2001–02 Atalanta BC season explained

Season:	2001–02
Chairman:	Ivan Ruggeri
League Result:	9th
League Topscorer:	Cristiano Doni (16)
Cup2 Result:	Quarter-finals
Nextseason:	2002–03

Atalanta B.C. continued to be a midfield team in a competitive Serie A season, in which it dropped two places in spite of recording more points than during its 7th placed season the year before. Cristiano Doni was the most influential player, the playmaker scoring 16 goals, and surprisingly stayed on at Atalanta for a further season. Luciano Zauri also got his breakthrough, earning his first national team cap during the course of the season.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Massimo Taibi
• Alex Calderoni
• Davide Pinato

Defenders

• Gianpaolo Bellini
• Massimo Carrera
• Gianluca Falsini
• Paolo Foglio
• Cesare Natali
• Massimo Paganin
• Fabio Rustico
• Luigi Sala
• Damiano Zenoni

Midfielders

• Daniele Berretta
• Yuri Breviaro
• Luca Cavalli
• Ousmane Dabo
• Cristiano Doni
• Vinicio Espinal
• Pierluigi Orlandini
• Alex Pinardi
• Luciano Zauri
• Fabiano

Attackers

• Rolando Bianchi
• Corrado Colombo
• Gianni Comandini
• Piá
• Fausto Rossini
• Luca Saudati
• Alessandro Rinaldi

Serie A

Matches

• Bologna-Atalanta 1-0
• 1-0 Giuseppe Signori (19)
• Atalanta-Juventus 0-2
• 0-1 Alessandro Del Piero (9)
• 0-2 David Trezeguet (83)
• Fiorentina-Atalanta 3-1
• 1-0 Nuno Gomes (2)
• 1-1 Alessandro Rinaldi (3)
• 2-1 Enrico Chiesa (12)
• 3-1 Enrico Chiesa (82)
• Atalanta-Verona 1-0
• 1-0 Cristiano Doni (27)
• Brescia-Atalanta 3-3
• 1-0 Roberto Baggio (24)
• 1-1 Luigi Sala (27)
• 1-2 Cristiano Doni (29)
• 1-3 Gianni Comandini (45)
• 2-3 Roberto Baggio (75)
• 3-3 Roberto Baggio (90)
• Lazio-Atalanta 2-0
• 1-0 Claudio López (42)
• 2-0 Fernando Couto (71)
• Atalanta-Udinese 1-5
• 0-1 Martin Jørgensen (5)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (57)
• 1-2 Martin Jørgensen (62)
• 1-3 Vincenzo Iaquinta (77)
• 1-4 Roberto Muzzi (81 pen)
• 1-5 Roberto Muzzi (85)
• Lecce-Atalanta 0-2
• 0-1 Fausto Rossini (3)
• 0-2 Cristiano Doni (81)
• Atalanta-Roma 1-1
• 0-1 Marcos Assunção (53)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (74 pen)
• Atalanta-Venezia 1-0
• 1-0 Fausto Rossini (29)
• Piacenza-Atalanta 1-2
• 1-0 Dario Hübner (7 pen)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (59)
• 1-2 Cristiano Doni (81)
• Atalanta-Inter 2-4
• 0-1 Luigi Di Biagio (8)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (15)
• 2-1 Cristiano Doni (21 pen)
• 2-2 Christian Vieri (60)
• 2-3 Christian Vieri (74 pen)
• 2-4 Mohamed Kallon (79)
• Torino-Atalanta 1-2
• 1-0 Fabio Galante (13)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (45)
• 1-2 Corrado Colombo (69)
• Atalanta-Parma 4-1
• 1-0 Daniele Berretta (23)
• 2-0 Luigi Sala (43)
• 3-0 Cristiano Doni (57)
• 4-0 Gianni Comandini (64)
• 4-1 Johan Micoud (66)
• Roma-Atalanta 0-0
• Perugia-Atalanta 2-0
• 1-0 Fabio Bazzani (51)
• 2-0 Fabio Bazzani (90)
• Atalanta-Chievo 1-2
• 1-0 Daniele Berretta (4)
• 1-1 Massimo Marazzina (59)
• 1-2 Federico Cossato (77)
• Atalanta-Bologna 2-2
• 1-0 Cristiano Doni (10 pen)
• 2-0 Daniele Berretta (23)
• 2-1 Renato Olive (41)
• 2-2 Emanuele Brioschi (90)
• Juventus-Atalanta 3-0
• 1-0 Alessio Tacchinardi (34)
• 2-0 David Trezeguet (39)
• 3-0 David Trezeguet (73)
• Atalanta-Fiorentina 2-0
• 1-0 Piá (35)
• 2-0 Cristiano Doni (75)
• Verona-Atalanta 3-1
• 1-0 Vincenzo Italiano (9)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (35)
• 2-1 Adrian Mutu (43 pen)
• 3-1 Massimo Oddo (90 pen)
• Atalanta-Brescia 0-0
• Milan-Atalanta 0-0
• Atalanta-Lazio 0-1
• 0-1 Karel Poborský (78)
• Udinese-Atalanta 1-2
• 0-1 Cristiano Doni (55)
• 1-1 Thomas Manfredini (68)
• 1-2 Alex Pinardi (90)
• Atalanta-Lecce 2-1
• 1-0 Fausto Rossini (24)
• 2-0 Alex Pinardi (30)
• 2-1 Bruno Cirillo (56)
• Roma-Atalanta 3-1
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (18)
• 2-0 Massimo Carrera (29 og)
• 3-0 Vincenzo Montella (68)
• 3-1 Cristiano Doni (84)
• Venezia-Atalanta 0-1
• 0-1 Fausto Rossini (85)
• Atalanta-Piacenza 1-1
• 1-0 Gianni Comandini (45)
• 1-1 Giuseppe Cardone (71)
• Inter-Atalanta 1-2
• 0-1 Luigi Sala (44)
• 1-1 Christian Vieri (47)
• 1-2 Daniele Berretta (62)
• Atalanta-Torino 1-1
• 1-0 Daniele Berretta (15)
• 1-1 José María Franco (50)
• Parma-Atalanta 1-1
• 0-1 Gianni Comandini (39 pen)
• 1-1 Johan Micoud (90)
• Atalanta-Perugia 2-1
• 0-1 Giovanni Tedesco (16)
• 1-1 Daniele Berretta (36)
• 2-1 Luciano Zauri (68)
• Chievo-Atalanta 2-1
• 0-1 Fausto Rossini (53)
• 1-1 Bernardo Corradi (58)
• 2-1 Federico Cossato (75)

Topscorers

• Cristiano Doni 16
• Daniele Berretta 6
• Fausto Rossini 5
• Luigi Sala 4
• Gianni Comandini 4

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 2001/02