2002–03 Inter Milan season

For the Italian football club Inter Milan (Football Club Internazionale Milano), the 2002–03 season marked its 94th in existence and its 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team finished second in Serie A and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Christian Vieri was the top goalscorer.

Inter Milan
2002–03 season
OwnerMassimo Moratti
PresidentMassimo Moratti
ManagerHéctor Cúper
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA Champions LeagueSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Christian Vieri (24)

All:
Christian Vieri (27)
Highest home attendance76,854 vs Milan
(13 May 2003)
Lowest home attendance54,825 vs Perugia
(24 May 2003)
Average home league attendance61,943

Season summary edit

The start of the season was marked by the departure of Ronaldo and the arrival of Hernán Crespo, after club had already acquired Fabio Cannavaro, Matías Almeyda and Domenico Morfeo.[1][2] Crespo, along with Christian Vieri, built a formidable attacking duo.[3] Crespo was essential in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League campaign, [4] while Vieri usually scored in the domestic matches.[5] Their partnership worked until Crespo sustained an injury, which sidelined him for several weeks.[6] Without him, and despite replacing Crespo with Gabriel Batistuta, Inter lost some key matches.[7] One of these was against Juventus who, could finally aim for the title.[8]

Inter managed to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, after finishing second in the group phase.[9] Inter's opponent was Valencia, against whom they won 1–0 at home.[10] A 2–1 defeat in Spain had no effect on qualification, due to the away goals rule.[11] As Crespo came back from injury, Vieri got injured, but he managed to retain the title of the league's top scorer, with 24 goals.[12] In the semi-finals, Inter lost to Milan due to Andriy Shevchenko's away goal in the second leg, equalized by Obafemi Martins, for a 1–1 aggregate that sent Milan to the final on away goals.[13] Focusing on the European competition, Inter collected two draws in the league that caused them to end the season as runners-up to Juventus, who won their second-straight title.[14]

Squad edit

Squad at end of season[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Francesco Toldo
2 DF   COL Iván Córdoba
3 FW   SLE Mohamed Kallon
4 DF   ARG Javier Zanetti (captain)
5 MF   TUR Emre Belözoğlu
6 MF   ITA Cristiano Zanetti
7 MF   POR Sérgio Conçeicão
9 FW   ARG Hernán Crespo
10 MF   ITA Domenico Morfeo
11 MF   ARG Guly
12 GK   ITA Alberto Fontana
13 DF   ITA Fabio Cannavaro
14 MF   ITA Luigi Di Biagio
15 DF   ITA Daniele Adani
16 DF   URU Gonzalo Sorondo
17 DF   ITA Michele Serena
18 MF   FRA Stéphane Dalmat
19 FW   ARG Gabriel Batistuta (on loan from Roma)
20 FW   URU Álvaro Recoba
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   ITA Nicola Beati
22 MF   TUR Okan Buruk
23 DF   ITA Marco Materazzi
24 DF   PAR Carlos Gamarra
25 MF   ARG Matias Almeyda
26 DF   ITA Giovanni Pasquale
27 GK   FRA Mathieu Moreau
30 FW   NGA Obafemi Martins
31 DF   ARG Nelson Vivas
32 FW   ITA Christian Vieri
34 FW   ITA Mattia Altobelli
40 DF   ITA Luca Franchini
41 MF   ITA Nicola Napolitano
43 DF   ITA Alessandro Potenza
44 MF   ITA Mario Rebecchi
45 FW   BRA Wellington
65 GK   ITA Enrico Rossi Chauvenet
77 DF   ITA Francesco Coco
78 FW   ITA Nicola Ventola

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   ESP Javier Farinós (on loan to Villarreal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 DF   ITA Salvatore Ferraro (on loan to Prato)

