2001–02 Inter Milan season

The 2001–02 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 93th in existence and 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Inter Milan
2001–02 season
PresidentMassimo Moratti
Head coachHéctor Cúper
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA CupSemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Christian Vieri (22)
All:
Christian Vieri (25)
Highest home attendance79,188 vs Juventus
(9 March 2002)
Lowest home attendance47,728 vs Hellas Verona
(19 December 2001)
Average home league attendance62,434

Season overview

After a disappointing previous season, Massimo Moratti chose former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper as the coach of rebirth.[1] Cúper managed to line-up a new team, buying players such as Toldo, Materazzi, Kallon and Ventola.[2] Inter had a sprint-start, topping the league and passing several challenges in Europe.[3][4][5][6] 2001 closed with Giuseppe Prisco's death, vicechairman since 1962.[7]

In the second part of season, Inter showed signs of exhaustion: 1–2 home loss to Atalanta[8] was followed, on Thursday, from European elimination.[9] Before the last league game, against Lazio, Inter was still at the top with one point over Juventus and two over Roma.[10] In the first half, Inter scored twice, but both goals were equalized by Lazio's Poborsky.[11] During second half of the match, Lazio - still in race for a UEFA Cup spot - scored another two goals, eventually winning the match.[11] Inter fell to third place,[11] enough to qualify for next season's Champions League playoff.[11] Lazio-Inter also marked Ronaldo's last appearance with Inter.[11]

First-team squad
Squad at end of season.[12]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ITA Francesco Toldo
2 DF  COL Iván Córdoba
3 FW  SLE Mohamed Kallon
4 DF  ARG Javier Zanetti (captain)
5 DF  ITA Pasquale Padalino (on loan from Bologna)
6 MF  ITA Cristiano Zanetti
7 MF  POR Sérgio Conçeicão
8 MF  ESP Francisco Farinós
9 FW  BRA Ronaldo
10 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf
11 MF  ARG Guly
12 GK  ITA Alberto Fontana
13 DF  CRO Dario Šimić
14 MF  ITA Luigi Di Biagio
15 DF  ITA Salvatore Ferraro
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  URU Gonzalo Sorondo
17 DF  ITA Michele Serena
18 MF  FRA Stéphane Dalmat
20 FW  URU Álvaro Recoba
21 MF  GRE Grigorios Georgatos
23 DF  ITA Marco Materazzi
24 DF  SVK Vratislav Greško
25 DF  FRA Laurent Blanc
28 FW  BRA Adriano
31 DF  ARG Nelson Vivas
32 FW  ITA Christian Vieri
33 MF  TUR Emre Belözoğlu
54 FW  TUR Hakan Şükür
77 MF  TUR Okan Buruk
78 FW  ITA 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. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF  FRA Laurent Blanc (to Manchester United)
15 MF  FRA Benoît Cauet (to Torino)
28 FW  BRA Adriano (on loan to Fiorentina)
19 FW  TUR Hakan Şükür (to Parma)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF  ITA Jonatan Binotto (to Brescia)
29 FW  URU Antonio Pacheco (on loan to Espanyol)
73 DF  ITA Salvatore Fresi (to Bologna)

Reserve squad
The following players did not make an appearance for the first team.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ITA Nicola Beati
22 GK  FRA Mathieu Moreau
30 FW  NGA Obafemi Martins
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 GK  ITA Alex Cordaz
42 DF  ITA Giovanni Pasquale
43 DF  ITA Luca Perfetti

Competitions

Serie A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 20 11 3 64 23 +41 71 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Roma 34 19 13 2 58 24 +34 70
3 Internazionale 34 20 9 5 62 35 +27 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Milan 34 14 13 7 47 33 +14 55
5 Chievo 34 14 12 8 57 52 +5 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: 2001–02 Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
(C) Champion.

