2002–03 Inter Milan season

For the Italian football club Inter Milan (Football Club Internazionale Milano), the 2002–03 season marked its 94th in existence and its 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team finished second in Serie A and reached the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. Christian Vieri was the top goalscorer.

Inter Milan

2002–03 season
President	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Héctor Cúper
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Vieri (24) All: Christian Vieri (27)
Highest home attendance	76,854 vs Milan (13 May 2003)
Lowest home attendance	54,825 vs Perugia (24 May 2003)
Average home league attendance	61,943
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

The start of the season was marked by the departure of Ronaldo and the arrival of Hernán Crespo after club had already acquired Fabio Cannavaro, Matías Almeyda and Domenico Morfeo.[1][2] Crespo, along with Christian Vieri, built an attacking duo.[3] Crespo was essential in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League [4] while Vieri usually scored in the domestic matches.[5] Their partnership worked until Crespo sustained an injury, which sidelined him for several weeks.[6] Without him, despite replacing Crespo with Gabriel Batistuta, Inter lost some key matches.[7] One of these was against Juventus who, could finally aim for the title.[8]

Inter managed to reach the Champions League quarter-finals after passing in second in the group phase.[9] Inter's opponent was Valencia, winning 1–0 at home.[10] A 2–1 defeat in Spain had no effect on qualification, due to the away goals rule.[11] As Crespo came back from injury, Vieri got injured, but he managed to retain the title of the league's top scorer, with 24 goals.[12] In the semi-finals, Inter lost to Milan due to Andriy Shevchenko's away goal in the second leg, equalized by Obafemi Martins, for a 1–1 aggregate that sent Milan to the final on away goals.[13] Focused on the European competition, Inter collected two draws in the league that stuck them behind Juventus, who won their second-straight title.[14]

Squad

Squad at end of season[15]

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 Francesco Toldo 2 DF  COL Iván Córdoba 3 FW  SLE Mohamed Kallon 4 DF  ARG Javier Zanetti (captain) 5 MF  TUR Emre Belözoğlu 6 MF  ITA Cristiano Zanetti 7 MF  POR Sérgio Conçeicão 9 FW  ARG Hernán Crespo 10 MF  ITA Domenico Morfeo 11 MF  ARG Guly 12 GK  ITA Alberto Fontana 13 DF  ITA Fabio Cannavaro 14 MF  ITA Luigi Di Biagio 15 DF  ITA Daniele Adani 16 DF  URU Gonzalo Sorondo 17 DF  ITA Michele Serena 18 MF  FRA Stéphane Dalmat 19 FW  ARG Gabriel Batistuta (on loan from Roma) 20 FW  URU Álvaro Recoba

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ITA Nicola Beati 22 MF  TUR Okan Buruk 23 DF  ITA Marco Materazzi 24 DF  PAR Carlos Gamarra 25 MF  ARG Matias Almeyda 26 DF  ITA Giovanni Pasquale 27 GK  FRA Mathieu Moreau 30 FW  NGA Obafemi Martins 31 DF  ARG Nelson Vivas 32 FW  ITA Christian Vieri 34 FW  ITA Mattia Altobelli 40 DF  ITA Luca Franchini 41 MF  ITA Nicola Napolitano 43 DF  ITA Alessandro Potenza 44 MF  ITA Mario Rebecchi 45 FW  BRA Wellington 65 GK  ITA Enrico Rossi Chauvenet 77 DF  ITA Francesco Coco 78 FW  ITA Nicola Ventola

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 8 MF  ESP Javier Farinós (on loan to Villarreal)

No. Pos. Nation Player 39 DF  ITA Salvatore Ferraro (on loan to Prato)

Transfers

In [16]
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Daniele Adani	Fiorentina	released
DF	Fabio Cannavaro	Parma	(€23 million)
DF	Francesco Coco	Milan	(€28 million)
MF	Matías Almeyda	Parma	(€16 million)
MF	Domenico Morfeo	Fiorentina	released
FW	Hernán Crespo	Lazio	(€30 million)
FW	Bernardo Corradi	Chievo Verona	( €4 million)
MF	Umit Davala	Milan	€16.5 million