Transfers edit

In [16]
Pos. Name from Type
FW Hernán Crespo Lazio €40.00 million
DF Fabio Cannavaro Parma €23.10 million
DF Francesco Coco Milan €22.50 million
MF Matías Almeyda Parma €22.10 million
FW Bernardo Corradi Chievo Verona €4.00 million
MF Ümit Davala Milan €2.0 million
DF Daniele Adani Fiorentina free
MF Domenico Morfeo Fiorentina free
DF Carlos Gamarra Flamengo free
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW Ronaldo Real Madrid €45.00 million
MF Clarence Seedorf Milan €22.50 million
DF Vratislav Greško Parma €22.10 million
FW Bernardo Corradi Lazio €10.00 million
DF Dario Šimić Milan €5.0 million
MF Ümit Davala Galatasaray loan
FW Adriano Parma €14.50 million (co-ownership)
DF Pasquale Padalino Bologna F.C. loan ended
GK Alex Cordaz Spezia Calcio loan

Winter edit

In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Gabriel Batistuta Roma loan
Out
Pos. Name To Type
MF Francisco Farinós Villarreal loan[17]

Loan out edit

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 14 September 2002 24 May 2003 Matchday 1 Runners-up 33 19 7 7 64 38 +26 057.58
Coppa Italia 4 December 2002 19 December 2002 Round of 16 Round of 16 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 000.00
Champions League 14 August 2002 13 May 2003 Third qualifying round Semi-finals 18 8 7 3 28 19 +9 044.44
Total 53 27 14 12 93 60 +33 050.94

Serie A edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 21 9 4 64 29 +35 72 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 34 19 8 7 64 38 +26 65
3 Milan[a] 34 18 7 9 55 30 +25 61
4 Lazio 34 15 15 4 57 32 +25 60 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5 Parma 34 15 11 8 55 36 +19 56[b] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: 2002–03 Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[18]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
  2. ^ Parma finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 19 8 7 64 38  +26 65 10 5 2 34 13  +21 9 3 5 30 25  +5

Last updated: 24 May 2003.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

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Matches edit

14 September 2002 2 Internazionale 1–0 Torino Milano
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vieri   16' Report Comotto   42' Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 66,134
Referee: Paolo Bertini
22 September 2002 3 Reggina 1–2 Internazionale Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Savoldi   11'
Mamede   85'
Nakamura   92' (pen.)
Report Vieri   7'
Vivas   88'
Recoba   93'
Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 26,608
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
29 September 2002 4 Internazionale 2–1 Chievo Milano
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vieri   15'
Di Biagio   16'
Vieri  76'
Vieri   78' (pen.)
Almeyda   84'
Conceição   93'
Report   3' Marazzina
  25' Moro
  55' Cossato
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 57,674
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
6 October 2002 5 Piacenza 1–4 Internazionale Piacenza
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hubner   57'
Maresca   73'
Tosto  
Report   36'Di Biagio
  51'Di Biagio
  69' Recoba
  85'Crespo
  Di Biagio
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 15,029
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
19 October 2002 6 Internazionale 1–1 Juventus Milano
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cordoba   39'
Recoba   77'
Morfeo   91'
Emre   80'
Vieri   95'
Report   31' Iuliano
  89' (pen.) Del Piero
  91' Conte
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 76,166
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
27 October 2002 7 Internazionale 2–0 Bologna Milano
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Materazzi   67'
Pasquale   85'
Vieri   92'
Emre  
Report   9' Locatelli  15' Colucci

