2002–03 SS Lazio season

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.

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Summary

Owing to financial worries club President Sergio Cragnotti sold out several players including club legend defender Alessandro Nesta to AC 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 ChievoVerona 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 Esporte Clube	loan
MF	Christian Manfredini	Chievo Verona	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	RCD Espanyol
MF	Karel Poborský	Sparta Praha
DF	Emanuele Pesaresi	Chievo Verona	co-ownership
MF	Roberto Baronio	Perugia Calcio	loan
MF	Gaizka Mendieta	FC Barcelona	loan
FW	Felice Evacuo	Fiorentina	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Nikola Lazetic	Chievo Verona

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

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2002–03 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
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

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:

1. Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
2. Parma finished ahead of Udinese 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

Lazio v Chievo

15 September 2002 2	Lazio	2–3	Chievo	Roma
	Simeone 5' Corradi 64'	Report	D'Anna 14' Bierhoff 49' Della Morte 70'	Stadium: Olimpico

Torino v Lazio

22 September 2002 3	Torino	0–1	Lazio
			Simeone 86'

Lazio v Milan

28 September 2002 4	Lazio	1–1	Milan	Roma
	C. López 51'		Maldini 7'	Stadium: Olimpico

Atalanta v Lazio

6 October 2002 5	Atalanta	0–1	Lazio
			César 24'

Lazio v Perugia

20 October 2002 6	Lazio	3–0	Perugia	Roma
	S. Inzaghi 11' Chiesa 84, 90 + 1'			Stadium: Olimpico

Lazio v Roma

27 October 2002 7	Lazio	2–2	Roma	Roma
	Fiore 51' Stanković 75'		Delvecchio 56' Batistuta 66'	Stadium: Olimpico

Empoli v Lazio

3 November 2002 8	Empoli	1–2	Lazio
	Atzori 45 + 1'		Corradi 45' Stanković 81'

Reggina v Lazio

6 November 2002 1	Reggina	0–3	Lazio	Reggio Calabria
		Report	Fiore 16' Stanković 33' Corradi 53'	Stadium: Oreste Granillo 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.

Lazio v Parma

10 November 2022 9	Lazio	0–0	Parma	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

Como v Lazio

17 November 2002 10	Como	1–3	Lazio	Como
	Corrent 37'	Report	Simeone 18' C. López 56, 63'

Lazio v Modena

24 November 2002 11	Lazio	4–0	Modena	Roma
	Corradi 25, 89' C. López 31' César 71'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

Piacenza v Lazio

1 December 2002 12	Piacenza	2–3	Lazio	Piacenza
	Maresca 17' Caccia 26'	Report	Simeone 42' C. López 45 + 1' Corradi 91'

Lazio v Inter

7 December 2002 13	Lazio	3–3	Inter	Roma
	C. López 10' (pen.), 36', 53'	Report	Couto 37' (o.g.) Emre 66, 75'	Stadium: Olimpico

Juventus v Lazio

15 December 2002 14	Juventus	1–2	Lazio	Torino
	Nedvěd 34'	Report	35, 51' Fiore	Stadium: Delle Alpi

Lazio v Bologna

22 December 2002 15	Lazio	1–1	Bologna	Roma
	C. López 45 + 1'	Report	65' Zaccardo	Stadium: Olimpico

Brescia v Lazio

11 January 2003 16	Brescia	0–0	Lazio	Brescia
		Report		Stadium: Mario Rigamonti

Lazio v Udinese

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

Lazio v Reggina

26 January 2003 18	Lazio	0–1	Reggina	Roma
		Report	46' Bonazzoli	Stadium: Olimpico

Chievo v Lazio

2 February 2003 19	Chievo	1–1	Lazio	Verona
	Corini 45' (pen.)	Report	Simeone 89'

Lazio v Torino

9 February 2003 20	Lazio	1–1	Torino	Roma
	Simeone 35'	Report	71' Ferrante	Stadium: Olimpico

Milan v Lazio

16 February 2003 21	Milan	2–2	Lazio	Milano
	F. Inzaghi 62' Rivaldo 70'	Report	Stanković 21' C. López 30' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro

Lazio v Atalanta

23 February 2003 22	Lazio	0–0	Atalanta	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

Perugia v Lazio

2 March 2003 23	Perugia	2–2	Lazio	Perugia
	Zé Maria 13' Grosso 43'	Report	Corradi 16' Negro 85'

Roma v Lazio

8 March 2003 24	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Roma
	Cassano 89'	Report	Stanković 9'	Stadium: Olimpico

