2002–03 Juventus FC season

The 2002–03 season was Juventus Football Club's 105th in existence and 101st consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Juventus

2002–03 season
President	Vittorio Chiusano
Manager	Marcello Lippi
Stadium	Stadio delle Alpi
Serie A	1st
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Alessandro Del Piero (16) All: Alessandro Del Piero (23)
Average home league attendance	39,771
Home colours Away colours

Juventus enjoyed much success, with Marcello Lippi guiding the team to the Serie A title for the second season in a row, finishing seven points ahead of Inter and 11 in front of A.C. Milan and, in Europe, reaching the Champions League Final after eliminating powerhouses like Real Madrid en route. In the all-Italian final, Juventus faced Milan and were beaten in a penalty shoot-out after a goalless draw. It was the fourth time that Lippi had led Juventus to the Champions League final (winning in 1996 but losing in 1997 and 1998).

Lippi employed the 4–3–1–2 formation for most of the season, with Pavel Nedvěd in the role of trequartista instead of his usual left midfield position. Nedvěd had one of the best seasons of his career and was awarded the 2003 Ballon d'Or in the wake of his performances. Unfortunately for the club, he was ruled out of the Champions League final after receiving a yellow card in the second leg of the semi-final against Real Madrid, and his absence would be greatly felt.

Players

Squad information

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	Gianluigi Buffon
2	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara
3	MF	ITA	Alessio Tacchinardi
4	DF	URU	Paolo Montero
5	DF	CRO	Igor Tudor
6	DF	ITA	Salvatore Fresi
7	DF	ITA	Gianluca Pessotto
8	MF	ITA	Antonio Conte
9	FW	CHI	Marcelo Salas
10	FW	ITA	Alessandro Del Piero (Captain)
11	MF	CZE	Pavel Nedvěd
12	GK	ITA	Antonio Chimenti

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	ITA	Mark Iuliano
14	MF	ITA	Cristian Zenoni
15	DF	ITA	Alessandro Birindelli
16	MF	ITA	Mauro Camoranesi
17	FW	FRA	David Trezeguet
18	FW	ITA	Marco Di Vaio
19	DF	ITA	Gianluca Zambrotta
21	DF	FRA	Lilian Thuram
22	GK	FRA	Landry Bonnefoi
23	MF	URU	Rubén Olivera
25	FW	URU	Marcelo Zalayeta
26	MF	NED	Edgar Davids
37	MF	ITA	Matteo Paro

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Manuele Blasi	Perugia Calcio	€17.7 million
MF	Mauro Camoranesi	Hellas Verona	€8.5 million
FW	Marco Di Vaio	Parma F.C.	loan
MF	Ruben Olivera	Danubio
DF	Salvatore Fresi	Bologna F.C.
GK	Antonio Chimenti	Lecce
DF	Emiliano Moretti	Fiorentina
MF	Davide Baiocco	Perugia Calcio

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Matteo Brighi	Parma F.C.	€5 million
DF	Michele Paramatti	Bologna F.C.
GK	Michelangelo Rampulla		retired
GK	Fabian Carini	Standard Liege	loan
FW	Nicola Amoruso	Perugia Calcio	loan
MF	Enzo Maresca	Piacenza Calcio	loan
MF	Manuele Blasi	Perugia Calcio	loan

Left club during season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ITA	Davide Baiocco (on loan to Piacenza)
24	DF	ITA	Emiliano Moretti (on loan to Modena)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	ITA	Mattia Cassani (to Sampdoria)

Season review

On the field, the side coached by Marcello Lippi had a relatively slow start to the league season. They remained unbeaten in the first 12 matches, but this included five draws. The club's form suffered a blip at the beginning of autumn with two draws and two consecutive defeats, to Brescia and Lazio, between 23 November and 15 December. At this point of the season, with 14 matches played, Juventus were fourth in Serie A, trailing Inter, Lazio and Milan. On 22 December, a late Mauro Camoranesi goal at Perugia was needed to put an end to this winless streak.

