2002–03 Juventus F.C. season

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Juventus
2002–03 season
PresidentVittorio Chiusano
ManagerMarcello Lippi
StadiumStadio delle Alpi
Serie A1st
Supercoppa ItalianaWinners
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alessandro Del Piero (16)

All:
Alessandro Del Piero (23)
Average home league attendance39,771[1]
Away colours

The 2002–03 season was Juventus Football Club's 105th in existence and 101st consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Juventus enjoyed much success, with Marcello Lippi guiding the team to the Serie A title for the second season in a row, finishing seven points ahead of Inter and 11 in front of A.C. Milan and, in Europe, reaching the Champions League Final after eliminating powerhouses like Barcelona and Real Madrid en route. In the all-Italian final, Juventus faced Milan and were beaten in a penalty shoot-out after a goalless draw. It was the fourth time that Lippi had led Juventus to the Champions League final (winning in 1996 but losing in 1997 and 1998).

Lippi employed the 4–3–1–2 formation for most of the season, with Pavel Nedvěd in the role of trequartista instead of his usual left midfield position. Nedvěd had one of the best seasons of his career and was awarded the 2003 Ballon d'Or in the wake of his performances. Unfortunately for the club, he was ruled out of the Champions League final after receiving a yellow card in the second leg of the semi-final against Real Madrid, and his absence would be greatly felt.

Players[]

Squad information[]

Squad no. Name Nationality Position
Goalkeepers
1 Gianluigi Buffon Italy GK
12 Antonio Chimenti Italy GK
22 Landry Bonnefoi France GK
Defenders
2 Ciro Ferrara Italy CB / RB
4 Paolo Montero Uruguay CB / LB
5 Igor Tudor Croatia CB / DM / RB
21 Lilian Thuram France CB / RB
13 Mark Iuliano Italy CB / LB / RB
19 Gianluca Zambrotta Italy RB / LB / RM / LM / DM
7 Gianluca Pessotto Italy RB / LB
15 Alessandro Birindelli Italy RB / LB
14 Cristian Zenoni Italy RB / RM
6 Salvatore Fresi Italy CB / SW
Midfielders
3 Alessio Tacchinardi Italy DM / CM
26 Edgar Davids Netherlands CM / DM
11 Pavel Nedvěd Czech Republic LM / AM / LW / SS
8 Antonio Conte Italy CM / RM / LM
16 Mauro Camoranesi Italy RM / RW / AM
23 Rubén Olivera Uruguay AM / LW
37 Matteo Paro Italy CM / DM
Forwards
10 Alessandro Del Piero (Captain) Italy SS / CF
17 David Trezeguet France CF
25 Marcelo Zalayeta Uruguay CF
18 Marco Di Vaio Italy CF / SS
9 Marcelo Salas Chile CF

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
20 MF Italy ITA Davide Baiocco (on loan to Piacenza)
24 DF Italy ITA Emiliano Moretti (on loan to Modena)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF Italy ITA Mattia Cassani (to Sampdoria)

Season review[]

On the field, the side coached by Marcello Lippi had a relatively slow start to the league season. They remained unbeaten in the first 12 matches, but this included five draws. The club's form suffered a blip at the beginning of autumn with two draws and two consecutive defeats, to Brescia and Lazio, between 23 November and 15 December. At this point of the season, with 14 matches played, Juventus were fourth in Serie A, trailing Inter, Lazio and Milan. On 22 December, a late Mauro Camoranesi goal at Perugia was needed to put an end to this winless streak.

From this moment on, the Bianconeri gained a momentum they sustained going into the new year, winning nine of their next ten matches. Unfortunately, the only fixture they failed to win during this period, a 1–1 draw against Atalanta in early February, was marred by a serious injury to Alessandro Del Piero, at a time when he had rediscovered his goalscoring touch. Del Piero subsequently missed two months of football. Even in his absence, la Vecchia Signora continued to prevail, though in a less dominant fashion. On 2 March, Juventus thrashed Inter 3–0, a result that took the club to top spot in the league, a position it would never leave. After the match, the Bianconeri lost only two more of their remaining matches and won most of the remainder, including an important success over Roma, who had been something of a bogey side for the Turin club in previous years.

