2002–03 SS Lazio season

Lazio
2002–03 season
President	Sergio Cragnotti ; (until 3 January 2003); Ugo Longo
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Stadium	Olimpico
Serie A	4th; (in UEFA Champions League)
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 several players, including club legend defender Alessandro Nesta to AC Milan, forward Hernan Crespo to Inter and Gaizka Mendieta was loaned out to Barcelona. Among the new arrivals were young coach Roberto Mancini, along with low-profile players such as Bernardo Corradi from Chievo and Enrico Chiesa. On 3 January 2003, a majority of club shareholders appointed Ugo Longo as its new president, putting an end to Cragnotti's ten-year term.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Luca Marchegiani
2	DF	ITA	Francesco Colonnese
3	MF	BRA	César
4	MF	ITA	Dino Baggio
5	MF	SCG	Dejan Stanković
6	DF	ARG	Juan Pablo Sorín
7	FW	ARG	Claudio López
8	FW	ITA	Bernardo Corradi
9	MF	ITA	Stefano Fiore
11	DF	SCG	Siniša Mihajlović
14	MF	ARG	Diego Simeone
15	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Pancaro
16	MF	ITA	Giuliano Giannichedda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	SUI	Guerino Gottardi
18	MF	SCG	Nikola Lazetić
19	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Favalli
20	MF	ITA	Fabio Liverani
21	FW	ITA	Simone Inzaghi
22	DF	ITA	Massimo Oddo
23	DF	ITA	Paolo Negro
24	DF	POR	Fernando Couto
25	FW	ITA	Enrico Chiesa
26	MF	ARG	Lucas Castromán
31	DF	NED	Jaap Stam
34	MF	CIV	Christian Manfredini
70	GK	ITA	Angelo Peruzzi
99	GK	ITA	Emanuele Concetti

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Bernardo Corradi	Internazionale	€10.00 million
DF	Massimo Oddo	Hellas Verona	€1.50 million
FW	Enrico Chiesa	Fiorentina	free
DF	Juan Pablo Sorín	Cruzeiro	loan
MF	Christian Manfredini	Chievo	co-ownership
MF	Roberto Baronio	Fiorentina	loan ended
DF	Daniel Ola	L'Aquila	loan ended
DF	Emanuele Pesaresi	Benfica	loan ended

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
MF	Iván de la Peña	Espanyol
MF	Karel Poborský	Sparta Prague
DF	Emanuele Pesaresi	Chievo	co-ownership
MF	Roberto Baronio	Perugia	loan
MF	Gaizka Mendieta	Barcelona	loan
FW	Felice Evacuo	Fiorentina	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Nikola Lazetic	Chievo

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Juan Pablo Sorín	Barcelona	loan
MF	Christian Manfredini	Osasuna	loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	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.
^ Parma finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

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

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

Matches

15 September 2002 2	Lazio	2–3	Chievo	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Simeone 5' Corradi 64'	Report	D'Anna 14' Bierhoff 49' Della Morte 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,299 Referee: Domenico Messina

22 September 2002 3	Torino	0–1	Lazio	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Simeone 86'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 13,464 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

28 September 2002 4	Lazio	1–1	Milan	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	C. López 51'		Maldini 7'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 59,226 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

6 October 2002 5	Atalanta	0–1	Lazio	Bergamo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			César 24'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,158 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

20 October 2002 6	Lazio	3–0	Perugia	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. Inzaghi 11' Chiesa 84', 90+1'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,278 Referee: Stefano Farina

27 October 2002 7	Lazio	2–2	Roma	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fiore 51' Stanković 75'		Delvecchio 56' Batistuta 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 69,877 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

3 November 2002 8	Empoli	1–2	Lazio	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Atzori 45+1'		Corradi 45' Stanković 81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,861 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

6 November 2002 1	Reggina	0–3	Lazio	Reggio Calabria
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Fiore 16' Stanković 33' Corradi 53'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 23,144 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
Note: Match programmed for 1 September 2002 and rescheduled due to contract financial disagreements between several teams and the TV satellite company owner of broadcasting rights.

