2002–03 S.S. Lazio season

Lazio
2002–03 season
Chairman	Sergio Cragnotti ; (until 3 January 2003); Ugo Longo
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Stadium	Olimpico
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Claudio López (15); All: Claudio López (17)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was the 103rd season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 15th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Under new manager Roberto Mancini, Lazio finished 4th in Serie A and reached the semi-finals of both the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup.

Summary[]

Owing to financial worries club President Sergio Cragnotti sold out several players including club legend defender Alessandro Nesta to A.C. Milan, forward Hernan Crespo to Inter and Gaizka Mendieta was loaned out to FC Barcelona. Also, the new arrivals were young coach Roberto Mancini along low-profile players such as Bernardo Corradi from Chievo Verona and Enrico Chiesa. On 3 January 2003 a majority of club shareholders appointed Ugo Longo as its new president finishing Cragnotti 10-yr-term.

Squad[]

Goalkeepers[]

Defenders[]

Fernando Couto
Jaap Stam
Giuseppe Favalli
Giuseppe Pancaro
Juan Pablo Sorín (left in January 2003 for Barcelona)
Siniša Mihajlović
Massimo Oddo
Paolo Negro
Francesco Colonnese
/ Guerino Gottardi

Midfielders[]

Dejan Stanković
Stefano Fiore
Diego Simeone
César
Lucas Castromán
Giuliano Giannichedda
Nikola Lazetić (arrived in January 2003 from Chievo)
Fabio Liverani
Dino Baggio
/ Christian Manfredini (left in January 2003 for Osasuna)

Attackers[]

Transfers[]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Massimo Oddo	Hellas Verona
DF	Daniel Ola	L'Aquila	loan ended
DF	Emanuele Pesaresi	Benfica	loan ended
DF	Juan Pablo Sorín	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	loan
MF	Roberto Baronio	Fiorentina	loan ended
MF	Christian Manfredini	Chievo Verona	co-ownership
FW	Enrico Chiesa	Fiorentina
FW	Bernardo Corradi	Internazionale

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Hernán Crespo	Internazionale	(€40 million)
DF	Alessandro Nesta	A.C. Milan	(€31 million )
DF	Alberto Comazzi	Hellas Verona
DF	Daniel Ola	Teramo
DF	Emanuele Pesaresi	Chievo Verona	co-ownership
MF	Roberto Baronio	Perugia Calcio	loan
MF	Iván de la Peña	RCD Espanyol
MF	Gaizka Mendieta	FC Barcelona	loan
MF	Karel Poborský	Sparta Praha
DF	Juan Pablo Sorín	FC Barcelona	loan
FW	Felice Evacuo	Fiorentina	loan

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Internazionale	34	19	8	7	64	38	+26	65	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Milan^[a]	34	18	7	9	55	30	+25	61	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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^[b]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Udinese	34	16	8	10	38	35	+3	56^[b]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: 2002–03 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).^[1]
Notes:

^ Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
^ ^a ^b Udinese finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L
Position	11	7	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying round; = 2003–04 UEFA Cup; = 2003–04 Serie B

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	15	15	4	57	32	+25	60	7	8	2	31	16	+15	8	7	2	26	16	+10

Matches[]

