2002–03 Inter Milan season

Inter Milan
2002–03 season
Owner	Massimo Moratti
President	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Héctor Cúper
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Christian Vieri (24); All: ; Christian Vieri (27)
Highest home attendance	76,854 vs Milan; (13 May 2003)
Lowest home attendance	54,825 vs Perugia; (24 May 2003)
Average home league attendance	61,943
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

For the Italian football club Inter Milan (Football Club Internazionale Milano), the 2002–03 season marked its 94th in existence and its 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team finished second in Serie A and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Christian Vieri was the top goalscorer.

Season summary

The start of the season was marked by the departure of Ronaldo and the arrival of Hernán Crespo, after club had already acquired Fabio Cannavaro, Matías Almeyda and Domenico Morfeo.^[1]^[2] Crespo, along with Christian Vieri, built a formidable attacking duo.^[3] Crespo was essential in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League campaign, ^[4] while Vieri usually scored in the domestic matches.^[5] Their partnership worked until Crespo sustained an injury, which sidelined him for several weeks.^[6] Without him, and despite replacing Crespo with Gabriel Batistuta, Inter lost some key matches.^[7] One of these was against Juventus who, could finally aim for the title.^[8]

Inter managed to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, after finishing second in the group phase.^[9] Inter's opponent was Valencia, against whom they won 1–0 at home.^[10] A 2–1 defeat in Spain had no effect on qualification, due to the away goals rule.^[11] As Crespo came back from injury, Vieri got injured, but he managed to retain the title of the league's top scorer, with 24 goals.^[12] In the semi-finals, Inter lost to Milan due to Andriy Shevchenko's away goal in the second leg, equalized by Obafemi Martins, for a 1–1 aggregate that sent Milan to the final on away goals.^[13] Focusing on the European competition, Inter collected two draws in the league that caused them to end the season as runners-up to Juventus, who won their second-straight title.^[14]

Squad

Squad at end of season^[15]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Francesco Toldo
2	DF	COL	Iván Córdoba
3	FW	SLE	Mohamed Kallon
4	DF	ARG	Javier Zanetti (captain)
5	MF	TUR	Emre Belözoğlu
6	MF	ITA	Cristiano Zanetti
7	MF	POR	Sérgio Conçeicão
9	FW	ARG	Hernán Crespo
10	MF	ITA	Domenico Morfeo
11	MF	ARG	Guly
12	GK	ITA	Alberto Fontana
13	DF	ITA	Fabio Cannavaro
14	MF	ITA	Luigi Di Biagio
15	DF	ITA	Daniele Adani
16	DF	URU	Gonzalo Sorondo
17	DF	ITA	Michele Serena
18	MF	FRA	Stéphane Dalmat
19	FW	ARG	Gabriel Batistuta (on loan from Roma)
20	FW	URU	Álvaro Recoba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ITA	Nicola Beati
22	MF	TUR	Okan Buruk
23	DF	ITA	Marco Materazzi
24	DF	PAR	Carlos Gamarra
25	MF	ARG	Matias Almeyda
26	DF	ITA	Giovanni Pasquale
27	GK	FRA	Mathieu Moreau
30	FW	NGA	Obafemi Martins
31	DF	ARG	Nelson Vivas
32	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri
34	FW	ITA	Mattia Altobelli
40	DF	ITA	Luca Franchini
41	MF	ITA	Nicola Napolitano
43	DF	ITA	Alessandro Potenza
44	MF	ITA	Mario Rebecchi
45	FW	BRA	Wellington
65	GK	ITA	Enrico Rossi Chauvenet
77	DF	ITA	Francesco Coco
78	FW	ITA	Nicola Ventola

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	ESP	Javier Farinós (on loan to Villarreal)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
39	DF	ITA	Salvatore Ferraro (on loan to Prato)

Transfers

In ^[16]
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Hernán Crespo	Lazio	€40.00 million
DF	Fabio Cannavaro	Parma	€23.10 million
DF	Francesco Coco	Milan	€22.50 million
MF	Matías Almeyda	Parma	€22.10 million
FW	Bernardo Corradi	Chievo Verona	€4.00 million
MF	Ümit Davala	Milan	€2.0 million
DF	Daniele Adani	Fiorentina	free
MF	Domenico Morfeo	Fiorentina	free
DF	Carlos Gamarra	Flamengo	free

