2002–03 Serie A

Serie A
Season 2002–03
Champions Juventus
27th title
Relegated Atalanta
Piacenza
Como
Torino
Champions League Juventus (Group stage)
Internazionale (Group stage)
Milan (Group stage via UEFA Champions League)
Lazio (Third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Parma (First round)
Udinese (First round)
Roma (First round via Coppa Italia)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 789 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer Christian Vieri (24)
Biggest home win Milan 6–0 Torino
(6 October 2002)
Biggest away win Torino 0–4 Juventus
(17 November 2002)
Torino 0–4 Parma
(1 December 2002)
Chievo 0–4 Parma
(16 March 2003)
Highest scoring Parma 4–3 Brescia
(6 November 2002)
Empoli 3–4 Internazionale
(6 November 2002)
Juventus 4–3 Chievo
(24 May 2003)

In the 2002–03 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 15th consecutive time from season 1988–89.

The first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the 3rd and 4th places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th places qualified to UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated in Serie B.

Juventus won its 27th national title, with Inter Milan placed second. Milan and Lazio were admitted to the 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 take part.

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

Rule changes

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

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torino Italy Giancarlo Camolese Sacked 25 October 2002 16th Italy Renzo Ulivieri 26 October 2002
Reggina Italy Bortolo Mutti Sacked 7 November 2002 16th Italy Luigi De Canio 8 November 2002
Como Italy Loris Dominissini Sacked 25 November 2002 18th Italy Eugenio Fascetti 25 November 2002
Piacenza Italy Andrea Agostinelli Sacked 3 February 2003[3] 16th Italy Luigi Cagni 3 February 2003[4]
Torino Italy Renzo Ulivieri Sacked 24 February 2003 17th Italy Renato Zaccarelli 24 February 2003
Torino Italy Renato Zaccarelli Sacked 15 April 2003 18th Italy Giacomo Ferri 15 April 2003
Atalanta Italy Giovanni Vavassori Sacked 21 April 2003 15th Italy Giancarlo Finardi 21 April 2003

Personnel and sponsoring

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

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.

Results

Home ╲ Away ATA BOL BRECHVCOMEMPINTJUVLAZMILMODPARPERPIAREGROMTORUDI
Atalanta 22 20 10 21 22 11 11 01 14 13 00 02 20 11 21 22 00
Bologna 23 30 11 10 20 12 22 02 02 30 21 21 10 02 21 22 10
Brescia 30 00 00 11 02 01 20 00 10 22 11 31 12 21 23 10 11
Chievo 41 00 12 20 10 21 14 11 32 20 04 30 31 21 00 32 30
Como 11 51 11 24 02 02 13 13 12 00 22 11 11 11 20 10 02
Empoli 00 00 00 21 00 34 02 12 11 10 02 11 31 42 13 11 11
Internazionale 10 20 40 21 40 30 11 11 01 20 11 22 31 30 33 10 12
Juventus 30 11 21 43 11 10 30 12 21 30 22 22 20 50 21 20 10
Lazio 00 11 31 23 30 41 33 00 11 40 00 30 21 01 22 11 21
Milan 33 31 00 00 20 01 10 21 22 21 21 30 21 20 10 60 10
Modena 02 32 00 10 11 11 02 01 00 03 21 11 10 21 11 21 01
Parma 21 12 43 01 20 20 12 12 21 10 11 22 32 20 30 10 32
Perugia 10 11 00 10 30 13 41 01 22 10 20 12 00 20 10 21 02
Piacenza 20 31 14 03 01 12 14 01 23 42 33 11 51 22 11 10 20
Reggina 11 10 22 11 41 10 12 21 03 00 01 00 31 31 23 21 32
Roma 12 31 00 01 21 31 22 22 11 21 12 21 22 30 30 31 41
Torino 11 21 02 10 00 11 02 04 01 03 11 04 21 13 10 01 01
Udinese 10 00 00 21 32 21 21 01 21 10 21 11 00 21 10 21 11

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Overall

Relegation play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Reggina 2-1 Atalanta 0-0 2-1

Atalanta B.C. relegated to Serie B.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Christian Vieri Internazionale 24
2 Romania Adrian Mutu Parma 18
3 Italy Filippo Inzaghi Milan 17
4 Italy Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 16
Italy Giuseppe Signori Bologna 16
6 Brazil Adriano Parma 15
Argentina Claudio López Lazio 15
8 Italy Dario Hübner Piacenza 14
Italy Francesco Totti Roma 14
10 Italy Antonio Di Natale Empoli 13
11 Italy Roberto Baggio Brescia 12

Transfer

References and sources

  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.

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