2002–03 Serie A

The 2002–03 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of top-tier Italian football, the 71st in a round-robin tournament. It was composed by 18 teams, for the 15th consecutive time from season 1988–89.

Serie A
ChampionsJuventus
27th title
RelegatedAtalanta
Piacenza
Como
Torino
Champions LeagueJuventus
Internazionale
Milan
Lazio
UEFA CupParma
Udinese
Roma
Intertoto CupPerugia
Brescia
Matches played306
Goals scored789 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerChristian Vieri
(24 goals)
Biggest home winMilan 6–0 Torino
(6 October 2002)
Biggest away winTorino 0–4 Juventus
(17 November 2002)
Torino 0–4 Parma
(1 December 2002)
Chievo 0–4 Parma
(16 March 2003)
Highest scoringParma 4–3 Brescia
(6 November 2002)
Empoli 3–4 Internazionale
(6 November 2002)
Juventus 4–3 Chievo
(24 May 2003)
Highest attendance78,843
Milan v Internazionale
Lowest attendance350
Torino v Udinese
2002–03 Serie A team distribution

The first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League. Teams finishing in third and fourth position had to play Champions League qualifications. Teams finishing in fifth and sixth positions qualified to UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia). The bottom four teams were to be relegated in Serie B.

Juventus won its 27th national title, with Internazionale placing second and Milan third. Lazio was admitted to the UEFA 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 participate.

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
Udinese Giampiero Ventura End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season Luciano Spalletti 1 July 2002
Reggina Franco Colomba End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season Bortolo Mutti 1 July 2002
Piacenza Walter Novellino End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season Andrea Agostinelli 1 July 2002
Parma Pietro Carmignani End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season Cesare Prandelli 1 July 2002
Lazio Alberto Zaccheroni End of contract 30 June 2002 Pre-season Roberto Mancini 1 July 2002
Torino Giancarlo Camolese Sacked 25 October 2002 16th Renato Zaccarelli (caretaker) 26 October 2002
Torino Renato Zaccarelli End of caretaker spell 29 October 2002 17th Renzo Ulivieri 30 October 2002
Reggina Bortolo Mutti Sacked 7 November 2002 16th Luigi De Canio 8 November 2002
Como Loris Dominissini Sacked 25 November 2002 18th Eugenio Fascetti 25 November 2002
Piacenza Andrea Agostinelli Sacked 3 February 2003[3] 16th Luigi Cagni 3 February 2003[4]
Torino Renzo Ulivieri Sacked 24 February 2003 17th Renato Zaccarelli 24 February 2003
Torino Renato Zaccarelli Sacked 15 April 2003 18th Giacomo Ferri 15 April 2003
Atalanta Giovanni Vavassori Sacked 21 April 2003 15th Giancarlo Finardi 21 April 2003

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

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 21 9 4 64 29 +35 72 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 34 19 8 7 64 38 +26 65
3 Milan[lower-alpha 1] 34 18 7 9 55 30 +25 61
4 Lazio 34 15 15 4 57 32 +25 60 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5 Parma 34 15 11 8 55 36 +19 56[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Udinese 34 16 8 10 38 35 +3 56[lower-alpha 2]
7 Chievo 34 16 7 11 51 39 +12 55
8 Roma[lower-alpha 3] 34 13 10 11 55 46 +9 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9 Brescia 34 9 15 10 36 38 −2 42[lower-alpha 4] Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10 Perugia[lower-alpha 5] 34 10 12 12 40 48 −8 42 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
11 Bologna 34 10 11 13 39 47 −8 41
12 Modena 34 9 11 14 30 48 −18 38[lower-alpha 6]
13 Empoli 34 9 11 14 36 46 −10 38[lower-alpha 6]
14 Reggina 34 10 8 16 38 53 −15 38[lower-alpha 6] Relegation tie-breaker
15 Atalanta (R) 34 8 14 12 35 47 −12 38 Serie B after tie-breaker[lower-alpha 7]
16 Piacenza (R) 34 8 6 20 44 62 −18 30 Relegation to Serie B
17 Como (R) 34 4 12 18 29 57 −28 24
18 Torino (R) 34 4 9 21 23 58 −35 21
Source: 2002–03 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).[5]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
  2. Udinese finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.
  3. Roma 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.
  4. Brescia finished ahead of Perugia on head-to-head points: Brescia 3–1 Perugia, Perugia 0–0 Brescia.
  5. Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced; then they qualified to the 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round.
  6. Modena finished ahead of Empoli, Atalanta and Reggina on head-to-head points: Modena: 10 pts, Empoli: 9 pts, Atalanta: 7 pts, Reggina: 5 pts.
  7. Atalanta to 2003–04 Serie B after tie-breaker.

Results
Home \ Away ATA BOL BRE CHV COM EMP INT JUV LAZ MIL MOD PAR PER PIA REG ROM TOR UDI
Atalanta 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0
Bologna 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0
Brescia 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1
Chievo 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–4 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–0
Como 1–1[lower-alpha 1] 5–1 1–1 2–4 0–2 0–2 1–3[lower-alpha 2] 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–2[lower-alpha 3] 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0[lower-alpha 4] 1–0 0–2
Empoli 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 1–1
Internazionale 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–2
Juventus 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Lazio 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 4–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1
Milan 3–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 6–0 1–0
Modena 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Parma 2–1 1–2 4–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–2
Perugia 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2
Piacenza 2–0 3–1 1–4 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 2–3 4–2 3–3 1–1 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Reggina 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 2–1 3–2
Roma 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 4–1
Torino 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1[lower-alpha 5] 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–4 2–1[lower-alpha 6] 1–3[lower-alpha 7] 1–0[lower-alpha 8] 0–1 0–1[lower-alpha 9]
Udinese 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  2. The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
  3. The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
  4. The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
  5. The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  6. The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  7. The match was played at Stadio Ennio Tardini.
  8. The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  9. The match was played at Stadio Giglio.

Overall

Relegation tie-breaker
Reggina0–0Atalanta
Attendance: 27,000
Atalanta1–2Reggina
Natali  18' Cozza  33'
Bonazzoli  85'
Attendance: 25,000

Reggina won 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Atalanta relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Christian Vieri Internazionale 24
2 Adrian Mutu Parma 18
3 Filippo Inzaghi Milan 17
4 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 16
6 Adriano Parma 15
Claudio López Lazio
8 Dario Hübner Piacenza 14
Francesco Totti Roma
10 Antonio Di Natale Empoli 13

Number of teams by region
Region Number of teams Teams
1  Lombardy5Atalanta, Como, Brescia, Internazionale and Milan
2  Emilia-Romagna4Bologna, Modena, Parma and Piacenza
3  Lazio2Lazio and Roma
 Piedmont2Juventus and Torino
5  Calabria1Reggina
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia1Udinese
 Tuscany1Empoli
 Veneto1Chievo
 Umbria1Perugia

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.
  5. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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