The 2001–02 season was Inter Milan's 93rd in existence and 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Inter Milan
2001–02 season
OwnerMassimo Moratti
PresidentMassimo Moratti
Head coachHéctor Cúper
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Christian Vieri (22)

All:
Christian Vieri (25)
Highest home attendance79,188 vs Juventus
(9 March 2002)
Lowest home attendance47,728 vs Hellas Verona
(19 December 2001)
Average home league attendance62,434

Season overview

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After a disappointing previous season, Massimo Moratti appointed former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper as the new head coach.[1] Cúper managed to line-up a new team, buying players such as Toldo, Materazzi, Kallon and Ventola.[2] Inter had a sprint-start, topping the league and passing several challenges in Europe.[3][4][5][6] 2001 closed with Giuseppe Prisco's death, vice-chairman since 1962.[7]

In the second part of season, Inter showed signs of exhaustion: 1–2 home loss to Atalanta[8] was followed, on Thursday, by European elimination.[9] Before the last league game, against Lazio, Inter was still at the top, with one point over Juventus and two over Roma.[10] In the first half, Inter scored twice, but both goals were equalized by Lazio's Poborsky.[11] During second half of the match, Lazio - still in race for a UEFA Cup spot - scored another two goals, eventually winning the match.[11] Inter fell to third place,[11] enough to qualify for next season's Champions League playoff.[11] The Lazio-Inter game also marked Ronaldo's last appearance with Inter.[11]

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season.[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Francesco Toldo
2 DF   COL Iván Córdoba
3 FW   SLE Mohamed Kallon
4 DF   ARG Javier Zanetti (captain)
5 DF   ITA Pasquale Padalino
6 MF   ITA Cristiano Zanetti
7 MF   POR Sérgio Conçeicão
8 MF   ESP Francisco Farinós
9 FW   BRA Ronaldo
10 MF   NED Clarence Seedorf
11 MF   ARG Guly
12 GK   ITA Alberto Fontana
13 DF   CRO Dario Šimić
14 MF   ITA Luigi Di Biagio
15 DF   ITA Salvatore Ferraro
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   URU Gonzalo Sorondo
17 DF   ITA Michele Serena
18 MF   FRA Stéphane Dalmat
20 FW   URU Álvaro Recoba
21 MF   GRE Grigorios Georgatos
23 DF   ITA Marco Materazzi
24 DF   SVK Vratislav Greško
25 DF   FRA Laurent Blanc
28 FW   BRA Adriano
31 DF   ARG Nelson Vivas
32 FW   ITA Christian Vieri
33 MF   TUR Emre Belözoğlu
54 FW   TUR Hakan Şükür
77 MF   TUR Okan Buruk
78 FW   ITA Nicola Ventola

Transfers

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In
Pos. Name from Type
GK Francesco Toldo Fiorentina (U$26,0 million)
GK Alberto Fontana Napoli (U$3 million)
DF Gonzalo Sorondo Defensor Sporting (U$9 million)
DF Marco Materazzi Perugia (U$12 million)
MF Sérgio Conceição Parma €18.00 million
DF Nelson Vivas Arsenal €7.00 million
MF Andres Guly Milan
DF Pasquale Padalino Bologna loan
MF Okan Buruk Galatasaray free
MF Emre Belözoğlu Galatasaray free
FW Mohamed Kallon Reggina loan ended
FW Nicola Ventola Atalanta loan ended
MF Cristiano Zanetti Roma loan ended
DF Salvatore Fresi Napoli loan ended

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF   FRA Laurent Blanc (to Manchester United)
15 MF   FRA Benoît Cauet (to Torino)
28 FW   BRA Adriano (on loan to Fiorentina)
19 FW   TUR Hakan Şükür (to Parma)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   ITA Jonatan Binotto (to Brescia)
29 FW   URU Antonio Pacheco (on loan to Espanyol)
73 DF   ITA Salvatore Fresi (to Bologna)

Reserve squad

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The following players did not make an appearance for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   ITA Nicola Beati
22 GK   FRA Mathieu Moreau
30 FW   NGA Obafemi Martins
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 GK   ITA Alex Cordaz
42 DF   ITA Giovanni Pasquale
43 DF   ITA Luca Perfetti