  29' Frara
  53' Julio Cruz
  92' Paramatti
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 65,408
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
3 November 2002 8 Como 0–2 Internazionale Como
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rossi   35'
Padalino   38'
Allegretti   43'
Pecchia   50'
Report Cannavaro   48'
Vieri   58'
Recoba   65'
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Attendance: 12,452
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
6 November 2002[19] 1 Empoli 3–4 Internazionale Empoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Natale   16'
Vannucchi   61'
Giampieretti   78'
Tavano   92'
Report   6' Crespo
  11' J. Zanetti
  32' Vivas
  51' Recoba
  60' J. Zanetti
  73'Recoba
  80' Morfeo
  85' Adani
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 16,469
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
9 November 2002 9 Internazionale 1–2 Udinese Milano
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Vieri   3'
Cordoba   70'
Report   25' Jørgensen
  30' Martinez
  43' Rossitto
  51' Gemitti
  55' Muzzi
  80' Bertotto
  94' Iaquinta
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 58,962
Referee: Stefano Farina
16 November 2002 10 Roma 2–2 Internazionale Roma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Guigou   39'
Aldair   51'
Montella   59'
Batistuta   73'
Cassano  
Report   12' Okan
  52' Cannavaro
  58' Morfeo
  89' Okan
  90' Pasquale
Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 68,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
23 November 2002 11 Milan 1–0 Internazionale Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Serginho   12'
Inzaghi   36'
Serginho   71'
Report   23' Di Biagio
  39' Cordoba
  46' Vivas
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 78,843
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
1 December 2002 12 Internazionale 4–0 Brescia Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Vieri   3'
Vieri   13'
Morfeo   19'
Coco   37'
Vieri   58'
Vieri   89'
Di Biagio   45'
Conceicao  
Report   40' Petruzzi
  Schopp
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 61,294
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
7 December 2002 13 Lazio 3–3 Inter Roma
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) C. López   10' (pen.), 30', 36'
Simeone   26'
Stankovic   25'
Corradi   76'
Liverani   92'
Report   31' Okan
  37' (o.g.) Couto
  66', 75' Belözoğlu
  74' Cordoba
  58' Vieri
Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 60,789
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
15 December 2002 14 Internazionale 1–0 Atalanta Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kallon   70'
Di Biagio  
Crespo   93'
Report   Foglio Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 57,118
Referee: Paolo Bertini
22 December 2002 15 Parma 1–2 Internazionale Parma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) J. Zanetti   55' (o.g.)
E. Filippini  
Report Di Biagio   37'
Recoba   75' (pen.)
  47' Pasquale
Stadium: Il Tardini
Attendance: 21,133
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
12 January 2003 16 Internazionale 2–0 Modena Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Recoba   6'
Crespo   22'
Crespo   31'
Morfeo   44'
Kallon  
Conceicao   76'
Report   86' Milanetto
  26' Colucci
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 57,610
Referee: Marco Gabriele
19 January 2003 17 Perugia 4–1 Internazionale Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Zé Maria   9' (pen.)
Vryzas   34', 63'
Fusani   55'
  Kalac
  39' Sogliano
  25' Blasi
  53' Grosso
  Caracciolo
Report   46' Coco
  71' Di Biagio
  79' (pen) Vieri
  10' Cordoba
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 22,020
Referee: Paolo Bertini
26 January 2003 18 Internazionale 3–0 Empoli Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Almeyda   19'
Vieri   69', 73', 85'
Report   18' Pratali Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 59,563
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
2 February 2003 19 Torino 0–2 Internazionale Torino
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Delli Carri   55'
Conticchio   15'
Report Vieri   50'
Okan   56'
