2001–02 Inter Milan season

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Inter Milan
2001–02 season
PresidentMassimo Moratti
Head coachHéctor Cúper
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Christian Vieri (22)

All:
Christian Vieri (25)
Highest home attendance79,188 vs Juventus
(9 March 2002)
Lowest home attendance47,728 vs Hellas Verona
(19 December 2001)
Average home league attendance62,434

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Francesco Toldo
2 DF Colombia COL Iván Córdoba
3 FW Sierra Leone SLE Mohamed Kallon
4 DF Argentina ARG Javier Zanetti (captain)
5 DF Italy ITA Pasquale Padalino (on loan from Bologna)
6 MF Italy ITA Cristiano Zanetti
7 MF Portugal POR Sérgio Conçeicão
8 MF Spain ESP Francisco Farinós
9 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldo
10 MF Netherlands NED Clarence Seedorf
11 MF Argentina ARG Guly
12 GK Italy ITA Alberto Fontana
13 DF Croatia CRO Dario Šimić
14 MF Italy ITA Luigi Di Biagio
15 DF Italy ITA Salvatore Ferraro
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Uruguay URU Gonzalo Sorondo
17 DF Italy ITA Michele Serena
18 MF France FRA Stéphane Dalmat
20 FW Uruguay URU Álvaro Recoba
21 MF Greece GRE Grigorios Georgatos
23 DF Italy ITA Marco Materazzi
24 DF Slovakia SVK Vratislav Greško
25 DF France FRA Laurent Blanc
28 FW Brazil BRA Adriano
31 DF Argentina ARG Nelson Vivas
32 FW Italy ITA Christian Vieri
33 MF Turkey TUR Emre Belözoğlu
54 FW Turkey TUR Hakan Şükür
77 MF Turkey TUR Okan Buruk
78 FW Italy ITA Nicola Ventola

Transfers[]

In
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
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF France FRA Laurent Blanc (to Manchester United)
15 MF France FRA Benoît Cauet (to Torino)
28 FW Brazil BRA Adriano (on loan to Fiorentina)
19 FW Turkey TUR Hakan Şükür (to Parma)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Italy ITA Jonatan Binotto (to Brescia)
29 FW Uruguay URU Antonio Pacheco (on loan to Espanyol)
73 DF Italy ITA Salvatore Fresi (to Bologna)

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Italy ITA Nicola Beati
22 GK France FRA Mathieu Moreau
30 FW Nigeria NGA Obafemi Martins
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 GK Italy ITA Alex Cordaz
42 DF Italy ITA Giovanni Pasquale
43 DF Italy ITA Luca Perfetti

Competitions[]

Serie A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: 2001–02 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).[14]
(C) Champion


Results by round[]

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWDWWWDLDWDWWWLWWDWWDDLWWWDWWWLWDWL
Position1321112222211311221223211111111113

Matches[]