10 November 2022 9	Lazio	0–0	Parma	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,155 Referee: Domenico Messina

17 November 2002 10	Como	1–3	Lazio	Como
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corrent 37'	Report	Simeone 18' C. López 56', 63'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 7,008 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

24 November 2002 11	Lazio	4–0	Modena	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corradi 25', 89' C. López 31' César 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

1 December 2002 12	Piacenza	2–3	Lazio	Piacenza
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maresca 17' Caccia 26'	Report	Simeone 42' C. López 45+1' Corradi 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 32,280 Referee: Stefano Farina

7 December 2002 13	Lazio	3–3	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	C. López 10' (pen.), 36', 53'	Report	Couto 37' (o.g.) Emre 66', 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,789 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

15 December 2002 14	Juventus	1–2	Lazio	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nedvěd 34'	Report	Fiore 35', 51'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 38,014 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

22 December 2002 15	Lazio	1–1	Bologna	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	C. López 45+1'	Report	Zaccardo 65'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 42,685 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

11 January 2003 16	Brescia	0–0	Lazio	Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 15,975 Referee: Stefano Farina

19 January 2003 17	Lazio	2–1	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	C. López 27' Fiore 45+1'		Muzzi 40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,990 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

26 January 2003 18	Lazio	0–1	Reggina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bonazzoli 46'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,777 Referee: Emidio Morganti

2 February 2003 19	Chievo	1–1	Lazio	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corini 45' (pen.)	Report	Simeone 89'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 14,921 Referee: Stefano Farina

9 February 2003 20	Lazio	1–1	Torino	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Simeone 35'	Report	Ferrante 71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,535 Referee: Domenico Messina

16 February 2003 21	Milan	2–2	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	F. Inzaghi 62' Rivaldo 70'	Report	Stanković 21' C. López 30' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61,605 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

23 February 2003 22	Lazio	0–0	Atalanta	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,611 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

2 March 2003 23	Perugia	2–2	Lazio	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zé Maria 13' Grosso 43'	Report	Corradi 16' Negro 85'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 9,522 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

8 March 2003 24	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano 89'	Report	Stanković 9'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 72,668 Referee: Domenico Messina

16 March 2003 25	Lazio	4–1	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	C. López 8' Corradi 41' Simeone 71' Castromán 85'	Report	Buscè 5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,727 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

23 March 2003 26	Parma	2–1	Lazio	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cardone 4' Adriano 90+2'	Report	Stanković 50'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15,732 Referee: Domenico Messina

6 April 2003 27	Lazio	3–0	Como	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fiore 6' Corradi 17' C. López 66' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,618 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

13 April 2003 28	Modena	0–0	Lazio	Modena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 13,821 Referee: Domenico Messina

19 April 2003 29	Lazio	2–1	Piacenza	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. Inzaghi 60' Corradi 74'	Report	De Cesare 45'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,280 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

27 April 2003 30	Internazionale	1–1	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Crespo 43'	Report	S. Inzaghi 77'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,430 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

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	Bologna	0–2	Lazio	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	S. Inzaghi 45' (pen.) Favalli 59'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 21,069 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

17 May 2003 33	Lazio	3–1	Brescia	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mihajlović 39' (pen.) César 45' C. López 81'	Report	R. Baggio 20'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 68,095 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

24 May 2003 34	Udinese	2–1	Lazio	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pizarro 67' (pen.) Jankulovski 83'	Report	C. López 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 17,972 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

4 December 2002 First leg	Lazio	2–0	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CET	Pancaro 10' S. Inzaghi 52' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

19 December 2002 Second leg	Empoli	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Lazio	Empoli
17:30 CET	Grieco 70'		Chiesa 45' Pancaro 64'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alberto Castellani