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Ronaldo	Real Madrid	€45.00 million
MF	Clarence Seedorf	Milan	€22.50 million
DF	Vratislav Greško	Parma	€22.10 million
FW	Bernardo Corradi	Lazio	€10.00 million
DF	Dario Šimić	Milan	€5.0 million
MF	Ümit Davala	Galatasaray	loan
FW	Adriano	Parma	€14.50 million (co-ownership)
DF	Pasquale Padalino	Bologna	loan ended
GK	Alex Cordaz	Spezia	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Gabriel Batistuta	Roma	loan

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Francisco Farinós	Villarreal	loan^[17]

Loan out

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	14 September 2002	24 May 2003	Matchday 1	Runners-up	33	19	7	7	64	38	+26	057.58
Coppa Italia	4 December 2002	19 December 2002	Round of 16	Round of 16	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Champions League	14 August 2002	13 May 2003	Third qualifying round	Semi-finals	18	8	7	3	28	19	+9	044.44
Total					53	27	14	12	93	60	+33	050.94

Last updated: 24 May 2003
Source: Serie A statistics Coppa Italia statistics, Champions League statistics

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	21	9	4	64	29	+35	72	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Internazionale	34	19	8	7	64	38	+26	65
3	Milan^[a]	34	18	7	9	55	30	+25	61
4	Lazio	34	15	15	4	57	32	+25	60	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Parma	34	15	11	8	55	36	+19	56^[b]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: 2002–03 Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[18]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
^ Parma finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	8	7	64	38	+26	65	10	5	2	34	13	+21	9	3	5	30	25	+5

Last updated: 24 May 2003.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	D
Position	4	4	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 2003-04 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 2003-04 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 2003-04 UEFA Champions League qualifying round; = 2003-04 UEFA Cup; = 2003-04 Serie B

Matches

14 September 2002 2	Internazionale	1–0	Torino	Milano
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri 16'	Report	Comotto 42'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 66,134 Referee: Paolo Bertini

22 September 2002 3	Reggina	1–2	Internazionale	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Savoldi 11' Mamede 85' Nakamura 92' (pen.)	Report	Vieri 7' Vivas 88' Recoba 93'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 26,608 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

29 September 2002 4	Internazionale	2–1	Chievo	Milano
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri 15' Di Biagio 16' Vieri 76' Vieri 78' (pen.) Almeyda 84' Conceição 93'	Report	3' Marazzina 25' Moro 55' Cossato	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 57,674 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

6 October 2002 5	Piacenza	1–4	Internazionale	Piacenza
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hubner 57' Maresca 73' Tosto	Report	36'Di Biagio 51'Di Biagio 69' Recoba 85'Crespo Di Biagio	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 15,029 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

19 October 2002 6	Internazionale	1–1	Juventus	Milano
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cordoba 39' Recoba 77' Morfeo 91' Emre 80' Vieri 95'	Report	31' Iuliano 89' (pen.) Del Piero 91' Conte	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 76,166 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

27 October 2002 7	Internazionale	2–0	Bologna	Milano
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Materazzi 67' Pasquale 85' Vieri 92' Emre	Report	9' Locatelli 15' Colucci 29' Frara 53' Julio Cruz 92' Paramatti	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 65,408 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

3 November 2002 8	Como	0–2	Internazionale	Como
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rossi 35' Padalino 38' Allegretti 43' Pecchia 50'	Report	Cannavaro 48' Vieri 58' Recoba 65'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 12,452 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

6 November 2002^[19] 1	Empoli	3–4	Internazionale	Empoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale 16' Vannucchi 61' Giampieretti 78' Tavano 92'	Report	6' Crespo 11' J. Zanetti 32' Vivas 51' Recoba 60' J. Zanetti 73'Recoba 80' Morfeo 85' Adani	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 16,469 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

9 November 2002 9	Internazionale	1–2	Udinese	Milano
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri 3' Cordoba 70'	Report	25' Jørgensen 30' Martinez 43' Rossitto 51' Gemitti 55' Muzzi 80' Bertotto 94' Iaquinta	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 58,962 Referee: Stefano Farina

16 November 2002 10	Roma	2–2	Internazionale	Roma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guigou 39' Aldair 51' Montella 59' Batistuta 73' Cassano	Report	12' Okan 52' Cannavaro 58' Morfeo 89' Okan 90' Pasquale	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

23 November 2002 11	Milan	1–0	Internazionale	Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Serginho 12' Inzaghi 36' Serginho 71'	Report	23' Di Biagio 39' Cordoba 46' Vivas	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,843 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