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Vratislav Greško	Parma	(€16 million)
DF	Dario Šimić	Milan	€16.5 million
MF	Clarence Seedorf	Milan	€28 million
FW	Nicola Ventola	Siena	loan
FW	Adriano	Parma	€8.8 million (co-ownership)
FW	Ronaldo	Real Madrid	45 million €
FW	Bernardo Corradi	Lazio	€12 million
MF	Umit Davala	Galatasaray	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Gabriel Batistuta	Roma	loan

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Francisco Farinós	Villarreal	loan[17]

Loan out

• Salvatore Ferraro – Prato, loan
• Alex Cordaz – Spezia, loan
• Goran Pandev – Spezia, loan

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	14 September 2002	24 May 2003	Matchday 1	Runners-up	33	19	7	7	64	38	+26	057.58
Coppa Italia	4 December 2002	19 December 2002	Round of 16	Round of 16	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Champions League	14 August 2002	13 May 2003	Third qualifying round	Semi-finals	18	8	7	3	28	19	+9	044.44
Total					53	27	14	12	93	60	+33	050.94

Last updated: 24 May 2003

Source: Serie A statistics Coppa Italia statistics, Champions League statistics

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	Milan[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

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).[18]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage as defending champions.
2. UDI 1–1 PAR; PAR 3–2 UDI

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	19	8	7	64	38	+26	65	10	5	2	34	13	+21	9	3	5	30	25	+5

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	D
Position	4	4	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Empoli v Internazionale

6 November 2002[19] 1	Empoli	3–4	Internazionale	Empoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  16' Vannucchi  61' Tavano  90+2'	Report	Crespo  6' J. Zanetti  11' Recoba  51' Adani  85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 16,469 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Internazionale v Torino

14 September 2002 2	Internazionale	1–0	Torino	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri  16'	Report	Comotto  42'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 66,134 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Reggina v Internazionale

22 September 2002 3	Reggina	1–2	Internazionale	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nakamura  90+2' (pen.)	Report	Vieri  7' Recoba  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 26,608 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Internazionale v Chievo

29 September 2002 4	Internazionale	2–1	Chievo	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri  15', 78' (pen.) Conceição  90'	Report	Marazzina  3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,674 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Piacenza v Internazionale

6 October 2002 5	Piacenza	1–4	Internazionale	Piacenza
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maresca  73'	Report	Di Biagio  36', 51' Recoba  69' Crespo  85'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 15,029 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Internazionale v Juventus

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

Internazionale v Bologna

27 October 2002 7	Internazionale	2–0	Bologna	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Materazzi  67' Vieri  90+2'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,408 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Como v Internazionale

3 November 2002 8	Como	0–2	Internazionale	Como
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Vieri  58' Recoba  65'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 12,452 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Internazionale v Udinese

9 November 2002 9	Internazionale	1–2	Udinese	Milan
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  3'	Report	Jørgensen  25' Muzzi  55'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,962 Referee: Stefano Farina

Roma v Internazionale

16 November 2002 10	Roma	2–2	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella  59' Batistuta  73'	Report	Morfeo  58' Okan  89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Milan v Internazionale

23 November 2002 11	Milan	1–0	Internazionale	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Serginho  12'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,843 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Internazionale v Brescia

1 December 2002 12	Internazionale	4–0	Brescia	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  3', 13', 58', 89'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61,294 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Lazio v Internazionale

7 December 2002 13	Lazio	3–3	Internazionale	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	C. López  10' (pen.), 30', 36'	Report	Couto  37' (o.g.) Belözoğlu  66', 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,789 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Internazionale v Atalanta

15 December 2002 14	Internazionale	1–0	Atalanta	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kallon  70'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,118 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Parma v Internazionale

22 December 2002 15	Parma	1–2	Internazionale	Parma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	J. Zanetti  55' (o.g.)	Report	Di Biagio  37' Recoba  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 21,133 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Internazionale v Modena

12 January 2003 16	Internazionale	2–0	Modena	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Recoba  6' Crespo  22'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,610 Referee: Marco Gabriele

Perugia v Internazionale

19 January 2003 17	Perugia	4–1	Internazionale	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zé Maria  9' (pen.) Vryzas  34', 63' Fusani  55'	Report	Di Bagio  71' Vieri  79'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 22,020 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Internazionale v Empoli

26 January 2003 18	Internazionale	3–0	Empoli	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  69', 73', 85'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59,563 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Torino v Internazionale

2 February 2003 19	Torino	0–2	Internazionale	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Vieri  50' Okan  56'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 19,254 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Internazionale v Reggina