Matches
26 August 2001 1 Internazionale 4–1 Perugia Milan
Kallon  21', 45'
Vieri  90+1' (pen.), 90+4'		 Report Vryzas  66' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60.000
Referee: Treossi
9 September 2001 2 Parma 2–2 Internazionale Parma
Milošević  27'
Bonazzoli  85'		 Report Materazzi  10'
Ventola  74'		 Stadium: Il Tardini
16 September 2001 3 Internazionale 2–1 Venezia Milan
Kallon  74'
Adriano  90'		 Report Maniero  89' Stadium: San Siro
23 September 2001 4 Torino 0–1 Internazionale Turin
Report Kallon  73' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
30 September 2001 5 Internazionale 1–0 Bologna Milan
Georgatos  24' Report Stadium: San Siro
19 December 2001 6 Internazionale 3–0 Verona Milan
Vieri  18'
Ronaldo  50', 55'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Note: Scheduled on 7 October 2001. It was postponed due to Inter's European campaign.
14 October 2001 7 Udinese 1–1 Internazionale Udine
Di Michele  88' (pen.) Report Ventola  61' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
21 October 2001 8 Internazionale 2–4 Milan Milan
Ventola  13'
Kallon  90'		 Report Shevchenko  59', 77'
Contra  61'
F. Inzaghi  66'		 Stadium: San Siro
27 October 2001 9 Juventus 0–0 Internazionale Turin
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
4 November 2001 10 Internazionale 2–0 Lecce Milan
Kallon  36'
Di Biagio  42'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
17 November 2001 11 Roma 0–0 Internazionale Rome
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
25 November 2001 12 Internazionale 2–0 Fiorentina Milan
Kallon  43'
Vieri  55'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
2 December 2001 13 Atalanta 2–4 Internazionale Bergamo
Doni  15', 21' (pen.) Report Di Biagio  8'
Vieri  60', 74' (pen.)
Kallon  79'		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
9 December 2001 14 Brescia 1–3 Internazionale Brescia
Tare  20' Report Ronaldo  18'
Vieri  63', 70'		 Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
15 December 2001 15 Internazionale 1–2 Chievo Milan
Vieri  25' Report Corradi  20'
Marazzina  54'		 Stadium: San Siro
23 December 2001 16 Piacenza 2–3 Internazionale Piacenza
Gautieri  55', 74' Report Vieri  45' (pen.), 83'
Kallon  69'		 Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
6 January 2002 17 Internazionale 0–0 Lazio Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
13 January 2002 18 Perugia 0–2 Internazionale Perugia
Report Vieri  58'
Recoba  73'		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
20 January 2002 19 Internazionale 2–0 Parma Milan
Sensini  2' (o.g.)
Vieri  84'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
27 January 2002 20 Venezia 1–1 Internazionale Venice
Maniero  70' (pen.) Report Vieri  28' Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo
2 February 2002 21 Internazionale 0–0 Torino Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
10 February 2002 22 Bologna 2–1 Internazionale Bologna
Pecchia  55'
Zauli  73'		 Report Seedorf  88' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
17 February 2002 23 Verona 0–3 Internazionale Verona
Report C. Zanetti  32'
Vieri  53', 88'		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
24 February 2002 24 Internazionale 3–2 Udinese Milan
Vieri  27'
Ventola  68'
Conceição  86'		 Report Muzzi  80'
Pinzi  88'		 Stadium: San Siro
3 March 2002 25 Milan 0–1 Internazionale Milan
Report Vieri  78' Stadium: San Siro
9 March 2002 26 Internazionale 2–2 Juventus Milan
Seedorf  6', 90' Report Trezeguet  13'
Tudor  81'		 Stadium: San Siro
17 March 2002 27 Lecce 1–2 Internazionale Lecce
Vugrinec  90' Report Recoba  40', 67' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
24 March 2002 28 Internazionale 3–1 Roma Milan
Recoba  2', 72'
Vieri  43'		 Report Totti  57' Stadium: San Siro
30 March 2002 29 Fiorentina 0–1 Internazionale Florence
Report Vieri  61' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
7 April 2002 30 Internazionale 1–2 Atalanta Milan
Vieri  47' Report Sala  44'
Berretta  62'		 Stadium: San Siro
14 April 2002 31 Internazionale 2–1 Brescia Milan
Ronaldo  80', 83' Report Guardiola  29' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
21 April 2002 32 Chievo 2–2 Internazionale Verona
Marazzina  41'
Cossato  90'		 Report Dalmat  46'
Ronaldo  60'		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
28 April 2002 33 Internazionale 3–1 Piacenza Milan
Córdoba  7'
Recoba  70'
Ronaldo  80'		 Report Matuzalém  36' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 75,000
5 May 2002 34 Lazio 4–2 Internazionale Rome
Poborský  19', 45'
Simeone  55'
S. Inzaghi  73'		 Report Vieri  12'
Di Biagio  24'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000

First round
20 September 2001 Internazionale 3–0 Brașov Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21:00 CET Dalmat  23'
Kallon  31'
Di Biagio  41'		 Report Referee: Fernando Mendez (Spain)
27 September 2001 Brașov 0–3 Internazionale Stadionul Tineretului, Brașov
Ventola  14', 79'
Guly  36'