1 December 2002 12	Internazionale	4–0	Brescia	Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri 3' Vieri 13' Morfeo 19' Coco 37' Vieri 58' Vieri 89' Di Biagio 45' Conceicao	Report	40' Petruzzi Schopp	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 61,294 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

7 December 2002 13	Lazio	3–3	Inter	Roma
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	C. López 10' (pen.), 30', 36' Simeone 26' Stankovic 25' Corradi 76' Liverani 92'	Report	31' Okan 37' (o.g.) Couto 66', 75' Belözoğlu 74' Cordoba 58' Vieri	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 60,789 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

15 December 2002 14	Internazionale	1–0	Atalanta	Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kallon 70' Di Biagio Crespo 93'	Report	Foglio	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 57,118 Referee: Paolo Bertini

22 December 2002 15	Parma	1–2	Internazionale	Parma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	J. Zanetti 55' (o.g.) E. Filippini	Report	Di Biagio 37' Recoba 75' (pen.) 47' Pasquale	Stadium: Il Tardini Attendance: 21,133 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

12 January 2003 16	Internazionale	2–0	Modena	Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Recoba 6' Crespo 22' Crespo 31' Morfeo 44' Kallon Conceicao 76'	Report	86' Milanetto 26' Colucci	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 57,610 Referee: Marco Gabriele

19 January 2003 17	Perugia	4–1	Internazionale	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zé Maria 9' (pen.) Vryzas 34', 63' Fusani 55' Kalac 39' Sogliano 25' Blasi 53' Grosso Caracciolo	Report	46' Coco 71' Di Biagio 79' (pen.) Vieri 10' Cordoba	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 22,020 Referee: Paolo Bertini

26 January 2003 18	Internazionale	3–0	Empoli	Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Almeyda 19' Vieri 69', 73', 85'	Report	18' Pratali	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 59,563 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

2 February 2003 19	Torino	0–2	Internazionale	Torino
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delli Carri 55' Conticchio 15'	Report	Vieri 50' Okan 56' Emre 13'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 19,254 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

9 February 2003 20	Internazionale	3–0	Reggina	Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri 10' 29' Kallon 39', 43' (pen.) Emre 67' Zanetti J. 62' Cordoba 38'	Report	48' Bonazzoli	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 64,319 Referee: Massimo De Santis

15 February 2003 21	Chievo	2–1	Internazionale	Verona
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corini 22' (pen.), 36' (pen.) 94' Lupatelli 71'	Report	34' Okan 69' Vieri 19' Cannavaro 48' Di Biagio 72' Recoba	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 34,464 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

23 February 2003 22	Internazionale	3–1	Piacenza	Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Batistuta 64' Vieri 65', 67' Gamarra 71' Morfeo Kallon 81'	Report	90' Hübner Cristante 69' Mangone	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 56,352 Referee: Marco Gabriele

2 March 2003 23	Juventus	3–0	Internazionale	Torino
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guly 4' (o.g.) Nedvěd 34' Camoranesi 83' 85'	Report	64'Cannavaro 71' Zanetti C.	Stadium: Delle Alpi Attendance: 57,393 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

8 March 2003 24	Bologna	1–2	Internazionale	Bologna
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nervo 19' Cruz 24' Vanoli 24'	Report	6' Materazzi Recoba 9', 85' 52' Cannavaro 25' Cordoba 4' Di Biagio 36' Emre	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 31,433 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

16 March 2003 25	Internazionale	4–0	Como	Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Batistuta 14' Di Biagio 25' Vieri 31' Vieri 56', 76' Zanetti C. 17'	Report	27' Amoruso 41' Cauet	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 61,967 Referee: Massimo De Santis
Note: Toldo blocked a penalty shoot-out by Amoruso at 27'.

23 March 2003 26	Udinese	2–1	Internazionale	Udine
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muzzi 48' Iaquinta 59'	Report	73' Córdoba 45' Coco 63' C. Zanetti	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 22,919 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

6 April 2003 27	Internazionale	3–3	Roma	Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri 52' Recoba 59' Belözoğlu 77'	Report	Cassano 46' Di Biagio 82' (o.g.) Montella 84' Totti	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 64,142 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

12 April 2003 28	Internazionale	0–1	Milan	Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Córdoba 66' Toldo 94' Materazzi 40' Di Biagio 28'	Report	62' Inzaghi 77' Simic 90' Gattuso 84' Rui Costa	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 76,660 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