9 February 2003 20	Internazionale	3–0	Reggina	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  10' Kallon  39', 43' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,319 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Chievo v Internazionale

15 February 2003 21	Chievo	2–1	Internazionale	Verona
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corini  22' (pen.), 36' (pen.)	Report	Vieri  69'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 34,464 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Internazionale v Piacenza

23 February 2003 22	Internazionale	3–1	Piacenza	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Batistuta  64' Vieri  65', 67'	Report	Hübner  90'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56,352 Referee: Marco Gabriele

Juventus v Internazionale

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

Bologna v Internazionale

8 March 2003 24	Bologna	1–2	Internazionale	Bologna
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cruz  24'	Report	Recoba  9', 85'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 31,433 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Internazionale v Como

16 March 2003 25	Internazionale	4–0	Como	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Batistuta  14' Di Biagio  25' Vieri  56', 76'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61,967 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Udinese v Internazionale

23 March 2003 26	Udinese	2–1	Internazionale	Udine
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muzzi  48' Iaquinta  59'	Report	Córdoba  73'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 22,919 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Internazionale v Roma

6 April 2003 27	Internazionale	3–3	Roma	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  52' Recoba  59' Belözoğlu  77'	Report	Cassano  46' Di Biagio  82' (o.g.) Montella  84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,142 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Internazionale v Milan

12 April 2003 28	Internazionale	0–1	Milan	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Córdoba  66'	Report	Inzaghi  62'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,660 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Brescia v Internazionale

19 April 2003 29	Brescia	0–1	Internazionale	Brescia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pisano  38' Bilica  63' Appiah  70' Šerić  78'	Report	C. Zanetti  33' Vieri  63' Crespo  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 22,039 Referee: Stefano Farina

Internazionale v Lazio

27 April 2003 30	Internazionale	1–1	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crespo  43'	Report	S. Inzaghi  77'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,430 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Atalanta v Internazionale

3 May 2003 31	Atalanta	1–1	Internazionale	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gautieri  71'	Report	Martins  13'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Internazionale v Parma

10 May 2003 32	Internazionale	1–1	Parma	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kallon  36'	Report	Mutu  63'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56,404 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Modena v Internazionale

17 May 2003 33	Modena	0–2	Internazionale	Modena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Pavan  28' (o.g.) Kallon  36'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 14,124 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Internazionale v Perugia

24 May 2003 34	Internazionale	2–2	Perugia	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crespo  10', 56'	Report	Obodo  46' Di Loreto  89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54,825 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2002–03 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Bari v Internazionale

4 December 2002 First leg	Bari	1–0	Internazionale	Bari
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	D'Agostino  25'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Marco Gabriele

Internazionale v Bari

19 December 2002 Second leg	Internazionale	1–2 (3–1 agg.)	Bari	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Conceição  57'	Report	Gamarra  59' (o.g.) Spinesi  90+4'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Daniele Tombolini

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

Sporting CP v Internazionale

14 August 2002 First leg	Sporting CP	0–0	Internazionale	Lisbon, Portugal
22:00		Report	Morfeo  44' Materazzi  62'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,421 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Internazionale v Sporting CP

27 August 2002 Second leg	Internazionale	2–0	Sporting CP	Milan, Italy
21:00	Di Biagio  31' Recoba  44'	Report	Barbosa  39' Rui Jorge  68'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,405 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

First group stage

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11	Advance to second group stage
2	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
3	Lyon	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Rosenborg	6	0	4	2	4	12	−8	4

Source:

Rosenborg v Internazionale

17 September 2002 1	Rosenborg	2–2	Internazionale	Trondheim, Norway
20:45 (CET)	Berg  32' Karadas  52', 65'	Report	Crespo  33', 79' Cannavaro  64'  69'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 21,040 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

Internazionale v Ajax

25 September 2002 2	Internazionale	1–0	Ajax	Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET)	Crespo  75'	Report	van der Meyde  50'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45,784 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Internazionale v Lyon

2 October 2002 3	Internazionale	1–2	Lyon	Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET)	Córdoba  40' Caçapa  73' (o.g.) Cannavaro  87' Morfeo  90+1'	Report	Govou  21'  64' Anderson  60'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 31,448 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Lyon v Internazionale

