2001–02 Inter Milan season
2001–02 season | ||||
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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 Football Club Internazionale Milano's 93th in existence and 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
Season overview[]
After a disappointing previous season, Massimo Moratti chose former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper as the coach of rebirth.[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, vicechairman 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, from 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] Lazio-Inter also marked Ronaldo's last appearance with Inter.[11]
First-team squad[]
- 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[]
In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
MF | Okan Buruk | Galatasaray | free |
MF | Emre Belözoğlu | Galatasaray | free |
GK | Francesco Toldo | Fiorentina | (U$26,0 million) |
GK | Alberto Fontana | S.S.C. Napoli | (U$3 million) |
DF | Gonzalo Sorondo | Defensor Sporting | (U$9 million) |
DF | Marco Materazzi | Perugia Calcio | (U$12 million) |
MF | Sérgio Conceição | Parma F.C. | (U$21,0 million) |
FW | Mohamed Kallon | Reggina Calcio | loan ended |
FW | Nicola Ventola | Atalanta | loan ended |
DF | Nelson Vivas | Arsenal F.C. | |
MF | Andres Guly | A.C. Milan | |
MF | Cristiano Zanetti | A.S. Roma | loan ended |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
GK | Marco Ballotta | Modena F.C. | |
GK | Sébastien Frey | Parma F.C. | |
DF | Laurent Blanc | Manchester United | |
DF | Bruno Cirillo | Lecce | co-ownership |
DF | Matteo Ferrari | Parma F.C. | co-ownership |
DF | Fabio Macellari | Bologna F.C. | co-ownership |
MF | Cristian Brocchi | A.C. Milan | |
MF | Benoît Cauet | Torino F.C. | |
MF | Vladimir Jugović | AS Monaco | |
MF | Andrea Pirlo | A.C. Milan | (U$17,0 million)[13] |
FW | Marco Ferrante | Torino F.C. | loan ended |
FW | Adrian Mutu | Hellas Verona | |
FW | Corrado Colombo | Atalanta B.C. |
Left club during season[]
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[]
- 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[]
Serie A[]
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) Champion
Results by round[]
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[]
26 August 2001 1 | Internazionale | 4–1 | Perugia | Milan |
Kallon ![]() Vieri ![]() |
Report | Vryzas ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Treossi |
9 September 2001 2 | Parma | 2–2 | Internazionale | Parma |
Milošević ![]() Bonazzoli ![]() |
Report | Materazzi ![]() Ventola ![]() |
Stadium: Il Tardini |
16 September 2001 3 | Internazionale | 2–1 | Venezia | Milan |
Kallon ![]() Adriano ![]() |
Report | Maniero ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
23 September 2001 4 | Torino | 0–1 | Internazionale | Turin |
Report | Kallon ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi |
30 September 2001 5 | Internazionale | 1–0 | Bologna | Milan |
Georgatos ![]() |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
19 December 2001 6 | Internazionale | 3–0 | Verona | Milan |
Vieri ![]() Ronaldo ![]() |
Report | Stadium: San Siro | ||
Note: Scheduled on 7 October 2001. It was postponed due to Inter's European campaign. |
14 October 2001 7 | Udinese | 1–1 | Internazionale | Udine |
Di Michele ![]() |
Report | Ventola ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Friuli |
21 October 2001 8 | Internazionale | 2–4 | Milan | Milan |
Ventola ![]() Kallon ![]() |
Report | Shevchenko ![]() Contra ![]() F. Inzaghi ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
27 October 2001 9 | Juventus | 0–0 | Internazionale | Turin |
Report | Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi |
17 November 2001 11 | Roma | 0–0 | Internazionale | Rome |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico |
25 November 2001 12 | Internazionale | 2–0 | Fiorentina | Milan |
Kallon ![]() Vieri ![]() |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
2 December 2001 13 | Atalanta | 2–4 | Internazionale | Bergamo |
Doni ![]() |
Report | Di Biagio ![]() Vieri ![]() Kallon ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia |
9 December 2001 14 | Brescia | 1–3 | Internazionale | Brescia |
Tare ![]() |
Report | Ronaldo ![]() Vieri ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti |
15 December 2001 15 | Internazionale | 1–2 | Chievo | Milan |
Vieri ![]() |
Report | Corradi ![]() Marazzina ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
23 December 2001 16 | Piacenza | 2–3 | Internazionale | Piacenza |
Gautieri ![]() |
Report | Vieri ![]() Kallon ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli |
6 January 2002 17 | Internazionale | 0–0 | Lazio | Milan |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
13 January 2002 18 | Perugia | 0–2 | Internazionale | Perugia |