From this moment on, the Bianconeri gained a momentum they sustained going into the new year, winning nine of their next ten matches. Unfortunately, the only fixture they failed to win during this period, a 1–1 draw against Atalanta in early February, was marred by a serious injury to Alessandro Del Piero, at a time when he had rediscovered his goalscoring touch. Del Piero subsequently missed two months of football. Even in his absence, la Vecchia Signora continued to prevail, though in a less dominant fashion. On 2 March, Juventus thrashed Inter 3–0, a result that took the club to top spot in the league, a position it would never leave. After the match, the Bianconeri lost only two more of their remaining matches and won most of the remainder, including an important success over Roma, who had been something of a bogey side for the Turin club in previous years.

The 27th league title of Juve's history was confirmed on 10 May following a 2–2 draw with Perugia — with two matches to play, second-placed Inter were no longer in a position to challenge for the Scudetto.

Europe

All three North Italian clubs succeeded in Europe. Along with the two Milan clubs, Juventus were one of the three Italian sides who appeared in the semi-finals that season. Juventus eliminated the only remaining non-Italian team, Real Madrid, to set up an all-Italian final with Milan, who had beaten Inter in the other semi-final. The final, played at Old Trafford in Manchester, ended 0–0 with Milan winning on penalties. Normally reliable goalscorer David Trezeguet was among the players who missed their attempts.

It was Juventus' best run in the competition since the 1997–98 season, where they had also been beaten finalists. However, the Bianconeri's run to the final actually involved a lot of tough moments. After impressing in the first group stage, topping their group (which included Feyenoord, Dynamo Kyiv and Newcastle United) and conceding just three goals in six matches (the best defence of all 32 teams competing), Juventus struggled in the second group stage.

Drawn in Group D alongside Basel, Deportivo La Coruña and Manchester United, Juventus were beaten by Manchester United both at Old Trafford and at home at the Stadio delle Alpi and also lost to Basel in Switzerland. Eventually, they scraped by as group runners-up behind Manchester United.

More epic games awaited them, with Barcelona next on their agenda. While struggling in their domestic league, Barcelona had impressed in both group stages, topping their group every time and establishing a new record of nine consecutive wins in the competition. The first leg of the quarter-final in Turin finished 1–1, Javier Saviola's 78th-minute goal equalising Paolo Montero's early goal. Barcelona appeared to be in a fine position heading into the second leg at the Camp Nou. There, Pavel Nedvěd scored first for Juventus, but the Catalans soon equalised through Xavi. When Edgar Davids was sent-off for repeated fouling, the Bianconeri were seemingly doomed. However, ten-man Juventus held on until extra time, and with six minutes left on the clock, substitute Marcelo Zalayeta scored a second goal to advance the club to the semi-finals.

Even tougher opposition was awaiting them in the following round in Real Madrid. Madrid had won three of the previous five editions of the competition and presented a star-studded squad with players such as Iker Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Luís Figo, Raúl, Ronaldo and former Juventus playmaker Zinedine Zidane. They had imperiously seen off the challenge of Manchester United in the quarter-finals and were in search of their tenth European Cup/Champions League title.

The first leg was played in Madrid on 6 May. Real Madrid scored with Ronaldo, but David Trezeguet equalised. The second half saw Roberto Carlos grab a second goal for the home side.

In the return leg on 14 May, Juventus set out to attack and were rewarded for their efforts with just 12 minutes gone. A fine collective move saw Gianluca Zambrotta cross from deep for Alessandro Del Piero, who headed back into the six-yard box for David Trezeguet to smash home. Just before half-time, Del Piero beat goalkeeper Casillas at his near post with a well-placed shot. Del Piero thus maintained his tradition of scoring key goals against Real Madrid, having already done so as a 21-year-old in a 1996 quarter-final tie.

Real Madrid earned a penalty after 65 minutes, but Gianluigi Buffon saved Luís Figo's effort, thus keeping his side's two-goal advantage. On 73 minutes, Pavel Nedvěd made it 3–0, but he received a yellow card for a rash challenge in the closing minutes of the match, meaning he would miss the final through suspension. On 89 minutes, Zidane, playing on the pitch which had been his home for five seasons, pulled one back for Real Madrid. The match ended 3–1 as Juventus qualified for the final.