22 October 2002 4	Lyon	3–3	Internazionale	Lyon, France
20:45 (CET)	Anderson  21', 75' Carrière  44' Diarra  53' Caçapa  63'	Report	Morfeo  27' Caçapa  31' (o.g.) Córdoba  33' Crespo  56', 66'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,770 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Internazionale v Rosenborg

30 October 2002 5	Internazionale	3–0	Rosenborg	Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET)	Recoba  31' Cannavaro  48' Saarinen  52' (o.g.) Crespo  72'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Ajax v Internazionale

12 November 2002 6	Ajax	1–2	Internazionale	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 (CET)	Mido  76' Van der Vaart  90+4'	Report	Materazzi  26' Coco  31' Vieri  41' Crespo  50', 52' Toldo  79' Almeyda  80'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,272 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Second group stage

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16	Advance to knockout stage
2	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11
3	Newcastle United	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7
4	Bayer Leverkusen	6	0	0	6	5	15	−10	0

Source:

Newcastle United v Internazionale

27 November 2002 1	Newcastle United	1–4	Internazionale	Newcastle, England
20:45 (CET)	Bellamy  5' Solano  72'	Report	Morfeo  2' Cannavaro  10' Zanetti  26' Almeyda  35' Crespo  45+1'  64' Vieri  78' Recoba  81'	Stadium: St. James' Park, Attendance: 50,108 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

Internazionale v Bayer Leverkusen

10 December 2002 2	Internazionale	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET)	Di Biagio  15', 27' Butt  80' (o.g.)	Report	Placente  29' Živković  63' França  90+1' Schneider  90+2'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,462 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Barcelona v Internazionale

18 February 2003 3	Barcelona	3–0	Internazionale	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 (CET)	Saviola  7' Cocu  29' Kluivert  67'	Report	Córdoba  64' C. Zanetti  69' Recoba  80'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Internazionale v Barcelona

26 February 2003 4	Internazionale	0–0	Barcelona	Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET)	Morfeo  20' Cannavaro  58'	Report	Puyol  10' Cocu  56' Gabri  90+5'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,740 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Internazionale v Newcastle United

11 March 2003 5	Internazionale	2–2	Newcastle United	Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET)	Conceição  31' Vieri  47'  63' Córdoba  61' Di Biagio  90+2'	Report	Bramble  33' Shearer  42', 49'  90+5' Bellamy  64' LuaLua  90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Bayer Leverkusen v Internazionale

19 March 2003 6	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Internazionale	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 (CET)	Ojigwe  22' Kleine  44' Cris  85'	Report	Martins  36'  75' Belözoğlu  90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Internazionale v Valencia

9 April 2003 First leg	Internazionale	1–0	Valencia	San Siro, Milan
20:45 (CET)	Vieri  14' Emre  57' Zanetti  71' Pasquale  90+3'	Report	Rufete  43' Albelda  57' Aimar  90+4'	Attendance: 52,623 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Valencia v Internazionale

22 April 2003 Second leg	Valencia	2–1 (2–2a agg.)	Internazionale	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
20:45 (CET)	Aimar  7' Baraja  32'  51' Angulo  38' Marchena  81'	Report	Vieri  5'  14' Pasquale  26' Toldo  38' Di Biagio  65' Zanetti  78'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Semi-finals

Milan v Internazionale

7 May 2003 First leg	Milan	0–0	Internazionale	San Siro, Milan
20:45 (CET)		Report		Attendance: 78,175 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Internazionale v Milan

