2001–02 Inter Milan season
2001–02 season | ||||
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Owner | Massimo Moratti | |||
President | Massimo Moratti | |||
Head coach | Héctor Cúper | |||
Stadium | San Siro | |||
Serie A | 3rd | |||
Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | |||
UEFA Cup | Semi-finals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Christian Vieri (22) All: Christian Vieri (25) | |||
Highest home attendance | 79,188 vs Juventus (9 March 2002) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 47,728 vs Hellas Verona (19 December 2001) | |||
Average home league attendance | 62,434 | |||
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The 2001–02 season was Inter Milan's 93rd in existence and 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
Season overview[edit]
After a disappointing previous season, Massimo Moratti appointed former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper as the new head coach.[1] Cúper managed to line-up a new team, buying players such as Toldo, Materazzi, Kallon and Ventola.[2] Inter had a sprint-start, topping the league and passing several challenges in Europe.[3][4][5][6] 2001 closed with Giuseppe Prisco's death, vice-chairman since 1962.[7]
In the second part of season, Inter showed signs of exhaustion: 1–2 home loss to Atalanta[8] was followed, on Thursday, by European elimination.[9] Before the last league game, against Lazio, Inter was still at the top, with one point over Juventus and two over Roma.[10] In the first half, Inter scored twice, but both goals were equalized by Lazio's Poborsky.[11] During second half of the match, Lazio - still in race for a UEFA Cup spot - scored another two goals, eventually winning the match.[11] Inter fell to third place,[11] enough to qualify for next season's Champions League playoff.[11] The Lazio-Inter game also marked Ronaldo's last appearance with Inter.[11]
First-team squad[edit]
- Squad at end of season.[12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers[edit]
In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
GK | Francesco Toldo | Fiorentina | (U$26,0 million) |
GK | Alberto Fontana | Napoli | (U$3 million) |
DF | Gonzalo Sorondo | Defensor Sporting | (U$9 million) |
DF | Marco Materazzi | Perugia | (U$12 million) |
MF | Sérgio Conceição | Parma | €18.00 million |
DF | Nelson Vivas | Arsenal | €7.00 million |
MF | Andres Guly | Milan | |
DF | Pasquale Padalino | Bologna | loan |
MF | Okan Buruk | Galatasaray | free |
MF | Emre Belözoğlu | Galatasaray | free |
FW | Mohamed Kallon | Reggina | loan ended |
FW | Nicola Ventola | Atalanta | loan ended |
MF | Cristiano Zanetti | Roma | loan ended |
DF | Salvatore Fresi | Napoli | loan ended |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
MF | Andrea Pirlo | Milan | (U$17,0 million)[13] |
GK | Sébastien Frey | Parma | €21.00 million |
GK | Marco Ballotta | Modena | |
DF | Laurent Blanc | Manchester United | free |
DF | Bruno Cirillo | Lecce | co-ownership |
DF | Matteo Ferrari | Parma | co-ownership |
DF | Fabio Macellari | Bologna | co-ownership |
MF | Cristian Brocchi | Milan | |
MF | Benoît Cauet | Torino | |
MF | Vladimir Jugović | Monaco | |
FW | Marco Ferrante | Torino | loan ended |
FW | Corrado Colombo | Atalanta | |
DF | Salvatore Fresi | Bologna | |
FW | Adrian Mutu | Hellas Verona | €2,633 million |
Left club during season[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad[edit]
- The following players did not make an appearance for the first team.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions[edit]
Serie A[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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).[14]
(C) Champions
Results by round[edit]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round; = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round; = 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
Matches[edit]
26 August 2001 1 | Inter Milan | 4–1 | Perugia | Milano |
Kallon Vieri Guly Okan |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Treossi |
9 September 2001 2 | Parma | 2–2 | Inter Milan | Parma |
Milošević Bonazzoli |
Report | Stadium: Il Tardini |
16 September 2001 3 | Inter Milan | 2–1 | Venezia | Milan |
Cordoba Kallon Adriano |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
23 September 2001 4 | Torino | 0–1 | Inter Milan | Torino |
Delli Carri |
Report | Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Stefano Farina |
30 September 2001 5 | Inter Milan | 1–0 | Bologna | Milano |
Georgatos Toldo |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Stefano Farina |
14 October 2001 7 | Udinese | 1–1 | Inter Milan | Udine |
Di Michele Caballero Pinzi |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Trentalange |
21 October 2001 8 | Inter Milan | 2–4 | Milan | Milano |
Ventola Kallon Vivas Materazzi |
Report | Laursen Contra |