Lazio v Empoli

16 March 2003 25	Lazio	4–1	Empoli	Roma
	C. López 8' Corradi 41' Simeone 71' Castromán 85'	Report	Buscè 5'	Stadium: Olimpico

Parma v Lazio

23 March 2003 26	Parma	2–1	Lazio	Parma
	Cardone 4' Adriano 90 + 2'	Report	Stanković 50'	Stadium: Il Tardini

Lazio v Como

6 April 2003 27	Lazio	3–0	Como	Roma
	Fiore 6' Corradi 17' C. López 66' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

Modena v Lazio

13 April 2003 28	Modena	0–0	Lazio	Modena
		Report

Lazio v Piacenza

19 April 2003 29	Lazio	2–1	Piacenza	Roma
	S. Inzaghi 60' Corradi 74'	Report	De Cesare 45'	Stadium: Olimpico

Inter v Lazio

27 April 2003 30	Inter	1–1	Lazio	Milano
	Crespo 43'	Report	S. Inzaghi 77'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

Lazio v Juventus

3 May 2003 31	Lazio	0–0	Juventus	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

Bologna v Lazio

10 May 2003 32	Bologna	0–2	Lazio
		Report	S. Inzaghi 45' (pen.) Favalli 59'

Lazio v Brescia

17 May 2003 33	Lazio	3–1	Brescia	Roma
	Mihajlović 39' (pen.) César 45' C. López 81'	Report	R. Baggio 20'	Stadium: Olimpico

Udinese v Lazio

24 May 2003 34	Udinese	2–1	Lazio
	Pizarro 67' (pen.) Jankulovski 83'	Report	C. López 87' (pen.)

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2002–03 Coppa Italia

Eightfinals

Lazio v Empoli F.C.

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

Empoli F.C. v Lazio

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

Quarterfinals

Lazio v A.S. Bari

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

A.S. Bari v Lazio

21 January 2003	A.S. Bari	0-0	Lazio	Bari
21:00				Stadium: San Nicola Attendance: 2 347 Referee: Farina

Semifinals

Lazio v A.S. Roma

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

A.S. Roma v Lazio

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

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup

First round

Lazio v Xanthi

19 September 2002	Lazio	4-0	Xanthi	Roma
	Christian Manfredini 45' Claudio López 52' Simone Inzaghi 67' César 70'			Stadium: Olimpico

Xanthi v Lazio

3 October 2002

Xanthi

0-0

Lazio

Second round

Lazio v Crvena Zvezda

31 October 2002	Lazio	1-0	Crvena Zvezda	Roma
	Stefano Fiore 7'			Stadium: Olimpico

Crvena Zvezda v Lazio

14 November 2002	Crvena Zvezda	1-1	Lazio
	Branko Bošković 70'		Enrico Chiesa 77'

Third round

Sturm Graz v Lazio

28 November 2002	Sturm Graz	1-3	Lazio
	Charles Amoah (45)		Enrico Chiesa (46) 1-2 Simone Inzaghi (57) 1-3 Simone Inzaghi (88)

Lazio v Sturm Graz

12 December 2002	Lazio	0-1	Sturm Graz	Roma
			Imre Szabics 87'	Stadium: Olimpico

Eightfinals

Lazio v Wisła Kraków

20 February 2003	Lazio	3-3	Wisła Kraków	Roma
	Nikola Lazetić 22' Mariusz Jop 44' ( own goal) Chiesa 70'		39' Kalu Uche 49' ( pen) Maciej Żurawski 63 ' (pen) Maciej Żurawski	Stadium: Olimpico

Wisła Kraków v Lazio

5 March 2003	Wisła Kraków	1-2	Lazio
	Marcin Kuźba 4'		21' Fernando Couto 55' Enrico Chiesa

Quarter-final

Lazio v Beşiktaş

13 March 2003	Lazio	1-0	Beşiktaş	Roma
	Simone Inzaghi 55'			Stadium: Olimpico

Beşiktaş v Lazio

20 March 2003	Beşiktaş	1-2	Lazio
	Sergen Yalçın 83'		5'Stefano Fiore 9' Lucas Castromán

Semi-final

Porto v Lazio

10 April 2003	Porto	4-1	Lazio
	Maniche 10' Derlei 27' Derlei 50' Hélder Postiga 56'		6'Claudio López

Lazio v Porto

24 April 2003	Lazio	0-0	Porto	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA Cup
				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

1. 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