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STAY ON THE BALL with our weekly newsletter
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Here is a summary of the 2003 season. See the Final league
table, the top ten leading goal scorers and the season's biggest news stories
League Champions
Cruzeiro
The Final League Table
(L) = Qualify for the Libertadores Cup
(R) = Relegated to série B
(CSA) = Copa Sul-americana winners
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Top Ten Leading Scorers
1
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Name: Dimba
Club: Goiás
Goals Scored: 31
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2
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Name: Renaldo
Club: Paraná
Goals Scored: 30
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3
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Name: Luís Fabiano
Club: São Paulo
Goals Scored: 29
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4
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Name: Alex
Club: Cruzeiro
Goals Scored: 23
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5
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Name: Aristizábal
Club: Cruzeiro
Goals Scored: 21
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6
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Name: Marcel
Club: Coritiba
Goals Scored: 20
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7
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Name: Ilan
Club: Atlético Paranaénse
Goals Scored: 16
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7
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Name: eMarquinhos
Club: Paraná
Goals Scored: 16
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8
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Name: Deivid e Mota
Club: Cruzeiro
Goals Scored: 15
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8
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Name: Wágner
Club: Guarani
Goals Scored: 15
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8
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Name: e Róbson
Club: Paysandu
Goals Scored: 15
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9
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Name: Fábio Júnior
Club: Atlético Mineiro
Goals Scored: 14
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9
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Name: e Wélber
Club: Paysandu
Goals Scored: 14
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10
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Name: Dejair
Club: Criciúma
Goals Scored: 13
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10
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Name: Edílson
Club: Flamengo
Goals Scored: 13
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10
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Name: Vinícius
Club: Fortaleza
Goals Scored: 13
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10
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Name: Marcinho
Club: São Caetano
Goals Scored: 13
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The Season's Big News Stories...
Soccernet:
Dance of the coaches begins again
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's so-called Dance
of the Coaches, which produced 42 victims during the course
of the national championship, has increased in tempo following
the end of the competition on Sunday...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Cruzeiro beat Paysandu to win first Brazil title
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - World Cup winner Zinho
scored an early goal as Cruzeiro beat Paysandu 2-1 on Sunday
to clinch the Brazilian championship for the first time...
Yahoo
World Soccer: New lease of life for former Brazil coach Luxemburgo
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Three years ago, the career
of Brazilian coach Vanderley Luxemburgo was in ruins...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Santos president fears possible player exodus
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Santos president Marcelo
Teixeira says he is worried that the team which put Pele's
former club back on the map might be on the point of breaking
up...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Dimba equals Brazilian scoring record
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Goias striker Dimba equalled
the Brazilian championship scoring record with two goals in
a 4-1 win over Atletico Paranaense...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Brazil championship loses 38th coach as Oliveira
quits
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Oswaldo Oliveira has resigned
as coach of Flamengo to become the 38th coaching victim since
the Brazilian championship started in March...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Celebratory pig snouts banned by Palmeiras
SAO PAULO, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Former South American champions
Palmeiras have banned their players from parading around the
pitch in fake pig noses during goal celebrations...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Junior and Rivelino join forces at struggling
Corinthians
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Struggling Brazilian giants Corinthians
appointed former Brazil international Junior as their new
coach to replace Geninho who quit at the weekend...
Soccernet:
Paysandu pick up payback points
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Paysandu hammered Bahia
4-0 in the Brazilian championship to win back three of the
four points they were deducted earlier in the week for fielding
ineligible players...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Five players, referee banned after Brazilian
brawl
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 15 (Reuters) - Five players and a referee
were banned on Tuesday following a brawl in last week's Brazilian
championship derby between Corinthians and Santos which ended
with one player going to a police station...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Two Gremio directors resign as crisis continues
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 1 (Reuters) - Two directors resigned
from Brazilian club Gremio on Tuesday as the crisis deepened
at the former South American champions...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Luxemburgo bounces back as Cruzeiro win Copa
Brasil
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - Former Brazil coach Vanderlei
Luxemburgo, sacked by his country three years ago amid controversy
over his age and tax returns, bounced back on Wednesday as
his Cruzeiro team won the Copa Brasil...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Brazilian coach gets plaque for staying put
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 12 (Reuters) - The coach of Brazilian
first division club Ponte Preta has been presented with a
silver plaque for refusing to leave in the middle of the championship...
Yahoo
World Soccer: Brazilian football stoppage averted
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's soccer bosses
on Thursday backed down from their decision to paralyse domestic
football in a row over a new law demanding better conditions
for supporters...
Soccernet:
Luxemburgo gets his revenge
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 11 (Reuters) - Cruzeiro beat defending
champions Santos 2-0 away to go top of the Brazilian championship
at the weekend after coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo had been pelted
with coins by the home team's supporters...
Soccernet:
Brazil braced for relegation reprieve
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Brazilian football chiefs
appear to be fighting a losing battle to convince the public
that the four teams relegated in last year's national championship
will play in the second division this season and not be granted
a late reprieve...
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