Season 2001–02 UEFA Cup Chievo
Lazio
Parma Champion Juventus F.C. Matches played 306 | Champions Juventus
26th title Dates 25 Aug 2001 – 5 May 2002 Goals scored 806 | |
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Champions League Juventus
Roma
Internazionale
Milan Top goalscorer 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) Relegated Hellas Verona F.C., U.S. Lecce, ACF Fiorentina, Venezia F.C. Similar 2000–01 Serie A, 2002–03 Serie A, 2003–04 Serie A, 1999–2000 Serie A, 2004–05 Serie A | ||
In the 2001–02 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988–89.
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The first two teams qualified directly to the UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the 3rd and 4th places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th places qualified to 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 Verona's "miracle". The club, newly promoted to Serie A for the first time, were top of the table for six weeks early on in the season. However, after the Christmas break they hit some bad form and finished the season in 5th.
League table
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
1 Parma gained entry to the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as the 2001–02 Coppa Italia champions.
2 Torino gained entry to the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined to take part.
3 Fiorentina was denied entry to the 2002–03 Serie B season, having entered administration.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Results
Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.