2002–03 U.S. Città di Palermo season

Palermo
season
President	Maurizio Zamparini
Manager	; (Coppa Italia and matchday 3); Daniele Arrigoni; (Matchdays 1–2 and 4–22); Nedo Sonetti; (Matchdays 23–38)
Stadium	La Favorita
Serie B	6th
Coppa Italia	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Filippo Maniero (13); All: Filippo Maniero (15)
Highest home attendance	31,572 (v Hellas Verona)
Lowest home attendance	8,595 (v Bari)
Average home league attendance	16,282
Biggest win	4–0 (v Taranto)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (v Lecce)
	← 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo's second season in a row in Serie B. In addition to the domestic league, Palermo participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players and statistics[]

As of 7 June 2003^[3]^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Vincenzo Sicignano	33	0	30	0	3	0
19	GK	ITA	Nicola Santoni	9	0	9	0	0	0
21	GK	ITA		0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	ITA		0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	SLE	Kewullay Conteh	17	1	17	1	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Fábio Bilica	15	0	12	0	3	0
3	DF	ITA		0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ITA		1	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Pietro Accardi	29	0	28	0	1	0
25	DF	ROU	Valentin Năstase	24	1	22	1	2	0
27	DF	ITA	Matteo Pivotto	20	0	20	0	0	0
33	DF	ITA	Francesco Modesto	13	0	12	0	1	0
36	DF	ITA	Luca Ferri	17	0	14	0	3	0
37	DF	ITA	Oscar Brevi	16	0	16	0	0	0
77	DF	ITA	Alessandro Lucarelli	30	0	28	0	2	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ITA	Stefano Morrone	38	5	35	5	3	0
7	MF	ROU	Paul Codrea	12	2	12	2	0	0
8	MF	ITA	Antonio Marasco	17	1	15	1	2	0
8	MF	ITA	Salvatore Masiello	2	0	2	0	0	0
11	MF	ITA	Daniele Di Donato	35	0	32	0	3	0
12	MF	ITA		0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	CMR	Frank Ongfiang	5	0	4	0	1	0
20	MF	ITA	Franco Brienza	2	0	0	0	2	0
20	MF	ITA	Lamberto Zauli	22	6	21	6	1	0
23	MF	SWE	Valentino Lai	1	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF	NGA	John Olufemi	2	0	2	0	0	0
28	MF	ITA	Massimo Mutarelli	30	0	28	0	2	0
30	MF	ITA	Manolo Pestrin	4	0	4	0	0	0
31	MF	ITA	Antonino Asta	25	4	24	3	1	1
81	MF	ARG	Mario Santana	33	1	33	1	0	0
Forwards
5	FW	ARG	Cristian La Grottería	23	2	21	2	2	0
7	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Mascara	20	4	17	2	3	2
9	FW	ITA	Filippo Maniero	34	15	31	13	3	2
10	FW	ITA	Arturo Di Napoli	33	8	30	8	3	0
82	FW	ITA	Davide Matteini	1	0	1	0	0	0

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	14 September 2002	7 June 2003	Matchday 3^{[note 2]}	6th place	38	15	13	10	45	42	+3	039.47
Coppa Italia	18 August 2002	8 September 2002	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	033.33
Total					41	16	14	11	50	44	+6	039.02

Source: Archivio storico - U.S. Città di Palermo

Serie B[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
4	Ancona (P)	38	16	13	9	53	40	+13	61	Promotion to Serie A
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

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.
(P) Promoted

Matches[]

