2002–03 A.C. Milan season

Milan
2002–03 season
President Silvio Berlusconi
Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium San Siro
Serie A 3rd
Coppa Italia Winners
UEFA Champions League Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Filippo Inzaghi (17)
All:
Filippo Inzaghi (30)
Highest home attendance 78,843 vs Internazionale
(23 November 2002, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance 2,551 vs Ancona
(18 December 2002, Serie A)
Average home league attendance 61,534[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2002–03 season saw great success for Associazione Calcio Milan. Milan won both the Coppa Italia and the Champions League, defeating Juventus on penalties after a 0–0 draw.

In Serie A Milan were on top in January, but finished in third place behind Juventus and Inter.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[2]

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 Valerio Fiori
2 Denmark DF Thomas Helveg
3 Italy DF Paolo Maldini
4 Georgia (country) DF Kakha Kaladze
5 Argentina MF Fernando Redondo
7 Ukraine FW Andriy Shevchenko
8 Italy MF Gennaro Gattuso
9 Italy FW Filippo Inzaghi
10 Portugal MF Rui Costa
11 Brazil FW Rivaldo
12 Brazil GK Dida
13 Italy DF Alessandro Nesta
14 Croatia DF Dario Šimić
15 Denmark FW Jon Dahl Tomasson
No. Position Player
16 Argentina DF José Chamot
18 Italy GK Christian Abbiati
19 Italy DF Alessandro Costacurta
20 Netherlands MF Clarence Seedorf
21 Italy MF Andrea Pirlo
23 Italy MF Massimo Ambrosini
24 Denmark DF Martin Laursen
25 Brazil DF Roque Júnior
27 Brazil DF Serginho
28 Italy MF Samuele Dalla Bona
31 France MF Ibrahim Ba[3]
32 Italy MF Cristian Brocchi
41 Italy MF Mattia Dal Bello

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
22 Italy GK Alessandro Parravicini (released)
30 Italy FW Marco Borriello (on loan to Empoli)
33 Brazil MF Leonardo (retired)
No. Position Player
35 Italy GK Simone Brunelli (released)
83 Gabon MF Catilina Aubameyang (on loan to Beira-Mar)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
17 Brazil DF Claiton
34 Italy FW Alessandro Matri
36 Italy MF Stefano Pastrello
37 Italy MF Roberto Bortolotto
38 Italy FW Davide Favaro
39 Italy FW Michele Piccolo
No. Position Player
40 Italy MF Mauro Calvi
43 Italy GK Alessandro Venditti
44 Italy MF Patrick Kalambay
45 Italy DF Matteo Giordano
46 Italy MF William Nava

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2002–03 Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Juventus (C) 34 21 9 4 64 29+35 72 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Internazionale 34 19 8 7 64 38+26 65
3 Milan 34 18 7 9 55 30+25 61
4 Lazio 34 15 15 4 57 32+25 60 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5 Parma 34 15 11 8 55 36+19 56 2003–04 UEFA CupFirst round
6 Udinese 34 16 8 10 38 35+3 56
7 Chievo 34 16 7 11 51 39+12 55
8 Roma 34 13 10 11 55 46+9 49 2003–04 UEFA CupFirst round 1
9 Brescia 34 9 15 10 36 382 42 2003 UEFA Intertoto CupSecond round BRE 3–1 PER
PER 0–0 BRE
10 Perugia 34 10 12 12 40 488 42 2003 UEFA Intertoto CupThird round 2
11 Bologna 34 10 11 13 39 478 41
12 Modena 34 9 11 14 30 4818 38 MOD: 10 pts
EMP: 9 pts
ATA: 7 pts
REG: 5 pts
13 Empoli 34 9 11 14 36 4610 38
14 Atalanta (R) 34 8 14 12 35 4712 38 Relegation play-off
15 Reggina 34 10 8 16 38 5315 38
16 Piacenza (R) 34 8 6 20 44 6218 30 Relegation to Serie B
17 Como (R) 34 4 12 18 29 5728 24
18 Torino (R) 34 4 9 21 23 5835 21

Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Roma 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.
2Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Notes

Top Scorers

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Milan 6402127+512
Spain Deportivo La Coruña 64021112112
France Lens 6222111108
Germany Bayern Munich 602491342

Second group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Milan 640254+112
Spain Real Madrid 632196+311
Germany Borussia Dortmund 631285+310
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6015310−71

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

References

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