2002–03 Serie A

Serie A
Season	2002–03
Champions	Juventus; 27th title
Relegated	Atalanta; Piacenza; Como; Torino
Champions League	Juventus; Internazionale; Milan; Lazio
UEFA Cup	Parma; Udinese; Roma
Matches played	306
Goals scored	789 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christian Vieri (24)
Biggest home win	Milan 6–0 Torino; (6 October 2002)
Biggest away win	Torino 0–4 Juventus; (17 November 2002); Torino 0–4 Parma; (1 December 2002); Chievo 0–4 Parma; (16 March 2003)
Highest scoring	Parma 4–3 Brescia; (6 November 2002); Empoli 3–4 Internazionale; (6 November 2002); Juventus 4–3 Chievo; (24 May 2003)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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 two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League. Teams finishing in third and fourth position had to play Champions League qualifications. Teams finishing in fifth and sixth positions qualified to UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia). The bottom four teams were to be relegated in Serie B.

Juventus won its 27th national title, with Internazionale placing second. Milan and Lazio were admitted to the UEFA 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 participate in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, after Chievo declined to participate.

Piacenza, Torino, Como and Atalanta were relegated to Serie B, with the latter after having lost a relegation play-off against Reggina.

Rule changes

Unlike La Liga, which imposed a quota on the number of non-EU players on each club, Serie A clubs could sign as many non-EU players as available on domestic transfer. But for the 2003–04 season a quota was imposed on each of the clubs limiting the number of non-EU, non-EFTA and non-Swiss players who may be signed from abroad each season,^[1] following provisional measures^[2] introduced in the 2002–03 season, which allowed Serie A & B clubs to sign only one non-EU player in the 2002 summer transfer window.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Torino	Giancarlo Camolese	Sacked	25 October 2002	16th	Renzo Ulivieri	26 October 2002
Reggina	Bortolo Mutti	Sacked	7 November 2002	16th	Luigi De Canio	8 November 2002
Como	Loris Dominissini	Sacked	25 November 2002	18th	Eugenio Fascetti	25 November 2002
Piacenza	Andrea Agostinelli	Sacked	3 February 2003^[3]	16th	Luigi Cagni	3 February 2003^[4]
Torino	Renzo Ulivieri	Sacked	24 February 2003	17th	Renato Zaccarelli	24 February 2003
Torino	Renato Zaccarelli	Sacked	15 April 2003	18th	Giacomo Ferri	15 April 2003
Atalanta	Giovanni Vavassori	Sacked	21 April 2003	15th	Giancarlo Finardi	21 April 2003

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Ivan Ruggeri	Giancarlo Finardi	Asics	Promatech
Bologna	Renato Cipollini	Francesco Guidolin	Macron	Area Banca
Brescia	Luigi Corioni	Carlo Mazzone	Umbro	Banca Lombarda
Chievo	Luca Campedelli	Luigi Del Neri	Joma	Paluani
Como	Enrico Preziosi	Eugenio Fascetti	Erreà	Temporary
Empoli	Fabrizio Corsi	Silvio Baldini	Erreà	Sammontana
Internazionale	Massimo Moratti	Héctor Cúper	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Vittorio Chiusano	Marcello Lippi	Lotto	Fastweb
Lazio	Sergio Cragnotti Ugo Longo	Roberto Mancini	Puma	Siemens Mobile
Milan	Silvio Berlusconi	Carlo Ancelotti	Adidas	Opel
Modena	Romano Amadei	Gianni De Biasi	Erreà	Immergas
Parma	Stefano Tanzi	Cesare Prandelli	Champion	Parmalat
Perugia	Luciano Gaucci	Serse Cosmi	Galex	Toyota
Piacenza	Fabrizio Garilli	Luigi Cagni	Lotto	Lpr Brakes
Reggina	Pasquale Foti	Luigi De Canio	Asics	Caffe Mauro
Roma	Francesco Sensi	Fabio Capello	Kappa	Mazda
Torino	Attilio Romero	Giacomo Ferri	Asics	Ixfin
Udinese	Franco Soldati	Luciano Spalletti	Le Coq Sportif	Bernardi

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	21	9	4	64	29	+35	72	2003–04 UEFA Champions League 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	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Parma	34	15	11	8	55	36	+19	56^[a]	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round^[b]
6	Udinese	34	16	8	10	38	35	+3	56^[a]	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round^[b]
7	Chievo	34	16	7	11	51	39	+12	55
8	Roma	34	13	10	11	55	46	+9	49	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round^[b]
9	Brescia	34	9	15	10	36	38	−2	42^[c]	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
10	Perugia	34	10	12	12	40	48	−8	42^[c]	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round^[d]
11	Bologna	34	10	11	13	39	47	−8	41
12	Modena	34	9	11	14	30	48	−18	38^[e]
13	Empoli	34	9	11	14	36	46	−10	38^[e]
14	Reggina	34	10	8	16	38	53	−15	38^[e]	Relegation play-off
15	Atalanta (R)	34	8	14	12	35	47	−12	38^[e]	Relegation to Serie B after Relegation play-off
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: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker for relevant positions 3) head-to-head points and goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b UDI 1–1 PAR; PAR 3–2 UDI
^ ^a ^b Roma qualified for the first round of the 2003-04 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia runner-up because the winner, Milan, qualified for Champions League through championship position.
^ ^a ^b BRE 3–1 PER; PER 0–0 BRE
^ Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d MOD: 10 pts; EMP: 9 pts; ATA: 7 pts; REG: 5 pts

Rule changes

Managerial changes

Personnel and sponsoring

League table

Results

Overall

Relegation play-off

Top scorers

Transfer

References and sources

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