19 April 2003 29	Brescia	0–1	Internazionale	Brescia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pisano 38' Bilica 63' Appiah 70' Šerić 78'	Report	C. Zanetti 33' Batistuta 46' Vieri 63' Crespo 93'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 22,039 Referee: Stefano Farina

27 April 2003 30	Internazionale	1–1	Lazio	Milano
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crespo 43' Cordoba 93' Conceicao 76' Di Biagio 23'	Report	S. Inzaghi 77'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 58,430 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

3 May 2003 31	Atalanta	1–1	Internazionale	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gautieri 71' Doni 75' Rossini 58' Foglio 29'	Report	13' Martins 31' Conceicao	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

10 May 2003 32	Internazionale	1–1	Parma	Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kallon 36' Cordoba 12' Gamarra 25' Zanetti C. 27' Conceicao 70'	Report	Mutu 63' 68' Bonera P. Cannavaro 64' E. Filippini	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 56,404 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

17 May 2003 33	Modena	0–2	Internazionale	Modena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mayer	Report	Pavan 28' (o.g.) Kallon 36' Pasquale Dalmat	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 14,124 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

24 May 2003 34	Internazionale	2–2	Perugia	Milano
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crespo 10', 56'	Report	Obodo 46' Di Loreto 89' Sogliano	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 54,825 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

4 December 2002 1	Bari	1–0	Internazionale	Bari
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	D'Agostino 25'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Marco Gabriele

19 December 2002 2	Internazionale	1–2 (3–1 agg.)	Bari	Milano
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kallon 22' Conceição 57'	Report	Gamarra 59' (o.g.) Spinesi 94'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Daniele Tombolini

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

14 August 2002 First leg	Sporting CP	0–0	Internazionale	Lisboa, Portugal
22:00		Report	Morfeo 44' Materazzi 62' Kallon 67'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,421 Referee: Rune Pedersen

27 August 2002 Second leg	Internazionale	2–0	Sporting CP	Milano, Italy
21:00	Di Biagio 31' Recoba 44' Guly 60'	Report	Barbosa 39' Rui Jorge 68'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 51,405 Referee: René Temmink

First group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	INT	AJX	LYO	ROS
1	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11	Advance to second group stage	—	1–0	1–2	3–0
2	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8	Advance to second group stage	1–2	—	2–1	1–1
3	Lyon	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup	3–3	0–2	—	5–0
4	Rosenborg	6	0	4	2	4	12	−8	4		2–2	0–0	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

17 September 2002 1	Rosenborg	2–2	Inter	Trondheim, Norway
20:45 (CET)	Berg 32' Karadas 52', 65'	Report	Crespo 33', 79' Cannavaro 64' 69'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 21,040 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin

25 September 2002 2	Inter	1–0	Ajax	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Emre 55' Crespo 75'	Report	23' Stekelenburg 50' van der Meyde	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 45,784 Referee: Stuart Dougal

2 October 2002 3	Inter	1–2	Lyon	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Córdoba 40' Caçapa 73' (o.g.) Cannavaro 87' Morfeo 90+1'	Report	Govou 21' 64' Anderson 60'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 31,448 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

22 October 2002 4	Lyon	3–3	Inter	Lyon, France
20:45 (CET)	Anderson 21', 75' Carrière 44' Diarra 53' Caçapa 63'	Report	24' Di Biagio 27' Morfeo 31' (o.g.) Caçapa 33' Córdoba 56' Crespo 66' Crespo	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,770 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

30 October 2002 5	Inter	3–0	Rosenborg	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Recoba 31' Cannavaro 48' Saarinen 52' (o.g.) Crespo 72'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere

12 November 2002 6	Ajax	1–2	Inter	Amsterdam
20:45 (CET)	Mido 76' Van der Vaart 90+4'	Report	26' Materazzi 31' Coco 41' Vieri 50', 52' Crespo 79' Toldo 80' Almeyda	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,272 Referee: Urs Meier

Second group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	INT	NEW	LEV
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	3–1	2–0
2	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	2–2	3–2
3	Newcastle United	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7		0–2	1–4	—	3–1
4	Bayer Leverkusen	6	0	0	6	5	15	−10	0		1–2	0–2	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

27 November 2002 1	Newcastle United	1–4	Inter	Newcastle, England
20:45 (CET)	Bellamy 5' Solano 72'	Report	2' Morfeo 10' Cannavaro 15' Materazzi 26' Zanetti 35'Almeyda 45+1' 64' Crespo 78' Vieri 81' Recoba	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 50,108 Referee: Stéphane Bré

