2001–02 Inter Milan season

Inter Milan
2001–02 season
OwnerMassimo Moratti
PresidentMassimo Moratti
Head coachHéctor Cúper
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Christian Vieri (22)
All:
Christian Vieri (25)
Highest home attendance79,188 vs Juventus
(9 March 2002)
Lowest home attendance47,728 vs Hellas Verona
(19 December 2001)
Average home league attendance62,434

The 2001–02 season was Inter Milan's 93rd in existence and 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season overview

After a disappointing previous season, Massimo Moratti appointed former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper as the new head coach.[1] Cúper managed to line-up a new team, buying players such as Toldo, Materazzi, Kallon and Ventola.[2] Inter had a sprint-start, topping the league and passing several challenges in Europe.[3][4][5][6] 2001 closed with Giuseppe Prisco's death, vice-chairman since 1962.[7]

In the second part of season, Inter showed signs of exhaustion: 1–2 home loss to Atalanta[8] was followed, on Thursday, by European elimination.[9] Before the last league game, against Lazio, Inter was still at the top, with one point over Juventus and two over Roma.[10] In the first half, Inter scored twice, but both goals were equalized by Lazio's Poborsky.[11] During second half of the match, Lazio - still in race for a UEFA Cup spot - scored another two goals, eventually winning the match.[11] Inter fell to third place,[11] enough to qualify for next season's Champions League playoff.[11] The Lazio-Inter game also marked Ronaldo's last appearance with Inter.[11]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season.[12]

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 Francesco Toldo
2 DF  COL Iván Córdoba
3 FW  SLE Mohamed Kallon
4 DF  ARG Javier Zanetti (captain)
5 DF  ITA Pasquale Padalino
6 MF  ITA Cristiano Zanetti
7 MF  POR Sérgio Conçeicão
8 MF  ESP Francisco Farinós
9 FW  BRA Ronaldo
10 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf
11 MF  ARG Guly
12 GK  ITA Alberto Fontana
13 DF  CRO Dario Šimić
14 MF  ITA Luigi Di Biagio
15 DF  ITA Salvatore Ferraro
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  URU Gonzalo Sorondo
17 DF  ITA Michele Serena
18 MF  FRA Stéphane Dalmat
20 FW  URU Álvaro Recoba
21 MF  GRE Grigorios Georgatos
23 DF  ITA Marco Materazzi
24 DF  SVK Vratislav Greško
25 DF  FRA Laurent Blanc
28 FW  BRA Adriano
31 DF  ARG Nelson Vivas
32 FW  ITA Christian Vieri
33 MF  TUR Emre Belözoğlu
54 FW  TUR Hakan Şükür
77 MF  TUR Okan Buruk
78 FW  ITA Nicola Ventola

Transfers

In
Pos. Name from Type
MF Andres Guly Milan
MF Sérgio Conceição Parma €18.00 million
FW Nicola Ventola Atalanta loan ended
GK Francesco Toldo Fiorentina (U$26,0 million)
DF Marco Materazzi Perugia (U$12 million)
DF Gonzalo Sorondo Defensor Sporting (U$9 million)
DF Nelson Vivas Arsenal €7.00 million
DF Pasquale Padalino Bologna loan
MF Okan Buruk Galatasaray free
MF Emre Belözoğlu Galatasaray free
GK Alberto Fontana SSC Napoli (U$3 million)
DF Salvatore Fresi SSC Napoli loan ended
FW Mohamed Kallon Vicenza loan ended
MF Cristiano Zanetti AS Roma loan ended
DF Grigorios Georgatos Olympiacos loan ended
DF Martin Rivas CD Malaga loan ended
FW Anselmo Robbiati AC Perugia loan ended

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type

Reserve squad

The following players did not make an appearance for the first team.