Competitions

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Serie A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 20 11 3 64 23 +41 71 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Roma 34 19 13 2 58 24 +34 70
3 Internazionale 34 20 9 5 62 35 +27 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Milan 34 14 13 7 47 33 +14 55
5 Chievo 34 14 12 8 57 52 +5 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: 2001–02 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).[14]
(C) Champions


Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWDWWWDLDWDWWWLWWDWWDDLWWWDWWWLWDWL
Position2433113422211311221233211221111113

Matches

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26 August 2001 1 Inter Milan 4–1 Perugia Milano
Kallon   21', 45'
Vieri   91' (pen.), 94'
Guly  
Okan  
Report   66' Vryzas
  Mazzantini
  Sogliano
  Baiocco
  Gatti
  90' Grosso
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 60.000
Referee: Treossi
9 September 2001 2 Parma 2–2 Inter Milan Parma
Milošević   27'
Bonazzoli   85'
Report   10' Materazzi
  74'Ventola
  Seedorf
Stadium: Il Tardini
16 September 2001 3 Inter Milan 2–1 Venezia Milan
Cordoba   33'
Kallon     74'
Adriano   90'
Report   43' Bettarini
  89' Maniero
  Conteh
Stadium: San Siro
23 September 2001 4 Torino 0–1 Inter Milan Torino
Delli Carri   Report   73' (pen.) Kallon
  Materazzi
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Stefano Farina
30 September 2001 5 Inter Milan 1–0 Bologna Milano
Georgatos   24'  
Toldo  
Report   Pagliuca
  Macellari
  Zauli
  84'   Pecchia
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Stefano Farina
14 October 2001 7 Udinese 1–1 Inter Milan Udine
Di Michele   88' (pen.)
Caballero  
Pinzi  
Report   61' Ventola
  74' Dalmat
  Di Biagio
  Kallon
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Trentalange
21 October 2001 8 Inter Milan 2–4 Milan Milano
Ventola   13'
Kallon   90'  
Vivas  
Materazzi  
Report   59', 77' Shevchenko
  61' Contra
  66' F. Inzaghi
Laursen  
Contra  
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
27 October 2001 9 Juventus 0–0 Inter Milan Torino
Tacchinardi   Report   Cordoba
  Materazzi
  Di Biagio
  Zanetti C.
Stadium: Delle Alpi
Referee: Braschi
4 November 2001 10 Inter Milan 2–0 Lecce Milano
Kallon   36'
Di Biagio   42'  
Materazzi  
Zanetti J.  
Report   Stovini
  Popescu
  Superbi
  Chevanton
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Messina
17 November 2001 11 Roma 0–0 Inter Milan Roma
Zebina  
Candela  
Report   Zanetti J.
  Di Biagio
  Sorondo
Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Rosetti
25 November 2001 12 Inter Milan 2–0 Fiorentina Milano
Kallon   43'
Vieri   55'
Gresko  
Report   Amaral Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Rodomonti
2 December 2001 13 Atalanta 2–4 Inter Milan Bergamo
Doni   15', 21' (pen.)
Sala  
Zenoni  
Colombo  
Report   8'  Di Biagio
  60', 74' (pen.) Vieri
  79' Kallon
  Conceicao
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Braschi
9 December 2001 14 Brescia 1–3 Inter Milan Brescia
Tare   20'
A. Filippini  
Giunti  
Report Ronaldo   18'
Vieri   63', 70'  
  Gresko
 Okan
  Zanetti C.
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: Rodomonti
15 December 2001 15 Inter Milan 1–2 Chievo Milano
Vieri   25'
  Cordoba
  Di Biagio
Report   20' Corradi
  54' Marazzina
  Eriberto
  Corini
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Rosetti
19 December 2001 6 Inter Milan 3–0 Verona Milano
Vieri   18'
Ronaldo   50', 55'
Cordoba  
Di Biagio  
C. Zanetti  
Report   Zanchi
  Colucci
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Treossi
Note: Scheduled on 7 October 2001. It was postponed due to Inter's European campaign.
23 December 2001 16 Piacenza 2–3 Inter Milan Piacenza
Guardalben   43'
Lucarelli   45+2'
Gautieri   55'
Gautieri   74'
Statuto  
Di Francesco  
Cristante  
Report   45' (pen) Vieri
  45+2' Cordoba
  69' Kallon
  83' Vieri
  Guly
  Vivas
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Referee: Braschi
6 January 2002 17 Inter Milan 0–0 Lazio Milano
Okan  
Emre  
Report   Marchegiani
  Favalli
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Messina
13 January 2002 18 Perugia 0–2 Inter Milan Perugia
  Sogliano
  Bazzani
  Vryzas
Report   58' Vieri
  73' Recoba
  Gresko
  Di Biagio
  Guly
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Referee: Farina
20 January 2002 19 Inter Milan 2–0 Parma Milano
Sensini   2' (o.g.)
Vieri   84'
Report   Almeyda Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Rosetti
27 January 2002 20 Venezia 1–1 Inter Milan Venice
Maniero   70' (pen.)
Vannucchi  
Report   28' Vieri
  C. Zanetti
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Referee: Rodomonti
2 February 2002 21 Inter Milan 0–0 Torino Milano
Cordoba  
Di Biagio  
Conceicao  
Report   Delli Carri
  Vergassola
  Castellini
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Treossi
10 February 2002 22 Bologna 2–1 Inter Milan Bologna
Pecchia   55'
Zauli   73'
Fresi  
Castellini  
Brioschi  
Report   88' Seedorf
  Sorondo
  Materazzi
  Georgatos
  C. Zanetti
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Collina
17 February 2002 23 Verona 0–3 Inter Milan Verona
Report C. Zanetti   32'  
Vieri   53', 88'
Materazzi  
Di Biagio  
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Referee: Farina
24 February 2002 24 Inter Milan 3–2 Udinese Milan
Vieri   27'
Ventola   68'
Conceição   86'
Report Muzzi   80'
Pinzi   88'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Braschi
3 March 2002 25 Milan 0–1 Inter Milan Milano
Contra  
Rui Costa  
Report   78'   Vieri
  Materazzi
  C. Zanetti
  Seedorf
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
9 March 2002 26 Inter Milan 2–2 Juventus Milano
Seedorf  6', 90'
Cordoba 
Materazzi 
Di Biagio  
Report   13' Trezeguet
  81' Tudor
  Pessotto
  Conte
  Nedved
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Borriello
17 March 2002 27 Lecce 1–2 Inter Milan Lecce
Vugrinec   76'
Vugrinec   90'
Stovini  
Giacomazzi  
Report   40', 67' Recoba
  Guly
  Seedorf
  Dalmat
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: De Santis
Note: Toldo blocked a penalty shoot-out by Vugrinec at 76'.
24 March 2002 28 Inter Milan 3–1 Roma Milano
Recoba   2'
Vieri   43'
Recoba   72'
Emre   93'  
Report   57' Totti
  78'   Zebina
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Cesari
7 April 2002 30 Inter Milan 1–2 Atalanta Milan
Vieri   47' Report Sala   44'
Berretta   62'
Stadium: San Siro
14 April 2002 31 Inter Milan 2–1 Brescia Milan
Ronaldo   80', 83' Report Guardiola   29' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
21 April 2002 32 Chievo 2–2 Inter Milan Verona
Marazzina   41'
Cossato   90'
Report   46' Dalmat
  60' Ronaldo
  Toldo
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
28 April 2002 33 Inter Milan 3–1 Piacenza Milano
Córdoba   7'
Recoba   70'
Ronaldo   80'
Report   36' Matuzalém
  69' Sommese
  80' Matuzalém
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Borriello
5 May 2002 34 Lazio 4–2 Inter Milan Rome
Poborský   19', 45'
Simeone   55'
S. Inzaghi   73'
Report Vieri   12'
Di Biagio   24'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000

