2002–03 Serie B

Serie B TIM
Season	2002–03
Promoted	Siena (1st title); Sampdoria; Lecce; Ancona
Relegated	Cosenza (bankruptcy)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	961 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Igor Protti (23 goals)
Longest winning run	Vicenza; 7 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Vicenza; 14 matches
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Ancona

Ascoli

Bari

Livorno

Messina

Napoli

Palermo

Salernitana

Siena

Ternana

Triestina

Venezia

Verona

Vicenza

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Serie B 2002-03 team distribution

The 2002–03 Serie B was the 71st season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.

Teams[]

Livorno, Ascoli, Triestina and Catania had been promoted from Serie C, while Hellas Verona, Lecce, and Venezia had been relegated from Serie A and Fiorentina had lost their national professional licence.

Final classification[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Siena (P, C)	38	17	16	5	46	26	+20	67	Promotion to Serie A
2	Sampdoria (P)	38	17	16	5	53	31	+22	67
3	Lecce (P)	38	15	18	5	46	33	+13	63
4	Ancona (P)	38	16	13	9	53	40	+13	61
5	Triestina	38	16	10	12	54	46	+8	58
6	Palermo	38	15	13	10	45	42	+3	58
7	Ternana	38	14	13	11	45	37	+8	55
8	Cagliari	38	14	12	12	47	46	+1	54
9	Vicenza	38	13	15	10	55	50	+5	54
10	Livorno	38	12	13	13	48	43	+5	49
11	Bari	38	10	19	9	38	37	+1	49
12	Venezia	38	12	12	14	41	47	−6	48
13	Ascoli	38	13	9	16	46	52	−6	48
14	Hellas Verona	38	10	16	12	42	42	0	46
15	Messina	38	10	16	12	51	54	−3	46
16	Napoli	38	10	15	13	42	49	−7	45
17	Catania (T)	38	12	7	19	45	60	−15	43	Readmitted^[a]
18	Genoa (T)	38	9	12	17	47	51	−4	39	Readmitted^[a]
19	Cosenza (R, E, R)	38	10	6	22	29	52	−23	36	Relegation to ^[b]
20	Salernitana (T)	38	4	11	23	28	63	−35	23	Readmitted^[a]

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Relegated and later readmitted to Serie B after Caso Catania.
^ Lost professional licence for bankruptcy and admitted to .

Results[]

Home \ Away	ANC	ASC	BAR	CAG	CTN	COS	GEN	LCE	LIV	MES	NAP	PAL	SAL	SAM	SIE	TER	TRI	VEN	HEL	VIC
Ancona	—	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–2	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
Ascoli	1–0	—	3–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–4
Bari	0–0	2–0	—	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1
Cagliari	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0
Catania	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	0–2	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–1
Cosenza	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1
Genoa	4–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–2
Lecce	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1
Livorno	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–2	—	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2
Messina	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	—	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1
Napoli	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
Palermo	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0
Salernitana	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–1
Sampdoria	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–2	0–0
Siena	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	4–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Ternana	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1
Triestina	3–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	4–3	—	1–2	3–1	1–1
Venezia	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–2
Hellas Verona	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	—	4–2
Vicenza	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	—

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[table_note_res_Q0.26776422293287-1] Relegated and later readmitted to Serie B after Caso Catania.

[table_note_res_R0.26776422293287-2] Lost professional licence for bankruptcy and admitted to .

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1945–46 special postwar season: Serie A-B in Southern Italy