Quarter-finals

15 January 2003 First leg	Lazio	2–1	Bari	Rome
18:00 CET	Castromán 41' D'Agostino 90' (aut)		D'Agostino 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

21 January 2003 Second leg	Bari	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Lazio	Bari
21:00 CET				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 2,347 Referee: Stefano Farina

Semi-finals

5 February 2003 First leg	Lazio	1–2	Roma	Rome
20:45 CET	Fiore 76'		Cassano 12' Emerson 49'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 53,577 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

16 April 2003 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	Lazio	Rome
20:45 CEST	Montella 56'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 52,087 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 2002 First leg	Lazio	4–0	Skoda Xanthi	Rome, Italy
20:45	Manfredini 45' López 52' Inzaghi 68' César 69'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 13,343 Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

3 October 2002 Second leg	Skoda Xanthi	0–0 (0–4 agg.)	Lazio	Xanthi, Greece
19:30		Report		Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 2,790 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Second round

31 October 2002 First leg	Lazio	1–0	Red Star Belgrade	Rome, Italy
20:30	Fiore 10'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 16,511 Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

14 November 2002 Second leg	Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Lazio	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
19:00	Bošković 69'	Report	Chiesa 77'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

Third round

28 November 2002 First leg	Sturm Graz	1–3	Lazio	Graz, Austria
20:30	Amoah 44'	Report	Chiesa 46' Inzaghi 56', 87'	Stadium: Stadion Graz-Liebenau Attendance: 15,375 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

12 December 2002 Second leg	Lazio	0–1 (3–2 agg.)	Sturm Graz	Rome, Italy
20:30		Report	Szabics 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 3,958 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Fourth round

20 February 2003 First leg	Lazio	3–3	Wisła Kraków	Rome, Italy
21:00	Lazetić 22' Jop 44' (o.g.) Chiesa 71'	Report	Uche 39' Żurawski 50' (pen.), 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 16,004 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

5 March 2003 Second leg	Wisła Kraków	1–2 (4–5 agg.)	Lazio	Kraków, Poland
18:00	Kuźba 5'	Report	Couto 20' Chiesa 53'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Quarter-finals

13 March 2003 First leg	Lazio	1–0	Beşiktaş	Rome, Italy
21:00	Inzaghi 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 17,133 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

20 March 2003 Second leg	Beşiktaş	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Lazio	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00	Sergen 82'	Report	Fiore 5' Castromán 9'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 21,800 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Semi-finals

10 April 2003 First leg	Porto	4–1	Lazio	Porto, Portugal
22:00	Maniche 10' Derlei 28', 50' Postiga 56'	Report	López 6'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 45,518 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

24 April 2003 Second leg	Lazio	0–0 (1–4 agg.)	Porto	Rome, Italy
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 69,873 Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)

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	36	-34	30	-28	0	0	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	SCG	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	SCG	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
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
24	DF	POR	Couto	31	1	15	0	4	0	12	1
15	DF	ITA	Pancaro	25	2	10+6	0	4	2	5	0
20	MF	ITA	Liverani	34	0	9+12	0	5	0	8	0
21	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	29	9	5+13	4	3	1	8	4
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
6	DF	ARG	Sorín	11	0	4+2	0	1	0	4	0
18	MF	SCG	Lazetić	10	1	3+2	0	1	0	4	1
34	FW	CIV	Manfredini	12	1	1+2	0	3	0	6	1
4	MF	ITA	Baggio	15	0	0+4	0	3	0	8	0
99	GK	ITA	Concetti	7	-5	0+2	-1	3	-2	2	-2
17	DF	SUI	Gottardi	6	0	0+1	0	3	0	2	0
2	DF	ITA	Colonnese	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	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_MIL0.57140097188363-1] Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.

[table_hth_PAR0.57140097188363-2] Parma finished ahead of Udinese 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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