Parma Associazione Calcio regained its respect following a lacklustre Serie A and Champions League performance the year before. Under new coach Cesare Prandelli, Parma played an offensive 4–3–3 formation, in which new offensive signings Adrian Mutu and Adriano starred. Both made up for the departure of Marco Di Vaio to Juventus. Mutu scored 18 goals from the left wing, and Parma accepted a multimillion-pound offer from Chelsea in the summer, which meant the Romanian international only spent a year at the club. Also impressing were goalkeeper Sébastien Frey and young centre-halves Matteo Ferrari and Daniele Bonera, who proved to be acceptable replacements for departed captain Fabio Cannavaro, who had joined Inter in late August 2002.
Parma finished fifth in Serie A and missed out on Champions League qualification to Lazio by four points. It had the upper hand on Udinese for fifth on goal difference, and was one point clear of Chievo in seventh. That solitary point qualified Parma for European football in 2003–04. Parma also spent part of pre-season playing in the 2002 Amsterdam Tournament.
Players
Squad information
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Adriano Internazionale co-ownership DF Vratislav Gresko Internazionale FW Adrian Mutu Hellas Verona FW Alberto Gilardino Hellas Verona DF Paolo Cannavaro Hellas Verona MF Matteo Brighi Bologna F.C. DF Daniele Bonera Brescia Calcio MF Emanuele Filippini Brescia Calcio MF Simone Barone Chievo Verona MF Mark Bresciano Empoli F.C. MF Massimo Donati A.C. Milan DF Sebastiano Siviglia A.S. Roma FW Savo Milosevic Real Zaragoza loan ended FW Patrick M'Boma Sunderland F.C. loan ended DF Gabriel Oyola Talleres de Cordoba Out Pos. Name To Type DF Fabio Cannavaro Internazionale MF Matias Almeyda Internazionale FW Marco Di Vaio Juventus DF Martin Djetou Fulham F.C. loan MF Alain Boghossian RCD Espanyol DF Luigi Sartor A.S. Roma MF Johan Micoud Werder Bremen DF Nestor Sensini Udinese Calcio FW Hakan Sukur Blackburn Rovers MF Jorge Bolaño Sampdoria loan MF Stephen Appiah Brescia Calcio loan FW Savo Milosevic RCD Espanyol loan DF Stefano Torrisi Reggina Calcio FW Patrick M'Boma Al-Ittihad DF Sergey Gurenko Piacenza Calcio MF Giampiero Maini Ancona Calcio
Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Giuseppe Cardone Piacenza Calcio DF Alessandro Pierini Reggina Calcio MF Johnnier Montaño Piacenza Calcio Out Pos. Name To Type DF Vratislav Gresko Blackburn Rovers loan FW Emiliano Bonazzoli Reggina MF Massimo Donati Torino DF Aimo Diana Reggina Calcio MF Marco Marchionni Piacenza Calcio DF Sebastiano Siviglia Atalanta B.C.
Competitions
Supercoppa Italiana
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Second round
UEFA Cup
First round
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