Key players

For the league title, Nedvěd was considered the key player, also winning the European Player of the Year award. With five goals scored, he was — alongside Alessandro Del Piero — the club's joint top goalscorer in the Champions League.

Gianluigi Buffon, Lilian Thuram, Ciro Ferrara, Edgar Davids and Alessandro Del Piero all made key contributions to the squad, but the biggest surprise was Mauro Camoranesi. Signed from Hellas Verona in the summer of 2002, the Argentinian-born midfielder adapted with ease to his new surroundings and was one of the club's best players for the first seven months of the season. In April and May 2003, he suffered from a slight loss of form which did not change the fact that he had significantly contributed to a positive season for the club.

2001–02 topscorer David Trezeguet suffered from a knee injury in pre-season practice. He recovered strongly from this setback, but his absence gave the opportunity to Marcelo Zalayeta and Marco Di Vaio to play more matches than would be expected, with Zalayeta in particular scoring some key goals.

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2002 Supercoppa Italiana

Juventus v Parma

25 August 2002	Juventus	2–1	Parma	Tripoli, Libya
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Piero 38', 73'	Report	Di Vaio 64'	Stadium: June 11 Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Serie A

Main article: 2002–03 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	21	9	4	64	29	+35	72	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Internazionale	34	19	8	7	64	38	+26	65
3	AC Milan	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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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	21	9	4	64	29	+35	72	12	4	1	37	14	+23	9	5	3	27	15	+12

Last updated: 24 May 2003.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W
Position	2	2	3	3	5	3	3	3	2	1	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 2003-04 UEFA Champions League group stage;   = 2003-04 UEFA Champions League group stage;   = 2003-04 UEFA Champions League qualifying round;   = 2003-04 UEFA Cup;   = 2003-04 Serie B

Matches

Juventus v Atalanta

15 September 2002 2	Juventus	3–0	Atalanta	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Piero 27' (pen.), 34' Fresi 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 38,315 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Empoli v Juventus

21 September 2002 3	Empoli	0–2	Juventus	Empoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Del Piero 6' (pen.), 73'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 18,700 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Juventus v Parma

28 September 2002 4	Juventus	2–2	Parma	Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tudor 87' Del Piero 90+5'	Report	Nakata 66' Adriano 81' Lamouchi  88'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 38,993 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

Juventus v Como

6 October 2002 5	Juventus	1–1	Como	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zalayeta 88'	Report	Pecchia 65'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 37,112 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Internazionale v Juventus

19 October 2002 6	Internazionale	1–1	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Morfeo  90+1' Vieri 90+5'	Report	Del Piero 89' (pen.) Conte  90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,166 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Juventus v Udinese

26 October 2002 7	Juventus	1–0	Udinese	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Salas 49'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 35,168 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Modena v Juventus

3 November 2002 8	Modena	0–1	Juventus	Modena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Milanetto  -'  83'	Report	Del Piero 74'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 16,227 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Piacenza v Juventus

6 November 2002 1	Piacenza	0–1	Juventus	Piacenza
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Nedvěd 70'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 12,763 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Juventus v AC Milan

10 November 2002 9	Juventus	2–1	AC Milan	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Vaio 8' Thuram 21'	Report	Pirlo 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 57,762 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Torino v Juventus

17 November 2002 10	Torino	0–4	Juventus	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Del Piero 6' Di Vaio 33' Nedvěd 52' Davids 89'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 32,947 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Juventus v Bologna

23 November 2002 11	Juventus	1–1	Bologna	Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iuliano 86'	Report	Signori 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 36,544 Referee: Stefano Farina

Roma v Juventus

1 December 2002 12	Roma	2–2	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti 12'  90' Cassano 44' Candela  87'	Report	Del Piero 45+2' Nedvěd 85' Birindelli  87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 74,313 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Brescia v Juventus

8 December 2002 13	Brescia	2–0	Juventus	Brescia
15:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schopp 78' Tare 84' Matuzalém  -'  88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 19,714 Referee: Stefano Farina

Juventus v Lazio

15 December 2002 14	Juventus	1–2	Lazio	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nedvěd 34'	Report	Fiore 35', 50'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 38,014 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Perugia v Juventus