The 27th league title of Juve's history was confirmed on 10 May following a 2–2 draw with Perugia — with two matches to play, second-placed Inter were no longer in a position to challenge for the Scudetto.

Europe[]

All three North Italian clubs succeeded in Europe. Along with the two Milan clubs, Juventus were one of the three Italian sides who appeared in the semi-finals that season. Juventus eliminated the only remaining non-Italian team, Real Madrid, to set up an all-Italian final with Milan, who had beaten Inter in the other semi-final. The final, played at Old Trafford in Manchester, ended 0–0 with Milan winning on penalties. Normally reliable goalscorer David Trezeguet was among the players who missed their attempts.

It was Juventus' best run in the competition since the 1997–98 season, where they had also been beaten finalists. However, the Bianconeri's run to the final actually involved a lot of tough moments. After impressing in the first group stage, topping their group (which included Feyenoord, Dynamo Kyiv and Newcastle United) and conceding just three goals in six matches (the best defence of all 32 teams competing), Juventus struggled in the second group stage.

Drawn in Group D alongside Basel, Deportivo La Coruña and Manchester United, Juventus were beaten by Manchester United both at Old Trafford and at home at the Stadio delle Alpi and also lost to Basel in Switzerland. Eventually, they scraped by as group runners-up behind Manchester United.

More epic games awaited them, with Barcelona next on their agenda. While struggling in their domestic league, Barcelona had impressed in both group stages, topping their group every time and establishing a new record of nine consecutive wins in the competition. The first leg of the quarter-final in Turin finished 1–1, Javier Saviola's 78th-minute goal equalising Paolo Montero's early goal. Barcelona appeared to be in a fine position heading into the second leg at the Camp Nou. There, Pavel Nedvěd scored first for Juventus, but the Catalans soon equalised through Xavi. When Edgar Davids was sent-off for repeated fouling, the Bianconeri were seemingly doomed. However, ten-man Juventus held on until extra time, and with six minutes left on the clock, substitute Marcelo Zalayeta scored a second goal to advance the club to the semi-finals.

Even tougher opposition was awaiting them in the following round in Real Madrid. Madrid had won three of the previous five editions of the competition and presented a star-studded squad with players such as Iker Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Luís Figo, Raúl, Ronaldo and former Juventus playmaker Zinedine Zidane. They had imperiously seen off the challenge of Manchester United in the quarter-finals and were in search of their tenth European Cup/Champions League title.

The first leg was played in Madrid on 6 May. Real Madrid scored with Ronaldo, but David Trezeguet equalised. The second half saw Roberto Carlos grab a second goal for the home side.

In the return leg on 14 May, Juventus set out to attack and were rewarded for their efforts with just 12 minutes gone. A fine collective move saw Gianluca Zambrotta cross from deep for Alessandro Del Piero, who headed back into the six-yard box for David Trezeguet to smash home. Just before half-time, Del Piero beat goalkeeper Casillas at his near post with a well-placed shot. Del Piero thus maintained his tradition of scoring key goals against Real Madrid, having already done so as a 21-year-old in a 1996 quarter-final tie.

Real Madrid earned a penalty after 65 minutes, but Gianluigi Buffon saved Luís Figo's effort, thus keeping his side's two-goal advantage. On 73 minutes, Pavel Nedvěd made it 3–0, but he received a yellow card for a rash challenge in the closing minutes of the match, meaning he would miss the final through suspension. On 89 minutes, Zidane, playing on the pitch which had been his home for five seasons, pulled one back for Real Madrid. The match ended 3–1 as Juventus qualified for the final.

Key players[]

For the league title, Nedvěd was considered the key player, also winning the European Player of the Year award. With five goals scored, he was — alongside Alessandro Del Piero — the club's joint top goalscorer in the Champions League.

Gianluigi Buffon, Lilian Thuram, Ciro Ferrara, Edgar Davids and Alessandro Del Piero all made key contributions to the squad, but the biggest surprise was Mauro Camoranesi. Signed from Hellas Verona in the summer of 2002, the Argentinian-born midfielder adapted with ease to his new surroundings and was one of the club's best players for the first seven months of the season. In April and May 2003, he suffered from a slight loss of form which did not change the fact that he had significantly contributed to a positive season for the club.