26 August 2001 1 Internazionale 4–1 Perugia Milan
Kallon Goal 21', 45'
Vieri Goal 90+1' (pen.), 90+4'
Report Vryzas Goal 66' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60.000
Referee: Treossi
9 September 2001 2 Parma 2–2 Internazionale Parma
Milošević Goal 27'
Bonazzoli Goal 85'
Report Materazzi Goal 10'
Ventola Goal 74'
Stadium: Il Tardini
16 September 2001 3 Internazionale 2–1 Venezia Milan
Kallon Goal 74'
Adriano Goal 90'
Report Maniero Goal 89' Stadium: San Siro
23 September 2001 4 Torino 0–1 Internazionale Turin
Report Kallon Goal 73' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
30 September 2001 5 Internazionale 1–0 Bologna Milan
Georgatos Goal 24' Report Stadium: San Siro
19 December 2001 6 Internazionale 3–0 Verona Milan
Vieri Goal 18'
Ronaldo Goal 50', 55'
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 Goal 88' (pen.) Report Ventola Goal 61' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
21 October 2001 8 Internazionale 2–4 Milan Milan
Ventola Goal 13'
Kallon Goal 90'
Report Shevchenko Goal 59', 77'
Contra Goal 61'
F. Inzaghi Goal 66'
Stadium: San Siro
27 October 2001 9 Juventus 0–0 Internazionale Turin
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
4 November 2001 10 Internazionale 2–0 Lecce Milan
Kallon Goal 36'
Di Biagio Goal 42'
Report Stadium: San Siro
17 November 2001 11 Roma 0–0 Internazionale Rome
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
25 November 2001 12 Internazionale 2–0 Fiorentina Milan
Kallon Goal 43'
Vieri Goal 55'
Report Stadium: San Siro
2 December 2001 13 Atalanta 2–4 Internazionale Bergamo
Doni Goal 15', 21' (pen.) Report Di Biagio Goal 8'
Vieri Goal 60', 74' (pen.)
Kallon Goal 79'
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
9 December 2001 14 Brescia 1–3 Internazionale Brescia
Tare Goal 20' Report Ronaldo Goal 18'
Vieri Goal 63', 70'
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
15 December 2001 15 Internazionale 1–2 Chievo Milan
Vieri Goal 25' Report Corradi Goal 20'
Marazzina Goal 54'
Stadium: San Siro
23 December 2001 16 Piacenza 2–3 Internazionale Piacenza
Gautieri Goal 55', 74' Report Vieri Goal 45' (pen.), 83'
Kallon Goal 69'
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 Goal 58'
Recoba Goal 73'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
20 January 2002 19 Internazionale 2–0 Parma Milan
Sensini Goal 2' (o.g.)
Vieri Goal 84'
Report Stadium: San Siro
27 January 2002 20 Venezia 1–1 Internazionale Venice
Maniero Goal 70' (pen.) Report Vieri Goal 28' 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 Goal 55'
Zauli Goal 73'
Report Seedorf Goal 88' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
17 February 2002 23 Verona 0–3 Internazionale Verona
Report C. Zanetti Goal 32'
Vieri Goal 53', 88'
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
24 February 2002 24 Internazionale 3–2 Udinese Milan
Vieri Goal 27'
Ventola Goal 68'
Conceição Goal 86'
Report Muzzi Goal 80'
Pinzi Goal 88'
Stadium: San Siro
3 March 2002 25 Milan 0–1 Internazionale Milan
Report Vieri Goal 78' Stadium: San Siro
9 March 2002 26 Internazionale 2–2 Juventus Milan
Seedorf Goal 6', 90' Report Trezeguet Goal 13'
Tudor Goal 81'
Stadium: San Siro
17 March 2002 27 Lecce 1–2 Internazionale Lecce
Vugrinec Goal 90' Report Recoba Goal 40', 67' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
24 March 2002 28 Internazionale 3–1 Roma Milan
Recoba Goal 2', 72'
Vieri Goal 43'
Report Totti Goal 57' Stadium: San Siro
30 March 2002 29 Fiorentina 0–1 Internazionale Florence
Report Vieri Goal 61' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
7 April 2002 30 Internazionale 1–2 Atalanta Milan
Vieri Goal 47' Report Sala Goal 44'
Berretta Goal 62'
Stadium: San Siro
14 April 2002 31 Internazionale 2–1 Brescia Milan
Ronaldo Goal 80', 83' Report Guardiola Goal 29' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
21 April 2002 32 Chievo 2–2 Internazionale Verona
Marazzina Goal 41'
Cossato Goal 90'
Report Dalmat Goal 46'
Ronaldo Goal 60'
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
28 April 2002 33 Internazionale 3–1 Piacenza Milan
Córdoba Goal 7'
Recoba Goal 70'
Ronaldo Goal 80'
Report Matuzalém Goal 36' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 75,000
5 May 2002 34 Lazio 4–2 Internazionale Rome
Poborský Goal 19', 45'
Simeone Goal 55'
S. Inzaghi Goal 73'
Report Vieri Goal 12'
Di Biagio Goal 24'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000

Coppa Italia[]

Eightfinals[]

12 November 2001 1 Udinese Calcio 2–1 Inter Udine
20:45 CET Di Michele Goal 71'
Pizarro Goal 83'
Report Goal 30' Seedorf Stadium: Friuli
Referee: Paolo Bertini
29 November 2001 2 Inter 2–2 Udinese Calcio Milan
20:45 CET Ventola Goal 10'
J. Zanetti Goal 18'
Report Goal 41' Muzzi
Goal 78' Jørgensen
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

UEFA Cup[]

First round[]

20 September 2001 Internazionale Italy 3–0 Romania Brașov Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21:00 CET Dalmat Goal 23'
Kallon Goal 31'
Di Biagio Goal 41'
Report Referee: Fernando Mendez (Spain)
27 September 2001 Brașov Romania 0–3 Italy Internazionale Stadionul Tineretului, Brașov
Ventola Goal 14', 79'
Guly Goal 36'

Internazionale won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round[]

18 October 2001 Internazionale Italy 2–0 Poland Wisła Kraków Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21:00 Kallon Goal 61', 65' Report Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
30 October 2001 Wisła Kraków Poland 1–0 Italy Internazionale Wisła Stadium, Kraków
13:00 Żurawski Goal 4' Report Referee: (Portugal)

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round[]