10 December 2002 2	Inter	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Di Biagio 15', 27' Vieri 74' Butt 80' (o.g.)	Report	29' Placente 63'Živković 90+1'França 90+2'Schneider	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 36,462 Referee: Hugh Dallas

18 February 2003 3	Barcelona	3–0	Inter	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 (CET)	Saviola 7' Cocu 29' Kluivert 67'	Report	64' Córdoba 69' C. Zanetti 80' Recoba	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Anders Frisk

26 February 2003 4	Inter	0–0	Barcelona	Milano, Italy
20:45 (CET)	Morfeo 20' Kallon 34' Cannavaro 58' Dalmat 61'	Report	10' Puyol 56' Cocu 95' Gabri	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 71,740 Referee: Urs Meier

11 March 2003 5	Inter	2–2	Newcastle United	Milano, Italy
20:45 (CET)	Conceição 31' Vieri 47' 63' Córdoba 61' Di Biagio 90+2'	Report	33' Bramble 42', 49' 90+5' Shearer 64' Bellamy 90+3' LuaLua	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista

19 March 2003 6	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Inter	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 (CET)	Ojigwe 22' Kleine 44' Cris 85'	Report	19' Okan 36' 75' Martins 43' Morfeo 90' Belözoğlu	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

9 April 2003 First leg	Inter	1–0	Valencia	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Vieri 14' Coco 31' Emre 57' Zanetti 71' Pasquale 93'	Report	43' Rufete 57' Albelda 90+4' Aimar	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 52,623 Referee: Markus Merk

22 April 2003 Second leg	Valencia	2–1 (2–2a agg.)	Inter	Valencia
20:45 (CET)	Aimar 7' Baraja 32' 51' Angulo 38' Marchena 81'	Report	5' 14' Vieri 26' Pasquale 38' Toldo 31' Vieri 65' Di Biagio 78' Zanetti	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

Semi-finals

7 May 2003 First leg	Milan	0–0	Internazionale	Milano
20:45 (CET)		Report	84' Coco	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,175 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

13 May 2003 Second leg	Internazionale	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Milan	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Di Biagio 39' Martins 84'	Report	Gattuso 37' Inzaghi 37' Rui Costa 40' Shevchenko 45+1' Kaladze 85'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 76,854 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 2003^[20]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Toldo	51	0	32	0	1	0	18	0
4	DF	ARG	Zanetti J	53	1	32+2	1	1	0	18	0
13	DF	ITA	Cannavaro	40	0	27+1	0	0	0	10+2	0
2	DF	COL	Cordoba	43	2	27+1	1	1	0	14	1
77	DF	ITA	Coco	33	0	16+4	0	0	0	12+1	0
7	MF	POR	Conçeicão	33	1	14+5	0	1	1	9+4	0
14	MF	ITA	Di Biagio	41	7	21+4	4	0	0	15+1	3
6	MF	ITA	Zanetti C	24	0	14+3	0	1	0	5+1	0
5	MF	TUR	Emre	37	5	22+3	4	0	0	10+2	1
32	FW	ITA	Vieri	37	27	22+1	24	0	0	14	3
20	FW	URU	Recoba	41	12	23+4	9	0+1	0	7+6	3
12	GK	ITA	Fontana	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	ITA	Materazzi	33	1	18+2	1	0	0	13	0
9	FW	ARG	Crespo	30	16	14+4	7	0	0	12	9
26	DF	ITA	Pasquale	30	0	13+5	0	1	0	5+6	0
25	MF	ARG	Almeyda	26	1	13+3	0	0	0	5+5	1
10	MF	ITA	Morfeo	27	2	11+6	1	0	0	9+1	1
19	FW	ARG	Batistuta	12	2	10+2	2	0	0	0	0
18	MF	FRA	Dalmat	23	0	9+6	0	0	0	8	0
22	MF	TUR	Okan	22	2	9+6	2	0	0	4+3	0
24	DF	PAR	Gamarra	23	0	7+7	0	2	0	4+3	0
3	FW	SLE	Kallon	15	4	4+5	4	2	0	2+2	0
31	DF	ARG	Vivas	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ARG	Guly	16	0	3+4	0	2	0	3+4	0
30	FW	NGA	Martins	11	3	3+1	1	2	0	1+4	2
15	DF	ITA	Adani	11	1	2+5	1	0	0	0+4	0
40	DF	ITA	Franchini	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
43	DF	ITA	Potenza	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Beati	5	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
41	MF	ITA	Napolitano	4	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
44	MF	ITA	Rebecchi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
45	MF	BRA	Wellington	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
34	FW	ITA	Altobelli	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	DF	URU	Sorondo	0	0	0	0
65	GK	ITA	Rossi	0	0	0	0
27	GK	FRA	Moreau	0	0	0	0
78	FW	ITA	Ventola
19	FW	ITA	Corradi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ESP	Farinos	4	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/partite/2002/1219/

