# 2002–03 AS Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma crashed down to earth following its previous two remarkable seasons, where it had won Serie A in 2000–01 and finished a close second in 2001–02. Despite the acquisition of Pep Guardiola as central midfielder, he did not apparently fit into Fabio Capello's first-team plans. The squad was essentially the same as the year before, and Guardiola's absence from the starting XI spoke volumes about the reputation of the Roma players at the time. However, things began to go against Roma following its tense competition in Serie A with Juventus. Suspecting things were amiss, both chairman Franco Sensi and manager Capello publicly condemned the judgements.
Due to all the 'misfortune' with decisions, Roma's season soon descended into complete darkness, the only highlight of the season being the qualification for the Coppa Italia final, which they lost to Milan. In the league, only a strong final third of the season saved eighth place, with only Francesco Totti reaching his normal level.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 31 May 2003
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 Antonioli |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Luigi Sartor |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Zebina |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Aldair |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Diego Fuser |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Francisco Lima |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Emerson |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Carlo Zotti |
| 13 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré |
| 14 | FW | CRO | Ivan Tomic |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Olivier Dacourt |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Damiano Tommasi |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Antonio Cassano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Walter Samuel |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Davide Bombardini |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Alberto Aquilani |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Ivan Pelizzoli |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Christian Panucci |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Marco Delvecchio |
| 25 | MF | URU | Gianni Guigou |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Damiano Ferronetti |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Daniele De Rossi |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Pep Guardiola |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Massimo Marazzina |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Traianos Dellas |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Vincent Candela |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Gabriel Batistuta |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Marco Paoloni |
| 36 | MF | NGA | Akande Ajide |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Christian Panucci | AS Monaco | €9.81 million |
| DF | Luigi Sartor | Parma AC | - |
| DF | Traianos Dellas | Perugia Calcio | end of contract |
| MF | Josep Guardiola | Brescia Calcio | free |
| MF | Davide Bombardini | Palermo FC | - |
| FW | Simone Pepe | Lecco | loan ended |
| FW | Gustavo Vassallo | Palermo FC | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Christian Panucci | AS Monaco | loan ended |
| FW | Gustavo Vassallo | Alcalá | - |
| DF | Cesare Bovo | Lecce | - |
| DF | Antônio Carlos Zago | Beşiktaş | end of contract |
| MF | Marcos Assunção | Betis | - |
| FW | Giordano Meloni | Cesena | - |
| DF | Sebastiano Siviglia | Parma | - |
| FW | Abel Balbo | Boca Juniors | - |
| FW | Simone Pepe | Teramo | loan |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Olivier Dacourt | Leeds United | loan |
| FW | Massimo Marazzina | Chievo | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Josep Guardiola | Brescia Calcio | |
| FW | Gabriel Batistuta | Internazionale | loan |

### Kits

| Home | Away | Third | Fourth | Home (Champions) | Away (Champions) | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper Alt. |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | 8th | 14 September 2002 | 24 May 2003 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 4 December 2002 | 31 May 2003 |
| Champions League | Group stage | Second group stage | 17 September 2002 | 19 March 2003 |
Last updated: 31 May 2003

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Udinese | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Chievo | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 55 | |
| 8 | Roma | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Brescia | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 42 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 10 | Perugia | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 42 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
* ↑ Roma qualified for the first round of the 2003-04 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia runner-up because the winner, Milan, qualified for Champions League through championship position.
* ↑ Brescia finished ahead of Perugia on head-to-head points: Brescia 3–1 Perugia, Perugia 0–0 Brescia.
* ↑ Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced; then they qualified to the 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 May 2003. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Genk | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 4 | |

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Arsenal | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Roma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Pelizzoli | 28 | -34 | 18+1 | -22 | 6 | -9 | 3 | -3 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu | 41 | 1 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Zebina | 27 | 4 | 18+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Samuel | 47 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Panucci | 46 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Candela | 41 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Dacourt | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Emerson | 48 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Lima | 45 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Totti | 35 | 20 | 23+1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Montella | 45 | 11 | 22+7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5+6 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Antonioli | 21 | -30 | 16 | 2 | -4 | -23 | 9 | -9 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Cassano | 43 | 14 | 15+12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8+3 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Aldair | 22 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Tommasi | 36 | 3 | 14+6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Delvecchio | 26 | 11 | 13+3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Dellas | 17 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ARG | Cufre | 17 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | URU | Guigou | 23 | 1 | 4+10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Sartor | 14 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | De Rossi | 7 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Marazzina | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Bombardini | 13 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CRO | Tomic | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Fuser | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Zotti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Ferronetti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Aquilani | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | NGA | Ajide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Paoloni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 28 | MF | ESP | Guardiola | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Batistuta | 20 | 3 | 6+6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 |
Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2002/1224/

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Antonio Cassano | 9 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Vincenzo Montella | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 24 | FW | | Marco Delvecchio | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Emerson | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 33 | FW | | Gabriel Batistuta | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | | Damiano Tommasi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 19 | DF | | Walter Samuel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Daniele De Rossi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | | Cafu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | | Christian Panucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | MF | | Gianni Guigou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 31 | DF | | Traianos Dellas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 32 | DF | | Vincent Candela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 55 | 16 | 10 | 81 |
Last updated: 31 May 2003

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Francesco Antonioli | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Ivan Pelizzoli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
Last updated: 31 May 2003

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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