# 2001–02 Serie A

The 2001–02 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of top-tier Italian football, the 70th in a round-robin tournament. It was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988–89.
The first two teams qualified directly to the UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the third and fourth places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the fifth and sixth places qualified for the UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated to Serie B. However, Fiorentina's subsequent bankruptcy led to them being placed in the fourth tier of Italian football.
Juventus won its 26th title on the final day of the season after original leaders Internazionale (who finished third) lost 4–2 away to Lazio, and with it their chance at winning their first Scudetto since 1989. Second place went to Roma.
This season also featured Chievo's "miracle". The club, newly promoted to Serie A for the first time, were top of the table for six weeks early in the season. However, after the Christmas break, they hit some bad form and finished the season in fifth place.
Eighteen teams competed in the league, with four promoted teams from Serie B, Torino, Piacenza, Chievo and Venezia, replacing the four relegated teams from the 2000–01 Serie A season, Reggina, Vicenza, Napoli and Bari.

## Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Head Coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Atalanta | Giovanni Vavassori | Asics | Ortobell |
| Bologna | Francesco Guidolin | Macron | Area Banca |
| Brescia | Carlo Mazzone | Garman | Banca Lombarda |
| Chievo* | Luigi Delneri | Joma | Paluani |
| Fiorentina | Luciano Chiarugi | Mizuno | Toyota |
| Hellas Verona | Alberto Malesani | Lotto | Amica Chips |
| Internazionale | Héctor Cúper | Nike | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Marcello Lippi | Lotto | Fastweb/Tu Mobile (in UEFA matches) |
| Lazio | Alberto Zaccheroni | Puma | Siemens Mobile |
| Lecce | Delio Rossi | Asics | Banca 121 |
| Milan | Carlo Ancelotti | Adidas | Opel |
| Parma | Pietro Carmignani | Champion | Parmalat/Santàl (in UEFA matches) |
| Perugia | Serse Cosmi | Galex | Daewoo |
| Piacenza* | Walter Novellino | Lotto | Publitel |
| Roma | Fabio Capello | Kappa | INA Assitalia |
| Torino* | Giancarlo Camolese | Asics | Conto Arancio |
| Udinese | Giampiero Ventura | Diadora | Ristora |
| Venezia* | Alfredo Magni | Kelme | Emmezeta |
* Promoted from Serie B.

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Juventus | Carlo Ancelotti | End of contract | 30 June 2001 | Marcello Lippi | 1 July 2001 | Pre-season |
| Hellas Verona | Attilio Perotti | End of contract | 30 June 2001 | Alberto Malesani | 1 July 2001 | Pre-season |
| Udinese | Luciano Spalletti | End of contract | 30 June 2001 | Roy Hodgson | 1 July 2001 | Pre-season |
| Milan | Cesare Maldini | Resigned | 30 June 2001 | Fatih Terim | 1 July 2001 | Pre-season |
| Internazionale | Marco Tardelli | Sacked | 30 June 2001 | Héctor Cúper | 1 July 2001 | Pre-season |
| Lazio | Dino Zoff | Sacked | September 2001 | Alberto Zaccheroni | September 2001 | 14th |
| Venezia | Cesare Prandelli | Sacked | October 2001 | Sergio Buso (caretaker) | October 2001 | 18th |
| Venezia | Sergio Buso | End of caretaker spell | October 2001 | Alfredo Magni | October 2001 | 18th |
| Parma | Renzo Ulivieri | Sacked | October 2001 | Pietro Carmignani (caretaker) | November 2001 | 14th |
| Parma | Pietro Carmignani | End of caretaker spell | November 2001 | Daniel Passarella | November 2001 | 11th |
| Milan | Fatih Terim | Sacked | November 2001 | Carlo Ancelotti | November 2001 | 5th |
| Udinese | Roy Hodgson | Sacked | December 2001 | Giampiero Ventura | December 2001 | 9th |
| Parma | Daniel Passarella | Sacked | December 2001 | Pietro Carmignani | December 2001 | 17th |
| Fiorentina | Roberto Mancini | Sacked | January 2002 | Luciano Chiarugi (caretaker) | January 2002 | 17th |
| Fiorentina | Luciano Chiarugi | End of caretaker spell | January 2002 | Ottavio Bianchi | January 2002 | 17th |
| Lecce | Alberto Cavasin | Sacked | January 2002 | Delio Rossi | January 2002 | 16th |
| Fiorentina | Ottavio Bianchi | Sacked | April 2002 | Luciano Chiarugi | April 2002 | 17th |