22 December 2002 15	Perugia	0–1	Juventus	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Camoranesi 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 19,739 Referee: Luca Palanca

Juventus v Reggina

12 January 2003 16	Juventus	5–0	Reggina	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Conte 21' Trezeguet 34' Cozza 64' (o.g.) Del Piero 71' (pen.) Di Vaio 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 35,735 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Chievo v Juventus

19 January 2003 17	Chievo	1–4	Juventus	Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cossato 72' Bierhoff  76'	Report	Trezeguet 11', 68', 86' (pen.) Del Piero 20' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 34,544 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Juventus v Piacenza

26 January 2003 18	Juventus	2–0	Piacenza	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Del Piero 9' Nedvěd 43'	Report	Rinaldi  -'  83'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 35,539 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Atalanta v Juventus

2 February 2003 19	Atalanta	1–1	Juventus	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pinardi 40' Doni  -'  82'	Report	Di Vaio 51'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 23,647 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Juventus v Empoli

8 February 2003 20	Juventus	1–0	Empoli	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trezeguet 7' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 34,595 Referee: Marco Gabriele

Parma v Juventus

16 February 2003 21	Parma	1–2	Juventus	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mutu 90'	Report	Di Vaio 13' Tacchinardi 30'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 23,451 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Como v Juventus

22 February 2003 22	Como	1–3	Juventus	Piacenza
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pecchia 79'	Report	Juárez 11' (o.g.) Di Vaio 22' Camoranesi 43'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 8,377 Referee: Antonio Dattilo A.

Juventus v Internazionale

2 March 2003 23	Juventus	3–0	Internazionale	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guglielminpietro 4' (o.g.) Nedvěd 34' Camoranesi 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 57,393 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Udinese v Juventus

9 March 2003 24	Udinese	0–1	Juventus	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pinzi  60'	Report	Trezeguet 84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 26,694 Referee: Luca Palanca

Juventus v Modena

15 March 2003 25	Juventus	3–0	Modena	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nedvěd 54', 83' Trezeguet 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 36,921 Referee: Emidio Morganti

AC Milan v Juventus

22 March 2003 26	AC Milan	2–1	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shevchenko 4' Inzaghi 25'	Report	Nedvěd 10'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,671 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Juventus v Torino

5 April 2003 27	Juventus	2–0	Torino	Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Comotto 6' (o.g.) Tudor  42' Tacchinardi 88'	Report	C. Lucarelli  42' Mezzano  -'  56' Marinelli  -'  67'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 19,826 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Bologna v Juventus

13 April 2003 28	Bologna	2–2	Juventus	Bologna
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cruz 15' Locatelli 74'	Report	Zambrotta 87' Camoranesi 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 36,178 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Juventus v Roma

19 April 2003 29	Juventus	2–1	Roma	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Piero 30' (pen.), 39'	Report	Montella 44'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 42,592 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Juventus v Brescia

27 April 2003 30	Juventus	2–1	Brescia	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Piero 9', 86'	Report	Appiah 83'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 40,881 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Lazio v Juventus

3 May 2003 31	Lazio	0–0	Juventus	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,146 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Juventus v Perugia

10 May 2003 32	Juventus	2–2	Perugia	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trezeguet 25' (pen.) Di Vaio 46'	Report	Miccoli 36' Grosso 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 51,299 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Reggina v Juventus

17 May 2003 33	Reggina	2–1	Juventus	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Michele 17' Bonazzoli 51'	Report	Zalayeta 23'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 26,182 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Juventus v Chievo

24 May 2003 34	Juventus	4–3	Chievo	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zalayeta 16', 57' Trezeguet 70' C. Zenoni 87'	Report	Bierhoff 62', 74', 79' D'Anna  72'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 39,417 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2002–03 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Reggina v Juventus

5 December 2002 First leg	Reggina	0–2	Juventus	Reggio Calabria
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Salas 66' (pen.) Zalayeta 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Referee: Emidio Morganti

Juventus v Reggina

18 December 2002 Second leg	Juventus	0–1 (2–1 agg.)	Reggina	Turin
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Maffucci 21' Alderuccio  85'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Quarter-finals

