2002–03 Serie A
Season | 2002–03 |
---|---|
Champions |
Juventus 27th title |
Relegated |
Atalanta Piacenza Como Torino |
Champions League |
Juventus Internazionale Milan Lazio |
UEFA Cup |
Parma Udinese Roma |
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) |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
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 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. Milan and Lazio were 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 |
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Torino | Sacked | 25 October 2002 | 16th | 26 October 2002 | ||
Reggina | Sacked | 7 November 2002 | 16th | 8 November 2002 | ||
Como | Sacked | 25 November 2002 | 18th | 25 November 2002 | ||
Piacenza | Sacked | 3 February 2003[3] | 16th | 3 February 2003[4] | ||
Torino | Sacked | 24 February 2003 | 17th | 24 February 2003 | ||
Torino | Sacked | 15 April 2003 | 18th | 15 April 2003 | ||
Atalanta | Sacked | 21 April 2003 | 15th | 21 April 2003 |
Personnel and sponsoring
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round[lower-alpha 2] |
6 | Udinese | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 56[lower-alpha 1] | |
7 | Chievo | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 55 | |
8 | Roma | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 49 | 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round[lower-alpha 2] |
9 | Brescia | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 42[lower-alpha 3] | 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round |
10 | Perugia | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 42[lower-alpha 3] | 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round[lower-alpha 4] |
11 | Bologna | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 41 | |
12 | Modena | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 38[lower-alpha 5] | |
13 | Empoli | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 38[lower-alpha 5] | |
14 | Reggina | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 38[lower-alpha 5] | Relegation play-off |
15 | Atalanta (R) | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 38[lower-alpha 5] | Relegation to Serie B after Relegation play-off |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker for relevant positions 3) head-to-head points and goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- 1 2 UDI 1–1 PAR; PAR 3–2 UDI
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 BRE 3–1 PER; PER 0–0 BRE
- ↑ Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced.
- 1 2 3 4 MOD: 10 pts; EMP: 9 pts; ATA: 7 pts; REG: 5 pts
Results
Home \ Away[1] | 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 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 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 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 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 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||||
Milan | 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 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
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)
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
- Most wins - Juventus (21)
- Fewest wins - Como and Torino (4)
- Most draws - Lazio and Brescia (15)
- Fewest draws - Piacenza (6)
- Most losses - Torino (21)
- Fewest losses - Juventus and Lazio (4)
- Most goals scored - Juventus and Internazionale (64)
- Fewest goals scored - Torino (23)
- Most goals conceded - Piacenza (62)
- Fewest goals conceded - Juventus (29)
Relegation play-off
Reggina won 2 – 1 on aggregate.
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Internazionale | 24 | |
2 | Parma | 18 | |
3 | Milan | 17 | |
4 | Juventus | 16 | |
Bologna | 16 | ||
6 | Parma | 15 | |
Lazio | 15 | ||
8 | Piacenza | 14 | |
Roma | 14 | ||
10 | Empoli | 13 | |
11 | Brescia | 12 |
Transfer
References and sources
- ↑ "Italy blocks non-EU players". UEFA.com. 2003-03-05. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ↑ "Italians bar non-EU imports". UEFA.com. 2002-07-17. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ↑ "Piacenza Sack Agostinelli". Soccerway. 3 February 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ "Cagni returns as Piacenza sack Agostinelli". Soccerway. 3 February 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links
- it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 2003 - Italian version with pictures and info.
- - All results on RSSSF Website.
- 2002/2003 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.com)