## 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 | 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 |
| 8 | Perugia | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 46 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | Atalanta | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 45 | |
| 10 | Parma | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 11 | Torino | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 43 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 12 | Piacenza | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 42 | |
| 13 | Brescia | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 40 | |
| 14 | Udinese | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 40 | |
| 15 | Hellas Verona (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 39 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Lecce (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 28 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Fiorentina (R, E, R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 22 | Phoenix in Serie C2 |
| 18 | Venezia (R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 18 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Parma gained entry to the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as the 2001–02 Coppa Italia champions.
* ↑ Torino gained entry to the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined to take part.
* 1 2 Brescia finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head goal difference: Brescia 2–0 Udinese, Udinese 3–2 Brescia.
* ↑ Fiorentina was denied entry to the 2002–03 Serie B season, having entered administration. It was later admitted to the Lega Professionisti Serie C after bankruptcy.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | BRE | CHV | FIO | INT | JUV | LAZ | LCE | MIL | PAR | PER | PIA | ROM | TOR | UDI | VEN | HEL |
| Atalanta | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Bologna | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Brescia | 3–3 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Chievo | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Fiorentina | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Internazionale | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Juventus | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Lazio | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–4 |
| Lecce | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Milan | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Parma | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Perugia | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Piacenza | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Roma | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Torino | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Udinese | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Venezia | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |

## Overall

* Most wins – Juventus and Internazionale (20)
* Fewest wins – Venezia (3)
* Most draws – Roma, Milan, Torino and Brescia (13)
* Fewest draws – Hellas Verona (6)
* Most losses – Fiorentina and Venezia (22)
* Fewest losses – Roma (2)
* Most goals scored – Juventus (64)
* Fewest goals scored – Fiorentina (29)
* Most goals conceded – Fiorentina (63)
* Fewest goals conceded – Juventus (23)

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | David Trezeguet | Juventus | 24 |
| 1 | Dario Hübner | Piacenza | 24 |
| 3 | Christian Vieri | Internazionale | 22 |
| 4 | Marco Di Vaio | Parma | 20 |
| 5 | Filippo Maniero | Venezia | 18 |
| 6 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | 16 |
| 6 | Cristiano Doni | Atalanta | 16 |
| 8 | Roberto Muzzi | Udinese | 14 |
| 8 | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan | 14 |
| 10 | Hernán Crespo | Lazio | 13 |
| 10 | Massimo Marazzina | Chievo | 13 |
| 10 | Vincenzo Montella | Roma | 13 |
| 10 | Luca Toni | Brescia | 13 |
| 14 | Adrian Mutu | Hellas Verona | 12 |
| 15 | Javier Chevantón | Lecce | 11 |
| 15 | Roberto Baggio | Brescia | 11 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Internazionale | 17 | 63,364 |
| 2 | AS Roma | 17 | 61,241 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 17 | 58,446 |
| 4 | SS Lazio | 17 | 43,080 |
| 5 | Juventus | 17 | 40,228 |
| 6 | Bologna FC | 17 | 23,646 |
| 7 | Torino FC | 17 | 20,582 |
| 8 | Parma AC | 17 | 18,463 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 17 | 18,348 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 17 | 17,890 |
| 11 | US Lecce | 17 | 17,039 |
| 12 | Atalanta BC | 17 | 17,011 |
| 13 | ChievoVerona | 17 | 16,338 |
| 14 | Udinese | 17 | 16,314 |
| 15 | Brescia Calcio | 17 | 15,380 |
| 16 | AC Perugia | 17 | 10,917 |
| 17 | Piacenza Calcio | 17 | 9,671 |
| 18 | AC Venezia | 17 | 7,776 |