2002–03 F.C. Internazionale Milano season
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F.C. Internazionale Milano
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

once again missed out on winning the Italian championship, despite the signings of star players Hernán Crespo
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Parma in the Italian Serie A. Crespo has scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 18 years. His honors include an Olympic Games silver medal, a Copa Libertadores, an English Premier League title and three Scudettos. He was topscorer in...

 and Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy...

. The chance to clinch the title was still there when the team travelled to Torino to meet Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

. An early own goal by Guly
Andrés Guglielminpietro
Andrés Guglielminpietro , nicknamed Guly, is a former Argentine football player. A midfielder, he has been capped for the Argentina national football team, and represented his country at the Copa América 1999.His career reached its peak at the Italian club A.C...

 messed up Inter's gameplan, and Juventus ran out with a comfortable 3-0 victory.

Prior to the season, World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

 topscorer Ronaldo
Ronaldo
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima , commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. Ronaldo is widely considered to be the greatest 'pure' striker in the history of the modern game, and by some accounts, in the history of football. Ronaldo was one of the...

 had a controversial departure from the club, when he was signed as the third of Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

's galácticos under the patronship of Florentino Pérez
Florentino Pérez
Florentino Pérez Rodríguez is a Spanish businessman, civil engineer, former politician, and current president of Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, as well as ACS...

. Due to the sudden nature of the transfer, Inter had to find a quick solution for a replacement. It did not believe Bernardo Corradi
Bernardo Corradi
Bernardo Corradi is an Italian footballer, who is currently a free agent. He was a former Italian international.-Early career:...

 was good enough to play alongside Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...

, so therefore it swapped him and a significant amount of money for Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

 striker Hernán Crespo
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Parma in the Italian Serie A. Crespo has scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 18 years. His honors include an Olympic Games silver medal, a Copa Libertadores, an English Premier League title and three Scudettos. He was topscorer in...

. The 2001 topscorer Crespo failed to be a hit in his new club, but that was compensated by the manic goalscoring force of Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...

, who hit the peak in his career with 24 goals in only 23 games. Had it not been for several injuries, Vieri could easily have struck the net 30 times.

The season also marked the highlight of Turkish playmaker Emre Belözoğlu
Emre Belözoglu
Emre Belözoğlu is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Fenerbahçe.Having also played for clubs Galatasaray, Internazionale, and Newcastle United, Emre has been a part of the Turkey national team at the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2008 among other tournaments...

's career, marked with two sensational goals in a 3-3 thriller against Lazio in December. Several other players also performed at a high level, although the side did not look as stable as it had when almost winning Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 2002
Serie A 2001-02
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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Goalkeepers

  • 01.  Francesco Toldo
  • 12.  Alberto Fontana
  • 27.  Mathieu Moreau
    Mathieu Moreau
    Mathieu Christian Moreau is a French football player. He currently plays for A.S. Varese 1910.-Internazionale:Mathieu Moreau started his career at French most famous youth academy at Nantes. In summer 2001 he joined Internazionale...


Defenders

  • 02.  Iván Córdoba
  • 04.  Javier Zanetti
    Javier Zanetti
    Javier Adelmar Zanetti is an Argentine footballer who plays for Serie A club Inter. Javier Zanetti has played for Inter since 1995, taking the captain's armband from 29 August 1999. Known for his versatility, he is adept on both the left and right wing, having played on both flanks as a fullback...

  • 13.  Fabio Cannavaro
    Fabio Cannavaro
    Fabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy...

  • 15.  Daniele Adani
    Daniele Adani
    Daniele Adani is a retired Italian footballer, who played as a central defender.-Club career:...

  • 16.  Gonzalo Sorondo
    Gonzalo Sorondo
    Gonzalo Sorondo Amaro is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Internacional in Brazil.In 2009 he acquired Brazilian citizenship.-Biography:...

  • 23.  Marco Materazzi
    Marco Materazzi
    Marco Materazzi , is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender, and is currently a free agent.At the beginning of his career, Materazzi played with various Italian teams in Serie B and Serie C, and with Premier League side Everton. He spent two periods with Perugia and signed for...

  • 24.  Carlos Gamarra
    Carlos Gamarra
    Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavón is a former football player. He captained the Paraguay national team at international level, playing at Centre back, and is the most capped player in Paraguayan football history, having made 110 international appearances and scoring 12 goals.Gamarra is known for his...

  • 26.  Giovanni Pasquale
    Giovanni Pasquale
    Giovanni Pasquale is an Italian footballer. He currently plays for Udinese.-Inter:Pasquale started his career at Internazionale. Due to Francesco Coco's performance, he gained a place in first team...

  • 31.  Nelson Vivas
    Nelson Vivas
    Nelson David Vivas is a former professional Argentine football player, who played primarily as right-back.-Career in Argentina:...

  • 77.  Francesco Coco
    Francesco Coco
    Francesco Coco is a retired Italian football defender.-Club:Coco spent the majority of his club career with the Milan clubs; first with A.C. Milan between 1993 and 2002 and later with F.C. Internazionale between 2002 and 2007. He also had several loan spells with Vicenza Calcio, Torino F.C. and...

  • 00.  Luca Franchini
    Luca Franchini
    Luca Franchini is an Italian football player. He currently plays for FC Südtirol.- Career:Franchini started his career at Internazionale at age of 8. He started to play as a left back and turned to centre back in 2001, as the team had Giovanni Pasquale. He won the Primavera League title in 2002...

  • 00.  Alessandro Potenza
    Alessandro Potenza
    Alessandro Potenza is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Calcio Catania of the Italian Serie A.-FC Internazionale Milano:...


