2001–02 Serie A

Serie A
Season 2001–02
Champions Juventus
26th title
Relegated Verona
Lecce
Fiorentina
Venezia
Champions League Juventus
Roma
Internazionale
Milan
UEFA Cup Chievo
Lazio
Parma
Matches played 306
Goals scored 806 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Dario Hübner
David Trezeguet
(24 goals each)
Biggest home win Lazio 5–0 Brescia
(4 November 2001)
Lazio 5–0 Perugia
(20 January 2002)
Piacenza 5–0 Venezia
(17 February 2002)
Juventus 5–0 Brescia
(28 April 2002)
Roma 5–0 Chievo
(28 April 2002)
Biggest away win Atalanta 1–5 Udinese
(21 October 2001)
Lazio 1–5 Roma
(10 March 2002)
Highest scoring Lazio 5–4 Verona
(21 April 2002)
Average attendance 25,992
2001–02 Serie A team distribution

In the 2001–02 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988–89.

The first two teams qualified directly to the UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the 3rd and 4th places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th places qualified to the UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated to Serie B. However, Fiorentina's subsequent bankruptcy led to them being placed in the fourth tier of Italian football.

Juventus won its 26th title on the final day of the season after original leaders Internazionale (who finished third) lost 4–2 away to Lazio, and with it their chance at winning their first scudetto since 1989. Second place went to Roma.

This season also featured Chievo Verona's "miracle". The club, newly promoted to Serie A for the first time, were top of the table for six weeks early on in the season. However, after the Christmas break they hit some bad form and finished the season in 5th.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Giovanni Vavassori Asics ORTOBELL
Bologna Italy Francesco Guidolin Macron Area Banca
Brescia Italy Carlo Mazzone Garman Banca Lombarda
Chievo Italy Luigi Del Neri Joma Paluani
Fiorentina Italy Roberto Mancini
Italy Ottavio Bianchi
Italy Luciano Chiarugi
Mizuno Toyota
Inter Argentina Héctor Cúper Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Marcello Lippi Lotto Fastweb
Lazio Italy Alberto Zaccheroni Puma Siemens
Lecce Italy Delio Rossi Asics Banca 121 (Banca del Salento)
Milan Turkey Fatih Terim
Italy Carlo Ancelotti
Adidas Opel
Parma Italy Pietro Carmignani Champion Parmalat
Perugia Italy Serse Cosmi Galex Daewoo
Roma Italy Fabio Capello Kappa INA Assitalia
Torino Italy Giancarlo Camolese Asics Conto aRancio
Udinese Italy Giampiero Ventura Diadora Ristora
Venezia Italy Alfredo Magni
Italy Cesare Prandelli
Kelme Emmezeta
Verona Italy Alberto Malesani Lotto Amica Chips

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Juventus (C) 34 20 11 3 64 23+41 71 2002–03 UEFA Champions League
First group stage
2 Roma 34 19 13 2 58 24+34 70
3 Internazionale 34 20 9 5 62 35+27 69 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Milan 34 14 13 7 47 33+14 55
5 Chievo 34 14 12 8 57 52+5 54 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
6 Lazio 34 14 11 9 50 37+13 53
7 Bologna 34 15 7 12 40 400 52 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Perugia 34 13 7 14 38 468 46 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Atalanta 34 12 9 13 41 509 45
10 Parma 34 12 8 14 43 474 0441 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
11 Torino 34 10 13 11 37 392 0432 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
12 Piacenza 34 11 9 14 49 43+6 42
13 Brescia 34 9 13 12 43 529 40 BRE 2–0 UDI
UDI 3–2 BRE
14 Udinese 34 11 7 16 41 5211 40
15 Hellas Verona (R) 34 11 6 17 41 5312 39 Relegation to Serie B
16 Lecce (R) 34 6 10 18 36 5620 28
17 Fiorentina (R) 34 5 7 22 29 6334 0223
18 Venezia (R) 34 3 9 22 30 6131 18

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
1 Parma gained entry to the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as the 2001–02 Coppa Italia champions.
2 Torino gained entry to the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined to take part.
3 Fiorentina was denied entry to the 2002–03 Serie B season, having entered administration.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away ATA BOL BRECHVFIOINTJUVLAZLCEMILPARPERPIAROMTORUDIVENHEL
Atalanta 22 00 12 20 24 02 01 21 11 41 21 11 11 11 15 10 10
Bologna 10 21 31 32 21 00 20 43 20 10 21 12 13 10 01 11 21
Brescia 33 30 22 30 13 04 11 11 22 14 30 22 00 12 20 32 00
Chievo 21 20 11 22 22 13 31 21 11 10 20 42 03 30 12 11 21
Fiorentina 31 11 10 02 01 11 01 12 11 12 13 13 22 00 00 31 02
Internazionale 12 10 21 12 20 22 00 20 24 20 41 31 31 00 32 21 30
Juventus 30 21 50 32 21 00 11 30 10 31 20 20 02 33 30 40 10
Lazio 20 22 50 11 30 42 10 10 11 00 50 11 15 00 20 42 54
Lecce 02 10 13 23 41 12 00 12 01 11 23 00 11 11 12 21 11
Milan 00 00 00 32 52 01 11 20 30 31 11 11 00 21 23 11 21
Parma 11 21 10 00 20 22 10 10 11 01 21 22 12 01 20 21 22
Perugia 20 10 11 22 20 02 04 00 21 31 21 10 00 20 12 20 31
Piacenza 12 20 01 22 30 23 01 10 12 01 23 20 20 31 12 50 30
Roma 31 31 00 50 21 00 00 20 51 10 31 10 20 10 11 10 32
Torino 12 11 13 22 10 01 22 10 11 10 10 10 11 01 31 12 51
Udinese 12 01 32 12 12 11 02 14 01 12 32 00 11 11 22 10 21
Venezia 01 01 12 00 20 11 12 00 11 14 34 02 23 22 11 21 01
Hellas Verona 31 01 20 32 12 03 22 31 21 12 10 11 10 11 01 10 10

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

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 France David Trezeguet Juventus 24
Italy Dario Hübner Piacenza 24
3 Italy Christian Vieri Internazionale 22
4 Italy Marco Di Vaio Parma 20
5 Italy Filippo Maniero Venezia 18
6 Italy Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 16
Italy Cristiano Doni Atalanta 16
8 Italy Roberto Muzzi Udinese 14
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Milan 14
10 Argentina Hernán Crespo Lazio 13
Italy Massimo Marazzina Chievo 13
Italy Vincenzo Montella Roma 13
Italy Luca Toni Brescia 13

References and sources

Footnotes

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