2002–03 in Argentine football explained

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Independiente	43	19	13	4	2	48	19	29
2	Boca Juniors	40	19	12	4	3	32	15	17
3	River Plate	36	19	11	3	5	35	23	12
4	Chacarita	30	19	9	3	7	19	21	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
5	Vélez Sársfield	28	19	8	4	7	23	19	4
6	Racing Club	28	19	8	4	7	28	28	0
7	Colón de Santa Fe	28	19	7	7	5	26	26	0
8	Arsenal de Sarandí	27	19	7	6	6	29	25	4
9	San Lorenzo	27	19	7	6	6	28	25	3
10	Newell's Old Boys	27	19	7	6	6	23	22	1
11	Lanús	26	19	6	8	5	21	24	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
12	Banfield	25	19	6	7	6	21	17	4
13	Rosario Central	25	19	7	4	8	36	34	2
14	Unión de Santa Fe	23	19	6	5	8	26	28	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
15	Talleres de Córdoba	23	19	5	8	6	23	27	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
16	Gimnasia de La Plata	20	19	4	8	7	18	24	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
17	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	20	19	5	5	9	20	30	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-10
18	Nueva Chicago	15	19	3	6	10	20	29	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-9
19	Estudiantes La Plata	15	19	4	3	12	21	36	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-15
20	Huracán	11	19	2	5	12	17	42	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-25

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andrés Silvera	Independiente	16
2	César Carignano	Colón de Santa Fe	11
3	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	10
4	Marcelo Delgado	Boca Juniors	9

There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	43	19	13	4	2	43	18	25
2	Boca Juniors	39	19	12	3	4	36	23	13
3	Vélez Sársfield	38	19	12	2	5	27	12	15
4	Rosario Central	37	19	10	7	2	40	18	22
5	Colón de Santa Fe	29	19	7	8	4	19	14	5
6	San Lorenzo	29	19	8	5	6	27	28	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
7	Estudiantes La Plata	28	19	7	7	5	24	18	6
8	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	28	18	8	4	6	21	17	4
9	Nueva Chicago	26	19	7	5	7	29	33	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
10	Gimnasia de La Plata	26	19	7	5	7	21	26	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-5
11	Racing Club	25	19	6	7	6	26	24	2
12	Lanús	25	19	7	4	8	27	29	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
13	Banfield	23	19	6	5	8	18	20	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
14	Arsenal de Sarandí	22	19	4	10	5	12	13	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
15	Newell's Old Boys	22	19	5	7	7	21	26	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-5
16	Talleres de Córdoba	21	19	5	6	8	23	26	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
17	Independiente	18	19	4	6	9	13	25	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-12
18	Unión de Santa Fe	17	19	4	5	10	18	29	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-11
19	Chacarita	11	19	2	5	12	11	24	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-13
20	Huracán	6	18	1	3	14	12	45	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-33

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	17
2	Roberto Nanni	Vélez Sársfield	15
3	Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate	12
4	Cristian Castillo	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	11

Talleres de Córdoba wins 2-0 and stays in Argentine First Division.San Martín de Mendoza remains in Argentine Nacional B.
Nueva Chicago wins 3-0 and stays in Argentine First Division.Argentinos Juniors remains in Argentine Nacional B.

Level	Tournament	Champion
2nd	Primera B Nacional Apertura Primera B Nacional Clausura	Atlético Rafaela Atlético Rafaela
3rd		Ferro Carril Oeste
3rd (Interior)		Tiro Federal
4th		Colegiales
5th		Sacachispas