2001–02 Serie A

The 2001–02 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of top-tier Italian football, the 70th in a round-robin tournament. It was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988–89.

Serie A
Season2001–02
Dates25 August 2001 – 5 May 2002
ChampionsJuventus
26th title
RelegatedHellas Verona
Lecce
Fiorentina (to C2)
Venezia
Champions LeagueJuventus
Roma
Internazionale
Milan
UEFA CupChievo
Lazio
Parma
Matches played306
Goals scored806 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerDario Hübner
David Trezeguet
(24 goals each)
Biggest home winLazio 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 winAtalanta 1–5 Udinese
(21 October 2001)
Lazio 1–5 Roma
(10 March 2002)
Highest scoringLazio 5–4 Hellas Verona
(21 April 2002)
Average attendance25,992

The first two teams qualified directly to the UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the third and fourth places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the fifth and sixth places qualified for 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's "miracle". The club, newly promoted to Serie A for the first time, were top of the table for six weeks early in the season. However, after the Christmas break, they hit some bad form and finished the season in fifth place.

Eighteen teams competed in the league, with four promoted teams from Serie B, Torino, Piacenza, Chievo and Venezia, replacing the four relegated teams from the 2000–01 Serie A season, Reggina, Vicenza, Napoli and Bari.

Personnel and sponsoring
2001–02 Serie A team distribution
Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Giovanni Vavassori Japan Asics Ortobell
Bologna Italy Francesco Guidolin Italy Macron Area Banca
Brescia Italy Carlo Mazzone Italy Garman Banca Lombarda
Chievo* Italy Luigi Delneri Spain Joma Paluani
Fiorentina Italy Luciano Chiarugi Japan Mizuno Toyota
Hellas Verona Italy Alberto Malesani Italy Lotto Amica Chips
Internazionale Argentina Héctor Cúper United States Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Marcello Lippi Italy Lotto Fastweb/Tu Mobile (in UEFA matches)
Lazio Italy Alberto Zaccheroni Germany Puma Siemens Mobile
Lecce Italy Delio Rossi Japan Asics Banca 121
Milan Italy Carlo Ancelotti Germany Adidas Opel
Parma Italy Pietro Carmignani United States Champion Parmalat/Santàl (in UEFA matches)
Perugia Italy Serse Cosmi Italy Galex Daewoo
Piacenza* Italy Walter Novellino Italy Lotto Publitel
Roma Italy Fabio Capello Italy Kappa INA Assitalia
Torino* Italy Giancarlo Camolese Japan Asics Conto Arancio
Udinese Italy Giampiero Ventura Italy Diadora Ristora
Venezia* Italy Alfredo Magni Spain Kelme Emmezeta

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table
Juventus Italy Carlo Ancelotti End of contract 30 June 2001 Italy Marcello Lippi 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Hellas Verona Italy Attilio Perotti End of contract 30 June 2001 Italy Alberto Malesani 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Udinese Italy Luciano Spalletti End of contract 30 June 2001 England Roy Hodgson 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Milan Italy Cesare Maldini Resigned 30 June 2001 Turkey Fatih Terim 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Internazionale Italy Marco Tardelli Sacked 30 June 2001 Argentina Héctor Cúper 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Lazio Italy Dino Zoff Sacked September 2001 Italy Alberto Zaccheroni September 2001 14th
Venezia Italy Cesare Prandelli Sacked October 2001 Italy Sergio Buso (caretaker) October 2001 18th
Venezia Italy Sergio Buso End of caretaker spell October 2001 Italy Alfredo Magni October 2001 18th
Parma Italy Renzo Ulivieri Sacked October 2001 Italy Pietro Carmignani (caretaker) November 2001 14th
Parma Italy Pietro Carmignani End of caretaker spell November 2001 Argentina Daniel Passarella November 2001 11th
Milan Turkey Fatih Terim Sacked November 2001 Italy Carlo Ancelotti November 2001 5th
Udinese England Roy Hodgson Sacked December 2001 Italy Giampiero Ventura December 2001 9th
Parma Argentina Daniel Passarella Sacked December 2001 Italy Pietro Carmignani December 2001 17th
Fiorentina Italy Roberto Mancini Sacked January 2002 Italy Luciano Chiarugi (caretaker) January 2002 17th
Fiorentina Italy Luciano Chiarugi End of caretaker spell January 2002 Italy Ottavio Bianchi January 2002 17th
Lecce Italy Alberto Cavasin Sacked January 2002 Italy Delio Rossi January 2002 16th
Fiorentina Italy Ottavio Bianchi Sacked April 2002 Italy Luciano Chiarugi April 2002 17th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 20 11 3 64 23 +41 71 Qualification to 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 Qualification to 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 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Lazio 34 14 11 9 50 37 +13 53
7 Bologna 34 15 7 12 40 40 0 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Perugia 34 13 7 14 38 46 −8 46
9 Atalanta 34 12 9 13 41 50 −9 45
10 Parma[lower-alpha 1] 34 12 8 14 43 47 −4 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
11 Torino[lower-alpha 2] 34 10 13 11 37 39 −2 43 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
12 Piacenza 34 11 9 14 49 43 +6 42
13 Brescia 34 9 13 12 43 52 −9 40[lower-alpha 3]
14 Udinese 34 11 7 16 41 52 −11 40[lower-alpha 3]
15 Hellas Verona (R) 34 11 6 17 41 53 −12 39 Relegation to Serie B
16 Lecce (R) 34 6 10 18 36 56 −20 28
17 Fiorentina[lower-alpha 4] (R, E, R) 34 5 7 22 29 63 −34 22 Phoenix in Serie C2
18 Venezia (R) 34 3 9 22 30 61 −31 18 Relegation to Serie B
Source: 2001–02 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).[1]
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  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. Brescia finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head goal difference: Brescia 2–0 Udinese, Udinese 3–2 Brescia.
  4. Fiorentina was denied entry to the 2002–03 Serie B season, having entered administration. It was later admitted to the Lega Professionisti Serie C after bankruptcy.

Results
Home \ Away ATA BOL BRE CHV FIO INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL PAR PER PIA ROM TOR UDI VEN HEL
Atalanta 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–4 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 1–0
Bologna 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Brescia 3–3 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–3 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–4 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–0
Chievo 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Fiorentina 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–2
Internazionale 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–4 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 3–0
Juventus 3–0 2–1 5–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–0 4–0 1–0
Lazio 2–0 2–2 5–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–5 0–0 2–0 4–2 5–4
Lecce 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–3 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1
Milan 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 5–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–1
Parma 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2
Perugia 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–4 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1
Piacenza 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 5–0 3–0
Roma 3–1 3–1 0–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2
Torino 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 5–1
Udinese 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1
Venezia 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 3–4 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1
Hellas Verona 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France David Trezeguet Juventus 24
Italy Dario Hübner Piacenza
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
8 Italy Roberto Muzzi Udinese 14
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Milan
10 Argentina Hernán Crespo Lazio 13
Italy Massimo Marazzina Chievo
Italy Vincenzo Montella Roma
Italy Luca Toni Brescia
14 Romania Adrian Mutu Hellas Verona 12
15 Uruguay Javier Chevantón Lecce 11
Italy Roberto Baggio Brescia

References
  1. 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.
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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