1	Lazio	2–3	Chievo
	Simeone 5' Corradi 64'		D'Anna 14' Bierhoff 49' Della Morte 70'

2	Torino	0–1	Lazio
			Simeone 86'

3	Lazio	1–1	Milan
	C. López 51'		Maldini 7'

4	Atalanta	0–1	Lazio
			César 24'

5	Lazio	3–0	Perugia
	S. Inzaghi 11' Chiesa 84, 90 + 1'

6	Lazio	2–2	Roma
	Fiore 51' Stanković 75'		Delvecchio 56' Batistuta 66'

7	Empoli	1–2	Lazio
	Atzori 45 + 1'		Corradi 45' Stanković 81'

8	Reggina	0–3	Lazio
			Fiore 16' Stanković 33' Corradi 53'

9

Lazio

0–0

Parma

10	Como	1–3	Lazio
	Corrent 37'		Simeone 18' C. López 56, 63'

11	Lazio	4–0	Modena
	Corradi 25, 89' C. López 31' César 71'

12	Piacenza	2–3	Lazio
	Maresca 17' Caccia 26'		Simeone 42' C. López 45 + 1' Corradi 90 + 1'

13	Lazio	3–3	Inter
	C. López 10' (pen.), 36', 53'		Couto 37' (o.g.) Emre 66, 75'

14	Juventus	1–2	Lazio
	Nedvěd 34'		Fiore 35, 51'

15	Lazio	1–1	Bologna
	C. López 45 + 1'		Zaccardo 65'

16

Brescia

0–0

Lazio

17	Lazio	2–1	Udinese
	C. López 27' Fiore 45 + 1'		Muzzi 40'

18	Lazio	0–1	Reggina
			Bonazzoli 46'

19	Chievo	1–1	Lazio
	Corini 45' (pen.)		Simeone 89'

20	Lazio	1–1	Torino
	Simeone 35'		Ferrante 71'

21	Milan	2–2	Lazio
	F. Inzaghi 62' Rivaldo 70'		Stanković 21' C. López 30' (pen.)

22

Lazio

0–0

Atalanta

23	Perugia	2–2	Lazio
	Zé Maria 13' Grosso 43'		Corradi 16' Negro 85'

24	Roma	1–1	Lazio
	Cassano 89'		Stanković 9'

25	Lazio	4–1	Empoli
	C. López 8' Corradi 41' Simeone 71' Castromán 85'		Buscè 5'

26	Parma	2–1	Lazio
	Cardone 4' Adriano 90 + 2'		Stanković 50'

27	Lazio	3–0	Como
	Fiore 6' Corradi 17' C. López 66' (pen.)

28

Modena

0–0

Lazio

29	Lazio	2–1	Piacenza
	S. Inzaghi 60' Corradi 74'		De Cesare 45'

30	Inter	1–1	Lazio
	Crespo 43'		S. Inzaghi 77'

31

Lazio

0–0

Juventus

32	Bologna	0–2	Lazio
			S. Inzaghi 45' (pen.) Favalli 59'

33	Lazio	3–1	Brescia
	Mihajlović 39' (pen.) César 45' C. López 81'		R. Baggio 20'

34	Udinese	2–1	Lazio
	Pizarro 67' (pen.) Jankulovski 83'		C. López 87' (pen.)

Top scorers[]

Coppa Italia[]

Eightfinals[]

4 December 2002	Lazio	2-0	Empoli	Roma
	Pancaro 10' S. Inzaghi 52' (rig)			Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 5 000

19 December 2002	Empoli	1-2	Lazio	Empoli
17:30	Grieco 70'		45' Chiesa 64' Pancaro	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 2 000 Referee:

Quarterfinals[]

15 January 2003	Lazio	2-1	Bari	Roma
18:00	Castromán 41' D'Agostino 90' (aut)		66' D'Agostino	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Morganti

21 January 2003	Bari	0-0	Lazio	Stadio San Nicola
21:00				Attendance: 2 347 Referee: Farina

Semifinals[]

5 February 2003	Lazio	1-2	Roma	Roma
	Fiore 76'		12' Cassano 49' Emerson	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 53 577 Referee: Trefoloni

16 April 2003	Roma	1-0	Lazio	Roma
20:45	Montella 56'			Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 52 087 Referee: Collina

UEFA Cup[]

First round[]

	Lazio	4-0	Xanthi
	Christian Manfredini 45' Claudio López 52' Simone Inzaghi 67' César 70'

Xanthi

0-0

Lazio

Second round[]

	Lazio	1-0	Crvena Zvezda
	Stefano Fiore 7'