Internazionale won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round
18 October 2001 Internazionale 2–0 Wisła Kraków Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21:00 Kallon  61', 65' Report Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
30 October 2001 Wisła Kraków 1–0 Internazionale Wisła Stadium, Kraków
13:00 Żurawski  4' Report Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round
22 November 2001 Ipswich Town 1–0 Internazionale Portman Road, Ipswich
20:45 Armstrong  81' Report Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
6 December 2001 Internazionale 4–1 Ipswich Town Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
21:00 Vieri  19', 34', 71'
Kallon  46'		 Report Armstrong  79' (pen.) Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Fourth round
21 February 2002 Internazionale 3–1 AEK Athens San Siro, Milan
21:00 J. Zanetti  14'
Kallon  37'
Ventola  56'		 Report Zagorakis  8' Referee: Graham Poll (England)
28 February 2002 AEK Athens 2–2 Internazionale Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia
20:30 Konstantinidis  23'
Nikolaidis  56'		 Report Greško  20'
Ventola  57'		 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Internazionale won 5–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) Internazionale 1–1 Valencia San Siro, Milan
21:00 Materazzi  50' Report Rufete  66' Attendance: 24,184
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
21 March 2002 (2002-03-21) Valencia 0–1 Internazionale Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
21:45 Report Ventola  4' Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) Internazionale 0–1 Feyenoord San Siro, Milan
21:00 Report Córdoba  51' (o.g.) Attendance: 39,622
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
11 April 2002 (2002-04-11) Feyenoord 2–2 Internazionale De Kuip, Rotterdam
20:30 Van Hooijdonk  17'
Tomasson  34'		 Report C. Zanetti  83'
Kallon  89' (pen.)		 Attendance: 49,904
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Appearances and goals
As of 31 June 2002[14]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Francesco Toldo 4303301090
12 GK Alberto Fontana 50101030
Defenders
2 DF Iván Córdoba 42130110110
4 DF Javier Zanetti 44233011101
5 DF Pasquale Padalino 10001000
13 DF Dario Šimić 2106+60105+30
15 DF Salvatore Ferraro 200+100010
16 DF Gonzalo Sorondo 1208+301000
17 DF Michele Serena 20200000
23 DF Marco Materazzi 3222311081
24 DF Vratislav Greško 341230208+11
31 DF Nelson Vivas 1601+120002+10
Midfielders
6 MF Cristiano Zanetti 33225+111061
7 MF Sérgio Conçeicão 32116+710+105+30
8 MF Francisco Farinós 1605+50104+10
10 MF Clarence Seedorf 32417+330+216+40
11 MF Guly 33120+302081
14 MF Luigi Di Biagio 4243131+108+11
18 MF Stéphane Dalmat 24111+51104+30
21 MF Grigorios Georgatos 1219+11001+10
33 MF Emre Belözoğlu 2000+130105+10
77 MF Okan Buruk 1103+401030
Forwards
3 FW Mohamed Kallon 391516+1290010+16
9 FW Ronaldo 1579+17001+40
20 FW Álvaro Recoba 22615+36001+30
32 FW Christian Vieri 282525220+1023
78 FW Nicola Ventola 261012+34217+25
Players transferred out during the season
15 MF Benoît Cauet 1000000+10
28 FW Adriano 1410+81104+10

Last updated: 10 May 2002
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers
No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
32 FW Christian Vieri 22 0 3 25
3 FW Mohamed Kallon 9 0 6 15
78 FW Nicola Ventola 4 1 5 10
9 FW Ronaldo 7 0 0 7
20 FW Álvaro Recoba 6 0 0 6
10 MF Clarence Seedorf 3 1 0 4
14 MF Luigi Di Biagio 3 0 1 4
4 DF Javier Zanetti 0 1 1 2
6 MF Cristiano Zanetti 1 0 1 2
23 DF Marco Materazzi 1 0 1 2
2 DF Iván Córdoba 1 0 0 1
7 MF Sérgio Conçeicão 1 0 0 1
11 MF Guly 0 0 1 1
18 MF Stéphane Dalmat 1 0 0 1
21 MF Grigorios Georgatos 1 0 0 1
24 DF Vratislav Greško 0 0 1 1
28 FW Adriano 1 0 0 1
# Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 62 3 20 85

Last updated: 5 May 2002
Source: Calcio.com

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