# 2002–03 Bologna FC 1909 season

During the 2002–03 Italian football season, Bologna F.C. 1909 competed in the Serie A.

## Season summary

Bologna F.C. 1909 finished the season in 11th position in the Serie A table. In other competitions, Bologna reached the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.
Giuseppe Signori was the top scorer for Bologna with 12 goals in all competitions.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pagliuca |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Cristian Zaccardo |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Paolo Vanoli |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Renato Olive |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Marcello Castellini |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Marco Zanchi |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Carlo Nervo |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Colucci |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Cruz |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Signori (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Claudio Bellucci |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Ferdinando Coppola |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Fabio Macellari |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Andrea Ardito |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | SCG | Vlado Šmit |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Emiliano Salvetti |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Claudio Terzi |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Cipriani |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Giulio Falcone |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Tomas Locatelli |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Brioschi |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Andrea Pansera |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Roberto Goretti |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Steve Gohouri |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Christian Amoroso |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Frara |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Mourad Meghni |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Luigi Della Rocca |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Michele Paramatti |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Andrea Pansera | AlbinoLeffe | |
| DF | Fabio Macellari | Inter | co-ownership |
| DF | Michele Paramatti | Juventus | definitivo (0 €) |
| DF | Marco Zanchi | Juventus | |
| MF | Christian Amoroso | Fiorentina | free |
| MF | Andrea Ardito | Como Calcio | |
| MF | Leonardo Colucci | Hellas Verona | |
| MF | Alessandro Frara | Juventus | loan |
| MF | Emiliano Salvetti | Juventus | loan |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Salvatore Fresi | Juventus | |
| DF | Alessandro Gamberini | Chievo Verona | loan |
| DF | Massimo Tarantino | Como Calcio | |
| DF | Pierre Womé | Fulham F.C. | loan |
| MF | Andrea Ardito | A.C. Siena | loan |
| MF | Matteo Brighi | Juventus | loan ended |
| MF | Fabio Firmani | Chievo Verona | loan ended |
| MF | Fabio Pecchia | Como Calcio | loan |
| MF | Lamberto Zauli | Palermo F.C. | |
| FW | Björn Runström | Chievo Verona | 0,5 million € |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Steve Gohouri | Yverdon | loan |
| DF | Paolo Vanoli | | free |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Emanuele Brioschi | Cosenza | |
| MF | Roberto Goretti | A.C. Reggiana | |
| DF | Fabio Macellari | | released |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 11 | Bologna | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 41 | |
| 12 | Modena | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 38 | |
| 13 | Empoli | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 38 | |
* ↑ 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.
* 1 2 Modena finished ahead of Empoli, Atalanta and Reggina on head-to-head points: Modena: 10 pts, Empoli: 9 pts, Atalanta: 7 pts, Reggina: 5 pts.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Intertoto Cup
#### Quarterfinals
#### Finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Intertoto Cup | Intertoto Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Pagliuca | 40 | -54 | 34 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -7 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Paramatti | 32 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Zaccardo | 40 | 2 | 24+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | ITA | Colucci | 38 | 2 | 28+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Castellini | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Olive | 35 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Nervo | 38 | 2 | 29+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Amoroso | 32 | 1 | 20+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Locatelli | 32 | 6 | 19+7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Cruz | 35 | 11 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Signori | 28 | 16 | 19+5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Coppola | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Bellucci | 36 | 5 | 19+9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Zanchi | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Vanoli | 22 | 2 | 16+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Falcone | 21 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Frara | 23 | 0 | 4+15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Meghni | 12 | 2 | 3+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCG | Smit | 14 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | | ITA | Salvetti | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | ITA | Cipriani | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | | ITA | Della Rocca | 12 | 2 | 1+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | ITA | Goretti | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | | ITA | Terzi | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | ITA | Gamberini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | | ITA | Ardito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | ITA | Brioschi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Gohouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/2002/1231/