2001–02 F.C. Internazionale Milano season

Internazionale

2001–2002 season
Chairman	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Héctor Cúper
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Vieri (22) All: Vieri (25)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Season

Inter failed the best attempt of aim for title since 1988–89 season. Massimo Moratti took Héctor Cúper from Valencia: in previous seasons, Cúper played two Champions League finals in row being defeated by Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. With new arrivals such as Francesco Toldo (a reliable goalkeeper), Marco Materazzi, Emre Belözoğlu and Mohamed Kallon the new coach could have a competitive line-up.

Cúper's side got the first place in Serie A for more times, until beating reigning champion of Roma by 3–1 with six games left. However, some poor performances in next matches made Inter come +1 over Juventus (and +2 over Roma) into the last matchday. This fixture was in Rome, against Lazio whose fan supported Inter: Lazio had, actually, some chance for an european spot in UEFA Cup but Inter's win would escaped that Roma claimed for title. Disappointing all hopes, Inter suffered a 4–2 loss: during the first half Karel Poborský equalized Vieri and Di Biagio's goals, but in the second Diego Simeone (former Inter player) and Simone Inzaghi scored again. Juventus and Roma won their games, walking over Inter who finished at third place.

Not only Inter was near to win Scudetto, but also managed to get a respectable result in UEFA Cup reaching semi-finals and losing against next champion Feyenoord.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Francesco Toldo 2 DF Iván Córdoba 3 DF Nelson Vivas 4 DF Javier Zanetti (captain) 5 DF Pasquale Padalino 6 MF Cristiano Zanetti 7 MF Sérgio Conçeicão 8 MF Francisco Farinós 9 FW Ronaldo 10 MF Clarence Seedorf 11 MF Guly 12 GK Alberto Fontana 13 DF Dario Šimić 14 MF Luigi Di Biagio 15 DF Salvatore Ferraro 16 DF Gonzalo Sorondo 17 DF Michele Serena

No. Position Player 18 MF Stéphane Dalmat 19 MF Nicola Beati 20 FW Álvaro Recoba 21 DF Grigorios Georgatos 22 GK Mathieu Moreau 23 DF Marco Materazzi 24 DF Vratislav Gresko 27 FW Goran Pandev 30 FW Obafemi Martins 31 FW Mohamed Kallon 32 FW Christian Vieri 33 MF Emre Belözoğlu 39 GK Alex Cordaz 42 DF Giovanni Pasquale 43 DF Luca Perfetti 77 MF Okan Buruk 78 FW Nicola Ventola

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 6 DF Laurent Blanc (to Manchester United) 15 MF Benoît Cauet (to Torino) 18 FW Adriano (on loan to Fiorentina) 19 FW Hakan Şükür (to Parma) 25 MF Jonatan Binotto (to Brescia)

No. Position Player 29 FW Antonio Pacheco (on loan to Espanyol) 73 DF Salvatore Fresi (to Bologna)

Results

Serie A

1	Inter	4–1	Perugia	Milan, Lombardy
	Kallon  21', 45' Vieri  90+1' (pen.), 90+4'		Vryzas  66'	Stadium: San Siro

2	Parma	2–2	Inter	Parma, Emilia-Romagna
	Milošević  27' Bonazzoli  85'		Materazzi  10' Ventola  74'	Stadium: Il Tardini

3	Inter	2–1	Venezia	Milan, Lombardy
	Kallon  74' Adriano  90'		Maniero  89'	Stadium: San Siro

4	Torino	0–1	Inter	Turin, Piedmont
			Kallon  73' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi

5	Inter	1–0	Bologna	Milan, Lombardy
	Georgatos  24'			Stadium: San Siro

6	Udinese	1–1	Inter	Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
	Di Michele  88' (pen.)		Ventola  61'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli

7	Inter	2–4	Milan	Milan, Lombardy
	Ventola  13' Kallon  90'		Shevchenko  59', 77' Contra  61' F. Inzaghi  66'	Stadium: San Siro

