# 2002–03 US Città di Palermo season

The 2002–03 season was U.S. Città di Palermo's second season in a row in Serie B. In addition to the domestic league, Palermo participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Players and statistics

    As of 7 June 2003
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Vincenzo Sicignano | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | ITA | Nicola Santoni | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ITA | Marco Viola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Francesco Tarantino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SLE | Kewullay Conteh | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Fábio Bilica | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Paolo Tricoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cotroneo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Pietro Accardi | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Valentin Năstase | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Matteo Pivotto | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Francesco Modesto | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Luca Ferri | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Oscar Brevi | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Lucarelli | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Stefano Morrone | 38 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Paul Codrea | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Antonio Marasco | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Masiello | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Daniele Di Donato | 35 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ITA | Roberto Palumbo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CMR | Frank Ongfiang | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Franco Brienza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Lamberto Zauli | 22 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SWE | Valentino Lai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NGA | John Olufemi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Massimo Mutarelli | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Manolo Pestrin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Antonino Asta | 25 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 | MF | ARG | Mario Santana | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 5 | FW | ARG | Cristian La Grottería | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Mascara | 20 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Filippo Maniero | 34 | 15 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Arturo Di Napoli | 33 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | FW | ITA | Davide Matteini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie B | 14 September 2002 | 7 June 2003 | Matchday 3 | 6th place | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 039.47 |
| Coppa Italia | 18 August 2002 | 8 September 2002 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 039.02 |
Source: Archivio storico - U.S. Città di Palermo

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 4 | Ancona (P) | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 61 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 5 | Triestina | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 58 | |
| 6 | Palermo | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 58 | |
| 7 | Ternana | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 55 | |
| 8 | Cagliari | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 54 | |

#### Matches

| Day | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 3 | 14 September 2002 | Ancona | A | 2–4 | Maniero (2) 31' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) | 8,652 |
| 4 | 21 September 2002 | Siena | H | 1–0 | Maniero 41' (pen.) | 19,619 |
| 5 | 28 September 2002 | Triestina | A | 1–2 | Marasco 53' | 8,766 |
| 6 | 5 October 2002 | Livorno | H | 1–0 | Maniero 56' | 14,593 |
| 7 | 13 October 2002 | Salernitana | A | 1–3 | Di Napoli 65' | 9,253 |
| 8 | 19 October 2002 | Vicenza | A | 3–1 | Zauli (2) 26', 57', Santana 69' | 4,350 |
| 9 | 26 October 2002 | Cagliari | H | 1–1 | Maniero 6' | 25,443 |
| 10 | 2 November 2002 | Bari | A | 1–0 | Maniero 7' | 6,098 |
| 1 | 5 November 2002 | Cosenza | A | 2–1 | Morrone 5', Maniero 79' (pen.) | 3,565 |
| 11 | 10 November 2002 | Venezia | H | 0–2 | | 21,399 |
| 12 | 18 November 2002 | Catania | A | 0–2 | | 21,000 |
| 13 | 24 November 2002 | Ternana | H | 2–1 | Mascara 36', Maniero 55' (pen.) | 12,689 |
| 14 | 29 November 2002 | Napoli | A | 0–0 | | 10,355 |
| 15 | 8 December 2002 | Genoa | H | 0–0 | | 10,614 |
| 16 | 15 December 2002 | Messina | A | 1–2 | Maniero 81' | 9,124 |
| 17 | 22 December 2002 | Ascoli | H | 2–2 | Mascara 18', Di Napoli 89' | 10,953 |
| 2 | 6 January 2003 | Sampdoria | H | 0–0 | | 23,435 |
| 18 | 12 January 2003 | Hellas Verona | A | 0–0 | | 10,378 |
| 19 | 19 January 2003 | Lecce | H | 2–0 | Di Napoli (2), 24', 90+4' | 13,271 |
| 20 | 26 January 2003 | Cosenza | H | 1–0 | Di Napoli 36' (pen.) | 11,880 |
| 21 | 2 February 2003 | Sampdoria | A | 0–1 | | 19,814 |
| 22 | 9 February 2003 | Ancona | H | 0–1 | | 14,370 |
| 23 | 23 February 2003 | Siena | A | 1–2 | Conteh 64' | 6,025 |
| 24 | 2 March 2003 | Triestina | H | 1–0 | Nastase 57' | 11,257 |
| 25 | 9 March 2003 | Livorno | A | 2–2 | La Grottería 34' (pen.), Morrone 36' | 9,663 |
| 26 | 16 March 2003 | Salernitana | H | 1–1 | Maniero 2' (pen.) | 11,146 |
| 27 | 23 March 2003 | Vicenza | H | 1–0 | Morrone 43' | 10,946 |
| 28 | 30 March 2003 | Cagliari | A | 2–2 | Morrone 15', Maniero 69' | 8,000 |
| 29 | 4 April 2003 | Bari | H | 2–2 | Codrea 85', Di Napoli 90' | 8,595 |
| 30 | 12 April 2003 | Venezia | A | 2–0 | Codrea 4' (pen.), La Grottería 78' | 2,958 |
| 31 | 19 April 2003 | Catania | H | 3–3 | Asta 33', Zauli 55', Maniero 61' | 25,155 |
| 32 | 26 April 2003 | Ternana | A | 0–0 | | 11,122 |
| 33 | 4 May 2003 | Napoli | H | 2–1 | Maniero 1', Asta 17' | 13,626 |
| 34 | 10 May 2003 | Genoa | A | 1–1 | Asta 6' | 18,142 |
| 35 | 17 May 2003 | Messina | H | 2–1 | Di Napoli 15', Morrone 79' | 18,791 |
| 36 | 24 May 2003 | Ascoli | A | 2–1 | Zauli 16', Di Napoli 90' | 6,704 |
| 37 | 31 May 2003 | Verona | H | 2–0 | Zauli (2) 7', 31' | 31,572 |
| 38 | 7 June 2003 | Lecce | A | 0–3 | | 35,038 |
| Win | Draw | Loss |
* Source: Formazioni Palermo

### Coppa Italia
#### Group 8 table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Reggina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Palermo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Taranto | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 |
| 4 | Messina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |

#### Matches

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| Group stage – Day 1 | 18 August 2002 | Messina | A | 1–1 | Mascara 81' |
| Group stage – Day 2 | 25 August 2002 | Taranto | H | 4–0 | Maniero (2) 27' (pen.), 54', Mascara 61', Asta 86' |
| Group stage – Day 3 | 8 September 2002 | Reggina | H | 0–1 | |
| Win | Draw | Loss |
* Source: La Coppa Italia