# 2001–02 AC ChievoVerona season

During the 2001–02 season Chievo Verona competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

## Summary

The club contested its first ever Serie A campaign in the 2001–02 season. The squad was widely expected to be relegated immediately to Serie B, following a surprising promotion in 2001. Coach Luigi Delneri played a 4–4–2 formation with extremely offensive wingers in the shape of Eriberto and Christian Manfredini. The entire team surpassed expectations, and for six weeks during the autumn Chievo lead serie A. In the end the form dropped off a bit, but Chievo almost qualified for the UEFA Champions League, and thus failed to achieve that sensation. Its players became seriously attractive on the market, but only Manfredini and target man Bernardo Corradi actually left the club, both joining Lazio prior to the 2002–03 season.

## 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 |
| 67 | GK | ITA | Marco Ambrosio |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gioacchino Cavaliere |
| — | GK | SCG | Vojislav Dragović |
| 10 | GK | ITA | Cristiano Lupatelli |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Claiton |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Maurizio D'Angelo |
| 94 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo D'Anna |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Paolo Foglio |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Enrico Franchi |
| — | DF | FRA | Patrice Grillon |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Lanna |
| 66 | DF | ITA | Nicola Legrottaglie |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Moreno Longo |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Matthew Engele |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Stefano Lorenzi |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Fabio Moro |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Mezzano |
| 14 | DF | NGA | Daniel Ola |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Rinaldi |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Barone |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Jonathan Binotto |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Eugenio Corini |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Esposito |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Fabio Firmani |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Daniele Franceschini |
| — | MF | ITA | Giorgio Gorgone |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Eriberto |
| 16 | MF | CIV | Christian Manfredini |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Perrotta |
| 75 | MF | ITA | Andrea Zanchetta |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Luigi Beghetto |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Bernardo Corradi |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Federico Cossato |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Massimo Marazzina |
| 30 | FW | COD | Jason Mayélé |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Cristiano Lupatelli | A.S. Roma | loan |
| GK | Marco Ambrosio | Lucchese | |
| GK | Gioacchino Cavaliere | Ascoli | |
| DF | Daniel Ola | S.S. Lazio | loan |
| DF | Luca Mezzano | Reggina Calcio | loan ended |
| DF | Paolo Foglio | Venezia | co-ownership |
| DF | Stefano Lorenzi | Atalanta B.C. | |
| DF | Nicola Legrottaglie | Modena | loan ended |
| DF | Cleiton | Fiorentina | |
| MF | Simone Perrotta | A.S. Bari | |
| MF | Jonatan Binotto | Inter | |
| FW | Luigi Beghetto | Cagliari Calcio | |
| FW | Massimo Marazzina | Reggina Calcio | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Sergio Marcon | Ternana Calcio | |
| GK | Giorgio Frezzolini | Inter | loan ended |
| DF | Ivan Franceschini | Reggina Calcio | loan ended |
| DF | Andrea Guerra | Palermo F.C. | |
| MF | Dario Passoni | A.C. Siena | loan |
| MF | Andrea Zanchetta | Vicenza Calcio | loan |
| MF | Giorgio Gorgone | Cagliari Calcio | |
| FW | Raffaele Cerbone | S.P.A.L. | |
| FW | Ciro De Cesare | A.C. Siena | |
| FW | Enrico Fantini | Venezia F.C. | loan ended |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Massimiliano Esposito | Brescia Calcio | loan |
| FW | Jason Mayélé | Cagliari Calcio | loan |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Gioacchino Cavaliere | | |
| DF | Claiton | Bologna F.C. | |
| DF | Paolo Foglio | Atalanta B.C. | |
| MF | Jonathan Binotto | Brescia Calcio | |
| MF | Fabio Firmani | Bologna F.C. | |
| MF | Andrea Zanchetta | Vicenza Calcio | loan |

## Competitions
### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ternana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Chievo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 | Prato | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Pistoiese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |

##### Matches
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| Competition | Points | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | GD |
| Competition | Points | G | W | D | L | Gf | Ga | G | W | D | L | Gf | Ga | G | W | D | L | Gf | Ga | GD |
| 2001-02 Serie A | 54 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 52 | +5 |
| 2001-02 Coppa Italia | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Total | | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 61 | 54 | +7 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 10 | GK | ITA | Lupatelli | 35 | -53 | 33 | -52 | 2 | -1 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | D'Angelo | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | ITA | D'Anna | 32 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Lanna | 36 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Moro | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CIV | Manfredini | 31 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Perrotta | 35 | 5 | 31+1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Corini | 32 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Eriberto | 32 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Corradi | 35 | 10 | 31+1 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Marazzina | 32 | 13 | 30+1 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | GK | ITA | Ambrosio | 3 | -1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 66 | DF | ITA | Legrottaglie | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Cossato | 34 | 10 | 7+25 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Franceschini | 22 | 0 | 7+12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Barone | 18 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Lorenzi | 13 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Esposito | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Binotto | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Foglio | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Firmani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Beghetto | 10 | 1 | 0+10 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | COD | Mayele | 10 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | ITA | De Cesare | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Rinaldi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | ITA | Zanchetta | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Cavaliere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Grillon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Moreno Longo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | De Paula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Quintavalla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | URU | Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SEN | Kamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/partite/2001/1201/