2002–03 SS Lazio season

Lazio
2002–03 season
PresidentSergio Cragnotti
(until 3 January 2003)
Ugo Longo
ManagerRoberto Mancini
StadiumOlimpico
Serie A4th
(in UEFA Champions League)
Coppa ItaliaSemi-finals
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Claudio López (15)
All:
Claudio López (17)

The 2002–03 season was the 103rd season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 15th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Under new manager Roberto Mancini, Lazio finished 4th in Serie A and reached the semi-finals of both the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup.

Summary

Owing to financial worries, club president Sergio Cragnotti sold several players, including club legend defender Alessandro Nesta to AC Milan, forward Hernan Crespo to Inter and Gaizka Mendieta was loaned out to Barcelona. Among the new arrivals were young coach Roberto Mancini, along with low-profile players such as Bernardo Corradi from Chievo and Enrico Chiesa. On 3 January 2003, a majority of club shareholders appointed Ugo Longo as its new president, putting an end to Cragnotti's ten-year term.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Luca Marchegiani
2 DF Italy ITA Francesco Colonnese
3 MF Brazil BRA César
4 MF Italy ITA Dino Baggio
5 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Dejan Stanković
6 DF Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Sorín
7 FW Argentina ARG Claudio López
8 FW Italy ITA Bernardo Corradi
9 MF Italy ITA Stefano Fiore
11 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Siniša Mihajlović
14 MF Argentina ARG Diego Simeone
15 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Pancaro
16 MF Italy ITA Giuliano Giannichedda
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Switzerland SUI Guerino Gottardi
18 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Nikola Lazetić
19 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Favalli
20 MF Italy ITA Fabio Liverani
21 FW Italy ITA Simone Inzaghi
22 DF Italy ITA Massimo Oddo
23 DF Italy ITA Paolo Negro
24 DF Portugal POR Fernando Couto
25 FW Italy ITA Enrico Chiesa
26 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Castromán
31 DF Netherlands NED Jaap Stam
34 MF Ivory Coast CIV Christian Manfredini
70 GK Italy ITA Angelo Peruzzi
99 GK Italy ITA Emanuele Concetti

Transfers

In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Bernardo Corradi Internazionale €10.00 million
DF Massimo Oddo Hellas Verona €1.50 million
FW Enrico Chiesa Fiorentina free
DF Juan Pablo Sorín Cruzeiro loan
MF Christian Manfredini Chievo co-ownership
MF Roberto Baronio Fiorentina loan ended
DF Daniel Ola L'Aquila loan ended
DF Emanuele Pesaresi Benfica loan ended

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type
MF Nikola Lazetic Chievo
Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Juan Pablo Sorín Barcelona loan
MF Christian Manfredini Osasuna loan

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2002–03 Serie A

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Internazionale 34 19 8 7 64 38 +26 65 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Milan[a] 34 18 7 9 55 30 +25 61
4 Lazio 34 15 15 4 57 32 +25 60 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5 Parma 34 15 11 8 55 36 +19 56[b] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Udinese 34 16 8 10 38 35 +3 56
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. ^ Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
  2. ^ Parma finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 15 15 4 57 32  +25 60 7 8 2 31 16  +15 8 7 2 26 16  +10

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDWWDWWDWWWDWDDWLDDDDDDWLWDWDDWWL
Position11795444444312233244444444444444444
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage;   = 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage;   = 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying round;   = 2003–04 UEFA Cup;   = 2003–04 Serie B