Juventus v Perugia

15 January 2003 First leg	Juventus	1–2	Perugia	Turin
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zalayeta 43'	Report	Miccoli 44', 53'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Perugia v Juventus

23 January 2003 Second leg	Perugia	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Juventus	Perugia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miccoli 84' Zé Maria 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	NEW	DK	FEY
1	Juventus	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13	Advance to second group stage		—	2–0	5–0	2–0
2	Newcastle United	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9			1–0	—	2–1	0–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–2	2–0	—	2–0
4	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5			1–1	2–3	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Feyenoord v Juventus

18 September 2002 1	Feyenoord	1–1	Juventus	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Emerton  18' Van Hooijdonk 75' Kalou  85'	Report	Ferrara  10' Camoranesi 32' Fresi  73' Nedvěd  74'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40,759 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Juventus v Dynamo Kyiv

24 September 2002 2	Juventus	5–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ferrara  5' Di Vaio 14', 52' Del Piero 22' Tacchinardi  62' Davids 67' Nedvěd 79'	Report	Leko  68'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 26,876 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Juventus v Newcastle United

1 October 2002 3	Juventus	2–0	Newcastle United	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Piero 66', 81' Iuliano  73'	Report	Dabizas  64'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 41,424 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Newcastle United v Juventus

23 October 2002 4	Newcastle United	1–0	Juventus	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Griffin 62'	Report	Tacchinardi  71'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,370 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Juventus v Feyenoord

29 October 2002 5	Juventus	2–0	Feyenoord	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Vaio 4', 69' Tacchinardi  26'	Report	Ono  21' Rząsa  24' Paauwe  33' Bombarda  52'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 35,789 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Dynamo Kyiv v Juventus

13 November 2002 6	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	Juventus	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shatskikh 50'	Report	Salas 53' Olivera  55' Zalayeta 61'	Stadium: Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex Attendance: 76,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Second group stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League second group stage § Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MU	JUV	BAS	DEP
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	knockout stage		—	2–1	1–1	2–0
2	Juventus	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7			0–3	—	4–0	3–2
3	Basel	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7			1–3	2–1	—	1–0
4	Deportivo La Coruña	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7			2–0	2–2	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Deportivo La Coruña v Juventus

26 November 2002 1	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Juventus	A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tristán 9' Makaay 11' Martín  28' Capdevila  83' Scaloni  89'	Report	Davids  22' Birindelli 38' Montero  55' Nedvěd 57' Tacchinardi  58'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Juventus v Basel

11 December 2002 2	Juventus	4–0	Basel	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trezeguet 3' Montero 34' Tacchinardi 43' Del Piero 51' (pen.) Iuliano  53'	Report	Esposito  50' H. Yakin  70'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 22,639 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Manchester United v Juventus

19 February 2003 3	Manchester United	2–1	Juventus	Manchester, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brown 4' Scholes  36' Keane  80' Van Nistelrooy 85'	Report	Davids  19' Tacchinardi  45+2' Nedvěd 90+2'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 66,703 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Juventus v Manchester United

25 February 2003 4	Juventus	0–3	Manchester United	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nedvěd  89'	Report	P. Neville  12' Giggs 15', 41' Van Nistelrooy 63'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 59,111 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Juventus v Deportivo La Coruña

12 March 2003 5	Juventus	3–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ferrara 12' Trezeguet 63' Tacchinardi  67' Montero  79' Davids  90+2' Tudor 90+3'	Report	Tristán 34' Makaay 52'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 25,070 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Basel v Juventus

18 March 2003 6	Basel	2–1	Juventus	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cantaluppi 38' Giménez 90+2'	Report	Tacchinardi 10'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 30,501 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Juventus v Barcelona

9 April 2003 First leg	Juventus	1–1	Barcelona	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montero 16' Birindelli  76'	Report	Kluivert  61' Gabri  69' Saviola 78'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 48,783 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Barcelona v Juventus