Emre   13'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 19,254
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
9 February 2003 20 Internazionale 3–0 Reggina Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Vieri   10'   29'
Kallon   39', 43' (pen.)
Emre   67'
Zanetti J.   62'
Cordoba   38'
Report   48' Bonazzoli Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 64,319
Referee: Massimo De Santis
15 February 2003 21 Chievo 2–1 Internazionale Verona
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Corini   22' (pen.), 36' (pen.)   94'  
Lupatelli   71'
Report   34' Okan
  69' Vieri
  19' Cannavaro
  48' Di Biagio
  72' Recoba
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 34,464
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
23 February 2003 22 Internazionale 3–1 Piacenza Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Batistuta   64'
Vieri   65', 67'
Gamarra   71'
Morfeo  
Kallon   81'
Report   90' Hübner
  Cristante
  69' Mangone
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 56,352
Referee: Marco Gabriele
2 March 2003 23 Juventus 3–0 Internazionale Torino
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Guly   4' (o.g.)
Nedvěd   34'
Camoranesi   83'   85'
Report   64'Cannavaro
  71' Zanetti C.
Stadium: Delle Alpi
Attendance: 57,393
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
8 March 2003 24 Bologna 1–2 Internazionale Bologna
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Nervo   19'
Cruz   24'
Vanoli   24'
Report   6' Materazzi
Recoba   9', 85'
  52' Cannavaro
  25' Cordoba
  4' Di Biagio
  36' Emre
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 31,433
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
16 March 2003 25 Internazionale 4–0 Como Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Batistuta   14'
Di Biagio   25'
Vieri   31'
Vieri   56', 76'
Zanetti C.   17'
Report   27' Amoruso
  41' Cauet
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 61,967
Referee: Massimo De Santis
Note: Toldo blocked a penalty shoot-out by Amoruso at 27'.
23 March 2003 26 Udinese 2–1 Internazionale Udine
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Muzzi   48'
Iaquinta   59'
Report   73' Córdoba
  45' Coco
  63' C. Zanetti
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 22,919
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
6 April 2003 27 Internazionale 3–3 Roma Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Vieri   52'
Recoba   59'
Belözoğlu   77'
Report Cassano   46'
Di Biagio   82' (o.g.)
Montella   84'
Totti  
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 64,142
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
12 April 2003 28 Internazionale 0–1 Milan Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Córdoba   66'
Toldo   94'
Materazzi   40'
Di Biagio   28'
Report   62' Inzaghi
  77' Simic
  90' Gattuso
  84' Rui Costa
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 76,660
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
19 April 2003 29 Brescia 0–1 Internazionale Brescia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Pisano   38'
Bilica   63'
Appiah   70'
Šerić   78'
Report C. Zanetti   33'  
Batistuta   46'
Vieri   63'
Crespo   93'
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 22,039
Referee: Stefano Farina
27 April 2003 30 Internazionale 1–1 Lazio Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Crespo   43'
Cordoba   93'
Conceicao   76'
Di Biagio   23'
Report S. Inzaghi   77' Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 58,430
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
3 May 2003 31 Atalanta 1–1 Internazionale Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Gautieri   71'
Doni   75'
Rossini   58'
Foglio   29'
Report   13' Martins
  31' Conceicao
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
10 May 2003 32 Internazionale 1–1 Parma Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kallon   36'
Cordoba   12'
Gamarra   25'
Zanetti C.   27'
Conceicao   70'
Report Mutu   63'
  68' Bonera
 P. Cannavaro
  64' E. Filippini
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 56,404
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
17 May 2003 33 Modena 0–2 Internazionale Modena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mayer
 