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Pierluigi Collina |
27 October 2001 9 | Juventus | 0–0 | Inter Milan | Torino |
Tacchinardi |
Report | Stadium: Delle Alpi Referee: Braschi |
4 November 2001 10 | Inter Milan | 2–0 | Lecce | Milano |
Kallon Di Biagio Materazzi Zanetti J. |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Messina |
17 November 2001 11 | Roma | 0–0 | Inter Milan | Roma |
Zebina Candela |
Report | Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Rosetti |
25 November 2001 12 | Inter Milan | 2–0 | Fiorentina | Milano |
Kallon Vieri Gresko |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Rodomonti |
2 December 2001 13 | Atalanta | 2–4 | Inter Milan | Bergamo |
Doni Sala Zenoni Colombo |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Braschi |
9 December 2001 14 | Brescia | 1–3 | Inter Milan | Brescia |
Tare A. Filippini Giunti |
Report | Ronaldo Vieri |
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Rodomonti |
15 December 2001 15 | Inter Milan | 1–2 | Chievo | Milano |
Vieri |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Rosetti |
19 December 2001 6 | Inter Milan | 3–0 | Verona | Milano |
Vieri Ronaldo Cordoba Di Biagio C. Zanetti |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Treossi | ||
Note: Scheduled on 7 October 2001. It was postponed due to Inter's European campaign. |
23 December 2001 16 | Piacenza | 2–3 | Inter Milan | Piacenza |
Guardalben Lucarelli Gautieri Gautieri Statuto Di Francesco Cristante |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Braschi |
6 January 2002 17 | Inter Milan | 0–0 | Lazio | Milano |
Okan Emre |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Messina |
13 January 2002 18 | Perugia | 0–2 | Inter Milan | Perugia |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Farina |
20 January 2002 19 | Inter Milan | 2–0 | Parma | Milano |
Sensini Vieri |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Rosetti |
27 January 2002 20 | Venezia | 1–1 | Inter Milan | Venice |
Maniero Vannucchi |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Rodomonti |
2 February 2002 21 | Inter Milan | 0–0 | Torino | Milano |
Cordoba Di Biagio Conceicao |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Treossi |
10 February 2002 22 | Bologna | 2–1 | Inter Milan | Bologna |
Pecchia Zauli Fresi Castellini Brioschi |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Collina |
17 February 2002 23 | Verona | 0–3 | Inter Milan | Verona |
Report | C. Zanetti Vieri Materazzi Di Biagio |
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Farina |
24 February 2002 24 | Inter Milan | 3–2 | Udinese | Milan |
Vieri Ventola Conceição |
Report | Muzzi Pinzi |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Braschi |
3 March 2002 25 | Milan | 0–1 | Inter Milan | Milano |
Contra Rui Costa |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pierluigi Collina |
9 March 2002 26 | Inter Milan | 2–2 | Juventus | Milano |
Seedorf Cordoba Materazzi Di Biagio |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Borriello |
17 March 2002 27 | Lecce | 1–2 | Inter Milan | Lecce |
Vugrinec Vugrinec Stovini Giacomazzi |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: De Santis | ||
Note: Toldo blocked a penalty shoot-out by Vugrinec at 76'. |
24 March 2002 28 | Inter Milan | 3–1 | Roma | Milano |
Recoba Vieri Recoba Emre |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Cesari |
30 March 2002 29 | Fiorentina | 0–1 | Inter Milan | Florence |
Report | Vieri |
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi |
7 April 2002 30 | Inter Milan | 1–2 | Atalanta | Milan |
Vieri |
Report | Sala Berretta |
Stadium: San Siro |
14 April 2002 31 | Inter Milan | 2–1 | Brescia | Milan |
Ronaldo |
Report | Guardiola |
Stadium: San Siro |
21 April 2002 32 | Chievo | 2–2 | Inter Milan | Verona |
Marazzina Cossato |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi |
28 April 2002 33 | Inter Milan | 3–1 | Piacenza | Milano |
Córdoba Recoba Ronaldo |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Borriello |
5 May 2002 34 | Lazio | 4–2 | Inter Milan | Rome |
Poborský Simeone S. Inzaghi |
Report | Vieri Di Biagio |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 |
Coppa Italia[edit]
Eightfinals[edit]
12 November 2001 1 | Udinese Calcio | 2–1 | Inter | Udine |
20:45 CET | Di Michele Pizarro |
Report | Stadium: Friuli Referee: Paolo Bertini |
29 November 2001 2 | Inter | 2–2 | Udinese Calcio | Milan |
20:45 CET | Ventola J. Zanetti |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Matteo Trefoloni |
UEFA Cup[edit]
First round[edit]
20 September 2001 | Inter Milan | 3–0 | | Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste |
21:00 CET | Dalmat Kallon Di Biagio |
Report | Referee: Fernando Mendez (Spain) |
27 September 2001 | Brașov | 0–3 | | Stadionul Tineretului, Brașov |
Ventola Guly |
Inter Milan won 6–0 on aggregate.
