2002–03 US Città di Palermo season

Palermo
2002–03 season
PresidentMaurizio Zamparini
ManagerEzio Glerean
(Coppa Italia and matchday 3)
Daniele Arrigoni
(Matchdays 1–2 and 4–22)
Nedo Sonetti
(Matchdays 23–38)[1][2]
StadiumLa Favorita[note 1]
Serie B6th
Coppa ItaliaGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Filippo Maniero (13)
All: Filippo Maniero (15)
Highest home attendance31,572 (v Hellas Verona)
Lowest home attendance8,595 (v Bari)
Average home league attendance16,282
Biggest win4–0 (v Taranto)
Biggest defeat0–3 (v Lecce)

The 2002–03 season was U.S. Città di Palermo's second season in a row in Serie B. In addition to the domestic league, Palermo participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players and statistics

As of 7 June 2003[3][1][2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie B Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Italy ITA Vincenzo Sicignano 33 0 30 0 3 0
19 GK Italy ITA Nicola Santoni 9 0 9 0 0 0
21 GK Italy ITA Marco Viola 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Italy ITA Francesco Tarantino 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Sierra Leone SLE Kewullay Conteh 17 1 17 1 0 0
3 DF Brazil BRA Fábio Bilica 15 0 12 0 3 0
3 DF Italy ITA Paolo Tricoli 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Italy ITA Paolo Cotroneo 1 0 1 0 0 0
13 DF Italy ITA Pietro Accardi 29 0 28 0 1 0
25 DF Romania ROU Valentin Năstase 24 1 22 1 2 0
27 DF Italy ITA Matteo Pivotto 20 0 20 0 0 0
33 DF Italy ITA Francesco Modesto 13 0 12 0 1 0
36 DF Italy ITA Luca Ferri 17 0 14 0 3 0
37 DF Italy ITA Oscar Brevi 16 0 16 0 0 0
77 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Lucarelli 30 0 28 0 2 0
Midfielders
4 MF Italy ITA Stefano Morrone 38 5 35 5 3 0
7 MF Romania ROU Paul Codrea 12 2 12 2 0 0
8 MF Italy ITA Antonio Marasco 17 1 15 1 2 0
8 MF Italy ITA Salvatore Masiello 2 0 2 0 0 0
11 MF Italy ITA Daniele Di Donato 35 0 32 0 3 0
12 MF Italy ITA Roberto Palumbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Cameroon CMR Frank Ongfiang 5 0 4 0 1 0
20 MF Italy ITA Franco Brienza 2 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF Italy ITA Lamberto Zauli 22 6 21 6 1 0
23 MF Sweden SWE Valentino Lai 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 MF Nigeria NGA John Olufemi 2 0 2 0 0 0
28 MF Italy ITA Massimo Mutarelli 30 0 28 0 2 0
30 MF Italy ITA Manolo Pestrin 4 0 4 0 0 0
31 MF Italy ITA Antonino Asta 25 4 24 3 1 1
81 MF Argentina ARG Mario Santana 33 1 33 1 0 0
Forwards
5 FW Argentina ARG Cristian La Grottería 23 2 21 2 2 0
7 FW Italy ITA Giuseppe Mascara 20 4 17 2 3 2
9 FW Italy ITA Filippo Maniero 34 15 31 13 3 2
10 FW Italy ITA Arturo Di Napoli 33 8 30 8 3 0
82 FW Italy ITA Davide Matteini 1 0 1 0 0 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 14 September 2002 7 June 2003 Matchday 3[note 2] 6th place 38 15 13 10 45 42 +3 039.47
Coppa Italia 18 August 2002 8 September 2002 Group stage Group stage 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 033.33
Total 41 16 14 11 50 44 +6 039.02

Serie B

Main article: 2002–03 Serie B

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
4 Ancona (P) 38 16 13 9 53 40 +13 61 Promotion to Serie A
5 Triestina 38 16 10 12 54 46 +8 58
6 Palermo 38 15 13 10 45 42 +3 58
7 Ternana 38 14 13 11 45 37 +8 55
8 Cagliari 38 14 12 12 47 46 +1 54
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Matches

