2001–02 Serie A

The 2001/02 season was the 71st season of the Serie A and launched on 25 August 2001., The season was ended due to the Soccer World Cup 2002 in South Korea and Japan on May 5, 2002. The Scudetto, the Italian league titles, won after three years of drought record champions Juventus. Descent had to Hellas Verona, Lecce, Fiorentina and AC Venice. The top scorer was shared by each with 24 hits the Italians Dario Hübner of Piacenza FC and Frenchman David Trezeguet from Juventus champions.

• 2.1 Cross table

• 3.1 scorers

Course of the season

The title bout was decided as in recent years on the last day. Inter Milan, which had been kept at the top long, playful with a 2:4 defeat at Lazio on the final day the championship and became the new champions Juventus and the old, still reigning champions AS Roma, outflanked. Under the new coach Carlo Ancelotti, the AC Milan secured on the final day to qualify for the UEFA Champions League and was eliminated from the UEFA Cup semi-final against Borussia Dortmund. The biggest surprise of the season 2001 /02 was the newly promoted AC Chievo Verona, who in his first season in the top Italian league Serie A in the first round more than six times held the championship lead and at the end of the season reached its participation in the UEFA Cup. Lazio, which was forced to retire early in the season from the title fight early after a false start of six games without a win, also never reached the fourth place in the table, which would have entitled to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League in the full season. Dino Zoff resigned after the fourth match day. His successor Alberto Zaccheroni could not bring Lazio on their toes and had to leave his post after a 1:5 defeat at home to city rivals AS Roma. For Lazio missed participation in the UEFA Champions League had serious consequences. President Sergio Cragnotti announced further austerity measures and the Verkäufte important service providers in order to save the debt-ridden club from bankruptcy.

Brescia Calcio managed on the last game in the league with a home win against FC Bologna, who thus missed the European Cup participation. Udinese could end the season have a table Fourteenth one-point lead to the relegation zone. In the lower regions of the table was a long time to find the AC Parma, who could not compensate for the departures of top performers such as Sérgio Conceição, Lilian Thuram, Marcio Amoroso and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. Three coaches wore out of the UEFA Cup winners in 1999, who had qualified for the end of the season by reaching the Cup final of the Coppa Italia for the European Cup.

Of the four Aufstiegern only the AC Venice dismounted, the AC Chievo Verona secured the European Cup participation, Torino Calcio Piacenza Calcio and ended up in the secure midfield. Hellas Verona, which was able to escape in the last season still in the relegation on the final day slipped into the relegation zone and had to deal with U.S. Lecce, Fiorentina and Venice take the course in the second division. For Fiorentina, the third relegation to the Serie B. Previously, it was due to the strained financial situation, with a stripped-down squad, which had little in common with the recent successes of the team in recent years, in the season it was after 1931 and 1993 launched. The Fiorentina spent almost the entire season in the relegation zone, which Roberto Mancini early January 2002, moved to withdraw. His successor was sports director Ottavio Bianchi, who could not avoid relegation.

Particular incidents

Lazio's Jaap Stam was tested positive in a doping test in November 2001 for nandrolone and excluded from the Italian Football Federation indefinitely from the league. A short time later announced FIFA that Stam is excluded for a period of five months from all competition matches.

Final Table

In case of equality, the direct comparison decides

Cross Table

The cross table presents the results of all games this season represents the home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

Scorer

David Trezeguet and Dario Hübner secured 2001/ 02 top scorer with 24 goals. Followed closely by Inter's Christian Vieri and Marco Di Vaio from AC Parma. The results of Filippo Maniero were not enough to keep the AC Venice in Serie A. The scorers for the years 2000 and 2001, Andriy Shevchenko and Hernán Crespo caught similar to their clubs a mixed season. AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi made ​​it due to a knee injury, for which he failed to complete Hinserie, only ten goals this season. A, as measured by their own standards disappointing season, also had Gabriel Batistuta from AS Roma behind. He scored only six goals. Inter's Ronaldo, who played a single competitive game in the preseason, found after a long injury lay-off in the final stages of the season his form back and held Inter Milan for a long time in the title fight. His goals earned him the nomination of Brazil's national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Ronaldo was top scorer in the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and moved to the new season at Real Madrid.

Top scorers

Coach dismissals / change

For the new season 2001/ 02 completed the top clubs in Serie A a change of coach -trailer combination. Juventus committed after two years without a title Marcello Lippi, who resigned in the off season at Inter Milan. AC Milan dismissed early in the season coach Fatih Terim and replaced him with the former AC Milan professional Carlo Ancelotti. City rivals Inter Milan undertook the Argentinian Héctor Cúper and missed the championship on the final day. In Lazio Dino Zoff was dismissed early in the season after five games without a win. His successor Alberto Zaccheroni was terminated after a 1:5 home defeat against city rivals AS Roma. The AC Parma parted with two coaches in one season and managed to avoid relegation. For Roy Hodgson, who had inherited early in the season, Luciano Spalletti, the commitment at Udinese Calcio was ended again in December. In Florence, Roberto Mancini was fired, but missed the league with Fiorentina.

Champion team

(in brackets the matches and goals are specified)

• Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon ( 34 / -)
• Defense: Alessandro Birindelli (10 / -); Ciro Ferrara (22/ 3); Mark Iuliano (27/ 1); Paolo Montero (16 / - ); Michele Paramatti (10 / -); Gianluca Pessotto (29 / - ); Lilian Thuram (30 / - ); Igor Tudor (14/ 4)
• Midfielder Antonio Conte (20/ 1); Edgar Davids (28/ 2); Enzo Maresca ( 16/1 ); Pavel Nedvěd (32/ 4); Fabián O'Neill (4 / - ); Alessio Tacchinardi (28/ 2); Gianluca Zambrotta ( 32/1 ); Cristian Zenoni (24 /1)
• Storm: Nicola Amoruso (9 / - ); Alessandro Del Piero (32/ 16); David Trezeguet (34/ 24); Marcelo Zalayeta (11 / -)
• Coach: Marcello Lippi

See also

• Serie B 2001/ 02
• Coppa Italia 2001/ 02