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
19 MF  ITA Nicola Beati
22 GK  FRA Mathieu Moreau
30 FW  NGA Obafemi Martins
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 GK  ITA Alex Cordaz
42 DF  ITA Giovanni Pasquale
43 DF  ITA Luca Perfetti

Competitions

Serie A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 20 11 3 64 23 +41 71 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Roma 34 19 13 2 58 24 +34 70
3 Internazionale 34 20 9 5 62 35 +27 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Milan 34 14 13 7 47 33 +14 55
5 Chievo 34 14 12 8 57 52 +5 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: 2001–02 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).[14]
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWDWWWDLDWDWWWLWWDWWDDLWWWDWWWLWDWL
Position2433113422211311221233211221111113
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round;   = 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round

Matches

26 August 2001 1 Inter 4–1 Perugia Milano
Kallon 21', 45'
Vieri 91' (pen.), 94'
Guly
Okan 		Report 66' Vryzas
Mazzantini
Sogliano
Baiocco
Gatti
 90' Grosso		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 60.000
Referee: Treossi
9 September 2001 2 Parma 2–2 Inter Parma
Milošević 27'
Bonazzoli 85'		 Report 10' Materazzi
74'Ventola
Seedorf		 Stadium: Il Tardini
16 September 2001 3 Inter 2–1 Venezia Milan
Cordoba  33'
Kallon 74'
Adriano 90'		 Report  43' Bettarini
89' Maniero
Conteh		 Stadium: San Siro
23 September 2001 4 Torino 0–1 Inter Torino
Delli Carri Report 73' (pen.) Kallon
Materazzi		 Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Stefano Farina
30 September 2001 5 Inter 1–0 Bologna Milano
Georgatos 24'
Toldo 		Report Pagliuca
Macellari
Zauli
 84'  Pecchia		 Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Stefano Farina
14 October 2001 7 Udinese 1–1 Inter Udine
Di Michele 88' (pen.)
Caballero
Pinzi 		Report 61' Ventola
 74' Dalmat
Di Biagio
Kallon		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Trentalange
21 October 2001 8 Inter 2–4 Milan Milano
Ventola 13'
Kallon 90'
Vivas
Materazzi 		Report 59', 77' Shevchenko
61' Contra
66' F. Inzaghi
Laursen
Contra 		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
27 October 2001 9 Juventus 0–0 Inter Torino
Tacchinardi Report Cordoba
Materazzi
Di Biagio
Zanetti C.		 Stadium: Delle Alpi
Referee: Braschi
4 November 2001 10 Inter 2–0 Lecce Milano
Kallon 36'
Di Biagio 42'
Materazzi
Zanetti J. 		Report Stovini
Popescu
Superbi
Chevanton		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Messina
17 November 2001 11 Roma 0–0 Inter Roma
Zebina
Candela 		Report Zanetti J.
Di Biagio
Sorondo		 Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Rosetti
25 November 2001 12 Inter 2–0 Fiorentina Milano
Kallon 43'
Vieri 55'
Gresko 		Report Amaral Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Rodomonti
2 December 2001 13 Atalanta 2–4 Inter Bergamo
Doni 15', 21' (pen.)
Sala
Zenoni
Colombo 		Report 8' Di Biagio
60', 74' (pen.) Vieri
79' Kallon
Conceicao		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Braschi
9 December 2001 14 Brescia 1–3 Inter Brescia
Tare 20'
A. Filippini
Giunti 		Report Ronaldo 18'
Vieri 63', 70'
Gresko
Okan
Zanetti C.		 Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: Rodomonti
15 December 2001 15 Inter 1–2 Chievo Milano
Vieri 25'
Cordoba
Di Biagio		 Report 20' Corradi
54' Marazzina
Eriberto
Corini		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Rosetti
19 December 2001 6 Inter 3–0 Verona Milano
Vieri 18'
Ronaldo 50', 55'
Cordoba
