| Club: | São Paulo |
| Season: | 2003 |
| Manager: |  Oswaldo de Oliveira(until 1 May) Roberto Rojas |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | Série A |
| League Result: | 3rd (in 2004 Copa Libertadores) |
| Cup1: | Campeonato Paulista |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup2: | Copa do Brasil |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup3: | Copa Sudamericana |
| Cup3 Result: | Semi-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Luís Fabiano (29) |
| Season Topscorer: | Luís Fabiano (46) |
| Highest Attendance: | 71,732 (v Corinthians in the Campeonato Paulista) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,471 (v Gama in the Copa do Brasil) |
| Prevseason: | 2002 |
| Nextseason: | 2004 |
The 2003 season was São Paulo's 74th season since club's existence. In this year São Paulo became a runner-up of Campeonato Paulista, being defeated by rival Corinthians in finals. At the Copa do Brasil, national cup, reached the quarterfinals falling in front of Goiás due Away goal rule with 0–0 (away); 1–1 (home). The club arrived in third place final in the first time when Série A was disputed in accumulated points system. In his first participation in Copa Sudamericana reached semifinals losing to Argentine club River Plate in penalty shootouts for 2–4 in a match that had fights and aggressions between players of both teams. The featured of year was the striker Luís Fabiano which scored 46 goals in whole season, 29 only in league.
| width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Playing position | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Campeonato Paulista | width=80 | Copa do Brasil | width=80 | Campeonato Brasileiro | width=80 | Copa Sudamericana | width=80 | Friendly match | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | FW | Luís Fabiano | 8 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| 2 | | FW | Diego Tardelli | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| = | | DF | Gustavo Nery | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 3 | | MF | Fábio Simplício | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 4 | | FW | Kléber | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 5 | | FW | Reinaldo | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 6 | | MF | Kaká | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 7 | | MF | Júlio Baptista | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| = | | FW | Rico | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 8 | | MF | Souza | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 9 | | DF | Fabiano | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| = | | FW | Itamar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 10 | | DF | Gabriel | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| = | | DF | Jean | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 11 | | MF | Carlos Alberto | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| = | DF | Diego Lugano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | MF | Ricardinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| = | | GK | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12 | | MF | Adriano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| = | | MF | Aílton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| = | | FW | Dill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| = | MF | Claudio Maldonado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Leonardo Moura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| = | | MF | Marco Antônio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 29 | 17 | 81 | 18 | 9 | 154 |
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January | 1 May | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 58% | ||
| 4 May | 14 December | 52 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 95 | 65 | 62% | ||
| Games played | 76 (11 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa do Brasil, 46 Campeonato Brasileiro, 8 Copa Sudamericana, 3 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 40 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 22 Campeonato Brasileiro, 6 Copa Sudamericana, 2 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 18 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 1 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 17 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 0 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 153 |
| Goals conceded | 98 |
| Goal difference | +55 |
| Best result | 6–0 (H) v Juventus – Campeonato Paulista – 2003.1.30 6–0 (H) v São Raimundo (AM) – Copa do Brasil – 2003.3.13 |
| Worst result | 2–5 (A) v Paysandu – Campeonato Brasileiro – 2003.4.27 |
| Top scorer | Luís Fabiano (46 goals) |