22 April 2003 Second leg	Barcelona	1–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	Juventus	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Xavi 66' Luis Enrique  76' Gerard  106' Motta  117'	Report	Zambrotta  20' Montero  21' Nedvěd 53' Davids  33'  79' Tacchinardi  94' Zalayeta 114' Buffon  117'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Semi-finals

Real Madrid v Juventus

6 May 2003 First leg	Real Madrid	2–1	Juventus	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronaldo 23' Roberto Carlos 73'	Report	Birindelli  29' Iuliano  31' Zambrotta  35' Trezeguet 45' Conte  57' Ferrara  79'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Juventus v Real Madrid

14 May 2003 Second leg	Juventus	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Real Madrid	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trezeguet 12' Del Piero 43' Montero  58' Tacchinardi  64' Nedvěd 73'  82'	Report	Conceição  23' Salgado  58' Hierro  75' Figo  86' Zidane 89'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 67,299 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Final

Main article: 2003 UEFA Champions League Final

Juventus v AC Milan

28 May 2003 Final	Juventus	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	AC Milan	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tacchinardi  69' Del Piero  111'	Report	Costacurta  18'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 63,215 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Penalties
	Trezeguet Birindelli Zalayeta Montero Del Piero		Serginho Seedorf Kaladze Nesta Shevchenko

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Buffon	47	-39	32	-23	0	0	15	-16
	DF	FRA	Thuram	42	1	26+1	1	0	0	15	0
	DF	ITA	Ferrara	37	1	24+1	0	0	0	12	1
	DF	URU	Montero	34	2	19+2	0	0	0	13	2
	DF	ITA	Zambrotta	42	1	21+5	1	3	0	13	0
	MF	ARG	Camoranesi	44	5	24+6	4	1	0	13	1
	MF	ITA	Tacchinardi	42	4	22+5	2	2	0	13	2
	MF	NED	Davids	41	2	25+1	1	0	0	15	1
	MF	CZE	Nedved	45	14	27+2	9	1	0	15	5
	FW	ITA	Del Piero	37	21	20+4	16	0	0	13	5
	FW	ITA	Di Vaio	40	11	18+8	7	3	0	11	4
	GK	ITA	Chimenti	10	-14	2+2	-6	4	-5	2	-3
	DF	ITA	Iuliano	30	1	19+2	1	1	0	8	0
	DF	ITA	Birindelli	34	1	14+3	0	4	0	13	1
	FW	FRA	Trezeguet	28	13	14+3	9	1	0	10	4
	MF	ITA	Conte	27	1	12+6	1	2	0	7	0
	FW	URU	Zalayeta	35	8	11+11	4	4	2	9	2
	DF	ITA	Pessotto	28	0	9+8	0	4	0	7	0
	DF	CRO	Tudor	27	2	8+6	1	2	0	11	1
	FW	CHI	Salas	19	3	7+4	1	4	1	4	1
	DF	ITA	Moretti	14	0	5+3	0	3	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Baiocco	15	0	5+2	0	4	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Fresi	16	1	4+5	1	4	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Zenoni	19	1	4+9	1	4	0	2	0
	MF	URU	Olivera	7	0	1+2	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Paro	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0
	GK	FRA	Bonnefoi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Brighi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Cassani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	HAI	Bertin

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2002/1229/

Overall statistics

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	34	17	17
Games won	21	12	9
Games drawn	9	4	5
Games lost	4	1	3
Biggest win	5–0 vs Reggina	5–0 vs Reggina	4–0 vs Torino
Biggest loss	0-2 vs Brescia	1–2 vs Lazio	0-2 vs Brescia
Clean sheets	15	8	7
Goals scored	64	37	27
Goals conceded	29	14	15
Goal difference	+35	+23	+12
Average GF per game	1.88	2.18	1.59
Average GA per game	0.85	0.82	0.88
Yellow cards	40
Red cards	3
Most appearances	Gianluigi Buffon (32)
Top scorer	Alessandro Del Piero (16)
Worst discipline	Alessandro Birindelli 7 1
Penalties for	9/11 (81.82%)
Penalties against	2/4 (50%)
Points	72/102 (70.59%)	40/51 (62.5%)	32/51 (59.26%)
Winning rate	61.76%	70.59%	52.94%