Season | 2002β03 |
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Dates | 14 September 2002 β 24 May 2003 |
Champions | Juventus 27th title |
Relegated | Atalanta Piacenza Como Torino |
Champions League | Juventus Internazionale Milan Lazio |
UEFA Cup | Parma Udinese Roma |
Intertoto Cup | Perugia Brescia |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 789 (2.58 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Christian Vieri (24 goals) |
Biggest home win | Milan 6β0 Torino (6 October 2002) |
Biggest away win | Torino 0β4 Juventus (17 November 2002) Torino 0β4 Parma (1 December 2002) Chievo 0β4 Parma (16 March 2003) |
Highest scoring | Parma 4β3 Brescia (6 November 2002) Empoli 3β4 Internazionale (6 November 2002) Juventus 4β3 Chievo (24 May 2003) |
Highest attendance | 78,843 Milan v Internazionale |
Lowest attendance | 350 Torino v Udinese |
β 2001β02 2003β04 β |
The 2002β03 Serie A (known as the: Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was theββ101st 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 1988β89.
The first two teams qualified directlyββto UEFA Champions League. Teams finishing in third. And fourth position hadββto 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 changesβ»
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 2003β04 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, following provisional measures introduced in the 2002β03 season, which allowed Serie A & B clubs to sign only one non-EU player in the 2002 summer transfer window.
Managerial changesβ»
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Udinese | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2002 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2002 |
Reggina | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2002 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2002 |
Piacenza | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2002 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2002 |
Parma | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2002 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2002 |
Lazio | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2002 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2002 |
Torino | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 October 2002 | 16th | ![]() |
26 October 2002 |
Torino | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 29 October 2002 | 17th | ![]() |
30 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 | 16th | ![]() |
3 February 2003 |
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 sponsoringβ»
(*) Promoted from Serie B.
League tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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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 | 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
9 | Brescia | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 42 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
10 | Perugia | 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 | |
13 | Empoli | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 38 | |
14 | Reggina | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 38 | Relegation tie-breaker |
15 | Atalanta (R) | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 38 | Serie B after tie-breaker |
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) 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).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
- ^ Parma finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 1β1 Parma, Parma 3β2 Udinese.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brescia finished ahead of Perugia on head-to-head points: Brescia 3β1 Perugia, Perugia 0β0 Brescia.
- ^ Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced; then they qualified to the 2003β04 UEFA Cup First round.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Atalanta to 2003β04 Serie B after tie-breaker.
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | BRE | CHV | COM | EMP | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | MOD | PAR | PER | PIA | REG | ROM | TOR | UDI |
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Atalanta | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β4 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 0β0 | |
Bologna | 2β3 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β0 | |
Brescia | 3β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 2β3 | 1β0 | 1β1 | |
Chievo | 4β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 0β4 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 3β0 | |
Como | 1β1 | 5β1 | 1β1 | 2β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 0β2 | |
Empoli | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 3β4 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 4β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | |
Internazionale | 1β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 3β3 | 1β0 | 1β2 | |
Juventus | 3β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 4β3 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 5β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | |
Lazio | 0β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β3 | 3β0 | 4β1 | 3β3 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | |
Milan | 3β3 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 6β0 | 1β0 | |
Modena | 0β2 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | |
Parma | 2β1 | 1β2 | 4β3 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | |
Perugia | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β3 | 4β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 0β2 | |
Piacenza | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β4 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 1β4 | 0β1 | 2β3 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 1β1 | 5β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | |
Reggina | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β3 | 2β1 | 3β2 | |
Roma | 1β2 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 4β1 | |
Torino | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 0β1 | |
Udinese | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.
- ^ The match was abandoned due to Como fans rioting against a third penalty for Udinese in the match. Following previous misses by Vincenzo Iaquinta and Roberto Muzzi; David Pizarro was set to take the third one. But the riots ended the match prematurely. Udinese was handed the win 2β0, with Pinzi as the only goalscorer. Como was given a four-match suspension from playing at home.
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Ennio Tardini.
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
- ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
Overallβ»
- 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 tie-breakerβ»
Reggina won 2 β 1 on aggregate.
Atalanta relegated to Serie B.
Top goalscorersβ»
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Internazionale | 24 |
2 | ![]() |
Parma | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Milan | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
Juventus | 16 |
6 | ![]() |
Parma | 15 |
![]() |
Lazio | ||
8 | ![]() |
Piacenza | 14 |
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Roma | ||
10 | ![]() |
Empoli | 13 |
Transferβ»
References and sourcesβ»
- ^ "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.
- ^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round
- ^ 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
External linksβ»
- it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 2003 - Italian version with pictures and "info."
- β» - All results on RSSSF Website.
- 2002/2003 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.com)