2001–02 Inter Milan season

The 2001–02 season was Inter Milan's 93rd in existence and 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Inter Milan

2001–02 season
Owner	Massimo Moratti
President	Massimo Moratti
Head coach	Héctor Cúper
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Vieri (22) All: Christian Vieri (25)
Highest home attendance	79,188 vs Juventus (9 March 2002)
Lowest home attendance	47,728 vs Hellas Verona (19 December 2001)
Average home league attendance	62,434
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season overview

After a disappointing previous season, Massimo Moratti appointed former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper as the new head coach.^[1] Cúper managed to line-up a new team, buying players such as Toldo, Materazzi, Kallon and Ventola.^[2] Inter had a sprint-start, topping the league and passing several challenges in Europe.^[3][4][5][6] 2001 closed with Giuseppe Prisco's death, vice-chairman since 1962.^[7]

In the second part of season, Inter showed signs of exhaustion: 1–2 home loss to Atalanta^[8] was followed, on Thursday, by European elimination.^[9] Before the last league game, against Lazio, Inter was still at the top, with one point over Juventus and two over Roma.^[10] In the first half, Inter scored twice, but both goals were equalized by Lazio's Poborsky.^[11] During second half of the match, Lazio - still in race for a UEFA Cup spot - scored another two goals, eventually winning the match.^[11] Inter fell to third place,^[11] enough to qualify for next season's Champions League playoff.^[11] The Lazio-Inter game also marked Ronaldo's last appearance with Inter.^[11]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season.^[12]

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 Toldo 2 DF  COL Iván Córdoba 3 FW  SLE Mohamed Kallon 4 DF  ARG Javier Zanetti (captain) 5 DF  ITA Pasquale Padalino 6 MF  ITA Cristiano Zanetti 7 MF  POR Sérgio Conçeicão 8 MF  ESP Francisco Farinós 9 FW  BRA Ronaldo 10 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf 11 MF  ARG Guly 12 GK  ITA Alberto Fontana 13 DF  CRO Dario Šimić 14 MF  ITA Luigi Di Biagio 15 DF  ITA Salvatore Ferraro 16 DF  URU Gonzalo Sorondo

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  ITA Michele Serena 18 MF  FRA Stéphane Dalmat 19 MF  ITA Nicola Beati 20 FW  URU Álvaro Recoba 21 MF  GRE Grigorios Georgatos 22 GK  FRA Mathieu Moreau 23 DF  ITA Marco Materazzi 24 DF  SVK Vratislav Greško 25 DF  FRA Laurent Blanc 28 FW  BRA Adriano 30 FW  NGA Obafemi Martins 31 DF  ARG Nelson Vivas 32 FW  ITA Christian Vieri 33 MF  TUR Emre Belözoğlu 77 MF  TUR Okan Buruk 78 FW  ITA Nicola Ventola

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Andres Guly	Milan
MF	Sérgio Conceição	Parma	€18.00 million
FW	Nicola Ventola	Atalanta	loan ended
GK	Francesco Toldo	Fiorentina	(U$26,0 million)
DF	Marco Materazzi	Perugia	(U$12 million)
DF	Gonzalo Sorondo	Defensor Sporting	(U$9 million)
DF	Nelson Vivas	Arsenal	€7.00 million
DF	Pasquale Padalino	Bologna	loan
MF	Okan Buruk	Galatasaray	free
MF	Emre Belözoğlu	Galatasaray	free
GK	Alberto Fontana	SSC Napoli	(U$3 million)
DF	Salvatore Fresi	SSC Napoli	loan ended
FW	Mohamed Kallon	Vicenza	loan ended
MF	Cristiano Zanetti	AS Roma	loan ended
DF	Grigorios Georgatos	Olympiacos	loan ended
DF	Martin Rivas	CD Malaga	loan ended
FW	Anselmo Robbiati	AC Perugia	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Christian Panucci	AS Roma
MF	Andrea Pirlo	Milan	(U$17,0 million)[13]
MF	Cristian Brocchi	Milan
DF	Cyril Domoraud	Milan
GK	Sébastien Frey	Parma	€21.00 million
DF	Matteo Ferrari	Parma	co-ownership
FW	Corrado Colombo	Atalanta
DF	Laurent Blanc	Manchester United	free
FW	Adrian Mutu	Hellas Verona	€2,633 million
MF	Benoît Cauet	Torino
FW	Marco Ferrante	Torino	loan ended
MF	Vladimir Jugović	Monaco
GK	Marco Ballotta	Modena
DF	Bruno Cirillo	Lecce	co-ownership
DF	Fabio Macellari	Bologna	co-ownership
DF	Salvatore Fresi	Bologna
MF	Sixto Peralta	Ipswich Town F.C.	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Adriano	Fiorentina	loan
FW	Antonio Pacheco	Espanyol	loan
FW	Hakan Şükür	Parma
DF	Jonatan Binotto	Brescia
DF	Martin Rivas	Peñarol
FW	Anselmo Robbiati	Fiorentina	loan

Reserve squad

The following players did not make an appearance for the first team.

