2002–03 S.S. Lazio season

The 2002–03 season was the 103rd season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 15th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Under new manager Roberto Mancini, Lazio finished 4th in Serie A and reached the semi-finals of both the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup.

Lazio

2002–03 season
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Claudio López (15) All: Claudio López (17)
Home colours

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Angelo Peruzzi
• Luca Marchegiani
• Emanuele Concetti

Defenders

• Fernando Couto
• Jaap Stam
• Giuseppe Favalli
• Giuseppe Pancaro
• Juan Pablo Sorín (left in January 2003 for Barcelona)
• Siniša Mihajlović
• Massimo Oddo
• Paolo Negro
• Francesco Colonnese
• / Guerino Gottardi

Midfielders

• Dejan Stanković
• Stefano Fiore
• Diego Simeone
• César
• Lucas Castromán
• Giuliano Giannichedda
• Nikola Lazetić (arrived in January 2003 from Chievo)
• Fabio Liverani
• Dino Baggio
• / Christian Manfredini (left in January 2003 for Osasuna)

Attackers

• Claudio López
• Bernardo Corradi
• Simone Inzaghi
• Enrico Chiesa

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Internazionale	34	19	8	7	64	38	+26	65	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Milan[lower-alpha 1]	34	18	7	9	55	30	+25	61
4	Lazio	34	15	15	4	57	32	+25	60	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Parma	34	15	11	8	55	36	+19	56[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Udinese	34	16	8	10	38	35	+3	56[lower-alpha 2]

Source: 2002–03 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).[1]
Notes:

1. Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
2. Udinese finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: Udinese 1–1 Parma, Parma 3–2 Udinese.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	15	4	57	32	+25	60	7	8	2	31	16	+15	8	7	2	26	16	+10

Matches

1	Lazio	2–3	Chievo
	Simeone  5' Corradi  64'		D'Anna  14' Bierhoff  49' Della Morte  70'

2	Torino	0–1	Lazio
			Simeone  86'

3	Lazio	1–1	Milan
	C. López  51'		Maldini  7'

4	Atalanta	0–1	Lazio
			César  24'

5	Lazio	3–0	Perugia
	S. Inzaghi  11' Chiesa  84, 90 + 1'

6	Lazio	2–2	Roma
	Fiore  51' Stanković  75'		Delvecchio  56' Batistuta  66'

7	Empoli	1–2	Lazio
	Atzori  45 + 1'		Corradi  45' Stanković  81'

8	Reggina	0–3	Lazio
			Fiore  16' Stanković  33' Corradi  53'

9

Lazio

0–0

Parma

10	Como	1–3	Lazio
	Corrent  37'		Simeone  18' C. López  56, 63'

11	Lazio	4–0	Modena
	Corradi  25, 89' C. López  31' César  71'

12	Piacenza	2–3	Lazio
	Maresca  17' Caccia  26'		Simeone  42' C. López  45 + 1' Corradi  90 + 1'

13	Lazio	3–3	Inter
	C. López  10' (pen.), 36', 53'		Couto  37' (o.g.) Emre  66, 75'

14	Juventus	1–2	Lazio
	Nedvěd  34'		Fiore  35, 51'

15	Lazio	1–1	Bologna
	C. López  45 + 1'		Zaccardo  65'

16

Brescia

0–0

Lazio

17	Lazio	2–1	Udinese
	C. López  27' Fiore  45 + 1'		Muzzi  40'

18	Lazio	0–1	Reggina
			Bonazzoli  46'

19	Chievo	1–1	Lazio
	Corini  45' (pen.)		Simeone  89'

20	Lazio	1–1	Torino
	Simeone  35'		Ferrante  71'

21	Milan	2–2	Lazio
	F. Inzaghi  62' Rivaldo  70'		Stanković  21' C. López  30' (pen.)

22

Lazio

0–0

Atalanta

23	Perugia	2–2	Lazio
	Zé Maria  13' Grosso  43'		Corradi  16' Negro  85'

24	Roma	1–1	Lazio
	Cassano  89'		Stanković  9'

25	Lazio	4–1	Empoli
	C. López  8' Corradi  41' Simeone  71' Castromán  85'		Buscè  5'

26	Parma	2–1	Lazio
	Cardone  4' Adriano  90 + 2'		Stanković  50'

27	Lazio	3–0	Como
	Fiore  6' Corradi  17' C. López  66' (pen.)

28

Modena

0–0

Lazio

29	Lazio	2–1	Piacenza
	S. Inzaghi  60' Corradi  74'		De Cesare  45'

30	Inter	1–1	Lazio
	Crespo  43'		S. Inzaghi  77'

31

Lazio

0–0

Juventus

32	Bologna	0–2	Lazio
			S. Inzaghi  45' (pen.) Favalli  59'

33	Lazio	3–1	Brescia
	Mihajlović  39' (pen.) César  45' C. López  81'		R. Baggio  20'

34	Udinese	2–1	Lazio
	Pizarro  67' (pen.) Jankulovski  83'		C. López  87' (pen.)

Top scorers

• Claudio López 15 (4)
• Bernardo Corradi 10
• Diego Simeone 6
• Stefano Fiore 6
• Dejan Stanković 5

UEFA Cup

First round

• Lazio-Xanthi 4-0
• 1-0 Christian Manfredini (45)
• 2-0 Claudio López (52)
• 3-0 Simone Inzaghi (67)
• 4-0 César (70)
• Xanthi-Lazio 0-0

Second round

• Lazio-Crvena Zvezda 1-0
• 1-0 Stefano Fiore (7)
• Crvena Zvezda-Lazio 1-1
• 1-0 Branko Bošković (70)
• 1-1 Enrico Chiesa (77)

Third round

• Sturm Graz-Lazio 1-3
• 1-0 Charles Amoah (45)
• 1-1 Enrico Chiesa (46)
• 1-2 Simone Inzaghi (57)
• 1-3 Simone Inzaghi (88)
• Lazio-Sturm Graz 0-1
• 0-1 Imre Szabics (87)

Fourth round

• Lazio-Wisla Kraków 3-3
• 1-0 Nikola Lazetić (22)
• 1-1 Kalu Uche (39)
• 2-1 Mariusz Jop (44 og)
• 2-2 Maciej Żurawski (49 pen)
• 2-3 Maciej Żurawski (63 pen)
• 3-3 Enrico Chiesa (70)
• Wisla Kraków-Lazio 1-2
• 1-0 Marcin Kuźba (4)
• 1-1 Fernando Couto (21)
• 1-2 Enrico Chiesa (55)

Quarter Final

• Lazio-Beşiktaş 1-0
• 1-0 Simone Inzaghi (55)
• Beşiktaş-Lazio 1-2
• 0-1 Stefano Fiore (5)
• 0-2 Lucas Castromán (9)
• 1-2 Sergen Yalçın (83)

Semi Final

• Porto-Lazio 4-1
• 0-1 Claudio López (6)
• 1-1 Maniche (10)
• 2-1 Derlei (27)
• 3-1 Derlei (50)
• 4-1 Hélder Postiga (56)
• Lazio-Porto 0-0

References

1. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

Sources

• RSSSF - Italy 2002/03