2001–02 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
2001–02 season
President Massimo Moratti
Head coach Héctor Cúper
Stadium San Siro
Serie A 3rd
Coppa Italia Round of 16
UEFA Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Vieri (22)
All:
Vieri (25)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Season

After his previous disappointing season, Inter gave his bench to Héctor Cúper. Cúper came from two years in Valencia, where he lost two Champions League finals in row. The transfers campaign brought in Francesco Toldo, Marco Materazzi, Emre Belözoğlu and Mohamed Kallon.

During the first half of Serie A, Inter got the first place for several times despite losses against Milan[1] and Chievo Verona.[2] Finally, at the rising of spring, they beaten reigning champion of Roma by 3–1 with six rounds left.[3] However, Cúper's side was not able to grow on his reaching: before the last game in Rome, on Lazio's pitch, Inter had still one point over Juventus and two over Roma. The fixture disappointed every hope, as Inter suffered a 4–2 loss: due to his defeat, it fell down to third place.[4]

Inter also managed to be semi-finalist in UEFA Cup, knocked out by Feyenoord.[5]

Squad

Squad at end of season[6]

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

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Francesco Toldo
2 Colombia DF Iván Córdoba
3 Sierra Leone FW Mohamed Kallon
4 Argentina DF Javier Zanetti (captain)
5 Italy DF Pasquale Padalino
6 Italy MF Cristiano Zanetti
7 Portugal MF Sérgio Conçeicão
8 Spain MF Francisco Farinós
9 Brazil FW Ronaldo
10 Netherlands MF Clarence Seedorf
11 Argentina MF Guly
12 Italy GK Alberto Fontana
13 Croatia DF Dario Šimić
14 Italy MF Luigi Di Biagio
15 Italy DF Salvatore Ferraro
16 Uruguay DF Gonzalo Sorondo
17 Italy DF Michele Serena
No. Position Player
18 France MF Stéphane Dalmat
19 Italy MF Nicola Beati
20 Uruguay FW Álvaro Recoba
21 Greece DF Grigorios Georgatos
22 France GK Mathieu Moreau
23 Italy DF Marco Materazzi
24 Slovakia DF Vratislav Gresko
30 Nigeria FW Obafemi Martins
31 Argentina DF Nelson Vivas
32 Italy FW Christian Vieri
33 Turkey MF Emre Belözoğlu
39 Italy GK Alex Cordaz
42 Italy DF Giovanni Pasquale
43 Italy DF Luca Perfetti
77 Turkey MF Okan Buruk
78 Italy FW Nicola Ventola

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
6 France DF Laurent Blanc (to Manchester United)
15 France MF Benoît Cauet (to Torino)
18 Brazil FW Adriano (on loan to Fiorentina)
19 Turkey FW Hakan Şükür (to Parma)
25 Italy MF Jonatan Binotto (to Brescia)
No. Position Player
29 Uruguay FW Antonio Pacheco (on loan to Espanyol)
73 Italy DF Salvatore Fresi (to Bologna)

Results

Serie A

Top scorers

R Player League UEFA Cup Coppa Italia Total
1 Italy Christian Vieri 22 3 0 25
2 Sierra Leone Mohammed Kallon 9 6 0 15
3 Italy Nicola Ventola 4 5 1 10
4 Brazil Ronaldo 7 0 0 7
5 Uruguay Álvaro Recoba 6 0 0 6
6 Italy Luigi Di Biagio 3 1 0 4
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 3 0 1 4
8 France Stéphane Dalmat 1 1 0 2
Italy Cristiano Zanetti 1 1 0 2
Italy Marco Materazzi 1 1 0 2

References

  1. "Terim scopre la carta Contra il Milan strapazza l'Inter" (in Italian). Repubblica.it. October 21, 2001.
  2. Massimo Vincenzi (December 15, 2001). "Bella partita, grande Chievo l'Inter deve inchinarsi" (in Italian). Repubblica.it.
  3. Giancarlo Padovan (March 25, 2002). "Super Recoba è il castigo della Roma" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. p. 36.
  4. Lodovico Maradei (May 6, 2002). "L' Inter paga la grande illusione" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport.
  5. "Inter rocked by Feyenoord". BBC Sport. April 4, 2002.
  6. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/2001-2002/seriea/inter.htm
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