	Crvena Zvezda	1-1	Lazio
	Branko Bošković 70'		Enrico Chiesa 77'

Third round[]

	Sturm Graz	1-3	Lazio
	Charles Amoah (45)		Enrico Chiesa (46) 1-2 Simone Inzaghi (57) 1-3 Simone Inzaghi (88)

	Lazio	0-1	Sturm Graz
			Imre Szabics 87'

Eightfinals[]

	Lazio	3-3	Wisła Kraków
	Nikola Lazetić 22' Mariusz Jop 44' ( own goal) Chiesa 70'		39' Kalu Uche 49' ( pen) Maciej Żurawski 63 ' (pen) Maciej Żurawski

	Wisła Kraków	1-2	Lazio
	Marcin Kuźba 4'		21' Fernando Couto 55' Enrico Chiesa

Quarter Final[]

	Lazio	1-0	Beşiktaş
	Simone Inzaghi 55'

	Beşiktaş	1-2	Lazio
	Sergen Yalçın 83'		5'Stefano Fiore 9' Lucas Castromán

Semi Final[]

	Porto	4-1	Lazio
	Maniche 10' Derlei 27' Derlei 50' Hélder Postiga 56'		6'Claudio López

Lazio

0-0

Porto

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
70	GK	ITA	Peruzzi	24	-22	30	-28	-	-	6	-6
3	DF	BRA	César	36	4	25+1	3	1	0	9	1
31	DF	NED	Stam	34	0	28	0	2	0	4	0
11	DF	SRB	Mihajlović	28	1	21	1	1	0	6	0
19	DF	ITA	Favalli	35	1	25+1	1	3	0	6	0
9	MF	ITA	Fiore	46	9	28+5	6	5	1	8	2
16	MF	ITA	Giannichedda	34	0	18+7	0	3	0	6	0
14	MF	ARG	Simeone	35	7	18+6	7	4	0	7	0
5	MF	SRB	Stanković	38	6	29	6	2	0	7	0
8	FW	ITA	Corradi	36	10	29+3	10	4	0	-	-
7	FW	ARG	López	47	17	30+4	15	4	0	9	2
1	GK	ITA	Marchegiani	14	-10	4+2	-3	3	-3	5	-4
4	MF	ITA	Baggio	15	0	0+4	0	3	0	8	0
26	MF	ARG	Castromán	29	3	4+12	1	5	1	8	1
25	FW	ITA	Chiesa	29	7	4+8	2	6	1	11	4
2	DF	ITA	Colonnese	0	0	-	-	3	0	3	0
99	GK	ITA	Concetti	7	-5	0+2	-1	3	-2	2	-2
24	DF	POR	Couto	31	1	15	0	4	0	12	1
17	DF	ITA	Gottardi	6	0	0+1	0	3	0	2	0
21	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	29	9	5+13	4	3	1	8	4
18	MF	SRB	Lazetić	10	1	3+2	0	1	0	4	1
20	DF	ITA	Liverani	34	0	9+12	0	5	0	8	0
34	FW	CIV	Manfredini	12	1	1+2	0	3	0	6	1
23	DF	ITA	Negro	28	1	18+1	1	3	0	6	0
22	DF	ITA	Oddo	31	0	16+3	0	5	0	7	0
15	DF	ITA	Pancaro	25	2	10+6	0	4	2	5	0
6	DF	ARG	Sorín	11	0	4+2	0	1	0	4	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/2002/1223/

References[]

^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

Sources[]

RSSSF - Italy 2002/03

[table_note_MIL0.62599035055656-1] Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.

[table_hth_UDI0.62599035055656-2] Udinese finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

[3] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	15	4	57	32	+25	60	7	8	2	31	16	+15	8	7	2	26	16	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	15	4	57	32	+25	60	7	8	2	31	16	+15	8	7	2	26	16	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	15	4	57	32	+25	60	7	8	2	31	16	+15	8	7	2	26	16	+10