2001–02 topscorer David Trezeguet suffered from a knee injury in pre-season practice. He recovered strongly from this setback, but his absence gave the opportunity to Marcelo Zalayeta and Marco Di Vaio to play more matches than would be expected, with Zalayeta in particular scoring some key goals.

Competitions[]

Supercoppa Italiana[]

25 August 2002 Juventus 2–1 Parma Tripoli, Libya
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Del Piero Goal 38', 73' Report Di Vaio Goal 64' Stadium: June 11 Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Stefano Farina

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 21 9 4 64 29 +35 72 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 34 19 8 7 64 38 +26 65
3 AC Milan 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 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

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 21 9 4 64 29  +35 72 12 4 1 37 14  +23 9 5 3 27 15  +12

Last updated: 24 May 2003.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[]

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GroundHAHHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultWWDDDWWWWWDDLLWWWWDWWWWWWLWDWWDDLW
Position2233533321244554433211111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2003. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

15 September 2002 2 Juventus 3–0 Atalanta Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Del Piero Goal 27' (pen.), 34'
Fresi Goal 90+1'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 38,315
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
21 September 2002 3 Empoli 0–2 Juventus Empoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Del Piero Goal 6' (pen.), 73' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 18,700
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
28 September 2002 4 Juventus 2–2 Parma Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tudor Goal 87'
Del Piero Goal 90+5'
Report Nakata Goal 66'
Adriano Goal 81'
Lamouchi Red card 88'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 38,993
Referee: Stefano Cassarà
6 October 2002 5 Juventus 1–1 Como Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zalayeta Goal 88' Report Pecchia Goal 65' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 37,112
Referee: Paolo Bertini
19 October 2002 6 Internazionale 1–1 Juventus Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Morfeo Red card 90+1'
Vieri Goal 90+5'
Report Del Piero Goal 89' (pen.)
Conte Red card 90+1'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 76,166
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
26 October 2002 7 Juventus 1–0 Udinese Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Salas Goal 49' Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 35,168
Referee: Paolo Bertini
3 November 2002 8 Modena 0–1 Juventus Modena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Milanetto Yellow card -' Yellow-red card 83' Report Del Piero Goal 74' Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia
Attendance: 16,227
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
6 November 2002 1 Piacenza 0–1 Juventus Piacenza
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Nedvěd Goal 70' Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 12,763
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
10 November 2002 9 Juventus 2–1 AC Milan Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Di Vaio Goal 8'
Thuram Goal 21'
Report Pirlo Goal 32' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 57,762
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
17 November 2002 10 Torino 0–4 Juventus Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Del Piero Goal 6'
Di Vaio Goal 33'
Nedvěd Goal 52'
Davids Goal 89'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 32,947
Referee: Massimo De Santis
23 November 2002 11 Juventus 1–1 Bologna Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Iuliano Goal 86' Report Signori Goal 66' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 36,544
Referee: Stefano Farina
1 December 2002 12 Roma 2–2 Juventus Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Totti Goal 12' Red card 90'
Cassano Goal 44'
Candela Red card 87'
Report Del Piero Goal 45+2'
Nedvěd Goal 85'
Birindelli Red card 87'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 74,313
Referee: Paolo Bertini
8 December 2002 13 Brescia 2–0 Juventus Brescia
15:15 CET (UTC+01:00) Schopp Goal 78'
Tare Goal 84'
Matuzalém Yellow card -' Yellow-red card 88'
Report Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 19,714
Referee: Stefano Farina
15 December 2002 14 Juventus 1–2 Lazio Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Nedvěd Goal 34' Report Fiore Goal 35', 50' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 38,014
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
22 December 2002 15 Perugia 0–1 Juventus Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Camoranesi Goal 90+1' Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 19,739
