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.
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 Luciano Chiarugi Mizuno Toyota Hellas Verona Alberto Malesani Lotto Amica Chips Internazionale Héctor Cúper Nike Pirelli Juventus Marcello Lippi Lotto Fastweb/Tu Mobile (in UEFA matches) Lazio Alberto Zaccheroni Puma Siemens Mobile Lecce Delio Rossi Asics Banca 121 Milan Carlo Ancelotti Adidas Opel Parma Pietro Carmignani Champion Parmalat/Santàl (in UEFA matches) Perugia Serse Cosmi Galex Daewoo Piacenza* Walter Novellino Lotto Publitel Roma Fabio Capello Kappa INA Assitalia Torino* Giancarlo Camolese Asics Conto Arancio Udinese Giampiero Ventura Diadora Ristora Venezia* Alfredo Magni Kelme Emmezeta Promoted from Serie B.
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 30 June 2001 Alberto Malesani 1 July 2001 Udinese Luciano Spalletti 30 June 2001 Roy Hodgson 1 July 2001 Milan Cesare Maldini Resigned 30 June 2001 Fatih Terim 1 July 2001 Internazionale Marco Tardelli Sacked 30 June 2001 Héctor Cúper 1 July 2001 Lazio Dino Zoff September 2001 Alberto Zaccheroni September 2001 14th Venezia Cesare Prandelli 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 December 2001 Giampiero Ventura December 2001 9th Parma Daniel Passarella December 2001 Pietro Carmignani December 2001 17th Fiorentina Roberto Mancini 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 April 2002 Luciano Chiarugi April 2002 17th
League table
Results
Overall Most wins – Juventus and Internazionale (20) Fewest wins – Venezia (3) Most draws – Roma, Milan, Torino and Brescia (13) Fewest draws – Hellas Verona (6) Most losses – Fiorentina and Venezia (22) Fewest losses – Roma (2) Most goals scored – Juventus (64) Fewest goals scored – Fiorentina (29) Most goals conceded – Fiorentina (63) Fewest goals conceded – Juventus (23)
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 David TrezeguetJuventus24 Dario HübnerPiacenza3 Christian VieriInternazionale224 Marco Di VaioParma205 Filippo ManieroVenezia186 Alessandro Del PieroJuventus16 Cristiano DoniAtalanta8 Roberto MuzziUdinese14 Andriy ShevchenkoMilan10 Hernán CrespoLazio13 Massimo MarazzinaChievo Vincenzo MontellaRoma Luca ToniBrescia14 Adrian MutuHellas Verona1215 Javier ChevantónLecce11 Roberto BaggioBrescia
Attendances
References
Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links
:it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 2002 – Italian version with pictures and info. – All results on RSSSF Website. 2001/2002 Serie A Squads – (www.footballsquads.com)