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| Serie A 2002-03 Winners |
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| Juventus F.C. 27th Title |
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In the 2002-03 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 15th consecutive time from season 1988-89.
The first three teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League, team ending in the 4th place had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th places qualified to UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated in Serie B.
Juventus won its 27th national title, with Inter Milan placed second. Milan and Lazio were admitted to the 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 play the UEFA Intertoto Cup, after ChievoVerona renounced to play it.
Piacenza, Torino, Como and Atalanta relegated to Serie B, with the latter after having lost a relegation tiebreaker against Reggina.
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Final classification
| P |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 29 | +35 | 72 | UEFA Champions League 2003-04 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 | UEFA Champions League 2003-04 Third qualyfing round |
| 5 | Parma | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 56 | UEFA Cup 2003-04 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 | 491 | UEFA Cup 2003-04 First round |
| 9 | Perugia | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 42 | UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003 Third round |
| 10 | Brescia | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 422 | UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003 Second round |
| 11 | Bologna | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 41 | |
| 12 | Modena | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 383 | |
| 13 | Empoli | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 383 | |
| 14 | Atalanta | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 38 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 15 | Reggina | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 38 | |
| 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 |
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
1 Roma gained entry to the 2003-04 UEFA Cup as 2002-03 Coppa Italia runner-ups, as winners Milan qualified to 2003-04 Champions League as defending champions.
2 Brescia gained entry to the 2003 Intertoto Cup after Chievo declined to partecipate.
3 Modena and Empoli saved for goal difference.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.
Results
| Atalanta | Bologna | Brescia | Chievo | Como | Empoli | Inter | Juventus | Lazio | Milan | Modena | Parma | Perugia | Piacenza | Reggina | Roma | Torino | Udinese | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | |
| Bologna | 2-3 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | |
| Brescia | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 | |
| Chievo | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 0-4 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 3-0 | |
| Como | 1-1 | 5-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | |
| Empoli | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | |
| Inter | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | |
| Juventus | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
| Lazio | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | |
| Milan | 3-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 6-0 | 1-0 | |
| Modena | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | |
| Parma | 2-1 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | |
| Perugia | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | |
| Piacenza | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
| Reggina | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 3-2 | |
| Roma | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | |
| Torino | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |
| Udinese | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Relegation tie-breaker
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | Home leg | Away leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggina | 2-1 | Atalanta | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Atalanta B.C. relegated to Serie B.
Transfer
References and Sources
- Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links
- [1] - Italian version with pictures and info.
- [2] - All results on RSSSF Website.
- 2002/2003 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.com)
Footnotes
