2001–02 Juventus FC season explained

Club:Juventus
Season:2001–02
Manager:Marcello Lippi
Chairman:Vittorio Chiusano
Chrtitle:President
Stadium:Stadio delle Alpi
League:Serie A
League Result:1st
Cup1:Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:Runners-up
Cup2:UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:Second group stage
League Topscorer:David Trezeguet (24)
Season Topscorer:David Trezeguet (32)
Average Attendance:40,687[1]
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Prevseason:2000–01
Nextseason:2002–03

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;[2] 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.[3] [4] The intake of Gianluigi Buffon from Parma cost Juventus €45 million, making it the most expensive transfer for a goalkeeper of all time.[5]

Players

Transfers

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Reserve squad

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 2001–02 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2001–02 Coppa Italia.

Final

See main article: 2002 Coppa Italia Final.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League.

Second group stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Not including Coppa Italia appearances|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistiche Spettatori Serie a 2001-2002.
  2. Web site: Italy: Salas injured in stalemate. UEFA. 27 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027054344/http://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/017e-0e6a3169138c-04d57dabb3b4-1000--italy-salas-injured-in-stalemate/. 27 October 2021. en. 20 October 2001.
  3. Web site: Zidane al Real. Juventus FC. 29 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20010806031702/http://www.juventus.com/news/0,,A_336083%7CL_IT,00.html. 6 August 2001. it. 9 July 2001.
  4. Web site: Reports and Financial Statement at 30 June 2002 . Juventus FC . 29 August 2013 . 20 September 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150607132859/http://www.juventus.com/wps/wcm/connect/7665be8a-c95d-406e-91db-4de08d142c0c/28_ott_2002_eng_.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=7665be8a-c95d-406e-91db-4de08d142c0c . 7 June 2015 .
  5. News: Gianluigi Buffon . Football Database . 2 September 2014.