22 November 2001 Ipswich Town England 1–0 Italy Internazionale Portman Road, Ipswich
20:45 Armstrong Goal 81' Report Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
6 December 2001 Internazionale Italy 4–1 England Ipswich Town Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
21:00 Vieri Goal 19', 34', 71'
Kallon Goal 46'
Report Armstrong Goal 79' (pen.) Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Fourth round[]

21 February 2002 Internazionale Italy 3–1 Greece AEK Athens San Siro, Milan
21:00 J. Zanetti Goal 14'
Kallon Goal 37'
Ventola Goal 56'
Report Zagorakis Goal 8' Referee: Graham Poll (England)
28 February 2002 AEK Athens Greece 2–2 Italy Internazionale Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia
20:30 Konstantinidis Goal 23'
Nikolaidis Goal 56'
Report Greško Goal 20'
Ventola Goal 57'
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Internazionale won 5–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) Internazionale Italy 1–1 Spain Valencia San Siro, Milan
21:00 Materazzi Goal 50' Report Rufete Goal 66' Attendance: 24,184
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
21 March 2002 (2002-03-21) Valencia Spain 0–1 Italy Internazionale Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
21:45 Report Ventola Goal 4' Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) Internazionale Italy 0–1 Netherlands Feyenoord San Siro, Milan
21:00 Report Córdoba Goal 51' (o.g.) Attendance: 39,622
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
11 April 2002 (2002-04-11) Feyenoord Netherlands 2–2 Italy Internazionale De Kuip, Rotterdam
20:30 Van Hooijdonk Goal 17'
Tomasson Goal 34'
Report C. Zanetti Goal 83'
Kallon Goal 89' (pen.)
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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy ITA Toldo 43 0 33 0 1 0 9 0
4 DF Argentina ARG Zanetti J 44 2 33 0 1 1 10 1
2 DF Colombia COL Cordoba 42 1 30 1 1 0 11 0
23 DF Italy ITA Materazzi 32 2 23 1 1 0 8 1
24 DF Slovakia SVK Gresko 34 1 23 0 2 0 8+1 1
11 MF Argentina ARG Guly 33 1 20+3 0 2 0 8 1
6 MF Italy ITA Zanetti C 33 2 25+1 1 1 0 6 1
14 MF Italy ITA Di Biagio 42 4 31 3 1+1 0 8+1 1
10 MF Netherlands NED Seedorf 32 4 17+3 3 0+2 1 6+4 0
32 FW Italy ITA Vieri 28 25 25 22 0+1 0 2 3
3 FW Sierra Leone SLE Kallon 39 15 16+12 9 0 0 10+1 6
12 GK Italy ITA Fontana 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
7 MF Portugal POR Conçeicão 32 1 16+7 1 0+1 0 5+3 0
20 FW Uruguay URU Recoba 22 6 15+3 6 0 0 1+3 0
78 FW Italy ITA Ventola 26 10 12+3 4 2 1 7+2 5
18 MF France FRA Dalmat 24 1 11+5 1 1 0 4+3 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldo 15 7 9+1 7 0 0 1+4 0
21 MF Greece GRE Georgatos 12 1 9+1 1 0 0 1+1 0
16 DF Uruguay URU Sorondo 12 0 8+3 0 1 0 0 0
13 DF Croatia CRO Simic 21 0 6+6 0 1 0 5+3 0
8 MF Spain ESP Farinos 16 0 5+5 0 1 0 4+1 0
77 MF Turkey TUR Okan 11 0 3+4 0 1 0 3 0
31 DF Argentina ARG Vivas 16 0 1+12 0 0 0 2+1 0
33 MF Turkey TUR Emre 20 0 0+13 0 1 0 5+1 0
17 DF Italy ITA Serena 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Italy ITA Padalino 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF Italy ITA Ferraro 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
Players transferred out during the season
15 MF France FRA Cauet 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 FW Brazil BRA 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
32 FW Italy Christian Vieri 22 0 3 25
3 FW Sierra Leone Mohamed Kallon 9 0 6 15
78 FW Italy Nicola Ventola 4 1 5 10
9 FW Brazil Ronaldo 7 0 0 7
20 FW Uruguay Álvaro Recoba 6 0 0 6
10 MF Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 3 1 0 4
14 MF Italy Luigi Di Biagio 3 0 1 4
4 DF Argentina Javier Zanetti 0 1 1 2
6 MF Italy Cristiano Zanetti 1 0 1 2
23 DF Italy Marco Materazzi 1 0 1 2
2 DF Colombia Iván Córdoba 1 0 0 1
7 MF Portugal Sérgio Conçeicão 1 0 0 1
11 MF Argentina Guly 0 0 1 1
18 MF France Stéphane Dalmat 1 0 0 1
21 MF Greece Grigorios Georgatos 1 0 0 1
24 DF Slovakia Vratislav Greško 0 0 1 1
28 FW Brazil 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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