second round

Played on July 13, 2003

Home team	Score	Away team
Deportes Antofagasta	2–1 aet	Universidad de Chile
Coquimbo Unido	2–1	Deportes Copiapó
Universidad Católica	0–0 (5-4p)	Deportes Ovalle
Everton	4–0	Deportes Melipilla
Magallanes	2–3	Palestino
O'Higgins	2–1 aet	Rangers
Huachipato	2–1	Fernandez Vial
Provincial Osorno	1–0	Deportes Temuco

Third round

Played on July 16 & 17, 2003

Home team	Score	Away team
Everton	2–2 (2-3p)	Universidad Católica
Deportes Antofagasta	4–2	Coquimbo Unido
O'Higgins	1–3	Palestino
Provincial Osorno	2–1	Huachipato

Final round

20 July 2003	Universidad Católica	2 – 0	Deportes Antofagasta	San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
	Gioino 44' Rozental 90'			Attendance: 3,529 Referee: C. Chandía