2002–03 AC Perugia season

A.C. Perugia
2002–03 season
Chairman	Luciano Gaucci
Manager	Serse Cosmi
Serie A	10th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Fabrizio Miccoli (9)
	← 2001-02 2003-04 →

A.C. Perugia finished tenth in Serie A, and reached the semis of the Coppa Italia in a successful season by the club's standards.

The season started off with much negative publicity for club president Luciano Gaucci, when he decided to let South Korean striker Ahn Jung-Hwan go, following the Korean's winning goal against Italy in the FIFA World Cup.

In the season itself, Perugia fought in the middle of the table all year, but ended only four points above the dropzone, and in the end relied on inspired performances against top sides to seal the contract. Perugia's highlight of the season was a 4–1 victory against Inter, but it also beat Milan and drew at champions Juventus's home.

Its two most fancied players, Fabrizio Miccoli and Manuele Blasi were both bought by Juventus following the season, Miccoli being hailed as one of the season's major breakthroughs. Despite interest from top clubs, Perugia was able to keep right-back Zé Maria, who grew in importance during the season.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Roma^[a]	34	13	10	11	55	46	+9	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9	Brescia	34	9	15	10	36	38	−2	42^[b]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10	Perugia^[c]	34	10	12	12	40	48	−8	42	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round^[1]
11	Bologna	34	10	11	13	39	47	−8	41
12	Modena	34	9	11	14	30	48	−18	38^[d]

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).^[2]
Notes:

^ Roma qualified for the first round of the 2003-04 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia runner-up because the winner, Milan, qualified for Champions League through championship position.
^ Brescia finished ahead of Perugia on head-to-head points: Brescia 3–1 Perugia, Perugia 0–0 Brescia.
^ Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced; then they qualified to the 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round.
^ Modena finished ahead of Empoli, Atalanta and Reggina on head-to-head points: Modena: 10 pts, Empoli: 9 pts, Atalanta: 7 pts, Reggina: 5 pts.

Matches

1	Perugia	2-0	Reggina	Perugia
	Miccoli 51' Tedesco 80'			Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

2	Milan	3-0	Perugia
	Paolo Maldini 40' Filippo Inzaghi 50' Clarence Seedorf 65'

3	Perugia	1-3	Empoli	Perugia
	Rahman Rezaei (8)		Luca Saudati (20) 1-2 Antonio Di Natale (42) 1-3 Tommaso Rocchi (65)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

4	Parma	2-2	Perugia
	1-0 Adrian Mutu (20) 2-0 Massimo Donati (53)		Giovanni Tedesco (64) 2-2 Giovanni Tedesco (72)

5	Lazio	3-0	Perugia
	Inzaghi 11' Chiesa 84' Chiesa 91'

6	Perugia	2-0	Modena	Perugia
	Zé Maria (6 pen) 2-0 Rahman Rezaei (29)			Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

7	Roma	2-2	Perugia
	Christian Panucci (67) 2-2 Francesco Totti (71)		0-1 Zé Maria (39 pen) 0-2 Fabrizio Miccoli (43)

8	Chievo	3-0	Perugia
	Nicola Legrottaglie (25) 2-0 Ivano Della Morte (28) 3-0 Eugenio Corini (52 pen)

9	Perugia	2-1	Torino	Perugia
	Andrea Caracciolo (38) Zé Maria (87 pen)		Marco Ferrante (81)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

10	Bologna	2-1	Perugia
	Julio Cruz (30)Giuseppe Signori (37)		Andrea Caracciolo (45)

11	Perugia	3-0	Como	Perugia
	Massimiliano Fusani (14) 2-0 Fabrizio Miccoli (47) 3-0 Mauro Milanese (90 + 4)		1-0	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

12	Atalanta	0-2	Perugia
			0-1 Fabrizio Miccoli (21) 0-2 Massimiliano Fusani (79)

13	Perugia	0-0	Piacenza	Perugia
				Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

14	Brescia	3-1	Perugia
	Igli Tare (23) 2-0 Igli Tare (39)Roberto Baggio (88 pen)		Fabrizio Miccoli (63)

15	Perugia	0-1	Juventus	Perugia
			Camoranesi 91'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

16

Udinese

0-0

Perugia

	Perugia	4-1	Inter
	Zé Maria (9 pen) 2-0 Zisis Vryzas (34) 3-0 Massimiliano Fusani (55) 4-0 Zisis Vryzas (63)		Vieri 79' (pen)

	Perugia	1-0	Chievo
	Marco Di Loreto (39)

	Reggina	3-1	Perugia
	David Di Michele (1)Francesco Cozza (27)Emiliano Bonazzoli (47)		Rahman Rezaei (2)

	Perugia	1-0	Milan
	Fabrizio Miccoli (36)

	Empoli	1-1	Perugia
	Marco Carparelli (7)		Zisis Vryzas (5)

	Perugia	1-2	Parma
	Fabio Grosso (51)		Adriano (30) Matteo Ferrari (72)

	Perugia	2-2	Lazio
			1-0 Zé Maria (13 pen) 1-1 Bernardo Corradi (16) 2-1 Fabio Grosso (43) 2-2 Paolo Negro (85)

	Modena	1-1	Perugia
			1-0 Giuseppe Colucci (14) 1-1 Zisis Vryzas (34)

	Perugia	1-0	Roma
			1-0 Fabrizio Miccoli (52)

	Torino	2-1	Perugia
			0-1 Fabio Grosso (41) 1-1 Marco Ferrante (65) 2-1 Marco Ferrante (79)

	Perugia	1-1	Bologna
			1-0 Zisis Vryzas (33) 1-1 Giuseppe Signori (68)

	Como	1-1	Perugia
			1-0 Nicola Amoruso (30) 1-1 Fabrizio Miccoli (90 + 1)

	Perugia	1-0	Atalanta
			1-0 Luigi Pagliuca (78)

	Piacenza	5-1	Perugia
			1-0 Eusebio Di Francesco (5) 2-0 Hugo Campagnaro (36) 3-0 Dario Hübner (41) 3-1 Zé Maria (50) 4-1 Hugo Campagnaro (63) 5-1 Claudio Ferrarese (80)

Perugia

0-0

Brescia

	Juventus	2-2	Perugia
			1-0 David Trezeguet (25 pen) 1-1 Fabrizio Miccoli (36) 2-1 Marco Di Vaio (46) 2-2 Fabio Grosso (90 + 1)

	Perugia	0-2	Udinese
			0-1 Marek Jankulovski (60) 0-2 Martin Jørgensen (87)

	Inter	2-2	Perugia
	Crespo 10' Crespo 56'		Chris Obodo 46' Marco Di Loreto 89'

Top scorers

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 2002/03

^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round
^ 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.

[table_note_ROM0.86017029632822-2] Roma qualified for the first round of the 2003-04 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia runner-up because the winner, Milan, qualified for Champions League through championship position.

[table_hth_BRE0.86017029632822-3] Brescia finished ahead of Perugia on head-to-head points: Brescia 3–1 Perugia, Perugia 0–0 Brescia.

[table_note_PER0.86017029632822-4] Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced; then they qualified to the 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round.

[table_hth_MOD0.86017029632822-5] Modena finished ahead of Empoli, Atalanta and Reggina on head-to-head points: Modena: 10 pts, Empoli: 9 pts, Atalanta: 7 pts, Reggina: 5 pts.

[1] With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round

[6] 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.

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