13 May 2003 Second leg	Internazionale	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Milan	San Siro, Milan
20:45 (CET)	Di Biagio  39' Martins  84'	Report	Gattuso  37' Inzaghi  37' Rui Costa  40' Shevchenko  45+1' Kaladze  85'	Attendance: 76,854 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 2003[20]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Francesco Toldo	51	0	32	0	1	0	18	0
12	GK		Alberto Fontana	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Iván Córdoba	43	2	27+1	1	1	0	14	1
4	DF		Javier Zanetti	53	1	32+2	1	1	0	18	0
13	DF		Fabio Cannavaro	40	0	27+1	0	0	0	10+2	0
15	DF		Daniele Adani	11	1	2+5	1	0	0	0+4	0
23	DF		Marco Materazzi	33	1	18+2	1	0	0	13	0
24	DF		Carlos Gamarra	23	0	7+7	0	2	0	4+3	0
26	DF		Giovanni Pasquale	30	0	13+5	0	1	0	5+6	0
31	DF		Nelson Vivas	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF		Luca Franchini	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
43	DF		Alessandro Potenza	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77	DF		Francesco Coco	33	0	16+4	0	0	0	12+1	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Emre Belözoğlu	37	5	22+3	4	0	0	10+2	1
6	MF		Cristiano Zanetti	24	0	14+3	0	1	0	5+1	0
7	MF		Sérgio Conçeicão	33	1	14+5	0	1	1	9+4	0
8	MF		Javier Farinós	4	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF		Domenico Morfeo	27	2	11+6	1	0	0	9+1	1
11	MF		Guly	16	0	3+4	0	2	0	3+4	0
14	MF		Luigi Di Biagio	41	7	21+4	4	0	0	15+1	3
18	MF		Stéphane Dalmat	23	0	9+6	0	0	0	8	0
21	MF		Nicola Beati	5	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
22	MF		Okan Buruk	22	2	9+6	2	0	0	4+3	0
25	MF		Matias Almeyda	26	1	13+3	0	0	0	5+5	1
41	MF		Nicola Napolitano	4	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
44	MF		Mario Rebecchi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
45	MF		Wellington	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW		Mohamed Kallon	15	4	4+5	4	2	0	2+2	0
9	FW		Hernán Crespo	30	16	14+4	7	0	0	12	9
19	FW		Bernardo Corradi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	FW		Gabriel Batistuta	12	2	10+2	2	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Álvaro Recoba	41	12	23+4	9	0+1	0	7+6	3
30	FW		Obafemi Martins	11	3	3+1	1	2	0	1+4	2
32	FW		Christian Vieri	37	27	22+1	24	0	0	14	3
34	FW		Mattia Altobelli	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Champions League	Total
32	FW		Christian Vieri	24	0	3	27
9	FW		Hernán Crespo	7	0	9	16
20	FW		Álvaro Recoba	9	0	3	12
14	MF		Luigi Di Biagio	4	0	3	7
5	MF		Emre Belözoğlu	4	0	1	5
3	FW		Mohamed Kallon	4	0	0	4
30	FW		Obafemi Martins	1	0	2	3
2	DF		Iván Córdoba	1	0	1	2
10	MF		Domenico Morfeo	1	0	1	2
19	FW		Gabriel Batistuta	2	0	0	2
22	MF		Okan Buruk	2	0	0	2
4	DF		Javier Zanetti	1	0	0	1
7	MF		Sérgio Conçeicão	0	1	0	1
15	DF		Daniele Adani	1	0	0	1
23	DF		Marco Materazzi	1	0	0	1
25	MF		Matias Almeyda	0	0	1	1
#	Own goals			1	0	4	5
TOTAL				64	1	28	93

Last updated: 24 May 2003
Source: Calcio.com

References

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2. "Shock transfers, Nesta to Milan and Ronaldo eventually goes to Real". repubblica.it (in Italian). August 31, 2002.
3. Paolo Condò; Andrea Elefante (September 30, 2002). "Vieri porta in fuga l' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
4. Gianni Piva (November 13, 2002). "Grande Crespo, avanti a colpi di testa". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.
5. Andrea Sorrentino (December 2, 2002). "Grande Vieri, l' uragano del gol è il Michael Jordan dell' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 34.
6. Alberto Cerruti (January 13, 2003). "L' Inter dà spettacolo Ma sorride a metà". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
7. Alberto Cerruti (January 20, 2003). "Male l' Inter, peggio l' arbitro". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
8. "Nedved unstoppable Juventus on top". repubblica.it (in Italian). March 2, 2003.
9. "Inter wins in Leverkusen and enters into Champions top 8". repubblica.it (in Italian). March 19, 2003.
10. "Inter, a goal from Vieri and a lot of suffering". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 9, 2003.
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12. "Vieri, lighter injury but season at end". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 23, 2003.
13. "Milan, just a draw to reach final". repubblica.it (in Italian). May 13, 2003.
14. Gianni Piva (May 25, 2003). "Inter, solo pari con il Perugia: Di Loreto firma il 2-2". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 40.
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19. The opening matchday was scheduled to be played on 31 August and 1 September 2002, but was postponed due to the lack of agreement on television rights.
20. http://www.inter.it/en/archivio_partite

External links

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