2002–03 Serie A

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The 2002–03 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of top-tier Italian football, the 71st in a round-robin tournament. It was composed by 18 teams, for the 15th consecutive time from season 1988–89.

Serie A
Season2002–03
Dates14 September 2002 – 24 May 2003
ChampionsJuventus
27th title
RelegatedAtalanta
Piacenza
Como
Torino
Champions LeagueJuventus
Internazionale
Milan
Lazio
UEFA CupParma
Udinese
Roma
Intertoto CupPerugia
Brescia
Matches played306
Goals scored789 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerChristian Vieri
(24 goals)
Biggest home winMilan 6–0 Torino
(6 October 2002)
Biggest away winTorino 0–4 Juventus
(17 November 2002)
Torino 0–4 Parma
(1 December 2002)
Chievo 0–4 Parma
(16 March 2003)
Highest scoringParma 4–3 Brescia
(6 November 2002)
Empoli 3–4 Internazionale
(6 November 2002)
Juventus 4–3 Chievo
(24 May 2003)
Highest attendance78,843
Milan v Internazionale
Lowest attendance350
Torino v Udinese

The first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League. Teams finishing in third and fourth position had to play Champions League qualifications. Teams finishing in fifth and sixth positions qualified to UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia). The bottom four teams were to be relegated in Serie B.

Juventus won its 27th national title, with Internazionale placing second and Milan third. Lazio was admitted to the UEFA Champions League preliminary phase, whereas Parma, Udinese and Roma (through the Coppa Italia finals) obtained a spot to the next UEFA Cup. Brescia and Perugia were admitted to participate in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, after Chievo declined to participate.

Piacenza, Torino, Como and Atalanta were relegated to Serie B, with the latter after having lost a relegation play-off against Reggina.

Rule changes

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Unlike La Liga, which imposed a quota on the number of non-EU players on each club, Serie A clubs could sign as many non-EU players as available on domestic transfer. But for the 2003–04 season a quota was imposed on each of the clubs limiting the number of non-EU, non-EFTA and non-Swiss players who may be signed from abroad each season,[1] following provisional measures[2] introduced in the 2002–03 season, which allowed Serie A & B clubs to sign only one non-EU player in the 2002 summer transfer window.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Udinese   Giampiero Ventura End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season   Luciano Spalletti 1 July 2002
Reggina   Franco Colomba End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season   Bortolo Mutti 1 July 2002
Piacenza   Walter Novellino End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season   Andrea Agostinelli 1 July 2002
Parma   Pietro Carmignani End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season   Cesare Prandelli 1 July 2002
Lazio   Alberto Zaccheroni End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season   Roberto Mancini 1 July 2002
Torino   Giancarlo Camolese Sacked 25 October 2002 16th   Renato Zaccarelli (caretaker) 26 October 2002
Torino   Renato Zaccarelli End of caretaker spell 29 October 2002 17th   Renzo Ulivieri 30 October 2002
Reggina   Bortolo Mutti Sacked 7 November 2002 16th   Luigi De Canio 8 November 2002
Como   Loris Dominissini Sacked 25 November 2002 18th   Eugenio Fascetti 25 November 2002
Piacenza   Andrea Agostinelli Sacked 3 February 2003[3] 16th   Luigi Cagni 3 February 2003[4]
Torino   Renzo Ulivieri Sacked 24 February 2003 17th   Renato Zaccarelli 24 February 2003
Torino   Renato Zaccarelli Sacked 15 April 2003 18th   Giacomo Ferri 15 April 2003
Atalanta   Giovanni Vavassori Sacked 21 April 2003 15th   Giancarlo Finardi 21 April 2003

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta   Ivan Ruggeri   Giancarlo Finardi   Asics Promatech
Bologna   Renato Cipollini   Francesco Guidolin   Macron Area Banca
Brescia   Luigi Corioni   Carlo Mazzone   Umbro Banca Lombarda
Chievo   Luca Campedelli   Luigi Del Neri   Joma Paluani
Como*   Enrico Preziosi   Eugenio Fascetti   Erreà Temporary
Empoli*   Fabrizio Corsi   Silvio Baldini   Erreà Sammontana
Internazionale   Massimo Moratti   Héctor Cúper   Nike Pirelli
Juventus   Vittorio Chiusano   Marcello Lippi   Lotto Fastweb/Tamoil (in UEFA matches)
Lazio   Sergio Cragnotti
  Ugo Longo
  Roberto Mancini   Puma Siemens Mobile
Milan   Silvio Berlusconi   Carlo Ancelotti   Adidas Opel
Modena*   Romano Amadei   Gianni De Biasi   Erreà Immergas
Parma   Stefano Tanzi   Cesare Prandelli   Champion Parmalat
Perugia   Luciano Gaucci   Serse Cosmi   Galex Toyota
Piacenza   Fabrizio Garilli   Luigi Cagni   Lotto LPR Brakes
Reggina*   Pasquale Foti   Luigi De Canio   Asics Caffè Mauro
Roma   Francesco Sensi   Fabio Capello   Kappa Mazda
Torino   Attilio Romero   Giacomo Ferri   Asics Ixfin
Udinese   Franco Soldati   Luciano Spalletti   Le Coq Sportif Bernardi