Referee: Luca Palanca
12 January 2003 16 Juventus 5–0 Reggina Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Conte Goal 21'
Trezeguet Goal 34'
Cozza Goal 64' (o.g.)
Del Piero Goal 71' (pen.)
Di Vaio Goal 83'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 35,735
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
19 January 2003 17 Chievo 1–4 Juventus Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cossato Goal 72'
Bierhoff Red card 76'
Report Trezeguet Goal 11', 68', 86' (pen.)
Del Piero Goal 20' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 34,544
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
26 January 2003 18 Juventus 2–0 Piacenza Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero Goal 9'
Nedvěd Goal 43'
Report Rinaldi Yellow card -' Yellow-red card 83' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 35,539
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
2 February 2003 19 Atalanta 1–1 Juventus Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Pinardi Goal 40'
Doni Yellow card -' Yellow-red card 82'
Report Di Vaio Goal 51' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 23,647
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
8 February 2003 20 Juventus 1–0 Empoli Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Trezeguet Goal 7' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 34,595
Referee: Marco Gabriele
16 February 2003 21 Parma 1–2 Juventus Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mutu Goal 90' Report Di Vaio Goal 13'
Tacchinardi Goal 30'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 23,451
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
22 February 2003 22 Como 1–3 Juventus Piacenza
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Pecchia Goal 79' Report Juárez Goal 11' (o.g.)
Di Vaio Goal 22'
Camoranesi Goal 43'
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 8,377
Referee: Antonio Dattilo A.
2 March 2003 23 Juventus 3–0 Internazionale Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Guglielminpietro Goal 4' (o.g.)
Nedvěd Goal 34'
Camoranesi Goal 83'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 57,393
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
9 March 2003 24 Udinese 0–1 Juventus Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Pinzi Red card 60' Report Trezeguet Goal 84' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 26,694
Referee: Luca Palanca
15 March 2003 25 Juventus 3–0 Modena Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Nedvěd Goal 54', 83'
Trezeguet Goal 85'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 36,921
Referee: Emidio Morganti
22 March 2003 26 AC Milan 2–1 Juventus Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Shevchenko Goal 4'
Inzaghi Goal 25'
Report Nedvěd Goal 10' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 78,671
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
5 April 2003 27 Juventus 2–0 Torino Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Comotto Goal 6' (o.g.)
Tudor Red card 42'
Tacchinardi Goal 88'
Report C. Lucarelli Red card 42'
Mezzano Yellow card -' Yellow-red card 56'
Marinelli Yellow card -' Yellow-red card 67'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 19,826
Referee: Massimo De Santis
13 April 2003 28 Bologna 2–2 Juventus Bologna
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cruz Goal 15'
Locatelli Goal 74'
Report Zambrotta Goal 87'
Camoranesi Goal 90+5'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 36,178
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
19 April 2003 29 Juventus 2–1 Roma Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Del Piero Goal 30' (pen.), 39' Report Montella Goal 44' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 42,592
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
27 April 2003 30 Juventus 2–1 Brescia Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Del Piero Goal 9', 86' Report Appiah Goal 83' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 40,881
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
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 Juventus 2–2 Perugia Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Trezeguet Goal 25' (pen.)
Di Vaio Goal 46'
Report Miccoli Goal 36'
Grosso Goal 90+2'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 51,299
Referee: Paolo Bertini
17 May 2003 33 Reggina 2–1 Juventus Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Michele Goal 17'
Bonazzoli Goal 51'
Report Zalayeta Goal 23' Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 26,182
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
24 May 2003 34 Juventus 4–3 Chievo Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zalayeta Goal 16', 57'
Trezeguet Goal 70'
C. Zenoni Goal 87'
Report Bierhoff Goal 62', 74', 79'
D'Anna Red card 72'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 39,417
Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Coppa Italia[]