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 19 MF  ITA Nicola Beati 39 GK  ITA Alex Cordaz

No. Pos. Nation Player 42 DF  ITA Giovanni Pasquale 43 DF  ITA Luca Perfetti

Competitions

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	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
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
5	Chievo	34	14	12	8	57	52	+5	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: 2001–02 Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[14]
(C) Champions

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L
Position	2	4	3	3	1	1	3	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round;   = 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round

Matches

Inter v Perugia

26 August 2001 1	Inter	4–1	Perugia	Milano
	Kallon 21', 45' Vieri 91' (pen.), 94' Guly Okan	Report	66' Vryzas Mazzantini Sogliano Baiocco Gatti  90' Grosso	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Treossi

Parma v Inter

9 September 2001 2	Parma	2–2	Inter	Parma
	Milošević 27' Bonazzoli 85'	Report	10' Materazzi 74'Ventola Seedorf	Stadium: Il Tardini

Inter v Venezia

16 September 2001 3	Inter	2–1	Venezia	Milan
	Cordoba  33' Kallon 74' Adriano 90'	Report	43' Bettarini 89' Maniero Conteh	Stadium: San Siro

Torino v Inter

23 September 2001 4	Torino	0–1	Inter	Torino
	Delli Carri	Report	73' (pen.) Kallon Materazzi	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Stefano Farina

Inter v Bologna

30 September 2001 5	Inter	1–0	Bologna	Milano
	Georgatos 24' Toldo	Report	Pagliuca Macellari Zauli  84'  Pecchia	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Stefano Farina

Udinese v Inter

14 October 2001 7	Udinese	1–1	Inter	Udine
	Di Michele 88' (pen.) Caballero Pinzi	Report	61' Ventola  74' Dalmat Di Biagio Kallon	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Trentalange

Inter v Milan

21 October 2001 8	Inter	2–4	Milan	Milano
	Ventola 13' Kallon 90' Vivas Materazzi	Report	59', 77' Shevchenko 61' Contra 66' F. Inzaghi Laursen Contra	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Juventus v Inter

27 October 2001 9	Juventus	0–0	Inter	Torino
	Tacchinardi	Report	Cordoba Materazzi Di Biagio Zanetti C.	Stadium: Delle Alpi Referee: Braschi

Inter v Lecce

4 November 2001 10	Inter	2–0	Lecce	Milano
	Kallon 36' Di Biagio 42' Materazzi Zanetti J.	Report	Stovini Popescu Superbi Chevanton	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Messina

Roma v Inter

17 November 2001 11	Roma	0–0	Inter	Roma
	Zebina Candela	Report	Zanetti J. Di Biagio Sorondo	Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Rosetti

Inter v Fiorentina

25 November 2001 12	Inter	2–0	Fiorentina	Milano
	Kallon 43' Vieri 55' Gresko	Report	Amaral	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Rodomonti

Atalanta v Inter

2 December 2001 13	Atalanta	2–4	Inter	Bergamo
	Doni 15', 21' (pen.) Sala Zenoni Colombo	Report	8' Di Biagio 60', 74' (pen.) Vieri 79' Kallon Conceicao	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Braschi

Brescia v Inter

9 December 2001 14	Brescia	1–3	Inter	Brescia
	Tare 20' A. Filippini Giunti	Report	Ronaldo 18' Vieri 63', 70' Gresko Okan Zanetti C.	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Rodomonti

Inter v Chievo

15 December 2001 15	Inter	1–2	Chievo	Milano
	Vieri 25' Cordoba Di Biagio	Report	20' Corradi 54' Marazzina Eriberto Corini	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Rosetti

Inter v Verona

19 December 2001 6	Inter	3–0	Verona	Milano
	Vieri 18' Ronaldo 50', 55' Cordoba Di Biagio C. Zanetti	Report	Zanchi Colucci	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Treossi
Note: Scheduled on 7 October 2001. It was postponed due to Inter's European campaign.