Day Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance[4]
3 14 September 2002 Ancona A 2–4 Maniero (2) 31' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) 8,652
4 21 September 2002 Siena H 1–0 Maniero 41' (pen.) 19,619
5 28 September 2002 Triestina A 1–2 Marasco 53' 8,766
6 5 October 2002 Livorno H 1–0 Maniero 56' 14,593
7 13 October 2002 Salernitana A 1–3 Di Napoli 65' 9,253
8 19 October 2002 Vicenza A 3–1 Zauli (2) 26', 57', Santana 69' 4,350
9 26 October 2002 Cagliari H 1–1 Maniero 6' 25,443
10 2 November 2002 Bari A 1–0 Maniero 7' 6,098
1 5 November 2002 Cosenza A 2–1 Morrone 5', Maniero 79' (pen.) 3,565
11 10 November 2002 Venezia H 0–2 21,399
12 18 November 2002 Catania A 0–2 21,000
13 24 November 2002 Ternana H 2–1 Mascara 36', Maniero 55' (pen.) 12,689
14 29 November 2002 Napoli A 0–0 10,355
15 8 December 2002 Genoa H 0–0 10,614
16 15 December 2002 Messina A 1–2 Maniero 81' 9,124
17 22 December 2002 Ascoli H 2–2 Mascara 18', Di Napoli 89' 10,953
2 6 January 2003 Sampdoria H 0–0 23,435
18 12 January 2003 Hellas Verona A 0–0 10,378
19 19 January 2003 Lecce H 2–0 Di Napoli (2), 24', 90+4' 13,271
20 26 January 2003 Cosenza H 1–0 Di Napoli 36' (pen.) 11,880
21 2 February 2003 Sampdoria A 0–1 19,814
22 9 February 2003 Ancona H 0–1 14,370
23 23 February 2003 Siena A 1–2 Conteh 64' 6,025
24 2 March 2003 Triestina H 1–0 Nastase 57' 11,257
25 9 March 2003 Livorno A 2–2 La Grottería 34' (pen.), Morrone 36' 9,663
26 16 March 2003 Salernitana H 1–1 Maniero 2' (pen.) 11,146
27 23 March 2003 Vicenza H 1–0 Morrone 43' 10,946
28 30 March 2003 Cagliari A 2–2 Morrone 15', Maniero 69' 8,000
29 4 April 2003 Bari H 2–2 Codrea 85', Di Napoli 90' 8,595
30 12 April 2003 Venezia A 2–0 Codrea 4' (pen.), La Grottería 78' 2,958
31 19 April 2003 Catania H 3–3 Asta 33', Zauli 55', Maniero 61' 25,155
32 26 April 2003 Ternana A 0–0 11,122
33 4 May 2003 Napoli H 2–1 Maniero 1', Asta 17' 13,626
34 10 May 2003 Genoa A 1–1 Asta 6' 18,142
35 17 May 2003 Messina H 2–1 Di Napoli 15', Morrone 79' 18,791
36 24 May 2003 Ascoli A 2–1 Zauli 16', Di Napoli 90' 6,704
37 31 May 2003 Verona H 2–0 Zauli (2) 7', 31' 31,572
38 7 June 2003 Lecce A 0–3 35,038
Win Draw Loss

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2002–03 Coppa Italia

Group 8 table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Reggina 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
2 Palermo 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
3 Taranto 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 3
4 Messina 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers
Group stage – Day 1 18 August 2002 Messina A 1–1 Mascara 81'
Group stage – Day 2 25 August 2002 Taranto H 4–0 Maniero (2) 27' (pen.), 54', Mascara 61', Asta 86'
Group stage – Day 3 8 September 2002 Reggina H 0–1
Win Draw Loss

Notes

  1. ^ On 18 September 2002 the stadium was officially renamed as Stadio Comunale Renzo Barbera in honour of the chairman Renzo Barbera, who had died on 20 May 2002.
  2. ^ The first two games were postponed due to a dispute between clubs and pay TVs.

References

  1. ^ a b "Sicilian clubs in Serie B". RSSSF.
  2. ^ a b "Formazioni Palermo". rosanerouniverse.it (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Archivio storico - U.S. Città di Palermo". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04.
  4. ^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2002-2003". stadiapostcards.com.