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2002–03 Serie B

Italian football league season

Field	Value
competition	Serie B TIM
season	2002–03
promoted	Siena (1st title)
Sampdoria
Lecce
Ancona
relegated	Cosenza (bankruptcy)
league topscorer	ITA Igor Protti (23 goals)
matches	380
total goals	961
longest wins	Vicenza
7 matches
longest unbeaten	Vicenza
14 matches
prevseason	[2001–02](2001-02-serie-b)
nextseason	[2003–04](2003-04-serie-b)

Sampdoria Lecce Ancona 7 matches 14 matches The 2002–03 Serie B was the 71st season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.

Teams

Livorno, Ascoli, Triestina and Catania had been promoted from Serie C, while Hellas Verona, Lecce, and Venezia had been relegated from Serie A and Fiorentina had lost their national professional licence.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ancona	ITA Luigi Simoni	Devis	Banca Marche
Ascoli	ITA Giuseppe Pillon	Uhlsport	Carisap
Bari	ITA Marco Tardelli	Lotto	asbari.com
Cagliari	ITA Gian Piero Ventura	A-Line	Terra Sarda
Catania	ITA Vincenzo Guerini	Galex	SP Energia Siciliana
Cosenza	ITA Antonio Sala	Sport Point	Provincia di Cosenza
Genoa	ITA Rino Lavezzini and ITA Vincenzo Torrente	Erreà	Costa Cruises
Hellas Verona	ITA Alberto Malesani	Lotto	Clerman
Lecce	ITA Delio Rossi	Asics	Salento d'amare
Livorno	ITA Roberto Donadoni	Asics	CR Livorno
Messina	ITA Bruno Bolchi	Asics	Jonax Group
Napoli	ITA Franco Colomba	Diadora	Peroni
Palermo	ITA Nedo Sonetti	Lotto	Provincia di Palermo
Salernitana	ITA Franco Varrella	Garman	Zip Jeans & Casual
Sampdoria	ITA Walter Novellino	Asics	Erg
Siena	ITA Giuseppe Papadopulo	Lotto	Monte Paschi Vita
Ternana	ITA Mario Beretta	Erreà	None
Triestina	ITA Ezio Rossi	Asics	Acegas
Venezia	ITA Gianfranco Bellotto	Sportika	Emmezeta
Vicenza	ITA Andrea Mandorlini	Biemme	Caffè Vero

Final classification

In June 2003, Catania was at the centre of a controversy that led to the enlargement of Serie B from 20 to 24 teams, known as Caso Catania. The club claimed that Siena fielded an ineligible player in a 1–1 tie, a result which saw Catania relegated, whereas the two extra points from a victory would have kept them safe. They were awarded a 2–0 victory before the result was reverted because the guilty player was a substitute which did not play the match, then Catania appealed to the judges of the Autonomous Region of Sicily who re-awarded the victory again. In August, the FIGC decided to let Catania, along with Genoa and Salernitana, stay in Serie B; the newly reborn Fiorentina were also added for the 2003–04 season. The ruling led to protests and boycotts by the other Serie B clubs that delayed the start of the season, until the intervention of the Italian government.

Results

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Napoli	28,599
2	Sampdoria	21,802
3	Palermo	16,282
4	Genoa	12,371
5	Catania	11,849
6	Hellas	11,163
7	Lecce	11,055
8	Livorno	10,886
9	Triestina	10,444
10	Ternana	8,872
11	Ancona	8,536
12	Salernitana	8,501
13	Ascoli	8,391
14	Cagliari	7,354
15	Messina	7,054
16	Vicenza	6,399
17	Siena	6,301
18	Bari	5,613
19	Cosenza	3,541
20	Venezia	2,889

Source:

References

Menicucci, Paolo. (19 June 2003). "Protti ends on a high". [[UEFA]].
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita03.htm

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