Piacenza v Inter

23 December 2001 16	Piacenza	2–3	Inter	Piacenza
	Guardalben  43' Lucarelli  45+2' Gautieri 55' Gautieri 74' Statuto Di Francesco Cristante	Report	45' (pen.) Vieri  45+2' Cordoba 67' Ronaldo 69' Kallon 83' Vieri Guly Vivas	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Braschi

Inter v Lazio

6 January 2002 17	Inter	0–0	Lazio	Milano
	Okan Emre	Report	Marchegiani Favalli	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Messina

Perugia v Inter

13 January 2002 18	Perugia	0–2	Inter	Perugia
	Sogliano Bazzani Vryzas	Report	58' Vieri 73' Recoba Gresko Di Biagio Guly	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Farina

Inter v Parma

20 January 2002 19	Inter	2–0	Parma	Milano
	Sensini 2' (o.g.) Vieri 84'	Report	Almeyda	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Rosetti

Venezia v Inter

27 January 2002 20	Venezia	1–1	Inter	Venice
	Maniero 70' (pen.) Vannucchi	Report	28' Vieri C. Zanetti	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Rodomonti

Inter v Torino

2 February 2002 21	Inter	0–0	Torino	Milano
	Cordoba Di Biagio Conceicao	Report	Delli Carri Vergassola Castellini	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Treossi

Bologna v Inter

10 February 2002 22	Bologna	2–1	Inter	Bologna
	Pecchia 55' Zauli 73' Fresi Castellini Brioschi	Report	88' Seedorf Sorondo Materazzi Georgatos C. Zanetti	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Collina

Verona v Inter

17 February 2002 23	Verona	0–3	Inter	Verona
		Report	C. Zanetti 32' Vieri 53', 88' Materazzi Di Biagio	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Farina

Inter v Udinese

24 February 2002 24	Inter	3–2	Udinese	Milan
	Vieri 27' Ventola 68' Conceição 86'	Report	Muzzi 80' Pinzi 88'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Braschi

Milan v Inter

3 March 2002 25	Milan	0–1	Inter	Milano
	Contra Rui Costa	Report	78' Vieri Materazzi C. Zanetti Seedorf	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Inter v Juventus

9 March 2002 26	Inter	2–2	Juventus	Milano
	Seedorf 6', 90' Cordoba Materazzi Di Biagio	Report	13' Trezeguet 81' Tudor Pessotto Conte Nedved	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Borriello

Lecce v Inter

17 March 2002 27	Lecce	1–2	Inter	Lecce
	Vugrinec 76' Vugrinec 90' Stovini Giacomazzi	Report	40', 67' Recoba Guly Seedorf Dalmat	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: De Santis
Note: Toldo blocked a penalty shoot-out by Vugrinec at 76'.

Inter v Roma

24 March 2002 28	Inter	3–1	Roma	Milano
	Recoba 2' Vieri 43' Recoba 72' Emre  93'	Report	57' Totti  78'  Zebina	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Cesari

Fiorentina v Inter

30 March 2002 29	Fiorentina	0–1	Inter	Florence
		Report	Vieri 61'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

Inter v Atalanta

7 April 2002 30	Inter	1–2	Atalanta	Milan
	Vieri 47'	Report	Sala 44' Berretta 62'	Stadium: San Siro

Inter v Brescia

14 April 2002 31	Inter	2–1	Brescia	Milan
	Ronaldo 80', 83'	Report	Guardiola 29' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro

Chievo v Inter

21 April 2002 32	Chievo	2–2	Inter	Verona
	Marazzina 41' Cossato 90'	Report	46' Dalmat 60' Ronaldo Toldo	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

Inter v Piacenza

28 April 2002 33	Inter	3–1	Piacenza	Milano
	Córdoba 7' Recoba 70' Ronaldo 80'	Report	36' Matuzalém  69' Sommese  80' Matuzalém	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Borriello

Lazio v Inter

5 May 2002 34	Lazio	4–2	Inter	Rome
	Poborský 19', 45' Simeone 55' S. Inzaghi 73'	Report	Vieri 12' Di Biagio 24'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2001-02 Coppa Italia

Eightfinals

Udinese Calcio v Inter

12 November 2001 1	Udinese Calcio	2–1	Inter	Udine
20:45 CET	Di Michele 71' Pizarro 83'	Report	30' Seedorf	Stadium: Friuli Referee: Paolo Bertini

Inter v Udinese Calcio

29 November 2001 2	Inter	2–2	Udinese Calcio	Milan
20:45 CET	Ventola 10' J. Zanetti 18'	Report	41' Muzzi 78' Jørgensen	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

UEFA Cup

First round

Inter Milan v Brașov

20 September 2001	Inter Milan	3–0	Brașov	Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21:00 CET	Dalmat 23' Kallon 31' Di Biagio 41'	Report		Referee: Fernando Mendez (Spain)

Brașov v Inter Milan

27 September 2001	Brașov	0–3	Inter Milan	Stadionul Tineretului, Brașov
			Ventola 14', 79' Guly 36'

Inter Milan won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Inter Milan v Wisła Kraków

