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2002–03 Serie A

101st season of top-tier Italian football

Field	Value
competition	Serie A
season	2002–03
dates	14 September 2002 – 24 May 2003
winners	Juventus
27th title
relegated	Atalanta
Piacenza
Como
Torino
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2003-04-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Juventus
Internazionale
Milan
Lazio
continentalcup2	[UEFA Cup](2003-04-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Parma
Udinese
Roma
continentalcup3	[Intertoto Cup](2003-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Perugia
Brescia
league topscorer	Christian Vieri
(24 goals)
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)
highest attendance	78,843
Milan v Internazionale
lowest attendance	350
Torino v Udinese
matches	306
total goals	789
prevseason	[2001–02](2001-02-serie-a)
nextseason	[2003–04](2003-04-serie-a)

27th title Piacenza Como Torino Internazionale Milan Lazio Udinese Roma Brescia (24 goals) (6 October 2002) (17 November 2002) Torino 0–4 Parma (1 December 2002) Chievo 0–4 Parma (16 March 2003) (6 November 2002) Empoli 3–4 Internazionale (6 November 2002) Juventus 4–3 Chievo (24 May 2003) Milan v Internazionale Torino v Udinese

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.

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

Personnel and sponsoring

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

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

League table

Results

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 tie-breaker

Bonazzoli Reggina won 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Atalanta relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club
ITA AUS Christian Vieri	Internazionale	24
ROM Adrian Mutu	Parma	18
ITA Filippo Inzaghi	Milan	17
ITA Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	16
BRA Adriano	Parma	15
ARG Claudio López	Lazio
ITA Dario Hübner	Piacenza	14
ITA Francesco Totti	Roma
ITA Antonio Di Natale	Empoli	13

Transfer

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Avg. attendance	Highest
1	Internazionale	61,943	76,660
2	AC Milan	61,534	78,843
3	AS Roma	57,160	74,313
4	SS Lazio	44,129	69,877
5	Juventus FC	39,771	57,762
6	Bologna FC	24,489	36,178
7	Reggina Calcio	24,102	26,640
8	ChievoVerona	16,902	34,544
9	Udinese Calcio	16,859	26,694
10	Parma AC	16,306	25,603
11	Brescia Calcio	15,739	22,039
12	Atalanta BC	15,483	23,647
13	Torino FC	14,870	32,947
14	Modena FC	14,291	16,227
15	AC Perugia	10,311	22,020
16	Empoli FC	9,127	18,700
17	Piacenza Calcio	8,198	15,029
18	Como 1907	7,320	12,452

References and sources

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

References

(2003-03-05). "Italy blocks non-EU players". [[UEFA]].
(2002-07-17). "Italians bar non-EU imports". [[UEFA]].
(3 February 2003). "Piacenza Sack Agostinelli". Soccerway.
(3 February 2003). "Cagni returns as Piacenza sack Agostinelli". Soccerway.
(12 September 2018). "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6". [[Italian Football Federation]].
With consequent qualification to [[2003–04 UEFA Cup#First round. UEFA Cup first round]]
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita03.htm

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