2002–03 A.C. Chievo Verona season

Chievo
2002–03 season
Chairman Luca Campedelli
Manager Luigi Delneri
Serie A 7th
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup First round
Top goalscorer Federico Cossato (9)

A.C. ChievoVerona played its second consecutive season in Serie A, and nearly equaled 5th place from the 2001-02 Serie A season. The club's second season in the premier division was played without Christian Manfredini and Bernardo Corradi, both ending up with Lazio. Due to passport troubles, it also lost key winger Eriberto, who turned out to be four years older and called Luciano, but had faked his identity since he was 21, in order to participate in a Brazilian youth team.

Despite the squad being thinned out, several key players, including Nicola Legrottaglie, Eugenio Corini and Simone Perrotta remained at the club, and those three proved to be the most important players for Chievo, since the absence of the previous starts hardly mattered in terms of results. In the end, only negative results against Udinese hindered Chievo from a second consecutive UEFA Cup qualification. Its European debut ended in a flop, though, as it lost to unfancied Serbian side Crvena Zvedza in the primary round.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

Matches

Topscorers

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 2002/03

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