Second round[edit]
18 October 2001 | Inter Milan | 2–0 | | Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste |
21:00 | Kallon |
Report | Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland) |
30 October 2001 | Wisła Kraków | 1–0 | | Wisła Stadium, Kraków |
13:00 | Żurawski |
Report | Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal) |
Inter Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Third round[edit]
22 November 2001 | Ipswich Town | 1–0 | | Portman Road, Ipswich |
20:45 | Armstrong |
Report | Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
6 December 2001 | Inter Milan | 4–1 | | Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |
21:00 | Vieri Kallon |
Report | Armstrong |
Referee: Graham Barber (England) |
Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Fourth round[edit]
21 February 2002 | Inter Milan | 3–1 | | San Siro, Milan |
21:00 | J. Zanetti Kallon Ventola |
Report | Zagorakis |
Referee: Graham Poll (England) |
28 February 2002 | AEK Athens | 2–2 | | Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia |
20:30 | Konstantinidis Nikolaidis |
Report | Greško Ventola |
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) |
Inter Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals[edit]
14 March 2002 | Inter Milan | 1–1 | | San Siro, Milan |
21:00 | Materazzi |
Report | Rufete |
Attendance: 24,184 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
21 March 2002 | Valencia | 0–1 | | Estadio Mestalla |
21:45 | Report | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: | ||
Note: Due to Goalkeeper Toldo was sent off at 87' and no substitutions for Inter remained, central midfielder Francisco Javier Farinos lined up as Goalkeeper until minute 95 of the match. |
Inter Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals[edit]
4 April 2002 | Inter Milan | 0–1 | | Milano |
21:00 | Cordoba Materazzi |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 39,622 Referee: |
11 April 2002 | Feyenoord | 2–2 | | De Kuip, Rotterdam |
20:30 | Van Hooijdonk Tomasson |
Report | C. Zanetti Kallon |
Attendance: 49,904 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain) |
Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.
Statistics[edit]
Appearances and goals[edit]
- As of 30 June 2002[15]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | Toldo | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | Zanetti J | 44 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
2 | DF | Cordoba | 42 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
23 | DF | Materazzi | 32 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
24 | DF | Gresko | 34 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 | |||
7 | MF | Conçeicão | 32 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | |||
6 | MF | Zanetti C | 33 | 2 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
14 | MF | Di Biagio | 42 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 | |||
11 | MF | Guly | 33 | 1 | 20+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
32 | FW | Vieri | 28 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
3 | FW | Kallon | 39 | 15 | 16+12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 6 | |||
12 | GK | Fontana | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
10 | MF | Seedorf | 32 | 4 | 17+3 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | |||
20 | FW | Recoba | 22 | 6 | 15+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | |||
78 | FW | Ventola | 26 | 10 | 12+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7+2 | 5 | |||
18 | MF | Dalmat | 24 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | |||
9 | FW | Ronaldo | 15 | 7 | 9+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | |||
21 | MF | Georgatos | 12 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |||
16 | DF | Sorondo | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
13 | DF | Simic | 21 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | Farinos | 16 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |||
77 | MF | Okan | 11 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
31 | DF | Vivas | 16 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |||
33 | MF | Emre | 20 | 0 | 0+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | |||
17 | DF | Serena | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | Padalino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
15 | DF | Ferraro | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
15 | MF | Cauet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
28 | FW | Adriano | 14 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 May 2002
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers[edit]
No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
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32 | FW | Christian Vieri | 22 | 0 | 3 | 25 | |
3 | FW | Mohamed Kallon | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 | |
78 | FW | Nicola Ventola | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
9 | FW | Ronaldo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
20 | FW | Álvaro Recoba | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
10 | MF | Clarence Seedorf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
14 | MF | Luigi Di Biagio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
4 | DF | Javier Zanetti | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | MF | Cristiano Zanetti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
23 | DF | Marco Materazzi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
2 | DF | Iván Córdoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | MF | Sérgio Conçeicão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | MF | Guly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
18 | MF | Stéphane Dalmat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | MF | Grigorios Georgatos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
24 | DF | Vratislav Greško | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
28 | FW | Adriano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
# | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
TOTAL | 62 | 3 | 20 | 85 |
Last updated: 5 May 2002
Source: Calcio.com
References[edit]
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- ^ "Inter prima alla quinta alla fine arrivò quarta" [Inter top at day 5 It ended fourth]. repubblica.it (in Italian). 1 October 2001.
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- ^ Luca Fazzo (14 December 2001). "Prisco, un addio da alpino". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 5.
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- ^ "Inter, inutile rimonta Promosso il Feyenoord" [Inter, useless comeback Feyenoord in final]. repubblica.it (in Italian). 11 April 2002.
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