18 October 2001	Inter Milan	2–0	Wisła Kraków	Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21:00	Kallon 61', 65'	Report		Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

Wisła Kraków v Inter Milan

30 October 2001	Wisła Kraków	1–0	Inter Milan	Wisła Stadium, Kraków
13:00	Żurawski 4'	Report		Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)

Inter Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Ipswich Town v Inter Milan

22 November 2001	Ipswich Town	1–0	Inter Milan	Portman Road, Ipswich
20:45	Armstrong 81'	Report		Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Inter Milan v Ipswich Town

6 December 2001	Inter Milan	4–1	Ipswich Town	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
21:00	Vieri 19', 34', 71' Kallon 46'	Report	Armstrong 79' (pen.)	Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Fourth round

Inter Milan v AEK Athens

21 February 2002	Inter Milan	3–1	AEK Athens	San Siro, Milan
21:00	J. Zanetti 14' Kallon 37' Ventola 56'	Report	Zagorakis 8'	Referee: Graham Poll (England)

AEK Athens v Inter Milan

28 February 2002	AEK Athens	2–2	Inter Milan	Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia
20:30	Konstantinidis 23' Nikolaidis 56'	Report	Greško 20' Ventola 57'	Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Inter Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Inter Milan v Valencia

14 March 2002 (2002-03-14)	Inter Milan	1–1	Valencia	San Siro, Milan
21:00	Materazzi 50'	Report	Rufete 66'	Attendance: 24,184 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Valencia v Inter Milan

21 March 2002 (2002-03-21)	Valencia	0–1	Inter Milan	Estadio Mestalla
21:45		Report	4' Ventola  87'  Toldo	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Claude Colombo
Note: Due to Goalkeeper Toldo was sent off at 87' and no substitutions for Inter remained, central midfielder Francisco Javier Farinos lined up as Goalkeeper until minute 95 of the match.

Inter Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Inter Milan v Feyenoord

4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)	Inter Milan	0–1	Feyenoord	Milano
21:00	Cordoba  24' Materazzi  73'	Report	30' Ono  40' Rzasa 51' (o.g.) Córdoba	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 39,622 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ

Feyenoord v Inter Milan

11 April 2002 (2002-04-11)	Feyenoord	2–2	Inter Milan	De Kuip, Rotterdam
20:30	Van Hooijdonk 17' Tomasson 34'	Report	C. Zanetti 83' Kallon 89' (pen.)	Attendance: 49,904 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 30 June 2002^[15]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Toldo	43	0	33	0	1	0	9	0
4	DF	ARG	Zanetti J	44	2	33	0	1	1	10	1
2	DF	COL	Cordoba	42	1	30	1	1	0	11	0
23	DF	ITA	Materazzi	32	2	23	1	1	0	8	1
24	DF	SVK	Gresko	34	1	23	0	2	0	8+1	1
7	MF	POR	Conçeicão	32	1	16+7	1	0+1	0	5+3	0
6	MF	ITA	Zanetti C	33	2	25+1	1	1	0	6	1
14	MF	ITA	Di Biagio	42	4	31	3	1+1	0	8+1	1
11	MF	ARG	Guly	33	1	20+3	0	2	0	8	1
32	FW	ITA	Vieri	28	25	25	22	0+1	0	2	3
3	FW	SLE	Kallon	39	15	16+12	9	0	0	10+1	6
12	GK	ITA	Fontana	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
10	MF	NED	Seedorf	32	4	17+3	3	0+2	1	6+4	0
20	FW	URU	Recoba	22	6	15+3	6	0	0	1+3	0
78	FW	ITA	Ventola	26	10	12+3	4	2	1	7+2	5
18	MF	FRA	Dalmat	24	1	11+5	1	1	0	4+3	0
9	FW	BRA	Ronaldo	15	7	9+1	7	0	0	1+4	0
21	DF	GRE	Georgatos	12	1	9+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
16	DF	URU	Sorondo	12	0	8+3	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	CRO	Simic	21	0	6+6	0	1	0	5+3	0
8	MF	ESP	Farinos	16	0	5+5	0	1	0	4+1	0
77	MF	TUR	Okan	11	0	3+4	0	1	0	3	0
31	DF	ARG	Vivas	16	0	1+12	0	0	0	2+1	0
33	MF	TUR	Emre	20	0	0+13	0	1	0	5+1	0
17	DF	ITA	Serena	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ITA	Padalino	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	ITA	Ferraro	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK	FRA	Moreau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
15	MF	FRA	Cauet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	BRA	Adriano	14	1	0+8	1	1	0	4+1	0

Last updated: 10 May 2002
Source: Competitions