# 2001–02 Juventus FC season

The 2001–02 season was Juventus Football Club's 104th in existence and 100th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Juventus ended a three-year drought of league titles, following a remarkable turnaround in fortunes during the final days of the season, when Inter suffered from a collapse of nerves in the closing stages. On the final day of the league season, Juventus won 2–0 away from home against Udinese, while Inter fell at Lazio 4–2, despite leading twice. That handed Juventus its 26th Serie A title, and made up for the disappointing exit from the second group stage in the UEFA Champions League. Juventus also reached the 2002 Coppa Italia final, but were defeated by Parma on away goals following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.
As for individual players, the season saw new goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon claiming a stature as the best keeper in the world, while David Trezeguet got his Serie A breakthrough, sharing the topscoring title with Dario Hübner of Piacenza. Alessandro Del Piero also played a crucial part in the success, scoring 16 goals.
Apart from Buffon, pre-season saw three significant signings. Lilian Thuram came from Parma along with Buffon, but failed to establish himself as centre-back and ended up on the right wing-back position. Pavel Nedvěd came from Lazio as a replacement for departed Zinedine Zidane after Pavel Nedvěd snubbed Manchester United, and performed at an acceptable level, without finding the form he had shown a few years before. Fellow Lazio signing Marcelo Salas was however a major flop, because of a serious cruciate ligament injury he suffered during a scoreless draw at Bologna, which kept him away for almost the entire season; a technically gifted, prolific goalscorer in his prime, Salas was subsequently plagued by injuries and his career was never the same again.
The sale of Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid of Spain from Juventus, was the world football transfer record at the time, costing the Spanish club €77.5 million. The intake of Gianluigi Buffon from Parma cost Juventus €45 million, making it the most expensive transfer for a goalkeeper of all time.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Gianluigi Buffon |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Michele Paramatti |
| 4 | DF | URU | Paolo Montero |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Igor Tudor |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Pessotto |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Antonio Conte |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Marcelo Salas |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Pavel Nedvěd |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Michelangelo Rampulla |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mark Iuliano |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Cristian Zenoni |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Birindelli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Enzo Maresca |
| 17 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Alessio Tacchinardi |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Lilian Thuram |
| 22 | GK | URU | Fabián Carini |
| 25 | FW | URU | Marcelo Zalayeta |
| 26 | MF | NED | Edgar Davids |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Nicola Amoruso |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Frara |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Vincent Péricard |
| 36 | MF | UZB | Ilyos Zeytulayev |
| 38 | FW | PAR | Tomás Guzmán |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Gianluigi Buffon | Parma F.C. | |
| DF | Lilian Thuram | Parma F.C. | |
| DF | Cristian Zenoni | A.C. Milan | |
| MF | Pavel Nedvěd | S.S. Lazio | |
| MF | Enzo Maresca | Bologna F.C. | loan ended |
| MF | Marco Rigoni | Ravenna | loan ended |
| FW | Marcelo Salas | S.S. Lazio | |
| FW | Nicola Amoruso | S.S.C. Napoli | loan ended |
| GK | Landry Bonnefoi | Cannes | |
| FW | Marcelo Zalayeta | Sevilla F.C. | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Zinédine Zidane | Real Madrid | €77.5 million |
| FW | Filippo Inzaghi | A.C. Milan | |
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | Fulham | |
| FW | Daniel Fonseca | River Plate | |
| GK | Andreas Isaksson | Djurgårdens IF Fotboll | |
| FW | Darko Kovačević | S.S. Lazio | |
| MF | Matteo Brighi | Bologna F.C. | loan |
| FW | Juan Esnaider | FC Porto | |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 6 | MF | URU | Fabián O'Neill (to Perugia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Athirson (on loan to Flamengo) |

### Reserve 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 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Marco Rigoni |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Stefano Romano |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Felice Piccolo |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Stefano Rondinella |
| 34 | GK | FRA | Landry Bonnefoi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | DF | ITA | Mattia Cassani |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Viktor Budyanskiy |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Francesco Scardina |
| 40 | GK | ITA | Antonio Mirante |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Domenico Maietta |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | AC 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV | POR | CEL | ROS |
| 1 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Advance to second group stage | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Advance to second group stage | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 9 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 4–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — |

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BL | DEP | ARS | JUV |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | knockout stage | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Not including Coppa Italia appearances
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon | 44 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Lilian Thuram | 38 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara | 26 | 3 | 21+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mark Iuliano | 34 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Pessotto | 40 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Gianluca Zambrotta | 41 | 1 | 28+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Alessio Tacchinardi | 37 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NED | Edgar Davids | 37 | 2 | 23+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Pavel Nedvěd | 39 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero | 42 | 20 | 31+1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet | 44 | 32 | 33+1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 8 |
| 22 | GK | URU | Fabián Carini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Antonio Conte | 24 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Paolo Montero | 23 | 1 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Cristian Zenoni | 32 | 1 | 10+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Igor Tudor | 20 | 6 | 10+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Birindelli | 19 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Michele Paramatti | 16 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Nicola Amoruso | 15 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Marcelo Salas | 11 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Enzo Maresca | 23 | 1 | 1+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | URU | Marcelo Zalayeta | 14 | 1 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | UZB | Ilyos Zeytulayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Frara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Vincent Péricard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | PAR | Tomás Guzmán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | URU | Fabián O'Neill | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 May 2002 Source: Competitions