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

League table

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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
6 Udinese 34 16 8 10 38 35 +3 56
7 Chievo 34 16 7 11 51 39 +12 55
8 Roma[c] 34 13 10 11 55 46 +9 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9 Brescia 34 9 15 10 36 38 −2 42[d] Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10 Perugia[e] 34 10 12 12 40 48 −8 42 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[5]
11 Bologna 34 10 11 13 39 47 −8 41
12 Modena 34 9 11 14 30 48 −18 38[f]
13 Empoli 34 9 11 14 36 46 −10 38[f]
14 Reggina 34 10 8 16 38 53 −15 38[f] Relegation tie-breaker
15 Atalanta (R) 34 8 14 12 35 47 −12 38 Serie B after tie-breaker[g]
16 Piacenza (R) 34 8 6 20 44 62 −18 30 Relegation to Serie B
17 Como (R) 34 4 12 18 29 57 −28 24
18 Torino (R) 34 4 9 21 23 58 −35 21
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).[6]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
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.
  3. ^ Roma qualified for the first round of the 2003-04 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia runner-up because the winner, Milan, qualified for Champions League through championship position.
  4. ^ Brescia finished ahead of Perugia on head-to-head points: Brescia 3–1 Perugia, Perugia 0–0 Brescia.
  5. ^ Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced; then they qualified to the 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round.
  6. ^ a b c Modena finished ahead of Empoli, Atalanta and Reggina on head-to-head points: Modena: 10 pts, Empoli: 9 pts, Atalanta: 7 pts, Reggina: 5 pts.
  7. ^ Atalanta to 2003–04 Serie B after tie-breaker.

Results

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Home \ Away ATA BOL BRE CHV COM EMP INT JUV LAZ MIL MOD PAR PER PIA REG ROM TOR UDI
Atalanta 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0
Bologna 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0
Brescia 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1
Chievo 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–4 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–0
Como 1–1[a] 5–1 1–1 2–4 0–2 0–2 1–3[b] 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–2[c] 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0[d] 1–0 0–2[e]
Empoli 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 1–1
Internazionale 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–2
Juventus 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Lazio 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 4–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1
Milan 3–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 6–0 1–0
Modena 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Parma 2–1 1–2 4–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–2
Perugia 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2
Piacenza 2–0 3–1 1–4 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 2–3 4–2 3–3 1–1 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Reggina 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 2–1 3–2
Roma 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 4–1
Torino 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1[f] 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–4 2–1[g] 1–3[h] 1–0[i] 0–1 0–1[j]
Udinese 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  2. ^ The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
  3. ^ The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
  4. ^ The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
  5. ^ The match was abandoned due to Como fans rioting against a third penalty for Udinese in the match. Following previous misses by Vincenzo Iaquinta and Roberto Muzzi; David Pizarro was set to take the third one, but the riots ended the match prematurely. Udinese was handed the win 2–0, with Pinzi as the only goalscorer. Como was given a four-match suspension from playing at home.
  6. ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  7. ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  8. ^ The match was played at Stadio Ennio Tardini.
  9. ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  10. ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.

Overall

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Relegation tie-breaker

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Reggina0–0Atalanta

Atalanta1–2Reggina
Natali   18' Cozza   33'
Bonazzoli   85'

Reggina won 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Atalanta relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Christian Vieri Internazionale 24
2   Adrian Mutu Parma 18
3   Filippo Inzaghi Milan 17
4   Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 16
6   Adriano Parma 15
  Claudio López Lazio
8   Dario Hübner Piacenza 14
  Francesco Totti Roma
10   Antonio Di Natale Empoli 13

Transfer

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References and sources

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  1. ^ "Italy blocks non-EU players". UEFA.com. 2003-03-05. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  2. ^ "Italians bar non-EU imports". UEFA.com. 2002-07-17. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  3. ^ "Piacenza Sack Agostinelli". Soccerway. 3 February 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Cagni returns as Piacenza sack Agostinelli". Soccerway. 3 February 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  5. ^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round
  6. ^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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