2001–02 Serie A
| Season | 2001–02 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Juventus 26th title |
| Relegated |
Verona Lecce Fiorentina Venezia |
| Champions League |
Juventus Roma Internazionale Milan |
| UEFA Cup |
Chievo Lazio Parma |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 806 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Dario Hübner David Trezeguet (24 goals each) |
| Biggest home win |
Lazio 5–0 Brescia (4 November 2001) Lazio 5–0 Perugia (20 January 2002) Piacenza 5–0 Venezia (17 February 2002) Juventus 5–0 Brescia (28 April 2002) Roma 5–0 Chievo (28 April 2002) |
| Biggest away win |
Atalanta 1–5 Udinese (21 October 2001) Lazio 1–5 Roma (10 March 2002) |
| Highest scoring |
Lazio 5–4 Verona (21 April 2002) |
| Average attendance | 25,992 |
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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.
The first two teams qualified directly to the UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the 3rd and 4th places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th places qualified to the UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated to Serie B. However, Fiorentina's subsequent bankruptcy led to them being placed in the fourth tier of Italian football.
Juventus won its 26th title on the final day of the season after original leaders Internazionale (who finished third) lost 4–2 away to Lazio, and with it their chance at winning their first scudetto since 1989. Second place went to Roma.
This season also featured Chievo Verona's "miracle". The club, newly promoted to Serie A for the first time, were top of the table for six weeks early on in the season. However, after the Christmas break they hit some bad form and finished the season in 5th.
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
1Parma gained entry to the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as the 2001–02 Coppa Italia champions.
2Torino gained entry to the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined to take part.
3Fiorentina was denied entry to the 2002–03 Serie B season, having entered administration.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
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