2002-03 Serie A
| Season | 2002–03 |
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| Champions |
Juventus 27th title |
| Relegated |
Atalanta Piacenza Como Torino |
| Champions League |
Juventus Internazionale Milan Lazio |
| UEFA Cup |
Parma Udinese Roma |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 789 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Christian Vieri (24) |
| Biggest home win |
Milan 6–0 Torino (6 October 2002) |
| Biggest away win |
Torino 0–4 Juventus (17 November 2002) Torino 0–4 Parma (1 December 2002) Chievo 0–4 Parma (16 March 2003) |
| Highest scoring |
Parma 4–3 Brescia (6 November 2002) Empoli 3–4 Internazionale (6 November 2002) Juventus 4–3 Chievo (24 May 2003) |
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In the 2002–03 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 15th consecutive time from season 1988–89.
The first two teams qualified directly to 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 UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated in Serie B.
Juventus won its 27th national title, with Inter Milan placed second. Milan and Lazio were admitted to the Champions League preliminary phase, whereas Parma, Udinese and Roma (through the Coppa Italia finals) obtained a spot to the next UEFA Cup. Brescia and Perugia were admitted to participate in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, after Chievo declined to take part.
Piacenza, Torino, Como and Atalanta were relegated to Serie B, with the latter after having lost a relegation play-off against Reggina.
Unlike La Liga, which imposed a quota on the number of non-EU players on each club, Serie A clubs could sign as many non-EU players as available on domestic transfer. But for the 2003–04 season a quota was imposed on each of the clubs limiting the number of non-EU, non-EFTA and non-Swiss players who may be signed from abroad each season, following provisional measures introduced in the 2002–03 season, which allowed Serie A & B clubs to sign only one non-EU player in the 2002 summer transfer window.
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