2002–03 AC ChievoVerona season

A.C. ChievoVerona played its second consecutive season in Serie A, and nearly equaled 5th place from the 2001-02 Serie A season. The club's second season in the premier division was played without Christian Manfredini and Bernardo Corradi, both ending up with Lazio. Due to passport troubles, it also lost key winger Eriberto, who turned out to be four years older and called Luciano, but had faked his identity since he was 21, in order to participate in a Brazilian youth team.

Chievo
2002–03 season
ChairmanLuca Campedelli
ManagerLuigi Delneri
Serie A7th
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerFederico Cossato (9)

Despite the squad being thinned out, several key players, including Nicola Legrottaglie, Eugenio Corini and Simone Perrotta remained at the club, and those three proved to be the most important players for Chievo, since the absence of the previous starts hardly mattered in terms of results. In the end, only negative results against Udinese hindered Chievo from a second consecutive UEFA Cup qualification. Its European debut ended in a flop, though, as it lost to unfancied Serbian side Crvena Zvedza in the primary round.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Parma 34 15 11 8 55 36 +19 56[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Udinese 34 16 8 10 38 35 +3 56
7 Chievo 34 16 7 11 51 39 +12 55
8 Roma[lower-alpha 2] 34 13 10 11 55 46 +9 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9 Brescia 34 9 15 10 36 38 −2 42[lower-alpha 3] Qualification to Intertoto Cup second 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).[1]
Notes:
  1. Parma finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.
  2. 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.
  3. Brescia finished ahead of Perugia on head-to-head points: Brescia 3–1 Perugia, Perugia 0–0 Brescia.

Matches

Topscorers

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.

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