Round of 16[]

5 December 2002 First leg Reggina 0–2 Juventus Reggio Calabria
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Salas Goal 66' (pen.)
Zalayeta Goal 90+1'
Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Referee: Emidio Morganti
18 December 2002 Second leg Juventus 0–1
(2–1 agg.)
Reggina Turin
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Goal 21'
Yellow card 85' Yellow-red card
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Quarter-finals[]

15 January 2003 First leg Juventus 1–2 Perugia Turin
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Zalayeta Goal 43' Report Miccoli Goal 44', 53' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
23 January 2003 Second leg Perugia 2–0
(4–1 agg.)
Juventus Perugia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Miccoli Goal 84'
Zé Maria Goal 90' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV NEW DK FEY
1 Italy Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13 Advance to second group stage 2–0 5–0 2–0
2 England Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9 1–0 2–1 0–1
3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 2–0 2–0
4 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 1–1 2–3 0–0
Source: UEFA
18 September 2002 1 Feyenoord Netherlands 1–1 Italy Juventus Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Emerton Yellow card 18'
Van Hooijdonk Goal 75'
Kalou Yellow card 85'
Report Ferrara Yellow card 10'
Camoranesi Goal 32'
Fresi Yellow card 73'
Nedvěd Yellow card 74'
Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 40,759
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)
24 September 2002 2 Juventus Italy 5–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ferrara Yellow card 5'
Di Vaio Goal 14', 52'
Del Piero Goal 22'
Tacchinardi Yellow card 62'
Davids Goal 67'
Nedvěd Goal 79'
Report Leko Yellow card 68' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 26,876
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
1 October 2002 3 Juventus Italy 2–0 England Newcastle United Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Del Piero Goal 66', 81'
Iuliano Yellow card 73'
Report Dabizas Yellow card 64' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 41,424
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
23 October 2002 4 Newcastle United England 1–0 Italy Juventus Newcastle upon Tyne, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Griffin Goal 62' Report Tacchinardi Yellow card 71' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 48,370
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
29 October 2002 5 Juventus Italy 2–0 Netherlands Feyenoord Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Di Vaio Goal 4', 69'
Tacchinardi Yellow card 26'
Report Ono Yellow card 21'
Rząsa Yellow card 24'
Paauwe Yellow card 33'
Bombarda Yellow card 52'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 35,789
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
13 November 2002 6 Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–2 Italy Juventus Kiev, Ukraine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Shatskikh Goal 50' Report Salas Goal 53'
Olivera Yellow card 55'
Zalayeta Goal 61'
Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Second group stage[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU JUV BAS DEP
1 England Manchester United 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 knockout stage 2–1 1–1 2–0
2 Italy Juventus 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7 0–3 4–0 3–2
3 Switzerland Basel 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 1–3 2–1 1–0
4 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 2–0 2–2 1–0
Source: UEFA
26 November 2002 1 Deportivo La Coruña Spain 2–2 Italy Juventus A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Tristán Goal 9'
Makaay Goal 11'
Martín Yellow card 28'
Capdevila Yellow card 83'
Scaloni Yellow card 89'
Report Davids Yellow card 22'
Birindelli Goal 38'
Montero Yellow card 55'
Nedvěd Goal 57'
Tacchinardi Yellow card 58'
Stadium: Estadio Riazor
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
11 December 2002 2 Juventus Italy 4–0 Switzerland Basel Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Trezeguet Goal 3'
Montero Goal 34'
Tacchinardi Goal 43'
Del Piero Goal 51' (pen.)
Iuliano Yellow card 53'
Report Esposito Yellow card 50'
H. Yakin Yellow card 70'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 22,639
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
19 February 2003 3 Manchester United England 2–1 Italy Juventus Manchester, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Brown Goal 4'
Scholes Yellow card 36'
Keane Yellow card 80'
Van Nistelrooy Goal 85'
Report Davids Yellow card 19'
Tacchinardi Yellow card 45+2'
Nedvěd Goal 90+2'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 66,703
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
25 February 2003 4 Juventus Italy 0–3 England Manchester United Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Nedvěd Yellow card 89' Report P. Neville Yellow card 12'
Giggs Goal 15', 41'
Van Nistelrooy Goal 63'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 59,111
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
12 March 2003 5 Juventus Italy 3–2 Spain Deportivo La Coruña Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Ferrara Goal 12'
Trezeguet Goal 63'
Tacchinardi Yellow card 67'
Montero Yellow card 79'
Davids Yellow card 90+2'
Tudor Goal 90+3'
Report Tristán Goal 34'
Makaay Goal 52'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 25,070
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
18 March 2003 6 Basel Switzerland 2–1 Italy Juventus Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Cantaluppi Goal 38'
Giménez Goal 90+2'
Report Tacchinardi Goal 10' Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 30,501
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals[]
9 April 2003 First leg Juventus Italy 1–1 Spain Barcelona Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Montero Goal 16'
Birindelli Yellow card 76'
Report Kluivert Yellow card 61'
Gabri Yellow card 69'
Saviola Goal 78'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 48,783
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
22 April 2003 Second leg Barcelona Spain 1–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)
Italy Juventus Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Xavi Goal 66'
Luis Enrique Yellow card 76'
Gerard Yellow card 106'
Motta Yellow card 117'
Report Zambrotta Yellow card 20'
Montero Yellow card 21'
Nedvěd Goal 53'
Davids Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 79'
Tacchinardi Yellow card 94'
Zalayeta Goal 114'
Buffon Yellow card 117'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 98,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Semi-finals[]
6 May 2003 First leg Real Madrid Spain 2–1 Italy Juventus Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ronaldo Goal 23'
Roberto Carlos Goal 73'
Report Birindelli Yellow card 29'
Iuliano Yellow card 31'
Zambrotta Yellow card 35'
Trezeguet Goal 45'
Conte Yellow card 57'
Ferrara Yellow card 79'
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
14 May 2003 Second leg Juventus Italy 3–1
(4–3 agg.)
Spain Real Madrid Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Trezeguet Goal 12'
Del Piero Goal 43'
Montero Yellow card 58'
Tacchinardi Yellow card 64'
Nedvěd Goal 73' Yellow card 82'
Report Conceição Yellow card 23'
Salgado Yellow card 58'
Hierro Yellow card 75'
Figo Yellow card 86'
Zidane Goal 89'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 67,299
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Final[]
28 May 2003 Final Juventus Italy 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
Italy AC Milan Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tacchinardi Yellow card 69'
Del Piero Yellow card 111'
Report Costacurta Yellow card 18' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 63,215
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Penalties
Trezeguet Penalty missed
Birindelli Penalty scored
Zalayeta Penalty missed
Montero Penalty missed
Del Piero Penalty scored
Penalty scored Serginho
Penalty missed Seedorf
Penalty missed Kaladze
Penalty scored Nesta
Penalty scored Shevchenko

