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
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
2001–02 Serie A team distribution

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
Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Giovanni Vavassori Asics ORTOBELL
Bologna Francesco Guidolin Macron Area Banca
Brescia Carlo Mazzone Garman Banca Lombarda
Chievo* Luigi Delneri Joma Paluani
Fiorentina Roberto Mancini
Ottavio Bianchi
Luciano Chiarugi		 Mizuno Toyota
Hellas Verona Alberto Malesani Lotto Amica Chips
Internazionale Héctor Cúper Nike Pirelli
Juventus Marcello Lippi Lotto Fastweb
Lazio Dino Zoff
Alberto Zaccheroni		 Puma Siemens Mobile
Lecce Delio Rossi Asics Banca 121 (Banca del Salento)
Milan Fatih Terim
Carlo Ancelotti		 Adidas Opel
Parma Renzo Ulivieri
Daniel Passarella
Pietro Carmignani		 Champion Parmalat
Piacenza* Walter Novellino Lotto Publitel
Perugia Serse Cosmi Galex Daewoo
Roma Fabio Capello Kappa INA Assitalia
Torino* Giancarlo Camolese Asics Conto Arancio
Udinese Roy Hodgson
Giampiero Ventura		 Diadora Ristora
Venezia* Cesare Prandelli
Alfredo Magni		 Kelme Emmezeta

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table
Juventus Carlo Ancelotti End of contract 30 June 2001 Marcello Lippi 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Hellas Verona Attilio Perotti End of contract 30 June 2001 Alberto Malesani 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Udinese Luciano Spalletti End of contract 30 June 2001 Roy Hodgson 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Milan Cesare Maldini Resigned 30 June 2001 Fatih Terim 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Internazionale Marco Tardelli Sacked 30 June 2001 Héctor Cúper 1 July 2001 Pre-season
Lazio Dino Zoff Sacked September 2001 Alberto Zaccheroni September 2001 14th
Venezia Cesare Prandelli Sacked October 2001 Sergio Buso (caretaker) October 2001 18th
Venezia Sergio Buso End of caretaker spell October 2001 Alfredo Magni October 2001 18th
Parma Renzo Ulivieri Sacked October 2001 Pietro Carmignani (caretaker) November 2001 14th
Parma Pietro Carmignani End of caretaker spell November 2001 Daniel Passarella November 2001 11th
Milan Fatih Terim Sacked November 2001 Carlo Ancelotti November 2001 5th
Udinese Roy Hodgson Sacked December 2001 Giampiero Ventura December 2001 9th
Parma Daniel Passarella Sacked December 2001 Pietro Carmignani December 2001 17th
Fiorentina Roberto Mancini Sacked January 2002 Luciano Chiarugi (caretaker) January 2002 17th
Fiorentina Luciano Chiarugi End of caretaker spell January 2002 Ottavio Bianchi January 2002 17th
Lecce Alberto Cavasin Sacked January 2002 Delio Rossi January 2002 16th
Fiorentina Ottavio Bianchi Sacked April 2002 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] (D) 34 5 7 22 29 63 −34 22 Moved to Serie C2 for bankruptcy
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) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (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 David Trezeguet Juventus 24
Dario Hübner Piacenza
3 Christian Vieri Internazionale 22
4 Marco Di Vaio Parma 20
5 Filippo Maniero Venezia 18
6 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 16
Cristiano Doni Atalanta
8 Roberto Muzzi Udinese 14
Andriy Shevchenko Milan
10 Hernán Crespo Lazio 13
Massimo Marazzina Chievo
Vincenzo Montella Roma
Luca Toni Brescia
14 Adrian Mutu Hellas Verona 12
15 Javier Chevantón Lecce 11
Roberto Baggio Brescia

Number of teams by region
Region Number of teams Teams
1  Lombardy4Atalanta, Brescia, Internazionale and Milan
2  Emilia-Romagna3Bologna, Parma and Piacenza
 Veneto3Chievo, Hellas Verona and Venezia
4  Lazio2Lazio and Roma
 Piedmont2Juventus and Torino
6  Apulia1Lecce
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia1Udinese
 Tuscany1Fiorentina
 Umbria1Perugia

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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