# 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.

## Summary

Owing to financial worries, club president Sergio Cragnotti sold several players, including club legend defender Alessandro Nesta to AC Milan, forward Hernan Crespo to Inter and Gaizka Mendieta was loaned out to Barcelona. Among the new arrivals were young coach Roberto Mancini, along with low-profile players such as Bernardo Corradi from Chievo and Enrico Chiesa. On 3 January 2003, a majority of club shareholders appointed Ugo Longo as its new president, putting an end to Cragnotti's ten-year term.

## 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 | 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 | loan |
| MF | Christian Manfredini | Chievo | 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 | Espanyol | |
| MF | Karel Poborský | Sparta Prague | |
| DF | Emanuele Pesaresi | Chievo | co-ownership |
| MF | Roberto Baronio | Perugia | loan |
| MF | Gaizka Mendieta | Barcelona | loan |
| FW | Felice Evacuo | Fiorentina | loan |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Nikola Lazetic | Chievo | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Juan Pablo Sorín | Barcelona | loan |
| MF | Christian Manfredini | Osasuna | loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Udinese | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
* ↑ Parma finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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/