Report | Vieri ![]() Recoba ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi |
20 January 2002 19 | Internazionale | 2–0 | Parma | Milan |
Sensini ![]() Vieri ![]() |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
27 January 2002 20 | Venezia | 1–1 | Internazionale | Venice |
Maniero ![]() |
Report | Vieri ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo |
2 February 2002 21 | Internazionale | 0–0 | Torino | Milan |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
10 February 2002 22 | Bologna | 2–1 | Internazionale | Bologna |
Pecchia ![]() Zauli ![]() |
Report | Seedorf ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara |
17 February 2002 23 | Verona | 0–3 | Internazionale | Verona |
Report | C. Zanetti ![]() Vieri ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi |
24 February 2002 24 | Internazionale | 3–2 | Udinese | Milan |
Vieri ![]() Ventola ![]() Conceição ![]() |
Report | Muzzi ![]() Pinzi ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
3 March 2002 25 | Milan | 0–1 | Internazionale | Milan |
Report | Vieri ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
9 March 2002 26 | Internazionale | 2–2 | Juventus | Milan |
Seedorf ![]() |
Report | Trezeguet ![]() Tudor ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
17 March 2002 27 | Lecce | 1–2 | Internazionale | Lecce |
Vugrinec ![]() |
Report | Recoba ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare |
24 March 2002 28 | Internazionale | 3–1 | Roma | Milan |
Recoba ![]() Vieri ![]() |
Report | Totti ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
30 March 2002 29 | Fiorentina | 0–1 | Internazionale | Florence |
Report | Vieri ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi |
7 April 2002 30 | Internazionale | 1–2 | Atalanta | Milan |
Vieri ![]() |
Report | Sala ![]() Berretta ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
14 April 2002 31 | Internazionale | 2–1 | Brescia | Milan |
Ronaldo ![]() |
Report | Guardiola ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro |
21 April 2002 32 | Chievo | 2–2 | Internazionale | Verona |
Marazzina ![]() Cossato ![]() |
Report | Dalmat ![]() Ronaldo ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi |
28 April 2002 33 | Internazionale | 3–1 | Piacenza | Milan |
Córdoba ![]() Recoba ![]() Ronaldo ![]() |
Report | Matuzalém ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 75,000 |
5 May 2002 34 | Lazio | 4–2 | Internazionale | Rome |
Poborský ![]() Simeone ![]() S. Inzaghi ![]() |
Report | Vieri ![]() Di Biagio ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 |
Coppa Italia[]
Eightfinals[]
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[]
First round[]
20 September 2001 | Internazionale ![]() | 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 ![]() |
Internazionale won 6–0 on aggregate.
Second round[]
18 October 2001 | Internazionale ![]() | 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: (Portugal) |
Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.
Third round[]
22 November 2001 | Ipswich Town ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Portman Road, Ipswich |
20:45 | Armstrong ![]() |
Report | Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
6 December 2001 | Internazionale ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |
21:00 | Vieri ![]() Kallon ![]() |
Report | Armstrong ![]() |
Referee: Graham Barber (England) |
Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
Fourth round[]
21 February 2002 | Internazionale ![]() | 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) |
Internazionale won 5–3 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals[]
14 March 2002 | Internazionale ![]() | 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, Valencia |
21:45 | Report | Ventola ![]() |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Claude Colombo (France) |
Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals[]
4 April 2002 | Internazionale ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | San Siro, Milan |
21:00 | Report | Córdoba ![]() |
Attendance: 39,622 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
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[]
Appearances and goals[]
- As of 31 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 | ||
11 | MF | ![]() |
Guly | 33 | 1 | 20+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
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 | ||
10 | MF | ![]() |
Seedorf | 32 | 4 | 17+3 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | ||
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 | ||
7 | MF | ![]() |
Conçeicão | 32 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 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[]
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
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