2002–03 Inter Milan season

Internazionale

2002–03 season

President

Massimo Moratti

Manager

Stadium

2nd

UEFA Champions League

Semi-finals

Top goalscorer

League:
Christian Vieri (24)
All:
Christian Vieri (27)

Highest home attendance

76,854 vs Milan
(13 May 2003, Serie A)

Lowest home attendance

54,825 vs Perugia
(24 May 2003, Serie A)

Average home league attendance

61,943

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2001–02

2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's

Season overview

Despite the failure in previous end season, Massimo Moratti agreed to keep Héctor Cúper on as manager. This choose led to Ronaldo's departure, for the star striker had a poor relationship with his coach. In order to replace his former player, the club managed to make a last minute signing in Hernán Crespo from Lazio. Other notable arrivals to the side were Fabio Cannavaro, Matías Almeyda, Domenico Morfeo and Francesco Coco.

About domestic league Inter had an other attempt to aiming the title, failing again. They got the first place after four weeks, leaving it due to 1–1 draw with Juventus: along the autumnal months Milan and Lazio headed the league, too. After 17 games, Milan reached the first place with 39 points. During the second half of season, Inter wasted his chanches mainly due to losses and no point in big matches: the manic goal-score regularity shown by Christian Vieri was useful to get a second place.

Their European campaign started off from Champions League's third preliminary round, beating Sporting CP. Then Inter was able to pass two round-robin groups topping the first (ahead Ajax) and being second in latter (behind Barcelona). In single-elimination rounds, Inter knocked Valencia out due to away goals rule. However, in semifinals, the same rule contributed to Inter's elimination despite 0–0 and 1–1 ties in Milan derby.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Francesco Toldo
2	DF	Iván Córdoba
3	FW	Mohamed Kallon
4	DF	Javier Zanetti (captain)
5	MF	Emre Belözoğlu
6	MF	Cristiano Zanetti
7	MF	Sérgio Conçeicão
9	FW	Hernán Crespo
10	MF	Domenico Morfeo
11	MF	Guly
12	GK	Alberto Fontana
13	DF	Fabio Cannavaro
14	MF	Luigi Di Biagio
15	DF	Daniele Adani
16	DF	Gonzalo Sorondo
17	DF	Michele Serena
18	MF	Stéphane Dalmat
19	FW	Gabriel Batistuta (on loan from Roma)
20	FW	Álvaro Recoba

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Nicola Beati
22	MF	Okan Buruk
23	DF	Marco Materazzi
24	DF	Carlos Gamarra
25	MF	Matias Almeyda
26	DF	Giovanni Pasquale
27	GK	Mathieu Moreau
30	FW	Obafemi Martins
31	DF	Nelson Vivas
32	FW	Christian Vieri
34	FW	Mattia Altobelli
40	DF	Luca Franchini
41	MF	Nicola Napolitano
43	DF	Alessandro Potenza
44	MF	Mario Rebecchi
45	FW	Wellington
65	GK	Enrico Rossi Chauvenet
77	DF	Francesco Coco
78	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
8		MF	Javier Farinós (on loan to Villarreal)

No.		Position	Player
39		DF	Salvatore Ferraro (on loan to Prato)