Midfielders

  • 05.  Emre Belözoğlu
    Emre Belözoglu
    Emre Belözoğlu is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Fenerbahçe.Having also played for clubs Galatasaray, Internazionale, and Newcastle United, Emre has been a part of the Turkey national team at the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2008 among other tournaments...

  • 06.  Cristiano Zanetti
    Cristiano Zanetti
    Cristiano Zanetti is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Brescia.-Early career:He played for Fiorentina , Venezia , Reggiana before joined Internazionale at age of 21....

  • 07.  Sérgio Conçeicão
    Sérgio Conceição
    Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mostly as a right winger.Known for his speed and strength, combined with his good dribbling and crossing skills, and fairly accurate shooting. During his extensive career, he played for ten different teams, in five...

  • 10.  Domenico Morfeo
    Domenico Morfeo
    Domenico Morfeo is a retired Italian football player, who played in the position of attacking midfielder or striker.-Career:...

  • 11.  Guly
    Andrés Guglielminpietro
    Andrés Guglielminpietro , nicknamed Guly, is a former Argentine football player. A midfielder, he has been capped for the Argentina national football team, and represented his country at the Copa América 1999.His career reached its peak at the Italian club A.C...

  • 14.  Luigi Di Biagio
    Luigi Di Biagio
    Luigi Di Biagio , is an Italian former football defensive midfielder, who last played for Ascoli Calcio 1898 .Di Biagio was born in Rome. Prior to joining Ascoli, he played for Lazio , Monza , Foggia , Roma , Internazionale , and Brescia Calcio . He was capped 31 times for Italy, scoring two goals...

  • 18.  Stéphane Dalmat
    Stéphane Dalmat
    Stéphane Dalmat is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Rennes. Dalmat is a very versatile player who can occupy a variety of positions on the midfield. His good ball control and dribbling ability has often seen managers use him wide on the left of midfield...

  • 21.  Nicola Beati
    Nicola Beati
    Nicola Beati is an Italian football who plays for Crotone.-Football career:He started his career at Internazionale's youth system...

  • 22.  Okan Buruk
    Okan Buruk
    Okan Buruk is a Turkish former international footballer who played in the midfielder position. He played for Galatasaray, Internazionale, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor...

  • 25.  Matías Almeyda
    Matías Almeyda
    Matías Jesús Almeyda is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of Club Atlético River Plate....

  • 44.  Mario Rebecchi
    Mario Rebecchi
    Mario Rebecchi is an Italian football midfielder. He currently plays for Lecco.-Career:Rebecchi started his career at Internazionale. He made his first team debut against A.S. Bari of a Coppa Italia match, on 4 December 2002....

  • 00.  Nicola Napolitano
    Nicola Napolitano (footballer)
    Nicola Napolitano is an Italian footballer who plays for Manfredonia at Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.Napolitano started his career at hometown club and Italian giant Internazionale....

  • 00.  Wellington
    Wellington Pinto Fraga
    Wellington Pinto Fraga is a Brazilian football midfielder. He plays for Serra.-Football career:...


Attackers

  • 03.  Mohamed Kallon
    Mohamed Kallon
    Mohamed Kallon is a Sierra Leonean international footballer and considered the most famous footballer from Sierra Leone. He is currently playing for I-League club Viva Kerala FC-Personal life:...

  • 09.  Hernán Crespo
    Hernán Crespo
    Hernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Parma in the Italian Serie A. Crespo has scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 18 years. His honors include an Olympic Games silver medal, a Copa Libertadores, an English Premier League title and three Scudettos. He was topscorer in...

  • 19.  Gabriel Batistuta
    Gabriel Batistuta
    Gabriel Omar Batistuta , nicknamed Batigol, is a former professional footballer. The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at Fiorentina in Italy, and he is the tenth top scorer of all-time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches...

  • 20.  Álvaro Recoba
    Álvaro Recoba
    Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football...

  • 30.  Obafemi Martins
    Obafemi Martins
    Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Rubin Kazan and the Nigeria national team. He is known for his speed on the ball....

  • 32.  Christian Vieri
    Christian Vieri
    Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...

  • 78.  Nicola Ventola
    Nicola Ventola
    Nicola Ventola is an Italian footballer playing as a striker. He was a member of the Italian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and represented Italy in the under-21s team.He plays for Novara....

  • 00.  Mattia Altobelli
    Mattia Altobelli
    Mattia Altobelli is a professional Italian footballer who plays for U.S.C. Colognese-Football career:Son of the striker Alessandro Altobelli, he started his career at Internazionale. Where he won league title with Primavera Reserve team in 2002. He made his Inter first team debut against A.S...


Games

Top Scorers

Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...

 24 Álvaro Recoba
Álvaro Recoba
Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football...

 9 Hernán Crespo
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Parma in the Italian Serie A. Crespo has scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 18 years. His honors include an Olympic Games silver medal, a Copa Libertadores, an English Premier League title and three Scudettos. He was topscorer in...

 7 Emre Belözoğlu
Emre Belözoglu
Emre Belözoğlu is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Fenerbahçe.Having also played for clubs Galatasaray, Internazionale, and Newcastle United, Emre has been a part of the Turkey national team at the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2008 among other tournaments...

 4 Mohamed Kallon
Mohamed Kallon
Mohamed Kallon is a Sierra Leonean international footballer and considered the most famous footballer from Sierra Leone. He is currently playing for I-League club Viva Kerala FC-Personal life:...

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Sources

- RSSSF Italy 2002/03
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