Report Pavan   28' (o.g.)
Kallon   36'
 Pasquale
  Dalmat
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
24 May 2003 34 Internazionale 2–2 Perugia Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Crespo   10', 56' Report Obodo   46'
Di Loreto   89'
 
Sogliano  
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 54,825
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Coppa Italia edit

Round of 16 edit

4 December 2002 1 Bari 1–0 Internazionale Bari
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) D'Agostino   25' Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Referee: Marco Gabriele
19 December 2002 2 Internazionale 1–2
(3–1 agg.)
Bari Milano
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kallon   22'
Conceição   57'
Report Gamarra   59' (o.g.)
Spinesi   94'
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Daniele Tombolini

UEFA Champions League edit

Qualifying phase edit

Third qualifying round edit
14 August 2002 First leg Sporting CP   0–0   Internazionale Lisboa, Portugal
22:00 Report Morfeo   44'
Materazzi   62'
Kallon   67'
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 25,421
Referee:   Rune Pedersen
27 August 2002 Second leg Internazionale   2–0   Sporting CP Milano, Italy
21:00 Di Biagio   31'
Recoba   44'
Guly   60'
Report Barbosa   39'
Rui Jorge   68'
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 51,405
Referee:   René Temmink

First group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Internazionale 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Advance to second group stage
2   Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8
3   Lyon 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Rosenborg 6 0 4 2 4 12 −8 4
Source: RSSSF
17 September 2002 1 Rosenborg   2–2   Internazionale Trondheim, Norway
20:45 (CET) Berg   32'
Karadas   52', 65'
Report Crespo   33', 79'
Cannavaro   64'   69'
Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion
Attendance: 21,040
Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)
25 September 2002 2 Internazionale   1–0   Ajax Milano, Italy
20:45 (CET) Emre  55'
Crespo   75'
Report   23' Stekelenburg
  50' van der Meyde
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 45,784
Referee:   Stuart Dougal
2 October 2002 3 Internazionale   1–2   Lyon Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET) Córdoba   40'
Caçapa   73' (o.g.)
Cannavaro   87'
Morfeo   90+1'
Report Govou   21'   64'
Anderson   60'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 31,448
Referee:   Manuel Mejuto González
22 October 2002 4 Lyon   3–3   Internazionale Lyon, France
20:45 (CET) Anderson   21', 75'
Carrière   44'
Diarra   53'
Caçapa   63'
Report   24' Di Biagio
  27' Morfeo
  31' (o.g.) Caçapa
  33' Córdoba
  56' Crespo
  66' Crespo
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 37,770
Referee:   Kim Milton Nielsen
30 October 2002 5 Internazionale   3–0   Rosenborg Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET) Recoba   31'
Cannavaro   48'
Saarinen   52' (o.g.)
Crespo   72'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
12 November 2002 6 Ajax   1–2   Internazionale Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 (CET) Mido   76'
Van der Vaart   90+4'
Report Materazzi   26'
Coco   31'
Vieri   41'
Crespo   50', 52'
Toldo   79'
Almeyda   80'
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 50,272
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Second group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Barcelona 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10 16 Advance to knockout stage
2   Internazionale 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11
3   Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7
4   Bayer Leverkusen 6 0 0 6 5 15 −10 0
Source: RSSSF
27 November 2002 1 Newcastle United   1–4   Internazionale Newcastle, England
20:45 (CET) Bellamy   5'
Solano   72'
Report   2' Morfeo
  10' Cannavaro
  15' Materazzi
  26' Zanetti
  35'Almeyda
  45+1'   64' Crespo
  78' Vieri
  81' Recoba
Stadium: St. James' Park
Attendance: 50,108
Referee:   Stéphane Bré
10 December 2002 2 Internazionale   3–2   Bayer Leverkusen Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET) Di Biagio   15', 27'
Vieri   74'
Butt   80' (o.g.)
Report Placente   29'
Živković   63'
França   90+1'
Schneider   90+2'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 36,462
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
18 February 2003 3 Barcelona   3–0   Internazionale Barcelona, Spain
20:45 (CET) Saviola   7'
Cocu   29'
Kluivert   67'
Report Córdoba   64'
C. Zanetti   69'
Recoba   80'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
26 February 2003 4 Internazionale   0–0   Barcelona Milano, Italy
20:45 (CET) Morfeo   20'
Kallon   34'
Cannavaro   58'
Dalmat   61'
Report Puyol   10'
Cocu   56'
Gabri   95'
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 71,740
Referee:   Urs Meier
11 March 2003 5 Internazionale   2–2   Newcastle United Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET) Conceição   31'
Vieri   47'   63'
Córdoba   61'
Di Biagio   90+2'
Report Bramble   33'
Shearer   42', 49'   90+5'
Bellamy   64'
LuaLua   90+3'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,000
Referee:   Lucílio Batista
19 March 2003 6 Bayer Leverkusen   0–2   Internazionale Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 (CET) Ojigwe   22'
Kleine   44'
Cris   85'
Report   19' Okan
  36'   75' Martins
  43' Morfeo
  90' Belözoğlu
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee:   Valentin Ivanov

Knockout phase edit

Quarter-finals edit
9 April 2003 First leg Internazionale   1–0   Valencia San Siro, Milan
20:45 (CET) Vieri   14'
Coco   31'
Emre   57'
Zanetti   71'
Pasquale   93'
Report Rufete   43'
Albelda   57'
Aimar   90+4'
Attendance: 52,623
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
22 April 2003 Second leg Valencia   2–1
(2–2a agg.)
  Internazionale Valencia
20:45 (CET) Aimar   7'
Baraja   32'   51'
Angulo   38'
Marchena   81'
Report Vieri   5'   14'
Pasquale   26'
Toldo   38'
Vieri   31'
Di Biagio   65'
Zanetti   78'
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Attendance: 48,000
Referee:   Kim Milton Nielsen
Semi-finals edit
7 May 2003 First leg Milan   0–0   Internazionale Milano
20:45 (CET) Report   84' Coco Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 78,175
Referee:   Valentin Ivanov
13 May 2003 Second leg Internazionale   1–1
(1–1a agg.)
  Milan Milano
20:45 (CET) Di Biagio   39'
Martins   84'
Report Gattuso   37'
Inzaghi   37'
Rui Costa   40'
Shevchenko   45+1'
Kaladze   85'
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 76,854
Referee:   Gilles Veissière