Di Biagio
C. Zanetti 		Report Zanchi
Colucci		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Treossi
Note: Scheduled on 7 October 2001. It was postponed due to Inter's European campaign.
23 December 2001 16 Piacenza 2–3 Inter Piacenza
Guardalben  43'
Lucarelli  45+2'
Gautieri 55'
Gautieri 74'
Statuto
Di Francesco
Cristante 		Report 45' (pen.) Vieri
 45+2' Cordoba
69' Kallon
83' Vieri
Guly
Vivas		 Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Referee: Braschi
6 January 2002 17 Inter 0–0 Lazio Milano
Okan
Emre 		Report Marchegiani
Favalli		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Messina
13 January 2002 18 Perugia 0–2 Inter Perugia
Sogliano
Bazzani
Vryzas		 Report 58' Vieri
73' Recoba
Gresko
Di Biagio
Guly		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Referee: Farina
20 January 2002 19 Inter 2–0 Parma Milano
Sensini 2' (o.g.)
Vieri 84'		 Report Almeyda Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Rosetti
27 January 2002 20 Venezia 1–1 Inter Venice
Maniero 70' (pen.)
Vannucchi 		Report 28' Vieri
C. Zanetti		 Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Referee: Rodomonti
2 February 2002 21 Inter 0–0 Torino Milano
Cordoba
Di Biagio
Conceicao 		Report Delli Carri
Vergassola
Castellini		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Treossi
10 February 2002 22 Bologna 2–1 Inter Bologna
Pecchia 55'
Zauli 73'
Fresi
Castellini
Brioschi 		Report 88' Seedorf
Sorondo
Materazzi
Georgatos
C. Zanetti		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Collina
17 February 2002 23 Verona 0–3 Inter Verona
Report C. Zanetti 32'
Vieri 53', 88'
Materazzi
Di Biagio 		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Referee: Farina
24 February 2002 24 Inter 3–2 Udinese Milan
Vieri 27'
Ventola 68'
Conceição 86'		 Report Muzzi 80'
Pinzi 88'		 Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Braschi
3 March 2002 25 Milan 0–1 Inter Milano
Contra
Rui Costa 		Report 78' Vieri
Materazzi
C. Zanetti
Seedorf		 Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
9 March 2002 26 Inter 2–2 Juventus Milano
Seedorf 6', 90'
Cordoba
Materazzi
Di Biagio 		Report 13' Trezeguet
81' Tudor
Pessotto
Conte
Nedved		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Borriello
17 March 2002 27 Lecce 1–2 Inter Lecce
Vugrinec 76'
Vugrinec 90'
Stovini
Giacomazzi 		Report 40', 67' Recoba
Guly
Seedorf
Dalmat		 Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: De Santis
Note: Toldo blocked a penalty shoot-out by Vugrinec at 76'.
24 March 2002 28 Inter 3–1 Roma Milano
Recoba 2'
Vieri 43'
Recoba 72'
Emre  93' 		 Report 57' Totti
 78'  Zebina		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Cesari
30 March 2002 29 Fiorentina 0–1 Inter Florence
Report Vieri 61' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
7 April 2002 30 Inter 1–2 Atalanta Milan
Vieri 47' Report Sala 44'
Berretta 62'		 Stadium: San Siro
14 April 2002 31 Inter 2–1 Brescia Milan
Ronaldo 80', 83' Report Guardiola 29' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
21 April 2002 32 Chievo 2–2 Inter Verona
Marazzina 41'
Cossato 90'		 Report 46' Dalmat
60' Ronaldo
Toldo		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
28 April 2002 33 Inter 3–1 Piacenza Milano
Córdoba 7'
Recoba 70'
Ronaldo 80'		 Report 36' Matuzalém
 69' Sommese
 80' Matuzalém		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Borriello
5 May 2002 34 Lazio 4–2 Inter Rome
Poborský 19', 45'
Simeone 55'
S. Inzaghi 73'		 Report Vieri 12'
Di Biagio 24'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2001-02 Coppa Italia