Coppa Italia

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Eightfinals

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12 November 2001 1 Udinese Calcio 2–1 Inter Udine
20:45 CET Di Michele   71'
Pizarro   83'
Report   30' Seedorf Stadium: Friuli
Referee: Paolo Bertini
29 November 2001 2 Inter 2–2 Udinese Calcio Milan
20:45 CET Ventola   10'
J. Zanetti   18'
Report   41' Muzzi
  78' Jørgensen
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

UEFA Cup

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First round

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27 September 2001 Brașov   0–3   Inter Milan Stadionul Tineretului, Brașov
Ventola   14', 79'
Guly   36'

Inter Milan won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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Inter Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

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6 December 2001 Inter Milan   4–1   Ipswich Town Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
21:00 Vieri   19', 34', 71'
Kallon   46'
Report Armstrong   79' (pen.) Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Fourth round

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21 February 2002 Inter Milan   3–1   AEK Athens San Siro, Milan
21:00 J. Zanetti   14'
Kallon   37'
Ventola   56'
Report Zagorakis   8' Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Inter Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) Inter Milan   1–1   Valencia San Siro, Milan
21:00 Materazzi   50' Report Rufete   66' Attendance: 24,184
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
21 March 2002 (2002-03-21) Valencia   0–1   Inter Milan Estadio Mestalla
21:45 Report   4' Ventola
  87'   Toldo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Claude Colombo
Note: Due to Goalkeeper Toldo was sent off at 87' and no substitutions for Inter remained, central midfielder Francisco Javier Farinos lined up as Goalkeeper until minute 95 of the match.