Transfers

Loan out

Results

Serie A

1	Inter	1–0	Torino
	Vieri 23'

2	Reggina	1–2	Inter
	Nakamura 90+2' (pen.)		Vieri 7' Recoba 90+3'

3	Inter	2–1	Chievo
	Vieri 15', 78' (pen.)		Marazzina 3'

4	Piacenza	1–4	Inter
	Maresca 73'		Di Biagio 36', 51' Recoba 69' Crespo 85'

5	Inter	1–1	Juventus
	Vieri 90+5'		Del Piero 89' (pen.)

6	Inter	2–0	Bologna
	Materazzi 67' Vieri 90+2'

7	Como	0–2	Inter
			Vieri 58' Recoba 65'

8	Empoli	3–4	Inter
	Di Natale 16' Vannucchi 61' Tavano 90+2'		Crespo 6' J. Zanetti 11' Recoba 51' Adani 85'

9	Inter	1–2	Udinese
	Vieri 3'		Jørgensen 25' Muzzi 55'

10	Roma	2–2	Inter
	Montella 59' Batistuta 73'		Morfeo 58' Okan 89'

11	Milan	1–0	Inter
	Serginho 12'

12	Inter	4–0	Brescia
	Vieri 3', 13', 58', 89'

13	Lazio	3–3	Inter
	C. López 10' (pen.), 30', 36'		Couto 37' (o.g.) Belözoğlu 66', 75'

14	Inter	1–0	Atalanta
	Kallon 70'

15	Parma	1–2	Inter
	J. Zanetti 55' (o.g.)		Di Biagio 37' Recoba 75' (pen.)

16	Inter	2–0	Modena
	Recoba 6' Crespo 22'

17	Perugia	4–1	Inter
	Zé Maria 9' (pen.) Vryzas 34', 63' Fusani 55'		Vieri 79'

18	Inter	3–0	Empoli
	Vieri 69', 73', 85'

19	Torino	0–2	Inter
			Vieri 50' Okan 56'

20	Inter	3–0	Reggina
	Vieri 10' Kallon 39', 43' (pen.)

21	Chievo	2–1	Inter
	Corini 22' (pen.), 36' (pen.)		Vieri 69'

22	Inter	3–1	Piacenza
	Batistuta 64' Vieri 65', 67'		Hübner 90'

23	Juventus	3–0	Inter
	Guly 4' (o.g.) Nedvěd 34' Camoranesi 83'

24	Bologna	1–2	Inter
	Cruz 24'		Recoba 9', 85'

25	Inter	4–0	Como
	Batistuta 14' Di Biagio 25' Vieri 56', 76'

26	Udinese	2–1	Inter
	Muzzi 48' Iaquinta 59'		Córdoba 73'

27	Inter	3–3	Roma
	Vieri 52' Recoba 59' Belözoğlu 77'		Cassano 46' Di Biagio 82' (o.g.) Montella 84'

28	Inter	0–1	Milan
			Inzaghi 62'

29	Brescia	0–1	Inter
			Crespo 90+3'

30	Inter	1–1	Lazio
	Crespo 43'		S. Inzaghi 77'

31	Atalanta	1–1	Inter
	Gautieri 71'		Martins 13'

32	Inter	1–1	Parma
	Kallon 36'		Mutu 63'

33	Modena	0–2	Inter
			Pavan 28' (o.g.) Kallon 36'

34	Inter	2–2	Perugia
	Crespo 10', 56'		Obodo 46' Di Loreto 89'

Champions League

Sporting CP 0-0 Inter
Inter 2-0 Sporting CP

First group stage

17 September 2002	Rosenborg	2 – 2	Internazionale	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
20:45	Karadas 52', 65'	Report	Crespo 33', 79'	Referee: Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin (Spain)

25 September 2002	Internazionale	1 – 0	Ajax	San Siro, Milan
20:45	Crespo 75'	Report		Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

2 October 2002	Internazionale	1 – 2	Lyon	San Siro, Milan
20:45	Caçapa 73' (o.g.)	Report	Govou 21' Anderson 60'	Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

22 October 2002	Lyon	3 – 3	Internazionale	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45	Anderson 21', 75' Carrière 44'	Report	Caçapa 31' (o.g.) Crespo 56', 66'	Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

30 October 2002	Internazionale	3 – 0	Rosenborg	San Siro, Milan
20:45	Recoba 31' Saarinen 52' (o.g.) Crespo 72'	Report		Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

12 November 2002	Ajax	1 – 2	Internazionale	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45	Van der Vaart 90+4'	Report	Crespo 50', 52'	Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Second group stage

27 November 2002	Newcastle United	1 – 4	Internazionale	St. James' Park, Newcastle
20:45	Solano 72'	Report	Morfeo 2' Almeyda 35' Crespo 45' Recoba 81'	Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

10 December 2002	Internazionale	3 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
20:45	Di Biagio 15', 27' Butt 80' (o.g.)	Report	Živković 63' França 90'	Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

18 February 2003	Barcelona	3 – 0	Internazionale	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	Saviola 7' Cocu 29' Kluivert 67'	Report		Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

26 February 2003	Internazionale	0 – 0	Barcelona	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
20:45		Report		Attendance: 71,740 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

11 March 2003	Internazionale	2 – 2	Newcastle United	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
20:45	Vieri 47' Córdoba 61'	Report	Shearer 42', 49'	Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

19 March 2003	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 2	Internazionale	BayArena, Leverkusen
20:45		Report	Martins 36' Belözoğlu 90'	Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Quarter-finals

9 April 2003	Internazionale	1 – 0	Valencia	San Siro, Milan
20:45	Vieri 14'	Report		Attendance: 52,623 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

22 April 2003	Valencia	2 – 1	Internazionale	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
20:45	Aimar 7' Baraja 51'	Report	Vieri 5'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Semi-finals

7 May 2003	Milan	0 – 0	Internazionale	San Siro, Milan
20:45		Report		Attendance: 78,175 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

13 May 2003	Internazionale	1 – 1	Milan	San Siro, Milan
20:45	Martins 84'	Report	Shevchenko 45+1'	Attendance: 76,854 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Top scorers

References

↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/2002-2003/seriea/inter.htm

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2002–03 Inter Milan season

Season overview

Squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

Results

Serie A

Champions League

First group stage

Second group stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Top scorers

References