Day	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance^[4]
3	14 September 2002	Ancona	A	2–4	Maniero (2) 31' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	8,652
4	21 September 2002	Siena	H	1–0	Maniero 41' (pen.)	19,619
5	28 September 2002	Triestina	A	1–2	Marasco 53'	8,766
6	5 October 2002	Livorno	H	1–0	Maniero 56'	14,593
7	13 October 2002	Salernitana	A	1–3	Di Napoli 65'	9,253
8	19 October 2002	Vicenza	A	3–1	Zauli (2) 26', 57', Santana 69'	4,350
9	26 October 2002	Cagliari	H	1–1	Maniero 6'	25,443
10	2 November 2002	Bari	A	1–0	Maniero 7'	6,098
1	5 November 2002	Cosenza	A	2–1	Morrone 5', Maniero 79' (pen.)	3,565
11	10 November 2002	Venezia	H	0–2		21,399
12	18 November 2002	Catania	A	0–2		21,000
13	24 November 2002	Ternana	H	2–1	Mascara 36', Maniero 55' (pen.)	12,689
14	29 November 2002	Napoli	A	0–0		10,355
15	8 December 2002	Genoa	H	0–0		10,614
16	15 December 2002	Messina	A	1–2	Maniero 81'	9,124
17	22 December 2002	Ascoli	H	2–2	Mascara 18', Di Napoli 89'	10,953
2	6 January 2003	Sampdoria	H	0–0		23,435
18	12 January 2003	Hellas Verona	A	0–0		10,378
19	19 January 2003	Lecce	H	2–0	Di Napoli (2), 24', 90+4'	13,271
20	26 January 2003	Cosenza	H	1–0	Di Napoli 36' (pen.)	11,880
21	2 February 2003	Sampdoria	A	0–1		19,814
22	9 February 2003	Ancona	H	0–1		14,370
23	23 February 2003	Siena	A	1–2	Conteh 64'	6,025
24	2 March 2003	Triestina	H	1–0	Nastase 57'	11,257
25	9 March 2003	Livorno	A	2–2	La Grottería 34' (pen.), Morrone 36'	9,663
26	16 March 2003	Salernitana	H	1–1	Maniero 2' (pen.)	11,146
27	23 March 2003	Vicenza	H	1–0	Morrone 43'	10,946
28	30 March 2003	Cagliari	A	2–2	Morrone 15', Maniero 69'	8,000
29	4 April 2003	Bari	H	2–2	Codrea 85', Di Napoli 90'	8,595
30	12 April 2003	Venezia	A	2–0	Codrea 4' (pen.), La Grottería 78'	2,958
31	19 April 2003	Catania	H	3–3	Asta 33', Zauli 55', Maniero 61'	25,155
32	26 April 2003	Ternana	A	0–0		11,122
33	4 May 2003	Napoli	H	2–1	Maniero 1', Asta 17'	13,626
34	10 May 2003	Genoa	A	1–1	Asta 6'	18,142
35	17 May 2003	Messina	H	2��1	Di Napoli 15', Morrone 79'	18,791
36	24 May 2003	Ascoli	A	2–1	Zauli 16', Di Napoli 90'	6,704
37	31 May 2003	Verona	H	2–0	Zauli (2) 7', 31'	31,572
38	7 June 2003	Lecce	A	0–3		35,038

Win	Draw	Loss

Source: Formazioni Palermo

Coppa Italia[]

Group 8 table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reggina	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
2	Palermo	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
3	Taranto	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3
4	Messina	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Matches[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers
Group stage – Day 1	18 August 2002	Messina	A	1–1	Mascara 81'
Group stage – Day 2	25 August 2002	Taranto	H	4–0	Maniero (2) 27' (pen.), 54', Mascara 61', Asta 86'
Group stage – Day 3	8 September 2002	Reggina	H	0–1

Win	Draw	Loss

Source: La Coppa Italia

Notes[]

^ On 18 September 2002 the stadium was officially renamed as Stadio Comunale Renzo Barbera in honour of the chairman Renzo Barbera, who had died on 20 May 2002.
^ The first two games were postponed due to a dispute between clubs and pay TVs.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Sicilian clubs in Serie B". rsssf.com.
^ ^a ^b "Formazioni Palermo". rosanerouniverse.it (in Italian).
^ "Archivio storico - U.S. Città di Palermo". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04.
^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2002-2003". stadiapostcards.com.

[3] On 18 September 2002 the stadium was officially renamed as Stadio Comunale Renzo Barbera in honour of the chairman Renzo Barbera, who had died on 20 May 2002.

[5] The first two games were postponed due to a dispute between clubs and pay TVs.

[team1-1] "Sicilian clubs in Serie B". rsssf.com.

[team2-2] "Formazioni Palermo". rosanerouniverse.it (in Italian).

[4] "Archivio storico - U.S. Città di Palermo". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04.

[attendance-6] "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2002-2003". stadiapostcards.com.

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v t Palermo F.C.
General	Overview History Players Managers Seasons
Venues	Stadio Renzo Barbera Velodromo Paolo Borsellino
Other	Derby di Sicilia Derby delle Due Sicilie Derby delle Isole
Notable matches	1974 Coppa Italia Final 1979 Coppa Italia Final 2011 Coppa Italia Final