Inter Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) Inter Milan   0–1   Feyenoord Milano
21:00 Cordoba   24'
Materazzi   73'
Report   30' Ono
  40' Rzasa
  51' (o.g.) Córdoba
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 39,622
Referee:   Ľuboš Micheľ
11 April 2002 (2002-04-11) Feyenoord   2–2   Inter Milan De Kuip, Rotterdam
20:30 Van Hooijdonk   17'
Tomasson   34'
Report C. Zanetti   83'
Kallon   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 49,904
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 30 June 2002[15]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Toldo 43 0 33 0 1 0 9 0
4 DF   ARG Zanetti J 44 2 33 0 1 1 10 1
2 DF   COL Cordoba 42 1 30 1 1 0 11 0
23 DF   ITA Materazzi 32 2 23 1 1 0 8 1
24 DF   SVK Gresko 34 1 23 0 2 0 8+1 1
7 MF   POR Conçeicão 32 1 16+7 1 0+1 0 5+3 0
6 MF   ITA Zanetti C 33 2 25+1 1 1 0 6 1
14 MF   ITA Di Biagio 42 4 31 3 1+1 0 8+1 1
11 MF   ARG Guly 33 1 20+3 0 2 0 8 1
32 FW   ITA Vieri 28 25 25 22 0+1 0 2 3
3 FW   SLE Kallon 39 15 16+12 9 0 0 10+1 6
12 GK   ITA Fontana 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
10 MF   NED Seedorf 32 4 17+3 3 0+2 1 6+4 0
20 FW   URU Recoba 22 6 15+3 6 0 0 1+3 0
78 FW   ITA Ventola 26 10 12+3 4 2 1 7+2 5
18 MF   FRA Dalmat 24 1 11+5 1 1 0 4+3 0
9 FW   BRA Ronaldo 15 7 9+1 7 0 0 1+4 0
21 MF   GRE Georgatos 12 1 9+1 1 0 0 1+1 0
16 DF   URU Sorondo 12 0 8+3 0 1 0 0 0
13 DF   CRO Simic 21 0 6+6 0 1 0 5+3 0
8 MF   ESP Farinos 16 0 5+5 0 1 0 4+1 0
77 MF   TUR Okan 11 0 3+4 0 1 0 3 0
31 DF   ARG Vivas 16 0 1+12 0 0 0 2+1 0
33 MF   TUR Emre 20 0 0+13 0 1 0 5+1 0
17 DF   ITA Serena 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   ITA Padalino 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF   ITA Ferraro 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
Players transferred out during the season
15 MF   FRA Cauet 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 FW   BRA Adriano 14 1 0+8 1 1 0 4+1 0

Last updated: 10 May 2002
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
32 FW   Christian Vieri 22 0 3 25
3 FW   Mohamed Kallon 9 0 6 15
78 FW   Nicola Ventola 4 1 5 10
9 FW   Ronaldo 7 0 0 7
20 FW   Álvaro Recoba 6 0 0 6
10 MF   Clarence Seedorf 3 1 0 4
14 MF   Luigi Di Biagio 3 0 1 4
4 DF   Javier Zanetti 0 1 1 2
6 MF   Cristiano Zanetti 1 0 1 2
23 DF   Marco Materazzi 1 0 1 2
2 DF   Iván Córdoba 1 0 0 1
7 MF   Sérgio Conçeicão 1 0 0 1
11 MF   Guly 0 0 1 1
18 MF   Stéphane Dalmat 1 0 0 1
21 MF   Grigorios Georgatos 1 0 0 1
24 DF   Vratislav Greško 0 0 1 1
28 FW   Adriano 1 0 0 1
# Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 62 3 20 85

Last updated: 5 May 2002
Source: Calcio.com

References

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