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals in the Serie A[]

No. Pos. Player A Soccerball shade.svg Yellow card Red card
1 GK Italy Gianluigi Buffon 32 -23 7 0
2 DF Italy Ciro Ferrara 24 0 4 0
3 MF Italy Alessio Tacchinardi 27 2 2 0
4 DF Uruguay Paolo Montero 21 0 2 0
5 DF Croatia Igor Tudor 14 1 2 1
6 DF Italy Salvatore Fresi 9 1 0 0
7 DF Italy Gianluca Pessotto 17 0 2 0
8 MF Italy Antonio Conte 18 1 3 1
9 FW Chile Marcelo Salas 11 1 2 0
10 FW Italy Alessandro Del Piero 24 16 0 0
11 MF Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd 29 9 3 0
12 GK Italy Antonio Chimenti 4 -6 0 0
13 DF Italy Mark Iuliano 22 1 3 0
14 MF Italy Cristian Zenoni 13 1 0 0
15 DF Italy Alessandro Birindelli 17 0 7 1
16 MF Italy Mauro Camoranesi 30 4 7 0
17 FW France David Trezeguet 17 9 0 0
18 FW Italy Marco Di Vaio 26 7 2 0
19 DF Italy Gianluca Zambrotta 26 1 4 0
20 MF Italy Davide Baiocco 7 0 0 0
21 DF France Lilian Thuram 27 1 0 0
23 MF Uruguay Rubén Olivera 3 0 0 0
24 DF Italy Emiliano Moretti 8 0 3 0
25 FW Uruguay Marcelo Zalayeta 22 4 2 0
26 MF Netherlands Edgar Davids 26 1 3 0
37 MF Italy Matteo Paro 1 0 0 0
Own goals for - 4 - -

Overall statistics[]

Total Home Away
Games played 34 17 17
Games won 21 12 9
Games drawn 9 4 5
Games lost 4 1 3
Biggest win 5–0 vs Reggina 5–0 vs Reggina 4–0 vs Torino
Biggest loss 0-2 vs Brescia 1–2 vs Lazio 0-2 vs Brescia
Clean sheets 15 8 7
Goals scored 64 37 27
Goals conceded 29 14 15
Goal difference +35 +23 +12
Average GF per game 1.88 2.18 1.59
Average GA per game 0.85 0.82 0.88
Yellow cards 40
Red cards 3
Most appearances Italy Gianluigi Buffon (32)
Top scorer Italy Alessandro Del Piero (16)
Worst discipline Italy Alessandro Birindelli 7 Yellow card 1 Red card
Penalties for 9/11 (81.82%)
Penalties against 2/4 (50%)
Points 72/102 (70.59%) 40/51 (62.5%) 32/51 (59.26%)
Winning rate 61.76% 70.59% 52.94%

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie a 2002-2003 Attendance Statistics of Serie A (1st Div) 2002-2003".
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