# 2001–02 Bologna FC 1909 season

During the 2001–02 season Bologna Football Club 1909 competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

## Summary

Bologna Football Club 1909 came as close as ever to reach the UEFA Champions League, when only a couple of mishaps at the end of the season stopped the dream season to come true. The midfield led by the inspired trio of Fabio Pecchia, Matteo Brighi and Lamberto Zauli performed brilliantly all season, but Bologna's economy was not enough to keep those players at the club, and Pecchia signed for newcomers Como, while Zauli went to Serie B club Palermo. That Bologna could not retain players who could get a better pay at smaller but ambitious clubs was a worrying sign in spite of the spectacular season. It also had to sell defender Salvatore Fresi to champions Juventus, and looked set for a tougher season in 2002-03. Fresi's 2001–02 season was included an incredible eight league goals, despite being a centre-half.

## 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 | Gianluca Pagliuca |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Cristian Zaccardo |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Pierre Womé |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Renato Olive |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Marcello Castellini |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Brioschi |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Carlo Nervo |
| 8 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Fresi |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Cruz |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Signori |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Claudio Bellucci |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Ferdinando Coppola |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Fabio Macellari |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Roberto Goretti |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Fabio Firmani |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Mourad Meghni |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Cipriani |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Giulio Falcone |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Tomas Locatelli |
| 21 | FW | SWE | Björn Runström |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Massimo Tarantino |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Fabio Pecchia |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Matteo Brighi |
| 28 | MF | SLE | Momoh Bangura |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Lamberto Zauli |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Luigi Della Rocca |
| 34 | DF | YUG | Vlado Šmit |
| 38 | FW | ITA | Marco Negri |
| — | GK | ALG | Michael Fabre |
| — | DF | MLI | Mahamet Diagouraga |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Salvatore Fresi | Internazionale | |
| MF | Matteo Brighi | Juventus | loan |
| MF | Fabio Pecchia | S.S.C. Napoli | |
| MF | Lamberto Zauli | Vicenza Calcio | (11.62 million lira) |
| FW | Claudio Bellucci | | free |
| FW | Marco Negri | Glasgow Rangers | free |
| GK | Ferdinando Coppola | S.S.C. Napoli | re-purchased |
| DF | Fabio Macellari | Internazionale | co-ownership |
| DF | Cristian Zaccardo | Spezia | loan ended |
| MF | Roberto Goretti | Perugia Calcio | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Giovanni Bia | Saint-Etienne | |
| DF | Pasquale Padalino | Internazionale | |
| MF | Jonathan Binotto | Internazionale | co-ownership |
| MF | Eriberto | Chievo Verona | co-ownership (2.5 million lira) |
| MF | Francisco Lima | A.S. Roma | end of contract |
| MF | Enzo Maresca | Juventus | loan ended |
| MF | Giovanni Piacentini | | retired |
| FW | Igor Kolyvanov | | retired |
| FW | Luís Oliveira | Como | end of contract |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Vlado Smit | Zeleznik F.C. | loan (0,15 million €) |
| MF | Fabio Firmani | Chievo Verona | loan |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Claiton | A.C. Milan | |
| FW | Marco Negri | Cagliari Calcio | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Chievo | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Lazio | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Bologna | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 52 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Perugia | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 46 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | Atalanta | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 45 | |

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Eightfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Pagliuca | 34 | -40 | 34 | -40 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Falcone | 35 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Castellini | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ITA | Fresi | 27 | 8 | 24+1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Tarantino | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Nervo | 33 | 2 | 25+4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Olive | 30 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Brighi | 34 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Pecchia | 37 | 6 | 30+3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Zauli | 30 | 6 | 23+4 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Cruz | 36 | 12 | 32+1 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Coppola | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -6 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Brioschi | 26 | 1 | 12+12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Signori | 15 | 3 | 11+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Macellari | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Zaccardo | 21 | 1 | 8+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Gamberini | 18 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Wome | 16 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Bellucci | 28 | 2 | 5+19 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Firmani | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Locatelli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Goretti | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ITA | Negri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Della Rocca | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Meghni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Claiton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Terzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | YUG | Šmit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SLE | Bangura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Cipriani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SWE | Runström | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2001/1196/

### Topscorers

* Julio Cruz 10
* Salvatore Fresi 8
* Lamberto Zauli 6
* Fabio Pecchia 5
* Giuseppe Signori 3

## Sources

RSSSF - Italy 2001/02