2001–02 Serie A Explained

Competition:Serie A
Season:2001–02
Dates:25 August 2001 – 5 May 2002
Winners:Juventus
26th title
Relegated:Hellas Verona
Lecce
Fiorentina (to C2)
Venezia
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Juventus
Roma
Internazionale
Milan
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Chievo
Lazio
Parma
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Bologna
Perugia
Torino
League Topscorer:Dario Hübner
David Trezeguet
(24 goals each)
Biggest Home Win:Lazio 5–0 Brescia
(4 November 2001)
Lazio 5–0 Perugia
(20 January 2002)
Piacenza 5–0 Venezia
(17 February 2002)
Juventus 5–0 Brescia
(28 April 2002)
Roma 5–0 Chievo
(28 April 2002)
Biggest Away Win:Atalanta 1–5 Udinese
(21 October 2001)
Lazio 1–5 Roma
(10 March 2002)
Highest Scoring:Lazio 5–4 Hellas Verona
(21 April 2002)
Matches:306
Total Goals:806
Average Attendance:25,992
Nextseason:2002–03
Prevseason:2000–01

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

TeamHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Atalanta Giovanni VavassoriAsicsOrtobell
Bologna Francesco GuidolinMacronArea Banca
Brescia Carlo MazzoneGarmanBanca Lombarda
Chievo Luigi DelneriJomaPaluani
Fiorentina Luciano ChiarugiMizunoToyota
Hellas Verona Alberto MalesaniLottoAmica Chips
Internazionale Héctor CúperNikePirelli
Juventus Marcello LippiLottoFastweb/Tu Mobile (in UEFA matches)
Lazio Alberto ZaccheroniPumaSiemens Mobile
Lecce Delio RossiAsicsBanca 121
Milan Carlo AncelottiAdidasOpel
Parma Pietro CarmignaniChampionParmalat/Santàl (in UEFA matches)
Perugia Serse CosmiGalexDaewoo
Piacenza Walter NovellinoLottoPublitel
Roma Fabio CapelloKappaINA Assitalia
Torino Giancarlo CamoleseAsicsConto Arancio
Udinese Giampiero VenturaDiadoraRistora
Venezia Alfredo MagniKelmeEmmezeta

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentPosition in table
Juventus Carlo AncelottiEnd of contract30 June 2001 Marcello Lippi1 July 2001Pre-season
Hellas Verona Attilio Perotti30 June 2001 Alberto Malesani1 July 2001
Udinese Luciano Spalletti30 June 2001 Roy Hodgson1 July 2001
Milan Cesare MaldiniResigned30 June 2001 Fatih Terim1 July 2001
Internazionale Marco TardelliSacked30 June 2001 Héctor Cúper1 July 2001
Lazio Dino ZoffSeptember 2001 Alberto ZaccheroniSeptember 200114th
Venezia Cesare PrandelliOctober 2001 Sergio Buso (caretaker)October 200118th
Venezia Sergio BusoEnd of caretaker spellOctober 2001 Alfredo MagniOctober 200118th
Parma Renzo UlivieriSackedOctober 2001 Pietro Carmignani (caretaker)November 200114th
Parma Pietro CarmignaniEnd of caretaker spellNovember 2001 Daniel PassarellaNovember 200111th
Milan Fatih TerimSackedNovember 2001 Carlo AncelottiNovember 20015th
Udinese Roy HodgsonDecember 2001 Giampiero VenturaDecember 20019th
Parma Daniel PassarellaDecember 2001 Pietro CarmignaniDecember 200117th
Fiorentina Roberto ManciniJanuary 2002 Luciano Chiarugi (caretaker)January 200217th
Fiorentina Luciano ChiarugiEnd of caretaker spellJanuary 2002 Ottavio BianchiJanuary 200217th
Lecce Alberto CavasinSackedJanuary 2002 Delio RossiJanuary 200216th
Fiorentina Ottavio BianchiApril 2002 Luciano ChiarugiApril 200217th

League table

Overall

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 David TrezeguetJuventus24
Dario HübnerPiacenza
3 Christian VieriInternazionale22
4 Marco Di VaioParma20
5 Filippo ManieroVenezia18
6 Alessandro Del PieroJuventus16
Cristiano DoniAtalanta
8 Roberto MuzziUdinese14
Andriy ShevchenkoMilan
10 Hernán CrespoLazio13
Massimo MarazzinaChievo
Vincenzo MontellaRoma
Luca ToniBrescia
14 Adrian MutuHellas Verona12
15 Javier ChevantónLecce11
Roberto BaggioBrescia

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