8	Juventus	0–0	Inter	Turin, Piedmont
				Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi

9	Inter	2–0	Lecce	Milan, Lombardy
	Kallon  36' Di Biagio  42'			Stadium: San Siro

10	Roma	0–0	Inter	Rome, Lazio
				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

11	Inter	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan, Lombardy
	Kallon  43' Vieri  55'			Stadium: San Siro

12	Atalanta	2–4	Inter	Bergamo, Lombardy
	Doni  15', 21' (pen.)		Di Biagio  8' Vieri  60', 74' (pen.) Kallon  79'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

13	Brescia	1–3	Inter	Brescia, Lombardy
	Tare  20'		Ronaldo  18' Vieri  63', 70'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

14	Inter	1–2	Chievo	Milan, Lombardy
	Vieri  25'		Corradi  20' Marazzina  54'	Stadium: San Siro

15	Piacenza	2–3	Inter	Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna
	Gautieri  55', 74'		Vieri  45' (pen.), 83' Kallon  69'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli

16	Inter	0–0	Lazio	Milan, Lombardy
				Stadium: San Siro

17	Perugia	0–2	Inter	Perugia, Umbria
			Vieri  58' Recoba  73'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

18	Inter	2–0	Parma	Milan, Lombardy
	Sensini  2' (o.g.) Vieri  84'			Stadium: San Siro

19	Venezia	1–1	Inter	Venice, Veneto
	Maniero  70' (pen.)		Vieri  28'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo

20	Inter	3–0	Verona	Milan, Lombardy
	Vieri  18' Ronaldo  50', 55'			Stadium: San Siro

21	Inter	0–0	Torino	Milan, Lombardy
				Stadium: San Siro

22	Bologna	2–1	Inter	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
	Pecchia  55' Zauli  73'		Seedorf  88'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

23	Verona	0–3	Inter	Verona, Veneto
			C. Zanetti  32' Vieri  53, 88'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

24	Inter	3–2	Udinese	Milan, Lombardy
	Vieri  27' Ventola  68' Conceição  86'		Muzzi  80' Pinzi  88'	Stadium: San Siro

25	Milan	0–1	Inter	Milan, Lombardy
			Vieri  78'	Stadium: San Siro

26	Inter	2–2	Juventus	Milan, Lombardy
	Seedorf  6', 90'		Trezeguet  13' Tudor  81'	Stadium: San Siro

27	Lecce	1–2	Inter	Lecce, Apulia
	Vugrinec  90'		Recoba  40', 67'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

28	Inter	3–1	Roma	Milan, Lombardy
	Recoba  2', 72' Vieri  43'		Totti  57'	Stadium: San Siro

29	Fiorentina	0–1	Inter	Florence, Tuscany
			Vieri  61'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

30	Inter	1–2	Atalanta	Milan, Lombardy
	Vieri  47'		Sala  44' Berretta  62'	Stadium: San Siro

31	Inter	2–1	Brescia	Milan, Lombardy
	Ronaldo  80', 83'		Guardiola  29' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro

32	Chievo	2–2	Inter	Verona, Veneto
	Marazzina  41' Cossato  90'		Dalmat  46' Ronaldo  60'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

33	Inter	3–1	Piacenza	Milan, Lombardy
	Córdoba  7' Recoba  70' Ronaldo  80'		Matuzalém  36'	Stadium: San Siro

34	Lazio	4–2	Inter	Rome, Lazio
	Poborský  19', 45' Simeone  55' S. Inzaghi  73'		Vieri  12' Di Biagio  24'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Top scorers

R	Player	League	UEFA Cup	Coppa Italia	Total
1	Christian Vieri	22	3	0	25
2	Mohammed Kallon	9	6	0	15
3	Nicola Ventola	4	5	1	10
4	Ronaldo	7	0	0	7
5	Álvaro Recoba	6	0	0	6
6	Luigi Di Biagio	3	1	0	4
	Clarence Seedorf	3	0	1	4
8	Stéphane Dalmat	1	1	0	2
	Cristiano Zanetti	1	1	0	2
	Marco Materazzi	1	1	0	2

References

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