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 31 June 2003[20]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia Champions
League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Toldo 51 0 32 0 1 0 18 0
4 DF   ARG Zanetti J 53 1 32+2 1 1 0 18 0
13 DF   ITA Cannavaro 40 0 27+1 0 0 0 10+2 0
2 DF   COL Cordoba 43 2 27+1 1 1 0 14 1
77 DF   ITA Coco 33 0 16+4 0 0 0 12+1 0
7 MF   POR Conçeicão 33 1 14+5 0 1 1 9+4 0
14 MF   ITA Di Biagio 41 7 21+4 4 0 0 15+1 3
6 MF   ITA Zanetti C 24 0 14+3 0 1 0 5+1 0
5 MF   TUR Emre 37 5 22+3 4 0 0 10+2 1
32 FW   ITA Vieri 37 27 22+1 24 0 0 14 3
20 FW   URU Recoba 41 12 23+4 9 0+1 0 7+6 3
12 GK   ITA Fontana 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
23 DF   ITA Materazzi 33 1 18+2 1 0 0 13 0
9 FW   ARG Crespo 30 16 14+4 7 0 0 12 9
26 DF   ITA Pasquale 30 0 13+5 0 1 0 5+6 0
25 MF   ARG Almeyda 26 1 13+3 0 0 0 5+5 1
10 MF   ITA Morfeo 27 2 11+6 1 0 0 9+1 1
19 FW   ARG Batistuta 12 2 10+2 2 0 0 0 0
18 MF   FRA Dalmat 23 0 9+6 0 0 0 8 0
22 MF   TUR Okan 22 2 9+6 2 0 0 4+3 0
24 DF   PAR Gamarra 23 0 7+7 0 2 0 4+3 0
3 FW   SLE Kallon 15 4 4+5 4 2 0 2+2 0
31 DF   ARG Vivas 6 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF   ARG Guly 16 0 3+4 0 2 0 3+4 0
30 FW   NGA Martins 11 3 3+1 1 2 0 1+4 2
15 DF   ITA Adani 11 1 2+5 1 0 0 0+4 0
40 DF   ITA Franchini 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
43 DF   ITA Potenza 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 MF   ITA Beati 5 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
41 MF   ITA Napolitano 4 0 1+1 0 0+2 0 0 0
44 MF   ITA Rebecchi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
45 MF   BRA Wellington 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 FW   ITA Altobelli 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
16 DF   URU Sorondo 0 0 0 0
65 GK   ITA Rossi 0 0 0 0
27 GK   FRA Moreau 0 0 0 0
78 FW   ITA Ventola
19 FW   ITA Corradi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF   ESP Farinos 4 0 1+1 0 2 0 0 0

Goalscorers edit

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia Champions League Total
32 FW   Christian Vieri 24 0 3 27
9 FW   Hernán Crespo 7 0 9 16
20 FW   Álvaro Recoba 9 0 3 12
14 MF   Luigi Di Biagio 4 0 3 7
5 MF   Emre Belözoğlu 4 0 1 5
3 FW   Mohamed Kallon 4 0 0 4
30 FW   Obafemi Martins 1 0 2 3
2 DF   Iván Córdoba 1 0 1 2
10 MF   Domenico Morfeo 1 0 1 2
19 FW   Gabriel Batistuta 2 0 0 2
22 MF   Okan Buruk 2 0 0 2
4 DF   Javier Zanetti 1 0 0 1
7 MF   Sérgio Conçeicão 0 1 0 1
15 DF   Daniele Adani 1 0 0 1
23 DF   Marco Materazzi 1 0 0 1
25 MF   Matias Almeyda 0 0 1 1
# Own goals 1 0 4 5
TOTAL 64 1 28 93

Last updated: 24 May 2003
Source: Calcio.com

References edit

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