Eightfinals

12 November 2001 1 Udinese Calcio 2–1 Inter Udine
20:45 CET Di Michele 71'
Pizarro 83'		 Report 30' Seedorf Stadium: Friuli
Referee: Paolo Bertini
29 November 2001 2 Inter 2–2 Udinese Calcio Milan
20:45 CET Ventola 10'
J. Zanetti 18'		 Report 41' Muzzi
78' Jørgensen		 Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

UEFA Cup

First round

20 September 2001 Inter Milan 3–0 Brașov Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21:00 CET Dalmat 23'
Kallon 31'
Di Biagio 41'		 Report Referee: Fernando Mendez (Spain)
27 September 2001 Brașov 0–3 Inter Milan Stadionul Tineretului, Brașov
Ventola 14', 79'
Guly 36'

Inter Milan won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

18 October 2001 Inter Milan 2–0 Wisła Kraków Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21:00 Kallon 61', 65' Report Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
30 October 2001 Wisła Kraków 1–0 Inter Milan Wisła Stadium, Kraków
13:00 Żurawski 4' Report Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)

Inter Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

22 November 2001 Ipswich Town 1–0 Inter Milan Portman Road, Ipswich
20:45 Armstrong 81' Report Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
6 December 2001 Inter Milan 4–1 Ipswich Town Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
21:00 Vieri 19', 34', 71'
Kallon 46'		 Report Armstrong 79' (pen.) Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Fourth round

21 February 2002 Inter Milan 3–1 AEK Athens San Siro, Milan
21:00 J. Zanetti 14'
Kallon 37'
Ventola 56'		 Report Zagorakis 8' Referee: Graham Poll (England)
28 February 2002 AEK Athens 2–2 Inter Milan Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia
20:30 Konstantinidis 23'
Nikolaidis 56'		 Report Greško 20'
Ventola 57'		 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Inter Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) Inter Milan 1–1 Valencia San Siro, Milan
21:00 Materazzi 50' Report Rufete 66' Attendance: 24,184
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
21 March 2002 (2002-03-21) Valencia 0–1 Inter Milan Estadio Mestalla
21:45 Report 4' Ventola
 87'  Toldo		 Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Claude Colombo
Note: Due to Goalkeeper Toldo was sent off at 87' and no substitutions for Inter remained, central midfielder Francisco Javier Farinos lined up as Goalkeeper until minute 95 of the match.

Inter Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) Inter Milan 0–1 Feyenoord Milano
21:00 Cordoba  24'
Materazzi  73'		 Report  30' Ono
 40' Rzasa
51' (o.g.) Córdoba		 Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 39,622
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ
11 April 2002 (2002-04-11) Feyenoord 2–2 Inter Milan De Kuip, Rotterdam
20:30 Van Hooijdonk 17'
Tomasson 34'		 Report C. Zanetti 83'
Kallon 89' (pen.)		 Attendance: 49,904
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 30 June 2002[15]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ITA Toldo 43 0 33 0 1 0 9 0
4 DF  ARG Zanetti J 44 2 33 0 1 1 10 1
2 DF  COL Cordoba 42 1 30 1 1 0 11 0
23 DF  ITA Materazzi 32 2 23 1 1 0 8 1
24 DF  SVK Gresko 34 1 23 0 2 0 8+1 1
7 MF  POR Conçeicão 32 1 16+7 1 0+1 0 5+3 0
6 MF  ITA Zanetti C 33 2 25+1 1 1 0 6 1
14 MF  ITA Di Biagio 42 4 31 3 1+1 0 8+1 1
11 MF  ARG Guly 33 1 20+3 0 2 0 8 1
32 FW  ITA Vieri 28 25 25 22 0+1 0 2 3
3 FW  SLE Kallon 39 15 16+12 9 0 0 10+1 6
12 GK  ITA Fontana 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
10 MF  NED Seedorf 32 4 17+3 3 0+2 1 6+4 0
20 FW  URU Recoba 22 6 15+3 6 0 0 1+3 0
78 FW  ITA Ventola 26 10 12+3 4 2 1 7+2 5
18 MF  FRA Dalmat 24 1 11+5 1 1 0 4+3 0
9 FW  BRA Ronaldo 15 7 9+1 7 0 0 1+4 0
21 DF  GRE Georgatos 12 1 9+1 1 0 0 1+1 0
16 DF  URU Sorondo 12 0 8+3 0 1 0 0 0
13 DF  CRO Simic 21 0 6+6 0 1 0 5+3 0
8 MF  ESP Farinos 16 0 5+5 0 1 0 4+1 0
77 MF  TUR Okan 11 0 3+4 0 1 0 3 0
31 DF  ARG Vivas 16 0 1+12 0 0 0 2+1 0
33 MF  TUR Emre 20 0 0+13 0 1 0 5+1 0
17 DF  ITA Serena 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF  ITA Padalino 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF  ITA Ferraro 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
Players transferred out during the season
15 MF  FRA Cauet 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 FW  BRA Adriano 14 1 0+8 1 1 0 4+1 0

Last updated: 10 May 2002
Source: Competitions

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