References

^ Andrea Schianchi (August 8, 2002). "Ore 16.30: Cannavaro all' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ "Shock transfers, Nesta to Milan and Ronaldo eventually goes to Real". repubblica.it (in Italian). August 31, 2002.
^ Paolo Condò; Andrea Elefante (September 30, 2002). "Vieri porta in fuga l' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ Gianni Piva (November 13, 2002). "Grande Crespo, avanti a colpi di testa". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.
^ Andrea Sorrentino (December 2, 2002). "Grande Vieri, l' uragano del gol è il Michael Jordan dell' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 34.
^ Alberto Cerruti (January 13, 2003). "L' Inter dà spettacolo Ma sorride a metà". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ Alberto Cerruti (January 20, 2003). "Male l' Inter, peggio l' arbitro". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ "Nedved unstoppable Juventus on top". repubblica.it (in Italian). March 2, 2003.
^ "Inter wins in Leverkusen and enters into Champions top 8". repubblica.it (in Italian). March 19, 2003.
^ "Inter, a goal from Vieri and a lot of suffering". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 9, 2003.
^ "Inter in semifinal thank to Toldo". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 23, 2003.
^ "Vieri, lighter injury but season at end". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 23, 2003.
^ "Milan, just a draw to reach final". repubblica.it (in Italian). May 13, 2003.
^ Gianni Piva (May 25, 2003). "Inter, solo pari con il Perugia: Di Loreto firma il 2-2". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 40.
^ "FootballSquads - Internazionale - 2002/03".
^ "Acquisti e cessioni dell'Inter 2002/03". storiainter.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
^ "Ufficiale: Farinos dall'Inter al Villareal". 30 December 2002.
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ The opening matchday was scheduled to be played on 31 August and 1 September 2002, but was postponed due to the lack of agreement on television rights.
^ "Inter.it".

External links

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[table_note_MIL0.31410840913379-18] Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.

[table_hth_PAR0.31410840913379-19] Parma finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

[1] Andrea Schianchi (August 8, 2002). "Ore 16.30: Cannavaro all' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).

[2] "Shock transfers, Nesta to Milan and Ronaldo eventually goes to Real". repubblica.it (in Italian). August 31, 2002.

[3] Paolo Condò; Andrea Elefante (September 30, 2002). "Vieri porta in fuga l' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).

[4] Gianni Piva (November 13, 2002). "Grande Crespo, avanti a colpi di testa". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.

[5] Andrea Sorrentino (December 2, 2002). "Grande Vieri, l' uragano del gol è il Michael Jordan dell' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 34.

[6] Alberto Cerruti (January 13, 2003). "L' Inter dà spettacolo Ma sorride a metà". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).

[7] Alberto Cerruti (January 20, 2003). "Male l' Inter, peggio l' arbitro". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).

[8] "Nedved unstoppable Juventus on top". repubblica.it (in Italian). March 2, 2003.

[9] "Inter wins in Leverkusen and enters into Champions top 8". repubblica.it (in Italian). March 19, 2003.

[10] "Inter, a goal from Vieri and a lot of suffering". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 9, 2003.

[11] "Inter in semifinal thank to Toldo". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 23, 2003.

[12] "Vieri, lighter injury but season at end". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 23, 2003.

[13] "Milan, just a draw to reach final". repubblica.it (in Italian). May 13, 2003.

[14] Gianni Piva (May 25, 2003). "Inter, solo pari con il Perugia: Di Loreto firma il 2-2". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 40.

[15] "FootballSquads - Internazionale - 2002/03".

[mercato-16] "Acquisti e cessioni dell'Inter 2002/03". storiainter.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

[17] "Ufficiale: Farinos dall'Inter al Villareal". 30 December 2002.

[20] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[21] The opening matchday was scheduled to be played on 31 August and 1 September 2002, but was postponed due to the lack of agreement on television rights.

[22] "Inter.it".

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