Matches

15 September 2002 2 Lazio 2–3 Chievo Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Simeone 5'
Corradi 64'		 Report D'Anna 14'
Bierhoff 49'
Della Morte 70'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 37,299
Referee: Domenico Messina
22 September 2002 3 Torino 0–1 Lazio Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Simeone 86' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 13,464
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
28 September 2002 4 Lazio 1–1 Milan Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) C. López 51' Maldini 7' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 59,226
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
6 October 2002 5 Atalanta 0–1 Lazio Bergamo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) César 24' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 14,158
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
20 October 2002 6 Lazio 3–0 Perugia Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) S. Inzaghi 11'
Chiesa 84', 90+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,278
Referee: Stefano Farina
27 October 2002 7 Lazio 2–2 Roma Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Fiore 51'
Stanković 75'		 Delvecchio 56'
Batistuta 66'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 69,877
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
3 November 2002 8 Empoli 1–2 Lazio Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Atzori 45+1' Corradi 45'
Stanković 81'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,861
Referee: Stefano Cassarà
6 November 2002 1 Reggina 0–3 Lazio Reggio Calabria
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Fiore 16'
Stanković 33'
Corradi 53'		 Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 23,144
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
Note: Match programmed for 1 September 2002 and rescheduled due to contract financial disagreements between several teams and the TV satellite company owner of broadcasting rights.
10 November 2022 9 Lazio 0–0 Parma Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 37,155
Referee: Domenico Messina
17 November 2002 10 Como 1–3 Lazio Como
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Corrent 37' Report Simeone 18'
C. López 56', 63'		 Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Attendance: 7,008
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
24 November 2002 11 Lazio 4–0 Modena Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Corradi 25', 89'
C. López 31'
César 71'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
1 December 2002 12 Piacenza 2–3 Lazio Piacenza
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Maresca 17'
Caccia 26'		 Report Simeone 42'
C. López 45+1'
Corradi 90+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 32,280
Referee: Stefano Farina
7 December 2002 13 Lazio 3–3 Internazionale Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) C. López 10' (pen.), 36', 53' Report Couto 37' (o.g.)
Emre 66', 75'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,789
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
15 December 2002 14 Juventus 1–2 Lazio Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Nedvěd 34' Report Fiore 35', 51' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 38,014
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
22 December 2002 15 Lazio 1–1 Bologna Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) C. López 45+1' Report Zaccardo 65' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 42,685
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
11 January 2003 16 Brescia 0–0 Lazio Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 15,975
Referee: Stefano Farina
19 January 2003 17 Lazio 2–1 Udinese Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) C. López 27'
Fiore 45+1'		 Muzzi 40' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 34,990
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
26 January 2003 18 Lazio 0–1 Reggina Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Bonazzoli 46' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 36,777
Referee: Emidio Morganti
2 February 2003 19 Chievo 1–1 Lazio Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Corini 45' (pen.) Report Simeone 89' Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 14,921
Referee: Stefano Farina
9 February 2003 20 Lazio 1–1 Torino Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Simeone 35' Report Ferrante 71' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,535
Referee: Domenico Messina
16 February 2003 21 Milan 2–2 Lazio Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) F. Inzaghi 62'
Rivaldo 70'		 Report Stanković 21'
C. López 30' (pen.)		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 61,605
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
23 February 2003 22 Lazio 0–0 Atalanta Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,611
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
2 March 2003 23 Perugia 2–2 Lazio Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Zé Maria 13'
Grosso 43'		 Report Corradi 16'
Negro 85'		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 9,522
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
8 March 2003 24 Roma 1–1 Lazio Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano 89' Report Stanković 9' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 72,668
Referee: Domenico Messina
16 March 2003 25 Lazio 4–1 Empoli Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) C. López 8'
Corradi 41'
Simeone 71'
Castromán 85'		 Report Buscè 5' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,727
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
23 March 2003 26 Parma 2–1 Lazio Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Cardone 4'
Adriano 90+2'		 Report Stanković 50' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 15,732
Referee: Domenico Messina
6 April 2003 27 Lazio 3–0 Como Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Fiore 6'
Corradi 17'
C. López 66' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,618
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
13 April 2003 28 Modena 0–0 Lazio Modena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia
Attendance: 13,821
Referee: Domenico Messina
19 April 2003 29 Lazio 2–1 Piacenza Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) S. Inzaghi 60'
Corradi 74'		 Report De Cesare 45' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,280
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
27 April 2003 30 Internazionale 1–1 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Crespo 43' Report S. Inzaghi 77' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,430
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
3 May 2003 31 Lazio 0–0 Juventus Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,146
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
10 May 2003 32 Bologna 0–2 Lazio Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report S. Inzaghi 45' (pen.)
Favalli 59'		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 21,069
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
17 May 2003 33 Lazio 3–1 Brescia Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mihajlović 39' (pen.)
César 45'
C. López 81'		 Report R. Baggio 20' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 68,095
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
24 May 2003 34 Udinese 2–1 Lazio Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pizarro 67' (pen.)
Jankulovski 83'		 Report C. López 87' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 17,972
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2002–03 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

4 December 2002 First leg Lazio 2–0 Empoli Rome
15:00 CET Pancaro 10'
S. Inzaghi 52' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
19 December 2002 Second leg Empoli 1–2
(1–4 agg.)		 Lazio Empoli
17:30 CET Grieco 70' Chiesa 45'
Pancaro 64'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alberto Castellani

Quarter-finals

15 January 2003 First leg Lazio 2–1 Bari Rome
18:00 CET Castromán 41'
D'Agostino 90' (aut)		 D'Agostino 66' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Emidio Morganti
21 January 2003 Second leg Bari 0–0
(1–2 agg.)		 Lazio Bari
21:00 CET Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 2,347
Referee: Stefano Farina

