2002–03 Inter Milan season
2002–03 season | ||||
President | Massimo Moratti | |||
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Manager | Héctor Cúper | |||
Stadium | San Siro | |||
Serie A | 2nd | |||
Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | |||
UEFA Champions League | Semi-finals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Christian Vieri (24) All: Christian Vieri (27) |
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Highest home attendance | 76,854 vs Milan (13 May 2003, Serie A) |
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Lowest home attendance | 54,825 vs Perugia (24 May 2003, Serie A) |
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Average home league attendance | 61,943 | |||
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The 2002–03 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's
Contents
Season overview
Despite the failure in previous end season, Moratti agreed to keep Héctor Cúper on. This choose led to Ronaldo's departure: as obvious, the star striker had a very poor feeling with his coach. In order to replace his former player, the club managed to got a «last minute» signing with Crespo (who spend last years in Lazio team); other notable arrivals were Cannavaro, Almeyda, Morfeo and Coco.
About domestic league Inter had an other attempt to aiming the title, failing again. They got the first place after four weeks, leaving it due to 1–1 draw with Juventus: along the autumnal months Milan and Lazio headed the league, too. After 17 games, Milan reached the first place with 39 points. During the second half of season, Inter wasted his chanches mainly due to losses and no point in big matches: the manic goal-score regularity shown by Christian Vieri was useful to get a second place.
Their European campaign started off from Champions League's third preliminary round, beating Sporting Lisbona. Then Inter was able to pass two round-robin groups topping the first (ahead Ajax) and being second in latter (behind Barcelona). In single-elimination rounds, Inter knocked Valencia out due to away goals rule. However, in semifinals, the same rule contributed to Inter's elimination despite 0–0 and 1–1 ties in Milan derby.
Squad
- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
Daniele Adani -
Fiorentina, 5 August, free
Hernán Crespo -
Lazio, 31 August, €26,000,000 + Bernardo Corradi (transfer valued at €38,000,000 total)
Fabio Cannavaro -
Parma, €23,000,000
Matías Almeyda -
Parma, part-exchange
Francesco Coco -
Milan, part-exchange
Domenico Morfeo -
Fiorentina
Carlos Gamarra -
AEK Athens
Wellington -
Vasco da Gama
Out
Bernardo Corradi -
Lazio, 31 August, part-exchange
Ronaldo -
Real Madrid, €46,000,000
Clarence Seedorf -
Milan, €28,000,000 (undisclosed sum + Francesco Coco)
Vratislav Greško -
Parma, part-exchange
Adriano -
Parma, co-ownership
Grigoris Georgatos -
AEK Athens
Matteo Ferrari -
Parma
Dario Šimić -
Milan
Loan in
Gabriel Batistuta -
Roma, loan
Loan out
Javier Farinós -
Villarreal, loan
Salvatore Ferraro -
Prato, loan
Alex Cordaz -
Spezia, loan
Goran Pandev -
Spezia, loan
Results
Serie A
8 | Empoli | 3–4 | Inter | |
Di Natale ![]() Vannucchi ![]() Tavano ![]() |
Crespo ![]() J. Zanetti ![]() Recoba ![]() Adani ![]() |
30 | Inter | 1–1 | Lazio | |
Crespo ![]() |
S. Inzaghi ![]() |
Coppa Italia
Champions League
- Sporting CP 0-0 Inter
- Inter 2-0 Sporting CP
First group stage
17 September 2002 | Rosenborg ![]() |
2 – 2 | ![]() |
Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim |
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20:45 | Karadas ![]() |
Report | Crespo ![]() |
Referee: Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin (Spain) |
25 September 2002 | Internazionale ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
San Siro, Milan |
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20:45 | Crespo ![]() |
Report | Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland) |
2 October 2002 | Internazionale ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
San Siro, Milan |
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20:45 | Caçapa ![]() |
Report | Govou ![]() Anderson ![]() |
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) |
22 October 2002 | Lyon ![]() |
3 – 3 | ![]() |
Stade de Gerland, Lyon |
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20:45 | Anderson ![]() Carrière ![]() |
Report | Caçapa ![]() Crespo ![]() |
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
30 October 2002 | Internazionale ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
San Siro, Milan |
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20:45 | Recoba ![]() Saarinen ![]() Crespo ![]() |
Report | Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) |
12 November 2002 | Ajax ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam |
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20:45 | Van der Vaart ![]() |
Report | Crespo ![]() |
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
Second group stage
27 November 2002 | Newcastle United ![]() |
1 – 4 | ![]() |
St. James' Park, Newcastle |
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20:45 | Solano ![]() |
Report | Morfeo ![]() Almeyda ![]() Crespo ![]() Recoba ![]() |
Referee: Stéphane Bré (France) |
10 December 2002 | Internazionale ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |
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20:45 | Di Biagio ![]() Butt ![]() |
Report | Živković ![]() França ![]() |
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
18 February 2003 | Barcelona ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Camp Nou, Barcelona |
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20:45 | Saviola ![]() Cocu ![]() Kluivert ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
26 February 2003 | Internazionale ![]() |
0 – 0 | ![]() |
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |
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20:45 | Report | Attendance: 71,740 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
11 March 2003 | Internazionale ![]() |
2 – 2 | ![]() |
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |
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20:45 | Vieri ![]() Córdoba ![]() |
Report | Shearer ![]() |
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal) |
19 March 2003 | Bayer Leverkusen ![]() |
0 – 2 | ![]() |
BayArena, Leverkusen |
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20:45 | Report | Martins ![]() Emre ![]() |
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia) |
Quarter-finals
9 April 2003 | Internazionale ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
San Siro, Milan |
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20:45 | Vieri ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 52,623 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
22 April 2003 | Valencia ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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20:45 | Aimar ![]() Baraja ![]() |
Report | Vieri ![]() |
Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
Semi-finals
7 May 2003 | Milan ![]() |
0 – 0 | ![]() |
San Siro, Milan |
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20:45 | Report | Attendance: 78,175 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia) |
13 May 2003 | Internazionale ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
San Siro, Milan |
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20:45 | Martins ![]() |
Report | Shevchenko ![]() |
Attendance: 76,854 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) |