Semi-finals

5 February 2003 First leg Lazio 1–2 Roma Rome
20:45 CET Fiore 76' Cassano 12'
Emerson 49'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 53,577
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
16 April 2003 Second leg Roma 1–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Lazio Rome
20:45 CEST Montella 56' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 52,087
Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 2002 First leg Lazio Italy 4–0 Greece Skoda Xanthi Rome, Italy
20:45 Manfredini 45'
López 52'
Inzaghi 68'
César 69'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 13,343
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
3 October 2002 Second leg Skoda Xanthi Greece 0–0
(0–4 agg.)		 Italy Lazio Xanthi, Greece
19:30 Report Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Second round

31 October 2002 First leg Lazio Italy 1–0 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Rome, Italy
20:30 Fiore 10' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 16,511
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
14 November 2002 Second leg Red Star Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Italy Lazio Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
19:00 Bošković 69' Report Chiesa 77' Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

Third round

28 November 2002 First leg Sturm Graz Austria 1–3 Italy Lazio Graz, Austria
20:30 Amoah 44' Report Chiesa 46'
Inzaghi 56', 87'		 Stadium: Stadion Graz-Liebenau
Attendance: 15,375
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
12 December 2002 Second leg Lazio Italy 0–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Austria Sturm Graz Rome, Italy
20:30 Report Szabics 87' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Fourth round

20 February 2003 First leg Lazio Italy 3–3 Poland Wisła Kraków Rome, Italy
21:00 Lazetić 22'
Jop 44' (o.g.)
Chiesa 71'		 Report Uche 39'
Żurawski 50' (pen.), 63' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 16,004
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
5 March 2003 Second leg Wisła Kraków Poland 1–2
(4–5 agg.)		 Italy Lazio Kraków, Poland
18:00 Kuźba 5' Report Couto 20'
Chiesa 53'		 Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Quarter-finals

13 March 2003 First leg Lazio Italy 1–0 Turkey Beşiktaş Rome, Italy
21:00 Inzaghi 55' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 17,133
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
20 March 2003 Second leg Beşiktaş Turkey 1–2
(1–3 agg.)		 Italy Lazio Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 Sergen 82' Report Fiore 5'
Castromán 9'		 Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
Attendance: 21,800
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Semi-finals

10 April 2003 First leg Porto Portugal 4–1 Italy Lazio Porto, Portugal
22:00 Maniche 10'
Derlei 28', 50'
Postiga 56'		 Report López 6' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 45,518
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
24 April 2003 Second leg Lazio Italy 0–0
(1–4 agg.)		 Portugal Porto Rome, Italy
21:00 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 69,873
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
70 GK Italy ITA Peruzzi 36 -34 30 -28 0 0 6 -6
3 DF Brazil BRA César 36 4 25+1 3 1 0 9 1
31 DF Netherlands NED Stam 34 0 28 0 2 0 4 0
11 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Mihajlović 28 1 21 1 1 0 6 0
19 DF Italy ITA Favalli 35 1 25+1 1 3 0 6 0
9 MF Italy ITA Fiore 46 9 28+5 6 5 1 8 2
16 MF Italy ITA Giannichedda 34 0 18+7 0 3 0 6 0
14 MF Argentina ARG Simeone 35 7 18+6 7 4 0 7 0
5 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Stanković 38 6 29 6 2 0 7 0
8 FW Italy ITA Corradi 36 10 29+3 10 4 0 - -
7 FW Argentina ARG López 47 17 30+4 15 4 0 9 2
1 GK Italy ITA Marchegiani 14 -10 4+2 -3 3 -3 5 -4
23 DF Italy ITA Negro 28 1 18+1 1 3 0 6 0
22 DF Italy ITA Oddo 31 0 16+3 0 5 0 7 0
24 DF Portugal POR Couto 31 1 15 0 4 0 12 1
15 DF Italy ITA Pancaro 25 2 10+6 0 4 2 5 0
20 MF Italy ITA Liverani 34 0 9+12 0 5 0 8 0
21 FW Italy ITA Inzaghi 29 9 5+13 4 3 1 8 4
26 MF Argentina ARG Castromán 29 3 4+12 1 5 1 8 1
25 FW Italy ITA Chiesa 29 7 4+8 2 6 1 11 4
6 DF Argentina ARG Sorín 11 0 4+2 0 1 0 4 0
18 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Lazetić 10 1 3+2 0 1 0 4 1
34 FW Ivory Coast CIV Manfredini 12 1 1+2 0 3 0 6 1
4 MF Italy ITA Baggio 15 0 0+4 0 3 0 8 0
99 GK Italy ITA Concetti 7 -5 0+2 -1 3 -2 2 -2
17 DF Switzerland SUI Gottardi 6 0 0+1 0 3 0 2 0
2 DF Italy ITA Colonnese 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 0

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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